Australia Samantha Murphy, 51, last seen leaving her property to go for a run in the Canadian State Forest, Ballarat 100km NW of Melbourne, 4 Feb 2024

[KeenSleuth17]

MSN

AAP
On Wednesday, officers found items belonging to Ms Murphy but they are not believed to be related to her whereabouts.

Odd… where do they draw the line?

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Items belonging to her have been found, but not related to the search?
That seems strange.

From this article here.

MSN

The actual article says AAP.

The link is on the top left which says MSN

 

[green leaves]

From this article here.

MSN

The actual article says AAP.

The link is on the top left which says MSN

Thank you. Tech difficulty my end

 

[DK007]

MSN

AAP
On Wednesday, officers found items belonging to Ms Murphy but they are not believed to be related to her whereabouts.

This doesn’t sound good

 

[imstilla.grandma]

The CCTV captured Ms Murphy running past a Ballarat home

https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/fresh-concerns-raised-as-search-for-missing-victorian-mum-enters-fourth-day/news-story/e7f5bed414b41c118bfdab214a8f5238

 

[StillDiggin]

Chilling twist in case of mother who went missing while on a run

Local politician Sissy Austin, 29, has revealed how she was battered unconscious by an unknown man as she jogged close to where Samantha Murphy has now vanished.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[boomburger]

Thinking foul play with this one unfortunately, either she was attacked on her run, or something happened to her when she returned home and it was more convenient to make it seem that she never returned.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

An item of interest has been found in the search for missing Victoria mum Samantha Murphy. Meanwhile, a woman who was attacked while out running in the same region has also come forward

Item breakthrough in missing mum case; chilling attack may hold clue

Police in Australia declare area of bushland a crime scene after discovery.

www.nzherald.co.nz

 

[SLouTh]

MSN

AAP
On Wednesday, officers found items belonging to Ms Murphy but they are not believed to be related to her whereabouts.

I think this may be an error in reporting ??? JMO

From Victorian Police News -

Items located today during the search for Samantha have been assessed and at this time are not believed to be related to her whereabouts.

Police continue search for missing woman Samantha

Police and emergency services are continuing their search for missing Ballarat East woman Samantha. The 51-year-old was…

www.police.vic.gov.au

 

[boomburger]

"Items found to be unrelated"

 

[SLouTh]

This link has regular reporting on the investigation ..

New CCTV released in search for Sam Murphy, items dismissed

Emergency crews and volunteers are searching across two main areas.

www.thecourier.com.au

 

[Richrd]

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Featured on the 6 February Special Episode of Ping:

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[T-dawg420]

I wonder if she kept to mainly roads or at some point Went into the bush trails in the forest? The last know footage of Samantha running is going past a boarding kennel and cattery on eureka street. It says in the article she was going towards yankee flat rd. It kinda makes sense with the last known ping around the golf club. on Google some of eureka street as well as yankee flat rd don’t seem overly wide, I know it was during the day but wouldn’t take much for a distracted driver to possibly hit her and then dispose of her. Might be clutching at straws, but seems as likely as falling into a mine shaft IMO. Added pics to show the location of the last known cctv.

Police release CCTV as search continues for missing Victorian mother last seen leaving home to go on a run

www.9news.com.au

 

[green leaves]

There’s a lot of speculation about the “ping” - has anyone found anything in MSM that relates to the time of this?

 

[Black-Cat]

Did anyone find it odd that the Husband drove to the area in his blue ute where they had found what they thought was potential evidence today, Wednesday the 7/2, and didn't get out of the car?? And that he is not out searching for his wife??

All IMOO

 

[SLouTh]

There’s a lot of speculation about the “ping” - has anyone found anything in MSM that relates to the time of this?

This article states

On Monday, Acting Inspector Lisa MacDougall said Murphy’s mobile phone had pinged Buninyong, a town 11km from Ballarat, but “inquiries are ongoing as to whether [the phone] is still on”.

Her phone pinged just hours after she vanished and has since gone silent.

Item breakthrough in missing mum case; chilling attack may hold clue

Police in Australia declare area of bushland a crime scene after discovery.

www.nzherald.co.nz

Maybe there are other articles are more specific about the time??

 

[green leaves]

This article states

On Monday, Acting Inspector Lisa MacDougall said Murphy’s mobile phone had pinged Buninyong, a town 11km from Ballarat, but “inquiries are ongoing as to whether [the phone] is still on”.

Her phone pinged just hours after she vanished and has since gone silent.

Item breakthrough in missing mum case; chilling attack may hold clue

Police in Australia declare area of bushland a crime scene after discovery.

www.nzherald.co.nz

Maybe there are other articles are more specific about the time??

I thought I’d seen it in articles but I’ve only been able to locate it on local community Facebook search pages..

 

[SLouTh]

Did anyone find it odd that the Husband drove to the area in his blue ute where they had found what they thought was potential evidence today, Wednesday the 7/2, and didn't get out of the car?? And that he is not out searching for his wife??

All IMOO

The 7 News Clip linked just above, states the Police asked him to attend the scene, to possibly identify the items that were found … he liaised with Police on the scene.. his Ute pulled up beside a Police car ..

Police in Aus generally prefer that NOK stay at home where they can be easily contacted if something is found … and I believe there are children to comfort in this case …


IMO

 

[Bats]

This article states

On Monday, Acting Inspector Lisa MacDougall said Murphy’s mobile phone had pinged Buninyong, a town 11km from Ballarat, but “inquiries are ongoing as to whether [the phone] is still on”.

Her phone pinged just hours after she vanished and has since gone silent.

Item breakthrough in missing mum case; chilling attack may hold clue

Police in Australia declare area of bushland a crime scene after discovery.

www.nzherald.co.nz

Maybe there are other articles are more specific about the time??

IMO. This is interesting. To a frequent runner, 20kms would take a little less than 2 hours. So, if this statement is correct, then her phone has pinged after a time when she would have normally returned. Hypothetically, if she had ran into trouble say at about 15km, the phone has pinged around 15 minutes after this. So why would the signal stop? In my opinion, this probably decreases the chance that she may have fallen down a mine shaft as it would have either not pinged in the first place or kept pinging, providing the battery hadn't gone flat shortly after it pinged. All my opinion only.
I could be wrong but if there were more than one ping after a time when she should have normally returned, it could be determined whether or not the phone was moving.

 

[DK007]

Thinking foul play with this one unfortunately, either she was attacked on her run, or something happened to her when she returned home and it was more convenient to make it seem that she never returned.

Interesting the police are asking neighbours to review the cctv footage, is this another line of inquiry ?