Outback killer Bradley John Murdoch dead at 67
Murdoch was diagnosed with terminal throat cancer in 2019.
Earlier this year he was transferred to a palliative care unit from Alice Springs Correctional Centre.
He died overnight on 15 July at Alice Springs Hospital.
He had been serving a life sentence for the murder of British backpacker Mr Falconio who was 28 at the time.
Mr Falconio and girlfriend Joanne Lees were driving along the Stuart Highway in February 2001, 300km north of Alice Springs, when Murdoch waved them down.
Murdoch then shot Mr Falconio in the head as he checked the back of his car.
He has never revelaed where he put the body.
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