Samantha Murphy: Patrick Stephenson identified as alleged killer of Ballarat woman
by Cait Kelly and Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#6K620)
Magistrate lifts order which prohibited naming son of former AFL footballer accused of murder
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The man accused of murdering Ballarat woman Samantha Murphy has been revealed as 22-year-old Patrick Stephenson, after the lifting of a legal order preventing him from being named.
The son of ex-AFL footballer, Orren Stephenson, has been charged with the murder of Murphy, a mother of three, who went missing on 4 February after going for a run. Police are still searching for her body.
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