Maura Murray

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Det Columbo wrote:

"Occam's razor, also known as Ockham's razor, and sometimes expressed in Latin as lex parsimoniae (the law of parsimony, economy or succinctness),
is a principle that generally recommends that, from among competing hypotheses, selecting the one that makes the fewest new assumptions usually provides the correct one, and that the simplest explanation will be the most plausible until evidence is presented to prove it false."
1) The part that says "usually provides"
2) The part that says "until evidence"
Both of these give leeway to the factor of The Big IF. Well anyone on this forum has the right to post any theory whether it be totally plausible or to the far reaches of the universe. It is not anyone else's right to deny them of this. Everyone has their own theories and will continue to do so.
IF You keep choosing to bash people the way You do makes You no better than Me for what You call unprofessional.
My word....GET OFF YOUR HIGH HORSES and put those over enlarged EGOS in tow. Again I raise the question of what kind of cop You must have been if You are so ARROGANT now. Looks like You saved some of Your arrogance for retirement and from what I can see You certainly know how to serve it up.
Protect and Serve.
John

WTH-the-original wrote:

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So what did he show you that has you convinced he is ex-LE and a private detective? Because again, judging from his history and current statements I am starting to have doubts. I can't say your current statement makes much sense to me either.
Bill

WTH-the-original wrote:

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I can't say your current statement makes much sense to me either.
Bill

Det Columbo wrote:

"Occam's razor, also known as Ockham's razor, and sometimes expressed in Latin as lex parsimoniae (the law of parsimony, economy or succinctness),
is a principle that generally recommends that, from among competing hypotheses, selecting the one that makes the fewest new assumptions usually provides the correct one, and that the simplest explanation will be the most plausible until evidence is presented to prove it false."
1) The part that says "usually provides"
2) The part that says "until evidence"
Both of these give leeway to the factor of The Big IF. Well anyone on this forum has the right to post any theory whether it be totally plausible or to the far reaches of the universe. It is not anyone else's right to deny them of this. Everyone has their own theories and will continue to do so.
IF You keep choosing to bash people the way You do makes You no better than Me for what You call unprofessional.
My word....GET OFF YOUR HIGH HORSES and put those over enlarged EGOS in tow. Again I raise the question of what kind of cop You must have been if You are so ARROGANT now. Looks like You saved some of Your arrogance for retirement and from what I can see You certainly know how to serve it up.
Protect and Serve.
John

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Tom wrote:

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There are certain truths known in the case and most of them point to Mr. Murray. He is a very large player in this saga. The only player that was there in the begining and in the end. There is enough truth here to point to him about knowing about Maura's dissappearance.

Snowy wrote:

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he made these claims to me in person, but did not offer verification, nor was he asked to do so. i would err toward your suspicions, WTH/Bill.

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Snowy wrote:

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if you feel certain the father "is a very large player in this saga", then you sit with Mason's long-considered views.
most commenters reserve their opinions about his involvement, and others outright reject consideration of his involvement.
we don't disagree to the extent that her father could offer the most in-depth knowledge of his daughter's life, apart from any other intimate friendships and relationships known or unknown to him.

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Tom wrote:

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Feelings have nothing to do with it. He is the largest player in the saga. Thats a fact. Again he was with her days before and he was the one commenting about her when she disappeared. There's two points on the paper. One could draw a line here. Now I'm not going try and convince you whether or not he killed his daughter, but the Truth is he is the largest player in the game. That is a solid fact.
Don't throw in the word feel. He is.

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Tom wrote:

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Feelings have nothing to do with it. He is the largest player in the saga. Thats a fact. Again he was with her days before and he was the one commenting about her when she disappeared. There's two points on the paper. One could draw a line here. Now I'm not going try and convince you whether or not he killed his daughter, but the Truth is he is the largest player in the game. That is a solid fact.
Don't throw in the word feel. He is.

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mcsmom wrote:

Columbo is who he says he is.

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oo00oo wrote:

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Nov 11, 2010
People tried! Took on a life of it's own!
The trees that she hit where down further across from the field
of Westman and almost in front of Marrotts!
There is a thin line of trees then lawn but it's still private
property!

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Advocate wrote:

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Re another young woman in the Saturn at the crash site on 112 ... why would some other young woman drive Maura's Saturn all the way to NH to an area that was Maura's favorite place in the world?

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Advocate wrote:

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Maybe Maura had gone back to her room for about an hour and sobered up.
Question, were the roads around campus icy at that time, or icy in spots? Wondering if there was ice or re-freeze at that T-intersection and maybe she skidded/slid through to the guardrail when she tried to stop?

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WTH-the-original wrote:

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I had always assumed that he was. I have no reason to assume that anymore. I should have guessed years ago when he came out with that crap about the trailer hitch and the "trees didn't cause the damage".
Lots of evidence the trees did, including the report from the officer on the scene who has a nice diagram showing tracks into the trees and reflecting off of the trees. No evidence that a trailer hitch caused it. So in the wake of competing theories the simpler one that fulfills the circumstances would be the more reasonable says Occam. So without compelling evidence contrary, such as metal on metal contact, or someone seeing the mystery vehicle that Maura was supposed to have slammed into, or someone hearing two crashes instead of just the one where the car wound up. I'll contently place all my wagers with Occam and say that the damage to the front of the car was from collision with the trees.
But hey, what do I know. I'm not former LE, just a dumb engineer following centuries old axioms of logic.
Bill

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Advocate wrote:

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As I recall, the SBD was shown a photo of Maura. It was a photo in which her hair was up in the customary (for her) bun. SBD commented that it looked like her except that the girl he saw had her hair down.

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Frostman wrote:

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I think a moose could have helped as well...
http://www.youtube.com/watch...