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MURDER IN THE OUTBACK ‘JOANNE ISN’T TELLING THE WHOLE TRUTH’

After a documentary on the 2001 murder of Peter Falconio in the Australia’s Northern Territory aired on British television, the shocking claims that the tourist may have “faked his own death” triggered outrage across the world.

Peter and Joanne Lees were travelling along the Stuart Highway on July 14, 2001, when they were attacked by a lone gunman, who shot and killed Peter – burying his body in an unknown location – and attempted to abduct Joanne.

The new documentary aired conspiracy claims that Peter staged his own death and has been living under an alias for the last 19 years.

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