This is in regard to a post made by pippi that can be linked from above. She is certainly entitled to her opinion but I would be remiss if I didnt point out that much of her post is based on her feelings, not actual facts. In any investigation you build a case with your head, not with your heart.
But I knew immediately what they did wrong.
Just how is it that you know this given the fact that you were not there that night?
If she was too far gone to give her the car keys to her own car then how could they ever let her wander in darkness
Please direct me to a link that states that Morgan was to far gone to drive based on her consumption of alcohol other than the one where it is specified she had been drinking. In that one, no one says she was drunk.
They knew Morgan had been drinking. They had her keys.
The keys were in the possession of Dan, a friend who drove that night and was the designated driver from the start of the evening. That is why he had the keys. Yes, she was said to have been drinking; but how much had she consumed?
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Lets call the Harringtons and tell them their Morgan is out of control and has been drinking and somebody should come and get her".
Again, who said she was out of control? Show me a link. And her parents live over an hour away from the JPJ. What were they supposed to do if the parents did come to get her? Tie her up until they arrived? And do you know any 20 yos that would do this?
They let her wander into the darkness.
See my explanation below about the lights and this statement, even if that is a figure of speech.
Then they took Morgans car and drove themselves to their safe harbor and not until Dan Harrington called did they give Morgan another thought.
Not true.
After the concert, Morgans friends waited for a significant amount of time they never saw Morgan and left the venue returning back to JMU in Morgans car. Link here;
http://www.examiner.com/x-30376-Pri...organ-Harrington-missing-young-Virginia-woman
..not until Dan Harrington called did they give Morgan another thought
Maybe they didnt give her another thought because they thought they knew where she was and who she was with; only to find out differently. They didnt contact the Harringtons because they didnt know anything was wrong. What occurred that night may not have been the original plan but perhaps they had a plan B and no one was concerned.
I am sorry but friends just don't treat friends like that. They just don't.
Have you spoken with the friends to know that their actions were out of line? Again, where are you getting your facts that the friends are cold, selfish and heartless as you portray them to be in your post? Your comments are based on emotions and not facts.
I would hate to be in a courtroom where you are part of the jury. You seem to be judge, and jury in your post as it relates to what occurred; you have it all figured out apparently. There is not one fact to back up your assumptions. They are all based on posts and comments from forums, blogs or social web sites. Not facts. If you are following this case closely you would know;
Morgan and her friends had a long history of going to concerts. Both indoor and outdoor events, some which involved overnight stays. This was not their first concert together and this was not the first time Morgan went out on her own once they got to a concert. Given that fact perhaps they didnt see anything wrong with what Morgan did once she found herself outside of the arena.
The JPJ parking lot that night was lit up like a football game. UVA had brought in very large lights to light all the parking lots for the concert given it was Metallica. I know your, wander in the darkness was a figure of speech but the parking lot was very active throughout the show. She would have been seen. There was a very heavy presence of police officers, both plain clothed and uniform in the lot that night from before the concert until after it ended. Arrest records show several arrests made during the 9pm to 9:45pm time period. If Morgan had been out of control and in the parking lot, stumbling around or dropping her purse, someone would have seen her from LE. Thats why they were in the parking lot, to look for people just like her. People to far gone to drive as you put it.
It has been verified that Morgan spoke to JPJ security personnel that night to try and get in again a little before 9pm. Security people who are hired to alert LE to people who are drunk or out of control. People who are trained to recognize people who are drunk or stoned. No such observation was made by security that night when she tried to get in again. And LE wasnt alerted to that fact.
So much was made of the friends that went with Morgan that night and their possible involvement when this all began. When LE finally vetted them from having any involvement the scenarios regarding the friends changed from a they know something and they were involved mentality to a they should have never let this happened, mentality.
You may just find that when all is said and done that the friends did absolutely nothing wrong that night. They may have been doing nothing more than what they had done together as a group before. But this night, something went very wrong. This time they may have thought Morgan was someplace, doing something with someone like she had before, only to find out after the fact that wasnt the case.
Their silence is not a reflection of their guilt nor is it a reflection of their negligence; it may well be a reflection of their logic as LE works to apprehend the individual(s) involved. What possible good come out of them talking about what happened that night except to satisfy the curiosity of people who frequent forums and social networks? I include myself in that group and as much as I would be interested in hearing what they have to say, if their silence helps LE in bringing someone to justice over this, I can wait. Its time for everyone to quit judging the friends and their not talking. In the end Im certain their reasons for not doing so will be made clear. And they may just surprise us all.
