Maura Murray

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Dawn wrote:

I hope this case is solved soon. This has been too long. Someone knows. That is the sad part. Roz/Beagle's post about made me think of witness protection - going back to west point - that was the year of all the rapes.......... that was my first gut instinct on this case. I just dont know

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Eurobserver wrote:

I have only cursorily been following this forum as of late, but can´t help reflecting upon the seemingly huge difference between Maura´s disappearance and the recent vanishing of an Indiana State University student as regards the way these two cases are being handled by LE.
The LE authorities handling the Indiana case have over the last few days been releasing a considerable amount of information about the police work in question and are actually using the media in a pro-active fashion.
Contrast this with the almost unbelievable lack of information and any kind of progress reports pertaining to Maura´s case, currently +7 years old.
For some reason the Maura Murray case seems to be handled quite differently than most other similar kinds of disappearances.
Now, what on earth could the reason be for this?
Any ideas?

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Dawn wrote:

just me... the back pack or shoe brings me back to NOT having a confirmation of what she was wearing or HOW she was wearing her hair.......... the atm video. there is a reason the police keep that private.......... and why the family does as well. its all mind boggeling.. why so much is not considered important makes me think .. they know more about what happened..

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Eurobserver wrote:

I have only cursorily been following this forum as of late, but can´t help reflecting upon the seemingly huge difference between Maura´s disappearance and the recent vanishing of an Indiana State University student as regards the way these two cases are being handled by LE.
The LE authorities handling the Indiana case have over the last few days been releasing a considerable amount of information about the police work in question and are actually using the media in a pro-active fashion.
Contrast this with the almost unbelievable lack of information and any kind of progress reports pertaining to Maura´s case, currently +7 years old.
For some reason the Maura Murray case seems to be handled quite differently than most other similar kinds of disappearances.
Now, what on earth could the reason be for this?
Any ideas?

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Just me wrote:

<quoted text>I'm not so sure the police have "let" the family look at the ATM picture. Up until 2007 when the MMM forum was still going, the ones handling the site said no to that. Maybe that changed?
When I say bouncing ball, I think of the footprints the M-attes found in their yard the night of the vanishing woman. Thanks to people close to the case (you know who you are), we were told about them. It didn't make the news. Anyhow, Fred kept looking in places like this (back yards) and people didn't like it so much after awhile. I'm all for letting this man have his daughters computer back.....who would it hurt? Who would it point to, maybe nobody....no idea. BUT, the laptop was in her DORM room. UMASS made a copy and NH made a copy, and I vote to give it back now.
IT WASN"T IN THE CAR!!!!!!!!And It might help! Maybe cold case workers should try to court order a copy of the harddrive, what's the problem with this?

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WTH-the-original wrote:

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Some of what you write I don't remember. I don't remember hearing about the prints in the backyard or if that was speculation. And I didn't know she had a laptop. If she did the authorities likely would have made an image of that drive also and examined it. I know they searched a computer, maybe more than one. I know they found some searches she did for what appears to be someone looking to go to Vermont. I don't know if it was a laptop or not.
Bill

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WTH-the-original wrote:

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Some of what you write I don't remember. I don't remember hearing about the prints in the backyard or if that was speculation. And I didn't know she had a laptop. If she did the authorities likely would have made an image of that drive also and examined it. I know they searched a computer, maybe more than one. I know they found some searches she did for what appears to be someone looking to go to Vermont. I don't know if it was a laptop or not.
Bill

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I see u wrote:

<quoted text>Did you mean--->Go back to craigslist M4M.

WTH-the-original wrote:

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Some of what you write I don't remember. I don't remember hearing about the prints in the backyard or if that was speculation. And I didn't know she had a laptop. If she did the authorities likely would have made an image of that drive also and examined it. I know they searched a computer, maybe more than one. I know they found some searches she did for what appears to be someone looking to go to Vermont. I don't know if it was a laptop or not.
Bill

Eurobserver wrote:

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Bill,
I clearly remember having read somewhere that Mr M-tte apparently found some kind of foot marks in the snow in his backyard the day after Maura´s disappearance. It must have been mentioned on one of the forums.
I also distinctly remember reading somewhere else on the web that search dogs at some point indicated some supposed trace of Maura in the immediate vicinity of Old Peters Road, apparently not very far from the intersection of Rte 112 and Old Peters Road.
Speaking of Old Peters Road I recently watched a fairly new YouTube video of Maura´s supposed drive from Rte 302 via Swiftwater Village to the Weathered Barn curve. This video was shot in the midst of winter and clearly showed Old Peters Road as having been cleared of snow.
I always imagined that this very minor, dead-end
road was left packed with snow over the winter, but apparently not so.
If this was also the case in February 2004 a person or a car could easily have gone down Old Peters Road without being hindered by huge snow packs.

Eurobserver wrote:

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Bill,
I clearly remember having read somewhere that Mr M-tte apparently found some kind of foot marks in the snow in his backyard the day after Maura´s disappearance. It must have been mentioned on one of the forums.

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Just me wrote:

<quoted text>I'm not so sure the police have "let" the family look at the ATM picture. Up until 2007 when the MMM forum was still going, the ones handling the site said no to that. Maybe that changed?
When I say bouncing ball, I think of the footprints the M-attes found in their yard the night of the vanishing woman. Thanks to people close to the case (you know who you are), we were told about them. It didn't make the news. Anyhow, Fred kept looking in places like this (back yards) and people didn't like it so much after awhile. I'm all for letting this man have his daughters computer back.....who would it hurt? Who would it point to, maybe nobody....no idea. BUT, the laptop was in her DORM room. UMASS made a copy and NH made a copy, and I vote to give it back now.
IT WASN"T IN THE CAR!!!!!!!!And It might help! Maybe cold case workers should try to court order a copy of the harddrive, what's the problem with this?

WTH-the-original wrote:

And as a footnote, there has been lots of things that have been speculated on, thought about, thrown against the wall and just plain made up. Some of it was talked about over and over to the point were some people considered it to be the truth. Often it was not. There were a couple of people on this forum that would say something and then when they heard someone else repeat it, they would insist that it was "verified" from another "source".
Not really the way to run an "investigation" or even a circus to be honest.
Bill

Wowzer the real one wrote:

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There are a couple of people here that claim to be locals.They should know the answer to the footprints mystery. They only have to drive by in Jan or Feb and there is usually lots of prints going thru that yard. Deer and a moose or two mostly. From a distance (window) it would be very hard to tell a person print from a moose print. I know this from experience as more than once I thought someone had walked through my back yard when in fact it had been a moose.