[96][97], Coordinates: 44°07′09″N 71°56′11″W / 44.119272°N 71.936278°W / 44.119272; -71.936278, American woman who disappeared aged 21 from New Hampshire on the evening of February 9, 2004, "We don't know why Maura left school... Clearly it was her intention to leave school. Yeah. The University of Massachusetts-Amherst nursing student left … Subreddit for the discussion of the disappearance of Maura Murray - All users are welcome whether you are new to Maura's case or a seasoned web sleuth. Maura's relationship with William Rausch was near its end. [3] In 2009, Murray's case was given to the New Hampshire cold case division, and authorities are handling it as a "suspicious" missing persons case. Perhaps Maura just found out from this phone call that she was going to have to figure out this relationship with the boyfriend, mostly on her own this time. They dismissed the possibility of a serial killer being involved. Fred Murray had previously wanted to search the home, but the owners did not cooperate. [90], Maura's disappearance was the subject of the nonfiction thriller True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray by author and journalist James Renner. It would be an easy path (at least initially) for some young broke college students to sell dime bags of weed to their friends. I just got the hunch that her sister knew what it was, and it was a way bigger deal than she was letting on. [6][30], That neighbor, a school bus driver returning home, noticed the young woman was not bleeding or visibly injured, but cold and shivering. [30] Knowing there was no cellular reception in the area, the bus driver continued home and called the police. The whole 'my sister' thing could have been a ruse. There are no new updates to share at this time. [29], At 3:40 pm, Murray withdrew $280 from an ATM. [31] Another local resident driving home from work claims she passed by the scene around 7:37 pm, and saw a police SUV parked face-to-face with Murray's car. Was Maura Murray Killed In The A-Frame House? They discussed Kathleen’s relationship problems with her fiance. Fred Murray stated that he believes his daughter was abducted and is dead. Police investigating the disappearance of Hanson native Maura Murray have discovered that the disturbing phone conversation Murray had four days before leaving the University of Massachusetts at Amherst was with her sister. And so every day, the case attracts new recruits, analyzing and dissecting and reconstructing the details of her story with a Warren Commission–like fervor. [2] At 7:27 pm, a local woman reported a car accident on a sharp corner of Route 112 adjacent to her home. If messed up, she could have said almost anything during that call and had little idea what she was saying. Kathleen said she would email one to Haverhill Police Department. In April, Haverhill Police informed him of complaints of trespassing on private property. [36] The car's windshield was cracked on the driver's side, and both airbags had deployed. If that's the case she likely has little memory of her late-night call with Maura, but feels understandably guilty that something she said during the call might possibly have affected her. A police dog tracked the scent from one of Murray's gloves 100 yards east from where the vehicle had been discovered, but lost the scent. [33] At about the same time, another neighbor saw the car as well as someone walking around the vehicle. Around midnight, Monday, February 9, shortly after speaking with her father, Maura used her personal computer to search MapQuest for directions to The Berkshires and Burlington, Vermont. On February 5, 2004, Maura was working an evening shift at her campus security job. Maura's long dominos calls and Fred's weird cash withdrawals led me to this line of thinking. [2][20], Later Sunday morning, Fred Murray learned the damage to his vehicle would be covered by his auto insurance. When asked what was wrong, Murray said two words: "My sister. I get what you are saying and no disrespect meant to anyone. [47], On February 12, Murray's father and her boyfriend held an evening press conference in Bethlehem, New Hampshire, and the next day the first press coverage was published. At 11:30 that night, Fred called his daughter to remind her to obtain accident forms from the Registry of Motor Vehicles. [11] She had an older brother, Fred; two older sisters, Kathleen and Julie; and a younger brother, Kurt. Following a phone conversation with her older sister, Kathleen, she was said to have burst into tears and a supervisor escorted her back to her dorm. At about 9:30 pm, the responding officer left. Laurie Murray Maura’s mother. A nursing book lay open in front of her. I got your messages, but honestly, i didn't feel like talking to much of anyone, i promise to call today though. Kathleen Murray Maura’s oldest sister. [48], Although missing person cases are normally handled by local and state police, the FBI joined the investigation ten days after she disappeared. It was a neighbor. [20] At some point in the day, she also picked up accident-report forms from the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles. That something was up with her sister. When you are messed up enough you sometimes get the main words right, but you don't put them together right, even if you are trying very hard to help. [30], On February 11, Murray's father arrived before dawn in Haverhill. On Saturday, February … ", "Mass. [6] The responding officer wrote an accident report, but there is no documentation of field sobriety tests being conducted. Medium Believes Maura Murray Died At The Hands Of A Potential Serial Killer: “She Wouldn’t Have Been The Only One" 3 years ago. She was unresponsive. man and father of Maura Murray takes quest to high court", "Mystery 2004 New Hampshire disappearance of college student continues