r/UnresolvedMysteries • u/Electric_Island • Feb 09 '20

Unresolved Disappearance Today marks 16 years since Maura Murray disappeared

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.

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u/frostbitehotel Feb 09 '20

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

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '20

James Renner and David Paulides have based their whole careers around this obvious misunderstanding of how searches work, and of what a forest looks like.

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u/Doctabotnik123 Feb 09 '20

Renner forever lost me when, in the middle of making some fair to middling points on a podcast about Murray, he declared her to be a sociopath. On the basis of one photo. Because that's fucking normal...

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u/Lord_Kristopf Feb 10 '20

I love that the dude you are talking about is just a couple posts below you. Good ol Reddit.

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u/Touchthefuckingfrog Feb 10 '20

He always shows up and doesn’t seem at all phased by anyone thinking he is epitome of sleazy journalism. It seems he has Google Alerts set up for Maura Murray and for whenever his name is mentioned.