Jenkins wrote:
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I agree w this statement, it very well could be dithering. The black/white scale is not right in this photo so no worthwhile conclusion can be drawn from it.
But I guess that again brings up the question of why didn't they use any up to date pictures of her?
One of the pics is clearly her high school senior pic and another is her most likely at the prom. Why? Yea she looks wicked cute in these pics but how r they gonna help find her? Then judging by the size of her cheeks/dimples most of the other pics look pretty old as well.
In nov 03 she looked completely different, much much thinner.
Did they not have current pics of her? Did they not take any when she was there for the holidays?
Is there a reason they didn't want to use current photos? Seems highly unusual for a family to release 2-3 yr old pics of their missing loved one.? This, as with many other aspects of this case, is just not standard operating procedure for a missing persons case.
Jenkins …
Just what is standard operating procedure for a missing person’s case? Could you specify? Please advise us.
The original pictures on the Bowers site were quickly taken by Sharon & Billy (Billy may’ve had some in his wallet) on very short notice when they were abruptly summoned to go to Haverhill, NH. Pretty good foresight on their part, I’d say.
One picture was scanned & sent to NH where, I believe, there was a computer problem. This call from family may be on the GCSR. To my knowledge the picture of Nana taken at end of 2003 & I believe, the group picture with friends was taken during a 2003 vacations.
There is a video of Maura taken at Christmas with family in 2003, not published, with one exception … either 20/20 or Investigative Discovery made a still picture of Maura out of the video.
Maura did not often wear her hair down. The high school picture was used to show what she looked like with her hair down.
Keep in mind when Maura went to WP then to Amherst where she was attending classes, working 2 jobs, traveling to & working clinicals while remaining on the dean’s list it probably didn’t leave a lot of time for photo ops.
Of note … through the years there are probably more pictures of Maura Murray & more coverage of Maura out there, unlike many missing persons who do not have an abundance of pictures, unfortunately. Have you ever searched The Doe Network?
As you said,“She looks wicked cute in these pictures but how are they gonna’ help find her? What’s your point? What is your implication? It would be difficult to take a picture of Maura that wasn’t a good picture. She is a lovely looking young woman, who I might add, is unconditionally loved.
Which brings me to the “pseudo mug shot,” the one a few people have questioned is even Maura. We see no proof that this was even taken by the PD. There are more questions than answers. My first response after seeing it was,“OMG … that picture looks like the person was kept hostage & not fed well.
Maura looked well at Christmas, a month or two after that picture? What goes on here?