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WEBVTT ED: OUR MIKE BEAUDET IS HERE WITH THE DEVELOPMENTS. MIKE: THIS SATURDAY MARKS 15 YEARS SINCE HANSON NATIVE MAURA MURRAY DISAPPEARED AFTER CRASHING HER CAR IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. NOW HER FATHER SAYS HE HAS THE EVIDENCE THAT COULD PROVIDE INVESTIGATORS WITH THE BREAK THEY NEED, BUT HE’S FRUSTRATED BECAUSE HE SAYS THEY’RE NOT ACTING ON IT. >> THIS IS MY CHANCE, FINALLY, AND I AM BEING DENIED. MIKE: FRED MURRAY IS A BROKEN MAN, BUT THIS -- >> THIS IS YOUR POSITIVE. MIKE: THIS IS GIVING HIM HOPE, VIDEO OF NOT ONE BUT TWO DIFFERENT CADAVER SNIFFING DOGS APPEARING TO HIT ON SOMETHING IN THE BASEMENT OF A HOUSE NEAR THE SCENE IN HAVERHILL, NEW HAMPSHIRE WHERE MAURA MURRAY CRASHED HER CAR 14 YEARS AGO AND DISAPPEARED. FRED MURRAY SAID HE GOT TWO TIPS ABOUT THE HOUSE THE YEAR AFTER HIS DAUGHTER VANISHED, AND WAS TOLD NEW CONCRETE WAS POURED IN THE BASEMENT. HAD YOU EVER GOTTEN INTO THE HOUSE? MIKE: THEY WOULD NEVER COME TO THE DOOR. >> BUT THE HOUSE HAS A NEW OWNER WHO AGREED TO LET MURRAY COME IN THE -- COME IN WITH THE DONS AS LONG AS HE DIDN’T REVEAL THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE HOUSE. A RADAR SPECIALIST FOUND SOMETHING IN THE SAME AREA. WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU? >> IT TELLS YOU THAT MY DAUGHTER IS MOST LIKELY BURIED THERE, AND I AM POWERLESS TO DIG HER UP AND GIVE HER A PROPER BURIAL. MIKE: A RETIRED NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE TROOPER RECORDED THIS VIDEO AND TURNED IT OVER TO NEW HAMPSHIRE POLICE, THAT TROOPER TELLING FIVE INVESTIGATES HE BELIEVES THIS GIVES INVESTIGATORS PROBABLE CAUSE TO EXCAVATE FOR THE REMAINS, BUT SO FAR THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED. WHAT SHOULD BE DOING RIGHT NOW? >> DIGGING AS WE SPEAK, DIGGING MY DAUGHTER UP IF IT IS MY DAUGHTER. IT IS SOMEBODY. MIKE: THE NEW HAMPSHIRE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE TELLS 5 INVESTIGATES, WE ARE AWARE OF THE ALLEGATIONS REGARDING THAT HOME’S BASEMENT AND HAVE CONSIDERED AND ARE CONSIDERING NEXT STEPS. >> ALL I HAVE LEFT IS THE PUBLIC . BECAUSE I AM NOT IN ANY HELP ANYWHERE ELSE. I AM ASKING FOR HELP FOR MY DAUGHTER. MIKE: THE NEW HAMPSHIRE ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ADDS THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT SEARCHED THAT AREA IN THE PAST, INCLUDING WITH DOGS, BUT THAT NOTHING OF SIGNIFICANCE WAS DISCOVERED. FRED MURRAY IS NOT BUYIN IT, AN

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This Saturday marks 15 years since Hanson native and U-Mass student Maura Murray disappeared.Now, her father says he has the evidence that could provide investigators with a major break in the case, but he's frustrated because he says they're not acting on it.“This is my chance finally. And I'm being denied,” Fred Murray told 5 Investigates’ Mike Beaudet.But he has some hope, thanks to two separate cadaver-sniffing dogs appearing to hit on something in the basement of a house near the spot in Haverhill, New Hampshire where Murray crashed her car 15 years ago and then disappeared.Fred Murray says he got two tips about the house in the year after his daughter vanished and was told new concrete had been poured in the basement.“Had you ever gotten into that house or talked to the owner?” Beaudet asked.“No,” Murray replied. “They would never come to the door.”But the house has a new owner who agreed to let Murray bring in the dogs as long as he didn't publicly reveal the exact location of the house. A ground penetrating radar specialist also found something in the same area of the basement.“What does that tell you?” Beaudet asked Murray.“It tells me that my daughter is buried there most likely and I'm powerless to dig her up and bring her home and give her a proper burial,” Murray replied.A retired New Hampshire state trooper recorded video of the two dogs’ visit and turned it over to New Hampshire State Police in December. That retired trooper told 5 Investigates he believes this gives investigators probable cause to excavate for the remains, but so far, that hasn't happened.New Hampshire Associate Attorney General Jeffery A. Strelzin told 5 Investigates: "We are aware of the allegations regarding that home's basement and have considered and are considering next steps." Strelzin added that law enforcement searched that area in the past, including with dogs, but that nothing of significance was discovered.But Fred Murray doesn't buy it and says investigators must act now based on this new evidence.“What do you think the state police in New Hampshire should be doing right now?” Beaudet asked.“Digging,” Murray said. “As we speak. Digging my daughter up, if it is my daughter. It's somebody's daughter. It's somebody.”“All I have left is the public,” he said. “Because I'm not getting any help anywhere else. I'm asking for help for my daughter.”