#maura murray

[gwydpolls]

Time Travel Question 28: Murder and

Disappearance Edition II

Given that Judge Crater, Roanoke, and the Dyatlov Pass Incident are credibly solved, though not 100% provable, I'm leaving them out in favor of things ,ore mysterious. I almost left out Amelia Earhart, but the evidence there is sketchier.

[dailyunsolvedmysteries]

On the morning of the disappearance, Murray informed a nursing school faculty work supervisor via email that she would be away for a week due to a family death. Contrary to her message, her family confirmed that no such death had occurred. Sometime after 7 pm, Murray crashed her car into a tree. Seemingly uninjured, she spoke to a local bus driver moments after the crash. The bus driver offered to call for help. She asked him not to call the police. The bus driver continued home and called the police. His call was received by the Sheriff's Department at 7:43 pm. Just minutes later, the police arrived at the scene. However, to their bewildered the female driver was nowhere to be seen. The police noted that her car had hit a tree on the driver's side of the vehicle, rendering it no longer drivable. Inside the car, the police officer found an empty beer bottle and a damaged box of wine on the rear seat. However, her debit card, credit cards, and cell phone were all missing. Non of which have been used in the years following her disappearance. Initially, police treated Murray as a missing person based on the belief that she may have wanted to disappear voluntarily. In 2019, investigators searched a house and dug up a basement in Haverhill. They had previously searched the property, but had not searched inside the home. The search was prompted by local dogs and a radar scan, which seemed to indicate that the ground had been moved. The search did not bring any further clues as to what might have happened to Maura. As of 2023, Maura Murray is still a missing person and the circumstances surrounding her disappearance remain unresolved.

[elssiie]

Maura, you have to remember.

Daniel and Maura from 1899. I’m rooting for them to get the happy ending they deserve. 

Ps. Daniel Solace’ actor liked this fan art of him on my instagram! I feel totally normal about it as you can imagine !! )

[cinemaslife]

#54 Aguas que corroen (Rust Creek) (2019)

Sawyer (Hermione Corfield) tiene una entrevista de trabajo en Washington y un coche que se cae a pedazos, decide tomar un desvío para ir a la entrevista y evitar el tráfico por acción de gracias, tomando carreteras secundarias para llegar a su destino. El GPS le indica que continúe por una carretera cortada y decide seguir desviándose por caminos secundarios, lo que la lleva a adentrarse más en el bosque.

Cuando baja de su vehículo para consultar un mapa se acercan a ella dos hombres Buck (Daniel R. Hill) y Hollister (Micah Hauptman), que son hermanos y que le pide que se quede a cenar con ellos, ya que en seguida va a oscurecer, cuando ella se niega intentan agredirla, pero ella se defiende y se esconde en el bosque. Los hermanos creen que ella les ha visto hacer algo mientras vagaba con su coche por el bosque perdido, y por eso deciden atacarla. Huye herida a través del bosque, motivándose para continuar. Aunque acaba durmiendo al raso y recordando que se deja el móvil en el coche.

Alguien denuncia su vehículo por abandonado y la policía cree que está relacionado con otro crimen, pese a que el alguacil va a casa de los hermanos que están hechos un auténtico cromo por la paliza que les da Sawyer, se va sin hacer preguntas y asumiendo que es un accidente de caza.

Mientras ella se acerca al río para lavarse la cuchillada que los hermanos le dan en la pierna y lo cierto es que aunque se trata de una chica valiente, no está en su mejor momento. Los hermanos despeñan el coche de la chica después de la visita del alguacil. Por lo que sus posibilidades de salir se vuelven 0.

El plan de los hermanos sureños es, básicamente, perseguirla hasta dar con ella, algo no especialmente elaborado. Mientras Sawyer busca el móvil dentro del coche y lo encuentra hecho añicos.

Como cazadores que son eso es lo que hacen con ella, acecharla, pero, precisamente, como cazadores no están preparados a que su presa se revuelva.

