Exclusive: Specialist police have launched a new search for any trace of missing Ballarat mother Samantha Murphy.
New intelligence has led detectives to Enfield State Park, about 30 kilometres south of Ballarat.
The mother of three disappeared after leaving her Ballarat home about 7am on the morning of February 4, 2024, to go for a run in the Canadian State Forest.
The mother of three left her Ballarat home about 7am on the morning of February 4, 2024, to go for a run in the Canadian State Forest. (Nine)
Patrick Orren Stephenson, 23, was charged with the 51-year-old’s murder on March 7, 2024.
He has pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Police have searched bushland in Enfield State Park multiple times since her disappearance.
The park, which is littered with disused mineshafts, is about five kilometres away from where the 51-year-old’s mobile phone was discovered in a dam in May.
