rozShoem
Fairport, NY
|
Judged:
2
2
Euroobserver wrote: <quoted text> Roz, Please, let us know where on Rte 112 in NH the young lady is supposed to have disappeared from her car back in 1999, five years before Maura´s vanishing. Route 112 continues eastwards past Lincoln/North Woodstock as the Kancamagus Highway as far as Conway/Bartlett, so the exact location would be of interest to know. This is the first account I have ever read about such a case. Please, tell us on what forum you read about the supposed 1999 vanishing and whether there were any sources or names mentioned whatsoever. Thank you. I too was surprised as I had not heard about this either until yesterday. This information appeared in UnionLeader.com . There is an article entitled, "Missing Maura Murray - Four Years and Countless Questions," written by Nancy West, dated Sunday, October 28, 2007. Scroll downward to the "comment" section.....I believe the initial of the comment author's surname is "T".... "of Massena, NY." Last evening I searched to see if I could find more information regarding another missing woman of Route 112 but was unsuccessful. This, of course, does not mean that there was not another woman who disappeared on Route 112. If I find any info I'll post it. Hope this helps.
|
Euroobserver
Norrköping, Sweden
|
rozShoem wrote: <quoted text> I too was surprised as I had not heard about this either until yesterday. This information appeared in UnionLeader.com . There is an article entitled, "Missing Maura Murray - Four Years and Countless Questions," written by Nancy West, dated Sunday, October 28, 2007. Scroll downward to the "comment" section.....I believe the initial of the comment author's surname is "T".... "of Massena, NY." Last evening I searched to see if I could find more information regarding another missing woman of Route 112 but was unsuccessful. This, of course, does not mean that there was not another woman who disappeared on Route 112. If I find any info I'll post it. Hope this helps. Roz, Thanks for this information. Apparently the Union Leader is charging a fee for accessing their news archives, so I was unable to check the comments section of the article straight away. It would seem rather strange, however, that there does not seem to be any publicly known information regarding a supposed disapperance of another young lady driver on NH Rte 112 four years prior to Maura´s vanishing. Thoughts, anyone???
|
Stephen
San Jose, CA
|
rozShoem wrote: <quoted text> Stephen.... I find what you say very interesting...If my "red herrings" are smelling up your world and in particular your worldview, please feel free not to read my postings. There are plenty of others to choose from. Thank you. Some observations. In my humble opinion: 1. If one desires to discuss a scenario one believes might explain Maura Murray's disappearance,(example serial killer disguized as a law enforcement officer) it is only necessary to state your idea and be open to honest critisism of it. This means that one is willing to consider fact-based factors both in support and against the idea. It is unnecessary, and in fact detrimental, to include in one's presentation, factors that are not fact-based. Their inclusion in an idea tends to contribute to its derailment, even if it has merit to explore further. This is unfortunate, because further exploration should allow everyone to clearly know the strengths and weaknesses to the idea itself. On the other hand, an idea that has been sharpened through public discussion and critique, could be used for future reference, and therefore possibly helpful. Personal characterizations of individuals presenting fact-based factors either in support of, or detrimental to a scenario, have no impact on the validity or invalidity of the scenario itself. The reason inquiries are made when additional "facts" are presented, is because a responsible individual will want to know if they are indeed true. If they are true, a responsible individual will consider the known true facts when considering the validity of possibilities presented. In order to determine which facts are known and true, one must be able to examine documentation that establishes it as fact, or lack of documentation resulting in its non consideration. Countless hours have been wasted on investigating the validity of "facts" that were presented when supporting documentattion was either non existent, or outside the public realm. Logically, as time goes on, we recognize that additional documentation-supported facts may end up being revealed and therefore, a part of the public domain. However, we also realize that the number of documentation-based facts that lie outside the public realm is finite. Therefore, as time goes on, we grow sceptical to further revelations and are only willing to ask for a source document. We have spent too much time chasing red herrings to justify further research. If the purported fact has not been established by any documentation within the public domain, and therefore known to long term researchers, we will ask for your source, and expect that the source is documentation, not heresay. If one does not present their source for scrutiny, it will not be considered as fact. The best we can do to work towards progress here, is go through this process. We can also keep this case in the public eye by encouraging discussion in accord with the above. We can also periodically recap our findings. But most importantly, we can periodically reiterate what happened.
