The Mystery of Maura Murray | Hometown Tragedy | Full Episode | Very Local
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On a wintery night in February 2004, Maura Murray, a college student, crashes her car on a remote New Hampshire road. A few minutes later, a bus driver headed home after his shift asks if she needed any help, and she assures him she's already called for it.
That would be the last time anyone saw Maura Murray. For decades, Murray's case continues to stump investigators. How does a person just disappear without a trace?
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Official updates from the Murray family: www.mauramurraymissing.org/
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I had a car accident when I was living in Massachusetts. A fellow pulled over and insisted he would take me home. The cop insisted that I not go. That cop might have saved my life, and may God bless and keep him.
Oh my I am thankful to hear you are ok! You certainly would not have been the first victim of a terrible con: a driver somehow causes you to have an accident and/or disabled vehicle, only for a second driver to prey upon you. I’ve personally witnessed an attempt at this when one of the conmen even pretended to be injured and laid down across the road!!! I’m grateful to live in a well populated and secure area, with tons of cell service.
Your story is valued and I hope it comes to mind of someone reading in the future under duress. Wishing you peace and safety
If I would ever stop for anyone in trouble, I would simply ask if they would like me to wait in my car in front of them until help arrives, so they're not alone on the side of the road. I wouldn't get into someone else's car at any cost, even if that person seemed like the nicest man/woman in the world. "Nice" people commit crimes all the time.
@@Cryocide13 . Yep Ted Bundy was extremely helpful and was a serial killer.
Or maybe the poor guy was actually trying to help you. I get being cautious, I wouldn't have gone with him either, but lets not start making everyone who tries to help as suspicious.
@@jannalam6861 That’s like playing Russian roulette with their life. Fingers crossed he’s not a rapist/murder. Unfortunately it’s better to be safe than a victim.
As a father of two adult daughters, I can’t begin to imagine what this Father has gone through for 18 years. I couldn’t imagine 18 days. Not a moment would pass by that you wouldn’t wonder-is she warm? Is her tummy full? Is she not in pain? Is she safe?
This poor guy, I feel awful for him. My girls are nearing 40 but I still think of them as the little girl I brought home from the hospital after they were born. That’s how Dads roll.
Right? My daughter's are 45 40 and 37 and it would literally kill me. God bless this man and his family.
You're a good dad!
My dad is like that with me too. I'm 46. Last fall myself and 4 other girls I graduated with went on a weekend trip. My dad was so worry that something would happen to "all those girls." I had to call him when we got there and when we left to come home.
No, that's how loving, good dad's roll
Randy R..You sound like my son, he still thinks of his 18 year old daughter as the little girl he fell in love with the day she was born.
The fact that her scent ended in the road is scary! When you are buzzing on Alcohol, you don't always make the best choices. Someone in this town knows EXACTLY where she is
Why couldn’t it have been the person that called 9/11? They could have pulled up on an ATV or something and followed her and abducted her BEFORE calling and reporting the accident
He was saying he was calling the cops and she probably didn’t want that because she was drunk and it escalated from there? This is all speculation of course but my questions weren’t answered in the doc
I don’t like saying it but I thought the bus driver had her or somebody just happened to be a murder drove by at the exact time and picked her up! I just thought it would make the most sense.
@@JoleneKingBrearleyBus driver has passed away. Supposedly he was cleared by police though.
Maybe carbon monoxide from the rag in the exhaust pipe put there by someone with a plan
@@firewilson573on the mini series it was explained by her dad he told her to do that too avoid police if situation was needed. Watch the mini series. This case fascinates me tho bad
I have so much respect towards the dad, I can see the pain in him. God Bless this family and i hope they find their answers.
i kant & wouldnt want to imagine how he feels/felt, i would go skitzo if anything happend to my 3 yr old daughter
do you have any kids
the no answer was given when people the others use caller id display or callback. the phone rings at breakfast lunch dinner to say the cooks you are with is your friend
It was the plow driver
Or it was a cop
I am very sorry for this family. It is terrible to lose a child, but not knowing what happened to your child for so many years is devastating. Blessings from Spain.
Why are you sorry, did you have something to do with her going missing? Thats suspicous
@@imonoke7903 What an insulting comment.
@@imonoke7903 ???
The not knowing would drive me to suicide as we only have one child. 😭😔💜🙏🏻🕊🇦🇺
@@imonoke7903 ooh edgy 🙄
I’m from Mass, it’s hard to believe this case still hasn’t been solved. I remember when it first came on the news. This poor family deserves answers, I hope they get them.