to torment family, baffle authorities", "A family's heartbreaking search for Maura", "Dad believes new info will lead to UMass nursing student's remains", "Despite speculation, investigators find no new evidence in case of missing UMass student", "Search of NH Home Yields No New Evidence in Maura Murray Disappearance", "Episode Guide | The Disappearance of Maura Murray", "True Crime Addict | James Renner | Macmillan", "Nonfiction Book Review: True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray by James Renner. It's just odd that Maura was visibly upset about a phone call with her sister and then she disappeared. When asked what was wrong, Maura simply responded, “My sister.” Kathleen claims the conversation was about her alcohol abuse. [2], Murray then left Amherst between 4 and 5pm, presumably via Interstate 91 north. "[42][74] The Arkansas group Let's Bring Them Home offered a $75,000 reward in 2007 for information that could solve her disappearance. [6] Inside the car, the officer found an empty beer bottle[37] and a damaged box of Franzia wine on the rear seat. [16] Jeffery Strelzin said in February 2009 that the investigation was still active: "We don't know if Maura is a victim, but the state is treating it as a potential homicide. Maura Murray was born May 4, 1982, in Hanson, Massachusetts, the fourth child of Frederick "Fred" and Laurie Murray. An episode of 20/20 compared Murray's case to that of Brooke Wilberger, who went missing in Oregon a few months after Murray's disappearance and was later found murdered. She had an older brother, Fred, two older sisters, Kathleen and Julie, and a younger brother, Kurt. Right angle turn on Route 112 facing southwest, showing the Weathered Barn property. At that point, a person came along who was driving a bus. Maura grew up in Hanson, a small suburb on the South Shore of Massachusetts in a working class family with plenty of guidance from her siblings, including her older brother Fred Jr., sisters Kathleen and Julie, and younger brother Kurtis. [6], The New Hampshire League of Investigators, ten retired police officers and detectives, and the Molly Bish Foundation started working on the case in 2006. [2], In her car, Murray packed clothing, toiletries, college textbooks, and birth control pills. Billy Rausch Maura’s long-time boyfriend. Maura Murray is one of the most famous and trending Disappearance Girl in whole world right now. ", "Police Have New Lead in Maura Murray Case", "Police Secure Murray Items for Evidence", "Vanished: Two Coeds, Two Horrifying Mysteries, One Finally Solved", "MAURA IS MISSING PART IV: The Aftermath", "New lead is reported in search for student", "New lead gives hope to missing girl's kin", "Search for Missing Woman Extended to Vermont", "Did Maura make the mysterious phone call? When her supervisor arrived at her desk, Murray was "just completely zoned out. Also some ppl are just awkward on camera. Her whereabouts remain unknown. she likely has little memory of her late-night call with Maura, but feels understandably guilty that something she said during the call might possibly have affected her. [6] Senior Assistant Attorney General Jeffery Strelzin stated that law enforcement "was aware of the backpack," but did not disclose whether it had been taken for forensic testing. Maura Murray was born on May 4, 1982 in Hanson, Massachusetts. Following sale of the property, its new owners allowed several searches of the property since February. [66] Family members of the man who turned in the knife claimed he had made up the story in order to obtain reward money in the investigation, and that he had a history of drug use. At 7:46 pm, law enforcement arrived at the scene, but the woman had disappeared. [2][27] At 2:05 pm, Murray called a number which provides recorded information about booking hotels in Stowe, Vermont. [16][17], On the evening of February 5, 2004, Murray spoke on the phone with her older sister, Kathleen, while she was on duty at her campus-security job. The call was traced to a calling card issued to the American Red Cross. I think one possibility is that she got her baby sister involved in some low level drug dealing (and possibly Maura's friends). At 3:05 pm, the police reported Murray might be headed to the Kancamagus Highway area, and she was "listed as endangered and possibly suicidal". [66], In 2005, Fred Murray petitioned New Hampshire Governor Craig Benson for help in the search,[37][67][68] and appeared on The Montel Williams Show in November 2004 to publicize the case. She was reported as wearing a dark coat, jeans, and a black backpack. She was the The NHSP even offered to let Fred Murray take the car back at the same time but Fred did not want the crashed car that was not worth any money. Joseph Anderson wants seven pictures from Maura’s accident scene made public. She refused. Clearly she hadn't a destination in mind when she came up north. [2], At 1:24 pm, Murray emailed a work supervisor of the nursing school faculty that she would be out of town for a week due to a death in her family; no one in her family had died. There are a lot of possibilities in the case. [93]The podcast Crime Junkie did a two-part series on the case,[94][95] as did the podcast True Crime Garage. Nobody is thinking harder about Murray's state of mind than her sister Kathleen, one of her closest confidantes. What clearly did not make sense was that she didn't confide in anyone. So the night Maura left, she could have been worried about her father and the expensive repairs to his car. [40][48] The Haverhill police chief said that, "Our concern is that she's upset or suicidal. "[83], In February 2019, the fifteenth anniversary of Murray's disappearance, Fred Murray reiterated his belief that his daughter was dead, as well as his suspicions about the nearby house that cadaver dogs responded