Samantha Murphy: alleged killer of Ballarat woman may be named as search for body continues

Media have challenged a magistrate’s order suppressing reporting of the identity of the man alleged to have killed Murphy

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The identity of a 22-year-old man accused of murdering Samantha Murphy could soon be revealed, as the search continues for her body.

Five weeks since Murphy vanished after setting out from her Ballarat East home, police on Thursday charged a 22-year-old man from Scotsburn with murdering the mother-of-three at Mount Clear.

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