What Georgia Hardstark has said about Murder of Peter Falconio

Hardstark rejected the claim that Murdoch lacked a motive, arguing the motive was sexual assault of Lees.

“The motive was to murder, was to sexually assault and rape this”

My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark: 540 - Battery and Rock Night (Jul 9, 2026) · Listen from 35:15

Hardstark argued the police investigation was conducted so poorly that any conviction would leave doubts.

“I think that the police investigation, because of the way it was done, first and foremost, made it so that it'd be really hard to convict someone”

My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark: 540 - Battery and Rock Night (Jul 9, 2026) · Listen from 39:08

Hardstark judged that there was more evidence against Murdoch than against Lees, though even that evidence was weak.

“There's more evidence that this guy Murdoch is guilty than she is. And even that is kind of loose”

My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark: 540 - Battery and Rock Night (Jul 9, 2026) · Listen from 39:26

Hardstark argued that theories implicating Lees distract from the most likely killer, who acted as she described.

“it's just all smoke and mirrors to point away from the person who most likely murdered him in the exact way that she said it happened”

My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark: 540 - Battery and Rock Night (Jul 9, 2026) · Listen from 41:27

Hardstark said the inconsistencies attributed to Lees could all be logically explained.

“All of the inconsistencies on her that they place on her can be explained”

My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark: 540 - Battery and Rock Night (Jul 9, 2026) · Listen from 42:35