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

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Search for missing mum scaled back as it enters sixth day

The search for missing mum Samantha Murphy will be scaled back over the weekend as it enters its sixth day with little information on her whereabouts.
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The search for missing mum Samantha Murphy will be dramatically scaled back this the weekend after six days of hunting failed to find a single trace of her.

Detectives from Victoria Police's specialist Missing Persons unit will take charge of the investigation into the disappearance of the Ballarat woman, police confirmed on Friday.

Crews from the Country Fire Authority and State Emergency Service volunteers have also been told to withdraw from the search.
 
imstilla.grandma said:
It has also been revealed that CCTV footage put out by the police purporting to show Ms Murphy going for a jog before her disappearance is actually of a different woman.

Ms Murphy’s husband, Michael, thanked the community on Thursday for its support and urged people to contact police if they had any information.
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* it seems a bit unusual there is a public thank you when his wife has not yet been found
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It's very common, in my experience, for family members to thank searchers and volunteers publicly here, regardless of the outcome of the search.

MOO
 
“My heart breaks for Sam’s family friends and community first and foremost. I cannot imagine how they’re feeling. I am out searching for Sam too and I pray she is found,” says Ms Austin.

“I’m in absolute shock, I feel like I am living my attack all over again the last few days. I am angry that women clearly cannot go for a run and return home safely. My heart is with the Ballarat female running community. Running communities are tight knit, particularly in regional towns. Most of us have run where Sam runs, I certainly had in the past.

“Sam going missing on a run is a second major trauma to occur where female runners in this town fear for their safety when going for a run. I acknowledge the deep anxiety being felt by female runners in the Ballarat community right now.”

“Women’s safety while running is not a women’s issue, it is an issue of male violence,” she says.

“The Ballarat Police said to me after my attack ‘at this point the only way we can find who attacked you is if the male hands himself in or if another person is attacked’ that made me so angry and fearful for women’s safety in our community,” Ms Austin said.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=2160201324317537
 
What has been interesting is learning that there have been a few other unsolved murders in roughly the same area - but these occurred in the late 90's. Unsure if it has been previously mentioned, 36 yr old Belinda Williams 'vanished' from home and her body was not found for 11 days (Mt Buninyong Access Road). Police discuss the possibility that the body was in another location prior to being left in the bush. Episode here. Described as an active 'cold case'.
 
Harry'sMum said:
I get that too - which is why I'm feeling bad that I still suspect him. When Jill Meagher disappeared, after her husband Tom faced the media, it was so close to Allison Baden-Clay's murder (Allison in April, Jill in September of the same year) that everybody immediately judged him as guilty - and he wasn't. Though I will admit that watching Tom on the news, I did think "no...he's innocent. His grief is etched in his face - he's doing all he can to find her". I didn't get *that* feeling with Tom that he was guilty. I wish I felt the same way about this hubby. I'm praying I'm wrong and can come back later and go "I was so so wrong".

Then again I also look back at the Azaria Chamberlain case - which was two years before I was born, but my mother told me all about it - she was on the fence, but said that watching Lindy Chamberlain's interviews on the news made her feel like she was guilty. My father (who passed away just after Lindy was cleared, so I don't have his opinion other than what my mother told me he said) was adamant she was guilty based on her demeanour just after the disappearance, and what the news showed of the event. As a teen I was really interested in the case, read the book Evil Angels (didn't see the movie, actually read the book) and it captivated me how harshly she was judged, despite the clear evidence the dingo took the baby, based solely on her demeanour during interviews and court appearances. And yet...here I am doing the exact same thing. So I'm really hoping that I'm reading him wrong.
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It occurred to me, when watching Samantha's husband being interviewed, that he was possibly trying to minimise the drama of the situation, knowing that his kids would be watching - to make it as undramatic as possible, for their sake. I also got the impression that he's not someone who's used to talking a lot - hence he didn't necessarily choose words which a more adept speaker would use. JMO
 
tiff said:
disagree. I would be in hospital on meds if anything like this happened to my DH.
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He is shown walking with a policeman..both smiling. Maybe his daughter was 5 meters away smiling at them both... the gravity of the situation is not lost just because a photographer has captured them in a moment, with a smile on their face...imo.
To be completely honest you are witnessing garbage media doing what they do best...
 
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Acting Inspector Lisa MacDougall said Ms Murphy's mobile phone had pinged in Buninyong but that 'inquiries are ongoing as to whether (the phone) is still on'.

'Obviously, phones can run out of battery, but that forms part of the investigation,' she told reporters on Monday.

Has it been confirmed that her phone was off after the last ping that was reported.
I don't see her going out with a phone that's short on power. So it was either switched off or damaged in an accident.
 
jjleroche said:
It occurred to me, when watching Samantha's husband being interviewed, that he was possibly trying to minimise the drama of the situation, knowing that his kids would be watching - to make it as undramatic as possible, for their sake. I also got the impression that he's not someone who's used to talking a lot - hence he didn't necessarily choose words which a more adept speaker would use. JMO
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Is it known whether Mick is Jess's father? Part of what bothered me about him was the emotional distance between them on camera--he going through the motions of patting her back, she not at all falling into his arms. It would make unsinister sense to me were he her stepfather.
 
All IMO; I think the image released is her taking out animal waste to the wheelie bin outside on her way out for her run. Not something I would put in my inside bins?

The wording of this from this link was interesting to me:

www.abc.net.au

CFA crews withdrawn from Samantha Murphy search as more detectives join case

Police are mystified about the missing Ballarat woman's movements "from the moment she left home" as they make another appeal for public help and missing persons unit detectives take charge.
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In short: Samantha Murphy disappeared after going for a run on Sunday and police haven't received "any information" about her movements since. (BBM)

This raises questions to me of her coming home and then going missing, but it is in contrast with what was said about her last being said at 7am so wonder if it is just a poor choice of words from ABC.
 
JLZ said:
Is it known whether Mick is Jess's father? Part of what bothered me about him was the emotional distance between them on camera--he going through the motions of patting her back, she not at all falling into his arms. It would make unsinister sense to me were he her stepfather.
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The way he patted her back reminded me of my own father who I am very close with, he’s just not a very expressive person.

What caught my attention was the fathers obvious discomfort when the daughter was talking about SM being out there somewhere and wanting to hug her, but this could just be realism that 5 days in it’s wasn’t looking good?
 
Bats said:
He is shown walking with a policeman..both smiling. Maybe his daughter was 5 meters away smiling at them both... the gravity of the situation is not lost just because a photographer has captured them in a moment, with a smile on their face...imo.
To be completely honest you are witnessing garbage media doing what they do best...
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Exactly this. I hate how people fall for it time and time again.
 
green leaves said:
No witnesses, sightings or footage outside of the home.
CCTV capture of her still on the property is the only thing.
My gut is going back to thinking she has never left the house.
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I think the VPOL would’ve quizzed her family members were they were at the time of her leaving to go for a jog and confident VPOL aren’t ruling anything out as yet.
 
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