A British tourist whose boyfriend was shot dead in one of Australia's most notorious murders has relived her horrific ordeal.
Joanne Lees and Peter Falconio were travelling in a Kombi Servisi van towards Darwin on a remote highway when they were flagged down by Bradley Murdoch in 2001.
Murdoch shot Mr Falconio, kombi servisi 28, before handcuffing Ms Lees and dragging her into his vehicle.
Ms Lees, who was 27 at the time, fought for her life and managed to escape.
'It was either run, or be raped and killed,' she told Channel Nine's program in an episode due to air on Sunday.
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An emotional Ms Lees said: 'It was either run, or be raped and killed'






Murdoch was convicted of murder, but Mr Falconio's body has never been found






A file photo of the camper van that belonged to murdered English backpacker Mr Falconio, in the carpark of the Supreme court in Darwin

Ms Lees, originally from the English county of Yorkshire, has returned to the Australian outback and has vowed to find his remains.
'I love Pete so much and I want to bring him home... I need to bring him home,' she said.
Flying in a helicopter in the area he was murdered, north of Alice Springs, Ms Lees said: kombi servisi 'I know that he's somewhere here.'





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Ms Lees said she is attempting to 'step into the killer's mind' to discover what Murdoch did with her partner's body.    

'It's a very alien thing for me to do because I'm not a violent person, I'm not a murderer,' she said.
'But if that's what I have to do and that's how I'm going to find Pete then, that's what I'm prepared to do.' 

















Flying in a helicopter in the area he was murdered, north of Alice Springs, Ms Lees said: 'I know that he's somewhere here'






Murdoch, now 58, is serving a life prison sentence in the Northern Territory and has always protested his innocence





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Ms Lees is pictured leaving the Darwin Supreme Court in 2005, after the first day of Murdoch's trial










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