The latest search for the body of missing Victorian mother Samantha Murphy has turned up nothing of interest and has been called off.
State and federal police faced wet conditions on Tuesday as they began a new search in Grenville, south of Ballarat, which concluded on Thursday.
The 51-year-old woman was last seen alive when she went for a run on the morning of February 4.
In March, police charged shopkeeper Patrick Orren Stephenson, 23, with Murphy’s murder.
The most recent search remains focused on Enfield State Forest in Grenville.
The location is about a 15-minute drive from Buninyong, where Ms Murphy’s phone was found buried in mud at the edge of an agricultural dam in May.
Samantha Murphy (pictured) disappeared while on a morning run near her home in Ballarat.
State and federal police faced wet conditions on Tuesday as they began a new search in Grenville, south of Ballarat, which concluded on Thursday.
Police on mountain bikes searched for the remains of Samantha Murphy, who disappeared without a trace after going for a run last summer, in Ballarat, Victoria.
“Police have concluded their current search in Enfield State Forest and no items of interest were located,” a police spokesperson said.
‘The investigation is ongoing and is focused on locating Samantha’s body.
“We are not in a position to provide further specific details on operational activity at this time.”
Murphy’s disappearance sparked an outpouring of grief across the Ballarat community and the nation, with an influx of volunteers joining multiple previous searches.
Stephen is due to appear in court in November after prosecutors asked for a delay to review a lengthy brief of evidence which included a large amount of CCTV footage.
He is the son of Orren Stephenson, who played 15 AFL games for Geelong and Richmond between 2012 and 2014.
Police with dogs searched an area around Enfield State Park in Victoria. The search concluded Thursday.
Police on horseback joined a search in an area around Enfield State Park in Victoria in a fresh search for the body of Samantha Murphy.
