Internet sleuths are well-familiar with the case of Maura Murray, a woman who disappeared in 2004 under bizarre circumstances. Murray, 21 at the time and a student at the University of Massachusetts, was heading to destinations unknown when her car crashed in the snow near Woodsville, New Hampshire; she subsequently disappeared and has not been seen since.

Amateur detectives have kept the case going on Internet message boards in the years since, as has Murray's family. Now, authorities are reporting what looks to be a potential breakthrough in the case:

A potential lead in a 17-year-old missing person case after construction crews uncovered human remains on Loon Mountain in New Hampshire. Now, the family of Maura Murray is hoping this is the break in the case they have been waiting for.

On Feb. 9, 2004, the UMass nursing student's car was found crashed on Route 112 in North Haverhill, New Hampshire. Murray hasn't been seen since.

But human remains were recently discovered in Lincoln, New Hampshire, about 25 miles away from where Murray disappeared.

There have been several leads in the case over the years but all have turned up empty. Now, there is renewed hope from the family of Maura Murray that the mystery surrounding her disappearance may soon be solved.

The ideal resolution, of course, would be that Murray turns up unharmed and alive. Yet even the identification of her remains would be a terrible yet still needed bit of closure for her family after all these years.

Crazy.

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