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« Reply #60 on: June 23, 2012, 11:00:05 PM »

It looks like some information may be coming in from Crime Stoppers.  Hopefully LE can get to the truth of what happened to TJ.  I hadn't seen anything previously indicating TJ was involved in an altercation or asked to leave the bar.  The article above indicates that information:  http://woodlandsonline.com/npps/story.cfm?nppage=47872   

And next, I'm going to post a news article that sounds the opposite to me.
 
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« Reply #61 on: June 23, 2012, 11:02:41 PM »

Really?  No new news?  Has it been common knowledge but not previously reported that TJ was involved in an altercation at the bar and asked to leave?  It's new to me.

http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/courier/news/no-new-information-in-tj-murray-disappearance/article_091da372-b65c-11e1-a9dc-001a4bcf887a.html
No new information in TJ Murray disappearance
June 14, 2012

Officials with the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office say there is no new information in the disappearance of TJ Murray, the 24-year-old Oak Ridge High School graduate and Sam Houston State University student who went missing Oct. 19.

TJ was last in contact with his father Tom Murray, an ORHS teacher for 25 years, early Oct. 19 while at a sports bar at 592 Sawdust Road.

Montgomery County Sheriff's Lt. Dan Norris did not confirm that foul play was involved in TJ Murray’s disappearance, but it has not been ruled out, he said Thursday afternoon.

At this time, there has been no new information concerning his disappearance, Norris said.

Heather McDonald, a friend of TJ Murray's who has worked to organize searches for TJ and benefits to raise reward money for information, also said Thursday that there are no new developments in the case.
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« Reply #62 on: June 23, 2012, 11:05:21 PM »

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/crime_tracker&id=8703289
Father waits for answers in son's disappearance
June 15, 2012

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- There have been eight months of concern and helplessness for one family in Montgomery County. That's how long it's been since they've seen or heard from their son.
The young man went missing after getting into a fight at a bar on Sawdust near I-45 in Spring. Now investigators say they suspect foul play.

It will be eight months on Tuesday since 24-year-old TJ Murray, Jr. disappeared. Investigators suspect foul play was involved, but with so few answers they haven't ruled anything out.

"Faith, hope and family that's what you got," said Tom Murray, TJ's father. " That's how we are dealing with it one day at a time."

Time ticks on with no answers, and no TJ.

Murray said, "Someone knows something. The Lord knows what's going on and whoever did what they did knows what's going on."

The Sam Houston State student has been missing since last October. Investigators have retraced TJ's path and found he met a friend at a bar on Sawdust Road. The two left his father's truck and went to other bars in the area before ending up at a sports bar down the street. TJ was seen on surveillance camera leaving just after midnight on October 19.

"It's not like him to just disappear and that's what happened," Murray said.

Montgomery County Sheriff's deputies have determined there was some type of fight before TJ was asked to leave and escorted off the property.

Katherine Cabaniss with Crime Stoppers explained, "It's one of those cases, unsolved, a complete mystery, no leads about what has happened to this young man.
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His vehicle was found the next day in the parking lot of the bar and his cell phone was discovered in a nearby ditch.

Murray's father says he hopes Crime Stoppers involvement will help give him and TJ's three younger brothers the answers they've been waiting for.

"He's on our mind every minute of the day," he said.
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« Reply #63 on: June 23, 2012, 11:06:49 PM »

http://www.houstonianonline.com/news/foul-play-not-ruled-out-in-shsu-student-disappearance-1.2744784
Foul play not ruled out in SHSU student disappearance
By George Mattingly
News Editor
Published: Monday, June 18, 2012
Updated: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 01:06

In contrast to recent reports, investigators say foul play has not been confirmed in the case of missing Sam Houston State University student Thomas "T.J." Murray, Jr.

According to Lieutenant Dan Norris of the Montgomery Police Department, while foul play has not been confirmed, it has not been discounted as a possibility in Murray’s disappearance.

The 25-year-old has been missing since Oct. 19, 2011. He was last seen leaving the On the Rox sports bar located in Montgomery County, shortly before midnight on Oct. 19.

