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A UMass Amherst student disappeared in 2004. Here’s what she may look like now.

Then-21-year-old Maura Murray crashed her 1996 Saturn in Haverhill, N.H. after mysteriously leaving campus. She has not been seen since.

February 8, 2024

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Officials in New Hampshire released an age progression photograph of Maura Murray, 20 years after the UMass Amherst nursing student mysteriously disappeared.

N.H. Attorney General John Formella said the FBI created the image to “reinforce ongoing investigation efforts,” but it is not reflective of any change or new information in the case. In 2022, the FBI issued a national alert regarding the search.

“We are continuing to work with our local, state, and federal partners, including the FBI, to identify resources to try to advance this case,” Formella said in a press release Thursday. “It is our hope that this twentieth anniversary of Ms. Murray’s disappearance will bring renewed attention to the case that might ultimately lead to justice and closure for the Murray family.”

Murray, 21 at the time of her disapperance, was last seen on Feb. 9, 2004, when her 1996 Saturn crashed on Route 112 or Wild Ammonoosuc Road in Haverhill, N.H. She reportedly had lied about a death in the family before leaving campus and driving into New Hampshire, two hours away from Amherst.

The crash appeared to involve just her vehicle, and when police arrived she was not at the site of the crash. A man who lived nearby saw her at the crash and offered to help Murray, but she told him AAA was on their way. He called the police, who arrived seven to 10 minutes later. She was gone.

Murray was a former West Point cadet, a runner, and was familiar with the nearby White Mountains, the AG said.

Since she went missing, investigators have searched a private home in 2019 and have examined human remains near Loon Mountain. The AG said their numerous searches have turned up nothing.

Anyone with any information is asked to call the NH Cold Case Unit at 603-271-2663.