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The volunteers, marked out with hi-vis jackets and wearing long pants, backpacks and hats, gathered at Ballarat's 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 Murphy's 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.