Australian police offer $500,000 reward in bid to find murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio’s remains | Northern Territory
The Northern Region police offer a $ 500,000 award for information about the ruins of the British backpacker Peter Falconio, which has been remarkable worldwide, the murder of the Australian Outback more than 20 years ago.
In July 2001, the 28 -year -old Falconio was traveling by his girlfriend Joanne Lees and Australia on a distant highway of Alice Springs in NT when she was taken by Bradley John Murdoch, who said that the minibus could be a engine problem.
Falconio went to the back of the car to investigate with Murdoch, and Lees heard a fiery weapon before connecting him to the cable and covering his head.
Lees was followed by Murdoch and his dog before marking a truck driver, while Falconio died of a fiery wound.
Murdoch He was convicted of murder and attempted to kidnap in 2005 and was sentenced to life imprisonment for a period of 28 years of parole, but he never explained the location of Falconio’s body.
The case has partly inspired the Hit Australian film Wolf Creek.
As the hearing continued, a precaution about the release of Wolf Creek was placed by the Northern Regional Court, believing that it could affect the outcome of the trial.
The film gathered around the kidnapping of three young Backpackers in his 20s on the return from a walk in Wolf Creek National Park in Western Australia Outback, and said that “based on real activities” in the slogan. Ivan Milat’s hitchhiking murders and the kidnapping and killing of Falconio.
NT Deputy Commander Mark Grieve told journalists on Wednesday, and when the murder occurred, he said that he caught the heart of the country ”and“ never gone ”.
Im We have never been to the research, ”he said. “And this is just a worldwide thing.”
Despite the police’s efforts to continue any information or possible sales, Falconio’s body had no body and led to a renewed award approaching the 24th anniversary of his death.
“The NT police still explains the hope that someone can provide some vital information to help this search,” he said. “We still think there are still people who can keep some information there.”
Grieve said the police had interviewed Murdoch in recent weeks and has not made a “many approaches” for years. The police were also in contact with Falconio’s family, including the last 24 hours.
“HE [Murdoch’s] Not to come too much about interacting with the police, but we will continue to do what we need to do. ”
“We don’t know, whether he can be someone he trusted outside, whether family or friends.
“Like any ongoing police investigation, you want to solve it, at least you want to make some decisions by bringing its remains to Peter’s family.”
