NH NH - Maura Murray, 21, Haverhill, 9 Feb 2004 #16

[Mrs..b]

To play devils advocate, the FBI issued an alert in 2022 and NH State police released an updated sketch in 2024, would they bother with that if they didn’t have information that is being withheld. Their treatment of it doesn’t necessarily come across as a person lost to the elements.

 

[Bodine]

To me this case is a classic example of Occam's Razor needing to be applied.

Maura had problems with alcohol and had been involved in recent car accidents.
Driving intoxicated she crashed again, and not thinking clearly fled into the woods to avoid a DUI.
Hence why she declined assistance from the neighbor. Her remains are in the woods somewhere and one day will be recovered.
Sad but its the most likely scenario.

Except there was snow on the ground and no footprints leading into the woods.