Found Deceased VA - Morgan Dana Harrington, 20, Charlottesville, 17 Oct 2009 - #1

[KaylynnCouture]

this is the first I've heard of her driving to the arena.

Me too. I thought the police said they weren't looking for her car because she drove with a friend, and that's what her parents implied as well.

 

[kant]

Im just stumped. Someone has to tell the rest of the story bc we've not been given the whole thing or we're missing something.

 

[nursebeeme]

Me too. I thought the police said they weren't looking for her car because she drove with a friend, and that's what her parents implied as well.

perhaps she drove the friend's car? Maybe she was the DD?

 

[kant]

Kant - I am fromthe area also and there is a shopping center with Taco Bell and McDs in it plus a many stores. It is about three blocks David Williams the arena. There is a restaurant onthe opposite direction and a small gas station. It is right on UVAs campus so it is a really busy area. There are always lots of cars and people (students) walking.

I always see lots of police when concerts are going on so I'm really shocked that this happened. I always felt safe at events there.

Thanks for the map KC

Nothing was said in her description about her having a coat. Would she have needed one for any amount of time outside? or to walk 3 clocks? But if it were dark on the drive in would she have known there were places close by (seeing them on the way to the arena maybe) But if it were me I doubt I would take note of how far Mcdonald's or whatever was, if I were on my way to a concert with friends.

With no coat (if she needed one and it sounds like it was cold from posts I've read) all the more reason to think that she planned to either go back in the arena or go somewhere indoors.

 

[Chili Fries]

Also, as I live just north of Roanoke, I must say it was unseasonably cold this past weekend, and if she didn't have a jacket/coat on - an hour outside would have been really crappy - and to think of two or three hours of waiting - well I would have to believe she tried to get ahold of someone for help in that situation.

Are there any coffee shops in close proximity? Some place she thought she could safely take shelter for a while til the concert was over? Maybe she ran into an acquaintance from school or someone from high school?

There is a Taco Bell close to the arena, at the corner of Copeley and Emmet.

 

[kant]

Me too. I thought the police said they weren't looking for her car because she drove with a friend, and that's what her parents implied as well.

Good grief; What planet am I on?

I thought she drove to Harrisonburg and met the friends there to go the rest of the way. But did they take her car? But then she would have the keys, wouldnt she? I am confundido.

 

[KaylynnCouture]

Gov. Tim Kaine talks about Morgan

As the search continues for 20-year-old Morgan Harrington, Governor Tim Kaine says he is keeping an eye on the situation and talked about it Tuesday while he was in Lynchburg.

“I know her parents are very concerned, and they’ve put out a request for anyone with information about their daughter to contact law enforcement,” Kaine said. “They indicate this would be very uncharacteristic of her.

“I know both the state police, local police, and the two university polices – Virginia Tech and UVA—are very engaged in doing all they can to try and determine where she is.“

http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/local...m_kaine_talks_about_missing_vt_student/55998/

 

[secret_agent_mom]

I think it was about 40 on Saturday night. I know that was the first night all year that I turned on our heat so I think she would have been really cold. But if she drove why didn't she get in the car?

I also just had another thought - if jpj has a policy about not being readmitted wouldn't that be posted on the doors? Wouldn't she have known she couldn't get back in? Or wouldn't a guard have told her that as she left? The doors are always closely monitored.

 

[kant]

I still can't figure out with any good logic of why her battery was taken from her phone and why her purse was left in the parking lot.

Why not take the phone apart and take the stuff and dump that stuff elsewhere??? The phone wasn't going to be trackable and why leave stuff with potential prints for someone to find???

And in what area of the parking lot was her purse found? Was it near where the car she was in was parked? Or was it elsewhere?

I think more of a "roadie" theory is possible... Sounds like someone with the band or who didn't have a vehicle. Could she be somewhere in the JPJ arena??? - Just like the girl from the college a few months ago or the cleaning lady in NY who was in a vent?

Yes, does anyone know exactly where the purse was?

So if it were the roadie theory (very plausible as well) or even someone who claimed to be a roadie, did they lure her to some area.... and the purse is elsewhere? Or did she actually make it inside? I cant believe there are no cameras at least at entrances and exits.

sheesh on a cracker.

I guess some things we need next are:

* where exactly the purse was found (and where in relation to the car)

* and whose car they took from harrisonburg

* and who the DD was b/c the DD may not have been the owner of the car necessarily

 

[Annie]

This reminds me so much of Mary Byrne Smith who disappeared from a Shreveport, LA arena while attending an event where Beth Moore was speaking. She had gone with a friend, got up to use the restroom, and vanished. She was found months later working in a fast food place in New York. I hope Morgan is safe.

