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I KNOW that police put out BOLOs. I never mentioned EMTs. You misunderstood my post.
The first officer (police) on the scene found that Maura was not with the car. This officer and Atwood (the bus driver, who called 911) then separately searched the area west of the accident. I was just wondering, if the officer had put out a radio call BOLO on Maura, after he and Atwood did not find Maura. Supposedly, there was a state trooper on the scene briefly. I wonder, if he knew that Maura was missing from the scene and if so, did he make any attempts to find her OR did the local police tell the state trooper that they had everything under control and didn't share the fact that the driver was missing. I also wonder, if local residents could have heard about the accident on their home police radios. I heard that these radios are popular in that area. Someone with bad intentions, could have done their own search, if they knew the young woman driver (Maura) had taken off from the accident scene.
Pretty sure one of the posters over at Topix stated they heard it on their scanner, but what was said in detail? Also why would anyone looking to abduct someone do it knowing there is going to be police and fire presence as well as perhaps others. I think the only person who may take the chance is someone who wasn't aware of the situation and it was opportunity.
Good point about the scanners. Although, I still wonder about the state trooper's knowledge of the accident and if he had looked for Maura along the state roads that night. If he was told that the driver in the accident had left the scene, one would think that he'd keep an eye out for the missing driver, while patrolling the roads. Leaving the scene of an accident, possibly caused by drinking, is reason enough to track down a missing driver. Even though no one at the time predicted that she would be missing this long, Maura did commit several serious traffic infractions. Maybe the police thought they'd track her down through the vehicle's registration info and then, put a warrant out for her.
In an email to friends she implied she'd be back by the 12th to catch some concert. Did she ring any number enquiring about tickets?
Why bring her books if she planned to commit suicide? Why bring them if she planned to get totally drunk?
If she'd run away from the scene using the tracks on the road left by cars passing wouldn't following cars then destroy her footprints?
I read that the tank was full of gas? If this is true she must have stopped recently prior to the accident. Maybe she bought groceries there. It opens up more possibilities I guess.
There is nothing that indicates that she was planning on coming back for that concert. More importantly, it still hasn't been clear if she made that email before or after she made the decision to flee the school with the story about a relative that had died. A story that wasn't true. If she sent the email about the concert information before her melt down and telling the professors and work about the dead relative, I doubt that there is any substance to the belief that she was planning to come back for the concert.
Thanks Bill for replying to my post. I rewatched that segment of the program and you are correct, it doesn't say when the email was sent, just that it was the last one she sent to her friends. And they seem to say it was proof that at the time it was sent she intended to be around on the 12th. Surprisingly though, as it is something that could have been cleared up. But it could have been a false statement anyway!
Some possibly. But it is unlikely they would have destroyed all of them. Footprints, especially on asphalt is very tricky and why they can be there is equally tricky.
This is from a poster called "Monarch"
..Before Maura left Amherst she stopped at an ATM machine and she also bought some liqour, etc. The liqour wasn't found at the crash site but the receipt for it was. Also, I've read on several sites that her tank was full of gas."
I have not read this anywhere else so I'm wondering can anyone confirm or deny this? Would it be routine to check the amount of gas in the tank even if just to help theorize where she might have stopped last? Were fingerprints taken from the beer can or coke bottle?
It has been said that she wasn't using the car as there were problems with it! If this is correct why leave your books in it? Were they safer in the car than in her dorm?
But it is possible that the immediate footprints around the vehicle might have gone by way of other vehicles passing by and the EMS turning up?
What is the time lapse between the accident and the bus driver showing up? A few sources say the accident happened about 7, just after 7. The LE showed at 7:46pm, about 8 - 10 minutes after the bus driver left Maura, so he arrived about 7:20? ( I don't know how long their conversation lasted) .
I'm just wondering why Maura hadn't fled the scene before the bus driver showed IF she had time to. She must have known the LE would show at some point. She seemingly straightened up the car a little, tried to phone on her cell and was sitting there when the SBD showed. Did she discard the bottles of liquor at this point by throwing them into the woods? Why not the coke bottle which smelled of alcohol? Did she think no LE would show till morning?
Can't help thinking as good as the SBD's intentions were if only the LE had shown up before he did then Maura wouldn't be missing. The mention of LE probably made her flee into the night while ten minutes either way would have seen her arrested perhaps but not missing.
If she'd run away from the scene using the tracks on the road left by cars passing wouldn't following cars then destroy her footprints?
I'm just wondering why Maura hadn't fled the scene before the bus driver showed IF she had time to. She must have known the LE would show at some point. She seemingly straightened up the car a little, tried to phone on her cell and was sitting there when the SBD showed. Did she discard the bottles of liquor at this point by throwing them into the woods? Why not the coke bottle which smelled of alcohol? Did she think no LE would show till morning?
Can't help thinking as good as the SBD's intentions were if only the LE had shown up before he did then Maura wouldn't be missing. The mention of LE probably made her flee into the night while ten minutes either way would have seen her arrested perhaps but not missing.
Reporter Joe McGee, covered the story for The Patriot Ledger in Quincy, Mass. "At a hairpin turn, she went off the road. Her car hit a tree. At that point, a person came along who was driving a bus. It was a neighbor. He asked her if she needed help, she refused. About 10 minutes later, police showed up to the scene and Maura Murray was gone," McGee said.
The LE report says the accident occurred at 7:27. The first accounts I read said just after 7, which made me wonder what she was doing, why neither of the two couples came over or no cars stopped.
There was no beer bottle that I remember hearing about but there was a "container" with a red liquid that smelled of alcohol
Fred said there was an empty beer bottle found in Maura's car. I was told by others that the bottle was in the back seat and the rear driver's side window was open a crack. Perhaps someone was in the back seat of Maura's car at some point?
