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Maura Murray was almost too good to be true, until she wasn't. Graduating at the top of her high school class, she was admitted to West Point, a super competitive environment. She was expelled after being caught shoplifting, a youthful indiscretion, but she seemed to rally, and began attending nursing school. Then she was caught using a stolen credit card to buy pizza. That's the biggest mystery in this entire case, in my opinion. She had to have known that the credit card would be linked to her. From there, it seems she began using alcohol, and she crashed her father's car after a night of drinking. Then she falsely told her professors that she had a death in the family, and she took off for the week without enough money. But enough cash to buy several bottles of booze. A few hours later, she crashed her car, and ran off before the police came. Her body has never been found, but it seems highly probable that she perished in the woods from exposure. Prior to leaving college for the week, she did not confide in anyone, although she had a boyfriend and was very close with her family. It is impossible to know what she was thinking, but she took her books with her. From my perspective, she was starting to get into some serious legal trouble and she knew it. She thought it would help to get away for a couple of nights. All kinds of theories have been spun about Maura, that she is alive and well and living in Canada. I don't think so. It isn't that unusual for remains not to be found, or found decades later. The big mystery here is why did she shoplift, steal a credit card, and start abusing alcohol? Was she tired of being perfect?