2004-03-25 - Reward Rises In Missing Woman Case

Reward Rises In Missing Woman Case

POSTED: 2:19 pm EST March 25, 2004

HAVERHILL, N.H. -- In a renewed effort to find a Massachusetts woman missing in northern New Hampshire, family and friends have begun distributing thousands of new posters and announced a larger reward.

Maura Murray, 21, of Hanson, Mass., disappeared on Feb. 9 after a minor accident in Haverhill.

Her family has printed 15,000 new posters carrying Murray's photo and announced that the reward for information leading to her whereabouts has risen to $40,000.

Firefighters in 26 Vermont and New Hampshire communities in the area are being enlisted to help distribute the posters.

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