i’m from nh and i agree
NOTHING GETS SOLVED IN MASSACHUSETTS, EVER! LOOK AT THE (9- 11) COLD SLAUGHTERED (PROSTITUTES) CASE ALONG (1988) NEW BEDFORD'S HIGHWAY RTE. 140 = UNSOLVED. LOOK AT THE CASES OF BERYL ATHERTON (1950) MURDERED ON THANKSGIVING NIGHT IN HER OWN HOME! MARBLEHEAD, MASSACHUSETTS. LOOK AT THE (15) YR. OLD MURDER, SWAMPSCOTT, MASSACHUSETTS OF HENRY BEDARD, JR. IN THE (1970'S) BEATEN TO DEATH WITH A BASEBALL BAT, WHICH IS IN POLICE POSSESSION, TO THIS DAY! I COULD GO ON AND ON AND ON AND ON WITH UNSOLVED, NOBODY CARES COLD CASES FROM MASSACHUSETTS. THEIR STUPID PRIVACY LAWS PROTECT CRIMINALS IN MASSACHUSETTS, NOT THE POOR MURDER VICTIMS! LOOK AT THE EAST BOSTON MURDER OF LOGAN AIRPORT 'S SUSAN TARASKIEWICZ WITH A 250 K FIND THE MURDERER OFFERED BY HER DESPERATE FAMILY! MY OWN (BIOLOGICAL) SIBLING STOLE OVER 130 K FROM OUR PARENTS INTESTATE ESTATE, BRISTOL COUNTY PROBATE SANCTIONED THE THEFT DESPITE THIS SIBLING'S' LIES OF BEING AN ONLY CHILD! WELL! HE IS NOT AN ONLY CHILD! TRAVEL TO MASSACHUSETTS, IF YOU ARE A CRIMINAL ON ANY LEVEL. MASSACHUSETTS WILL STAND UP IN COURT, DEFEND YOU, PAY FOR YOUR ATTORNEY, GIVE YOU A FREE DRIVER'S LICENSE/VOTING RIGHTS, SET YOU FREE TO MURDER AND STEAL AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. THEN, THE ELDERLY FEMALE SENATOR FROM MASSACHUSETTS WILL STAND UP AND ROOT FOR YOU, INVITE YOU TO RESIDE IN HER SAFE FOR CRIMINALS COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUETTS!
I'm from the area she disappeared. And participated in searches back then. I was 18. Honestly being from that area it's a known thing tourists get lost alot in the woods, but they are always found dead or alive. I don't believe she was ever out there & I think some local hillbilly took her & she's in a basement or something still in that town. It's a small town area everybody knows everybody, if she left on her own people would of seen her, it's all small towns she would of had to go through them. I don't believe anyone could just leave that area & nobody see anything.
I am from NH & I'm not the least but surprised they haven't solved it. The police in the white mountains don't solve much. They are very limited.
@@erikaashley5189 my theory is Maura was drinking/drunk had some sort of mental break leading up to her traveling, crashed car and left on foot, got lost in woods, they just haven’t found her body yet 🤷🏻♀️
My 18 years old nephew,been missing since 2006,without a trace, I know the suffering and the pain,I am so sorry for what you all going through,you are not alone!
May God have mercy on all of us, and show us a way to find them and bring them home! ❤😢
Prayers for you and your family. I'm sorry your nephew is missing. 🙏🙏
What is your nephews name? Has his case been solved? Pls post a link so we can acknowledge his disappearance and help get his case solved if he is still missing
Amen 😢❤
@dove
God Bless I'm so sorry. 🙏🏾🩷
Thank you, Very Local, for producing and helping Maura's family keep her in the eye of the people. Someone knows. Applied pressure helps. Rewards help.
Rewards help a lot...(y)
Too much time has gone by now she’ll never be found
@@samdoors5132 Never say never....(y)
@@samdoors5132 shame on you - miracles happen - jaycee dugard found 18 years later is proof
@@samdoors5132 She'll be found. Those who have 'disappeared' have been discovered decades after their disappearances.
This case has also haunted me for a long time. I often wish I had a superpower to close eyes and concentrate on a person's case and name and to instantly see the last moment of their eyes from their own point of view and to know where their remains are so that I could contact families and law enforcement and just put some closure to all of these countless cases where we just don't know where they went or what happened to them. I can't be the only one to have daydreamed of being able to do this can I? lol
Wow. You're such a good caring person. Not like all us heartless thoughtless jerks.
Me too! I’ve had that same thought many times.
Thank you, I can now be confident there is nothing wrong with me, wishing to have a superpower, and be able to see the events of the past.
I wish I work for Cold Case team🙏🏻
Me too
This is heartbreaking. This family deserves to bring her home. Someone knows something!
I wonder if the elderly man who came upon her car knows more. He said he was going to phone the police but did he leave her by herself?
She faked her own death
@@jennross6466 He actually called 911
Has the cop who responded to the accident been checked out? do we only have his story that she wasn't there when he arrived? just a thought...I think she is in those woods, given her state of mind, the odds of a car coming by that time of night in that 7-10 minutes time frame is unlikely not impossible but unlikely.
Maybe she was abducted, and the car she was in drive so far away in an unknown direction that she will never be found
This story still brings tears to my eyes! Because it hits so close to home for me. I had just come up from Mass right after Valentine's day in 2004. planning on going right back to mass the next day. Well needless to say I broke my leg and was laid up for a year. All I could do was lay in bed and watch tv. That's when I heard about Maura Murray, where her car had gone off the road I drive by there all the time, and where I am laid up is just across the NH border In Vermont, where it crosses from Woodsville NH to Wells River Vt. And it was so hard at the time, because I didn't hear about Maura until after I broke my leg. Cause It was so close to where I was living at the time I wanted to go out and look, but couldn't.
