LITTLETON, N.H. (AP) - It’s been nearly 13 years since Maura Murray packed her car, lied to professors about a death in the family and left Massachusetts. The 21-year-old nursing student crashed her car on a rural road in northern New Hampshire and then disappeared.
Since then, some North Country residents have been keeping up the search for her. They are holding a remembrance and informational event in Littleton on Feb. 11.
The Caledonian Record reports (https://bit.ly/2kaf8MR) John Smith, of Bethlehem, who has been investigating the case, said the idea is to bring the community together to learn more about the search efforts. He said members of the Maura Murray Podcast will attend. It’s being held at the Littleton VFW because Murray had been a West Point cadet, and Littleton veterans want to recognize that, Smith said.
The University of Massachusetts student left its Amherst campus on the afternoon of Feb. 9, 2004. She was last seen along route 112 in North Haverhill.
Last year, a petition was launched to encourage the FBI to take a more active role in the case.
Murray’s father, Fred Murray, and some investigators believe Maura just wanted to get away for a few days. They think she was a victim of a crime.
An investigator said before she left, she called several lodgings, and directions to Burlington, Vermont, were in her car.
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Information from: The Caledonian-Record, https://www.caledonianrecord.com
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