True Crime Addict is out, today. It is the definitive book on the Maura Murray case and includes several new clues and insights into the 12 year old cold case. It ends with an epilogue in which we learn more about the character of Bill Rausch, who was Maura’s boyfriend at the time of her…
A little recap: Last week, we learned about a cabin owned by the Outing Club at UMass, which could have been Maura Murray’s destination the night she disappeared. The cabin was known to family and police for years (though they never mentioned it publicly on forums as a lead). Lance & Tim from the Missing…
Fascinating new episode of the Missing Maura Maura podcast, this week. Lance & Tim talk to Professor David Wilson and Elizabeth Yardley of Birmingham City University, in England, criminologists who have some fresh ideas about armchair sleuths and Maura’s case in particular. They also spend a little time talking about the Outing Club cabin. Turns out…
Yesterday, we learned of the existence of a cabin in the White Mountains, owned by the UMass Outing Club and wondered whether this was Maura’s ultimate destination the night she vanished in Haverhill, New Hampshire. Everything I’ve learned in the last 24 hours leads me to believe this is – at the very least –…
It has been a long time since anything in the way of a new clue has surfaced in Maura Murray’s disappearance. But today, a Redditor known as AncientExplorer1989 discovered an interesting connection between UMass Amherst and the White Mountains. Turns out UMass students could reserve stays at a cabin located in the White Mountains, not…
Background: Years ago, someone posted this mysterious message on a GeoCities message board devoted to the case: Maura Murray is NOT a Missing Person Maura Murray has the right as every independent adult does to leave with her new boyfriend and start a new life. Maura is living a content and satisfying life in the…
Now that we’ve had time to digest the detail of the police reports, here are some highlights we’ve found: 1. It was definitely a hit-and-run Early newspaper accounts of Vasi’s accident were unclear whether he was actually struck by a vehicle or if he fell from a moving vehicle or was mugged. The investigator’s notes…
We did it! Earlier today, I received an email from the Records department at the Amherst Police Department. They decided to release the complete file on Petrit Vasi’s hit and run, which has long been rumored to be connected to Maura’s disappearance. In order to release the records, they needed payment in person. I had…
We just won round two. The Public Records Division of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has just determined that the Amherst Police Department must provide more details about Petrit Vasi’s hit-and-run. From the report I received today: “Accordingly, the Department is hereby ordered, within ten days, to provide Mr. Renner with a revised response that explains,…
At long last, I spoke to Petrit Vasi, today. The conversation was brief but quite revealing. “I never met Maura Murray,” he says. “We didn’t know each other. I’ve heard this theory, that she may have been involved. But I think it’s very far-fetched.” He remembers nothing of the accident, itself. He knows he was…