NT release video of Murdoch denying Falconio body location

Northern Territory Police have released video of a final, unsuccessful attempt to extract information from convicted killer Bradley John Murdoch about the location of Peter Falconio's remains, as the 25th anniversary of the British backpacker's murder approaches. The body-worn camera footage, recorded in June 2025, shows a defiant Murdoch refusing to cooperate with officers just weeks before his death from throat cancer in July of that year.

In the prison interview, an officer urged Murdoch to consider how he would feel if the victim were his own son. Murdoch responded with anger and profanity, cutting the officer short. He repeatedly stated he knew nothing about the location of Falconio's body, a claim he maintained for over two decades. "I know nothing. I've said this for 22 years. I know nothing," Murdoch said in the footage. When asked to think about his answer, he replied, "I'm not thinking about it. I've thought about it for 22 years... and now you're here at the last minute because I'm dying."

Peter Falconio, 28, was murdered on July 14, 2001, on a remote stretch of the Stuart Highway near Barrow Creek, north of Alice Springs. He and his girlfriend, Joanne Lees, were on a...