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Murdoch Could Make Deathbed Declaration as Police Boost Reward for Falconio’s Remains

Authorities have doubled the reward to AU$500,000 to locate Falconio’s remains following a true crime author’s warning of an ‘explosive’ final statement from Murdoch.

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Overview

  • Bradley John Murdoch, convicted of murdering British backpacker Peter Falconio in 2001, has been moved to palliative care after a 2019 diagnosis of terminal throat cancer.
  • True crime author Robin Bowles warns that Murdoch’s “explosive” final statement may reveal new information on the long-unresolved case.
  • Northern Territory Police have raised the reward for information leading to Falconio’s remains from AU$250,000 to AU$500,000.
  • Falconio’s body has never been recovered despite extensive searches and a debunked 2023 report of bone discoveries near Alice Springs.
  • Under the Northern Territory’s “no body, no parole” law, Murdoch remains ineligible for release until he discloses the body’s location, and Falconio’s family fears he will die without providing answers.