Psychics, amateur sleuths and the issues for those searching for missing Ballarat woman Samantha Murphy
by Adeshola Ore from World news | The Guardian on (#6JJG3)
As the police investigation enters its second week, wild speculation and conspiracy theories spread on social media
A CCTV image of her moments before she left home for an early morning run and a ping on a mobile phone tower 11km south of Ballarat - these are among the few clues to Samantha Murphy'sdisappearance.
Yet, from these two pieces of evidence, psychics, armchair detectives and online sleuths have created and fuelled theories about how the Ballarat woman vanished, as the investigation enters its second week.
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