Falconio killer investigated over unsolved murders

Bradley Murdoch, who murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio, is being investigated in connection with several unsolved killings and disappearances of women in Western Australia, police said today.

Murdoch, from Broome, Western Australia, was jailed on Thursday in the Northern Territory for a minimum of 28 years after being found guilty of murdering Mr Falconio and assaulting Mr Falconio’s girlfriend, Joanne Lees.