New Hampshire authorities on Thursday released this “age progression” photograph of Maura Murray, who disappeared in northern New Hampshire on Feb. 9, 2004.
Maura Murray was 21 years old when she disappeared after a car crash in Haverhill on Feb. 9, 2004.
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New Hampshire authorities on Thursday released this “age progression” photograph of Maura Murray, who disappeared in northern New Hampshire on Feb. 9, 2004.
Twenty years after a Massachusetts nursing student disappeared in northern New Hampshire, authorities have released a photograph of what she might look like today.
Maura Murray was 21 years old when she left the University of Massachusetts campus in Amherst, Mass., on Feb. 9, 2004, and headed north. Shortly before 7:30 p.m. that night, her black Saturn crashed in Haverhill on Route 112, also known as Wild Ammonoosuc Road, near the Vermont border.
Another driver stopped at the scene and spoke to a young woman officials believe was Murray. But when police arrived, she was no longer there.
Murray has not been seen since.
The Attorney General’s Office on Thursday released an “age progression” photograph, produced by FBI analysts, that projects what Murray might look like today. New Hampshire’s Cold Case Unit issued the photo in hopes of generating new leads and tips about Murray’s disappearance, which is considered “suspicious,” officials said in a news release.
“We are continuing to work with our local, state, and federal partners, including the FBI, to identify resources to try to advance this case,” Attorney General John Formella said. “It is our hope that this twentieth anniversary of Ms. Murray’s disappearance will bring renewed attention to the case that might ultimately lead to justice and closure for the Murray family.”
Before going to nursing school at UMass Amherst, Murray had attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in New York. She was an avid runner and enjoyed hiking in the White Mountains.
Earlier on the day she disappeared, Murray was seen on surveillance footage at an ATM, wearing a dark jacket and jeans, according to the Attorney General’s Office.
But she told no one of her plans to travel to New Hampshire.
Over the past two decades, numerous searches in areas surrounding where Murray was last seen have turned up no trace of her.
Her family continues to push for answers.
Her sister, Julie Murray, has launched a podcast about the case, “Media Pressure — The Untold Story of Maura Murray” (mediapressure.com).
“It’s time to set the record straight,” she says in the first episode. “It’s time to give my missing little sister a voice in her own story.”
The case triggered widespread media attention and speculation among would-be online sleuths. It was featured in a 2017 TV documentary, “The Disappearance of Maura Murray.”
According to published reports, members of Murray’s family plan a vigil Friday evening in Woodsville to mark the 20th anniversary of her disappearance.