Cuando se queda inconsciente por el frío y el dolor, alguien la encuentra en el bosque y la lleva a su caravana. Se despierta sobresaltada y en un lugar que es un laboratorio de metanfetamina. Así descubre a un muchacho Lowell (Jay Paulson), pero antes de que se pueda dar cuenta se vuelve a quedar inconsciente por el dolor.

En la comisario todos se creen que el coche se quedaría sin gasolina y que se iría, pero el ayudante del alguacil insiste en llamar al dueño del coche registrado para quedarse más tranquilo.

Los hermanos son primos de Lowell y están unidos en el negocio de las drogas, parece que Lowell no es como sus primos y quiere ayudar a la chica, pero para eso no puede perder su lealtad con ellos.

Sawyer escapa de sus ataduras antes de que los primos entren en la caravana y no anda muy lejos cuando Lowell la vuelve a encontrar al lado de unas ruinas.

Al fin la policía hace su trabajo, pero no gracias al alguacil, y descubren que el coche pertenece a los padres de Sawyer, pero estos se lo dieron a su hija y esta ahora se encuentra desaparecida.

Lowell confiesa que cocina metanfetamina desde los 14 años y que por eso sabe tanto acerca de eso. Pese a que es amable con ella, no deja de tenerla retenida, él no tiene coche y están muy lejos de la civilización. Estando herida, morirá en el bosque. En un par de días los hermanos se irán, dejarán sus coches y Lowell la liberará.

Los dos congenian y hablan de química y de como conseguir la sustancia que Lowell necesita para poder venderla junto a los hermanos, también queda claro que el alguacil está implicado en los negocios de los primos, y desea que Sawyer aparezca muerta lo antes posible.

El ayudante del alguacil lo pilla en una conversación comprometida con los hermanos, y lo acaban asesinando. El plan, elaboradísimo, es plantarle el secuestro al ayudante.

Mientras Sawyer empieza a desarrollar un síndrome de Estocolmo bastante majo, aunque Lowell sea bastante simpático, las cosas no dejan de ser como son, y más cuando el alguacil va a visitarlo a su caravana. Los primos saben que la chica está en la caravana por unas pisadas de más en el porche de la caravana.

Lowell y Sawyer le tienden una trampa a los hermanos cuando los descubren en la caravana, haciendo que todo estalle por los aires, pero hiriendo a ambos en la explosión. Por lo que Lowell no puede acompañarla mientras ella huye, y cuando tiene a su primo contra las cuerdas aparece el alguacil para dispararle.

La chica ya recuperada sale corriendo, huyendo por el bosque, y mientras el alguacil mata a Hollister, Sawyer es tan boba que cuando un coche de policía va a buscarla, ¡pum! Es el alguacil.

Ella no lo reconoce, pese a que sabe que los primos trabajaban para alguien más al que nunca vio ni oyó, por lo que el alguacil decide aprovecharse y pedirle que baje del coche para caminar hasta el arroyo. Para que se meta dentro y poder ahogarla. Sawyer mata de una puñalada al hombre y lo deja en el arroyo para que el agua se lo lleve.

"Esta película ha sido difícil de visionar en castellano, ya que no está en las plataformas de streaming de manera gratuita y quería verla, en internet se comenta que es posible que esta sea una representación de lo que ocurrió en realidad con la desaparición de Maura Murray."

Maura Murray fue una joven de 21 años que desapareció después de un accidente de coche.

Un automovilista que pasaba y que también vivía cerca se detuvo en el lugar y le preguntó a la mujer que conducía el automóvil si necesitaba ayuda; ella se negó, alegando haber llamado a la asistencia en carretera. Al llegar a casa varios minutos después, el automovilista informó el accidente a los servicios de emergencia. Apenas veinte minutos después de la denuncia telefónica, la policía se presentó en el lugar de los hechos, pero la joven accidentada ya no se encontraba allí.