And also, Murray is my father's side of the family's last name on his mother's side. So, it still to this day makes me wonder if there is a relationship? My father died in 87 so I don't know.
And also, when I was around 4 years old, my mother's sister disappeared in the very same way Maura did. and she left 2 children behind, they were young, staying with relatives when she disappeared, and it was in 1964, so don't even know if there was a police report, being of age she had a right to go missing?
I spent most of my life looking for her, with less answers than you have. Heard all kinds of stories, even from my mother, that she must be dead, she wouldn't just disappear etc. I am sure you know about the stories, miss direct, miss leads, hopes etc.
But what I am trying to say never give up!!! After 55 years of me looking for her, I just had to solve the mystery of not knowing where a relative of mine had gone to? I found her living in North Dakota. A Place that never crossed any of our minds? Her parents, my grandparents had died never knowing what happened to their daughter. And her brother did too. Also, her daughter died at 21 never knowing what happened to her mother. My mother couldn't believe that I found her, the one disappointment is that she had died in 2016 after living a long and happy life. And we had the same pleas as your family, just in the 60's no internet or much else. I found her in 2018, so never got many answers, other than finding people she knew there for years and told us what a wonderful person she was. And now I know where she is buried and has a beautiful burial place. And hopefully someday be able to travel there and visit it. I've seen it on find a grave.
My husband had an uncle through marriage that disappeared in the late 60s from Mass. He was found living on the other side of the country under a different name. They reckon he'd had a major head injury at some point. He was identified through his dentures after he passed decades later. Supposedly he was involved with criminal Whitey Bulger.
Dear Tina: Since there was no sign of foul play, it is VERY Possible that Maura Just DUMPED Her Family to start a new life elsewhere. Her family may be looking for someone who doesn't even want to be found. I've always felt that someone who was helping her escape was following her and caught up with her at the scene of the crash. That's why she told the bus driver not to call AAA.
This video doesn't mention what a Big Flake Maura was turning into before she disappeared. She got kicked out of West Point in a cheating scandal. She faced charges for fraudulently using someone else's credit card. She got into a car accident where she really blew it. She even wrecked her Dad's when he lent it to her because she was drunk. Maura's life was falling apart and she had reason to run away.
I was shocked to learn here that Maura's sister graduated from West Point too. I've never heard of two siblings be accepted at any US Military Academy. An applicant must not only be an exceptional student but must be recommended by a US Congress or US Senate member. That working class family must have been really driven to succeed to have 2 children be accepted at West Point. Perhaps her family's high expectations made her want to run away.
What her poor family needs more than anything is professional psychiatric services to help them accept that Maura may have just Abandoned them and to move on. Whatever happened to Maura, I say that no matter how big an injustice you've suffered in the past, it's not worth throwing away your whole future for.
@@JosephKulik2016 none of those things mean she just ran off. A lot of people get in trouble like this all the time. I believe she didnt want the cops there because obviously she crashed from drinking and driving but something in those short minutes happened to her. Some psycho sees a girl wandering in the woods drunk amd disoriented and took their chance maybe ? She could very well have run off but youre painting a picture of hardened criminal trying to avade police. Its just highly doubtful.
Im not trying to be insensitive or anything but i wanted to make sure i read ot right..are you saying she ran off? Like ditched her kids and lived a whole life leaving them behind ? Thats kind of horrible actually. Especially knowing people love and miss you and are desperately searching for you. I get it, sometimes it all gets too much. But that just seems extremely selfish. I give you credit because if this happened to my aunt i couldn't forgive that and the hurt she caused . And who knows maybe she had a bad childhood or been abused or just had a bad relationship with family but im a mom of 4 with mental health struggles with a horrible abusive childhood and parents that did nothing to stop it. And we have a volitile relashionship. But if i were to run off to get away and start a new life wich has crossed my mind, my kids would damn well be coming with me. Even if i thought they were better off without me i would leave explanation for them..but to condem them to a life of suffering of not knowing..other than being threatened at gun point or having your kids life threatened..theres just no excuse for that whatsoever..its selfish and cruel.
Omgggggggg God bless you. I’m so sorry this happened to you. Thank you so much for sharing.
This is very well done. I just heard about this case and watched The Disappearance of Maura Murray on Peacock. It sheds light on a lot of theories. I am glad they are keeping this case "open". Praying for Maura's family.🙏🙏🙏
I don't think the prayers are being answered.
I can’t imagine the pain of simply not knowing what happened to a love one. To have someone just disappear… I have no words. I’m glad her family is keeping her name and story alive. I truly hope they find out what happened to Maura.
Ditto.
It’s heartbreaking for sure
This one is tough. Somebody out there knows what happened to her! I pray her dad can get some answers.
THE GUY THAT SAW HER LAST, THE BIG FAT ONE IS HER KILLER!
Not tough at all. This family refuses to accept that the girl parted ways.
