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Monday, February 3, 2020
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Friday, January 24, 2020
Airtable Benefits and Demo
Here is a video where I highlight how the Airtable Database works and how it is a huge research tool for this case and potentially others:
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Thursday, January 23, 2020
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Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Monday, January 20, 2020
Airtable Update: 1% of 2010 Franconia Topix Processed
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I believe the Franconia archive represents the largest data set in need of processing. This set will be just part most comprehensive database ever created for the Maura Murray Disappearance Case. The archive consists of approximately 47,000 entries by various individuals. The result is a fully searchable and contextually connected system that will be a huge help to those interested in this case.
Most data will be released in CSV format for free as it is archived and organized. Because the undertaking is enormous and incurs a monetary cost for me, I am granting Airtable access to Patrons who pledge $20/month or more through the Patreon Platform or $20 for one month of access via PayPal. In addition, those with Airtable access will also be privy to additional information that will not be released publicly as a result of my skip-tracing efforts.
Please consider becoming a Patron -- If I can offset time lost on other pursuits, I can devote more time to this project, it is really just an opportunity cost problem.
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I believe the Franconia archive represents the largest data set in need of processing. This set will be just part most comprehensive database ever created for the Maura Murray Disappearance Case. The archive consists of approximately 47,000 entries by various individuals. The result is a fully searchable and contextually connected system that will be a huge help to those interested in this case.
Most data will be released in CSV format for free as it is archived and organized. Because the undertaking is enormous and incurs a monetary cost for me, I am granting Airtable access to Patrons who pledge $20/month or more through the Patreon Platform or $20 for one month of access via PayPal. In addition, those with Airtable access will also be privy to additional information that will not be released publicly as a result of my skip-tracing efforts.
Please consider becoming a Patron -- If I can offset time lost on other pursuits, I can devote more time to this project, it is really just an opportunity cost problem.
Become a Patron!
Saturday, January 18, 2020
Maura Phone Records 1/23/04 - 2/1/04 now in Airtable
Just a brief announcement that the phone records for 1/23-2/1/04 are now indexed and associated within the Airtable Database.
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Friday, January 17, 2020
Airtable Weekly Update 1/17/2020
Airtable Weekly Update 1/17/2020
Tables Added:
Tables Added:
- Topix 2010 Records
- Maura Murray Phone Records
- YouTube Videos
Raw Data Added:
- Maura Murray's Phone Records 1/23/04 - 1/27/04
- New Topix Individuals
- New General Individuals
- Organizational Information
- Primary Source Documentation (Image/PDF)
Thursday, January 16, 2020
An Overlooked Part of Maura's Phone Use and Background Info
As I have been entering the phone records into a usable format for analysis it dawned on me that we need to look at these records only as a partial record at best. This might be more evident to us older people. (!)
Back 2004 and specifically with the cellular plan that Maura was part of the world of phone use was significantly different. I know this not only from my own experience as an early cell phone user but in fact I worked in a call center as a customer service agent for Sprint PCS up until 2004. I probably should have mentioned that this very job experience was why I reached out to Sprint recently to clarify the plan and request a copy of the TOS from that time period.
Regardless, I am still waiting for a response because although I already know the answers to the questions I asked in the Sprint Request, I don't want you to take my word for it, I want you to see the primary source information.
The point I wish to discuss is that back then minutes were money and going over was a huge risk. I believe for credit-based plans like the one Maura was a part of, overage minutes were charged at the rate of $0.35/min. The reason I mention this information is that people were paranoid about using minutes because they could go over and it got really expensive. I remember one customer had used $1500 dollars in one month of overage minutes.
So here is how the minutes worked on this plan:
There were 2000 Anytime Minutes which were basically day use minutes and if you ran out you paid the overage rate. There were unlimited night and weekend minutes which were after 9pm to 7am, so no overage risk. Then there were unlimited minutes for PCS - PCS calls which on the bill are represented by the phone icons.
One way that many people minimized their anytime minutes usage was to check their voicemail from a landline. Because landlines were still very prevalent this was an easy work around. Some folks even wanted to have a private voicemail box so they bought the minimum plan and just interacted with the system that way. When I was in high school that is what I did. I got a phone in 1998 and I just bought the basic plan so that I could have a private answering machine basically so my parents wouldn't answer calls from people I didn't want them to!