[truecrimetime]

The Disappearance of Maura Murray

Maura Murray was a 21-year-old nursing student, completing her junior year at the University of Massachusetts Amherst at the time of her disappearance. On Monday, February 9, after midnight, Murray used her computer to search MapQuest for directions to the Berkshires and Burlington, Vermont. That same day, the first reported contact that Murray had with anyone was with her boyfriend, at 1:00pm. She emailed him: "I love you more stud. I got your messages, but honestly, I didn't feel like talking too much of anyone, I promise to call today though. love you, Maura." She also made a phone call inquiring about renting a condominium at the same Bartlett, New Hampshire, condo association that her family had vacationed with in the past. Telephone records indicate that the call lasted about three minutes. The owner did not rent the condo to Murray. Murray called a fellow nursing student for reasons unknown, at 1:13pm.

On February 9, at 1:24pm, Murray emailed a work supervisor of the nursing school faculty stating that she would be out of town for a week due to a death in her family. However, according to her family, they did not have a death in the family at that time. At 2:05 pm, Murray called a number which provides recorded information about booking hotels in Stowe, Vermont and the call lasted about five minutes. At 2:18 pm, she telephoned her boyfriend and left a voice message promising him they would talk later. This call ended after only one minute.

In her car, Murray had packed clothing, toiletries, and college textbooks. When her room was later searched, campus police discovered that most of her belongings had been packed in boxes and the art had been removed from the walls. It's not clear whether Murray packed them that day, but police at the time said she had packed between Sunday night and Monday morning.

 On top of the boxes was a printed email to Murray's boyfriend indicating that their was trouble in their relationship. Around 3:30 pm, she drove off the campus in her black 1996 Saturn sedan. Classes at the university had been canceled that day due to a snowstorm.

At 3:40pm, Murray withdrew $280 from an ATM and closed-circuit footage showed that she was alone. Murray then purchased about $40 of alcoholic beverages from a nearby liquor store. At some point in the day, she also picked up accident-report forms from the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles.

Murray left Amherst between 4 and 5pm, presumably along interstate 91 north.  She called to check her voicemail at 4:37 pm, the last recorded use of her cell phone. To date there has been no indication that she informed anyone of her destination, or any evidence that she had even chosen one.

After 7:00pm, a Woodsville, New Hampshire resident heard a loud thump outside her house. Through her window, she saw a car up against the snowbank along Route 112, also known as Wild Ammonoosuc Road. The car pointed west on the eastbound side of the road. The woman reported the car accident to the Grafton County Sherriff's Department at 7:27pm. According to the 911 call log, the woman had claimed to see a man smoking a cigarette inside the car but she later set the record straight and said that she had not seen a man smoking a cigarette but rather what appeared to be a red light glowing from inside the car, potentially from a cell phone.

 A passing motorist, a school bus driver who lived nearby, stopped at the scene. They claimed to have seen the car, as well as a young woman walking around the vehicle. The motorist noticed that the woman was not bleeding or visibly injured, but appeared to be cold ad shivering. he had offered to call for help but she asked him not to call the police, assuring him that she had already called AAA, but AAA has no record of any such call. The motorist continued home and called the police, knowing that there was no cellular reception in the area. His call was received by the Sheriff's Department at 7:43 pm. He was not able to see Murray's car when he made the call but he did notice several cars pass the road before police arrived to the scene. Another local resident driving home from work claimed to have passed the scene around 7:37pm, and saw a police SUV parked face to face with Murray's car. She pulled over briefly but did not see anyone inside or outside of the car, then deciding to continue home. However, this witness's statement contradicts the official police log, which has Haverhill police arriving nine minutes later. When the police arrived at the scene, at 7:46pm, the woman driver had disappeared. Both inside and outside the car, an officer discovered what appeared to be red wine stains. Inside the car there was an empty beer bottle, a damaged box of Franzia wine, AAA card issued to Murray, blank accident report forms, compact discs, gloves, makeup, diamond jewelry, Murray's favorite stuffed animal, driving directions to Burlington, Vermont, and Not Without Peril, a book about climbing in the White Mountains. Missing items included Murray's credit and debit cards, and cell phone, none of which have been found since her disappearance. Police were able to trace the vehicle to Murray, and initially treated her as a missing person, with the belief that she may have voluntarily disappeared. This speculation was based on her apparent travel preparations and no obvious evidence of foul play.  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.

