Infamous outback killer Bradley John Murdoch has been transferred from jail into palliative care in Alice Springs Hospital.

The man convicted of murdering British backpacker Peter Falconio, 28, in 2001 is wheelchair bound and “just about dead”, sources told NT News.

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Murdoch, 67, was diagnosed with terminal throat cancer in 2019 and has undergone chemotherapy.

NT authorities told the publication it does not provide information on the health of individual prisoners, nor comment on them.

However, sources said Murdoch is “very ill” and has said his goodbyes to fellow inmates.

Murdoch is serving a life sentence for the 2001 roadside execution of Falconio and the assault and attempted kidnapping of the tourist’s girlfriend, Joanne Lees.

The couple had been travelling in a Kombi van on the remote Stuart Hwy north of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory when they were urged to pull over by Murdoch who said they had mechanical issues.

Falconio went behind the car with Murdoch to investigate, and Lees heard a gunshot.

Murdoch then cable-tied her and covered her head.

She managed to escape and hid in bushland for five hours while Murdoch hunted her with his dog before she managed to flag down a truck driver.

Murdoch has maintained his innocence and pleaded not guilty, but was convicted of murder in 2005.

The backpacker’s body has never been found and it is feared Murdoch will take his secrets to the grave.

The NT introduced a “no body no parole” law in 2016, preventing people convicted of murder from being able to qualify for parole unless they give up the location of the victim’s body.

Murdoch would have been eligible for parole in 2032.