From what I understand from SM’s case natural causes are very unlikely - she had a phone and a watch with her, both of these can be used to contact emergency services easily.was this then heat stroke or a heart attack? No foul play? (not trying to derail this thread but maybe natural causes in this thread too...?)
Very interesting, thank you for sharing.I see some folks here are discussing the actions taken by police the day of her disappearance, so I thought I check PolAir's ADSB data on the Sunday to get a rough timeline.
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Sunday 4th February movements of POL30
15:38 - Begins flying towards the Ballarat area from Flinders (roughly 136km away)
16:18 - Arrives near Buninyong and begins searching the area around Union Jack Reserve
17:04 - Leaves north towards Ballarat aerodrome
18:02 - Departs Ballarat Aerodrome and begins doing laps of the properties between Yankie Flat Rd and Woowookarung Regional Park.
18:37 - Begins a final single fly over Canadian Plantation north towards her property and back south.
18:47 - Departs the Ballarat area en route to Melbourne.
So all-in-all it hovered over the area for around 1.5 hours. I presume the stop at the aerodrome was for refueling or to wait for new instructions/information.
My thinking is that it searched these two particular areas due to their inaccessibility (either private land or dense/hilly).
Take from this what you will but I just thought it was interesting to see that such resources were called in less than 10 hours since her disappearance.
source: adsbexchange
Interesting that they searched near Buninyong first at 1618. This seems to suggest they may have had info on that ping by that stage?I see some folks here are discussing the actions taken by police the day of her disappearance, so I thought I'd check PolAir's ADSB data on the Sunday to get a rough timeline.
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Sunday 4th February movements of VH-PVO (POL30)
15:38 - Begins flying towards the Ballarat area from Flinders (roughly 136km away)
16:18 - Arrives near Buninyong and begins searching the area around Union Jack Reserve
17:04 - Leaves north towards Ballarat aerodrome
18:02 - Departs Ballarat Aerodrome and begins doing laps of the properties between Yankie Flat Rd and Woowookarung Regional Park.
18:37 - Begins a final single fly over Canadian Plantation north towards her property and back south.
18:47 - Departs the Ballarat area en route to Melbourne.
So all-in-all it hovered over the area for around 1.5 hours. I presume the stop at the aerodrome was for refueling or to wait for new instructions/information.
My thinking is that it searched these two particular areas due to their inaccessibility (either private land or dense/hilly).
Take from this what you will but I just thought it was interesting to see that such resources were called in less than 10 hours since her disappearance.
source: adsbexchange
Just had rain, thunder, lightning and hail in the western suburbs of Ballarat - still 35 degrees though. Radar shows storms starting to come through.Fingers crossed that the storms pass without major damage.
Yes misconception about reporting missing person.Very interesting, thank you for sharing.
As someone linked on the previous page, police stated that the 24/48 wait to report an adult missing is a misconception. If it’s totally out of a character for a person (as it would have been in SM’s case) it’s good to report it early and they will actually get onto it.
Hi eptio, great workI see some folks here are discussing the actions taken by police the day of her disappearance, so I thought I'd check PolAir's ADSB data on the Sunday to get a rough timeline.
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Sunday 4th February movements of VH-PVO (POL30)
15:38 - Begins flying towards the Ballarat area from Flinders (roughly 136km away)
16:18 - Arrives near Buninyong and begins searching the area around Union Jack Reserve
17:04 - Leaves north towards Ballarat aerodrome
18:02 - Departs Ballarat Aerodrome and begins doing laps of the properties between Yankie Flat Rd and Woowookarung Regional Park.
18:37 - Begins a final single fly over Canadian Plantation north towards her property and back south.
18:47 - Departs the Ballarat area en route to Melbourne.
So all-in-all it hovered over the area for around 1.5 hours. I presume the stop at the aerodrome was for refueling or to wait for new instructions/information.
My thinking is that it searched these two particular areas due to their inaccessibility (either private land or dense/hilly).
Take from this what you will but I just thought it was interesting to see that such resources were called in less than 10 hours since her disappearance.
source: adsbexchange
Now the DM is saying the dog is also missing
Fresh heartache hits family of Samantha Murphy
The family of missing mum Samantha Murphy was dealt another cruel blow just days after the Ballarat mum when missing.www.dailymail.co.uk
Was thinking the sameI wonder if the dog is trying to find her.
Or ... I wonder if she came back for the dog ... (I hope she came back for the dog)I wonder if the dog is trying to find her.
That was actually my very first thought.Or ... I wonder if she came back for the dog ... (I hope she came back for the dog)
i was hoping that tooOr ... I wonder if she came back for the dog ... (I hope she came back for the dog)