'Outback Killer' dies, 24 years after British backpacker vanished in central Australia

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'Outback Killer' dies, 24 years after British backpacker vanished in central Australia
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Bradley John Murdoch, known as the “Outback Killer” and convicted of murdering British backpacker Peter Falconio who vanished in arid central Australia 24 years ago, has died. He was 67. Murdoch died on Tuesday night in the palliative care unit of the Alice Springs Hospital.

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