Found Deceased VA - Morgan Dana Harrington, 20, Charlottesville, 17 Oct 2009 - #7

[theforgotten]

http://findmorgan.com/category/family-blog

Morgans mother Gil Harrington writing on her blog. One thing I kept reading "the guys". Does she know something?

I thought the one from November 9th was interesting. When she mentions how she'll find the man that did this. Sorry I don't have the exact quote in front of me. I love her writing style. You can really feel their pain.

 

[evelyn24]

I was told in the end she listens to police scanners, she was relating an event she heard...

She posted: The state an local police r workn hard 2 find morgan. A car war spotted on iterstate with the male hitn a blonde parenger n side. They riite away chased the vehicle. It was at least 3 police cars n volved. They stopped it an have it now. The car was from lousia. I know they r on guard an on the look out doing all they can...

Sounds like this person is giving an example of how diligent the police are being regarding MH's disappearance, and that they are still working the case hard.

 

[lilacwine]

The facebook post is on the wall about an hour ago poster's first name starts with a D It's only a few wall posts down

 

[MeoW333]

When they described Morgan they said she had a birthmark on her upper right arm. Nothing about tatoos and I see none in any of the pictures.

Concering the basketball players. A lot of college basketball players are recruited from the very toughest areas of our country. If you go to the UVA roster they have the players and where they hail from. Some of those homies are very tough and drug and gang infested areas. They grow up tough and streetwise.
I wonder about some of the players from areas you might recognize. Do you recognize areas you are familiar with? http://www.virginiasports.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17800&SPID=10616&SPSID=88842

These men were not raised like Morgan Harrington.

I would think that if they were recruited, it would be that during high school they focused on playing basketball beyond extracurricular activities and also kept their grades up enough to make it. Maybe for some it was the only way they could go to a good college at all..
Does the college have a policy for their sports players to have good grades as well?

 

[evelyn24]

http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/226638

I am not familiar with VA how close is this?

Link says body not related to Morgan Harrington case.

Poor soul.

 

[Cardinal47]

http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=93813

Another one coming in. What is happening in our world?

 

[MeoW333]

I thought the one from November 9th was interesting. When she mentions how she'll find the man that did this. Sorry I don't have the exact quote in front of me. I love her writing style. You can really feel their pain.

It is interesting that in 2 different blogs, the earlier one she speaks in the singular form "the man", and the later one plural "the guys that did this".

 

[mark00]

Does the college have a policy for their sports players to have good grades as well?

No, the athletes of the major sports like basketball and football are not students. They are entertainers who perform for the university in exchange for a degree. While the school makes loads of money, the integrity of all other students' degrees is tainted. This is why the athletes do as they please, and why the university allows it. It's all about money. Same as the no re-entry policy at JPJ arena.

 

[MeoW333]

No, the athletes of the major sports like basketball and football are not students. They are entertainers who perform for the university in exchange for a degree. While the school makes loads of money, the integrity of all other students' degrees is tainted. This is why the athletes do as they please, and why the university allows it. It's all about money. Same as the no re-entry policy at JPJ arena.

So the colleges don't care if the sports players can't spell or read and they get all F's as long as they play hardest for their teams to win?

 

[Waddles]

I can't find the post on FB. Is this recent? or closer to the time of the disappearance?

on the wall, about 9 posts down

 

[MeoW333]

No, the athletes of the major sports like basketball and football are not students. They are entertainers who perform for the university in exchange for a degree. While the school makes loads of money, the integrity of all other students' degrees is tainted. This is why the athletes do as they please, and why the university allows it. It's all about money. Same as the no re-entry policy at JPJ arena.

With 3 of their very good players suspended, you'd think it would have to be something very serious then. Surely it will impact the team.

 

[mark00]

So the colleges don't care if the sports players can't spell or read and they get all F's as long as they play hardest for their teams to win?

Check out these two geniuses:

http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=8746000

Still enrolled: http://www.virginia.edu/cgi-local/ldapweb?wsb3w

Still on the team: http://www.virginiasports.com/ViewA...&DB_OEM_ID=17800&ATCLID=1133457&Q_SEASON=2008

 

[theforgotten]

Check out these two geniuses:

http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=8746000

I don't think that WB will ever live down that mug shot,lol.

 

[Hoosll]

FYI - I believe all charges were dropped for lack of an eyewitness ...

 

[MBLover]

Thanks VA Doll for the compliment! Okay...Let's see what I can do regarding a recap

Okay... What have we got...

1) Tickets for Metallica purchased approx 6 months in advance - purchased by DH for MH and friends (some have said there were 9 tickets others have said there were 4 or 6 - but we know there were at least 4 tickets - one for MH, one for Amy, one for Sarah and one for mystery bf of friend guy).

2) Shopping trip for clothes for concert - Choice of 3 different ones - she and Mom decide on outfit. Pantera t-shirt/top with mini skirt, black tights, at knee or above knee mid heel boots. Also carrying purse that can be carried as a backpack.

