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"Ten Minutes To Nowhere" - that's what comes to mind after reading all on the web and seeing the Discovery ID show....
It wasnt like Ive seen on so many other Discovery shows where there were days or even hours - here it was only ten minutes in which something happened in which events cannot be figured out. Add to this the paradoxes - Witnesses so close, yet so distance far in terms of catching her; LE so quick to arrive, but so unable to find anything or catch her .
If anyone saw the Stolen Voices show the other night about Denise Huber in CA the scene in which search dogs were brought in to where here car was found disabled along the highway, and the way the dogs tracked her scent a short distance along the highway to were the scent simply ended Wow! it seemed like a replay of what we all have heard in this case about Maura!
It does sound like she got into a car. One of the confusing aspects of the Maura Murray case, is the dogs stopping 100 yards (it maybe 300 yds.) up the street. Yet, there was supposedly a witness, who claims he may have seen her running 4 or 5 miles east of the accident. Also, the item (gloves) they used to track her scent was not the best choice. Her father said that the gloves were new and she rarely wore them. It would have been better, if the dogs had the scent of her running clothes. So, in a sense, this throws a little doubt that Maura got into a car. Although, she may have.
I'm thinking that she accepted a ride from someone or a group of people.
I'm thinking this is the most likely case.
I still can't believe they have found no trace of her in the last 7 years.
I REALLY want this case to be eventually solved.
This one and the Brianna Maitland one as well.
You're spot on McSpy - I feel the exact same way!
Here's a question, if you know, and has been bugging me :waitasec:
Were there any snowfalls between the time of the accident and the time LE or anyone searched the area in the light of day?
I imagine by the time they did an aerial search, there might have been some snowfalls that covered tracks?
I'm not sure, but I don't think so, because in an article I read it said that helicopters were looking for foot prints from the road through the snow and it was pretty fresh. The area did have a couple of feet of fresh snow right before the night of her accident, so they had a clean slate to work with on possible tracks. To me, I would think that wouldn't be too thorough, because the area is so wooded. I imagine there are a lot of branches hanging over the road, which would block their
view of tracks from the air. I think there was a ground search too, with the dogs, but I don't know how much ground they covered. She could have made it pretty far, because she was young and a champion runner.
Thanks for info!
I know she was a good runner but correct me if I'm wrong, it was very cold that night, either 12 or minus 12 (can't remember what I've read) and don't think there would be many street lights (not sure if moon was out) so running would be tricky on an icy road with loose stones?, holes?, etc as happens after snow plowing.......(thinking back to the nights wife and I would jogg at night and nearly breaking an ankle a few times even in good weather)... wonder how many cars drive through that area... should have been seen and remembered by more than just the CP who came forward...
Thanks for info!
I know she was a good runner but correct me if I'm wrong, it was very cold that night, either 12 or minus 12 (can't remember what I've read) and don't think there would be many street lights (not sure if moon was out) so running would be tricky on an icy road with loose stones?, holes?, etc as happens after snow plowing.......(thinking back to the nights wife and I would jogg at night and nearly breaking an ankle a few times even in good weather)... wonder how many cars drive through that area... should have been seen and remembered by more than just the CP who came forward...
There is hardly any lighting on those roads. I think the only street lights are at the intersections. I
would think she would have had a hard time seeing her way up the road. It would have been pitch black. I know your eyes can adjust, but there is hardly any ambient light at all. She was heading into a National Forrest. Both sides of the road would have had snow banks from the plows and I think there was a very light snow fall. I did read that the 12 degree temps were wrong and that the actual temp was around 33 degrees, which is considered mild at that time of year, especially during the night.
I am also surprised no one other the contractor had seen her running down the road. I know the area is sparsely populated, but they were main roads, which connect to several towns. I would think she would be hard to miss, because she was pinned in by the snow banks and probably most people drive at night with their high beams on. She could duck down a dirt road or driveway to hide when a vehicle drives by, but I still feel someone else should have seen her. To get to another town, she would have been on the road for 10-15 miles. There is also a possibility that she went to someone's door too, and met with trouble there.
Thanks for infor about the actual temp being around 33 degrees... a big difference and now I wonder if she did make a run for it...
With 7-year anniversary days away, I wonder if Fred will make his pilgrimage to the crash site this year. So much snow and ice this year..
Will something eventually turn up? Having followed a case closer to home, and a bit more personal, Joan Webster's disappearance, I do think something will eventually turn up..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV2Si5jfceg
Will something eventually turn up? Having followed a case closer to home, and a bit more personal, Joan Webster's disappearance, I do think something will eventually turn up..
One other thought - it has always been assumed that if Maura went running from the scene, she ran in the direction toward the SBD's house and toward the forest.
Is it possible that she might have first gone in that direction, but seeing the SBD's house had second thoughts, and then turned around an ran the other way - away from the forest and towards civilization?
I know the dogs tracked her to the SBD's driveway, and the questionable sighting by the contractor.... also she would have to have hidden from LE going to the scene... but I cannot imagine her running into the forest..
To me the simplest solution, placing myself in her situation, I would try to go back to something I might have passed along the way to get help in fixing/towing my car - gas station, etc...