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<v Speaker 1>The mysterious disappearance of mar Murray. Now. A unique thing

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<v Speaker 1>about the Marrow Murray disappearance case is that it's known

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<v Speaker 1>from being called the first crime mystery of the social

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<v Speaker 1>media age. This is because Facebook was launched only five

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<v Speaker 1>days before mar went missing. Of course, there's much speculation

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<v Speaker 1>about her case, as to be expected, and some have

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<v Speaker 1>even called it the most highly speculated case of the

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<v Speaker 1>twenty first century. Mar's disappearance remains a mystery that is

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<v Speaker 1>unsolved to this day. First, let's talk about Marra Murray

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<v Speaker 1>and who she was. Mar was born in Brockton, Massachusetts,

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<v Speaker 1>on May fourth, nineteen eighty two, to parents Fred and

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<v Speaker 1>Laurie Murray, making her their youngest daughter. Her father, Fred

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<v Speaker 1>was a medical technician and her mother, Laurie, was a nurse.

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<v Speaker 1>Mar had grown up in Hanson, Massachusetts, which is a

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<v Speaker 1>small suburb on the South Shore. Her family was a

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<v Speaker 1>typical working class family. She had a lot of guidance

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<v Speaker 1>from her siblings. She had an older brother named Junior,

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<v Speaker 1>two sisters, Julie and Kathleen, and her youngest brother, Curtis.

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<v Speaker 1>When Mar was six, however, her parents divorced. Mar was

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<v Speaker 1>described as being an overachiever who excelled both athletically and academically.

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<v Speaker 1>She was also a member of the National Honor Society.

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<v Speaker 1>Also at the same time, she was very active in

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<v Speaker 1>her local community, where she would become known for her

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<v Speaker 1>kind heart, signature dimples, and beautiful smile. As if that

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't enough, she also participated in nearly every sport available tour,

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<v Speaker 1>including competitive AAU basketball, which also allowed her to travel

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<v Speaker 1>all over New England. As a fierce competitor, mar had

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<v Speaker 1>consistently finished in the top tier of runners in the

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<v Speaker 1>state of Massachusetts and even broke several long standing school records.

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<v Speaker 1>At the time. She graduated at the top of her

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<v Speaker 1>class at Whitman Hanson Regional High School with her pick

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<v Speaker 1>of colleges to choose from both athletically and academically, but

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<v Speaker 1>she ended up deciding to accept the congressional nomination the

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<v Speaker 1>late Senator Edward Kennedy and would be joining to Julie

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<v Speaker 1>at the prestigious United States Military Academy located at West Point.

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<v Speaker 1>Mar had continued to excel at the rigorous military and

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<v Speaker 1>academic program there and even established herself to be a

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<v Speaker 1>force on the cross country and track teams However, during

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<v Speaker 1>the second year she was at West Point, she decided

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<v Speaker 1>that the military life was not for her and then

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<v Speaker 1>transferred to the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. That's when

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<v Speaker 1>she also decided to pursue a career in nursing. During

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<v Speaker 1>Mar's freshman year at West Point, she received an honor

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<v Speaker 1>code violation for stealing some makeup from a Fort Knox commissary.

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<v Speaker 1>This incident didn't formally expel her, however, that is when

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<v Speaker 1>she transferred into the nursing program at the University of

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<v Speaker 1>Massachusetts Amhurst. There was another incident in November of two

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<v Speaker 1>thousand and three, just three months prior to her disappearance,

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<v Speaker 1>when she was caught ordering food with a stolen credit card.

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<v Speaker 1>Mar's arrest record showed that the charge would have been

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<v Speaker 1>dismissed after three months of good behavior. In the days

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<v Speaker 1>leading up to mars disappearance, on February fifth, two thousand

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<v Speaker 1>and four, she was working her even shift doing campus security.