Which brings me to my actual point here. These records are handy, but considering Maura knew Billy could see the records and was probably paranoid about using too many minutes, they aren't even close to what could have been going on with her communication wise.
For example, say she had a side piece. He just calls, leaves a message on her password protected VM and she returns the call on another line. It will be interesting to see how many calls Billy made to Maura though, because if I read him right I bet he tried to get into that voicemail. We shall see.
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
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Monday, January 13, 2020
Next Level Research: Airtable Database of Maura Murray Evidence
Another feature I am rolling out is an Airtable database of the evidence I am compiling into a usable archive. This is a cost to me and so it is available to those who would want to sponsor me through Patreon.
The files will still be available individually for free, but if you want research power this will be a significant upgrade as I add data. Some of the features include highly specific search capabilities, various data views for better consumption, and report generation.
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The files will still be available individually for free, but if you want research power this will be a significant upgrade as I add data. Some of the features include highly specific search capabilities, various data views for better consumption, and report generation.
Become a Patron!
Sunday, January 12, 2020
Patreon Support
I am shifting my focus back to getting this knot of information untangled and organized for public consumption after my little foray into the world of theory presentation and defense.
I have decided to embark on a long venture of getting this data in a format for discussion that is easy, unified, and easily reference to facilitate online discussion of the case.
I am not trying to convince you to fund this -- If you want to help me out its fine, if not the content will remain the same.
I spend about 10-15 hours a week researching, analyzing, digitizing, organizing and reporting on data related to the Maura Murray Case. I also occasionally investigate different angles to add to the body of knowledge. I incur expenses to do so in addition to my time.
I estimate this project will consume 12 - 18 months to complete.
I am sure this looks like I am trying to cash in on a missing persons case, and honestly I have no way to prove to you that I am not. All I can say is that you can see the products I produce for consumption by the community at large and my goal is to create a usable body of information for people to reference in discussions. Nothing comprehensive exists at this time that simplifies the content.
I plan to be accountable for any people that wish to help in a monetary fashion, however until this gets going I do not know exactly how to do so.
Become a Patron!
I have decided to embark on a long venture of getting this data in a format for discussion that is easy, unified, and easily reference to facilitate online discussion of the case.
I am not trying to convince you to fund this -- If you want to help me out its fine, if not the content will remain the same.
I spend about 10-15 hours a week researching, analyzing, digitizing, organizing and reporting on data related to the Maura Murray Case. I also occasionally investigate different angles to add to the body of knowledge. I incur expenses to do so in addition to my time.
I estimate this project will consume 12 - 18 months to complete.
I am sure this looks like I am trying to cash in on a missing persons case, and honestly I have no way to prove to you that I am not. All I can say is that you can see the products I produce for consumption by the community at large and my goal is to create a usable body of information for people to reference in discussions. Nothing comprehensive exists at this time that simplifies the content.
I plan to be accountable for any people that wish to help in a monetary fashion, however until this gets going I do not know exactly how to do so.
Become a Patron!
Introducing Weekly Email Subscription
I hate shamelessly self-promoting on places like reddit. So if you are interested in weekly developments of this blog sign up for the weekly newsletter:
Introducing Evernote Links
One of the main challenges in having a robust fact-based discussion is that the information is all over the place. I like to use Evernote to record my research journey. If you are not using a notes program for this case I highly suggest it.
I will be adding links to quickly add pages to your own notebooks.
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I will be adding links to quickly add pages to your own notebooks.
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Reaching out to Sprint for Clarification
An interesting thought came to me while working towards completing a useful digital database of the phone records available for the case. I am not interest in sharing why I am asking this question specifically, but in the interest of transparency I figured I'd release the request:
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Saturday, January 11, 2020
Friday, January 10, 2020
Letter to Grafton County Sheriff's Department Dispatch Center
Part of my January 2020 trajectory included new avenues to falsify the conclusion I made in Witness A/001: A Plausible Account. One such avenue included reaching out the the Grafton County Sheriff's Department Dispatch Center for clarification. Here is the letter I sent:
Monday, January 6, 2020
Maura Murray Timeline: Where are we going from here, January 2020
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My schedule is back to normal so I have gone ahead and set out to continue working on the timeline project. Here is where we stand:
1. Witness A/001: A Plausible Account was released that provided some of the mathematical framework to better understand the emergency response to Maura's crash. 2 accompanying animations were also released shortly thereafter followed by my reading on YouTube for those who may rely on audio information.