Officials say Murray called his father’s cell phone at about 12:30 a.m. to let him know he was going to Rookies Sports Bar & Grill. While there, Murray was allegedly involved in a fight with several bar patrons and was asked to leave. He was last seen on surveillance at On the Rox. No one has seen him since.

His pickup truck was found in the bar’s parking lot while his cell phone was found in a ditch nearby.

Norris said the investigation is ongoing.
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« Reply #64 on: June 23, 2012, 11:11:29 PM »

Remember these earlier posts?

http://scaredmonkeys.net/index.php?topic=12260.msg1482378#msg1482378

http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/courier/news/equusearch-now-looking-for-missing-shsu-student/article_94141292-d74f-582a-8a8e-157fd9817a39.html

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Tom Murray spoke with a friend who was with his son at On The Rocks before TJ disappeared, and the friend said he had gone to the restroom. When he came back out into the bar, TJ was gone, and the friend assumed TJ had left, Tom Murray said.
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http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Search-continues-for-missing-college-student-2237453.php
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Murray called his father on his cell phone about 12:30 a.m. to let him know he was leaving his father's truck at On the Rocks and was riding with friends to Rookies, another bar on Sawdust Road. He called his father again to let him know he had been separated from his friends but would leave the truck at Oak Ridge High School, investigators said.

Murray's cell phone was found in a ditch near the first bar and his pickup was parked in the bar's parking lot.

Deputies said there appear to be no signs of foul play.
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« Reply #65 on: June 23, 2012, 11:13:32 PM »

Maybe this is where he was asked to leave the bar?  But why didn't his "friends" tell TJ's Dad there had been altercation/s and TJ was asked to leave the bar?

http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/courier/news/equusearch-now-looking-for-missing-shsu-student/article_94141292-d74f-582a-8a8e-157fd9817a39.html

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"I believe somebody out there knows where he is," Tom Murray said Tuesday afternoon at MCSO offices. "I know somebody out there has to know where he is."

TJ, an Oak Ridge High School graduate, and some friends had been out at several bars in South Montgomery County the night of Oct. 18, including Rookies, located at 305 Sawdust Road in Spring, and the last place TJ was seen, at On The Rox Sports Bar and Grill at 592 Sawdust Road, Tom Murray said.

"I called him around midnight expecting him to be home already," Tom Murray, a physical education teacher at Oak Ridge High School, said. "Then I called him right at 12:30 (a.m) and he told me, ‘I'm not driving your truck."
TJ, who is 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs 140 pounds, has blue eyes and was wearing a red T-shirt with white lettering and wearing shorts, had umpired some Little League baseball earlier in the evening, then went to the bars, Tom Murray said.

For some reason, Tom Murray said, his son told him he had been locked out of Rookies, but it's not clear why.

The MCSO is checking into any service calls to the bar that night, and is looking for witnesses, Lt. Dan Norris said.

"At this point, we don't know the answer," Norris said.

Tom Murray spoke with a friend who was with his son at On The Rocks before TJ disappeared, and the friend said he had gone to the restroom. When he came back out into the bar, TJ was gone, and the friend assumed TJ had left, Tom Murray said.

TJ's cellphone was found in a ditch in the area, but MCSO officials would not say where it was found or if any other calls were found on the phone after Tom Murray's last call to his son.
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« Reply #66 on: June 24, 2012, 12:12:27 AM »

Maybe this is where he was asked to leave the bar?  But why didn't his "friends" tell TJ's Dad there had been altercation/s and TJ was asked to leave the bar?

http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/courier/news/equusearch-now-looking-for-missing-shsu-student/article_94141292-d74f-582a-8a8e-157fd9817a39.html

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"I believe somebody out there knows where he is," Tom Murray said Tuesday afternoon at MCSO offices. "I know somebody out there has to know where he is."

TJ, an Oak Ridge High School graduate, and some friends had been out at several bars in South Montgomery County the night of Oct. 18, including Rookies, located at 305 Sawdust Road in Spring, and the last place TJ was seen, at On The Rox Sports Bar and Grill at 592 Sawdust Road, Tom Murray said.

