Maura Murray Mystery reconsidered: Is her ex- boyfriend Bill
Jun 14, 2020 20:42:11 GMT
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Post by hi224 on Jun 14, 2020 20:42:11 GMT
There is hardly any other case where so much online discussion takes place. Independent investigators, podcasters and websleuthers have all looked at Maura's disappearance. The Reddit community is totally divided about what might have happened to her. In this subreddit people often tend to think that the Maura Murray Mystery is no mystery at all and she just succumbed to the elements. But there are endless theories from Maura leaving on her own account and hiding in Canada to police involvement and a local sexual offender murdering her. I used to believe that Maura died in the woods and was just not found despite search efforts...
But recent sexual abuse allegations against her Ex-boyfriend Billy make me question this narrative. Maybe we have to look at this case from a different angle. One of Bills ex-girlfriends was successfully granted a protection order against him. And Bill was indicted by a grand jury for other sexual abuse allegations. Domestic violence is for sure common and doesn't necessarily make you a murder suspect, but - him choking a former girlfriend and calling her Maura and threatening another woman with: "I'’m going to kill you like I killed Maura." - is what disturbs me most. In my opinion we have to look at Billy and all his actions more closely.
But back to the beginning of the case: for those few, who are not familiar with Maura's disappearence.
Maura vanished in 2005 after crashing her car in New Hampshire. It was early in the semester and Maura had a lot of personal troubles. She committed credit card fraud. She had stolen a credit card number and used it to buy pizza. A petty crime, and certainly not worth the trouble. Mental.health workers have suggested that she was probably suffering from an eating disorder. On top of that, Maura was involved in a previous car accident, in which she totalled her father's car.She had the insurance claim forms still in her car, when she went missing . Furthermore, Maura was in a troubled long distance relationship with her boyfriend Billy.
With all this going on, there is no surprise that even her own family considered Maura being suicidal and appealed on her to come back and not to worry about things Now the family is denying that they ever considered Maura commiting suicide, but the early newspaper articles tell a different story . Today, Maura's family is fiercely convinced that Maura was grabbed / killed by a local dirtbag. Her father often suggesting police involvement as well. They still gather funds to search the area around the crash site. Still, a crime of opportunity is probably the most unlikely outcome, but Maura's family insists that nothing leading to her disappearance mattered and that she was a happy , typical American girl.
And she probably was that to a degree...She is described as bubbly, adventurous and very smart . A high achiever at her local highschool. She excelled in maths and running and was a member of the Track team. Setting school records. Maura loved sports and especially enjoyed outdoor hiking and camping with her family. She was very competitive and made it into West Point. Her original plan was to study engineering and joining the military. But West Point was not like Maura imagined and she clashed with the strict rules. She got disciplined for underage drinking and was involved in a minor incident ( stealing lip stick). Nothing outrageous just typical youth problems. Probably, even a form of self manipulation. Maybe that incident was her way out of the military life. Had she chosen this career path to please her family and satisfy her father's high expectations ? I wish we could ask her what her actual thoughts were. After leaving West Point Maura started a nursing degree at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, a liberal minded institution, but still top tier. Maura worked two jobs, beside a full course load in a very demanding program. She still had connections to West-Point through. Her older sister and boyfriend Billy were still attending the academy and. Maura was in a long distant relationship with BR when she vanished. From all accounts it was a difficult relationship with many ups and downs and cheating from both sides. Maura's track coach at UMass claimed Maura had an affair with him after a short break up with Billy. We just can hope that Maura didn't have to endure the same violence other former girlfriends experienced
Before Maura left her dorm, she emailed her supervisor and professors at UMass to inform them of a death in her family and she would be missing work and her class. ( There was no death, but some people speculate about her being pregnant and considering an abortion) Maura emailed her boyfriend: "I love you more stud. I got your messages, but honestly, i didn't feel like talking to much of anyone, i promise to call today though. love you, Maura." She packed a bag, withdrew $280 from an ATM, bought $40 worth of alcohol and hit the road. Her last known call was to check her voice mail at 4:37 p.m. After that no cell phone activity was ever recorded again But even before Mauras car crash- Billy tried to reach her. Frantically calling Maura at her dorm landline, cell phone and later even calling her best friend Kate. After reaching Kate, Bill stopped calling all together. Bill never tried to reach Maura's cell phone again. The day Maura vanished was a cold, snowy night. Mauras black Saturn skidded off the road and hit a snowbank off of Route 112 in Haverhill, New Hampshire. She was about 140 miles away from where she'd started her journey and not familiar with the area. Her family and the Reddit community still wonder what her original destination was. A passing school bus driver asked if she needed help. Maura said no, AAA was on the way. The man, who lived nearby, called 911 anyway, knowing full well there was no cell phone service in the area. Maura wore jeans and a dark coat and was carrying a black backpack. That's the last anyone saw of her.
