Police are remaining tight-lipped about any new leads as they investigate the mysterious disappearance of Ballarat mother Samantha Murphy more than a week ago. Today, community members held a vigil for the 51-year-old as they clung to the hope she'll be found alive.
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00:00 A candle lit for the missing mother of three.
00:06 Lord God, we pray that Samantha will be found safe and well, and that she will be reunited
00:13 with her family who love her dearly.
00:16 Outside, a community turns to prayer.
00:19 So trying to point people to somewhere where hope can be found, so that was the big part
00:23 of it today.
00:25 And political leaders offered similar messages.
00:28 I can't even begin to imagine the distress and the worry that her family must be feeling.
00:35 After days of searching yielded few clues about what happened to the 51-year-old after
00:40 she set out on a run last Sunday morning.
00:43 I thank all those people who are involved in the search and hope that it has a good
00:50 outcome.
00:51 From SES, from Vicpol, to CFA, to just ordinary members of the community, we are all desperate
00:58 for a positive outcome here.
01:00 Seven days on from her disappearance, exactly what happened to Samantha Murphy remains a
01:06 mystery.
01:07 But while police have scaled back their search efforts, members of the Ballarat community
01:10 are continuing to hold out hope that she'll be found.
01:14 People are out searching and they just feel that now after a week, what can they do?
01:21 Everyone's just devastated by this.
01:24 You read about it in the paper, but when it actually happens in your backyard, it's really,
01:29 really frightening.
01:30 The terrain they've been working through is really difficult.
01:33 It's beautiful bushland, we all love it, but we know how difficult it is.
01:37 Police have appealed for any dash cam footage from Ballarat's east last Sunday, as their
01:42 investigation widens its scope.
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