The 22-year-old man was remanded in custody as police said their primary role was now to find Murphy’s body.
Police will focus efforts on recovering the body of missing Ballarat mother Samantha Murphy after a breakthrough resulted in the son of a former AFL player being charged with murder over her disappearance.
“God, the adrenaline with everything that’s been going on, it’s just trying to be brave for everybody,” he said.“It hasn’t been good for a while, nearly five weeks, but we’re doing as good as we can, it’s a brave face.”In court, defence lawyer David Tamanika said it was his client’s first time in custody, and he was at risk of self-harm. But, the lawyer earlier said the accused had no drug and alcohol or mental health concerns.
Patton said his thoughts were with Murphy’s family, adding they had been “under intense scrutiny” throughout the investigation. They were told about the arrest on Wednesday night and about the murder charge on Thursday afternoon, he said. “I’m not going to identify what has specifically led us to this man other than to say it came about from painstaking detective work with great assistance from the public,” he said.The last known image of Samantha Murphy.
Police began searching for her in an area behind the Buninyong Golf Club, about eight kilometres from where they arrested the man on Wednesday morning.took control from local police. Specialist detectives and counter-terrorism officers were also called in. Last week investigators said they believed that Murphy was not alive as they probed the possibility that herEarlier this month, dozens of officers carefully sifted through bush at Mount Clear, about six kilometres from where Murphy was last seen, after mobile phone data pointed detectives to the area. Hundreds of concerned residents also conducted their own search.
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