WJenness
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On Tuesday something got me to thinking about a girl I went to high school and college with...
Her name is Maura Murray.
She disappeared after a minor car accident in Haverhill, NH over 4 years ago (Feb 9, 2004 to be exact).
This girl had seemingly everything going for her. Dean's list college student, long term boyfriend who she was planning to get engaged to, great athlete, etc. etc.
Timeline of the whole story is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maura_Murray
Her family's site about the situation is here: http://www.mauramurraymissing.com
I remember where I was and what I was doing when I saw her face pop up on the tv screen with a giant MISSING banner above.
There are so many unanswered questions about the whole situation that thinking about it just makes my brain run and run in circles.
I really hope that some day there will be answers. I feel the worst for Fred Murray (Her dad) and the rest of the family.
It's all very strange for me to think about someone just disappearing like this. I mean, we obviously see it on the news pretty often, but when it's someone you've known for years, even peripherally (I wasn't close friends with her, we were on the track and XC teams together in high school and cheering for during / congratulating after races was about as much as we ever talked), the game changes, a lot.
When I find myself in this contemplative reflective mood over this, I find myself looking around at my good friends, wondering if anyone of them (or myself) might some day meet a similar fate. Or was it a fate at all? Did she want to disappear? If so, why? Is she still alive and hiding? Is she buried in a shallow grave? etc etc...
Have any of you known someone who just disappeared like this? Were they found? How long did it take?
This is my brain. On overdrive... thanks for reading.
Also, since most of us spend time up north, if on the (several) million to one shot you happen to somehow see this girl, please drop a line to the family...
-w
Her name is Maura Murray.
She disappeared after a minor car accident in Haverhill, NH over 4 years ago (Feb 9, 2004 to be exact).
This girl had seemingly everything going for her. Dean's list college student, long term boyfriend who she was planning to get engaged to, great athlete, etc. etc.
Timeline of the whole story is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maura_Murray
Her family's site about the situation is here: http://www.mauramurraymissing.com
I remember where I was and what I was doing when I saw her face pop up on the tv screen with a giant MISSING banner above.
There are so many unanswered questions about the whole situation that thinking about it just makes my brain run and run in circles.
I really hope that some day there will be answers. I feel the worst for Fred Murray (Her dad) and the rest of the family.
It's all very strange for me to think about someone just disappearing like this. I mean, we obviously see it on the news pretty often, but when it's someone you've known for years, even peripherally (I wasn't close friends with her, we were on the track and XC teams together in high school and cheering for during / congratulating after races was about as much as we ever talked), the game changes, a lot.
When I find myself in this contemplative reflective mood over this, I find myself looking around at my good friends, wondering if anyone of them (or myself) might some day meet a similar fate. Or was it a fate at all? Did she want to disappear? If so, why? Is she still alive and hiding? Is she buried in a shallow grave? etc etc...
Have any of you known someone who just disappeared like this? Were they found? How long did it take?
This is my brain. On overdrive... thanks for reading.
Also, since most of us spend time up north, if on the (several) million to one shot you happen to somehow see this girl, please drop a line to the family...
-w
How could the ball have been dropped so many times? It seems like there should have been some answers... this really struck me:
