bragi
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Update: I had the school wrong. It doesn't change much and is addressed in another post.
Something I've learned that had been useful is: If you can't find something, look where it couldn't possibly be. This works for me when finding dropped or lost objects, and maybe it will work here.
I looked at where Vasi was hit, and it's 0.6 miles from Amherst College. Google predicts that will take 2 minutes. Is it unlikely that Maura could get there and back? Maybe, but then again we only have the word of one or more people that that's the case. And if she hit someone, would she have parked in a parking lot? I really doubt it! Maura's behavior was erratic at best at that time, and if she was out of her mind after hitting someone and driving away (which I could totally see her doing), she probably would have just parked wherever.
If the spot where Vasi was hit was so busy, why have I not been able to find one witness that gave a statement? I just read an article where they asked Vasi himself if he knew anything about the accident. If someone who just woke up from a coma is your hot lead, I doubt many people were around.
Regarding ditching her post: is that unlikely? Maybe, but Maura seems pretty practiced at dipping out, especially if she's feeling shame or in turmoil. The area surrounding where Vasi was hit included at least 3 pizza places. It's clear to me that Maura had a pretty serious eating disorder that she was hiding (something she learned from her family, I'm sure), so if she snuck out to secretly get some food to binge on, I don't find that so unbelievable. Maura was caught using that credit card, so perhaps since she can't use delivery to cover up her binging she had to sneak out on her own. If she returns and nobody notices (she could just say she was sick and in the bathroom for something -- after all, it's only 10-15 minutes, probably), that could help keep it a secret. Maybe she's even done this before. Has anyone asked the pizza places around there if they'd seen her come in?
At least one person from the Murray family has said they don't know what could have been said on the phone that would have made Maura upset. Maybe that was actually the truth; maybe Maura was freaking out and needed an excuse, so she grabbed at the closest thing in her mind: "my sister...." Perhaps someone saw her on the phone and knew she was talking to her sister, and Maura decided that'd be a good cover. Practiced liars, in my opinion/experience have a preternatural ability to construct lies that have ties to reality and can stand up to some amount of scrutiny.
"You're only as sick as your secrets." Maura had plenty. Maybe this one seemed too big to hide. Maybe she ran -- just as she had been all her life, and just as she ran from that accident, and just as she would days later.
Something I've learned that had been useful is: If you can't find something, look where it couldn't possibly be. This works for me when finding dropped or lost objects, and maybe it will work here.
I looked at where Vasi was hit, and it's 0.6 miles from Amherst College. Google predicts that will take 2 minutes. Is it unlikely that Maura could get there and back? Maybe, but then again we only have the word of one or more people that that's the case. And if she hit someone, would she have parked in a parking lot? I really doubt it! Maura's behavior was erratic at best at that time, and if she was out of her mind after hitting someone and driving away (which I could totally see her doing), she probably would have just parked wherever.
If the spot where Vasi was hit was so busy, why have I not been able to find one witness that gave a statement? I just read an article where they asked Vasi himself if he knew anything about the accident. If someone who just woke up from a coma is your hot lead, I doubt many people were around.
Regarding ditching her post: is that unlikely? Maybe, but Maura seems pretty practiced at dipping out, especially if she's feeling shame or in turmoil. The area surrounding where Vasi was hit included at least 3 pizza places. It's clear to me that Maura had a pretty serious eating disorder that she was hiding (something she learned from her family, I'm sure), so if she snuck out to secretly get some food to binge on, I don't find that so unbelievable. Maura was caught using that credit card, so perhaps since she can't use delivery to cover up her binging she had to sneak out on her own. If she returns and nobody notices (she could just say she was sick and in the bathroom for something -- after all, it's only 10-15 minutes, probably), that could help keep it a secret. Maybe she's even done this before. Has anyone asked the pizza places around there if they'd seen her come in?
At least one person from the Murray family has said they don't know what could have been said on the phone that would have made Maura upset. Maybe that was actually the truth; maybe Maura was freaking out and needed an excuse, so she grabbed at the closest thing in her mind: "my sister...." Perhaps someone saw her on the phone and knew she was talking to her sister, and Maura decided that'd be a good cover. Practiced liars, in my opinion/experience have a preternatural ability to construct lies that have ties to reality and can stand up to some amount of scrutiny.
"You're only as sick as your secrets." Maura had plenty. Maybe this one seemed too big to hide. Maybe she ran -- just as she had been all her life, and just as she ran from that accident, and just as she would days later.