Chad Maurer murder

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Originally Posted by dynoguy88

Regardless of whether he was driving to Chicago to drop off drugs or pick up drugs, this was an impossible mission to accomplish without getting busted. As we’ve established, it’s a 140 mile drive to get from Madison to Chicago. That’s a 2 ½ hour car drive there, a 2 ½ hour car drive back home and however long it would take to do the transaction. Let’s say for the sake of argument that would take 30 minutes. That would make it a 5 ½ hour window where his boss would surely notice he never came back from his lunch break. As a result, the boss would have called Chad’s parents (had they not gone to the bike shop first) and his cover would have been blown long before he had even reached Chicago. He had to have known as soon as he left his parent’s house that he was going to be fired from his job and have a lie ready to tell his parents where he was all day.

Making the trip at that time on that day made zero sense, unless he was held at gun point and forced to drive for 140 miles (highly doubtful). Or if he owed someone money and felt he had to make the trip in order to save his life, like another poster said. According to the friend who came forward, Chad had made a couple trips to Milwaukee before to drop drugs off for money. Maybe this trip to Chicago would have involved much more money than his previous jobs and he felt the risk was worth the reward.

So you think it is more likely that he left work to make a quick drug deal in the local area and then was attacked/murdered there and then driven to Chicago to be placed in a different jurisdiction to confuse authorities? no surprise that chicago struggled with the investigation.

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Originally Posted by marlins3

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BTW, I also think Chad Maurer's deathw as related to drugs in some way.

I'm only seeing this post now lol. Idk if there is a hair thread. There is a thread about best wigs from UM. The topic got mentioned in the latest behind the scenes/best of UM production that was a recent release.

I wonder if it would have made a difference if Chad's parents pushed harder on the drug angle from the beginning. I'll have to go back and watch the segment because I feel like they portrayed chad as not being involved in drugs. 21 years old is a vulnerable age for poor decision making.

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Originally Posted by Huskerz85

Given where it happened (Chicago's South Side), the likely perpetrators are probably long since dead themselves.

I wonder if the perpetrator was local to Madison where Chad lived, yet had some type of connection to Chicago and knew where to abandon Chad and his vehicle in a way that the investigation would be more difficult. If we think about this way it could be possible that the perpetrator does not live in Chicago, but very well could be dead or incarcerated given the amount of time that has passed. they could be out there still though.

It could also be possible that a drug dealer killed Chad because Chad owed them money or Chad was seen as someone who could threaten someone in some way. it could have been a way for a drug dealer to make a statement. Any conduit between Chicago and Madison would involve major transactions. It's doubtful that Chad would have been involved in that type of trafficking.

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Originally Posted by DALLASTEXAN!!

So you think it is more likely that he left work to make a quick drug deal in the local area and then was attacked/murdered there and then driven to Chicago to be placed in a different jurisdiction to confuse authorities? no surprise that chicago struggled with the investigation.

No. I have no idea. I'm just trying to figure out why at that time he chose to make the trip to Chicago. The two separate trips to Milwaukee were successful without his parents knowing. Driving to Chicago at that time was a doomed trip at that particular moment even if he hadn't gotten killed. He still would have been found out or need a very convincing lie as to where he could have been for a nearly 6 hour window. Why not wait until a non-workday where it would have been much easier to pull off without his parents and boss knowing?

Just trying to put the puzzle pieces together.

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Originally Posted by dynoguy88

No. I have no idea. I'm just trying to figure out why at that time he chose to make the trip to Chicago. The two separate trips to Milwaukee were successful without his parents knowing. Driving to Chicago at that time was a doomed trip at that particular moment even if he hadn't gotten killed. He still would have been found out or need a very convincing lie as to where he could have been for a nearly 6 hour window. Why not wait until a non-workday where it would have been much easier to pull off without his parents and boss knowing?

Just trying to put the puzzle pieces together.

gotcha. I don't recall the Milwaukee trips. that sheds a little light that maybe he was emboldened by that to go to Chicago. it doesn't seem likely that someone would voluntarily go to the Chicago south side for a drug deal unless they were extremely naive or ignorant of that location and its danger.

The only thing that I can think of is that he thought he could leave during his work shift and be back in time for his parents not to notice. they saw his car was gone, but to go in the store and confront the boss shows that they were concerned for Chad, perhaps had good reason to check up on him based on prior events. I wonder if Chad got permission to leave work that day as opposed to just leaving without permission...IDK. he might of just dipped out thinking it wasn't a big deal and could give his boss an excuse later that would be accepted.