Court lifts suppression order on identity of Samantha Murphy’s alleged killer, Patrick Orren Stephenson

The identity of a young man charged with the murder of Ballarat mother Samantha Murphy has been revealed after a suppression order was lifted. Patrick Orren Stephenson, 22, was arrested about 6am on Wednesday at a home near Ballarat and charged with murder the following day — more than a month after Murphy, 51, went jogging and never returned.

The accused man has not provided any information about the location of Murphy’s body, Police Commissioner Shane Patton said on Thursday. “We are alleging a deliberate attack that has caused the death of Samantha,” Patton said before the man’s court appearance. Police and specialist detectives are continuing a desperate search for the body. “Investigations will continue at a very heavy pace,” Patton said. “Doing everything we can to locate Samantha’s body for the family is absolutely vital.

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