@@mtio2807 either that or wandered in woods and froze 🤷🏻♀️
@@KellyDFlynn if she froze they would’ve found her body with all the searching they’ve done
nope, she is perished in the woods
Maura went missing when I was in college in Vermont. I have clear memories of her missing posters around our college town on different businesses and have followed it ever since. I will attest to how remote and dark the roads can be off the main highways in Vermont and NH. It always freaked me out when I'd drive at night, especially back when cell phones never had service in that area. (They still might not!) I hope her family finds answers someday - I can't imagine the pain of not knowing.
I’ve followed a lot of true crime stories and this one has always stuck with me. Every few years I check to see if it’s been solved.😢 so sad. I hope wherever she is she’s at peace
Seems like a suicide
The strength seen in these family members is remarkable. I’ve always believed that if. One of my loved ones met with an unfortunate end, I would crumble, without doubt; but if I had no idea where a loved one had gone- it’s the NOT knowing that would kill me. I do t think I would be able to go on. God forbid, if one of my children disappeared, I am not sure how long I would be able to continue without knowing. I would love to hear that they’ve found her soon. It has been far too long now. This man deserves to give her a proper burial.
This father breaks my heart and always has. I know the whole family needs answers but his eyes have a way of conveying just how awful this has been. I think Maura will be found but I hope it’s before he is gone. Rest easy Maura and show them the way if you can.
I saw this years ago on one of the discovery id shows. It's heartbreaking.
As I started this video I had hoped there would be an update or at least some new info and at best closure of the case.
To Maura's family: My heart goes out to you all. Prayers for answers and peace in your hearts.
I have 3 sisters and 2 brothers. I can't imagine life without any one of them.
I can see how you wouldn't be able to just stop.
God bless you all.
Maura received a disturbing phone call from an unknown source that started this tragedy. She was physically affected by the call and her actions after the call were out of character. Find the caller and you will find the key to her disappearance.
The call was from her sister.
She said it was from her sister. But I can't remember if that was ever proven or not. She was so upset by the call that they had her leave work though. There's a lot of details missing from this episode.
Jumped str8 to comments bc 20minutes for this well known disappearance is not doing her or her family justice. It’s just strange she was so shook and packed up stored liquor and drove to her demise? How on earth wasn’t she seen after that car crash in a blizzard someone had to have taken her in! Sad unfinished story.
Yes 100% whatever made her say there was a death in her family pack up and leave that is the start point.
@@nickbroyl628 do you know where can I find more details?
This was a big mystery from the beginning.... Maura going away withdrawing all her cash/ alcohol, lied to leave ...she was going somewhere but didn't tell anyone. Hope family find closure 🙏
@Jave Nilson yes gave an excuse & she had to leave immediately & without telling her friends/family , maybe she intended on coming back. Big mystery
She printed maps to go north and removed all cash from her bank account, that lie was an excuse to leave school without beeing questioned for some time...enough time to just disapear, that's what I think
The car accident changed her plans maybe, and she was in the misfortune of beeing at the wrong place at the wrong moment. Maybe a local resident to the crash site is to blame, took her and made her disapear
@@rjp8212 yep ... someone stopped after crash ... someone local who knows area is where answer lies
@@rjp8212 Stop blaming innocent people unless you've got something to back up your accusations! Go read the accounts and the timeline and stop accusing innocent people of wrong doing just because you feel like it. It's irresponsible and slanderous!
This sounds like something happened at the school she went too. Has anyone investigated her last days at school? Where did she go at school, parties, who did she hang out with, anyone she talked too? What was she running from not to.
Yup! She bought 2 LG pizzas and like 3 Sub sandwiches! Used a carbon copy of a Credit Card she found! She had like 4 medium Boxs packed! But, then ATM pictures and a short video of the booze She bought! That's it, she wrecked her Dad's brand new car he bought like 4 days before her wreck! Drunk! She lost it in her last 5 or 6 day's! Just sad..
She had a massive drinking problem, that's the fact.
I was thinking the same thing. There had to be a catalyst if this was a change in behavior.
That's where my mind went, too. She seemed like she was panicking. Also, details matter. When she emptied her bank account, did she withdraw a little bit of gas and food money or thousands of dollars? Since she used an ATM, I'm guessing a few hundred, which is only enough for a short period of time. The death-in-family note indicates she was planning on returning. If she was suicidal or running away, there would be no reason to inform a teacher.
I think: she was impaired when she wrecked and didn't want police involvement. Knowing they were coming, she got into a car with a good Samaritan who was anything but that. He has possibly since moved far away or died, taking the truth to his grave. The late and shoddy police work during the first 24-48 hours really diminished the possibility of a proper, thorough investigation. The harsh weather didn't help.
I hope I'm wrong.
I agree with you that something happened at the school!
The sister she was speaking too when she got so upset just passed away. I hope they find out what happened to her. She was such a high achiever yet a troubled soul.
She broke my heart when she said they passed away without knowing, sad story, sad life really. We are limited on this earth with our time ! God give the answers they need , especially her father,aged so much ! Amen 🙏
Yes Nina that hit my heart too. 🥺
In death I’m sure all the answers come out
How absolutely heartbreaking. The pain of this family just makes you cry. It's so sad that her mom and sister passed away without ever knowing. 😢
I first learned about this story about 10 years ago. I can’t believe it’s been 18 years since Maura went missing. Somebody knows what happened. Give this family what they need. ANSWERS. Imagine for just one moment if this was your loved one that was missing. Prayers to this family.
