A TIMELINE OF BRITISH BACKPACKER PETER FALCONIO'S MURDER AND HUNT FOR HIS REMAINS
June, 2001 - Peter Falconio and girlfriend Joanne Lees set off from Sydney on the Australian leg of their round-the-world trip.
July 14, 2001 - The pair are driving on a remote stretch of highway north of Alice Springs and pull over when motioned by Bradley Murdoch, who is driving behind them. Ms Lees hears a gunshot behind the car and is then cable-tied but escapes and hides in bushland for five hours.
July 15, 2001 - NT police begin searching for Mr Falconio and his killer, finding a pool of his blood covered with dirt beside the highway.
November 14, 2003 - Murdoch is charged with Mr Falconio's murder.
December 13, 2005 - Murdoch is found guilty of murdering Mr Falconio and assaulting Ms Lees, and receives a mandatory life sentence.
February 28, 2007 - Human bones are found about 100km southwest of the service station where Murdoch refuelled after killing Mr Falconio. They are tested but aren't the backpacker's.
December 13, 2010 - Forensic testing of bones found in a dam some 80km north of where Mr Falconio was murdered reveal they belong to a large animal.
April 20, 2017 - An anonymous letter claims Mr Falconio's body was cut up, put into plastic bags and buried near Geraldton in Western Australia.
