Overview

• Convicted in 2005 of murdering backpacker Peter Falconio, Bradley John Murdoch died in July from terminal throat cancer without revealing the location of the victim’s remains.
• Northern Territory Police are intensifying searches across remote sections of the Stuart Highway corridor and surrounding cattle stations for any trace of Falconio’s body.
• The Coroner’s Court of the Northern Territory has opened an inquiry to examine the circumstances of the murder and the continued absence of Falconio’s remains.
• The A$500,000 reward offered under the territory’s no-body-no-parole law remains active as authorities seek credible leads in the 24-year-old case.
• Investigators have dismissed theories suggesting an accomplice or faked death for lack of credible evidence, and Falconio’s family has renewed public appeals for closure.