"I've got goosebumps": Samantha Murphy honoured by touching act
Samantha Murphy was last seen leaving her East Ballarat home to go for her usual morning run on February 4, a run that she never got to complete.
Her disappearance gripped the nation for the past month, with local volunteers, specialist forces and detectives all working together to try and figure out just what happened to the Ballarat mum.
Now, Victoria Police allege that she was murdered by 22-year-old Patrick Orren Stephenson, a tradie and the son of former AFL player Orren Stephenson, who was arrested last Wednesday.
On Friday, Felicity Ryan put a call out on social media to see if anyone was interested in taking part in a community run to honour Murphy and complete the run she didn't get to finish.
The post was met with overwhelming support, with Ryan telling 7NEWS: “I arrived and there was a handful of people... then the cars just started piling in."
The group stood in silence for a minute in honour of Murphy's memory before heading off on a 7km run around Ocean Grove at 5.30am on Sunday.
“I’ve got goosebumps talking about it now, it was the most heartfelt morning you could imagine ... there was lots of hugging ... there were lots of tears,” Ryan said.
Ryan said that she hopes the run can become an annual event on February 4 or the long weekend.
Detectives are currently doing everything they can to try and find Murphy's body, but Stephenson has so far refused to cooperate with police.
He is due to return to court for a committal mention on August 8.
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