|
Shack
Groton, MA
|
Bill 05478 wrote: Message from the Cold Case Unit: RE: Maura MurrayTuesday, January 11, 2011 2:02 PM From: "ColdCaseUnit" <ColdCaseUnit@DOS.NH.GOV > To: "Bill Wood" <billwood810@yahoo.com> Hi Mr. Wood, thank you for your recent email on the Maura Murray case. The information has been documented and will be considered as the investigation into Maura Murray’s disappearance continues. Thanks again for taking the time to contact us. Trooper Mike Kokoski Cold Case Unit Thank you so much. I am very appreciative that you have made an effort to try to help the Maura Murray family.
|
“"Dancing with wolves"”
Since: Oct 10
Location hidden
|
Please wait...
Euroobserver wrote: <quoted text> Roz, Thanks for this information. Apparently the Union Leader is charging a fee for accessing their news archives, so I was unable to check the comments section of the article straight away. It would seem rather strange, however, that there does not seem to be any publicly known information regarding a supposed disapperance of another young lady driver on NH Rte 112 four years prior to Maura´s vanishing. Thoughts, anyone??? I have lived in this area a very long time and I don't remember hearing about another missing woman and her car and belongings found on 112. I'm chalking it up as another rumour but everyone is free to their own opinion on it. Euro copy and paste the following into Google or another search engine and the article and comments should come up. I hope anyway. Missing Maura Murray - Four Years and Countless Questions," written by Nancy West
|
Since: Jan 11
Location hidden
|
Please wait...
WTH-the-original wrote: <quoted text> Sara. I believe that statistic is and likely always was an off the cuff remark to ensure that the prosecution would not be hindered by needing to release any information to the public. Bill Are you saying that you believe the Sr. Asst. Atty Gen'l lied to the Judges of the NH Supreme Court..........
|
Snowy
Gloucester, MA
|
rozShoem wrote: <quoted text> Bill 05478, Not only is it gossip as you say,, but it sounds as though she once again is attempting to put the onus on Maura, her friends and family! Why? It almost sounds like she is attempting to blame the victim/victims. Why? She continues to delve into what she perceives as some dark, sinister, secret.....that happened down in the bowels of Amherst! Please. It's becoming increasingly obvious that she may have a personal agenda. it was uncharacteristic for Maura to behave irresponsibly and/or to disconnect from her family. certainly, this saga began in Amherst....where she lied, she fled, and she lost contact with family and friends. mention of the Vasi hit is still a possibility in the opinion of some.....as the timing coincides with Maura's crying episode, followed by her spontaneously leaving Amherst. who knows whom or what she might have been encountered along the way. as Wowzer says, it's a deep mystery, with so many possibilities.
|
Snowy
Gloucester, MA
|
Judged:
1
Stephen wrote: <quoted text> Some observations. In my humble opinion: 1. If one desires to discuss a scenario one believes might explain Maura Murray's disappearance,(example serial killer disguized as a law enforcement officer) it is only necessary to state your idea and be open to honest critisism of it. This means that one is willing to consider fact-based factors both in support and against the idea. It is unnecessary, and in fact detrimental, to include in one's presentation, factors that are not fact-based. Their inclusion in an idea tends to contribute to its derailment, even if it has merit to explore further. This is unfortunate, because further exploration should allow everyone to clearly know the strengths and weaknesses to the idea itself. On the other hand, an idea that has been sharpened through public discussion and critique, could be used for future reference, and therefore possibly helpful. Personal characterizations of individuals presenting fact-based factors either in support of, or detrimental to a scenario, have no impact on the validity or invalidity of the scenario itself. The reason inquiries are made when additional "facts" are presented, is because a responsible individual will want to know if they are indeed true. If they are true, a responsible individual will consider the known true facts when considering the validity of possibilities presented. In order to determine which facts are known and true, one must be able to examine documentation that establishes it as fact, or lack of documentation resulting in its non consideration. Countless hours have been wasted on investigating the validity of "facts" that were presented when supporting documentattion was either non existent, or outside the public realm. Logically, as time goes on, we recognize that additional documentation-supported facts may end up being revealed and therefore, a part of the public domain. However, we also realize that the number of documentation-based facts that lie outside the public realm is finite. Therefore, as time goes on, we grow sceptical to further revelations and are only willing to ask for a source document. We have spent too much time chasing red herrings to justify further research. If the purported fact has not been established by any documentation within the public domain, and therefore known to long term researchers, we will ask for your source, and expect that the source is documentation, not heresay. If one does not present their source for scrutiny, it will not be considered as fact. The best we can do to work towards progress here, is go through this process. We can also keep this case in the public eye by encouraging discussion in accord with the above. We can also periodically recap our findings. But most importantly, we can periodically reiterate what happened. i fear i may have already violated the spirit of your reasonable suggestions. mention of the Vasi hit was discussed today offline with someone given to research on behalf of Maura over many years. no one is married to the supposition about Vasi....and i cannot document it as based in fact. once again, thanks for offering some practical advice about how to turn down the clashing of ideas a notch or two.
