Although Murray disappeared 15 years ago, law enforcement officials in New Hampshire are still investigating. There are numerous podcasts, websites, and docuseries dedicated to finding the truth. Born on May 4, 1982, in Brockton, Massachusetts, Maura Murray was raised in the nearby town of Hanson. Maura and Bill Rausch. Some found it suspicious that he did not stay with Murray until help arrived. She was as bubbly and brilliant as they come. Listen above to the History Uncovered podcast, episode 45: The Disappearance Of Maura Murray, also available on. However, Rausch was in Oklahoma at the time of the disappearance. 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. We walked most of the ~20 mi between the accident site and Lincoln. I talk about this on Erinns podcast btw. Bill Rausch' 3 Minute Call to Maura Murray the Saturday after her disappearance. Some have speculated that she started a new life for herself perhaps even in Canada to escape her legal issues and the drama that was unfolding in her personal life. To be clear, we were able to see our own footprints in the snow from the search for days after going over a period of ground. Something other folks are also passionate about: http://4000footers.com/nh.shtml. There is a TON of hard evidence that shows they totally dropped the ball in taking Mauras disappearance seriously and it seems that trend has continued which is really disappointing. I dont recall if she flagged it down bc it was a truck or it just happened to be one. I urge the NHSP to work tirelessly until the remains can be identified, so that peace may be given to their loved ones. I love the idea of reconsidering it. Almost 20 years later, Murray's case has turned cold, and her disappearance continues to be a mystery. It was an unforgettable weekend. I talked to them about anything and everything that we/they could think of to try and help. The gloves Im thinking of were a gift from me to her Christmas, 2003. Bill Rausch is in DC court again, today, this time for a civil trial to determine whether his latest victim will get a protection order against him. If its helpful the way we were organized was generally at least one person at the police station, and teams of folks going out on specific routes to search, knock doors, hang posters, etc. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Maura Murray is Missing reports he attempted to call the police, but he did not have any cell phone coverage. Still, Atwood called the police anyway once he arrived home about 100 yards away from the accident. Rausch also authored the forward of TheFire Within: Shedding Light on Trauma, a book that compiles stories of trauma associated with military life. I would hope they have a recording of it. Rob McDonald and his wife Christine knew me and knew Maura. Pattison says Rausch once told her it was unprofessional for women to wear pants in the office, and that I should wear skirts or dresses.. Mauras connection to the White Mountains was real. That said, Im not suggesting they are bad folks bc I dont know their reasons. The answer and his reason for withholding it for all these years is probably because it doesn't make him look good. I can appreciate that this is prob debated on this sub. Although that mindset is possible, there are other explanations that may be revealing. She also emailed her boyfriend, Bill Rausch, a U.S. Army lieutenant in Oklahoma: I love you more stud. Folks should really check out the Discovery ID episode. MAURA MURRAY - BILL RAUSH: EMERGENCY LEAVE OR NOT (MINDSHOCK - YouTube So, while I was surprised she left school without telling anyone it wasnt unbelievable to me if that makes sense? She was a nursing student completing her junior year at the University of Massachusetts Amherst at the time of her disappearance. I wasnt able to stop listening to the VM and other things until I deployed to Iraq in 2006 where I was forced to focus on things that didnt allow me time or mental head space to think about Maura or much of anything else. The Disappearance of Maura Murray - Journalism, by James Renner All the evidence you need of this can be found in Bill's call records. It wasnt until 2017 that Pattison, now 30, went back to the police, prompted by a phone call from a man researching a separate missing persons case from 2004 in New Hampshire. the necklace was a gift. I referenced our search of Bradley hill rd and 112 to and from those intersections bc I recall going back and forth on that stretch of road/woods exhausting every inch on foot. I do not recall if I stayed at the holiday inn with Maura in the past. Most notably, a search of her dorm room revealed that she had packed up most of her belongings into boxes before she left. It made things difficult during the search which is why we would meet up several times throughout the day (with each other) to provide updates, check ins, etc./I do not recall LE taking my phone for a day altho thats certainly possible. Its a big