Ballarat community gather to support the family of missing mother Samantha Murphy

ABC NEWS (Australia)

The Ballarat community has come together tonight to pay tribute to Samantha Murphy after a 22-year-old man was charged with murder following a month-long investigation into her disappearance.

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00:00 Good evening, there's a real mix of shock, devastation and even anger in Ballarat here

00:07 tonight.

00:08 For the first time since a man has been charged with murder over the disappearance of Samantha

00:12 Murphy, the community has come together.

00:16 There are hundreds of people lining up to sign a condolence book for Samantha's loved

00:20 ones and this memorial garden is an important place for the community.

00:24 It's where volunteers gathered before they went to search for Samantha over the past

00:27 few weeks.

00:28 Tonight, it's where they've come to grieve.

00:30 Many of them didn't even know the mother of three, but they've been deeply impacted.

00:35 Take a listen to what some of them had to say.

00:37 I think it was really important for the community to come together and support each other and

00:44 just for the family to know that the community is behind them.

00:47 I suppose it's sort of a relief in a funny way for people that there's finally an answer

00:52 to where she is.

00:53 After people have left Fowers and signed the condolence book, there will be a formal part

00:58 of the evening.

00:59 The Mayor will give a speech to the community before they all light up their phones in solidarity

01:04 to honour a woman who touched so many lives.

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