OldSteve
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If she took a ride from someone--then why not accept help from the SBD? If she had been drinking, even a bit, she might have feared being caught and given a breathalyzer, probably thinking that would be the last straw after the previous wreck. So her decision to bolt might have been the equivalent of teenagers running away from a minor wreck to avoid a DUI. The issue then become how to get away in the dark before the police show up. Hiding in the woods wouldn't make sense because it is very hard to sit still when it is cold and she likely wasn't dressed for prolonged exposure if she was driving. Maybe the fear of being caught overcame her fear of getting in the car with a stranger. And if the person picking her up was young, and she asked him or her not to tell--well, maybe Maura is still alive. That is the kind of decision making that might result from fatigue, drinking, and much stress. And once she was gone, she was out from under whatever else had been bothering her and she could just start a new life somewhere else.
From all I've read, I can't believe Maura would be the type to leave her family behind for all these years.
Im a complete stranger, and I feel for Fred! No way could she treat him like that IMO.
Even the worst of fugitives it seems cannot go for very long without family contact, and thats often their downfall.
There are so many mysteries about just what happened at the time of the crash. She left her expensive jewelry in the trunk of the car, so she must have planned on coming back.
Why she made no attempt to clean up the spilt wine or get rid of alcohol evidence?
The SBD was an imposing figure possible she walked toward his house, but seeing him sitting inside his empty bus (which he backed into his driveway . And this was first time he ever parked like that) it might have scared her would have scared me!
Thinking what I would do, I would have tried to go back to something I had passed along the way to either get help or at least shelter for the night. Being a runner thats the way I would have jogged, I would not have gone deeper into the dark forest