leilarose68
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I feel like what makes this case so compelling is that it's impossible to really rule out any scenario with certainty! There've been times when I really go far down one of the rabbit holes and think, oh my word, that's it...and others when I've followed another path and see how it could well be the case instead.
Scoops, I have shamelessly stalked this forum for a while now + have read many of your past posts on your theory. While I personally believe suicide was not the ultimate fate of Maura, you have some strong points that point to some kind of...ending. Or a dramatic change, for sure.
I keep trying to put myself in Maura's shoes on February 9th, 2004...(we were on the same campus that day! aahh!) but like, what was her mindset...and I think whatever she was doing, whether she had deliberate plans or just wanted to get away, I think she was definitely taking those actions because she wanted to regain a sense of control over her life. However misdirected or maybe counterproductive some of those actions were (at the time or in hindsight) - she was still making choices and doing things deliberately.
Contrast this with her seemingly "catatonic state" late Thursday/early Friday before she went missing...this was someone who was going through something difficult, was processing it, and by Monday had decided she was going to do something on her own terms.
Whether that was as extreme as suicide or less drastically just giving life as she knew it the finger for a few days...we just cannot know at this point, but it's why digging deeper into all possibilities is useful to figuring it out.
I think it's just impossible to know until Maura's dad and her friends decide to open up about her life and especially that weekend before she disappeared. We really don't know too much about her as a person, and that has been quite deliberate. If we did, we could probably make a more educated guess as to her fate.