Sometime between 8:00 and 8:30pm, a contractor returning home from Franconia, saw a young woman, on foot, moving quickly eastbound on Route 112 about 4 to 5 miles east of where Murray's vehicle was discovered. He also noticed that the woman was wearing jeans, a dark coat, and a light-colored hood. He did not report this to police immediately due to his own confusion regarding the dates, barely discovering three months later that he had spotted this person on the same night that Murray had disappeared.

The responding officer and the bus driver drove around the area searching for Murray. Just before 8:00 pm, EMS and a fire truck arrived to clear the scene. By 8:49 pm, the car had been towed to a local garage, and at about 9:30 pm, the responding officer left. A rag believed to have been part of Murray's emergency roadside kit was discovered stuffed into the Saturn's muffler pipe. Authorities would refer to Murray as simply "missing" at 12 pm the next day, almost 24 hours after the last confirmed sighting of her.

At 12:36 pm the following day, February 10, a "Be on the Lookout" report for Murray was issued. She was reported as wearing a dark coat, jeans, and a black backpack. A voicemail was left on Fred Murray's home answering machine at 3:20 pm stating that her car had been found abandoned. He was working out of state and did not receive this call. At 5:00 pm, Murray's older sister contacted her father to make him aware of the situation. 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. At 5:17 pm, Murray was first referred to as "missing" by the Haverhill police.

On February 11, Murray's father arrived before dawn in Haverhill. At 8:00 am, New Hampshire Fish and Game, the Murrays, and others began to search. 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. This suggested to police she'd left the area in another car. At 5:00 pm, Murray's boyfriend and his parents arrived in Haverhill. He was interrogated in private, and then was joined by his parents for questioning. At 7:00 pm, the police said they believed Murray came to the area either to run away or attempt suicide but her family believed that this was unlikely.

Murray's boyfriend had turned off his cell phone during his flight to Haverhill. At some point, he had received a voicemail that he believed to be the sound of Murray sobbing. The call was traced to a calling card issued to the American Red Cross.

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 3:05 pm, the police reported Murray might be headed to the Kancamagus Highway area, and she was "listed as endangered and possibly suicidal". The police report also stated Murray was intoxicated at the crash site, although the bus driver had said she did not appear impaired. The Haverhill police chief said that, "Our concern is that she's upset or suicidal."

A week after Murray's disappearance, her father and boyfriend were interviewed by CNN's American Morning.  Murray's family expanded their search into Vermont, dismayed that authorities there hadn't been informed of her disappearance.

Although missing person cases are normally handled by local and state police, the FBI joined the investigation ten days after she disappeared. The FBI interviewed family from Massachusetts and the Haverhill police chief announced that the search was now nationwide. 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, cadaver dogs, and tracking dogs. 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, but DNA tests found that the underwear didn't belong to Murray.

The police returned the items found in Murray's car to her family, at the end of February. On March 2, the family checked out of their motel, exhausted from the search. Fred Murray returned nearly every weekend to continue searching. In April, Haverhill Police informed him of complaints of trespassing on private property. 

The March 2004 disappearance of Brianna Maitland in Montgomery, Vermont, 66 miles away from Murray's last sighting in Woodsville, drew comparisons from media and law enforcement due to the similarities in disappearances. However, state police have stated there are no links between the two cases.

In April and again in June, New Hampshire and Vermont police dismissed any connection between Murray's case and Maitland's. In a press release, they stated they believed that "Maura was headed for an unknown destination and may have accepted a ride in order to continue to that location," adding that they had discovered no evidence that a crime had been committed. They dismissed the possibility that a serial killer was involved.

