The heartbroken husband of missing mum-of-three Samantha Murphy has spoken out two weeks after his wife’s disappearance.
Ms Murphy, 51, left her home off Eureka Street in East Ballarat, north-west of Melbourne, to go for a run in Woowookarung Regional Park just after 7am on February 4 and has not been seen since.
On Monday, her husband Mick Murphy issued a message to Australia.
‘We want Sam home please,’ he told 7News.
Mr Murphy told the outlet his family are ‘doing the best we can under the circumstances’.
He had previously told people to speak up if they knew anything about the missing mother of three.
‘People just don’t vanish into thin air. Someone’s got to know something,’ he told reporters on Thursday.
Last week, Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton said that the search for Ms Murphy had reached a new stage.
‘It’s certainly unusual when we haven’t been able to locate any trace of her or any other evidence within that period of time,’ he said.
‘It’s suspicious, whether that means there’s foul play involved, or not, I don’t know, but obviously detectives are investigating a matter where a woman’s been missing for a significant period of time.’
Detectives from Victoria Police’s Missing Persons Unit attended the Murphy property on Wednesday morning.
The detectives spent more than an hour inside before leaving.
The East Ballarat property is at the centre of the investigation. It is the place where Ms Murphy was last seen on February 4, as she embarked on her morning jog.
Ms Murphy’s husband Mick, who continues to be supported by family members, is understood to be co-operating with the specialised unit, which is attached to Victoria Police’s Homicide Squad.
Daily Mail Australia is not suggesting Mr Murphy has anything to do with the disappearance of his wife whatsoever.
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Samantha Murphy vanished without a trace on February 4
Samantha Murphy’s husband Mick Murphy