|
Euroobserver
Norrköping, Sweden
|
Judged:
1
Wowzer the real one wrote: <quoted text> I have lived in this area a very long time and I don't remember hearing about another missing woman and her car and belongings found on 112. I'm chalking it up as another rumour but everyone is free to their own opinion on it. Euro copy and paste the following into Google or another search engine and the article and comments should come up. I hope anyway. Missing Maura Murray - Four Years and Countless Questions," written by Nancy West Wowzer, Thanks for this suggestion. I found the article and the ensuing comments, including the one referred to by roz regarding another purported vanishing of a young lady driver on an unspecified stretch of Rte 112, supposedly 5 years before Maura´s disappearance. I´m inclined to regard this as an unsubstantiated rumour, as there doesn´t seem to exist one single source on the web backing this up.
|
Since: Nov 08
Location hidden
|
Please wait...
Judged:
1
Hope_Eternal wrote: <quoted text> Are you saying that you believe the Sr. Asst. Atty Gen'l lied to the Judges of the NH Supreme Court.......... Please review the term "off the cuff". He didn't have the statistics available to give a perfect analysis. I believe that he made his best estimate under the circumstances. Bill
|
hannah_b
Sweden
|
Upon reading the article "Maura Murray - Four years and countless questions" I came across this, which I found a bit odd. Kind of gives the impression Fred wasn´t even interested in Billy´s thoughts on the disappearance. "If Fred ever wants/needs Billy's input, he will be glad to participate, but until then, he wants to remain out of the picture."
|
just me
Minneapolis, MN
|
hannah_b wrote: Upon reading the article "Maura Murray - Four years and countless questions" I came across this, which I found a bit odd. Kind of gives the impression Fred wasn´t even interested in Billy´s thoughts on the disappearance. "If Fred ever wants/needs Billy's input, he will be glad to participate, but until then, he wants to remain out of the picture." But until then,..... "Billy" wants to remain out of the picture. It sounded to me like Sharon might be speaking on behalf of her son.~ explaining in a way, why he wasn't out doing the same as Fred at the time this statement was made. Remember, Fred was going up there to NH & VT, going around to so many houses, sitting in cafes and such,~searching on his own, and Billy had to get back to his duties as a soldier. How hard that must have been to know you had to break away from something so traumatizing and yet keep yourself together too.
|
Lady Gray
Austin, TX
|
hannah_b wrote: Upon reading the article "Maura Murray - Four years and countless questions" I came across this, which I found a bit odd. Kind of gives the impression Fred wasn´t even interested in Billy´s thoughts on the disappearance.
"If Fred ever wants/needs Billy's input, he will be glad to participate, but until then, he wants to remain out of the picture." No no no, no offense to you, but see this is where info gets taken out of context and ugly rumors get started. If you take that one sentence, that you posted, it could sound pretty ugly BUT if you take the paragraph preceding that sentence, it makes sense. I will post below the paragraph PRIOR to what you posted (words by me are italicized) and I will also post the link: “Mrs. Rausch responded to an e-mail request to interview her son saying: "Billy is out of town on a job interview. However, even upon his return, he has decided that he does not want to comment. I agree with Fred (Murray) about Billy getting on with his life.' I know that each time (Billy) becomes actively involved with the media that it truly re-opens his intense heartache from Maura's missing. "If Fred ever wants/needs Billy's input, he (meaning Billy) will be glad to participate, but until then, he (Billy) wants to remain out of the picture." http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx...
|
Lady Gray
Austin, TX
|
Linda, I just now see you answered the same posting....and my "italicized" words didn't italicize but they're the words in parantheses in the second paragraph taken from the article.....added just for clarification.....
|
“"Dancing with wolves"”
Since: Oct 10
Location hidden
|
Please wait...
