Found Deceased VA - Morgan Dana Harrington, 20, Charlottesville, 17 Oct 2009 - #4

[Hippy Chick]

There is something just strange about her "friends", when my daughter was a senior in HS she called me in a panic one night @ 1am we live in central Missouri in a small town, there is a town of about 15,000 pop 10 miles from us where everone goes to shop, work ect. There is a State Univ there and most kids from the small towns around gather here to ride around, visit, party ect. Anyway she and 4 other friends(been friends since elementry school) were riding around, stopped at a stoplight flirting w boys in a PU truck next to them. Summer time windows down being kids. One of the girls jumped out of the car got in the truck with the boys yelled to my DD to meet in the grocery store parking lot in 10 min. Well the girls went there but no pickup truck with their friend. They waited a few and she called me and asked me what to do they were upset and a little scared at this point. I asked her if they knew the make, model ect of truck well of course not they thought it was blue...(kids) I told her to call 911 stay put and I would get up and be there ASAP. Just as we were hanging up here came the truck with boys and her friend in tow, laughing and having fun. My point these girls were very concerned and worried enough to call me for help. They were true, concerned friends there was no way they would have just left town without their friend & yes, I made them come home and gave them all a lecture but kids will be kids and do stupid things. Her friends make me nervous and wonder what is up. Sorry so long

 

[arielilane]

Roanoke, VA., October 29, 2009 -- We sincerely thank the Virginia State Police Department, University of Virginia Police Department, members of Metallica, and the many people who have shown their support in this difficult time. We are doing everything in our power to bring Morgan home. We appreciate your prayers and ask that you continue to share any information you can with law enforcement so that we can find our daughter.

Please refer to www.FindMorgan.com as a resource for updates on Morgan’s investigation. Information can also be found on the Virginia State Police Department’s website at http://www.vsp.state.va.us/News/News_Releases.shtm. We encourage you to share your thoughts and questions with us directly at info@findmorgan.com. All media inquires may be directed to our new media hotline (202) 973-1330 for immediate assistance.

If you have any helpful information regarding our daughter’s whereabouts, please contact the Virginia State Police’s tip hotline at (434) 352-3467 or bci-appomattox@vsp.virginia.gov.

We thank you again for your prayers and support.
http://www.findmorgan.com/

 

[arielilane]

Roanoke, VA., October 29, 2009 -- We sincerely thank the Virginia State Police Department, University of Virginia Police Department, members of Metallica, and the many people who have shown their support in this difficult time. We are doing everything in our power to bring Morgan home. We appreciate your prayers and ask that you continue to share any information you can with law enforcement so that we can find our daughter.

Please refer to www.FindMorgan.com as a resource for updates on Morgan’s investigation. Information can also be found on the Virginia State Police Department’s website at http://www.vsp.state.va.us/News/News_Releases.shtm. We encourage you to share your thoughts and questions with us directly at info@findmorgan.com. All media inquires may be directed to our new media hotline (202) 973-1330 for immediate assistance.

If you have any helpful information regarding our daughter’s whereabouts, please contact the Virginia State Police’s tip hotline at (434) 352-3467 or bci-appomattox@vsp.virginia.gov.

We thank you again for your prayers and support.
http://www.findmorgan.com/

 

[arielilane]

Roanoke, VA., October 29, 2009 -- We sincerely thank the Virginia State Police Department, University of Virginia Police Department, members of Metallica, and the many people who have shown their support in this difficult time. We are doing everything in our power to bring Morgan home. We appreciate your prayers and ask that you continue to share any information you can with law enforcement so that we can find our daughter.

Please refer to www.FindMorgan.com as a resource for updates on Morgan’s investigation. Information can also be found on the Virginia State Police Department’s website at http://www.vsp.state.va.us/News/News_Releases.shtm. We encourage you to share your thoughts and questions with us directly at info@findmorgan.com. All media inquires may be directed to our new media hotline (202) 973-1330 for immediate assistance.

