Peter Falconio murder: British expert says he has identified a ‘most likely’ burial location

The Stuart Highway near where Peter Falconio and Joanne Lees were ambushed by Bradley Murdoch, who shot and killed Falconio in July 2001. Now, 25 years later, a British expert says he has identified the most likely burial location of Falconio. Photograph: AAP

The former British government expert who consulted on the search for the remains of the murdered backpacker Peter Falconio says he has now identified a “most likely” potential burial location – an abandoned racetrack only 8km from the scene of the infamous outback attack at Barrow Creek.

In July 2001, Falconio and his partner, Joanne Lees, both from Yorkshire, were ambushed and attacked by Bradley John Murdoch as they drove along a remote stretch of road in Australia’s Northern Territory, about 300km north of Alice Springs.