bridge from incompetence to being involved. Again, totally possible. I dont know if LE is involved, and theres no hard evidence to suggest they are. You ask why so many calls but for me I ask why I didnt try harder to see if everything was alright given she drove to NH on Monday without telling anyone. That said, Ive never found it odd Maura went back to Feds hotel room. [On 116/112] It doesnt have a road number on it but yeah that looks right. IMO that might be why there are so many wild theories out there, esp as people start to replace facts (Maura loved her father more than anyone) with fiction (Maura was running away from her father!!!) For instance, Murrays boyfriend Rausch has been accused of sexual misconduct against other women, leading some to question whether he played a role in what happened to Murray. 5 Things That Still Bother Us About The Unsolved Maura Murray Case The one Im referring to which motivated us to beg NHSP to ask for help from the FBI was right off an exit on I-91 so likely a different one. I was brought up with one and can see through them immediately. As someone mentioned, there was a section or two where the river and road were side by side but even there we did not see footprints in the snow or a break/gap in the snow and ice on the river. Young & Hungry Public DomainMaura Murrays mugshot, which was taken after she was arrested for credit card fraud. Everything we did together was special from going on canoe trips, to hiking Mt. I called Maura and her best friend to see if she was okay. Eventually, a state trooper showed up, followed by firefighters and an emergency medical service. Ive shared the story of Maura hitch hiking many times before. One correction, Kate was a Senior and Maura was a Junior. MAURA MURRAY - BILL RAUSCH AND THE FBI (MINDSHOCK TRUE CRIME PODCAST CLIPS)What are the Bill Rausch and FBI connections in relation to the Maura Murray case?. I do know they the dropped the ball doing their job while I was there. She was one of a kind. This may be tangential but was she worried that "someone" may be able to track her location by hacking into credit card payment details if she paid for anything l a card? Mark Mcilyar Fitness Program for Men? IMO they made numerous mistakes, esp in the early days. She was a #badass. Work Here Hes said on Twitter that he was granted leave to search for Murray after he found out shed gone missing. I dont think its likely but anything is possible and everyone/everything should be looked at as Julie has said. I was aware that Fred was visiting and they were car shopping that weekend. What we've learned about Maura and her disappearance from Bill Rausch Maura Murray Missing/MySpaceMaura Murrays boyfriend Bill Rausch has been accused of sexual misconduct against other women. This never fucking happened, she remembers him saying. For others, it seems they get fixated on her troubles. Remembering Maura on her 38th Birthday. Yes, I stayed at Wells River which is where EVERYONE stayed. I do not remember my connection so its possible, perhaps likely, it was DFW. She was quiet, I would agree with both of them in that regard. We def hit every gas station, hotel, business, and any place that would let us put a flier up. I believe we confirmed that was unaccounted for as it wasnt in her dorm room. If she wore them enough for a K-9 to pick up her scent, I cannot say as Im not an expert on that topic. Bill was in a manic, out of control state, on Feb 9th 2004, prior to Maura being considered missing by her family. . I did find an email from 02 tucked into the pages of a basketball program that was beside her desk. Maura was loved by everyone who knew her and her love for us was as lovely as you might imagine. I remember you could hear the water running underneath of the snow/ice. And there were no footprints found in the snow leading to the woods, meaning that she wouldve had to escape on the road, likely moving east of the accident scene (since that area was not inspected during the first search). I did go into her dorm room during the search. Fred is a rockstar. We assumed she took her backpack bc it was unaccounted for. It would be a dent in that carefully crafted image he spent years working on publicly, that he was also destroying at the same time behind the scenes. It felt like there was more to cover on foot well off the road into the woods and the river was snowed over so we focused a lot of effort there. Starting around May 2020, weve been lucky to have the participation of Bill Rausch on reddit. I want to say she had a printer in her room, although I cannot say for certain she did and do not specifically remember seeing one in her room. Maura Murrays boyfriend Bill Rausch has been accused of sexual misconduct against other women. Same goes for Maura from what I recall. I had a good job, close friends and a loving girlfriend; Maura Murray. I just wasnt contemplating what was happening, she says. Julie talked a little about this with