Wow Lady Gray. How quickly you come out to defend just a certain few so ugly rumours don't get started by taking info out of context. Where do you hide when innocent people here in NH are barraged with ugly rumours and the people in towns that most likely have never even heard of Maura Murray are called inbreds. Just wondering Lady Gray why you don't defend those people and try to stop ugly rumours from starting by info being taken out of context. Just something to think about.
|
Snowy
Gloucester, MA
|
Wowzer the real one wrote: Wow Lady Gray. How quickly you come out to defend just a certain few so ugly rumours don't get started by taking info out of context. Where do you hide when innocent people here in NH are barraged with ugly rumours and the people in towns that most likely have never even heard of Maura Murray are called inbreds. Just wondering Lady Gray why you don't defend those people and try to stop ugly rumours from starting by info being taken out of context. Just something to think about. it was and is unwise to denigrate targeted individuals and whole towns in the name of Maura Murray, while maintaining an expectation that the kindness of strangers and charitable hearts will prevail. the mystery of her disappearance is deepened by the conduct of her father and, as late as a few days ago, repeated, indefensible name-calling.
|
Shack
Groton, MA
|
Snowy wrote: <quoted text> it was and is unwise to denigrate targeted individuals and whole towns in the name of Maura Murray, while maintaining an expectation that the kindness of strangers and charitable hearts will prevail. the mystery of her disappearance is deepened by the conduct of her father and, as late as a few days ago, repeated, indefensible name-calling. Very well understood as the years go by.......
|
Stephen
San Jose, CA
|
Judged:
1
1
Snowy wrote: <quoted text> i fear i may have already violated the spirit of your reasonable suggestions. mention of the Vasi hit was discussed today offline with someone given to research on behalf of Maura over many years. no one is married to the supposition about Vasi....and i cannot document it as based in fact. once again, thanks for offering some practical advice about how to turn down the clashing of ideas a notch or two. I probably have too. We each try out best from our unique points of view.:)
|
Since: Jan 11
Location hidden
|
Please wait...
just me wrote: The saturn was facing the W-mans home. Trouble lights were flashing they said, but maybe not yet when FW made the call. Either way, she relays that someone is in the passenger seat and the door is open. This matters! Because the drivers door was budged up to the snowbank and "Maura" could hardly get out......(something to that effect) Also, been thinking about the twins on my street that were hit by snowmobiles. You don't have to be driving one very fast to run into and kill someone. Police thought there was someone "parked" or possibly a "drunk driver", someone about to go snowmobiling. That people did this from time to time in NH. Unless that was never said. Anyhow, I wonder if they saw snowmobile tracks that night in order for them to say this. And did you ever wonder if somebody came along on a snowmobile Actually she stated to the 911 operator that there was a man inside the car smoking a cigarette, that is straight off of the call log. It does not state what seat he was in when she called. Now in the accident report a witness told LE that a female was sitting behind the wheel but refused assistance. Here's a copy for you to see: http://mauramurraymissing.com/Documents.html
|
rozShoem
Gouverneur, NY
|
Judged:
1
1
Wowzer the real one wrote: <quoted text> I have lived in this area a very long time and I don't remember hearing about another missing woman and her car and belongings found on 112. I'm chalking it up as another rumour but everyone is free to their own opinion on it. Euro copy and paste the following into Google or another search engine and the article and comments should come up. I hope anyway. Missing Maura Murray - Four Years and Countless Questions," written by Nancy West You are free to chalk it up to another rumor. I prefer to leave my chalk in it's box for now and further research the "rumor." It was at the time of reading the article by Nancy West and then reading the comment section that I became aware there may have been another woman who disappeared on Route 112 five years prior to Maura. I'm wondering if five years is accurate. If I find anything I'll pass it on. Thanks.
|
|