Thank you for keeping Maura’s story alive and relevant with this nicely organized and very well edited video.
In watching sister Julie’s more recent interview here, it seems she’s begun to accept what I’ve found quite clear for almost 2 decades: Maura was a severe active alcoholic. While this illness says nothing about Maura’s character, the effects of it on her choices, behaviors and actions most likely contributed to her demise.
Prayers to Maura’s family and friends for peace and closure.
That's why she likely didn't want to call the police, she may have had a few drinks in her.
Nevertheless, there's a lot of information missing in this report, it's sanitized. Sheriff Williams knows what happened to Maura, the responding tow truck owner, Lavoie, knows what happened to Maura, and so did the responding officer, Officer Smith (he died from suicide a couple of years ago) who falsified his police report, saying Maura had hit a tree, a lie.
The family knows what happened, they know she was abducted and murdered. What they want is her remains.
Justice ? Justice will never be served in this case, the perpetrator will live out his remaining years untouched.
The only hope is that one of the people involved, either the killer or someone who helped cover it up, will leave a letter of some kind behind for posterity and bring closure.
@@fernfreeman1729 didn't know some of the details here, yet I felted as u said...not putting her down , no one deserves this pain.
@@LucyLu1965 Young people go through phases of indecision, they even make silly decisions, mistakes, that's all part of growing up. Maura was going to grow out of all of this, become a nurse and then settle down. Luck wasn't with her on that day February 9th 2004; an off-duty Sheriif on a drunken tear with a police SUV crossed path with Maura; he picked up Despatch call for police assistance and rushed over, flashed his bsdge, got her into his vehicle and sped off. Williams called tow truck driver Lavoie (he wasn't next in line) to impound her car & smash it to make it look like she hit a tree, and ordered Officer Smith to do the same. Maura likely refused to comply with his intentions, then things went bad fast. Would he have raped her then bring her back to Lavoie's has she complied? I personally think so, as rumors of other similar incidents of sexual assaults had occurred in the general area, but we'll never know. After he killed her, he started the whole cover-up and here we are today, 18 years later. The State of New Hampshire made a decision to cover this up, in order to protect their image and their billion dollar tourist industry.
@@fernfreeman1729 Did the tow driver put her car in his garage.
@yattamharrett1819 No, he never saw Maura. Lavoie Towing's role was to set up the scene. He wasn't even the next one on the list for service that night but was called nonetheless and he was told what to do next, which was to tow the car and damage the front of the end of the car to make it look like Maura Murray hit a tree. He did that by lowering the platform of the tow truck level with the hood of Maura's car and smashing it at a triangular fashion. This means whoever called him to do that had already decided to murder Maura, as she wasn't coming back. The caller was none other than Sheriff Williams who had kidnapped her. Officer Smith who was at the scene had to fake his accident report to say Maura had hit a tree. Maura didn't even come close to hitting a tree or anything else, she had merely slid against a snow bank
I remember this case so clearly, and I've had it bookmarked across all of my computers since. Maura and I are the same age, we were both in college at the time, and at the time, I was going through that "new adult" phase where I wouldn't contact my family for a while if I didn't actively think about it.
I always wondered if she was going to that area to meet someone, maybe a friend, maybe a romantic partner. If she was anything like me, I was using the internet to date and meet friends even before college, because Teen Match was a thing. My mom certainly didn't know that I met a few of my boyfriends online, she would have never let me leave the house if she'd have known, even if I was in college and didn't live at home anymore. I know I used the death in the family excuse to skip school once, and then it bit me in the ass... not even two weeks later, I *did* have a death in my family. I never used that excuse again after that.
Anything is possible, but why all of the alcohol, especially while driving? And why voluntarily leave the car?
Words can be powerful, so that’s why it’s important to choose them wisely. You can fr speak things into existence.
Honestly sounds like she wanted to disappear. Her actions leading up to it are beyond strange.
Yes. Why take nearly all your money out from the bank? Why lie about a death in the family? Why go to Hampshire? She seems as she was having a crisis of some sort and the crash really messed her up
@@annazaman9657 One of two things happened: Either she was abducted or she walked off into the woods and kept walking and died of hypothermia--her body never found. Given that police got to her car within a relatively short period of time, I believe, and given that she was seemingly in a troubled state of mind, for whatever reason, I'd lean to the latter scenario. Sad case.
@@richardernsberger5692 How did she walk through the foot deep snow without leaving tracks? Getting a ride doesn't necessarily mean she was abducted. Intentionally disappearing and putting her family through the pain seems very cruel. Nothing makes sense here.
@@richardernsberger5692 Yeah, I believe it was more a situation of her being under the influence, in freezing weather conditions and those don't mix.
My aunt vanished when I was about 2, leaving my 2 cousins with my grandparents ( boy 1 girl 3) and never returning. 29 years later she showed back up-- same state, Pennsylvania but close to the coast. We lived near Susquehanna. My grandparents raised them until adults. She said she wanted a different life. She does talk rhe kids she left( adults now) but hat 4 other kids.
