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A former detective claims police probably have 'nothing to work with' in the search for missing mum Samantha Murphy - saying their appeal for CCTV is essentially an admission they have no leads.
The mother-of-three, 51, was last seen leaving her home on Eureka Street in Ballarat East to go for Sex Chat a morning jog in Woowookarung Regional Park, Victoria, at about 7am last Sunday.
Her husband Mick Murphy, 53, raised the alarm when she never returned in time for a pre-planned 11am family brunch date.
A massive search for the mum was mounted by police, SES and community volunteers before authorities revealed it would be 'scaled back' over the weekend.
The hunt for Mrs Murphy was handed over to the Missing Persons Squad and has reached a grim seventh day without a single trace of her being found anywhere.
On Saturday, police urged the public for help by asking for any CCTV or dashcam footage - even if Mrs Murphy is not pictured in the video.
A former senior police investigator said the renewed plea 'probably means they [the authorities] have got nothing to work with'.
Samantha Murphy, 51, (pictured) vanished without a trace on February 4
The 51-year-old was last seen leaving her home on Eureka Street in Ballarat East to go for a run in the Canadian State Forest at about 7am
'It just keeps reading as a real mystery… it's a lot of trawling but they have to do it,' the ex-cop told the Herald Sun.
The Missing Persons Squad is urging anyone with CCTV or dashcam footage in the Ballarat East, Mount Helen and Buninyong areas taken around the time of Ms Murphy's disappearance to come forward.