If you have any helpful information regarding our daughter’s whereabouts, please contact the Virginia State Police’s tip hotline at (434) 352-3467 or bci-appomattox@vsp.virginia.gov.

We thank you again for your prayers and support.
http://www.findmorgan.com/

 

[arielilane]

Roanoke, VA., October 29, 2009 -- We sincerely thank the Virginia State Police Department, University of Virginia Police Department, members of Metallica, and the many people who have shown their support in this difficult time. We are doing everything in our power to bring Morgan home. We appreciate your prayers and ask that you continue to share any information you can with law enforcement so that we can find our daughter.

Please refer to www.FindMorgan.com as a resource for updates on Morgan’s investigation. Information can also be found on the Virginia State Police Department’s website at http://www.vsp.state.va.us/News/News_Releases.shtm. We encourage you to share your thoughts and questions with us directly at info@findmorgan.com. All media inquires may be directed to our new media hotline (202) 973-1330 for immediate assistance.

If you have any helpful information regarding our daughter’s whereabouts, please contact the Virginia State Police’s tip hotline at (434) 352-3467 or bci-appomattox@vsp.virginia.gov.

We thank you again for your prayers and support.

 

[arielilane]

Roanoke, VA., October 29, 2009 -- We sincerely thank the Virginia State Police Department, University of Virginia Police Department, members of Metallica, and the many people who have shown their support in this difficult time. We are doing everything in our power to bring Morgan home. We appreciate your prayers and ask that you continue to share any information you can with law enforcement so that we can find our daughter.

Please refer to www.FindMorgan.com as a resource for updates on Morgan’s investigation. Information can also be found on the Virginia State Police Department’s website at http://www.vsp.state.va.us/News/News_Releases.shtm. We encourage you to share your thoughts and questions with us directly at info@findmorgan.com. All media inquires may be directed to our new media hotline (202) 973-1330 for immediate assistance.

If you have any helpful information regarding our daughter’s whereabouts, please contact the Virginia State Police’s tip hotline at (434) 352-3467 or bci-appomattox@vsp.virginia.gov.

We thank you again for your prayers and support.

 

[truthsleuth]

Agreed, I am not so sure Morgan ever made it to the arena with her friends.

Do we know if LE has gotten with her cell phone carrier to look at pings on her phone? I think it was said that her phone was found with her purse in the parking lot, that's not a certainty that she was there. This is just too bizarre.

I've heard nothing about the cell phone pings. But then LE is releasing next to nothing about this case to the public ... I would think the pings are of utmost importance.

 

[mark00]

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0910/20/ijvm.01.html

http://apps.facebook.com/ilike/artist/Metallica/event_whose_going?event_id=10291598&page=1

http://apps.facebook.com/ilike/artist/Metallica/event_whose_going?event_id=10291598&page=2

 

[truthsleuth]

Morgan did not take her car to the concert. Her father was asked that question the other day. Just checking in here. Hope shes found safe.

While Dr. Harrington insists MH's car was not used to get the JPJ arena, state police have since stated that his assessment of the situation is incorrect and the friends and MH did in fact take Morgan's car. So the police and the Harrington parents disagree on this issue.

You can verify this by referring to MH thread #3 (sorry, I don't recall the post #--it was by Le Singe).

 

[onthehunt]

I'm just curious....I've been following the case pretty closely and maybe I just missed it but is the statement about her being overdrawn, which I've read here over and over, actually a known fact or just an inference because she asked her dad to help her balance her checkbook. I saw the interview where her dad said that she was supposed to have been at the house around noon because she needed him to help her with a math test and to help balance her check book, but I never heard or saw it stated that her account was in fact overdrawn.

However, given the family's employment status and background I highly doubt that it makes a difference. I think maybe a little too much importance is being put on this. I don't think even if she was overdrawn that it's something that would cause her to go over the edge and run away, especially when she'd already set the date to work on her finances (whether they were in trouble or not).

