Where is MAURA MURRAY

I never said Smith was involved. When he got to the scene she was gone.

I do think Atwood would have been able to see from his vantage point, whether it be from the bus or his front porch.

Hi Anne...

Let's give them the straight info on that night. Feb. 9th 2004 at approx. 7:05 pm. It should shed some light.

What's the reaction to my though that the dispatch times for certain events were running 20 to 25 minutes late. Using a 20 minute delay,

7:07 pm -- Faith Westman calls 911 and reports the accident that she heard a little after 7 pm.

7:09 pm -- Sgt Smith is dispatched to investigate the accident Faith Westman reported. He passes the Cottage Hospital employee on Goose Lane headed toward Swiftwater and Rte. 112 around 7:10 pm. Anne hears over the radio about the single car accident with the car sliding off the road into a ditch on Rte 112.

7:23 pm -- The SBD's wife gets through to 911 and reports the same accident that Faith Westman reported. A few minutes later Anne hears that the driver left the scene in a privately owned vehicle.

7:26 pm -- Sgt Smith arrives at the scene of the accident after a brief detour when he turned the wrong way on Rte 112 and had to turn around and head E/B.

If this sequence of events and times is accurate, then Mrs. Atwood must have been the caller who reported the driver left the scene in a POV. If so, her source could only have been Butch Atwood, the SBD, which is consistent with the suspicion many people have expressed that he must have seen the driver leave the scene.

I don't think there's much doubt that Mr. Atwood has given conflicting versions of what he saw and did at the scene of the accident, so his credibility is tarnished, if not in tatters, to put it mildly.

Can Anne come out and play? Please, pretty please.

The 'trigger' for that night was Swiftwater and 'female' left in private vehicle. I think one point missing is that this was a long scanner call 45 minutes chatter and call at least. I will send this now and hope it goes and add more...

I donwant to get into the time but I believe it was slightly before 7 and my husband believes it was slightly after

I immediately called my friend and left a message because no answer and I was in a panic after. I might add here that she returned my 2 calls at about 7:30.

Detective Columbo wrote:

I never said Smith was involved. When he got to the scene she was gone.
I do think Atwood would have been able to see from his vantage point, whether it be from the bus or his front porch.

Yeah, I also don't believe Smith is involved and I agree that Atwood was certainly in a position to see what happened.

Detective Columbo, do you know why Fred Murray placed the wreath about 100 feet closer to the Weathered Barn than the actual "accident" scene? Is it a coincidence that the Saturn would not have been visible from Atwood's front porch?

Did Atwood tell Fred Murray where the Saturn supposedly crashed?

Anne...

Did you hear on the scanner that the acc. you are talking about was on Swiftwater rd./Goose Lane. Swiftwter rd. turns into goose lane for clarification to those who don't know.

This friend was spending her first winter in NH on Hill road and had grown up in Florida. She worked in Orford and because of the earlier snow had opted to take the long way up the interstat and had seen some of the flashing lights when she turned and headed up her hill. She works as a investigative assistant and I finally tracked her down in 2006. She does not remember details other than my 2 frantic calls..

Well, if the dispatch times are running 25 minutes late, everything fits doesn't it? Just adjust the times that I posted above to 5 minutes earlier.

If the glove fits, you must convict?

Pointer wrote:

Maura obviously wanted to get away from the scene or she would have gone to the nearest house to use their phone. If she didn't head down Old Peter rd.(any other route would have allowed her to be seen) then she probably got into the nearest car/truck/possibly bus.
There's no doubt in my mind that Maura could have struggled an 1/8 mile thru 2 feet of snow if she had to, L4M, but I do appreciate your info and it does make the OP rd scenario less feasible.
If she didn't take off on foot, I wonder if witnesses would have heard truck doors slamming or voices if someone stopped/came back and picked her up. I tend to think so but anyone's guess.
Otherwise it wasn't her at all but that also seems unlikely.

Oh Its far more than 1/8th of a mile on those trails....they wind in and out, up and down.....nothing is direct although on a map it may appear that way. Just to get from Old Peter's Rd through the trails, down the old ski area to Valley near the lodge is at least 1/2 mile, probably further.

I did here the bol to look for female and descrip. who was not with the vehicle. that had slid off the road. I also heard the suicidal Pike student and responding officer saying to check with Cottage Hospital.

Detective Columbo wrote:

Anne...
Did you hear on the scanner that the acc. you are talking about was on Swiftwater rd./Goose Lane. Swiftwter rd. turns into goose lane for clarification to those who don't know.

Not to be confused with Swiftwater Circle.....which is closer to where the Saturn was found

Det. Columbo, I believe the initial call was not far as they were turned back and Swiftwater road is what I believe I heard.

I think it is important to note here for you that at the time of this accident, I had no idea where they were talking about accurately, but now 4 plus years later, I have looked for Maura all around these twisted roads and have a better understanding of the complicating roads. What we heard and what we know personally now are different.

Yes.... Swiftwater Circle also. A Grafton co. Sheriff lives in the 1st house on the left on that rd. if you take the first entrance coming from the acc. scene.

Thank You Anne....

Detective Columbo wrote:

Yes.... Swiftwater Circle also. A Grafton co. Sheriff lives in the 1st house on the left on that rd. if you take the first entrance coming from the acc. scene.

Did he live there in 2004?

I don't have the answer to what happened that night but my immediate impression was that someone had been killed and when they gave new direction to wild ammonoosic road I knew that was my friend's area. I made 3 telephone calls and received 3 calls before 7:30 call from my friend.