Found Deceased VA - Morgan Dana Harrington, 20, Charlottesville, 17 Oct 2009 - #15

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WSLS (Local NBC) did a news story on Morgan tonight, but cannot find any link to it on their web-site.

The media was invited to the farm (along with the Harrington's) and it showed the exact spot where Morgan was found. The person speaking said that whoever brought Morgan to the farm had to have intimate knowledge of the land because it was too risky a place to get stuck in the mud or tangled up in a fence.

Maybe wsls.com will update their web-site at some point this evening.

ETA:

http://www2.wsls.com/news/2011/jan/25/state-police-retrace-steps-morgan-harrington-case-ar-798604/

State Police Special Agent Dino Cappuzzo is one of the officers who lead the walkthrough. Agent Cappuzzo said he wanted to show the public just how remote the location is. Cappuzzo believes the killer or killers had been to the location before.

"This is a location where someone is going to come where they feel comfortable. Where they feel a low degree of stress involved in coming here," said Agent Cappuzzo.

The investigator told reporters that behavioral specialists have analyzed the location. They believe the location would have been too risky for someone not familiar with the area to dump a body.

(More of story at link)
 
Sally10 said:
This article shows potential new photos of Morgan inside JPJ arena. But I don't see leggings and one of the pictures looks like it is a shirt that is off the shoulder? There are tabs at the top of the article and one is for photos. Sorry I don't know how to post pictures.

http://www.newsplex.com/home/headli...k_at_Site_of_Daughters_Remains_114509359.html
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its possible le didn't release the exact outfit she was wearing that night so they could differentiate the credible witnesses from the not credible ones..
 
Sally10 said:
Just my :twocents:, I can't find anything that says LE said the "forensic link" was DNA. Corrine Geller's statement said they believe the man in the sketch "may have come in contact with Morgan the night of the concert or the morning after". I couldn't figure that out for the longest time. Where did the "morning after" come from when LE stated and the parents that she was likely dead before the concert ended? There are multiple articles that state that the authors attempted to confirm that the evidence was DNA but the VSP declined to confirm or deny.

Then it hit me - the next morning is when the purse was turned in. I am thinking the "forensic link" was a fingerprint to do with the purse or phone.

Whatchuthink? :waitasec:
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what if the man in the sketch came into contact with an item of morgan's yet was not involved in her death?
imo, the sketch of the man involved in another rape doesn't fit the profile.

however if her killers knew him somehow maybe they passed off an item of hers to him to try and cast blame onto him?
would the suspect sketch of the rape in fairfax be familiar with that farm? would he feel safe there?
 
carbuff said:
I agree -- and I think they know quite a lot more than they've let on.
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i second this opinion

seems the harringtons are pressing for va to make familial dna use to be brought into law in va.
familial dna was used in cali to catch the notorious grim sleeper.

"Use of the technique is being sought in at least two high-profile Virginia cases: the search for the so-called East Coast Rapist and the killer of Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington."

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2011/jan/06/new-virginia-dna-searches-possible-ar-755967/

i may be wrong, however it seems like va might be trying to find a relative of the dna or have found one that is linked to morgan's death/
 
http://www.roanoke.com/274992

Headline from the Roanoke Times (local Newspaper):

One year later, Morgan Harrington's parents revisit hayfield in Charlottesville where her body was found

(article at link above)
 
http://www.roanoke.com/274992

Quoted from the above article...bolded by me

"Cappuzzo said Morgan joined a group of male students who were leaving the arena and heading toward their cars in a lot at Lannigan Field, a spot where UVa athletes often park. Morgan occasionally supported herself along the way by leaning against parked cars, he said. They soon reached the vicinity of Lannigan Field -- where Morgan's backpacklike purse, umbrella and cellphone were later found.
"She asked them for a ride, but, based on her behavior, they did not give her a ride," he said.

None is a suspect, Cappuzzo said.

Morgan then walked to the nearby Copeley Road bridge and apparently began hitchhiking. Authorities believe a vehicle stopped and that Morgan probably entered willingly, he said.

In drizzling rain, she wore a black miniskirt, black tights, knee-high black boots with high heels and a black T-shirt with "Pantera" written on the front.

"She has no coat, the weather is beginning to deteriorate. She doesn't have her phone," Cappuzzo said. "She's in a vulnerable and compromised position. The logical conclusion is that she got in a vehicle somewhere on Copeley Road between the bridge and the intersection with Ivy Road."

This is interesting and new info to me - Has it been stated before that her phone was recovered? I seem to remember that it was reported that ONLY the battery was found in the parking lot with her purse, and they didn't have her whole phone.

Also, this description essentially states that she left her things (purse, umbrella, 'phone')in the parking lot (for some reason) and then made her way to the bridge. What caused her to leave all her belongings behind in the parking lot and head to the bridge? The athletes left (after not giving her a ride) and then what happened before she walked to the bridge? Why was all her stuff left there?

This brings up many questions for me...
 