On July 1, the police retrieved the items found in Murray's vehicle from her family for forensic analysis. On July 13, a one-mile radius search was performed by nearly 100 searchers, including state troopers, rescue personnel, and volunteers. This was the fourth search around the crash area and the first search performed without snow on the ground. Authorities were most interested in locating the black backpack Murray had in her possession but not found in her car. Police stated the search discovered "nothing conclusive".

In late 2004, a man allegedly gave Murray's father a rusty, stained knife that belonged to the man's brother, who had a criminal past and lived less than a mile from where the car was discovered. His brother and his brother's girlfriend were said to have acted strangely after the disappearance, and the man's brother claimed he believed the knife had been used to kill Murray. Several days after the knife was given to Murray's father, the man's brother allegedly scrapped his Volvo.  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.

In 2005, Fred Murray petitioned New Hampshire Governor, Craig Benson for assistance in the search and appeared on The Montel Williams Show in November of 2004 to publicize the case. 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.

In late 2005, Fred Murray filed suit against several law enforcement agencies, with the aim of seeing files on the case. On November 1, 2005, a user named "Tom Davies" logged into a message board called "Not Without Peril", which was dedicated to discussion of Murray's disappearance, and claimed to have seen a black backpack behind a restroom at Pemigewasset Overlook, around 30 miles east of Woodsville on Route 112. Murray had owned a black backpack. 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.

The New Hampshire League of Investigators, ten retired police officers and detectives, and the Molly Bish Foundation started working on the case in 2006. Tom Shamshak, a former police chief and a member of the Licensed Private Detectives Association of Massachusetts, said, "It appears...that this is something beyond a mere missing persons case. Something ominous could have happened here." The Arkansas group Let's Bring Them Home offered a $75,000 reward in 2007 for information that could solve her disappearance.

In October 2006, volunteers led a two-day search within a few miles of where Murray's car was found.  In the closet of an A-frame house approximately 1 mile from the crash site, cadaver dogs allegedly went "bonkers", possibly identifying the presence of human remains. The house had formerly been the residence of the man implicated by his brother, who had given Fred Murray the rusty knife in 2004.  A sample of carpet from the home was sent to the New Hampshire State Police, but the results were never released to the public. In July 2008, volunteers led another two-day search through wooded areas in Haverhill. The group consisted of dog teams and licensed private investigators.

Murray's case was one of many cited by proponents of a statewide cold case unit for New Hampshire in 2009. Her case was subsequently added to the newly established cold case unit later that year.  In 2010, Fred Murray publicly criticized the police investigation for treating the disappearance as a missing persons case and not a criminal matter, and called on the FBI to join the investigation. 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. It may be a missing-persons case, but it's being handled as a criminal investigation."

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." In an article published in the New York Daily News on the tenth anniversary of his daughter's disappearance, it was reported that Fred Murray believed she was dead and had been abducted the night of her disappearance.

On February 9, 2017, the thirteenth anniversary of Murray's disappearance, Strelzin wrote in an email to The Boston Globe: "It's still an open case with periods of activity and at times it goes dormant. There are no new updates to share at this time."

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." In early April, excavation was done within the basement of the house. Fred Murray had previously wanted to search the home, but the owners did not cooperate. Following sale of the property, its new owners allowed several searches of the property since February. The excavation conducted in early April found "absolutely nothing, other than what appears to be a piece of pottery or old piping."

In early 2021, the tree at the site where Murray was last seen—which had been marked with a blue ribbon as a memorial—was cut down by the property owner. Shortly thereafter, a request from Murray's family to have a New Hampshire historical marker placed at the site, which had been submitted in late 2020, was turned down by the New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources. 

On September 14, 2021, New Hampshire State Police announced that bone fragments had been found on Loon, Mountain in Lincoln, New Hampshire, approximately 25 miles east of the site of Murray's crash. Murray had been to the mountain before and had knowledge of the area, according to her sister. The bone fragments were described as "pretty small," and it was expected to take at least two months to determine if they were the remains of Murray or not. In November, it was announced that the remains did not belong to Murray.

