The search for the remains of murdered mother Samantha Murphy has been narrowed to an area 11 kilometres from Ballarat.
The search for the body of Samantha Murphy has narrowed to an area near Ballarat. Police moved their efforts to Buninyong, 11km from the regional city on Wednesday morning. Murphy was last seen leaving her home to go for a run on the morning of 4 February. Victoria Police allege she was murdered by 22-year-old Patrick Orren Stephenson, at Mount Clear, on the day she went missing. Mount Clear, a semi-rural suburb, is six kilometres from where police have focused their search.
"Since Samantha's disappearance, extensive searches have been conducted in the Ballarat area and today we will focus on an area of bushland in Buninyong," he said. "We will have a range of specialist resources involved, however as we are searching for Samantha's body, we ask that members of the public do not try and join today's search." Stephenson, a tradie was arrested earlier this month on the outskirts of Ballarat.
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