A missing Australian mother's disappearance is being labelled by Victoria's police chief commissioner as "suspicious" and "unusual" but he said no evidence of foul play had emerged.
Mother-of-three Samantha Murphy went missing 10 days ago after heading out for a jog in the Canadian State Forest near Ballarat on February 4. She has not been seen since.
Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton told 9News today that the 51-year-old's disappearance was suspicious and the amount of time she has been missing is concerning.
"It's suspicious, whether that means there's foul play involved, or not, I don't know," he said.
Patton continued: "It's certainly unusual when we haven't been able to locate any trace of her or any other evidence within that period of time".
On Saturday police said there were no sinister factors about Murphy's disappearance, but there were significant concerns for her wellbeing.
Police have turned to CCTV footage to try and piece together Murphy's final documented movements, after CCTV captured her last movements leaving her family home on Eureka Street in Ballarat East at 7am local time the day she disappeared.
Ballarat Mayor Des Hudson said it was "heartwarming" to hear that dozens of volunteers had made the trip from Melbourne to continue to look for Murphy, despite police suspending their foot search.
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