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<v Speaker 1>After a phone call with her older sister, Kathleen. She

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<v Speaker 1>was said to have burst into tears and even had

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<v Speaker 1>to have a supervisor escort her back to her dorm

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<v Speaker 1>room when she was asked what was bothering her. Mara

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<v Speaker 1>simply responded. My sister Kathleen claims that the conversation was

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<v Speaker 1>about her drinking and abusing of alcohol. See Kathleen herself

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<v Speaker 1>had just been discharged for a rehab program, and she

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<v Speaker 1>then admitted to Maria that her fiancee had taken her

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<v Speaker 1>to the liquor store. On Saturday, February seventh, Mara's dad,

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<v Speaker 1>Fred had arrived in town to help take her car shopping.

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<v Speaker 1>According to Julie, her sister, Maris car was in very

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<v Speaker 1>rough shape and she wanted something that was going to

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<v Speaker 1>be more reliable. That night, Mara had borrowed Fred's car

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<v Speaker 1>and attended a party that was going on to campus.

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<v Speaker 1>At three thirty am, when she was driving back to

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<v Speaker 1>Fred's motel room, she'd hit a guardrail and cost about

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<v Speaker 1>ten thousand dollars worth of damage to the car. The

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<v Speaker 1>cops had arrived at the scene and drove her back

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<v Speaker 1>to the motel. Now there's no documentation of a sobriety

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<v Speaker 1>test in the accident report. It was a car that

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<v Speaker 1>Fred had rented and returned it to his home located

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<v Speaker 1>in Connecticut on February eighth. He then spoke to mar

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<v Speaker 1>on the phone at around eleven thirty PM to remind

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<v Speaker 1>her that she needed to get accident forms from the

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<v Speaker 1>Registry of Motor Vehicles and this is what we know

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<v Speaker 1>about the events of February nine, two thousand and four.

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<v Speaker 1>It would be the last time the twenty one year

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<v Speaker 1>old Morrow would be seen. Just after midnight, Mara had

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<v Speaker 1>searched map quest for directions to the Berkshires and Burlington, Vermont.

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<v Speaker 1>At one PM, Mara had emailed her boyfriend to let

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<v Speaker 1>him know that she didn't like talking to anyone lately.

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<v Speaker 1>She didn't promise to call him later though. Then around

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<v Speaker 1>one thirteen PM, Maer had made a phone call to

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<v Speaker 1>check about a condo rental unit located in Bartlett, New Hampshire.

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<v Speaker 1>She knew the area with the condos because her family

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<v Speaker 1>had vacation there in the past. The phone call lasted

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<v Speaker 1>about three minutes and at the end no rental plans

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<v Speaker 1>were made for the condo. Ma had then called a

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<v Speaker 1>fellow nursing student. At one twenty four pm, Mara had

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<v Speaker 1>sent word to a nursing school supervisor to let them

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<v Speaker 1>know that she would be out of town for approximately

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<v Speaker 1>a week because there was a death in the family. However,

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<v Speaker 1>her family insists that there was no such death. At

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<v Speaker 1>two five pm, Mark called a number that provides pre

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<v Speaker 1>recorded information on booking hotels in Stowe, Vermont. The phone

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<v Speaker 1>call then lasted about five minutes. At to eighteen pm,

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<v Speaker 1>Mar then left her boyfriend of voicemail. The call lasted

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<v Speaker 1>about one minute and she said they would talk later.

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<v Speaker 1>Mar had packed her car with clothing, birth control pills, textbooks,

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<v Speaker 1>and toiletries. With the later searching of her dorm room,

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<v Speaker 1>they found that most of Mars's belongings were packed in boxes,

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<v Speaker 1>that her art had been removed from the walls, and

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<v Speaker 1>the police found a printed email in the room between

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<v Speaker 1>Mar and her boyfriend at the time, which indicated they

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<v Speaker 1>were having relationship problems. At three thirty pm, Mar drove

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<v Speaker 1>away at her nineteen ninety six Saturn Sedan. Classes that

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<v Speaker 1>day had been canceled because of an impending snowstorm. At

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<v Speaker 1>three forty pm, Mar then withdrew two hundred and eighty

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<v Speaker 1>dollars from an ATM and picked up forty dollars worth

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<v Speaker 1>of alcohol from a nearby liquor store. Security footage at

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<v Speaker 1>both the ATM and liquor store determined that she was alone.