Police arrived at the scene within 10 minutes. A box of Franzia wine—one of her liquor store purchases—had spilled in the car. Her textbooks were there, as was a MapQuest printout of directions to Burlington, Vermont. But no wallet, keys and cell phone were in her car. LE saw no apparent signs of a struggle and suspected she was a troubled kid who had wandered off to escape her issues, and avoid a DUI. An all-hands-on-deck search—dogs, helicopters, people combing the woods—didn't begin until 36 hours after the crash. A search dog followed her trail for about 100 feet, then lost the scent. Some people believe there was a tandem driver picking Maura up, but it's hard to say if the dog search is reliable. There weren't any footprints in the snow. Her credit cards remained unused. Two days after the accident, a Haverhill Police press release called Maura "possibly suicidal." Even Maura's family thought Maura might have attempted suicide. They pleaded with her not to worry and to please come back. The families narrative later changed to a serial killer or possible police involvement, but in the early stages it looks like they considered Maura harming herself.
Billy claimed in an interview, that he was the prime suspect of the police investigation and quickly cleared by law enforcement. Supposedly, he was stationed far away on a military base. His water-tight Alibi was recently questioned. Actually, we don't know if law enforcement ever followed up on him, which records they received or when they received them. There is also the question of BRs movements in the following week after Maura went missing. He searched all over New Hampshire for her. 15 years later it is impossible to establish where BR went. Was he meeting Maura later. Did Kate reveal where Maura was ? Bill stopped calling alltogether after reaching Kate.
In recent years BR is back in the spotlight as a possible suspect in Maura's case. 6 women came forward with sexual abuse allegations. Apparently, Maura is still a central figure in Bills violent fantasy and sex life and he even threatened to kill one of his former aquaintances. One of Bills accusers described a situation where he reached over and grabbed her by the neck and said, “I’m going to kill you like I killed Maura.” She defended herself dug her nails into him and said. “I’ll rip your crotch off,” She described, Bill’s demeanor immediately changing and said he became gentle again. Bill explained he was just joking and they continued on to the hotel. However, at the hotel she decided not to have sex with him. Bill made another very disturbing comment to her, he said he was glad she never slept with him because “the only people I care about that I have sex with die.” This shows a pattern of behavior. The ex-girlfriend with the restraining order described something very similar. Bill sometimes violently choked her and called her Maura during those incidents. In general, Bill was very violent to her, once he hit her across the face and chipped her tooth off with one of the rings he was wearing. And she had welts on her backside from hitting. All that made her question if Bill was involved in Maura's disappearence and what was going to happen when she broke up with him.
“He had always said he wasn’t involved [in Maura’s disappearance] so I believed that, but then those sort of things were alarming as to why, you know, he would bring it up… that he was referencing her in those moments of violence.”
Court: “Was he saying anything else in those moments of violence?”
Victim: “You’re a bitch, you’re a whore, you’re a cunt.”
