Born on May 4, 1982, in Brockton, Massachusetts, Maura Murray was raised in the nearby town of Hanson. Ive shared the story of Maura hitch hiking many times before. "Y'all are doingreallocal D.C. Her smile and laugh are what anyone would remember most. On the email/note said to be left in the dorm room, There was no recently received personal note on top of boxes when I was in her dorm room. Thats their choice and its my choice too. As she did not appear to be injured, Atwood left Murray with her car and went home to call the police on his landline. For years I continued to believe it was her. Some believe it was packed up. Absolutely asinine to not look at BR and why MM is missing! In the office alone, though, Pattison says Rausch admitted that he pushed her. ", "Washington City Paper has made me feel like I am part of the D.C. It was a typical gas station, right off the exit. Beyond cute, 100%! If he is innocent - Prove It! There was a broad passion she had for hiking that included a goal of hiking all the 4,000 ft mountains in NH. I remember her looking very distraught and very pale, Gordillo says. Then, learn about the first missing child to be put on a milk carton. Young & Hungry She was happy and we both enjoyed seeing family and friends. during the days/weeks after Mauras disappearance we made a significant effort to have the FBI take over the case and the NHSP would not entertain the idea. Bottom line, there isnt as much secrecy as you suggest. My family will continue to search for Maura and will leave no stone unturned until we bring her home and hold accountable those who are responsible for her disappearance.. In doing so, perhaps it can draw more awareness to the case and possibly help Julie [or anyone] find Maura and bring her home. MAURA MURRAY - BILL RAUSCH: A COMPLETE EXAMINATIONLISTEN to the FULL SERIES here -https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlqez6dCMgV4HEZuNBY2VxfD5WxTdgoXLJoi. I believe I called my parents and the NHSP (folks on here can reference my phone records) immediately. This is a good example, bc I remember being at the house in Hanson and her going through old photos and seeing one similar (maybe the same one?) I do not recall skulking any. re tomboy, she def was and elegant at the same time. Renners book about his obsession with Murrays disappearance, True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray, published in 2016. ~ Gambling. So, while I was surprised she left school without telling anyone it wasnt unbelievable to me if that makes sense? Thats how we got up to Canada and down to mass. While I have thoughts on what may or may not have happened after Mauras accident, I do not have a suspect. I want to emphasize that IF I did I would not mention that persons name publicly or privately for risk of destroying their lives. 100%. I pushed him up, and he pushed me down again, and I kept asking him what he was doing, and he would smile or laugh, and kept grabbing at my dress.. Advertise with Us, Sponsored Posts from our Partners Liz at Large She was very independent and travelled by herself regularly to visit me, her friends, etc. She was headed to Bartlett. Im unsure if you are suggesting Maura ran away. pg 9) and lies via reddit posts, blogs, tweets, etc. If you think that it's important to have high quality local reporting we hope you'll support our work with a monthly contribution. Maura Murray Update -- Bill Rausch's Alibi Prosecutors Podcast 11.8K subscribers Subscribe 211 5.2K views 2 years ago Was Bill Rausch in Oklahoma on February 9, 2004? Ill be the first to admit my memory isnt perfect, but Ive confirmed I flew out of OKC and that I arrived in CT. Just as folks in this sub know details of Mauras case better than me, I certainly know what I do and dont remember better than others. She was lovely in every sense of the word. My parents picked me up at the airport after driving there from Ohio and the three of us drove north to Haverhill, NH to see Fred/LE and check into the hotel. When reading the details JR has presented Im still shocked but sadly not surprised its definitely a case of reading between the lines here , we have never heard anything official about Billys alibi or clearance on this case. And on February 5, 2004, Murray had an emotional phone conversation with her sister Kathleen, who was struggling with addiction and issues with her fianc. This was when we were told that Maura would prob show up in a day or two, we asked a few questions, and gave some answers to LE questions./We all stayed at the Wells River Motel every night. I was driving my dads truck the time she recommended picking someone up, and after the hike mentioned in the ep, the I believe the vehicle Maura flagged down was a truck. In Iraq, my Commander made the decision to approve my