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<v Speaker 1>Around four to five pm, mar had left Amherst. Her

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<v Speaker 1>last recorded phone call was then at four thirty seven

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<v Speaker 1>pm to check her voicemail. At seven twenty seven pm,

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<v Speaker 1>Faith Westman of Woodsville, New Hampshire, had called nine to

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<v Speaker 1>one one to report an accident that was outside of

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<v Speaker 1>her home. She had heard a loud thump then saw

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<v Speaker 1>a car along the snow bank on Route one twelve.

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<v Speaker 1>The car was pointing westward in the eastbound lane. Face

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<v Speaker 1>neighbors Virginia and John Murrot also noticed mars car outside

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<v Speaker 1>of their kitchen window. The cars hazard lights were on

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<v Speaker 1>and they noticed someone walking around the car as well

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<v Speaker 1>as the Marats were watching. Another neighbor, Bud Atwood, had

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<v Speaker 1>pulled up tomorrow in the school bus that he drove

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<v Speaker 1>for his work. At Wood then got out of his

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<v Speaker 1>bus and asked if Mara needed him to call the

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<v Speaker 1>police for Mars said no, claiming that she had already

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<v Speaker 1>called Triple A so there was no need. Atwood knew

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<v Speaker 1>that the area did not have any cell phone service,

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<v Speaker 1>so he didn't believe story. He then offered to let

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<v Speaker 1>her wait at his home until the assistants could arrive,

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<v Speaker 1>but Mara insisted she was fine, just staying in her

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<v Speaker 1>car Atwood, then headed back home to call nine to

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<v Speaker 1>one one. He said initially he had trouble getting through

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<v Speaker 1>to the dispatch because of the busy phone circuits. However,

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<v Speaker 1>his phone call eventually went through at seven forty three pm.

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<v Speaker 1>At seven forty six pm, the Haverhill Police Sergeant Cecil

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<v Speaker 1>Smith had arrived at the scene, following up on Westman's

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<v Speaker 1>nine one one call. However, the car was locked, but

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<v Speaker 1>there was no sign of Mara. The car's airbags had

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<v Speaker 1>been deployed and there was a crack in the driver's

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<v Speaker 1>side windshield. Sergeant Smith spotted a box of Phronsie of

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<v Speaker 1>wine behind the driver's seat, and also an empty beer bottle.

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<v Speaker 1>There was red liquid on the driver's side door, the

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<v Speaker 1>car's ceiling and on the road too. A later search

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<v Speaker 1>found a coke bottle that was filled with the red

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<v Speaker 1>drink that smelled like alcohol. The Kolua Bailey's and vodka

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<v Speaker 1>that mar had bought earlier at the liquor store were

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<v Speaker 1>not found in the car. Her cell phone, wallet and

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<v Speaker 1>credit cards have never been located. Sergeant Smith went to

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<v Speaker 1>the Westmans in order to ask about the incident, then

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<v Speaker 1>he stopped at the Atwoods to ask where the girl

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<v Speaker 1>had gone to. After explaining to the officer that he

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<v Speaker 1>hadn't seen anyone since he left the vehicle, both at

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<v Speaker 1>Wood and Sergeant Smith drove around the area in hopes

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<v Speaker 1>of finding Mara. Ten minutes after Sergeant Smith's arrival, both

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<v Speaker 1>the fire truck and EMS had pulled up to the scene.

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<v Speaker 1>At eight forty nine pm, the scene was cleared and

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<v Speaker 1>Mar's vehicle was towed away, and APB was then issued

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<v Speaker 1>from marraw after twelve pm on February tenth, and she

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<v Speaker 1>was first to be considered missing at five to seventeen pm.

