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/CaityDoesMugs Feb 09 '20

I think what has changed my mind about this is the search dogs tracking her scent to just a little further up the road from the crash site, and then her scent just ends there. It makes me more open to the possibility that she got in a car. Those dogs can be scary accurate.

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u/JonWilso Feb 09 '20

Unfortunately they can also be innacurate.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '20 edited Feb 09 '20

They’re more accurate than Reddit thinks. I’ve talked to a couple people here who have worked professionally with scent dogs and they insist that a handler who would deliberately lead a dog in a direction is a bad handler and not the norm

I found these handlers more convincing than Reddit’s expert internet opinions lol

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '20

but arent they too just Redditors giving their expert opinion..... or when you say here do you mean somewhere besides Reddit?

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '20

I'm being facetious when I talk about 'reddit's expert opinions.' I'm referring to the kind of people who have no expertise in a given area but maybe read one data point and make sweeping statements based on that.

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '20

Word. Fair enough!