24-06-2025
‘Just about dead': Peter Falconio's murderer Bradley John Murdoch in palliative care
Outback killer Bradley John Murdoch has been released from prison into palliative care at Alice Springs Hospital, where he will be allowed out on excursions in his dying days.
The 67-year-old, who was found guilty in 2005 of the 2001 murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio, is 'just about dead', a source told the NT News.
Murdoch was diagnosed with terminal throat cancer in 2019, and has been receiving chemotherapy at the hospital.
According to the source, a currently wheelchair-bound Murdoch returned to Alice Springs Correctional Centre to say goodbye to his fellow inmates.
The killer, they claimed, gets 'special treatment for a murderer' – including more welfare checks than any other prisoner – and had been in and around the Northern Territory town on excursions, often accompanied by high-ranking corrections officers.
A spokesperson for the NT Department of Corrections declined to comment on the state of Murdoch's health or his reported excursions around Alice Springs.
'The Department of Corrections does not comment on the health of individual prisoners,' they said in a statement.
'Additionally, we do not provide details about prisoner movements or escorts for operational security reasons.'