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<v Speaker 1>Then the next day the authorities had police dogs trackers

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<v Speaker 1>sent They got a hit on her about one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>yards east of her vehicle had been abandoned before the

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<v Speaker 1>dogs lost the trail. The FBI was called in at

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<v Speaker 1>ten days after a disappearance, and then it became a

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<v Speaker 1>nationwide search. At the ten day mark, the New Hampshire

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<v Speaker 1>Fishing Game were brought in to conduct their own ground

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<v Speaker 1>and air searches using a helicopter that was equipped to

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<v Speaker 1>the thermal imaging camera. However, Mara's family disputes these claims.

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<v Speaker 1>Police repeatedly voiced concerns that she could be a danger

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<v Speaker 1>to herself. Many people have criticized the police for their

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<v Speaker 1>lack of urgency during the initial days. It was almost

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<v Speaker 1>a full day by the time mar had been announced

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<v Speaker 1>as missing, and even then an official search wasn't immediately commenced.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's some of the popular theories behind Martha's disappearance, and

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<v Speaker 1>again these are just conjecture. Her intentions that day was

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<v Speaker 1>to disappear. She'd been planning to meet up with someone,

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<v Speaker 1>and whoever the person was must have picked her up

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<v Speaker 1>after the car crash. Another theory she'd been abducted. A

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<v Speaker 1>third theory she must have walked away from her car,

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<v Speaker 1>possibly to flee the scene of the crash because she

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<v Speaker 1>was afraid of getting in trouble and then succumbed to

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<v Speaker 1>the elements. And another mar had left that day to

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<v Speaker 1>take her own life alone in the mountains. More on

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<v Speaker 1>the first theory that Mara had intentions that day to disappear.

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<v Speaker 1>It's worth voting the claims of James Renner, who's an

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<v Speaker 1>investigative journalist. He largely believes that Mara is in fact

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<v Speaker 1>still alive and that she'd planned her own escape because

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<v Speaker 1>she was pregnant. Mar did make a search online for

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<v Speaker 1>the effects of alcohol on a fetus. However, there were

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<v Speaker 1>some of her nursing school friends who later on said

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<v Speaker 1>this was research for an assignment. Journalist Renter had also

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<v Speaker 1>reported that one of Mar's friends sent him an email

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<v Speaker 1>that accused Mara's boyfriend Bill of being abusive tour However,

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<v Speaker 1>recently Bill Rosch was indicted by grand jury on felony

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<v Speaker 1>abuse charges. There were also rumors that Mara had been

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<v Speaker 1>in a relationship with the man with the name of

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<v Speaker 1>Hossain bag Dotti, who was an assistant track coach at

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<v Speaker 1>the University of Massachusetts. Bag Dotti has been open about

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<v Speaker 1>the situation and has even told detectives that Mara had

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<v Speaker 1>hinted to him that she was thinking she may disappear.

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<v Speaker 1>The U mass Outing club actually owns a cabinets in

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<v Speaker 1>the White Mountains, and that's where some think she was

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<v Speaker 1>heading to. There's no communications suggesting that Mara and Bagdatti

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<v Speaker 1>had been communicating in the week's leading up to her disappearance.

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<v Speaker 1>On James Renner's blog, he bluntly accused Fred of having

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<v Speaker 1>more than to depose Fred in court under oath end quote. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>in defense of Fred, so have said it has been

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<v Speaker 1>over sixteen years of non stop searching for his missing daughter,

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<v Speaker 1>and that could indeed wear anyone down over the years,

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<v Speaker 1>and there are very few avenues that he hasn't investigated personally. However,

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<v Speaker 1>Fred says he has no doubt that Mara was abducted

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<v Speaker 1>that day. It was then in late two thousand and

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<v Speaker 1>have been the murder weapon. The knife belonged to his

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<v Speaker 1>brother Claude, who lived only three quarters a mile away

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<v Speaker 1>It was then that the cadaver dogs made a hit,

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<v Speaker 1>so they took carpet samples for testing. However, the chain

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<v Speaker 1>Malton's knife was then turned over to the New Hampshire

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<v Speaker 1>State Police and the results were never released. The Missing