3) Sometime Sat. MH & roommate (however she got to the Harrington's) leaves for Harrisonburg to pick up other friend for concert. MH arrives safely per phone conversation with her Dad.

4) Sometime Sat. MH, roommate & friend (were there others?) leave JMU & pick up mystery guy somewhere around/between JMU & C'ville.

5) Arrive JPJ arena in MH's car. (Supposedly does not call and let parents know they have arrived to their destination)

6) Upon arrival guy in car next to them makes small talk with those in MH's vehicle.

7) Enter into arena (per friends). "Friend" retains keys to MH's car.

8) At some point MH separates from friends to either go to restroom or smoke or both or neither. Supposedly kisses one of her friends on the cheek when leaving.

9) "Witnesses" report seeing MH taking pictures and also report seeing MH fall and/or have injury to face

10) Friend calls MH at 8:48 PM and MH states she has been locked out of arena and unable to return inside. MH tells friends she will find a ride home?

11) Witness reports seeing MH in bathroom upset/crying and appeared if she had been hit. Witness reports MH out front of arena - makes comment to her - she tells him to "F" off.

12) Reports of her having had some kind of interaction with people here and there - or of them having seen MH at various places outside of the arena. Supposed interaction with 3 BB players and allegedly in the company of 4 "white guys".

13) MH supposedly spotted on bridge

14) MH disappears

15) Friends leave concert - hang around car for a significant amount of time - never see MH and leave venue returning back to JMU

16) Supposedly purse has already been found by a passerby (early Sunday morning) and is supposedly reported as "found property". Cell phone is missing battery. Later it is released that one of the straps is cut/severed on purse/backpack.

17) MH doesn't show up at parents as expected (to study for Math test and to balance her checkbook). DH begins calling friends.

18) DH reports MH missing the day after the concert (Sunday) sometime after lunch.

19) Corrine Geller of the VA State Police confirm that it was MH's car driven to the JPJ arena

20) Phone battery missing... not relevant...

21) Only trace of MH found inside or outside of the arena is the pocketbook - Supposedly MH is not picked up on security cameras, or other personal video recorders or personal cameras in or around venue. (That info could be being withheld by LE)

22) Description and picture released of necklace MH was wearing. Still no picture released of MH dressed in what she was wearing and how her hair was styled the night of the concert.

23) Bank releases a statement of "no comment" when reporter from The Hook asked if their video had captured MH.

24) LE releases report of MH hitchhiking on the bridge.

Interesting comments from some news stories:

http://www.readthehook.com/stories/2009/10/29/cover-findMorgan-E.aspx
The group arrived safely, according to a 2005 UVA grad who parked next to them. Morgan-- a blonde-haired, blue-eyed woman clad in a black mini skirt, black tights, and knee-high black boots-- seemed excited to go in, more so, even, than the rest of her friends.

"She pulled up with her party and got out of her party's car and kind of immediately engaged me and my brother and my cousin and my friend who were at the concert," Dave Gardner, now living in New Jersey, told Lynchburg television station WDBJ.

"She did seem excited to see Metallica because she asked us who the opening act was, and when we told her, she said 'Who cares, we're here to see Metallica, right?'"

Gardner, who did not return the Hook's calls, told the station he was "100 percent certain" that it was Morgan he'd spoken to and that he saw no signs of pre-concert drinking by Morgan or her friends.

http://www.readthehook.com/blog/ind...fore-hitching-morgan-harrington-caused-worry/

Police have confirmed that Morgan ended up outside the Arena sometime around 8:20pm and made multiple attempts to re-enter.

By 9:20pm— about 10 minutes before she was last seen on the bridge— according to the police timeline, Morgan was spotted in the RV Lot, directly across Copeley Road from the U-Hall lot and adjacent to the UVA track. Her black purse, which could also be worn as a backpack, and battery-less cell phone were spotted by a passerby the morning of Sunday, October 18. Geller says the battery cover was also recovered and that Morgan’s family says the “condition of the phone” meant the battery could come out easily if the phone was dropped. Geller says there was no sign of a struggle.

An employee of nearby BB&T bank declined comment on investigators reviewing surveillance at the bank, and the manager of the Cavalier Inn on Emmet Street did not return the Hook’s call.

 

[Cardinal47]

http://www.gazette.net/stories/11172009/prinnew163518_32563.shtml

Another not Morgan...sigh...We still have hope. But as time passes, hope fades. Still hopeing for the happy ever after ending for Morgan and her family.

 

[Waddles]

Wow, MBLover, thanks for the hard work there!

 

[hoppyfrog]

The facebook post is on the wall about an hour ago poster's first name starts with a D It's only a few wall posts down

Per TOS, if you discuss a post on another forum, you must provide a link to it. TY so much!

Hoppy

 

[hoppyfrog]

What do we make of Darlene's post up on FB...?
Has anyone else heard this?

Per TOS, if you are discussing a post on another forum, you must provide a link to it. TY so much!

Hoppy

 

[wanttohelp]

i think people are afraid and dont know what they are allowed to post, link anymore.

can we get the new thread now before readers who come on at night start posting and its interrupted, thanks