Samantha Murphy's father breaks silence over suspect's arrest
Samantha Murphy's heartbroken father has spoken out following the news of a man being arrested in connection with her disappearance.
The 51-year-old mother from Ballarat was last seen on February 4th when she left her home for her daily morning run.
Now, over a month since she was last seen, a 22-year-old man has been arrested in connection with her disappearance.
Since the news broke of the man's arrest, Murphy's father, John 'Pud' Robson told Daily Mail Australia that the arrest had taken the family by surprise.
Robson, in his 80s, shared that he and his family found out about the arrest when it was first reported by the media.
"My wife just texted me to say that it had been on the radio," he said. "We haven't been told and evidently Michael [Samantha's husband] hasn't been told either."
Mr Robson said he knew nothing about the individual arrested by detectives, and had yet to be contacted by investigators about the arrest.
"We haven't heard a thing unfortunately," he said on Thursday morning.
"All my wife said is she heard it on Triple M [radio] that they'd arrested some bloke and that no charges have been laid yet."
Mr Robson said he had no idea of any alleged links between the 22-year-old man arrested and his daughter, saying, "I haven't got the faintest, mate. Not in that age range. I'm never home, if you know what I mean."
Samantha's father went on to say that he remained hopeful the arrest would provide some clarity over what had happened to his daughter.
"I can only hope that he is the bloke responsible because that way, we might get a bit of closure," he said.
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