leave in a matter of seconds. That is an excellent insight into a narcissist. People get very, very wedded to their theories, especially when they're nearly convinced they're right. Her whereabouts remain unknown. The answer and his reason for withholding it for all these years is probably because it doesn't make him look good. Those 4,000 foot hikes, NYE parties with her friends there, and the list goes on. After work on St. Patricks Day 2011, Pattison and some of her co-workers at Ray Group left work a little early for happy hour. The shop wasnt that big. There is the possibility that Murray paid cash because she was unable to use credit cards (perhaps past due). I had a good job, close friends and a loving girlfriend; Maura Murray. Bill was in a manic, out of control state, on Feb 9th 2004, prior to Maura being considered missing by her family. Then, she says, he grabbed her shoulders, turned her around, and forced her head down into the conference table. She also stopped by the Registry of Motor Vehicles and picked up the forms for her car accident. What was going through my mind? Theater Kate was Mauras closest friend at UMass. A black Saturn appeared to be stuck in a ditch near her home. Bottom line: she was not kicked out and most likely would not have been had she wanted to stay. Of that, Im certain. Whoops! Robert Hansen: The Alaskan Serial Killer Who Hunted His Victims Like Animals, 44 Striking Portraits Of Native American Culture In The Early 20th Century, What Stephen Hawking Thinks Threatens Humankind The Most, 27 Raw Images Of When Punk Ruled New York, Join The All That's Interesting Weekly Dispatch. He calls all her UMass acquaintances, their dorm rooms and their cell phones. Bill Rausch' 3 Minute Call to Maura Murray the Saturday after her disappearance. Obviously, reality is and was somewhere in between for Maura like it is for most folks. Assuming that Murray did not kill herself and did not succumb to the elements while in hiding, where would she have gone? I realize that Maura had morphed into a fictional character that did not accurately reflect who she was as a person. You asked about her mindset weeks leading up to her accident/disappearance. Every theory has holes in it and a big missing puzzle piece billy should be at the top of the list for the most invested on solving this case. Remembering Maura on her 38th Birthday. The folks we needed to communicate with the most were all together at the motel./I believe the motel had landlines, bc I remember doing a radio interview from my room. She confronted Rausch about the incident that morning, but he denied any involvement. Maura was an above average athlete. Everything we did together was special from going on canoe trips, to hiking Mt. I basically copy/pasted his answers to questions, took out filler and organized into categories. My hope is to speak candidly about who Maura was as a person vs this character shes been made into by people on the internet. Obviously, the best way to rule that theory out is to get the word out on Mauras case to ensure that EVERYONE knows who she is so we can find that good samaritan if they exist. I do think the sequence of phone calls are very suspicious. (LogOut/ journalism. We printed off the phone records at the police station bc LE were waiting on a subpoena. Mark Mcilyar Fitness Program for Men? Bc cell coverage was unreliable and unpredictable no one left on random trips. Pls check that bc Im going off memory here, not my notes or google maps! The Discovery ID episode does a good job of providing details re when I received the VM, and what I thought of it at the time using my own words. After a couple weeks and later months our assumption was that wed covered so much ground with posters (5,000+ btw) and done so much local, regional, and nation media (print, tv, radio) that we felt if a good person picked her up they would have come forward saying theyd seen her. The hikes we went on were special. I was there, and everyday we would take multiple trips to the police station to check in. An Army spokesman writes in an emailed statement that they are aware of the indictment and will continue to review the information related to this case as it becomes available. The spokesman declined to comment further. Maybe he thought she ran away from him, and is still bitter and doesn't care what became of her. Logistically you start in the center and work your way out. Many a reference to both of those in old letters as well. Roaming data shows he was in western Maine shortly before this. At 4:37 p.m., she placed a call to her own voicemail. There was a broad passion she had for hiking that included a goal of hiking all the 4,000 ft mountains in NH. Museums/Galleries That includes treating people with respect and love in a way Ive seen few