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What is going on with Samantha Murphy’s case?

5/25/20268 min

We’ve been getting a lot of emails asking if we’re going to cover the case Samantha Murphy, the Ballarat jogger who went missing on the morning of February 4, 2024. 

Ballarat reporter Laura Mayers joins the pod to explain the story up to here, and where the proceedings stand. We also let you in on a few other big cases we have on our radar, heading to court later in the year. 

If you have any questions, you’d like Laura and Stocky to answer in future episodes, please email thecaseof@abc.net.au.   

The Case Of is the follow-up to the hit podcast Mushroom Case Daily, and all episodes of that show will remain available in the back catalogue of The Case Of.

Clips

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Why The Delay

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Laura Mayers· Guest0:00

    ABC Listen. Podcasts, radio, news, music, and more.

  2. Stephen Stockwell· Host0:06

    Samantha Murphy disappeared in 2024 while running near her home in Ballarat. Patrick Stevenson was charged with her murder. The trial was set to start in April, but as usual with court, not everything goes to the original timeline. I'm Stephen Stockwell. This is The Case Of. The 51-year-old was last seen leaving her home on Eureka Street for a trail run in the Wallaguarung Regional Park.

  3. Laura Mayers· Guest0:40

    On February 4th, Ms. Murphy left her Ballarat East home for her regular Sunday morning workout, but never returned.

  4. Stephen Stockwell· Host0:46

    Police say she had her mobile phone and was wearing a watch with GPS tracking.

  5. Laura Mayers· Guest0:51

    "Mummy, love you so much and I miss you." Ballarat man, Patrick Orren Stevenson, was arrested and charged with Ms. Murphy's murder.

  6. Stephen Stockwell· Host1:00

    A few times a week we get an email asking if we'll be covering the trial of the man accused of murdering Samantha Murphy in Ballarat, Patrick Stevenson, and in short the answer is yes. But because so many of you are interested in this trial, we wanted to explain where is it all up to at the moment. To help us along, I'm very pleased to be joined by ABC reporter Laura Myers. Laura, welcome to The Case Of.

  7. Laura Mayers· Guest1:22

    Stocky, thank you so much for having me.

  8. Stephen Stockwell· Host1:24

    Really appreciate having you here for this episode to kind of unpack what's happening with the, the trial around,

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