I do not know her personally but I like her am very close to my parents, and understand the bond, and truly do not believe that this is an issue. While I can relate to what I've heard about her in many ways though, the one thing I still can't grasp is why she didn't call her parents. I'm still in my 20's and if something like this happened to me and I was deserted outside the first thing I would do is call my parents and try to figure out what I needed to do.

I also don't believe that any girl who would take outfits to her mother's house and ask her for her permission to wear something to a concert at 20 years old, who kissed her friends on the cheek (or was kissed on the cheek whichever is the correct story) just to go to the bathroom (supposedly), or who would decorate her fridge for 6 months with the concert of her dreams, would be purposefully and of her own will drunk or stoned out of her mind as many have mentioned. I just don't see it, not of her own valition.

The one other thing, however, that absolutely cannot get my head around is letting her go. I can't imagine her setting up some plan to meet somebody during the concert when it's apparently well known that this really was her favorite band. I can't imagine a smart, 20 year old junior in college, accidentally ending up outside while trying to get to a bathroom. I can't imagine any of my friends (and I have several that I have known as long as she'd known hers or longer) that would ever even have let me go to the bathroom by myself in a crowded concert let alone left me outside when they discovered I couldn't get back in. There is no way that my friends would have let me find a way home (whether it was with friends or not) and especially not if in fact they were in my car and had my keys. I would not stand at that door longer than the amount of time that it would take them to get their stuff and get out of their seats and down to the entrance. So this detail, this major major detail I cannot grasp.

Among the many others............

Sorry for the length. :/

 

[onthehunt]

I'm just curious....I've been following the case pretty closely and maybe I just missed it but is the statement about her being overdrawn, which I've read here over and over, actually a known fact or just an inference because she asked her dad to help her balance her checkbook. I saw the interview where her dad said that she was supposed to have been at the house around noon because she needed him to help her with a math test and to help balance her check book, but I never heard or saw it stated that her account was in fact overdrawn.

However, given the family's employment status and background I highly doubt that it makes a difference. I think maybe a little too much importance is being put on this. I don't think even if she was overdrawn that it's something that would cause her to go over the edge and run away, especially when she'd already set the date to work on her finances (whether they were in trouble or not).

I do not know her personally but I like her am very close to my parents, and understand the bond, and truly do not believe that this is an issue. While I can relate to what I've heard about her in many ways though, the one thing I still can't grasp is why she didn't call her parents. I'm still in my 20's and if something like this happened to me and I was deserted outside the first thing I would do is call my parents and try to figure out what I needed to do.

I also don't believe that any girl who would take outfits to her mother's house and ask her for her permission to wear something to a concert at 20 years old, who kissed her friends on the cheek (or was kissed on the cheek whichever is the correct story) just to go to the bathroom (supposedly), or who would decorate her fridge for 6 months with the concert of her dreams, would be purposefully and of her own will drunk or stoned out of her mind as many have mentioned. I just don't see it, not of her own valition.

The one other thing, however, that absolutely cannot get my head around is letting her go. I can't imagine her setting up some plan to meet somebody during the concert when it's apparently well known that this really was her favorite band. I can't imagine a smart, 20 year old junior in college, accidentally ending up outside while trying to get to a bathroom. I can't imagine any of my friends (and I have several that I have known as long as she'd known hers or longer) that would ever even have let me go to the bathroom by myself in a crowded concert let alone left me outside when they discovered I couldn't get back in. There is no way that my friends would have let me find a way home (whether it was with friends or not) and especially not if in fact they were in my car and had my keys. I would not stand at that door longer than the amount of time that it would take them to get their stuff and get out of their seats and down to the entrance. So this detail, this major major detail I cannot grasp.

Among the many others............

Sorry for the length. :/

 

[Waddles]

who do we contact for technical glitches?

