Superintendent Hatt News Today

Detectives appear to have made the first major breakthrough in the hunt for missing mum Samantha Murphy since they arrested her alleged killer almost three months ago.

A groundbreaking theory surfaces in the search for Samantha Murphy, 24 days after her mysterious disappearance.

A group of experts have shared new theories on what could have happened to missing Ballarat mother, Samantha Murphy.

The Inland Motor Body Works shop, owned by missing mother-of-three Samantha Murphy and her husband Mick, is the largest in the Ballarat region northwest of Melbourne.

Victoria Police continue search for Samantha Murphy into fourth week. They said it is their number one priority but are very doubtful she is alive.

The volunteers, marked out with hi-vis jackets and wearing long pants, backpacks and hats, gathered at Ballarats Eureka Stockade Memorial Park in the morning in preparation for the search.

Victoria Police continue search for Samantha Murphy into fourth week. They said it is their number one priority but are very doubtful she is alive.

Police are speaking to everyone in Samantha Murphys life as part of the investigation into her disappearance, including family, friends and work colleagues -  and believe it is unlikely that she is alive.

Police have said there was a number of movements to and from the Murphy house on February 4, the day the mother-of-three disappeared.

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