What happened to Peter Falconio?

Police in Australia still searching for body of British backpacker shot dead on remote highway

Joanne Lees and Peter Falconio
Joanne Lees and Peter Falconio in campervan during their Australian road trip
(Image credit: Handout/Getty Images)

Police in Australia have appealed for help to finally track down the remains of a British backpacker murdered in the outback 20 years ago today.

Peter Falconio was 28 when he was shot while travelling with his girlfriend on the Stuart Highway north of Alice Springs. His killer was sentenced to life imprisonment, but Northern Territory police are still struggling “to resolve the notorious crime’s enduring mystery: the whereabouts of his body”, says Australian broadcaster ABC.

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