Erinn in a FB Live Q&A they conducted Monday. We learned of the three men at the party after Maura disappeared. The evening of the 11th we met Fred and LE at the police station where we received an update from LE. Yes, people have made personal decisions to speak with some bloggers and not others. I basically copy/pasted his answers to questions, took out filler and organized into categories. Its my understanding Renner received them from John Smith. Bill would choke and hit her without her consent, the victim's lawyer said. Performance/Dance Though some have stuck to the suicide or accidental death theories, others think that she was abducted. But many of her loved ones have firmly insisted that she would never have ended her own life, even with all the incidents that had happened in the preceding days. He reported that the driver was a young woman who appeared to be shaken up, but unharmed. I do recall playing the whimpering VM for LE at the station; however, I do not know if they recorded it or took my phone to make a copy. 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. community.". Two things that melded perfectly together. There is no third phone. On a good samaritan theory (picked up by good samaritan). On her love of New Hampshire and of hiking. Not nearly as lovely as her but the best I could afford back then! With regard to LE having my phone, again, totally possible altho I do not remember it. Maura was an above average athlete. MAURA MURRAY - BILL RAUSCH: THE LOST INTERVIEWLISTEN to the FULL PODCAST here -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOoM-c_92i4LISTEN to the FULL SERIES here -htt. But for all the theories, were no closer to finding out what happened to Maura Murray today than we were nearly two decades ago. Did This Netflix Movie Accidentally Show Us What Happened To Maura Murray? Her light heartedness made her assertiveness that much more appealing to me and many others. Kate Pattison caught in a mantrap in her former office building, moments before she was assaulted in 2011. A review of his phone records revealed a 3 minute call to Maura's cell phone the Saturday after the disappearance, when he was in New Hampshire as part of the search. Aside from being upset over the accident, Murray reportedly seemed fine when her father took her back to her dorm later that day. People get very, very wedded to their theories, especially when they're nearly convinced they're right. After all, why would a suicidal person bother packing items like those? Seems something specifically happened to set him off to make him call her incessantly like that, and also something that would make Maura ignore every one of his calls. She also stopped by the Registry of Motor Vehicles and picked up the forms for her car accident. Security footage of Maura Murray withdrawing cash on the day that she went missing. And re notes, phone records, etc to your point fulk we gave them all that stuff. What are the chances that your boyfriend or girlfriend will go missing without a trace? Saying she was an alcoholic would be an attack IMO bc theres no evidence to support the theory, but I havent seen anyone promoting that idea (I could be wrong). There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Bill Rausch | Blog. On the way out, Pattison got locked between the two sets of doors, and Rausch, who was still in the office but did not accompany the group to the bar, came to let her out. Maura placed great value on kindness in others. If nothing else, he's provided nothing in the way of help to locate her or increase awareness regarding her disappearance (strage). Looking back, I dont know if it was Maura, altho I believed it to be at the time. I find it interesting that so many people are attached to theories, On the police investigation and release of records. It is clear that he builds up soldiers around him, as narcissists do, people who will believe in him, that need to protect their self image, is very important to a narcissist. (Her relatives later said there was no death.) I dont recall if it had a garage (there may have been one). One thing has struck me, which is that Maura was evidently intending to pay cash for whatever she was doing in NH, including whatever fuel she bought not long before the crash. Maura Murray Missing/MySpace Maura Murray's boyfriend Bill Rausch has been accused of sexual misconduct against other women. ~ Gambling. Bottom Line: Kate has been helpful, has given interviews, and wants to know what happened to Maura. I might be way off here but I'm trying to read a lot and figure out my theory :). I dont recall walking the entire distance on 116 you ref Altho we drove it numerous times and also searched some of it on foot. Beyond cute, 100%! If I get off course, you can set me straight. Considering her slim chances of survival, there have been multiple efforts to recover her remains near the scene of the accident. She was happy and we both enjoyed seeing family and