"I called him around midnight expecting him to be home already," Tom Murray, a physical education teacher at Oak Ridge High School, said. "Then I called him right at 12:30 (a.m) and he told me, ‘I'm not driving your truck."
TJ, who is 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs 140 pounds, has blue eyes and was wearing a red T-shirt with white lettering and wearing shorts, had umpired some Little League baseball earlier in the evening, then went to the bars, Tom Murray said.

For some reason, Tom Murray said, his son told him he had been locked out of Rookies, but it's not clear why.

The MCSO is checking into any service calls to the bar that night, and is looking for witnesses, Lt. Dan Norris said.

"At this point, we don't know the answer," Norris said.

Tom Murray spoke with a friend who was with his son at On The Rocks before TJ disappeared, and the friend said he had gone to the restroom. When he came back out into the bar, TJ was gone, and the friend assumed TJ had left, Tom Murray said.

TJ's cellphone was found in a ditch in the area, but MCSO officials would not say where it was found or if any other calls were found on the phone after Tom Murray's last call to his son.
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So TJ was last seen at On The Rocks...and had been kicked out of Rookies earlier in the night?  If this is correct, then maybe the friend did go to the bathroom and TJ decided to go and finish whatever it was that was started at Rookies earlier?  Just thinking out loud.  I wonder how far apart the bars are?  I wonder how he acts when he drinks...my brother gets kind of argumentative.  I agree that it sounds odd that the friend went to the bathroom and TJ just disappeared though.  And, I thought there were friends and not just one.  So did they ALL go to the bathroom and TJ disappears?
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« Reply #67 on: July 09, 2012, 10:42:24 PM »

https://www.facebook.com/bringTJhome

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« Reply #68 on: July 22, 2012, 11:25:00 PM »

Such sad, sad news.  Tragedy has again struck the Murray family.   



http://itemonline.com/local/x1447691074/Missing-student-s-brother-drowns-in-Guadalupe-River
Missing student’s brother drowns in Guadalupe River
July 18, 2012

The younger brother of a Sam Houston State University student who has been missing for nine months drowned Tuesday in an accident on a Comal County river.
William Murray, 22, of Huntsville, was swimming with friends in the upper area of Camp Hueco Springs on the Guadalupe River on Tuesday when he attempted to swim downstream and disappeared under the water.

Witnesses said Murray had feigned drowning in this manner several times throughout the day in attempt to frighten the group he was with, according to officials with the Comal County Sheriff’s Office. The last time he disappeared under the water, no one was immediately alarmed, but when too much time had elapsed, Murray’s friends called for help. Authorities said they received the call at 4:57 p.m.
Someone from Murray’s group was able to retrieve him from the river and bring him back to shore, where a Comal County Sheriff’s Office deputy began to administer CPR. Once Canyon Lake Emergency Medical Service arrived at the scene, technicians took over the attempt to resuscitate Murray.
Murray was pronounced dead at Christus Santa Rosa Hospital in New Braunfels at 6:12 p.m. A Comal County justice of the peace determined cause of death as drowning.
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« Reply #69 on: July 22, 2012, 11:26:29 PM »

http://kgnb.am/news/tuesdays-drowning-victim-identified-brother-man-missing-october
Tuesday's Drowning Victim Identified - Brother of Man Missing Since October
Thursday, July 19th, 2012

 ::snipping2::The 22-year old Murray was originally from The Woodlands, but was currently living in Huntsville. According to reports in the Sam Houston State University newspaper, The Houstonian, Murray was a Sam Houston State student studying criminal justice. And, they report, that this is the 2nd time that the Murray family has faced tragedy in recent months.

Last October, Murray’s brother TJ went missing from a bar in Montgomery County and hasn’t been seen since. Authorities there have still not ruled out foul play in that case and a reward for information on TJ’s whereabouts currently sits at 20-thousand dollars.

According to Facebook posts on the "Bring TJ Murray Home Safe" page, the funeral for William Murray has been set for this Saturday at Oak Ridge Baptist Church in Spring, Texas.
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« Reply #70 on: July 22, 2012, 11:27:10 PM »

OMG I don't know how this family is going to cope.  How sad 
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« Reply #71 on: July 22, 2012, 11:30:07 PM »

http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/courier/news/guadalupe-river-death-of-missing-man-s-brother-ruled-drowning/article_b5e4a8e9-c5ca-5528-a713-c61b495b99e2.html
Guadalupe River death of missing man’s brother ruled drowning
Posted: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 10:31 pm | Updated: 1:21 pm, Sun Jul 22, 2012.

