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 #2

[Black-Cat]

no they can't.

edited - my apologies, yes it can - as long as it has battery power and certain functions are enabled on the device.

But not if SIM card is removed???

 

[nightrider17]

Did the Uncle and Aunt only know about the 10.00 am appointment when SM's uncle spoke to his brother? SM's dad?? JMO

Seems the Uncle and Aunt want to keep SM's name out there - in case it jogs people's memory or can provide further useful information which might help locate SM? JMO

'(Mick) has shut the gate and locked (reporters) out,' Allan said. 'He's had a gutful of the reporters.'

Allan said Mr Murphy had never courted public attention.

Daily Mail Australia is also not suggesting Mr Murphy has anything to do with his wife's disappearance.

Janice said Mr Murphy likely felt the media attention was an intrusion on his family's privacy.

'Then on the other hand they've got to stop and think. Nothing else is working. The more people talking about it, something might pop up,' Janice said.

'We've got to keep jogging people's memory,' Allan added.

Inside the frantic hours after Samantha Murphy went missing

The family of missing mother-of-three Samantha Murphy have revealed how her husband tried to find her on the morning she went missing.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[borderline444]

so many questions!

I would love to know if she left on foot or in a car. Im guessing it was on foot, in which case why didn't the police dogs track her?

If she left on foot I wonder if she called in somewhere on her way to the forest, and never left, but that would've been tracked by the dogs.

This is such a weird disappearance. There is still a possibility she's alive and well although I doubt she would cause her kids that level of pain.

 

[DK007]

We still haven't been told on the day Sunday 4th February, where Samantha disappeared, from around 7am, who was home with her ? Have other family members who are living in the house have their alibi checked, CCTV cameras at businesses checked to see if they were at work or somewhere else they say ? Etc. None of her family have come forward in media conversations mentioning this etc, and this hasn't been brought up by journalists that I have heard.

This is such Crucial Information as this was the day she disappeared. If police didn't think that there is more to this story, we would have been told all of this in the beginning.

Not necessarily, this sensitive information would not be made public as SM disappearance is an active investigation, however VPOL would've taken statements of all FM where they were on the morning SM left to go jogging and there whereabouts through out the course of the day. We're not privy to this information as yet ..

 

[Deleted member 293720]

In an article in The Daily Mail ,Mr Murphy said she had an appointment ? and that she was supposed to be home by nine and he waited two hours to report a missing at 11 o'clock when they were supposed to have brunch with family members, if there's no evidence that this appointment anywhere in Ballarat and no family member knows of information and no information in her diary of an appointment, of this appointment, maybe the appointment was a russ to get her out of the house, did someone drive her to this appointment did she walked to the appointment, maybe if there is no such thing as an appointment booking anywhere, maybe it's a first

 

[BreakingNews]

Hi Toowong(s), you wrote

'The Police have been very clear that SM left the property around 7am, they say they have footage of SM walking up the driveway toward the road'

One has to wonder why that CCTV has not yet been released.
We only have a still image with the dog poop bag, but not actual CCTV video. Why? What's to hide?

If they didn't see which way she went, then there is no clear evidence that she left the property at that time.

 

[SLouTh]

She was reported missing at about 11am. Mick reported her missing. He said she was supposed to be back to go to some sort of meeting that morning,' Allan said.

Inside the frantic hours after Samantha Murphy went missing

The family of missing mother-of-three Samantha Murphy have revealed how her husband tried to find her on the morning she went missing.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Trooper]

Sebastopol as Russian Sevastopol?
(Well, it is actually in Ukraine, but the city still belongs to Russia)
Do Russian immigrants live there?

Might be one or two. Russians, like Australians turn up anywhere!!!! It was a soldier settlement town , sort of, an outlying suburb of Ballarat, men who came back from the first world war, who were granted land to clear and farm... .now it's suburban, mainly, Lots of Crimean town names around AU, Inkerman, Alma, Balaklava etc because of 1914 , 1918... .

