Samantha Murphy: new intelligence prompts fresh bushland search for body of missing Ballarat woman

Police move to area near Buninyong where alleged murder victim Murphy’s mobile phone was last detected

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Victoria police have announced a fresh search for the body of alleged murder victim Samantha Murphy in bushland south of Ballarat.

Police on Wednesday said they would conduct a “significant” search in the Buninyong area where Murphy’s phone pinged a mobile phone tower on the day the Ballarat woman went missing.