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

[olaselo]

If they owned a 2 million dollar house, it’s possible it’s large enough not to notice the comings and goings of other family members. Sams husband may have just assumed she’s come come home from her run as normal, cleaned up amd headed out to brunch without seeing her if it’s a large house or perhaps he was out gardening before the heat struck. They also have 3 kids that may have weekend sports etc that he may have been dropping them off at. and possibly everyone was just doing their own thing on the weekend. If they all work and have school during the week it’s easy to see that they may all just have their own things going on during the weekend and touch base with each other at different points of the day. JMO

3 Children: 1 is approx 24. The other 2 are quite young and are into drama/theatre/music, not sports. Mum takes them to drama/theatre/music from what I can gather.

House is large - but not that large to be unnoticed.

 

[olaselo]

Depends which way she went. I think she went down Cathie St, wasn't long on Eureka St at all. That's if she did go running.

If she DID go for a run - and went down Cathie Street - then YES, THEY WOULD HAVE CROSSED PATHS.
There is more to the home address than people realise. I can't say much else without doxing.

 

[Lucy6226]

I wonder if the FB group being archived means there's news on the way? I hope it's good news

 

[Lucy6226]

If she DID go for a run - and went down Cathie Street - then YES, THEY WOULD HAVE CROSSED PATHS.
There is more to the home address than people realise. I can't say much else without doxing.

The lack of sightings really bothers me

 

[Kemug]

If she DID go for a run - and went down Cathie Street - then YES, THEY WOULD HAVE CROSSED PATHS.
There is more to the home address than people realise. I can't say much else without doxing.

But then surely the other runner would have reported it by now? Or anyone else who thinks they may have seen her.

 

[Kemug]

Interestingly, the 'find samantha murphy' facebook page has now been archived (10,000+ members). The organiser was advised that it had served it's purpose and it's time to take it down.

Seems a bit weird, like saying "Well, that's history now."

 

[Notascreenname]

But then surely the other runner would have reported it by now? Or anyone else who thinks they may have seen her.

Maybe they have but it hasn't been made public.

 

[JLZ]

If she DID go for a run - and went down Cathie Street - then YES, THEY WOULD HAVE CROSSED PATHS.
There is more to the home address than people realise. I can't say much else without doxing.

I take your point, but it's a short distance, a walker would cover it in 2 minutes, these are two runners, and our times aren't that precise.

 

[carbuff]

Seems a bit weird, like saying "Well, that's history now."

It sounds foreboding to me.

 

[olaselo]

I take your point, but it's a short distance, a walker would cover it in 2 minutes, these are two runners, and our times aren't that precise.

My point is - it would take longer than 2 minutes to get to Cathie street

 

[MrJ]

Like others have previously stated, I find it really weird the Facebook group has been deactivated. Maybe it's related to harassment of individual members; I can understand that a bit. But saying it's served its purpose when it's just over a week since she disappeared is rather sinister seeming to me. All JMO, but it doesn't sound particularly good.

 

[JLZ]

My point is - it would take longer than 2 minutes to get to Cathie street

From Sam's home? Well--I wish I knew what I was missing.

Edit: If you mean what I think you mean, Sam wouldn't have been on Eureka St the extra time. Also we don't know where the other runner started from or where she joined Eureka St?

 

[Buzzo]

From Sam's home? Well--I wish I knew what I was missing.

Me too. 2-300meters by my reckoning. That doesn't take long to jog.

EDIT: slightly more than half of this on Eureka St itself. Say 150m of Eureka St at 7 km/h (slow jog) is slightly over a minute.

 

[olaselo]

Me too. 2-300meters by my reckoning. That doesn't take long to jog.

More like double that

And reports are that she went walking - not running. But even at a jog - IMO the OTHER RUNNER and Sam are more than likely to have crossed paths

 

[ZombieKittie]

In regards to the FB group shutting down given the concerns from the Mayor yesterday about people who don't have experience going out searching and the current heatwave we are experiencing, they may have been asked to shut it down to discourage inexperienced searches going out and getting in trouble.

Despite its over 10000 members, it was set up so that people could co-ordinate their search efforts it wasn't set up so that people could speculate and publish unsupported rumours they'd heard from their hairdresser's cousins dog which is what it became partially because they were allowing anonymous posted up until Saturday

 

[SouthAussie]

Ballarat schools are offering counselling to students affected by the disappearance of Samantha Murphy.

"For the kids, it is really scary when a mum goes missing. Mums are such vital parts of their everyday life."

"We are preparing for the next stage, no matter what that might be. Hopefully that might be [that] Sam comes home, but certainly the children will need support and Samantha's children will need support."

School children left 'nervous' by disappearance of Ballarat mother Samantha Murphy

Missing Ballarat woman Samantha Murphy has three children with strong connections in the community and her disappearance has left some children feeling anxious.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Buzzo]

More like double that

And reports are that she went walking - not running. But even at a jog - IMO the OTHER RUNNER and Sam are more than likely to have crossed paths

You're right about the distance.

 

[JLZ]

Interestingly, the 'find samantha murphy' facebook page has now been archived (10,000+ members). The organiser was advised that it had served it's purpose and it's time to take it down.

My gut feel is that the Police are all over it (and probably advised the organiser to take it down).

Let's hope they don't try to close us down here.

 

[Trooper]

Like others have previously stated, I find it really weird the Facebook group has been deactivated. Maybe it's related to harassment of individual members; I can understand that a bit. But saying it's served its purpose when it's just over a week since she disappeared is rather sinister seeming to me. All JMO, but it doesn't sound particularly good.

it just sounds peculiar. It is grammatically correct, but intellectually vacant, since no one knows what purpose has been served, and now no one knows what purpose it was created for. If it was just to collect names, then say so. Since she has not been found, what was the point?

 

[bearbear]

it just sounds peculiar. It is grammatically correct, but intellectually vacant, since no one knows what purpose has been served, and now no one knows what purpose it was created for. If it was just to collect names, then say so. Since she has not been found, what was the point?

could it possibly be to listen to local gossip or hoping someone anonymously posts some info?