friends. However, it could not be ignored that Murray had been dealing with numerous problems prior to her disappearance including her legal issues with credit card fraud, her worries over her alcoholic sister, and crashing her fathers car mere hours before getting into yet another car accident. At 7:46 p.m., the first responding officer had arrived on the scene. One of the earliest police theories about this befuddling missing-person case was that Maura Murray had either planned to kill herself or had been consumed by suicidal thoughts after her final car accident. Absolutely asinine to not look at BR and why MM is missing! She had several fav spots and her father/siblings prob know more than I do. This was a big factor in selecting Sprint as a carrier when I first got my phone at West Point (hence the New City no.) Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns. I do not think she slept in her dorm that night, scared of Bill, but left the FU shrine that he saw . Apologies if this isnt relevant, but every time I see FBI and Mauras name in the same sentence I think back to right after the accident and our efforts to get the FBI involved being actively rejected and its still disappointing to this day. 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. I believe if not for that accident, she would be here today and none of you would know her name. Pattison was 22 at the time, working her first job out of college, and Rausch was a superior. After a drink or two at a bar near the White House, the group returned to the office to retrieve their coats. Im sure they have their reasons (some good some not so good maybe), but its regrettable they havent released more. Its possible she also used Yahoo messenger but given LE do not mention AIM, it leads me to assume they confused the two. NHSP refused. Rausch was stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma on the night Murray disappeared and has adamantly denied any involvement. A hotel room with your folks beats a crummy dorm room any day of the week IMO. The thought was that bc the dog scent went east from the car and the police told us she was heading east. My mother and I have never believed that Maura wasnt at the accident scene bc there is no evidence to support that. There was no note [that I am aware of]; however, there was an email. The email Maura sent her HS friends that someone recently posted is a good source for that. 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. On whether she was drinking and driving (and re HB). It was a typical gas station, right off the exit. He calls all her UMass acquaintances, their dorm rooms and their cell phones. "Here's the warrant for Bill Rausch's arrest on felony sex abuse charges. In some cases you will see I have pasted multiple responses to the same question. We liked to cook altho given we were in our early 20s I wouldnt describe either of us as excellent cooks! Maura Murray disappeared on the evening of February 9, 2004, after a car crash on Route 112 in Woodsville, New Hampshire, a village in Haverhill. Fred knew the area better than us (my folks are from Ohio, the McDonalds lived near USMA) of course, everyone in the Murray fam knew it better than us as well. I witnessed police make many mistakes; however, that suggests they were incompetent. Police also believed that Murray may have been trying to kill herself, and even put out a press release two days after she first went missing that she was possibly suicidal. Her father has denied this suggestion: She was in good spirits and had no worries or reason to run away from her life.. It was 2004. A review of his phone records revealed a 3 minute call to Maura's cell phone the Saturday after the disappearance, when he was in New Hampshire as part of the search. Its unclear what her planned destination was meant to be because she didnt tell anyone where she was going. From VT to ME and Canada down to MA. Not only was it a place with fond childhood memories it was a place that remained a key part of her life. Something I havent enjoyed being on the receiving end of. I believe there were boxes and/or other bags as well. It was her home away from home. Bill Rausch Home The Fire Within Blog Maura Maura Murray In 2004 I was a Lieutenant (LT) in the Army stationed at Fort Sill, OK. I will attempt to keep updating this. After that we contacted a family friend at the FBI in the midwest who contacted his counterpart in NE, which generated an offer from the FBI to NHSP for assistance. And by 7:46 p.m., Murray had disappeared. His and Maura's cell phone records are telling. Maura Murray's Disappearance And The Eerie Story Behind It Heck, 33rd in the country in the 2mi as a Sophomore is a HUGE deal. In 2004 I was a Lieutenant (LT) in the Army stationed at Fort Sill, OK. I do not recall combining a trip/stay at UMass with a trip to NH. 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. 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