to, stating, "That's my daughter, I do believe. [30] Authorities would refer to Murray as simply "missing" at 12 pm the next day, almost 24 hours after the last confirmed sighting of her. [6] Writing for Boston magazine in 2014, Bill Jensen noted: "Now, at least online, it often seems as there's no such thing as a cold case. The two sisters talked nearly every day and this conversation was not unlike any other, Kathleen would later say. "[7][69], In 2014, on the tenth anniversary of Murray's disappearance, Strelzin stated that "We haven't had any credible sightings of Maura since the night she disappeared. The photographs were taken by responding officer Cecil Smith in 2004, when he discovered Maura Murray’s car, abandoned, on the side of the road. But, if it was sister related, her reactions seem egregious (catatonic state, etc) based on just a relapse. Maura Murray as a cadet at West Point. [36][54] Murray's older sister discovered a ripped white pair of women's underwear lying in the snow on a secluded trail near French Pond Road on February 26,[18][55][56] but DNA tests found that the underwear did not belong to Murray. She had an older brother, Fred; two older sisters, Kathleen and Julie; and a younger brother, Kurt. Did anyone find her demeanor and statements a bit off? On March 2, the family checked out of their motel, exhausted from the search. This speculation was based on her travel preparations (about which she had confided nothing to friends or family) and no obvious evidence of foul play. There was no YouTube and no Twitter. [52] The FBI interviewed family from Massachusetts,[37][43] and the Haverhill police chief announced that the search was now nationwide. In the book, Renner proposed the theory that Murray traveled into New Hampshire with a tandem driver and may have disappeared willingly and started a new life elsewhere due to fears her pending credit card fraud case would prevent her being hired as a nurse, or less likely, was murdered by someone she knew. [4][5], In the years after Murray's disappearance, her case would receive media attention on 20/20 and Disappeared, and also garner significant speculation on Internet message boards and forums,[6] with theories ranging from abduction to voluntary disappearance. [21], On Saturday, February 7, Murray's father Fred arrived in Amherst. 112 in Haverhill, NH. His call was received by the Sheriff's Department at 7:43 pm. [2], —New Hampshire State Police Lt. John Scarinza[22], After midnight on Monday, February 9, Murray used her personal computer to search MapQuest for directions to the Berkshires and Burlington, Vermont. Since there's been no evidence whatsoever that implicates Kathleen in Maura's disappearance, we should respect her privacy and understand the pain she has suffered. In February 2004 the 21-year-old was said to be last spotted near a car accident in New Hampshire. "[42], Between 8:00 to 8:30 pm, a contractor returning home from Franconia saw a young person moving quickly on foot eastbound on Route 112 about 4 to 5 miles (6 to 8 km) east of where Murray's vehicle was discovered. Until there is evidence implicating someone in particular, however, I'm keeping my mind open to all possibilities. [38][30][39][40] Missing were Murray's debit card, credit cards, and cell phone, none of which has been located or used since her disappearance. [41], Journalist Joe McGee, writing for the Quincy, Massachusetts, Patriot Ledger, summarized the incident: "At a hairpin turn, she went off the road. I'm not pointing the finger just opening discussion. [80] In 2010, Fred Murray publicly criticized the police investigation for treating the disappearance as a missing persons case and not a criminal matter,[81] and called on the FBI to join the investigation. Murray dropped her father off at his motel room and, borrowing his Toyota Corolla, returned to campus to attend a dorm party. Police traced the vehicle to Murray, and initially treated her as a missing person on the belief that she may have wanted to disappear voluntarily. [26] Closed-circuit footage showed she was alone. Are we taking her at her word that she has no idea why that call would send Maura into such a tailspin? He then contacted the Haverhill Police Department and was told that, if Murray was not reported safe by the following morning, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department would start a search. [20] The police later reported some of the bottles of purchased liquor were also missing. [53] Ten days after her disappearance, New Hampshire Fish and Game conducted a second ground and air search, using a helicopter with a thermal imaging camera, tracking dogs and cadaver dogs. He asked her if she needed help. [57], At the end of February, the police returned the items found in Murray's car to her family. Maura Murray was born on May 4, 1982 in Hanson, Massachusetts, U.S. She is the fourth child of Frederick "Fred" and Laurie Murray. Maura was especially close to Kathleen and her other older sister… Maura Murray disappeared on the evening of February 9, 2004, after her car crashed on Rt. Police stated the search discovered "nothing conclusive". At 6 p.m., Grafton County Dispatch was contacted by Fred Murray. [70], In late 2005, Fred Murray filed suit against several law enforcement agencies, with the aim of seeing files on the case. Fred Jr. Maura’s older brother. [69] On February 9, 2005, the first anniversary of Murray's disappearance, a service was held where the car was found, and her father met briefly with New Hampshire Governor John Lynch. Fred Murray returned nearly every weekend to continue searching. Would also explain Maura's friends and their lack of cooperation if they're worried about incriminating themselves. St. Martin's/Dunne, $25.99 (288p) ISBN 978-1-250-08901-4".

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