Recently, Bill is also front and center in Maura's subreddit. He even started the question of whom the community would want to hear most. Fully knowing that the answer would be Kate. Is it an intimidation tactic to keep her in line ?
Even more alarming is that Bill Rausch previously created several social media accounts which he used to steer the Maura Murray investigation online and to harass and dox journalists who write about his abuse allegations. He used to dox the journalist and author James Renner while deployed at Camp Lemonnier in East Africa where he was in charge of monitoring social media profiles of enemies of the state. This shows that Bill knows about propaganda and manipulation. He allegedly used the moniquer DS_Joe_Friday on reddit, Rausch commented on various posts about his girlfriend Maura’s disappearance, at times trying to shape a narrative to explain away her disappearance. He claimed that he was new to the case and suspected she was bullied at school. He even tried to become a Moderator. But his attempts were not successful. Maybe as a last resort, he started to use his real name on the subreddit, but he is not answering any real questions, stays vague and paints his relationship with Maura as a perfect one. Everyone who asks him about his obsessive phone calls or the looming sexual abuse trial is doubted by him. People not agreeing with him don't have Maura's best interest at heart. He shapes polite, evasive and well rehearsed answers and steers away the discussion from him being involved in the case. He is currently winning the social media battle, but the real judgement will come in court. And I doubt any judge is impressed by his online posts and behavior. Most puzzling are his threads about Kate. "Will you have her back when she comes forward ?" Bill asks. But even if she grants an interview, is she really coming forward on her own account? It sounds like Bill is putting pressure on her. But why ? Does she know what happened to Maura ? Or is he just playing with peoples assumptions. Maybe Bill needs Maura's father as an alley and someone who can vouch for him..What is more powerful than Maura's father on his side and believing in Billy's innocence. What do you think about the case ? Do you think the sexual assault accusations against Billy are relevant to the case ?
Most information is from :
mauramurraymystery.com
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Maura_Murray
dailycollegian.com/2019/09/the-mystery-of-maura-murray-15-years-later/
www.wmur.com/article/new-hampshire-unsolved-case-file-where-is-maura-murray/16760962
www.doj.nh.gov/criminal/cold-case/victim-list/maura-murray.htm
abcnews.go.com/US/daughter-maura-murray-21-missing-2004-search-finds/story?id=62136014 www.familylawyernewhampshire.com/still-missing-maura-murray/
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But recent sexual abuse allegations against her Ex-boyfriend Billy make me question this narrative. Maybe we have to look at this case from a different angle. One of Bills ex-girlfriends was successfully granted a protection order against him. And Bill was indicted by a grand jury for other sexual abuse allegations. Domestic violence is for sure common and doesn't necessarily make you a murder suspect, but - him choking a former girlfriend and calling her Maura and threatening another woman with: "I'’m going to kill you like I killed Maura." - is what disturbs me most. In my opinion we have to look at Billy and all his actions more closely.
But back to the beginning of the case: for those few, who are not familiar with Maura's disappearence.
Maura vanished in 2005 after crashing her car in New Hampshire. It was early in the semester and Maura had a lot of personal troubles. She committed credit card fraud. She had stolen a credit card number and used it to buy pizza. A petty crime, and certainly not worth the trouble. Mental.health workers have suggested that she was probably suffering from an eating disorder. On top of that, Maura was involved in a previous car accident, in which she totalled her father's car.She had the insurance claim forms still in her car, when she went missing . Furthermore, Maura was in a troubled long distance relationship with her boyfriend Billy.
With all this going on, there is no surprise that even her own family considered Maura being suicidal and appealed on her to come back and not to worry about things Now the family is denying that they ever considered Maura commiting suicide, but the early newspaper articles tell a different story . Today, Maura's family is fiercely convinced that Maura was grabbed / killed by a local dirtbag. Her father often suggesting police involvement as well. They still gather funds to search the area around the crash site. Still, a crime of opportunity is probably the most unlikely outcome, but Maura's family insists that nothing leading to her disappearance mattered and that she was a happy , typical American girl.