 

[mondayschild]

IMHO the news report from this morning (2 deaths) sounds unconnected (e.g. DV). Seems to be more and more prevalent (or we are more aware of it).

 

[Dotta]

Might be one or two. Russians, like Australians turn up anywhere!!!! It was a soldier settlement town , sort of, an outlying suburb of Ballarat, men who came back from the first world war, who were granted land to clear and farm... .now it's suburban, mainly, Lots of Crimean town names around AU, Inkerman, Alma, Balaklava etc because of 1914 , 1918... .

Thanks!
Sevastopol is in Crimea

 

[Black-Cat]

Two bodies and police are not looking for anyone else. Sounds like a murder-suicide. RIP

Yes I think this is a completely separate murder-suicide IMO
Unfortunately these things happen all the time and are not always reported on.

IMO

 

[Naobh]

If they didn't see which way she went, then there is no clear evidence that she left the property at that time.

They must know that the CCTV would have seen her go back to her home.

 

[Deleted member 293720]

Not necessarily, this sensitive information would not be made public as SM disappearance is an active investigation, however VPOL would've taken statements of all FM where they were on the morning SM left to go jogging and there whereabouts through out the course of the day. We're not privy to this information as yet ..

I understand all this, but a normal statement would be .. The daughter was the last person to see her, or her husband was the last person to see her, etc... Which is then relayed back to the Media. The fact that police have not made a lot of recent requests from the public, suggests they are following some strong leads. I am hopeful this will be solved soon

 

[Noorie]

Inside the frantic hours after Samantha Murphy went missing

The family of missing mother-of-three Samantha Murphy have revealed how her husband tried to find her on the morning she went missing.

www.dailymail.co.uk

The family of missing mother-of-three Samantha Murphy have revealed how her husband tried to find her on the morning she went missing.

Ms Murphy's uncle and aunt, Allan and Janice Robson, told Daily Mail Australia their niece's husband, Mick Murphy, made the call to police himself two hours after she failed to return home at 9am on February 4.

'She was reported missing at about 11am. Mick reported her missing. He said she was supposed to be back to go to some sort of meeting that morning,' Allan said.

'She wasn't home. Didn't go to it... he rang up and reported it and after that they started looking out the other side of Buninyong, which is 20-30km away.'

Not sure if this means MM went looking himself?? or he just alerted police at 11.00 am after she didn't come home at 9.00?? IMO

Wonder if MM did go looking at some point? MOO

I did read somewhere early on that he went searching for her.

 

[Deleted member 293720]

If they didn't see which way she went, then there is no clear evidence that she left the property at that time.

Or she didn't leave the property

 

[Black-Cat]

Sometimes when someone wants to get rid of someone they get a professional to do it, and often they are never found. In cases without a body it is very difficult to convict someone.

IMO

 

[borderline444]

Sometimes when someone wants to get rid of someone they get a professional to do it, and often they are never found. In cases without a body it is very difficult to convict someone.

IMO

pretty sure professionals are not thick on the ground in Ballarat

Ballarat is pretty much a country town still.

 

[Black-Cat]

pretty sure professionals are not thick on the ground in Ballarat

Ballarat is pretty much a country town still.

Perhaps, but Melbourne is only 50 minutes away

 

[SLouTh]

If they didn't see which way she went, then there is no clear evidence that she left the property at that time.

Superintendent Hatt told cameras positioned on the Murphy homestead had captured her walking up the driveway.
It captured her leaving the address,' he said.

Detectives return to home of missing mum Samantha Murphy

The disappearance of mum-of-three Samantha Murphy has officially been declared 'suspicious' by Victoria Police.

www.dailymail.co.uk

I understand all this, but a normal statement would be .. The daughter was the last person to see her, or her husband was the last person to see her, etc... Which is then relayed back to the Media.

The 51-year-old was last seen by her family as she left her home on Eureka St, Ballarat East, for a run at 7am on Sunday morning.

https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/news/homicide-police-set-to-be-called-in-to-investigate-in-search-for-samantha-murphy/news-story/7148bcd84899c77ef740b4caee9a2937

 

[Liadan]

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