Murder of Peter Falconio
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Peter Falconio was a British tourist who disappeared in a remote part of the Stuart Highway near Barrow Creek in the Northern Territory of Australia on the evening of 14 July 2001,[1] while travelling with his girlfriend Joanne Lees.
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Peter Falconio | |
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Location | Stuart Highway, near Barrow Creek, Northern Territory, Australia |
Date | 14 July 2001 19:30 ACST (UTC+09:30) |
Attack type | attempted kidnap |
Injured | Joanne Lees (the victim's girlfriend) |
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In the aftermath of the backpacker murders, the case quickly attracted considerable public and legal attention both domestically and worldwide. Falconio was 28 years old at the time of the disappearance. His body has never been found and he is now presumed dead.[2] On 13 December 2005, Bradley John Murdoch was convicted of Falconio's murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.