There is an ongoing case from September 2023 which we don't know is the same person. Similar name.
But this person, facing court appearance, had a Bond Hearing at the Ballarat Magistrates Court on January 11th 2024.
At the Bond Hearing the court would have had to assess whether the person was a flight risk, a risk of reoffending, a risk to the community when deciding to hand down a Bond rather than an incarceration
if it is him, after he was assessed and released just weeks before Samantha’s disappearance and alleged demise
It will be shocking and more pain for the loved ones