To explain a little bit more about how this bogus tip came to be:
It began with an anonymous post to this blog, which mentioned the existence of a Facebook account that might be Maura Murray. They asked how to contact me. I replied they should send an email or simply post a reply on the blog and I wouldn't "approve" it so it wouldn't be public right away.
They posted a reply. I looked at the Facebook profile and dismissed it as a hoax.
Shortly there after I got this email.
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Again I ignored it.
Then I received this email from a source of mine, who sometimes goes by the name Marc Rivet. Marc has spoken to me in the past and believes Maura to be living in Keene, New Hampshire, and working at a gas station there.
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Marc then called me and explained it was his friend - a female "investigator with inside knowledge of the case" - who saw "Rachel O'Leary" post to a UMass page, mentioning memories of Melville Hall, where Maura lived. Curious, this friend of Marc's visited the profile and saw how much of it lined up with Maura and noticed the resemblance the girl has to the Murrays.
So, after all that I felt it merited a post on this blog, in the chance that it was real so that the people who found it wouldn't post details on the Internet and blow her cover.
I told Marc he should also contact the Cold Case Unit.
Marc called me this morning to tell me he learned last night that it was his friend who created the fake profile account. According to Marc, they spoke to police and admitted their role in it. According to Marc, he spoke to police, too.
Honestly, I don't know what to believe about it all. Or how much of what I've been told is true.
For those complaining that all this wasn't verified before posting, please remember that the whole purpose of this blog is to be transparent and to share info as it comes in. That means documents, interviews, and tips like these. We only outed the troll so quickly because it was posted here.
It began with an anonymous post to this blog, which mentioned the existence of a Facebook account that might be Maura Murray. They asked how to contact me. I replied they should send an email or simply post a reply on the blog and I wouldn't "approve" it so it wouldn't be public right away.
They posted a reply. I looked at the Facebook profile and dismissed it as a hoax.
Shortly there after I got this email.
Again I ignored it.
Then I received this email from a source of mine, who sometimes goes by the name Marc Rivet. Marc has spoken to me in the past and believes Maura to be living in Keene, New Hampshire, and working at a gas station there.
Marc then called me and explained it was his friend - a female "investigator with inside knowledge of the case" - who saw "Rachel O'Leary" post to a UMass page, mentioning memories of Melville Hall, where Maura lived. Curious, this friend of Marc's visited the profile and saw how much of it lined up with Maura and noticed the resemblance the girl has to the Murrays.
So, after all that I felt it merited a post on this blog, in the chance that it was real so that the people who found it wouldn't post details on the Internet and blow her cover.
I told Marc he should also contact the Cold Case Unit.
Marc called me this morning to tell me he learned last night that it was his friend who created the fake profile account. According to Marc, they spoke to police and admitted their role in it. According to Marc, he spoke to police, too.
Honestly, I don't know what to believe about it all. Or how much of what I've been told is true.
For those complaining that all this wasn't verified before posting, please remember that the whole purpose of this blog is to be transparent and to share info as it comes in. That means documents, interviews, and tips like these. We only outed the troll so quickly because it was posted here.