Death of Australia's 'Outback Killer' leaves whereabouts of British backpacker's body unknown


File photo of Joanne Lees, the former girlfriend of missing British backpacker Peter Falconio, arriving at Darwin Supreme Court, on Oct 17, 2005, ahead of the murder trial. - AP

MELBOURNE: Police fear Bradley John Murdoch, known as the "Outback Killer,” has taken to his grave the secret of how he disposed of the body of British backpacker Peter Falconio who was murdered in arid central Australia 24 years ago.

Murdoch died Tuesday (July 15) night, aged 67, in the palliative care unit of the Alice Springs Hospital, officials said Wednesday. He was diagnosed with terminal throat cancer in 2019 and was recently transferred to the hospital from the Alice Springs prison.

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