 

[crypto6]

Good grief; What planet am I on?

I thought she drove to Harrisonburg and met the friends there to go the rest of the way. But did they take her car? But then she would have the keys, wouldnt she? I am confundido.

There were two separate versions of whose car was used. It's looking like Morgan drove to the concert in her own car, carrying her friends. Her friends waited around her car after the concert and ultimately left, manner of transport unknown.

C6

 

[kant]

I think it was about 40 on Saturday night. I know that was the first night all year that I turned on our heat so I think she would have been really cold. But if she drove why didn't she get in the car?

I also just had another thought - if jpj has a policy about not being readmitted wouldn't that be posted on the doors? Wouldn't she have known she couldn't get back in? Or wouldn't a guard have told her that as she left? The doors are always closely monitored.

Yes, and it seems like not that many people would have reason to go outside right? Aren't there guards at exits? Or were there that night? And the guard should recall a girl that attractive... and whether she looked ill etc.

 

[MBLover]

I don't know why...but I've got a really uneasy feeling about that arena...and a back entrance...and someone possibly luring her with her thinking she was going to get back in. I sure do hope someone has gone over that place with a fine tooth comb...

It was unbelievably cold here on Sat. I would imagine she would want to get back into the arena as soon as possible.

 

[kant]

There were two separate versions of whose car was used. It's looking like Morgan drove to the concert in her own car, carrying her friends. Her friends waited around her car after the concert and ultimately left, manner of transport unknown.

C6

Wow, now we have several versions of how they all got there.
So if they all waited around her car, and they finally left and got home some other unknown way.. that is just purely PECULIAR even more than the other version. yikes.

Surely we can find out whose car was where and who drove and where her car was.

But if it was her car they all arrived in and she had the keys, that makes even less sense that she didn't go to the car in the cold when she couldn't re-enter. Or maybe she tried to and didn't make it (which puts us back to the issue of where was the purse found in relation to the car) Even if a friend had the keys for whatever reason, they could have brought them to her since she was stuck outside in the cold. ODDY McODD.

 

[secret_agent_mom]

There were two separate versions of whose car was used. It's looking like Morgan drove to the concert in her own car, carrying her friends. Her friends waited around her car after the concert and ultimately left, manner of transport unknown.

C6

that's a big mystery to me too. How did the girls get back to Harrisonburg? That'd be a hefty cab fee!!

 

[kant]

Also, if whoever discarded the purse out in the open (if it was) they had to know it would be found... unless they wanted it found. Or unless the person put it somewhere and then a different unrelated person happened upon it and saw an opportunity for stealing-the-contents purposes. Do we know if all the stuff was in the purse? wallet credit cards? etc? Sorry; grabbing straws again.

 

[crypto6]

that's a big mystery to me too. How did the girls get back to Harrisonburg? That'd be a hefty cab fee!!

Good point about how far they had to go that night. Did they stick around C-ville or trek back toward home? The devil's in the details of her friends' stories. Too much doesn't fit and family/LE's being sparse with the specifics. Just waiting for some more puzzle pieces.

C6

 

[KaylynnCouture]

Good point about how far they had to go that night. Did they stick around C-ville or trek back toward home? The devil's in the details of her friends' stories. Too much doesn't fit and family/LE's being sparse with the specifics. Just waiting for some more puzzle pieces.

C6

Morgans mom said on NG tonight that she thought Morgans friends waited for a "significant amount of time" for her after the show, then went back home.

 

[MaxMoMom]

I know I am not alone in hoping that she just wanted to get away and figure some things out. Unfortunately the purse/cellphone fact makes me think differently. I have to think that she didn't live as sheltered a life as her parents thought. I talked to my Mom almost everday when I was in college but she didn't know the half of it.

I hope and pray that she is somewhere safe. To see her parents on TV breaks my heart.

 

[kant]

Good point about how far they had to go that night. Did they stick around C-ville or trek back toward home? The devil's in the details of her friends' stories. Too much doesn't fit and family/LE's being sparse with the specifics. Just waiting for some more puzzle pieces.

C6

Yes totally. If the friends and family would spill it maybe it would jog someone's memory for having seen something - a little detail... something odd or out of place... anything.

The family struck me as being oddly cryptic about the details for some reason (sparse with the specifics indeed, C6) The fact the the mom was kind of nonchalant when Nancy asked her why the friends didn't call the cops that night hit me as a little odd somehow. Not trying to disparage mom - not at all. It was just odd to me.

Or maybe Im nuts and assuming incorrectly.