In January 2022, FBI issued a national alert in Murray's case and created a Violent Criminal Apprehension Profile, allowing multiple law enforcement agencies to share information regarding her case. In July 2022, law enforcement in New Hampshire initiated a search in the towns of Landaff and Easton.

It's important to note that before Murray had disappeared, she had showed some rather irregular behavior. In November 2003, three months before her disappearance, Murray admitted to using a stolen credit card to order food from several restaurants, including one in Hadley, Massachusetts. The charge was continued in December, and dismissed after three months' of good behavior.

On the evening of February 5, 2004, while she was on duty at her campus-security job, Murray spoke on the phone with her older sister, Kathleen. They discussed Kathleen's relationship problems with her fiancé. Around 10:30 p.m., while still on her shift, Murray reportedly broke down in tears. When her supervisor arrived at her desk, Murray was "just completely zoned out. No reaction at all. She was unresponsive." The supervisor escorted Murray back to her dorm room around 1:20 am. When asked what was wrong, Murray said two words: "My sister." The contents of this call remained unknown until October 2017, when Kathleen publicly explained the conversation: Kathleen, a recovering alcoholic, had been discharged from a rehabilitation clinic that evening, and on the way home, her fiancé took her to a liquor store, which caused an emotional breakdown.

On Saturday, February 7, Murray's father Fred arrived in Amherst. He told investigators he and Murray went car-shopping that afternoon, and later went to dinner with a friend of his daughter. Murray dropped her father off at his motel room and, borrowed his Toyota Corolla, and returned to campus to attend a dorm party. She arrived at 10:30 pm. At 2:30 am on Sunday, February 8, she left the party. At 3:30 am, en route to her father's motel, she struck a guardrail on Route 9 in Hadley, causing nearly $10,000 worth of damage to her father's car. The responding officer wrote an accident report, but there is no documentation of field sobriety tests being conducted. Murray was driven to her father's motel and stayed in his room the rest of the morning. At 4:49 am, there was a cell phone call placed to her boyfriend from Fred's phone. The participants and content of the phone call are not known.

Later Sunday morning, Fred Murray had learned that the damage done to his vehicle would be covered by his auto insurance. He rented a car, dropped Murray off at the university, and departed for Connecticut. At 11:30 that night, Fred called his daughter to remind her to obtain accident forms from the Registry of Motor Vehicles. They agreed to talk again Monday night to discuss the forms and fill out the insurance claim via phone.

Maura Murray has never been found.

[mauramurrayevidence]

[hospid0ll]

if a missing person was elected president and got the delegates and stuff, even if they didn't file to run for president or do paperwork or wtv, do they get to be president? also does our national priority shift to finding them? i think this could be a. new approach to both politics and missing persons

[andiatas]

I've been binge-listening to Media Pressure: The Untold Story of Maura Murray for a mere part of the day & have just started Episode 7. If you love true crime, you definitely need to listen to it as it is Maura's own sister who tells the story!

[likeicanwhat]

[mockingbirdsandlillies]

thinking about doing a little write up of maura murrys disappearance because i can’t stop thinking about it

[musicmanstuff]

#MauraMurray

[boricuacherry-blog]

While the Murray family has been disputing facts about the police investigation, yet another troubling piece of information came to light in October 2004 when Sharon Rausch was reviewing Maura's cell phone records. The cell phone was given to Maura by her boyfriend, which was purchased in his mother's name. Rausch came across the last two numbers Maura called three hours before she disappeared.

The first number was to a UMass student Amherst dormitory. The number appeared to be a dead end for investigators because the person who lived there likely moved on.

Rausch decided to call the second number, which was to Dominic and Linda Salamone of Wakefield, Massachusetts. In the course of Rausch's conversation with Linda Salamone, she claims that she realized the Salamones own a condo in Bartlett, New Hampshire - the same condo association the Murray family vacationed in years past.