2. The report was released on one of the smaller subreddits where 002 conspiracy theorists abounded. This was by design -- for one, maybe I missed something and the report would need to be scrapped or corrected. A second reason was to see what type of reaction the 002 people would come back with. Sometimes defending your work results in the need for correction, but often it leads to new ideas, ways to present more effectively, and figuring out what areas need to be boned up on for the reader.
Initially I enjoyed talking about the issues with 002 people. I patiently went through most posts line-by-line to explain whatever questions or criticisms people had. There were plenty of people that did not agree with me, but only one person, who generally agreed with my sentiments in the report pointed out factual errors that I addressed and corrected. Basically any meaningful dialog stopped as a result of the 002 folks being preemptively critical and reflexively critical. By the end most had so far confused the math in the pursuit of proving this analysis wrong that there own version of events no longer worked. I put out a blanket timeline challenge and thus far have not received anything.
3. Trixy contacted me to pin the analysis to the main Maura Murray Sub. This was a great opportunity for more criticism from folks that are not necessarily only interested in the Witness A/001 issue.
4. The central tenet of the analysis is that the 7:46 arrival time is not accurate. In the report, I stated that I believed it was due to it being the arrival time for the Atwood Call. Since the release others have made other great reasoning.
5. During this process I set out to find clarification about how the system worked for the dispatcher to input various times for the call. I had located other police logs that shared the formatting and abbreviation of the ones from Maura's case. I searched and inquired but the answer eluded me, but HugeRaspberry seems to have found the software company. Contacts have been made to further clarify the system. More to come in the future.
6. This week I plan to reach out to the GCSD to attempt clarification about the system and time entry process/interpretation.
7. Monaghan's report seemingly has issues with Dot and RO's timeline. I will be working with fulk and swansong to get these stories in the standard timeline format.
8. We see where the next set of timelines goes and hopefully verify whether or not the clerical aspect of the report is sound information.
I am going to do a commentary video probably tomorrow morning to discuss some of this in verbal detail.
My schedule is back to normal so I have gone ahead and set out to continue working on the timeline project. Here is where we stand:
1. Witness A/001: A Plausible Account was released that provided some of the mathematical framework to better understand the emergency response to Maura's crash. 2 accompanying animations were also released shortly thereafter followed by my reading on YouTube for those who may rely on audio information.
2. The report was released on one of the smaller subreddits where 002 conspiracy theorists abounded. This was by design -- for one, maybe I missed something and the report would need to be scrapped or corrected. A second reason was to see what type of reaction the 002 people would come back with. Sometimes defending your work results in the need for correction, but often it leads to new ideas, ways to present more effectively, and figuring out what areas need to be boned up on for the reader.
Initially I enjoyed talking about the issues with 002 people. I patiently went through most posts line-by-line to explain whatever questions or criticisms people had. There were plenty of people that did not agree with me, but only one person, who generally agreed with my sentiments in the report pointed out factual errors that I addressed and corrected. Basically any meaningful dialog stopped as a result of the 002 folks being preemptively critical and reflexively critical. By the end most had so far confused the math in the pursuit of proving this analysis wrong that there own version of events no longer worked. I put out a blanket timeline challenge and thus far have not received anything.
3. Trixy contacted me to pin the analysis to the main Maura Murray Sub. This was a great opportunity for more criticism from folks that are not necessarily only interested in the Witness A/001 issue.
4. The central tenet of the analysis is that the 7:46 arrival time is not accurate. In the report, I stated that I believed it was due to it being the arrival time for the Atwood Call. Since the release others have made other great reasoning.
5. During this process I set out to find clarification about how the system worked for the dispatcher to input various times for the call. I had located other police logs that shared the formatting and abbreviation of the ones from Maura's case. I searched and inquired but the answer eluded me, but HugeRaspberry seems to have found the software company. Contacts have been made to further clarify the system. More to come in the future.
6. This week I plan to reach out to the GCSD to attempt clarification about the system and time entry process/interpretation.
7. Monaghan's report seemingly has issues with Dot and RO's timeline. I will be working with fulk and swansong to get these stories in the standard timeline format.
8. We see where the next set of timelines goes and hopefully verify whether or not the clerical aspect of the report is sound information.
I am going to do a commentary video probably tomorrow morning to discuss some of this in verbal detail.
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