And she probably was that to a degree...She is described as bubbly, adventurous and very smart . A high achiever at her local highschool. She excelled in maths and running and was a member of the Track team. Setting school records. Maura loved sports and especially enjoyed outdoor hiking and camping with her family. She was very competitive and made it into West Point. Her original plan was to study engineering and joining the military. But West Point was not like Maura imagined and she clashed with the strict rules. She got disciplined for underage drinking and was involved in a minor incident ( stealing lip stick). Nothing outrageous just typical youth problems. Probably, even a form of self manipulation. Maybe that incident was her way out of the military life. Had she chosen this career path to please her family and satisfy her father's high expectations ? I wish we could ask her what her actual thoughts were. After leaving West Point Maura started a nursing degree at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, a liberal minded institution, but still top tier. Maura worked two jobs, beside a full course load in a very demanding program. She still had connections to West-Point through. Her older sister and boyfriend Billy were still attending the academy and. Maura was in a long distant relationship with BR when she vanished. From all accounts it was a difficult relationship with many ups and downs and cheating from both sides. Maura's track coach at UMass claimed Maura had an affair with him after a short break up with Billy. We just can hope that Maura didn't have to endure the same violence other former girlfriends experienced
Before Maura left her dorm, she emailed her supervisor and professors at UMass to inform them of a death in her family and she would be missing work and her class. ( There was no death, but some people speculate about her being pregnant and considering an abortion) Maura emailed her boyfriend: "I love you more stud. I got your messages, but honestly, i didn't feel like talking to much of anyone, i promise to call today though. love you, Maura." She packed a bag, withdrew $280 from an ATM, bought $40 worth of alcohol and hit the road. Her last known call was to check her voice mail at 4:37 p.m. After that no cell phone activity was ever recorded again But even before Mauras car crash- Billy tried to reach her. Frantically calling Maura at her dorm landline, cell phone and later even calling her best friend Kate. After reaching Kate, Bill stopped calling all together. Bill never tried to reach Maura's cell phone again. The day Maura vanished was a cold, snowy night. Mauras black Saturn skidded off the road and hit a snowbank off of Route 112 in Haverhill, New Hampshire. She was about 140 miles away from where she'd started her journey and not familiar with the area. Her family and the Reddit community still wonder what her original destination was. A passing school bus driver asked if she needed help. Maura said no, AAA was on the way. The man, who lived nearby, called 911 anyway, knowing full well there was no cell phone service in the area. Maura wore jeans and a dark coat and was carrying a black backpack. That's the last anyone saw of her.
Police arrived at the scene within 10 minutes. A box of Franzia wine—one of her liquor store purchases—had spilled in the car. Her textbooks were there, as was a MapQuest printout of directions to Burlington, Vermont. But no wallet, keys and cell phone were in her car. LE saw no apparent signs of a struggle and suspected she was a troubled kid who had wandered off to escape her issues, and avoid a DUI. An all-hands-on-deck search—dogs, helicopters, people combing the woods—didn't begin until 36 hours after the crash. A search dog followed her trail for about 100 feet, then lost the scent. Some people believe there was a tandem driver picking Maura up, but it's hard to say if the dog search is reliable. There weren't any footprints in the snow. Her credit cards remained unused. Two days after the accident, a Haverhill Police press release called Maura "possibly suicidal." Even Maura's family thought Maura might have attempted suicide. They pleaded with her not to worry and to please come back. The families narrative later changed to a serial killer or possible police involvement, but in the early stages it looks like they considered Maura harming herself.
Billy claimed in an interview, that he was the prime suspect of the police investigation and quickly cleared by law enforcement. Supposedly, he was stationed far away on a military base. His water-tight Alibi was recently questioned. Actually, we don't know if law enforcement ever followed up on him, which records they received or when they received them. There is also the question of BRs movements in the following week after Maura went missing. He searched all over New Hampshire for her. 15 years later it is impossible to establish where BR went. Was he meeting Maura later. Did Kate reveal where Maura was ? Bill stopped calling alltogether after reaching Kate.
