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aftermath wrote:

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I believe her father had at one time mentioned he had told Maura about placing a rag in the exhaust to disable the vehicle (to prevent theft). If the doors were locked it would appear she had planned to return to the car at some point. Why else lock the doors and place a rag in the exhaust? If she did not care about the car and its contents, she would have not disabled the car and locked the doors. The same holds true for her telling professors and supervisors she would be away for a few days. If she had NOT planned to return to the university, why bother to tell anyone anything about her departure? She took textbooks for what purpose other than to study. Why bother studying if no plan to return to classes? Why the part about a death in the family? Even though the family indicated there was no death, maybe someone close to Maura, someone she considered like a family member DID die. If we believe the report of her crying episode a few days earlier,those tears were in response to something stressful. The episode may have been associated with some sense of loss, possibly a death or maybe not. What happened to Maura the evening of February 9, and her decision to drive north into NH appear to be two separate issues. Consider the cases of Louise Chaput (2001 at Pinkham Notch)found dead, multiple stab wounds; Pamela Webb (1989 in wooded area off Rte 3 in Franconia)skeletal remains found, homicidal violence of unspecified nature. This is why what a person plans for the day and how they end up, need to be considered as two separate issues. A person may follow an intended plan but does not necessarily anticipate being the victim of foul play.

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aftermath wrote:

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I believe her father had at one time mentioned he had told Maura about placing a rag in the exhaust to disable the vehicle (to prevent theft).

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jwb the real original one wrote:

hopefully some better discussions in the days to come.
I would like to have more talk about Mathew That posted about finding duct tape with hair about 7 miles from the scene. He said he brought LE to the scene. happened in 2010 he posted from woodstock nh and he said he was hunting. Talk later goodnight all.
don't be afraid to post your thoughts.

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jwb wrote:

The other thing that Bill gives away is that he must be a local to Haverhill area or he wouldn't have an agenda of protecting the locals.
anyway enough of Bill he doesn't deserve anymore attention. Time to re focus on the issue at hand and ignore Bill.

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hannah_b wrote:

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The stuff this poster found was reportedly determined not to be related to Maura.

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hannah_b wrote:

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Bill deserves lots of attention. He has been a tremendous asset to this and previous fora with his professional knowledge and intelligence. Pay attention, you may actually learn something.

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aftermath wrote:

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I totally, whole-heartedly agree. Like many she respected the uniform. Taking into consideration the time factors that night, the dog a day or two later losing her scent at the intersection, etc.... I believe that a car door may have opened AT the intersection and Maura saw the uniform. She believed as I would that she had every reason to feel safe. Five to ten minutes later the local, Haverhill PD officer would arrive only to discover Maura was no longer in the area.

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jwb wrote:

I wonder where Bill Gets the Fact that she ran away from her car. I hope it is not an opinion. We can't stand for that!

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jwb wrote:

The other thing that Bill gives away is that he must be a local to Haverhill area or he wouldn't have an agenda of protecting the locals.

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jwb the real original one wrote:

she would accept a ride if it was someone she knew or if it was someone that could be trusted. Police,fire, fish and game emt etc..If she were picked up by a trusted person (police etc...), one would assume they would have a scanner (radio) in their vehicle in order to get to the scene in such a short window of opportunity. My guess is that the vehicle would have parked on BH road based on the scent the dogs picked up.
The problem with this case is that with so little information released to the public almost any scenario can't be ruled out 100%. My Gut tells me that the NSP knows what happened to Maura but just don't have enough to prosecute yet. Similiar to the new case in Aruba.

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looking4amoose wrote:

<quoted text>The #'s (or lack thereof) of available LE in the area simply don't allow one to pick her up haphazardly....

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WTH-the-original wrote:

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An opinion? Yea an opinion or a judicious use of logic. Seen it hundreds of times. She was at the car, witnesses saw her. Then she wasn't there and no one saw anyone else. So yes, she left the area. Unless......wait, unless it was one of the pesky UFOs we keep hearing about??
Bill