MORGAN DANA HARRINGTON case (January news page 4)

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http://www.kwtx.com/nationalnews/headlines/64965077.html

Several agencies are involved in the investigation of the disappearance of a 20-year-old university coed who turned up missing after going to a Metallica concert.
Police: Student Disappeared From Weekend Concert

http://abcnews.go.com/US/virginia-t...arrington-disappears-concert/story?id=8872201

Virginia Tech Student Morgan Dana Harrington Disappears From Concert
Police Say 20-Year-Old Vanished, Leaving Behind ID and Cell Phone
By RUSSELL GOLDMAN
Oct. 20, 2009

http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/223246

Parents plead for return of missing Virginia Tech student
The case of missing Tech student Morgan Harrington has drawn nationwide attention.
By Mike Gangloff

Morgan Dana Harrington, 20, was last seen Saturday at a concert in Charlottesville.

Facebook
An open, public group has formed on the Facebook social networking site titled "Help Find Morgan Dana Harrington." Group members are sharing updates, notes of support and contact information as the search continues.
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Morgan Dana Harrington

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[minniebeth]

Oh my goodness, I pray for her safety!
Wow, Virginia Tech sure has had more than it's share of heartbreaking tragedies...

 

[agnes!]

Yes, it sure seems like it has seen more than its share.

The thing that struck me as somewhat odd (from the Roanoke Times story) is that the friends who accompanied Dana to the concert apparently didn't report her missing right away...and they all got there in her car.

I hope she's found safe and sound, and I don't think that Va. Tech is any more inherently dangerous than any other college campus, the news outlets pick up on the words "Virginia Tech" and run with it. I saw some of the video of her parents sometime yesterday...heartbreaking.

I pray they get good news soon.
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[lillygator]

I think there may be conflicting stories re the car. I have been following this on WS.

 

[agnes!]

I think there may be conflicting stories re the car. I have been following this on WS.

I just hope she comes home and everything's ok.
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[agnes!]

Bumping this up for the night shift.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/21/AR2009102103123.html
Search continues for Va. Tech student
By Daniel de Vise
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 21, 2009; 5:07 PM

Morgan Harrington telephoned her friends Saturday night from outside John Paul Jones Arena at the University of Virginia to say she had left the Metallica concert, couldn't get back in and would find her own way home. She hasn't been heard from since.

A massive police and community search continued Wednesday for Harrington, 20, a Virginia Tech junior, whose absence became cause for alarm after her cellphone and purse were found by a passerby in a parking lot outside the arena. The case has garnered national media attention, a heavily trafficked Facebook page and even a posting to the Metallica band Web site, under the heading "One Of Our Fans Is Missing."

"We have a purse. We have a cellphone. We have a missing girl. Those are the facts," said Lt. Joe Rader of the Virginia State Police, speaking at a news conference Wednesday afternoon. "We do not know whether she is alive or has met some kind of ill fate. It's just that simple."

Harrington, an education major from Roanoke County, traveled to U-Va. with friends for the concert. They became separated about 8:40 p.m. when Harrington left the group to use the bathroom and wound up outside the arena, which allowed no reentry. She called her friends and said she "would find a way either to [meet] up with them or to get home," Rader said. Interviews with friends and other concert-goers and surveillance tapes suggest that she was last seen about 9:30 Saturday evening.

Rader said there were no signs of a struggle in the parking lot where the purse and phone were found, but stressed that the case had become "a criminal investigation in nature." He said a reward of at least $50,000 would be forthcoming.

http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/223391
Morgan Harrington's parents continue clinging to hope as they search for their missing daughter
By Rex Bowman | The Roanoke Times

Harrington, a 20-year-old Virginia Tech education major, disappeared Saturday night after leaving the John Paul Jones Arena at the University of Virginia. She had gone there with friends, but between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. she called them to say she was outside and couldn't get back in, and that she would either find them after the show or find another way home. The next day, a passerby found her purse and cellphone in a small parking area between the arena and an athletic field. The cellphone's battery was gone.

Virginia State Police, in a news conference in Charlottesville on Wednesday, said they have received 100 calls from around the country and are following up on all of them. State police have set up a new tip line, (434) 352-3467, and also plan to announce a Crimestoppers reward of at least $50,000 as early as today. Police also noted that they have searched a large area around the arena three times, using search dogs and a SWAT team that was in the city for training.