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty sixteen. What they found when going back looked

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<v Speaker 1>to be bloodstains in a closet. They ended up sending

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<v Speaker 1>the woodships to molecular geneticist was then able to confirm

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<v Speaker 1>the presence of human blood. Unfortunately, the samples were too

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<v Speaker 1>deteriorated in order to determine with one hundred percent certainty

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<v Speaker 1>whether or not the blood was Maras. There was another house, however,

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<v Speaker 1>back in twenty nineteen after the ground penetrating radar had

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<v Speaker 1>showed a disturbance in that homes basement. The investigators had

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<v Speaker 1>removed the concrete and searched several feet down, but sadly

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<v Speaker 1>no evidence was present. Now, the theory of an opportunistic

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<v Speaker 1>killer might be statistically less probable, but it can't be

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<v Speaker 1>just ruled out. One month after Maria had gone missing,

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<v Speaker 1>a seventeen year old girl named Brianna Maitland had disappeared

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<v Speaker 1>in Vermont some people feel like it could have been

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<v Speaker 1>possible that both women fell prey to a serial killer.

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<v Speaker 1>The authorities looked into the connection that was between Maitland

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<v Speaker 1>and a serial killer at the time named Israel Keys. However,

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<v Speaker 1>this would later be ruled out by the FBI. In

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<v Speaker 1>the online sleuth community, many believe that Keys is indeed

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<v Speaker 1>though how small the window of opportunity was for murder

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<v Speaker 1>to then take Mara avoiding being seen. Butch Atwood only

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<v Speaker 1>had a swift interaction with Maura, talking to her for

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<v Speaker 1>only a few minutes, so she couldn't have been long

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<v Speaker 1>from more than ten to fifteen minutes when Sergeant Smith arrived.

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<v Speaker 1>It was in a desolate, heavily wooded area. After all,

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<v Speaker 1>there were at least three neighbors that could see her

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<v Speaker 1>from their homes. There's another name that's frequently brought up

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<v Speaker 1>when talking about Mara Murray, that of Rick Force. Rick

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<v Speaker 1>Forcer had been driving home from his job as a

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<v Speaker 1>contractor on the night of February ninth, that is, when

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<v Speaker 1>he spotted a woman walking in the woods that matched

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<v Speaker 1>the description of Mara. There are some people who find

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<v Speaker 1>his story a little suspicious because it was months later

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<v Speaker 1>when he finally reported the siding. Pisier had told police

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<v Speaker 1>officers that he hadn't realized it was the same night

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<v Speaker 1>until he went back through his work calendar, and that

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<v Speaker 1>was in late April. The Murray family are adamant in

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that Mara was not threat to herself. That

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<v Speaker 1>is something we know already. However, we need to take

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<v Speaker 1>the theory that she wanted into the woods and passed

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<v Speaker 1>away from the eilments into consideration. Could it have been

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<v Speaker 1>Okham's razor, which is widely referred to by those who

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<v Speaker 1>considered the simplest explanation to be the most accurate. When

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<v Speaker 1>we said all these assumptions about the case aside, the

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<v Speaker 1>absolute facts are the young woman had crashed her car

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<v Speaker 1>and was last seen outside in the freezing cold weather.

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<v Speaker 1>Whichever theory resonates with you, one astounding thing is the

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<v Speaker 1>fact so many persons of interest were named, especially for

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<v Speaker 1>a case that doesn't have any true suspects that have

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<v Speaker 1>been named by the authorities recently, there is a new

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<v Speaker 1>search on Wednesday, July thirteenth, twenty twenty two Fromarra Murray

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<v Speaker 1>police personnel in two different New Hampshire towns searched the

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<v Speaker 1>areas of Landaff and Easton. The ground search was in

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<v Speaker 1>is quote not the result of new information in the

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<v Speaker 1>case end quote. That's according to New Hampshire Attorney General

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<v Speaker 1>John M. Formela in a press release about the search.