 

[Chromedaffodils]

onthehunt,
I heard her dad say she was over drawn in an interview. Hope that helps.

I have some ideas to look at further, I guess you could say. First, I will give you a link to someone who was there and posted pics on their blog. Sorry for the length and if this has been covered, I am desperately trying to catch up my reading, but am still on board three half way through... Thank you for understanding.

http://forum.metallichicks.com/index.php?showtopic=6547

Also, they said her account was in the red, maybe she decided to try to sell her ticket to cover her bank account. If so, maybe met the buyer outside mid show?

I found several postings for people selling tickets in that area. Prob not her, but wanted to note it here in-case, I would hesitate putting them on fb etc., because I would hate for a person to be calling or emailing innocent people for nothing because that is creepy. But here the listing are, you think this should be turned in to police? I have no idea what section she was in, I think someone said the 311 or 312 section? What do you think? Could she have tried to sell her tickets to cover her account?

tickets on craigslist and ebay from VA (ebay is just all of the tickets listed then I think, there search is messed up anymore!) Sorry for duplicates, I was getting lost in my copy and paste. :0/

http://completed.shop.ebay.com/i.ht...e&LH_Complete=1&_odkw=metallica&_osacat=16122

http://blacksburg.craigslist.org/tix/1403770171.html

http://roanoke.craigslist.org/search/tix?query=metallica&catAbbreviation=tix&minAsk=min&maxAsk=max

http://charlottesville.craigslist.o...ica&catAbbreviation=tix&minAsk=min&maxAsk=max

http://charlottesville.craigslist.org/tix/1425079096.html

http://blacksburg.craigslist.org/tix/1403770171.html

http://lynchburg.craigslist.org/tix/1423173413.html

http://blacksburg.craigslist.org/tix/1414504360.html

http://blacksburg.craigslist.org/search/?areaID=291&subAreaID=&query=metallica&catAbbreviation=sss

http://roanoke.craigslist.org/tix/1421525012.html

http://blacksburg.craigslist.org/se...ica&catAbbreviation=tix&minAsk=min&maxAsk=max

http://roanoke.craigslist.org/tix/1411377458.html

http://roanoke.craigslist.org/tix/1421525012.html

http://roanoke.craigslist.org/tix/1421203839.html

http://roanoke.craigslist.org/tix/1411377458.html

http://roanoke.craigslist.org/tix/1408209935.html

http://roanoke.craigslist.org/tix/1407529399.html

http://norfolk.craigslist.org/tix/1424967023.html

http://lynchburg.craigslist.org/tix/1396793612.html

http://washingtondc.en.craigslist.org/nva/tix/1425074626.html

http://roanoke.craigslist.org/tix/1405689295.html

http://roanoke.craigslist.org/tix/1404386283.html

http://roanoke.craigslist.org/tix/1402142316.html

http://roanoke.craigslist.org/tix/1401682153.html

dad bought the tickets for her and her friends months before, the show and in this article says it wasn't her type of band, but a band she wanted to see (So she did not buy her own ticket. Maybe she was not as excited about it as we believed? I am not sure.)

http://www.collegiatetimes.com/cms/resource/frontpagepdfs/20091022.pdf

 

[Chromedaffodils]

more videos to review:
http://www.youtube.com/user/heytennis381#p/u/2/hcRFeWmpY4A

http://www.youtube.com/user/vtcolin#p/u/1/1KAbNSu2rV0

YouTube - Metallica: Seek and Destroy Live October 17, 2009 in Charlottesville, VA

 

[Chromedaffodils]

Okay
http://charlottesville.craigslist.org/tix/1425879066.html

I was just informed this about her tickets:

"The exact seat of Morgan is at 312- a1 - 22"

please review the craigslist ad and tell me what you think. I am emailing it to the police now...

 

[Waddles]

excellent sleuthing-I need to have a good look at all this and get back to you

 

[dreamweaver]

Her dad did say her checking account was overdrawn.
He did not seem worried about it.
They paid her rent and bills.