The way she acted that day and the way she disappeared shouldn't be considered as two separate events. The chance of two completely unrelated and strangest things happening together in one single day is extremely low.
Who did she communicate with in those few days?
There might be a companion who was driving another car and lost track of her temporarily during the car crash.
I agree totally with the first part of your comment. That young lady was in some kind of trouble in her life. Lying about leaving school and buying alcohol and crashed taking alcohol with her. She could be in the woods .
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I'm wondering if she had an undiagnosed mental illness, such as bipolar disorder, and she went through some sort of episode that led her to believe that she had to run away. Substance misuse and manic episodes tend to go hand in hand. It could also explain why she felt compelled to run from the scene of the crash or was driving erratically.
@@emmaradich3585 Her mind seemed to be quite clear before she disappeared. She lied to the guy that she had already called AAA, in order to avoid police involvement.
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And was also facing a court date for using a stolen credit card multiple times
These are excellent episodes! Thank you! Very Local
I’ve watched multiple videos on Maura’s case. I appreciate the thoroughness & respectful perspective detailed.
This is the one case and the one girl I will never ever forget. I can’t imagine the pain your family must feel
I’m so sorry❤️
The father saying "Everybody's here looking for you. Call any one of us and we'll come right down and get you. Don't be afraid" really pulled at my heart, man. :( it really seems like somebody took her. It can really be that fast. I remember another case of a young girl on a bicycle going down the road, someone saw her, then probably less than five minutes later they found her bicycle turned over on the side of the road. Taken like that.
Thank y'all for your service.
The grief of not knowing is so incredibly sad, my heart breaks for this family! Someone knows something ‼️
I stopped to help a woman once she was out of gas so I went to a gas station near by bought a gas container and brought it back to her put the gas in and on her she went! So not all ppl that stop are creeps! But yes be cautious out there ladies unfortunately there are so many wacko guys out there it's scary!! Always tell ppl your whereabouts even if your having major problems in your life chances are the problem is temporary but the consequences can be the difference between life and death! I truly hope the family finds closure and God speed doing so!!
Bless her heart ❤️ such a sad story. What was so bad in her life that she felt to get away? One thing I always tell my children, please call tell me where you are and with who. Nothing more heartbreaking than not knowing where your kids are. 💔 May God grant this family the peace they so much deserve. Maura is loved by her extraordinary father and sister.
Really well-done video. I pray that Maura is found soon so that the Murray family can be at peace.
Honestly from my professional experience I think the law enforcement have hit solved. It's always hard for family members to believe but Maura was there to more than likely end her life. In this documentary they left out a lot of important facts, like she had drank copious amounts of alcohol all the time. in the mornings, during exam weeks, etc. which lead to her first DUI. Someone that young getting a DUI weighs heavy. I think she was there to do exactly what she ended up successfully doing...ending her life. The rag in the exhaust pipe, that bottles and bottles of alcohol, picking an area she loved so much. but the car wreck is what disrupted her plans and the threat of the police coming to help her made her panic. So she ran off and consequently died of exposure.
It couldnt be very far from her car if she wanted to end her life, she was shaking from the cold, also the search of the area gave no result
She lied about calling for help. She didn’t want to be found I agree.
I think you are right.
Sound plausible but I would have thought they'd found some remains of her body as se wouldn't get that far in conditions like that.
That's rubbish....she wasn't going anywhere to end her life!...who told you she drank "copious " amounts of alcohol?...if you had done even a small amount of research you would realise that she had previously crashed her car and her father had bailed her out, paid her fine and lent her his car... her boyfriend said she was very upset about it and on top of her coming exams she was stressed out and wanted to get away ...all the 'copious' alcohol in the car were the ingredients for a White Russian that she drank... she just wanted to get away from it all for a while, not to kill her self...when she crashed her car for a second time she didn't want anyone to know about it at the time which is why she didn't want help and walked away from it... I expect she went onto the road , fully intending to go back to her car at a later date but unfortunately for her she met someone who ended her life...jeez, if she had committed suicide there she would have been found by now....it was far too cold for her to have walked very far...be careful what you comment as her family could be reading these..
This makes me so sad. What a beautiful family. That dad's face is heartbreaking. He needs to finally find peace and closure
Sending so many prayers and I hope you find the answers.🙏🙏
I didn't know Kathleen passed away recently. RIP.
The cadaver dog wasn't wrong, it knows the scent. It seems Maura (or someone) may have been buried there and then moved the body before that family that wouldn't let them look in their house, and moved away.
You are right! There was a case in Maine where they went to the basement twice & the daughter of the missing woman made a stink & contacted the media so the second time around they dug deeper & they found the body buried there....sometimes they just need to dig deeper & have a lot of patience.
It’s Atwood clearly!!!!!! And there was a rag stuffed in her tail pipe? I think Atwood stopped to “help” and stuff the rag in her tail pipe. Then when she passed out he took her!! And he forgot to take the rag back out of her tail pipe!!!’ So clear. I bet she never told him that she called AAA that’s just his story!😮
Both dogs are focusing on the wall. Why didn't they check the wall too?
