Peter Falconio killer dead at 67, police say victim's family ‘denied closure'
Published 16 July 2025, 9:14 am
Bradley John Murdoch - the man convicted of the murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio in the early 2000s - has died of throat cancer. He had been serving a life sentence. Murdoch never revealed the location of Falconio's body and always maintained his innocence.
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