On the night of February 9, 2004, twenty-one-year-old nursing student Maura Murray packed her car and drove away from campus without telling anyone where she was going. Hours later, her Saturn was found crashed on a snowy back road in Haverhill, New Hampshire. The airbags had deployed, the windshield was cracked, and a box of wine was discovered in the back seat. When neighbors approached to help, Maura insisted she was fine. Minutes later-before police arrived-she vanished.
No footprints led away from the car. Her cell phone, bank accounts, and email went silent. Despite one of the largest searches in New England history, no confirmed trace of Maura was ever found.
In the years since, her disappearance has grown into one of the most haunting unsolved mysteries in America. Theories range from abduction and foul play to voluntary disappearance and staged escape. Internet sleuths, documentaries, podcasts, and news outlets have all tried to answer the same question: what happened to Maura Murray?
Cold Case: Missing - Maura Murray carefully retraces the timeline of her final known days, examines the evidence left behind, and separates fact from speculation. From her sudden drive north to the chilling silence that followed, this book presents the story in full-clear, detailed, and unflinching.
Nearly two decades later, Maura's case continues to grip the public because it defies resolution. Every lead opens another question, and every clue seems to vanish into the snow. This book does not promise easy answers-but it keeps Maura's story alive, because somewhere within the silence lies the truth.