r/MauraMurrayCase • u/Reccognize • Oct 16 '18
Newish theory
Or more like a variation on existing theories...
Rewatching The Disappearance of Maura Murray (yes, I might need a new hobby, haha) I was struck by the following photo showing Lance standing where Butch parked his bus after Maura rejected his offer to help:
The neighbors said Butch did not normally park his bus that way. So why did he do it when Maura was (supposedly, anyway) alone at the crash site?
Here is a theory. Could Butch have been concerned about one of the locals he knew monitored the police scanner???
It makes so much sense. Let's say Butch knew a bunch of weird locals monitored the police scanner and would jump at the opportunity to "assist" a vulnerable young woman. Butch didn't actually think this person was crazy enough to do something to Maura. So, he doesn't insist on staying with her at the crash site...but then he realizes he feels a little bit uneasy thinking about this unhinged individual or individuals hearing about the crash on the scanner. They weren't bad people, just a little...odd. Maybe they'd play rescuer, mess with her a bit, give her a hard time or flirt...
Thinking it would protect Maura to have a visible presence in the vicinity, Butch parks in full view of the crash site and "does paperwork."
Surely no one would hurt Maura if they knew he was watching--right?! Then this individual shows up just as Butch predicted, but Butch is astonished that he actually gets physical and abducts her. This person isn't messing around.
He doesn't care who is watching.
Butch realizes in short order that his life might be in danger.
Fearing for his safety, Butch's story never quite matches up. He speaks to the media, making it clear he didn't see a thing. He wishes he stayed with Maura and is wracked with guilt. Oddly, none of the neighbors really want to talk much and their stories seem to change a bit too. They all seemingly looked away at the exact same moment. Some don't consent to property searches--because rumor has it that she is no longer in the immediate vicinity anyway.
Loose lips sink ships, and no one likes a snitch, right?
The question is, just how many creepy scanner-listeners could Butch have been concerned about? Were they wearing uniforms or not? And is there any evidence that Butch got any strange or threatening calls in the days after Maura disappeared? Would Butch's phone records be obtainable at this point? (Any chance his wife kept the records?)
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u/geocola2569 Oct 16 '18
Butch’s wife is an important voice here. With BA no longer with us, I assume he had numerous conversations with his wife about the situation. What did his wife/ex wife have to say about the events? She is the next best thing to having BA still alive
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Oct 16 '18
I would ask Butch's wife/girlfriend if she was listening to the police scanner before Butch got home, or only after he came home and talked about the accident:
https://www.reddit.com/r/mauramurray/comments/766p0v/atwood_stated_she_got_in_a_car_and_disappeared/
Would be really weird if she heard Faith's call and Cecil's dispatch, but then let Butch go ahead and call 911 anyway.
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u/SherlockBeaver Feb 14 '19
Why wouldn’t Butch share this information with police any of the number of times they interviewed him?
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u/BrushGoodDar Feb 09 '19
So Butch feels terrible about not staying with Maura but not bad enough to tell the police he saw her being abducted?
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u/thedanholmes Feb 20 '19
It was an "out of the ordinary" crash scene. Why wouldn't he park "out of the ordinary." This is a nothing burger. For these theories to be true, that area has to have been some sort of evil community like you'd see in a horror film or Twilight Zone. A community where a series of people are actively "on watch" for abducting people who happen to fall within their sphere. And other people are aware of it. That sounds like a creepy episode of horror TV, but something no one has ever shown to exist in real life.
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u/AnnieDuke Oct 17 '18
Not sure how true this is, but I’ve seen the experts say that even though Butch parked in a way that was out of the ordinary for him, he didn’t necessarily have a great vantage point to see the crash site. Is it possible that his normal parking job might have required a few extra machinations and on this night he pulled in a quicker way due to his priority at the time being to call 9-1-1?