In recent years BR is back in the spotlight as a possible suspect in Maura's case. 6 women came forward with sexual abuse allegations. Apparently, Maura is still a central figure in Bills violent fantasy and sex life and he even threatened to kill one of his former aquaintances. One of Bills accusers described a situation where he reached over and grabbed her by the neck and said, “I’m going to kill you like I killed Maura.” She defended herself dug her nails into him and said. “I’ll rip your crotch off,” She described, Bill’s demeanor immediately changing and said he became gentle again. Bill explained he was just joking and they continued on to the hotel. However, at the hotel she decided not to have sex with him. Bill made another very disturbing comment to her, he said he was glad she never slept with him because “the only people I care about that I have sex with die.” This shows a pattern of behavior. The ex-girlfriend with the restraining order described something very similar. Bill sometimes violently choked her and called her Maura during those incidents. In general, Bill was very violent to her, once he hit her across the face and chipped her tooth off with one of the rings he was wearing. And she had welts on her backside from hitting. All that made her question if Bill was involved in Maura's disappearence and what was going to happen when she broke up with him.
“He had always said he wasn’t involved [in Maura’s disappearance] so I believed that, but then those sort of things were alarming as to why, you know, he would bring it up… that he was referencing her in those moments of violence.”
Court: “Was he saying anything else in those moments of violence?”
Victim: “You’re a bitch, you’re a whore, you’re a cunt.”
Recently, Bill is also front and center in Maura's subreddit. He even started the question of whom the community would want to hear most. Fully knowing that the answer would be Kate. Is it an intimidation tactic to keep her in line ?
Even more alarming is that Bill Rausch previously created several social media accounts which he used to steer the Maura Murray investigation online and to harass and dox journalists who write about his abuse allegations. He used to dox the journalist and author James Renner while deployed at Camp Lemonnier in East Africa where he was in charge of monitoring social media profiles of enemies of the state. This shows that Bill knows about propaganda and manipulation. He allegedly used the moniquer DS_Joe_Friday on reddit, Rausch commented on various posts about his girlfriend Maura’s disappearance, at times trying to shape a narrative to explain away her disappearance. He claimed that he was new to the case and suspected she was bullied at school. He even tried to become a Moderator. But his attempts were not successful. Maybe as a last resort, he started to use his real name on the subreddit, but he is not answering any real questions, stays vague and paints his relationship with Maura as a perfect one. Everyone who asks him about his obsessive phone calls or the looming sexual abuse trial is doubted by him. People not agreeing with him don't have Maura's best interest at heart. He shapes polite, evasive and well rehearsed answers and steers away the discussion from him being involved in the case. He is currently winning the social media battle, but the real judgement will come in court. And I doubt any judge is impressed by his online posts and behavior. Most puzzling are his threads about Kate. "Will you have her back when she comes forward ?" Bill asks. But even if she grants an interview, is she really coming forward on her own account? It sounds like Bill is putting pressure on her. But why ? Does she know what happened to Maura ? Or is he just playing with peoples assumptions. Maybe Bill needs Maura's father as an alley and someone who can vouch for him..What is more powerful than Maura's father on his side and believing in Billy's innocence. What do you think about the case ? Do you think the sexual assault accusations against Billy are relevant to the case ?
Most information is from :
mauramurraymystery.com
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Maura_Murray
dailycollegian.com/2019/09/the-mystery-of-maura-murray-15-years-later/
www.wmur.com/article/new-hampshire-unsolved-case-file-where-is-maura-murray/16760962
www.doj.nh.gov/criminal/cold-case/victim-list/maura-murray.htm
abcnews.go.com/US/daughter-maura-murray-21-missing-2004-search-finds/story?id=62136014 www.familylawyernewhampshire.com/still-missing-maura-murray/
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