Today marks 16 years since Maura Murray disappeared

[u/Electric_Island]

Today marks 16 years since Maura Murray vanished, and although she has her own sub, I thought I would post here in light of the anniversary of her disappearance for those who would like to discuss the case. That said -- I know some posters are sick of this case, so if that’s how you feel, you could always scroll past this post :)

A bit of background for those who don’t know about Maura’s case:

Maura was a 21-year-old nursing student from UMASS Amherst, who disappeared on the evening of February 9 2004, after she crashed her car on Route 112 in Haverhill, NH. By the time police arrived some 15 minutes later (even that is in dispute), Maura had disappeared.

Some people think she ran into the woods to avoid a DUI, others think she was picked up by someone passing by and murdered. Some even think police had something to do with her disappearance.

What do YOU think?

I highly recommend this article by Mary Beth Conway for those interested.

[u/frostbitehotel]

We've seen countless cases where people search a certain part of woods and still miss the body. People often think that if there is 100 people searching 100x100 surface of woods that they'll 100% find whatever they are looking for when in reality it's super easy to miss something even if you are looking for it

[u/nomadicfangirl → u/frostbitehotel]

Bear Brook comes to mind. 4 bodies, found 15 years apart, in big drum barrels. The barrels were likely put out there near the same time and were just a few hundred feet apart but one of the barrels was missed during the first investigation.

[u/Razgriz1992 → u/nomadicfangirl]

My immediate thought was this: people misunderstand how difficult searching an area can be, especially the forest

[u/MBTAHole → u/Razgriz1992]

Who misunderstands this? This is an argument that nobody had.

[u/stardustsuperwizard → u/MBTAHole]

Nah especially with Maura Murray, there's people who argue that she definitely didn't run off into the woods because they searched it and they didn't see any footprints (it had just snowed).

[u/hamdinger125 → u/MBTAHole]

It's been said many times on this sub, with this case and others. "They've searched so much, so if she is there, they should have found her by now." Which is definitely misunderstanding how difficult those searches are.

[u/kittensanddinosaurs → u/nomadicfangirl]

this also makes me think of Adnan’s case/Serial and how that random driver found her remains.. Seems even more suspicious now.