Although the phone call was one of the last Maura made before she went missing, the Salamones said police never once contacted them. The couple did not learn of their part of the story until being contacted by Rausch, eight months after Maura vanished.

Fred Murray explained that this new information is another piece of evidence that points to Maura being abducted. "She had a destination," Murray said. "She was on route 112, which goes right to Bartlett...[The police] will do anything to avoid saying 'number 4.'"

This new information does not back up the NH State Police theory that Maura ran away or committed suicide because it would be unlikely for her to rent a condo if she was planning on running away. In addition, Maura's school textbooks were found in the vehicle.

Sharon Raush and Fred Murray have both said they could not be unhappier with the police investigation.

[heroslitteraires]

Affaire réel étrange.

James Renner.

Maura Murray a disparu. 403 pages.

Pocket.

Imaginez une jeune femme sur une route du Nord. Derrière elle, les montagnes de la Nouvelle-Angleterre et quelques tracas de la vie quotidienne : une rupture, des problèmes d’argent, et maintenant une sortie de route… Un voisin lui demande si elle a besoin d’aide. La jeune fille refuse, elle a déjà appelé les secours. Saisi d’un doute, il prévient la police qui arrive sept minutes plus tard : la voiture est toujours là mais la conductrice, elle, s’est volatilisée. Elle s’appelait Maura Murray; elle avait 21 ans. On ne la reverra plus jamais. De cette énigme absolue, impénétrable et ordinaire, James Renner va remonter cent pistes, recueillir des témoignages, échafauder des plans, jusqu’à l’obsession…

Mon avis :

Intéressante recherche sur Maura Murray. Par contre, je ne m’attendais pas à ce que le livre soit romancé par l’histoire des recherches et de la vie personnelle de l’auteur. Avec les témoignages que le journaliste a faits, il a pu en connaitre davantage sur cette jeune femme. On la décrivait comme une femme toujours souriante, avenante, sportive, toutes des qualités quoi! Mais les rencontre qu’il a fait, il a pu avoir un portrait un peu plus juste, comme par exemple, qu’elle avait des problèmes amoureux. Juste avant sa disparition, elle avait reçu un appel de sa sœur qui lui ont fait de la peine. Qu’elle avait tendance à faire des vols. Et surtout, qu’elle avait probablement fait un accident et à laisser un homme laisser pour mort. Donc, elle avait peut-être des raisons de vouloir s’enfuir… Du moins, c’est ce que j’espère. Pour qu’elle soit encore envie. Cependant, si c’est le cas, malgré le fait qu’elle a été aperçue à quelques endroit comme à Sherbrooke au Québec, cela serait bien qu’elle donne signe de vie à sa famille qui la cherche depuis toute ces années. Somme toute, le journaliste a fait de bonnes recherches, j’espère que cela portera fruit et qu’on s’aura ce qui s’est passé avec cette jeune femme!

Connaissez-vous l’histoire de Maura Murray?

[sadderda7e]

I don't know how many people in tccblr listen to true crime bullshit. But anyway, it's a podcast about Israel Keyes. In the latest season, the podcast claimed Israel Keyes was responsible for the disappearance of Maura Murray and posted some pictures they thought were Israel Keyes.

Dude, this guy looked more like the resurrection of Timothy McVeigh than Israel Keyes.

[mauramurrayevidence]

[theunstuffedpepper]

January reads 📚

A Killer by Design was great, but it wasn’t available in audio format, so I read the text version. This was such a strong reminder of how much better audio books are as a format for me. It took me like 5x as long to read this book, though in my defense, who wants to read on a phone in the dark in the middle of the night when you could listen instead??

I’m currently out of my true crime reading phase and into a much weirder one: books about birds. 😂

Also, what an interesting book — True Crime Addict by James Renner. It’s on his obsession with the Maura Murray case, which was also coincidentally covered (again) by Ashley Flowers over on her Crime Junkie podcast recently. So weird how people can just.. disappear.