The phone was found...the battery was missing
 
kwatmac said:
http://www.roanoke.com/274992

Quoted from the above article...bolded by me

"Cappuzzo said Morgan joined a group of male students who were leaving the arena and heading toward their cars in a lot at Lannigan Field, a spot where UVa athletes often park. Morgan occasionally supported herself along the way by leaning against parked cars, he said. They soon reached the vicinity of Lannigan Field -- where Morgan's backpacklike purse, umbrella and cellphone were later found.
"She asked them for a ride, but, based on her behavior, they did not give her a ride," he said.

None is a suspect, Cappuzzo said.

Morgan then walked to the nearby Copeley Road bridge and apparently began hitchhiking. Authorities believe a vehicle stopped and that Morgan probably entered willingly, he said.

In drizzling rain, she wore a black miniskirt, black tights, knee-high black boots with high heels and a black T-shirt with "Pantera" written on the front.

"She has no coat, the weather is beginning to deteriorate. She doesn't have her phone," Cappuzzo said. "She's in a vulnerable and compromised position. The logical conclusion is that she got in a vehicle somewhere on Copeley Road between the bridge and the intersection with Ivy Road."

This is interesting and new info to me - Has it been stated before that her phone was recovered? I seem to remember that it was reported that ONLY the battery was found in the parking lot with her purse, and they didn't have her whole phone.

Also, this description essentially states that she left her things (purse, umbrella, 'phone')in the parking lot (for some reason) and then made her way to the bridge. What caused her to leave all her belongings behind in the parking lot and head to the bridge? The athletes left (after not giving her a ride) and then what happened before she walked to the bridge? Why was all her stuff left there?

This brings up many questions for me...
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I think you have the phone part backwards -- they found the phone with no battery. Her mother said the battery often fell out.

It sounds to me like she left the stuff because she was too drunk/stoned/whatever to carry them. And if the phone's battery was missing it wouldn't have done her any good anyway. Presumably she wasn't thinking clearly, and if she was dressed that lightly in 40-ish degree weather, she could have been somewhat hypothermic already and not thinking clearly.
 
carbuff said:
I think you have the phone part backwards -- they found the phone with no battery. Her mother said the battery often fell out.

It sounds to me like she left the stuff because she was too drunk/stoned/whatever to carry them. And if the phone's battery was missing it wouldn't have done her any good anyway. Presumably she wasn't thinking clearly, and if she was dressed that lightly in 40-ish degree weather, she could have been somewhat hypothermic already and not thinking clearly.
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I agree with you. I believe Morgan was most likely extremely intoxicated hence her unusual and incoherent behavior. IMO it explains a lot. She most likely stumbled around finding herself outside of the arena. She did not call her friends for help. They were the ones to call her @8:48 to see where she was. I imagine Morgan fumbling around with her phone, dropping it numerous times, eventually losing the back and battery. Unable to make any phone calls, she walks around talking to any passerby she comes across. Sadly, it was most likely a passerby that saw her as an easy target and made his move.

In the beginning, I did not believe the hitchhiking theory but now it seems she may have been so drunk/high that she was most likely asking ANYONE for a ride. I think LE and her family did not want the public to judge the victim, leaving out some of the information about the state she was in that night.
 
Do you guys think this rapist/murderer is responsible only for the attacks on Morgan and the woman in Fairfax?
 
Thanks for the phone clarification!

I wonder why, if she really was so intoxicated that she left all her belongings in the parking lot, that the athletes that walked with her, didn't try to help her out when she asked them for a ride. It was clearly obvious to them that she wasn't in a good state, I wonder why they didn't take her somewhere like a hospital if she was really so worse for wear.
 
ThePhantom said:
Do you guys think this rapist/murderer is responsible only for the attacks on Morgan and the woman in Fairfax?
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No. I think he's committed many other crimes, though Morgan might be the only one he murdered.
 
Her parents are on JVM right now. After finding her a year ago, they went to the site where her remains were found. :(
 
Wow...was today the one year anniversary? I've been following Morgan's case since the MSM started reporting on her right after her disappearance. I'll never forget it for the rest of my life and hope one day her family sees justice. They seem like such wonderful people and I really admire her parents, especially her mom. Her mom seems like a really cool lady, and I think the way she is handling all of this is great. I remember reading a blog post she wrote on their website where she talked very matter-of-factly about her daughter's death. She didn't want people to tip-toe around the subject. I couldn't have that attitude myself but admired the strength I could see in it.
 
carbuff said:
I think you have the phone part backwards -- they found the phone with no battery. Her mother said the battery often fell out.

It sounds to me like she left the stuff because she was too drunk/stoned/whatever to carry them. And if the phone's battery was missing it wouldn't have done her any good anyway. Presumably she wasn't thinking clearly, and if she was dressed that lightly in 40-ish degree weather, she could have been somewhat hypothermic already and not thinking clearly.
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imo, i don't think she left her stuff behind since she was too drunk/drugged up.
i think either she was grabbed and took what she could or someone later dumped her stuff there.
her camera is still missing and never has been found

inebriated or not i'd think it'd be easier to keep all her stuff in one bag
 
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