NH State Police, Fish & Game Re-Search Route 112 For Maura Murray

CONCORD, NH — Investigators are searching an area of the White Mountains for clues connected to the disappearance of a Massachusetts college student more than 18 years ago.

New Hampshire State Police and New Hampshire Fish and Game personnel are re-conducting a ground search of an area along Route 112 in both Easton and Landaff looking for Maura Murray, a UMass/Amherst college student who disappeared in February 2004.

Michael Garrity, a spokesman for the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, said the search was not based on any new information in the case but, instead, part of “an ongoing investigative process” consisting of “a more extensive search surrounding areas that had been previously searched in a more limited fashion.” He did not comment on how long investigators would be re-searching the area.

Murray, who was 21 when she vanished, left the college on Feb. 9, 2004. Around 7:30 p.m. that evening, her car was involved in a single-vehicle accident on Wild Ammonoosuc Road in Haverhill, just northwest of the search area held on Wednesday. After the crash, a resident of the area saw and spoke to a woman believed to be Murray. When police arrived though, she was gone.

There have been several searches of the area in and around the accident by both investigators and private citizens without any positive results in solving the case.

Garrity said no additional information would be released. He also asked the public to respect the privacy of residents in the area and to stay off their property during the search and investigation.

Anyone with information about Maura Murray is asked to call the New Hampshire Cold Case Unit at 603-223-3648 or email Coldcaseunit@dos.nh.gov.

For more information about the case, visit the Maura Murray Mystery website, linked here.

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