Hmm interesting thought. Plz let us all know if anything more turns up to indicate that. In the meantime I noticed this on the Union Leader website news article (from the link in your post) about it "Up until about eight years ago, Phil and Tom Conrad had a logging business, until Tom Conrad decided it was time for a change and went to work at Hilltop Quarry in neighboring Piermont." Now I wonder did he leave due to a disagreement with brother? Was the logging business in difficulty? The news article of same site also said "Tom Conrad had been married and divorced more than 15 years ago. Although he never had children of his own,. . . " so who would get his life insurance? And what about having trouble with possible coworkers at the quarry?Hammerized said:Peabody, PrayersForMaura...
I came across an odd (very out of place for this part of NH!) execution-style murder in Haverhill, NH in my local paper recently, and something about it kept me interested.
http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=3918456&nav=4QcS
http://www.thewmurchannel.com/news/5057110/detail.html
http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_showfast.html?article=61197
Perhaps the seemingly "random" nature of this execution, coupled with the location of the victim- Haverhill. Or maybe it was the victim's profession- building patios and stone walls... But something about it raised my hackles.
Did Thomas know something about Maura's disappearance? Did he discover a buried body while building a stone wall or patio?
Just some blue-sky thoughts here. His execution is unexplained so far, and there has been no link to any criminal involvement on his part released so far.
Small towns in NH are, well, small towns. It is indeed rare for murders to occur, let alone executions. And so I wonder- did Tom know something about Maura?
Just an idea, something to keep an eye on.
This whole thing seems a little odd so far but thats probably because I know so little yet. He lived with his mother? "Police arrived to find Conrad dead on the ground from multiple gunshot wounds after they received a 911 emergency call from a female resident at the home about 9:24 p.m. Conrad lived with his mother, Betty, the librarian in Pike, a village of Haverhill."
So who called the cops? the mom? or the female resident? I mean since they said he lived with his mother why not say the call came from his mother? Why say that call came from a female resident unless they are hinting that he also has a girlfriend living there too? I don't know the answers to these questions but you can try emailing one of the reporters that wrote those articles such as the channel 3 person Nicole Oliverio channel 3 news wcax-TV whose email is listed as oliverio@wcax.com
or LORNA COLQUHOUN of the union leader. (There is a contact link on their webpage.)