All of this seems out of character for this girl.
But, she is missing and she did do
out of her usual pattern of things
before she went missing.

I just wonder if she did try some type of
drug. No matter how good a kid she is,
kids will try things.
Maybe she felt woozy, fell, scraped her face,
that could be why she went to the bathroom.
Maybe still feeling dizzy, went outside for fresh air,
then
the whole sequence of not being able to get back in
and maybe not wanting to mess up
her friends good time
and then running into trouble.

IMO: I think she was abducted.
And in the case of most abductions,
the abductor does not hold them long.

 

[Money Girl]

Most parents provide overdraft protection for their college student's checking accounts, and that is what the Harrington's did.

I specifically heard Mr. Harrington talking about the overdraft.

Money would have continued to be available to Morgan through the overdraft.

I don't see this as any big deal. Just normal.

 

[Ripley007]

What confusion in this case ...

IF it was Morgan's car at the concert and she became locked out of the arena, she could have:
1. gone to her car, opened it with her keys, sat in it, turned on the heat, and waited for her friends to arrive at the car after the concert. OR
2. driven to a coffee shop/diner and returned in time for the concert's end.

IF it was Morgan's car, and she did not have possession of her keys (one of the friends had them?), then MH would have told her friend in their last cell-phone conversation to bring the keys to one of the entrance doors (friend stays inside; MH remains outside). Why would MH want to remain locked out of her car AND out of the arena? She wouldn't.

So the car could not have been hers; at least, that's my conclusion. Who gives up their car in 40-degree weather to wander about and make a bunch of phone calls to find a ride home? She owned a car!

And the fact is even if the car belonged to one of her friends, her friend could have offered the keys to Morgan so MH could sit inside it to stay warm. Either way (Morgan's car or the friend's car), why didn't her friend bring MH the keys on such a cold night?

This whole car story is messed up big time. In fact, this whole concert story is messed up. I'm still not even sure Morgan attended the concert at JPJ Arena.

Where is Morgan Harrington?

I'll say this entire story is MESSED UP. It makes NO logical sense. It's an insult to any logical thinking persons intelliegence, therefore, there IS SO MUCH MORE to this story than is being released publically. One would have to a Re&&&&d to belive a single word of it. No young girl who was SO excited about seeing a band that she bought tickets 6 months in advance, would just suddently, right before the band took the stage, go to the bathroom (by HERSELF!!!!!!!) young girls simply don't do that!!!!!!!! Her friends KNOW ALOT that is not being shared with the public. We, as sleuthers, can't figure any of this out until the friends and Morgan's family come clean with TRUTHS!!!!!!!!!!!!

The story as is, defies logic and insults common sense thinking. My best two guesses based on the CONVOLUTED public story, is that either Morgan had a secret meeting planned with someone she met online, or she met a deceptive guy who made her think he could get her backstage.

Her friends hold the key. I can only assume that LE is (successfully) preventing them from going in front of the media.

Specuclation in this case is a fruitless excersise without known truths being pubically released.

 

[Ripley007]

Her dad did say her checking account was overdrawn.
He did not seem worried about it.
They paid her rent and bills.

All of this seems out of character for this girl.
But, she is missing and she did do
out of her usual pattern of things
before she went missing.

I just wonder if she did try some type of
drug. No matter how good a kid she is,
kids will try things.
Maybe she felt woozy, fell, scraped her face,
that could be why she went to the bathroom.
Maybe still feeling dizzy, went outside for fresh air,
then
the whole sequence of not being able to get back in
and maybe not wanting to mess up
her friends good time
and then running into trouble.

IMO: I think she was abducted.
And in the case of most abductions,
the abductor does not hold them long.

In my opinion, if this girl was "stranger abducted" then she was done so by 1,000,000 to 1 odds.....no, there IS a stinky smelly fish in this story. We just don't haven't heard the real truth yet.