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INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING AND MORE CHARGES ARE POSSIBLE. MARIA: A NEW SEARCH IN THE CASE OF A MISSING STUDENT 15 YEARS AFTER SHE VANISHED. INVESTIGATORS DUG UP THE BASEMENT OF A HOME IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. MIKE BEAUDETTE WITH THE RESULTS AND WHAT LED THEM TO THIS HOUSE. REPORTER: THE SEARCH CAME UP EMPTY. A FRUSTRATING DEVELOPMENT FOR THE FAMILY OF MORE MEMORY. >> SHE WANTS TO COME HOME AND BE BURIED IN HER HOMETOWN. AND SHE CAN’T. SHE IS BURIED UP HERE. I NEED HELP. REPORTER: MAURA MURRAY’S FATHER THOUGHT HE FINALLY WOULD FIND HIS DAUGHTER TODAY. 15 YEARS AFTER THE HANSEN NATIVE IN -- AND TO STUDENT CRASHED HER CAR IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND DISAPPEARED. THIS IS WHAT GAVE HIM SO MUCH HOPE. TWO CADAVERS SNIFFING DOGS HIRED BY FRED MURRAY LAST YEAR APPEARING TO HIT ON SOMETHING IN THE BASEMENT OF THE HOME NEAR THE SPOT WHERE SHE WAS LAST SEEN. A GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SPECIALIST FOUND SOMETHING IN THE SAME AREA. THE SPECIALIST REPORT OBTAINED BY FIVE INVESTIGATES REVEALS ACCORDING TO A LOCAL TRADESMEN, RELATIVELY RECENT IMPROVEMEN THE IMPETUS FOR THE GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SURVEY WAS THE ALLEGED DISCOVERY OF UNIDENTIFIED BONES DURING AN OIL LINE INSTALLATION. SOMETIME PRIOR TO POURING THE CONCRETE SLAB. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE STATE POLICE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE SHOULD BE DOING NOW? DIGGING AS WE SPEAK. DIGGING MY DAUGHTER UP. IF IT IS MY DAUGHTER. REPORTER NEW HAMPSHIRE’S ASSOCIATED ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS INVESTIGATORS WERE ALWAYS SKEPTICAL. THEY CUT THAT AREA, REMOVED THE CONCRETE, AND SEARCHED SEVERAL FEET DOWN AND THEY LOCATED NOTHING. REPORTER: DESPITE THAT, FRED MURRAY HAS QUESTIONS. >> YOU DUG DOWN BUT DID YOU DIG IN FOR THE CORNER OF THE WAL WHERE THE BURIAL WAS REPUTEDLY TOOK PLACE? I AM NOT SATISFIED. BUT THEY GOT ANYWHERE NEAR CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE CORNER. REPORTER: INVESTIGATORS SAY IT HAS BEEN AN ESPECIALLY ACTIVE YEAR IN THE MURRAY CASE AND THEY REMAIN COMMITTED TO FOLLOWING EVERY LEAD IN THE

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The New Hampshire Attorney General's Office said no evidence was found during an investigation at a New Hampshire home in connection with the disappearance of a Massachusetts woman 15 years ago. Maura Murray, 21, was a star athlete from Hanson, Massachusetts, who was studying nursing at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. She crashed her car into a snowbank on Route 112 in Haverhill, New Hampshire, on Feb. 9, 2004, and was never seen again.Wednesday's search in Woodsville was centered at a single-family home, where authorities were seen bringing a jackhammer into the residence. The home is not far from where Murray crashed.The renewed attention was sparked by Maura Murray's father, Fred, who hired two cadaver sniffing dogs to search the home. They appeared to hit on something in the basement of the home near the spot where Maura Murray was last seen. A ground penetrating radar specialist then found something in the same area.A specialist's report obtained by 5 Investigates revealed that, "According to a local tradesman, the concrete slab is a relatively recent improvement."The report continued: "The impetus for the (ground-penetrating radar) survey was the alleged discovery of unidentified bones during an oil line installation (sometime prior to pouring the concrete slab), which required excavation of a small trench."Associate Attorney General Jeffery A. Strelzin said the home was searched right around the time Murray went missing and investigators did not find any evidence then, and he said investigators were skeptical about the new searches. But they agreed to search the home anyway.According to Strelzin, a team of over a dozen FBI agents and state police detectives cut out and removed concrete from the area where ground-penetrating radar had detected disturbed ground. Strelzin said investigators searched several feet down, covering the entire area and beyond where the disturbed ground was detected."A team of over a dozen agents and detectives went into that basement, they cut that area, removed the concrete and then searched several feet down," Strelzin said. "And they located absolutely nothing other than a small piece of what looks to be potentially pottery and maybe a piece of old piping."“I want to be clear, we certainly did not believe that there was any credible evidence in this case that led us to believe there was evidence connected to Ms. Murray’s disappearance,” Strelzin said.Despite that, Fred Murray still has questions."You dug down today but did you dig in, towards the corner of the wall where this burial was reportedly, where it took place," he said. "I don't know, I never did know but I'm not satisfied that they got anywhere near close enough to the corner."Murray's disappearance has sparked years of theories about what happened to her. The case has also been the subject of an Oxygen television series and a popular podcast. “I thought we had a really good shot at being right," Murray added. "I just don’t know whether the police are right or if they looked further into the corner, they might have come up with something.”“This has obviously been difficult on the Murray family, their friends and family,” Strelzin said. “It’s also been difficult on the residents that live in that area. Many of these people have asked that their privacy be respected. Sometimes, people come onto their property and just search around.” Investigators say it's been an especially active year in the Murray case and they remain committed to following every lead in the case.“I can’t quit," Murray said. "I’m not going to quit."