Bradley Murdoch, man who murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio, dies aged 67

In 2005, Bradley Murdoch was convicted of the murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio. Murdoch has died of throat cancer aged 67. Photograph: Rob Hutchison/EPA

Outback killer Bradley John Murdoch, the man who murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio in 2001, has died from throat cancer at the age of 67.

Murdoch, who had never revealed the location of Falconio’s body, died on Tuesday night at a hospital in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, a corrections spokesperson confirmed.