The death of a young Montgomery County man whose brother disappeared months ago and still hasn’t been found has been ruled a drowning, an official said Wednesday.
Will Murray, 21, who lives in the Oak Ridge North area, was swimming with friends Tuesday at the Guadalupe River in Comal County. He disappeared under the water and was pulled out by friends about 30 minutes later, just as emergency personnel arrived.
Will Murray is the third oldest of the four sons of Tom and Janelle Murray, who both teach and coach at Oak Ridge High School, said Hannah McDonald, who came to know the family after the disappearance of T.J. Murray, 24, in October. McDonald said she has conducted several searches for T.J. Murray.
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« Reply #72 on: July 22, 2012, 11:42:29 PM »

Too sad! 

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« Reply #73 on: July 23, 2012, 03:47:54 AM »

http://www.khou.com/video?id=162979596&sec=548342&ref=articlevidmod

Middle brother mourns the loss of 2 siblings
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http://www.khou.com/video?id=162979596&sec=548342&ref=articlevidmod

Middle brother mourns the loss of 2 siblings
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« Reply #75 on: July 23, 2012, 12:17:45 PM »

Wow.  This is horrible.  These poor parents.  They've lost so much.  This is just heartbreaking.  I really pray that someone feels human enough to tell them what happened that night to TJ.
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« Reply #76 on: July 23, 2012, 07:40:10 PM »

Obituary and photos of William Murray, TJ Murray Jr.'s brother.

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/courier/obituary.aspx?n=william-murray&pid=158636434&fhid=11303
William Murray
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William Montgomery Murray was born on March 2, 1991 in The Woodlands, Texas, to parents Thomas Charles (Tom) Murray and Janelle Hoke Murray, and he went to be with the Lord on July 17, 2012. He is preceded in death by his grandfather, James (Jim) Hoke. William is survived by his parents; his brothers Thomas Charles Murray Jr., James Edward Murray, and Samuel Bennett Murray; his grandparents Edward and Grace Montgomery Murray, of Pittsburgh, and Molly Gray Hoke, of New Caney; aunts and uncles Janette Miller, Regina and Barry Coffman, Jamie and Brandi Hoke, Debbie and Keith Pistorious, Tim and Karen Murray, James and Debbie Murray and Diane and Greg Levine, and numerous cousins. Will's parents Tom and Janelle, are both teachers in Conroe I.S.D. He was a 2009 graduate of Oak Ridge High School, and a student at Sam Houston State University, where he was majoring in criminal justice. Because of his great love of the outdoors, he hoped to become a Game Warden. William always had a beautiful and ready smile and everyone enjoyed his company. His death brings great sadness to his family and a multitude of friends.
Visitation will be held Friday July 20 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Metcalf Funeral Home 1801 E. White Oak Terrace Conroe, TX 77304 and funeral service will be held Saturday July 21 at 11:00 a.m. at Oakridge Baptist Church 500 E. Oak Hill Dr. Spring, TX 77386. Interment will follow in Bays Chapel Cemetery. The family requests in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Woodforest National Bank care of William Murray Scholarship Fund.

http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=William-Murray&lc=2402&pid=158621291&mid=5175525&Affiliate=courier&PersonID=158621291&FHID=11303
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« Reply #77 on: July 24, 2012, 07:46:20 AM »

Obituary and photos of William Murray, TJ Murray Jr.'s brother.

