Police ask Ballarat locals to review their CCTV footage
In Victoria police have widened the search for a missing Ballarat woman who hasn't been seen since heading out for a run-on Sunday. The focus had initially been on bushland near Samantha Murphy's home but areas further south in mount Helen have now also become part of the search zone. Today there was some hope when items were found in the bush, but police now say they are not connected.
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00:00 Cars gathering outside the home of Samantha Murphy four days since she vanished.
00:07 We're holding up, we're holding up. It's scary that we're getting on to another day.
00:12 As the search for the mother of three continues, her community, many who have joined the search efforts...
00:18 I've been looking since Sunday and I still have not stopped.
00:21 ...remain hopeful she'll be found alive. Her friend Paula Heenan is at a loss.
00:26 It's absolutely surreal. We just can't actually fathom what might have happened or how it happened, how somebody could just disappear.
00:35 Samantha is a wife, she's a mum, she's a next door neighbour, she's a friend, she's part of our community through the arts area.
00:43 Ms Murphy was last seen leaving her home on Eureka Street in Ballarat East on Sunday morning to go for a run in the nearby Wawukurrung Regional Park.
00:52 Police believe this grainy figure on a neighbour's CCTV camera is Ms Murphy heading out on her run.
00:59 They're appealing for more vision or any clues which could help locate the woman.
01:04 Anything small in nature is still worthy of reporting.
01:07 Her husband Mick seen in his car in the search area today.
01:11 Police say Samantha's disappearance is out of character but at this stage have not ruled it as suspicious.
01:17 This afternoon the search was expanded to the Mount Helen area but it was close to the family home where a patch of bushland was cordoned off after items were found at the base of a tree.
01:27 Items found today during the search for Samantha Murphy have been assessed by police and are found to be not relevant to the investigation.
01:34 The search is expected to begin again tomorrow at first light.
01:38 When police, SES and CFA and a legion of community members will again scour the area.
01:44 Turning out in such significant numbers I think it does come at the heart strings when we're talking about a mum, a mum of young kids and we just want her to be found safe.
01:53 As Samantha's family face a fourth night without her.
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