Maura Murray

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unconscionable and immoral practices

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JWB wrote:

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I just have never seen it in any news articles etc.. Only here on Topix and I wasn't sure where it originated from.I thought poss Mrs. Champy, but I re read the Socco article and she saw Mauras Car door open the night of the accident as LE was as the scene. I didn't read any mention there of the red truck , but she drove by at 7:50 or so.

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Good to see you back, Ben! You´re oh so right about this overly simplicistic line of thought oftentimes seen on topix. What a luck topix is always true.

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whatif wrote:

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i have a hunch that, like many of us, james witnessed the power of reddit in the aftermath of the boston marathon bombings and figured he would throw a line into the water, so to speak, to see what could come of it. i say this not as a defense of james or his journalistic practices. i'm also surprised that he appeals to information that will "lead us to Maura" as opposed to appealing for information that will help fill in the details of her disappearance or to answer some of the mystery surrounding her disappearance. i may be parsing words, but it seems like james really is intent on not just writing about the case but resolving it by finding maura. good luck with that. i also find it interesting that he is continuing to fish for info even though he has started writing the book. i guess he could be doing both, but it seems like extra work if he gets more info later that will change or color whatever he may have already written.

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James Renner wrote:

I've explained it before.
I use my blog as a generator of leads. I believe in "crowd-sourcing" clues and info in these unsolved cases. A "hive mind" of readers is always going to be smarter than one individual journalist. Yes, the Reddit post went up after I noticed how readers there helped generate leads in the Boston bombing case. I was very impressed by that.

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BillNH wrote:

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I would assume that some portion of the book will be vanilla background info that will be contained in it's own chapters, thus making it easily edited to change some details if needed later. The Murray clan dynamics could fill a book of it's own.

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JWB wrote:

Just throwing out this thought:
I think what is frustrating to me is that you have the Westmans peering out their window (across the street), the Marrottes peering out there window (almost looking dead at Maura) and SBD sitting in his school bus with a view of the road if not the car.
I am not insinuating anything here whatsoever. I am only expressing the frustration of up to 6 pairs of eyes that were known to be watching the Maura at the Saturn yet nobody saw her leave.Then you add the fact that LE shows up in a very short span.
I know it is very dark in that area with sparse lighting but frustrating non the less.

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FrmLE wrote:

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They were persons of interest? Of interest to whom? For what? Did you actually think about what you just wrote? Good god.
I have to say James that your last two posts are the lamest and most unprofessional excuses for shoddy journalism I have seen in a very long time.
Before today I was quite indifferent to your blog and book, however I now find myself disgusted by your approach and philosophy.
That is just my opinion for what it's worth.

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Snowy wrote:

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looks like any means will justify the ends...on both sides. after all, the defense of MM campaign has pointed their fingers over the years.
the book is unauthorized, and Renner has had one hand tied behind his back from the get go by the family's refusal to cooperate.
in either case, it seems the word "integrity" is being redefined.
i, too, am disgusted by his philosophies about investigative practices in an unofficial capacity.

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hannah_b wrote:

Everybody should also check out the updated version of Renner´s blog post about Kathleen and her doings in VT. I wouldn´t be too surprised if Maura was in deeper doo doo than we know.

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hannah_b wrote:

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I think - not 100% positive - it was Weeper back on the old forums who claimed a red truck was seen on BHR with driver outside. There was talk about a woman walking her dog, and the dog was spooked. Later there has been denial of this, there was supoosedly never a re truck there, no woman walking her dog, etc. Later still there has been more talk of the red truck on BHR.

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BillNH wrote:

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Is it inaccurate in it's entirety or inaccurate in insignificant details? Will you divulge the accurate information?

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citigirl wrote:

<quoted text>Well then maybe the witness whom told me about the woman walking the dog was just not simply telling me the truth.

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Wowzer the real one wrote:

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Citigirl wasn't this truck supposedly seen on BHR? According to Columbo it was seen at the top of hill by Longfellow Rd.
It's pitch black on BHR and quite a stretch of it there are no houses till you get to the top. No woman is going to walk her dog with no streetlights in the dark.