others emulate. It's extremely creepy. I called Maura and her best friend to see if she was okay. I will attempt to keep updating this. He said that he went car-shopping with his daughter and went to dinner with her before he went back to his motel. On February 10th, 2004 my world turned upside down when I received a call from Maura's father, Fred. City Desk By that point, she had also used the internet to look up directions to Burlington, Vermont. The victim reported the alleged attack to police after her assailants name appeared in unfounded theories in an unrelated cold case. Raised in Hanson, Massachusetts, Maura was a student at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, some 150 miles from the crash site in the New Hampshire village of Woodsville. Im not a footprints expert but I know the snow was untouched almost the entire way east on the sides of the road and the snow was deep. I should note, Im not wedded to a theory I just want to know what happened and where shes at. During our time together over the holidays we had a really lovely time together. Could she have been drinking and driving? I'm absolutely convinced that he knew she was leaving campus for a couple days. I dont recall if she flagged it down bc it was a truck or it just happened to be one. There were no obvious signs of foul play, and there were no footprints in the snow that led into the nearby woods. Here's one good piece of reading from Renner on this topic: https://mauramurray.blogspot.com/2018/04/phone-records-suggest-bill-rausch-knew.html, "Opening statements were heard. They can cry crocodile tears and turn that off without a flinch, at the bat of an eye. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Not Without Peril | The Maura Murray Blog, https://twitter.com/RauschB/status/1047810431283355648, https://twitter.com/RauschB/status/1258011895849725954, https://www.fivecolleges.edu/academics/academic_calendars/academic_calendar_03-04, Steers the narrative almost always means has an opinion that differs from mine Post byTheRealFinn, The Attorney Generals Objection to my suit (withaffidavits). 5/11/2020 0 Comments In recognition of Maura Murray's 38th bday on May 4, 2020, I spoke briefly with Erinn Larkin, co-host of 107 Degrees Maura Murray podcast (click on image below) and shared my thoughts on Julie Murray's interview with "The Captain" from True Crime Garage, some . In mid July I collected and organized his answers. to be clear I do not know if Maura packed up her room or never unpacked. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Someone mentioned on another thread that the phone records show a roaming call from Burlington, VT on 2/11 which is interesting bc my parents drove us straight to Haverhill after picking me up at the airport./IMO thats a good baseline for understanding that the roaming location for calls clearly does not match up with my physical location. By that time, another coworker had walked into the office and was searching for Pattison, calling out her name. In this instance, there is an actual person who drove me to the OKC airport. The thought was that bc the dog scent went east from the car and the police told us she was heading east. Maura Murray came up a lot. No. Some found it suspicious that he did not stay with Murray until help arrived. On the call with Maura after the Hadley accident: She told me she had been in an accident. She had several fav spots and her father/siblings prob know more than I do. It was a reported sighting (LE should have a record of it) after the accident. Maura Murray was a strong student and track athlete before her disappearance. I not recall if it was on her desk or perhaps on top of boxes beside her desk. That said, Ive never found it odd Maura went back to Feds hotel room. If she perished in the woods I would say her life, liberty and pursuit of happiness has been taken from her. So if a tip came in (usually to police) and we heard them discuss it, wed go check on it. The vehicle was locked and the airbags had been deployed. Not calling her dorm room like he always has done is especially telling. Maura Murrays boyfriend Bill Rausch has been accused of sexual misconduct against other women. That said, I remember taking my phone off the x-ray machine belt with my bag, belt, etc at the airport and seeing the notification I had a VM and then listening to it for the first time moments later. What are the chances that your boyfriend or girlfriend will go missing without a trace? But these have all led to dead ends. We covered that area on foot as good as anyone could IMO. I think there was an intersection a bit before you got to 116 but other than that there were no roads from that immediate right after the Saturn until 116. Readers like you keep our work free for everyone to read.