New pic:

Morgan with her father and brother

 

[TeresaBelle]

Harrington, a 20-year-old Virginia Tech education major, disappeared Saturday night after leaving the John Paul Jones Arena at the University of Virginia. She had gone there with friends, but between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. she called them to say she was outside and couldn't get back in, and that she would either find them after the show or find another way home. The next day, a passerby found her purse and cellphone in a small parking area between the arena and an athletic field. The cellphone's battery was gone.

This doesn't seem right to me...why would she have had to "find another way home"? They came in her car!

I hope and pray Morgan is safe. I work at UVA and this is all anyone is talking and thinking about. I feel so sad for her parents.

 

[Angelhalo]

Harrington, a 20-year-old Virginia Tech education major, disappeared Saturday night after leaving the John Paul Jones Arena at the University of Virginia. She had gone there with friends, but between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. she called them to say she was outside and couldn't get back in, and that she would either find them after the show or find another way home. The next day, a passerby found her purse and cellphone in a small parking area between the arena and an athletic field. The cellphone's battery was gone.

This doesn't seem right to me...why would she have had to "find another way home"? They came in her car!

I hope and pray Morgan is safe. I work at UVA and this is all anyone is talking and thinking about. I feel so sad for her parents.

Perhaps she decided to leave the car for them so that they could get home figuring that it would be easier for one person to find a way home than it would be for multiple people. This happened to my friends and I many times in college. I'd drive us all to a club then they'd want to stay and I'd want to leave. rather than abandoning them with no car, I'd leave the keys and walk a few blocks home.

 

[TeresaBelle]

I don't think so. She was over 100 miles from home...

 

[Angelhalo]

I don't think so. She was over 100 miles from home...

Ahhhh ok I missed that part.

If it weren't that far it wouldn't seem strange to me at all, but that is quite odd

 

[mickeylove2]

With her being 20 and going to a Metallica concert...it's very possible that her friends thought she had met a guy and "hooked up" for the night. Maybe that's why they didn't report her missing.

Who had her car keys??? Maybe the friends had something to do with it??? I don't know but I hope they find something out soon, this poor family must be so upset and worried. Hopefully she just had to get away and disappear for a few days.

 

[OceanAnnie]

I was thinking maybe she arranged to meet someone from Facebook? Strange case. I hope they find her alive and unharmed soon.

 

[agnes!]

I'm sure the police are going over her computer and cell-phone records with a fine-toothed comb plus interviewing all of her friends and acquaintances. It does strike me as odd that the purse with all its contents was found intact except that the battery was missing from the cell-phone.

As more time goes on...

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[lillygator]

they are calling off the search it appears.

 

[TeresaBelle]

I don't think so...this is our latest local news...

http://www.nbc29.com/global/story.asp?s=11367152

Search for Morgan Harrington Continues
Posted: Oct 22, 2009 3:24 PM EDT
Updated: Oct 22, 2009 4:13 PM EDT
More law enforcement officials are joining forces with Virginia State Police to track down Morgan Harrington. Thursday a group from the Greene County Sheriff's Office joined in the search for Harrington. The group, along with Albemarle county search teams, set up a command post near University Hall. Teams with canines searched wooded areas along Ivy Road.

Wednesday, state police Lieutenant Joe Rader said search efforts on the ground and in the air would be stopped unless there was a credible tip to call teams back out. A state police spokesperson told us that they're following up on tips, but the search is mainly just to recheck areas that have already been searched.

Twenty-year old Morgan Harrington has been missing since Saturday night when she seemingly vanished at the Metallica concert at John Paul Jones Arena. Police are treating this as a criminal investigation.

Wednesday police announced a $50,000 reward that will be offered for information on her disappearance. Details on that reward are still being worked out, but we do know that part of it is coming from Morgan Harrington's family.

A vigil will be held Thursday evening in Roanoke for Morgan Harrington. Her friends plan to gather at 7:00 p.m. at the Northside High School in Roanoke County. Harrington attended Northside before transferring and graduating from Lord Botetourt High School.

If you have any information regarding Morgan's disappearance, police urge you to call: 434-352-3467.

Reported by Tracy Clemons

 

[Vallie]

how awful
i hope she turns out ok.

 

[chell]

I keep waiting to hear that they have found her safe and sound.

 

[agnes!]

Bumping back up to Page One.

You never know... I keep on thinking that DISers are everywhere and maybe one of us saw something that night, the night this young woman disappeared.

I hope there's good news soon.
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[HonnyDipp]

I live in Roanoke, so this story has been on my local news all week. So sad, my heart goes out to her family and friends. They are all in my prayers.