So sorry for this family, I pray they find her and peace.
This is one of those cases that keeps me up at night, can't fathom what her family is going through. It sucks so much that there wasn't more done those first 2 days, so much.
No words so sad and tragic in same time . My prayers to the family to find answer and peaceful mind.
This story was nicely done with a lot of care and respect for all of Maura’s family. I pray that answers come for the family some day.
It's difficult to speculate. But I can't help but feel that she's in the woods somewhere.
me too..I think she comitted suicide
There was no footprints in the snow,her scent ended in the middle of the road.she was taken by the bus driver or a random dude or couple,people say but he had a wife and child at home,ok,just check out israel keyes what he did with Samantha koenig.just type israel keyes,maybe keyes could be a suspect he killed a couple the couriers in either new Hampshire or massachusetts,I'm sorry it was vermont where brianna maitland vanished from.
I live in New England (MA) not too far from where Maura went missing. I think she wanted to go missing or committed suicide. 😥 I don't think foul play is involved. Hope her family finds answers real soon 🙏
I don't have a problem believing almost everything you said here except the no foul play part. She could have wanted or was trying to disappear but could have met foul play in the process which was unwanted
Poor family , especially her father , it’s taken over his life , as it would for any parent .
Maura's case has also haunted me...it's sad, scary, and fascinating. No footprints tells me she was taken. At that early a time....I'd find it difficult to believe that many (if ANY!) people drive by. So...we have no activity on her cell phone from 4:30 to 7:30. She runs off the road and wrecks her car. She'd more than likely been drinking...she'd wrecked another of her father's vehicles earlier (maybe a couple weeks before this accident) so it stands to reason she'd be upset, embarrassed, ashamed...we have the Atwood man approaching to ask her if she's ok....he supposedly leaves her there to go call police. Within 10 mins the police are there but Maura's gone? No footprints? Have we checked out Atwood thoroughly!?
Thank you!!!!!! And why was there a rag stuffed in her tail pipe? I think some one stopped to “help” and stuff the rag in her tail pipe. Then when she passed out they took her!!😮😮😮
It is such a sad story because the pain on their faces and in their voices still is fresh even though it’s been this many years. Praying the family will find out what happened to her.
This is so very tragic for Maura and her family…. my heart breaks for them all … although, I must confess , for her father especially 💔 . Love & prayers from Ireland x
My heart goes out to this strong and resilient family.. loss is never easy but compounded by no reselution.. hugs
This is such a sad situation. My heart goes out to Fred & Julie. You are so strong.🍀
Maura had a dark side, I think she’s dead in the woods.
This case has kept me awake many hours! Her father died not knowing what’s happened to his daughter! Maura I hope you are alive somewhere!
It’s Atwood clearly!!!!!! And there was a rag stuffed in her tail pipe? I think Atwood stopped to “help” and stuff the rag in her tail pipe. Then when she passed out he took her!!😮😮😮
I feel so sorry for her amazing family. I hope she is found soon. Lots of love for you guys.
I had never heard of Maura Murray until just recently, amazing how its nearly 20 years old and has been under my radar until now.
Since the sniffer-dogs lost Mauras scent a short distance away from the accident it`s more likely she got into a car. I don`t think she`s with us anymore.
Maura was possibly overwhelmed by the expectations ppl. had on her, scared to fail and disappoint her loved ones, decides to get away for a short while and a bad thing happened to her.
It’s Atwood clearly!!!!!! And there was a rag stuffed in her tail pipe!!! I think Atwood stopped to “help” and stuff the rag in her tail pipe. Then when she passed out he took her!! And he forgot to take the rag back out of her tail pipe!!!’ So clear. I bet she never told him that she called AAA that’s just his story!😮
I am only 5.5 mins in but couldn't she have said she'd already called AAA just bc she was scared of a man out in the middle of nowhere? I mean, I know I would be...
Also, what about this man?! Hoping he was questioned a lot. Maybe she got into his vehicle where her scent stopped. Who knows.
The ‘Shiny Hats’ need to pull their fingers out of their asses and resolve this case.
Why the fuck wasn’t DNA samples taken from her car?
I wondered same
Sounds like she was more scared of getting a DUI, possibly she had a head injury, or both. Both scenarios would leave her susceptible to the elements or abduction
Didn't that man call the police though?
@@chelsealynn996 he did
These documentaries are so good
This is absolutely heartbreaking 😢😢
I live so close now to where she went missing. I wish I could do something to help.
You can! Just pray that her family can gain some peace someday. I already told my family if I ever go missing or if ever someone comes forth saying they killed me......then do not search for my body, I am not there! My body is a shell for the real me which is a Spirit now and I know where I will be, thanks to Jesus Christ
the father's plight is breaking my heart.. nothing can be worse for a parent.. my thoughts and prayers.. hope there is closure, hope there is solace..
If the police is a government agency and we pay taxes to support that agency, the public is entitled to have access to those un-redacted files & records. I cannot fathom how turning over those files to the family would damage an on-going investigation.
