Maura Murray

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Frostman wrote:

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So, Columbo, in this scenario are you saying that Perp offered MM a tow with a rope or a chain that ended with the Saturn shearing off the north-side bank and crashing? Does he then tell MM he'll pop off and get his tow truck (or other items) and be right back to get her out of the snowbank in front of the M--ettes? BA comes along and then Perp shows up again?
Perp could have an AAA decal and that's why MM said she'd already "called" for help.
Wonder if LE checked the under side of the Saturn for finger prints? Isn't there a U-shaped steel rod so you can attach a chain to say... pull a car out of the ditch? Yes, he might have been wearing gloves, but maybe not? It wasn't a "stick your tongue to the metal fence" kind of night (by many accounts) so maybe he wasn't wearing any gloves?
If there were unidentified male gloves in the car, wonder if SAR dogs were utilized to track their owner?
Does anybody have any sense as to whether such a person (possible perp) might be still living in the area or even still alive?

Det Columbo wrote:

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As to the last sentence of this post.....A BIG YES YES YES

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hannah_b wrote:

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Airbags wouldn´t have deployed if a car being towed bumped into the towing vehicle. Not enough force. Airbags don´t deploy that easily. You said yourself the Saturn would have been disabled by the rag in the tailpipe, so no motor running, not enough force.

Frostman wrote:

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The airbags might deploy if the Saturn was being rope/chain towed, missed the curve and careened into an ice-hardened snowbank.
If someone steering the Saturn wasn't familiar with the area and missed the turn and the rope/chain length was 10 feet it have worked out that way. Maybe Perp (truck driver) was going a little faster near WB because he knew it was populated and he didn't want to be seen?

Det Columbo wrote:

Rag in the tailpipe....
It is possible that the Saturn was disabled with the rag in the tailpipe somewhere close by to the WB curve.
The person who put the rag in the tailpipe was close by as well.
This person then came to MM aid with the offer of a tow to his shop.
At the WB curve the truck towing MM vehicle turned the corner and the saturn being towed by a tow rope followed. Only they were too close to the inside corner and sheared off the bank with the tow strap.
It is at this point when the car came into contact with the back of the trucks bumper or tow hitch. This caused the airbags to deploy, the car to come unhooked and spin around in the road facing westbound.
The truck then left the scene and turned up BH Rd. a short distance. He lives just up the road about 2 miles so He knows the area well as well as LE response time. Plus the fact that He has a scanner.
Maura grabs the stuff she needs from the car and talks to Butch for about 2 to 3 min. at the most. She then walks the short distance from the front area of the Marrottes front lawn by thier trees to the intersection of Rte. 112 and BH Rd.
Maura gets into the truck with this man and goes the couple miles up the road to this guys secluded home in the woods.
Maura has not been seen since Butch Atwood talked to her or whomever it was at the car.

Frostman wrote:

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So, Columbo, in this scenario are you saying that Perp offered MM a tow with a rope or a chain that ended with the Saturn shearing off the north-side bank and crashing? Does he then tell MM he'll pop off and get his tow truck (or other items) and be right back to get her out of the snowbank in front of the M--ettes? BA comes along and then Perp shows up again?
Perp could have an AAA decal and that's why MM said she'd already "called" for help.
Wonder if LE checked the under side of the Saturn for finger prints? Isn't there a U-shaped steel rod so you can attach a chain to say... pull a car out of the ditch? Yes, he might have been wearing gloves, but maybe not? It wasn't a "stick your tongue to the metal fence" kind of night (by many accounts) so maybe he wasn't wearing any gloves?
If there were unidentified male gloves in the car, wonder if SAR dogs were utilized to track their owner?
Does anybody have any sense as to whether such a person (possible perp) might be still living in the area or even still alive?

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hannah_b wrote:

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I´m certainly no car expert, but I still don´t believe airbags would have deployed in that situation. There is a reason they aren´t easily deployed: they´re quite dangerous. When they deploy the person in front of them gets more or less injured by them, but usually less injured than from a head-on collision. No hard feelings if you prove me wrong!

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Bumping for Maura wrote:

Det Columbo,
Another question for you.
Did your "person of interest" on BH Road own a red truck at the time of Maura´s vanishing?
Thanks.

hannah_b wrote:

I believe he reportedly owned a red truck at the time, but don´t think it would have had MA plates.

hannah_b wrote:

I believe he reportedly owned a red truck at the time, but don´t think it would have had MA plates.

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Det Columbo wrote:

Rag in the tailpipe....
It is possible that the Saturn was disabled with the rag in the tailpipe somewhere close by to the WB curve.
The person who put the rag in the tailpipe was close by as well.
This person then came to MM aid with the offer of a tow to his shop.
At the WB curve the truck towing MM vehicle turned the corner and the saturn being towed by a tow rope followed. Only they were too close to the inside corner and sheared off the bank with the tow strap.
It is at this point when the car came into contact with the back of the trucks bumper or tow hitch. This caused the airbags to deploy, the car to come unhooked and spin around in the road facing westbound.
The truck then left the scene and turned up BH Rd. a short distance. He lives just up the road about 2 miles so He knows the area well as well as LE response time. Plus the fact that He has a scanner.
Maura grabs the stuff she needs from the car and talks to Butch for about 2 to 3 min. at the most. She then walks the short distance from the front area of the Marrottes front lawn by thier trees to the intersection of Rte. 112 and BH Rd.
Maura gets into the truck with this man and goes the couple miles up the road to this guys secluded home in the woods.
Maura has not been seen since Butch Atwood talked to her or whomever it was at the car.

oo00oo wrote:

Renner has a new post up FYI

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citigirl wrote:

<quoted text>oten wonder if RO knew for sure the license plate she had seen on the red truck was from Mass. Or could it be possible that she assumed by the color of the plate that it was from Mass. NH had red and white temporary license plates in Feb. 04