Samantha Murphy: police suspect ‘one or more parties’ involved as targeted search begins for missing Ballarat woman

New mobile data leads police to comb Mount Clear area for clues nearly three weeks after Murphy was last seen

Mobile phone data has provided a new lead in the search for Ballarat woman Samantha Murphy, who Victoria police now suspect that one or more parties" were involved in her disappearance three weeks ago.

The 51-year-old mother of three left her home at Eureka Street in Ballarat East on 4 February to go jogging and has not been seen since.