Patrick Orren Stephenson, 24, fronted Ballarat Magistrates Court on Thursday ... count of murder and opted to fast-track his case to Victoria's Supreme Court. Ms Murphy's body's has still not ...

The man accused of murdering Samantha Murphy has admitted he drove while drunk and high on ecstasy in the months before the Ballarat mum went missing. Patrick Stephenson, 23, who has pleaded not ...

It’s a case that broke Australia ... Ballarat and disappeared, sparking mass volunteer search operations and an extensive police investigation. A young man, 23-year-old Patrick Orren Stephenson ...

Wearing a maroon singlet and black leggings, the mother of three left her Ballarat home to go for ... was cut short allegedly by the hands of Patrick Stephenson. While more than 230 police ...

Ms Murphy's disappearance gripped Victoria and the nation and led to an outpouring of grief in the Ballarat community ... 23-year-old tradesman Patrick Orren Stephenson with Ms Murphy's murder ...

It’s almost a year since Ballarat woman Samantha Murphy went for a run and never came home. The 51-year-old was last seen alive when she went for a run on the morning of February 4. In March, police ...