High School standout 2-miler at Whitman-Hanson High. Maura Murray gets recruited to West Point and according to her sister, quickly movies up on the team as a frosh. She decides after a semester, according to a relative, that she wants to transfer out but applies to UMASS too late. Finally gets a scholarship (athletic or academic?) to UMASS and transfers, arriving in August of 2003. Has an affair with “Hoss” Bagdadhi, the graduate assistant coach, even though she had a boyfriend at West Point. James Renner’s book claims she hooked up with other teammates. She was close with two teammates Kate Markopoulos and Sara Alfieri, who hosted the final UMASS party Maura attended. Both did interviews in the days after her disappearance but they quickly stopped talking after. If you’ve run on a college team, you know everybody’s business, especially if you hang out after practice. No has really dug into this angle and perhaps some answers exist here. If you don't know about this 20-year old cold case check out these links:
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