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/courier/obituary.aspx?n=william-murray&pid=158636434&fhid=11303
William Murray
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William Montgomery Murray was born on March 2, 1991 in The Woodlands, Texas, to parents Thomas Charles (Tom) Murray and Janelle Hoke Murray, and he went to be with the Lord on July 17, 2012. He is preceded in death by his grandfather, James (Jim) Hoke. William is survived by his parents; his brothers Thomas Charles Murray Jr., James Edward Murray, and Samuel Bennett Murray; his grandparents Edward and Grace Montgomery Murray, of Pittsburgh, and Molly Gray Hoke, of New Caney; aunts and uncles Janette Miller, Regina and Barry Coffman, Jamie and Brandi Hoke, Debbie and Keith Pistorious, Tim and Karen Murray, James and Debbie Murray and Diane and Greg Levine, and numerous cousins. Will's parents Tom and Janelle, are both teachers in Conroe I.S.D. He was a 2009 graduate of Oak Ridge High School, and a student at Sam Houston State University, where he was majoring in criminal justice. Because of his great love of the outdoors, he hoped to become a Game Warden. William always had a beautiful and ready smile and everyone enjoyed his company. His death brings great sadness to his family and a multitude of friends.
Visitation will be held Friday July 20 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Metcalf Funeral Home 1801 E. White Oak Terrace Conroe, TX 77304 and funeral service will be held Saturday July 21 at 11:00 a.m. at Oakridge Baptist Church 500 E. Oak Hill Dr. Spring, TX 77386. Interment will follow in Bays Chapel Cemetery. The family requests in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Woodforest National Bank care of William Murray Scholarship Fund.

http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=William-Murray&lc=2402&pid=158621291&mid=5175525&Affiliate=courier&PersonID=158621291&FHID=11303
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« Reply #78 on: July 24, 2012, 08:37:18 PM »

http://www.houstonianonline.com/news/shsu-student-drowns-in-guadalupe-river-1.2748348?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=The_Houstonian&utm_campaign=The_Houstonian_2012724117
SHSU student drowns in Guadalupe river
Published: Monday, July 23, 2012
Updated: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 01:07


The funeral of the Sam Houston State University student who drowned in the Guadalupe River was held Saturday at Oak Ridge Baptist Church in Spring.

William Murray, 21-year-old criminal justice major, was swimming across the Guadalupe River near New Braunfels near Camp Hueco Springs when he went under and did not resurface, according to the Comal County Sheriff’s office.

He is the brother of TJ Murray, another SHSU student who went missing more than nine months ago.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Woodforest National Bank care of William Murray Scholarship Fund.
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William is the second youngest of four sons. His oldest brother who also attended SHSU, Thomas “TJ” Murray, went missing from a bar in Montgomery County last October after being seen in an argument. Their parents are coaches and teachers in Conroe.

TJ Murray’s truck was found the next day still in the parking lot of one of the bars he visited, and his cell phone was found in a nearby ditch.

The reward for information on TJ has been raised to $30,000 according to KHOU.

Foul play has not been ruled out in TJ Murray’s disappearance.
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« Reply #79 on: October 19, 2012, 01:22:21 AM »

http://www.houstonianonline.com/news/missing-student-tj-murray-remembered-one-year-later-1.2780299
Missing student TJ Murray remembered one year later
October 18, 2012

A candlelight vigil will be held tonight for a Sam Houston State University student who has been missing for one year today. The vigil and a 5-minute moment of silence will take place today at 8:30 p.m. at Rookies Sports Bar in Spring.
Thomas “TJ” Murray, Jr., disappeared from the parking lot of Rookies Sports Bar on the night of Oct. 18, 2011. He had borrowed his father’s truck to go barhopping with friends that night.
The truck was still in the parking lot, but his cell phone was found in a nearby ditch.
“I still can’t believe it’s been a year. I am told, ‘time heals all wounds’, but for me the pain and sense of loss hasn’t diminished much over the last twelve months. We all miss him so much,” Justin Snyder, Murray’s cousin, said.
 ::snipping2::There is still an on going investigation according to Lt. Dan Norris of the Montgomery County Sheriff Office.
“We would desperately like answers to what happened that night and to know where TJ is,” Snyder said. “The ‘not knowing’ has been the hardest part for me personally.”
This isn’t the only tragedy to strike the Murray family in the last year- on July 17, William Murray, one of TJ’s three younger brothers, drowned while swimming in the Guadalupe River near New Braunfels.
“With TJ missing and then losing Will in July, our feelings of loss and grief have been overwhelming,” Snyder said. “The last year has been very hard, an emotional roller coaster.”
Snyder often updates a Facebook page dedicated to helping find TJ. The “Bring TJ Murray Home Safe” page has more than 6,000 people devoted to finding him and praying for the family.
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