The family most probably insisted that the files remain restricted. The public is thus not entitled to anything.
I’ve followed this, father has never,ever given up. Always praying family gets answers on what happen to Maura💔.
The fact she didn't want any attention drawn to her after the accident makes me think she did plan to get away, possibly for awhile and I believe she trusted someone she shouldn't have. Alcohol could've been a big factor too. She might have been intoxicated, and that affects decisions severely.
This has nothing to do w this heartbreaking video.. but omg you guys deserve way more recognition!!! These videos are absolutely lovely put together and i was shocked to see you didn’t have way more followers!!! You guys definitely deserve it. (Way more than alot of bigger true crime yt channels that recycle the same stories) thank you for giving me something to binge that i dont cringe at! Lol
His father's love towards his daughter is endless. Praying someone will come out from the shadow and shed a light to this case 🙏
Heartbreaking! God bless this family!
Thinking back to my nursing school days those were some of the darkest, most depressing days of my life. You know you have a passion for the field but the academic part is another story. I get it babygirl! I never knew depression until those times. I pray for Maura’s safe return and strength over her family ❤
Same 🥺 nursing school was the worst
Poor Maura. She deserves to be found. Her family deserves peace. I pray one day they have answers.
How absolutely heart wrenching. One of my worst fears is losing my daughter. She’s my only child and she’s 29 now and married but I still don’t think I would be able to function at all if she were gone. My heart aches for this young lady’s family. 😞💔🙏🏻🕊️♾️
This made me cry
I can not even imagine the anguish. Not knowing is hell on earth. Blessings and prayers for her family.
She's definitely out there somewhere, either alive and don't wanna be found. Or dead and her remains are very well hidden. And at this point, even the impossible can be possible. Any theory should be welcomed. One day we'll know though. Everything will be exposed one day.. Until then, I pray this family will continue to live and be comforted by their grief.
It seems to me like she was planning to get away and disappear 😕
I have so much love for this family just watching their struggles and heartache which is still palpable even after all of these years.
I imagine her dad feeling so helpless but courage like this man has is rare. I know he just wants to bring his baby girl home one more time and it is so important.
I tend to believe bonds like the ones this family has transcends times and dimensions. I believe she is very close to them because of the situation and the grief that lingers on keeps her right there.
They really seem like. such a nice family and I pray one day soon, they will bring Maura home where she belongs. I believe that regardless of the outcome, they will reunite their family with Maura when the time is right, this life or the next.
Your post is hard to take seriously when you can't get the fathers name correct. It is FRED.
Heartbreaking.
I still wonder about Maura all the time. I hope they find her someday!
In this day and age, every disappearance should be treated as suspicious. Her family has to be in agony not knowing.
This is so heartbreaking
What a sad case. I feel for this family, not knowing or having any answers has to be draining!! I'm happy that her family is still making sure her name is not forgotten and they still need their help finding her or something about his going missing! It confused me about the dogs alerting and the rumor she was buried in a basement, does anyone think maybe she was with the concrete to pour that slab, that is why the dogs alerted? I hope they get answers soon!! Bring her back home! God bless
Just like the police in the Patrick Chapman case here in Missouri. No real and viable attempt has been made to find either of them. I bet the families would much rather know where they are than they are worried about a conviction. The family is the victim not the police.
When I was living in Rhode Island, my sister called me that her car die on the freeway during that time when it was snowing and cold. My dad, mom, and I went to rescue her. We were waiting for the state trooper to show up with the tow driver. All if a sudden, this young man pull up on the shoulder and ask us if we needed help. My dad was about to say yes…and I cut off him and told that guy to leave because state trooper is on his way. That was a night terror to remember and please, please, please…if someone ask you for a ride regardless you vehicle is dead or walking home alone…just show your strength of action and they will immediately leave.
What a gut punch when Julie mentioned that they had since lost their mom and their other sister.
I'm so very sorry for this family.may God be with you all.i pray you find answers you're looking for.
Your heart breaks for the father. He just wants her remains for a proper burial.
This is just my speculation....1st one, Is she was preventing a DUI on her record and she went anywhere to hide perhaps a cave you just haven't crossed yet. Than got lost. Than the weather got her. Perhaps no foot prints bc it resnowed.
2nd. A passersby said he would help her, than did something with her. Explains no feet prints. I weigh more on first theory. God bless your family...and may you find her in your lifetime.🙏
Prayers for everyone.
So sorry for your losses. Prayers
If that was my house I would have had the entire basement torn up. Must be records of when the cement was poured.
This case reminds me of the missy Bevers case. So many questions , so many things checked out by police and yet no answers.
Nice comparison. Both Maura Murray and Missy Bevers are confounding mysteries. And neither victim was quite as pure as the drive snow.
I pray that this family gets closure. . This is so sad!
That is so sad I can't imagine going through something like this
Heartbreaking, someone has to know something. Help this poor family out, so they can know what happened and be at rest, they deserve it least that. Breaks my heart, how dedicated her father is.
Maybe she walked up the road, tracked into the woods, and passed from exposure.
My heart goes out to this family 😞
I’m so sorry, it’s heartbreaking.
God Bless And Keep You All