Maura Murray

Suppose that:

1. Maura ran up Old Peter's road that night, [amonst a billion possibilities]

and

2. that the dirt road there had been traveled on and footprints were not distinguishable, many cars had driven down the road before she went up. No snow powder, at least not nearby.

Lets say she thought that would take her to Bartlett.

Scenario 1: What if she got pretty far up Old Peters road, its pitch black. I don't know the road at all, but for some Youtube videos. In some places, it looks like, without the benefit of sufficient lighting, it looks like someone could make a serious misstep and become seriously injured by going off the side of the road. Now if that happened, the only thing that would solve the case is a serious search over these cliffs. A helicopter fly by wouldn't be enough, if there is an area there too dangerous for law enforcement to take their dogs and search.

If its pitch black at night, or even inadequately moonlighted, which way do you go? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCyxLvfhQl4&feature=youtu.be&t=12m15s

Scenario 2: What if she got pretty far up the road and was trespassing and didn't know it. Someone goes out with their gun, the rest is history.

Comment by BonquosGhost
Old Peter's Rd was checked that night and days later by LE and professionals. Zip nothing.....No car tracks or human footprints heading up it. I dont believe that road was even plowed that far in winter in 2004 either......

Scenario 2: What if she got pretty far up the road and was trespassing and didn't know it. Someone goes out with their gun, the rest is history.

A loud gunshot? No one hears? No signs of blood and dragging a body in snow anywhere?

Comment by Angiemarie23
So those houses down further on old peters rd. Do you think they were just summer homes if the street wasn’t plowed during winter months? I was never interested in old peters rd till I seen those houses far down there

Comment by BonquosGhost
Not sure how many occupied houses were on that road in winter 04, but there were 210 acres for sale there at one point.....It may have been a road that had to be privately plowed....

https://www.trulia.com/p/nh/haverhill/old-peters-rd-haverhill-nh-03765--2157560420

Comment by fulkstop
Old Peter's Rd was checked

Do you know the scope of that search? Because I've never been clear on that.

Comment by BonquosGhost
Cecil searched that road, and also with the Westmans, and the Fire crew searched up and down the roads, although OPR was not specified. Marrottes saw LE go up OPR with a flashlight. There were no signs of anyone or footprints to suggest anyone went up OPR. Again in winter, it would look like this......

https://previews.123rf.com/images/daizuoxin/daizuoxin1702/daizuoxin170200031/72377511-footprints-in-the-snow-path.jpg
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Comment by fulkstop
But according to the OP who wrote the Old Peter's post on r/mauramurray, he got first hand accounts from residents of OPR that OPR was plowed up to the point where there is a brook or stream. He is with boots on the ground, and I see no reason to discount his information. Wouldn't that mean that there would be no footprints if she went down opr?

Comment by BonquosGhost
It was a dirt road, but there still would be signs of someone heading that way in snow.....No evidence by anyone ever found that night, days later, or any searches afterwards....Cecil, Westmans, Fire, and the state trooper search never reported seeing anything like this on OPR....

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/K8MCKB/rural-dirt-road-covered-with-snow-on-the-snow-there-are-footprints-K8MCKB.jpg

Comment fulkstop
I'm saying that it was reported that the road was plowed, i.e., that there was no snow.

Comment by BonquosGhost
Prob part of the way plowed....Here in this video at 6:20 or so.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvH41yylgq8
......it shows it's plowed onto the dirt road (which would have def marks of footprints and other), but not sure how far up and this was 2011. The DEAD END sign is still there, with an arrow telling people to take the turn for follow thru traffic.

I believe that Marrottes saw LE go up that road a ways with a flashlight with no signs of anything. State Troopers/Searchers also combed the area soon after, and then again in the summer with no results.