pittsburghgirl
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If I recall correctly, the Wikipedia page was written by a student around Maura's age. I believe she also went to UMass Amherst. I'm not absolutely sure, but I do know that she was a young woman.
She actually did a pretty good job, but a pro would have known not to turn speculation and interpretation into a narrative. The links are good, though.
I do think she intended to move out of that room, but to where and why? She may have decided to leave school; perhaps being separated from her boyfriend was too hard. Or perhaps she just wanted out of the dorm. Maybe she hated her course of study; after leaving a military academy (and perhaps feeling like she failed and disappointed people) it might have been tough to quit another school and major. And earlier versions of this story as told by Scarinza are not so precise
as to the nature of the note, which was cast in the light of suicide.
I feel sure that some friend or relatives had some idea about her unhappiness, but cast in the light of potential suicide or running away and assuming a new identity, the complaints about her program or missing the boyfriend might have seemed too trivial to have explanatory power.