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<v Speaker 1>He continues, it is part of an ongoing investigative process

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<v Speaker 1>and will consist of a more extensive search of surrounding

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<v Speaker 1>areas previously searched in a more limited fashion. Because the

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<v Speaker 1>investigation is still ongoing, Formela and the State Police Colonel

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<v Speaker 1>Nathan Nays said that no more information could be released

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<v Speaker 1>at this time, and he asked the public to respect

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<v Speaker 1>the privacy of the communities and residents. People should also

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<v Speaker 1>remember to stay off private property. My family is aware

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<v Speaker 1>of the search efforts and are working closely with law

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<v Speaker 1>enforcements at this time, said Julie Murray, Marris's sister. She continues,

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<v Speaker 1>we ask the public not to interfere with the investigation.

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<v Speaker 1>We will share information as appropriate. We're encouraged by the

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<v Speaker 1>active efforts to find Mara and remain hopeful for a resolution.

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<v Speaker 1>If there's anyone who has any information about MARAA. Murray's disappearance,

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<v Speaker 1>no matter how small or insignificant it may seem. They're

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<v Speaker 1>asked to please call the New Hampshire Cold Case Unit

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<v Speaker 1>at number six zero three two two three three six

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<v Speaker 1>four eight, or you can email Cold Case Unit at

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<v Speaker 1>ds dot nh dot gov. More information on Mara and

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<v Speaker 1>the ongoing efforts to help find her and bring her

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<v Speaker 1>home may be found on the website Mara Murray Missing

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<v Speaker 1>dot org. Back in January twenty twenty two, the FBI

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<v Speaker 1>then created a violent criminal apprehension profile in MARAA. Murray's case.

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<v Speaker 1>Mara's sister has stated published reports that it is another

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<v Speaker 1>method for multiple agencies and other jurisdictions to share their

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<v Speaker 1>information with one another. Now. Back in September of twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty one, there were bone fragments found at the base

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<v Speaker 1>of Loon Mountain. However, according to officials, they were not

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<v Speaker 1>connected to Murray. The officials announced that the fragments could

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<v Speaker 1>date back as far as the eighteenth century. The bone

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<v Speaker 1>fragments had been found in what they called quote existing

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<v Speaker 1>soil unquote, stated the New Hampshire State Police. Radiocarbon dating

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<v Speaker 1>had placed a ninety five percent certainty that the bones

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<v Speaker 1>that were found are from a person that died sometime

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<v Speaker 1>during the years of seventeen seventy four to nineteen forty two.

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<v Speaker 1>Quite a gap there. On Murrow Murray's thirty eighth birthday,

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<v Speaker 1>they launched a website that offers the public never before

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<v Speaker 1>seen pictures over It's also a repository of news reports

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<v Speaker 1>that date back to two thousand and four, and as

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<v Speaker 1>an opportunity for people who are interested in knowing more

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<v Speaker 1>about the case and to get to know Mara in

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<v Speaker 1>and up close personal way. There's another feature of the

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<v Speaker 1>blog post that is regularly updated so our family can

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<v Speaker 1>put out information to help keep the community informed and

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<v Speaker 1>keep Mara's name in the public. A contact tab allows

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<v Speaker 1>visitors of the site to communicate with their family members.

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<v Speaker 1>Plus there's a contact tab that provides people email updates

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<v Speaker 1>There's even a tipsub mission area, which provides a place

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<v Speaker 1>where people can provide any new information or leads. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>this is an unsolved mystery that has more twists and

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<v Speaker 1>turns than the route and Mara had taken that faithful night. Hopefully,

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<v Speaker 1>one day the record can be set straight. About what

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<v Speaker 1>exactly happened to young Marra Murray on that cold night. Well, friends,

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<v Speaker 1>there you have it. I look forward to your comments,

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<v Speaker 1>but please keep it friendly and respectful so we meet again.

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<v Speaker 1>Be good to yourselves and each other. As for me,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll see a little farther on down the trail. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>Steve Stockton and I'll talk to you next time. Tell

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<v Speaker 1>your pets I said Hi.