Samantha Murphy: police end targeted search as they examine phone found in dam near Ballarat

Forensic assessments being carried out on items of interest' found in search for missing woman

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Victoria police have ended their search of farmland south of Ballarat amid forensic testing of items of interest", after finding a phone at a dam during their investigation into missing woman Samantha Murphy.

Murphy, 51, was last seen nearly four months ago, when she left her Ballarat East home to go for a run on 4 February.