Bones Found: Will the Maura Murray Cold Case Finally Be Solved?
Remains discovered on a construction site could be those of the missing UMass student.
*Update: New Hampshire State Police have determined that the bone fragments are not those of Maura Murray.*
Bone fragments found in the area where Maura Murray went missing are still being analyzed. It could take several more months before a determination can be made regarding who the remains belong to. Maura went missing 17 years ago in February 2004 when she abandoned her car for unknown reasons on the side of a New Hampshire road and then completely vanished.
The 21-year-old was driving along Route 112 in Woodsville when she crashed her car and left it on the side of the road. By the time authorities got there, Maura was nowhere in sight. Bone fragments, parts of a skull, were found in September of 2021 on a Loon Mountain construction site, only 25 miles away from where the missing woman’s vehicle was found.
The remains are believed to be human and are being tested to determine age and sex. New Hampshire State Police have done a thorough search of the area and the investigation into her disappearance is ongoing. It could still be a long wait for Maura’s family and the rest of the true-crime community before any…
