{"id":97666,"date":"2024-02-10T00:49:56","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T00:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estaql.com\/australia-victoria-police-search-for-runner-and-mother-of-three-who-vanished-six-days-ago-world-news\/"},"modified":"2024-02-10T00:49:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T00:49:56","slug":"australia-victoria-police-search-for-runner-and-mother-of-three-who-vanished-six-days-ago-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/australia-victoria-police-search-for-runner-and-mother-of-three-who-vanished-six-days-ago-world-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia: Victoria Police search for runner and mother-of-three who vanished six days ago | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h2>Australia: Victoria Police search for runner and mother-of-three who vanished six days ago | World News<\/h2>\n<p>Australia: Victoria Police search for runner and mother-of-three who vanished six days ago | World News<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/02\/70x70\/skynews-samantha-murphy-victoria-police_6449609.jpg?20240209123645\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"sdc-article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>Specialist investigators in Australia have joined the search for a mother-of-three who has been missing since she left her home to go for a run six days ago.<\/p>\n<p>Missing persons detectives are now spearheading the search for Samantha Murphy, who vanished without a trace on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>She was last seen leaving her home in Eureka Street, Ballarat, at around 7am, Victoria Police said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are significant concerns given it has now been six days without her being sighted or any signs of her current whereabouts,&#8221; the force said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Her disappearance is considered extremely out of character.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Local officers, rescue workers, mounted police and a dog squad are involved in the search.<\/p>\n<p>Teams have been searching local bushland for the married 51-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>Police have also released two images of her &#8211; including one before she left for her run, captured on CCTV at her home.<\/p>\n<p>She was last seen wearing black half-length leggings and a maroon\/brown coloured vest.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"ui-media-caption\">\n        <span class=\"u-hide-visually\">Image:<\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\">A home CCTV image of the mother-of-three before she left for a run. Pic: Victoria Police<br \/>\n        <\/span><br \/>\n      <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>They hope someone recognises her and can provide any information about her movements since Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Police are urging everyone in the Ballarat East and Mount Helen areas, particularly around the Canadian Forest, to check their CCTV for any possible sightings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;People don&#8217;t just vanish into thin air&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Her family has also appealed for help, with her husband Mick, telling reporters: &#8220;People just don&#8217;t vanish into thin air.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Someone&#8217;s got to know something.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Her eldest daughter Jess said through tears: &#8220;Mum&#8217;s a really strong woman, and she&#8217;s far too determined to give up this fight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know she&#8217;s out there somewhere. So if you could please continue to search for her to give us something to work with, we&#8217;d really appreciate it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She added: &#8220;Mum, we love you so much and we miss you, and we need you at home with us.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Please come home soon. I can&#8217;t wait to see you and give you the biggest hug when I do, and to tell you off for giving us so much stress. I love you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more world news:<\/strong><br \/><strong>Chernobyl&#8217;s mutant wolves &#8216;have developed resistance to cancer&#8217;<\/strong><br \/><strong>Putin on invading Poland, war in Ukraine, and American &#8216;spies&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Detective Acting Superintendent Mark Hatt said: &#8220;I want to be clear that at this time, we have nothing immediate to indicate there is anything sinister behind Samantha&#8217;s disappearance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We still have a number of avenues of enquiry to pursue and the search to try and locate her is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;However, it is especially concerning that we have now gone six days without any contact from her or any potential sightings.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;I know this is an incredibly difficult time for her family and friends, who are without answers and no doubt struggling to understand what has happened.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0635\u062f\u0631\" href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/australia-victoria-police-search-for-missing-runner-and-mother-of-three-who-vanished-six-days-ago-13067431\">\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0635\u062f\u0631<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/lenkaed.com\" title=\"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631\" rel=\"dofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Australia: Victoria Police search for runner and mother-of-three who vanished six days ago | World News\" href=\"\/\">Australia: Victoria Police search for runner and mother-of-three who vanished six days ago | World News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia: Victoria Police search for runner and mother-of-three who vanished six days ago | World News Australia: Victoria Police search for runner and mother-of-three who vanished six days ago | World News Specialist investigators in Australia have joined the search for a mother-of-three who has been missing since she left her home to go for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7711],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-7711"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97666\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}