Morgan Dana Harrington Is Missing – Timeline Released
October 20, 2009 by Morbid
Charlottesville, Virginia – Police need the public’s help in trying to find missing Virginia Tech student, Morgan Dana Harrington. She was last seen SaturdaySaturday reviews
night after being separated from friends at the Metallica concert at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville. Harrington went outside before Metallica took the stage for reasons unknown. “Everyone assumed she’d be coming back,” said Amanda Melvin, a friend of Harrington’s. But she didn’t. Harrington’s purse and cellphone were found outside the stadium and her car was still in the parking lot. She was last seen wearing a black T-shirt with “Pantera” written on the front in tan letters, a black mini skirt, black tights and knee-high black boots (RAWR!). She is 5 feet 6 inches tall and about 120 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes. Her parents reported her missing on SundaySunday reviews. “Being absent and unheard from for this amount of time is really unusual…unheard of from her,” said Morgan’s mother Gil Harrington.. Anyone with more information about Harrington or her whereabouts is asked to contact Virginia State Police at 434-352-3435 or by e-mail at bci-appomattox@vsp.virginia.gov. University Police can be reached at 434-924-7166.
Here is a news conference that goes into a bit of detail. I tried to embed it, but their code sucks. So click here to see the press conference. Also, I hate these things. It reminds me of SilenceSilence reviews of the Lambs. Seeing the devastated parents not only getting their daughter’s face out there, but also hopefully pleading with someone who may be holding her against her will. That has got to be a nightmare.
Update – A little more info. Her purse and cell phone were found in the parking lot. The battery from the cell phone was removed. Also, she had went to use the restroom, but later called her friend in the arena and told them that she weas outside of the arena and could not get back in. Rules there state that once you walk out of the building, you do not get back in.
Update: 10-29-09
Here is the timeline outlined by Virginia State Police:
8:20 pm – 9:00 pm – Outside JPJ - State police say Harrington left John Paul Jones Arena about 8:20 that Saturday night. At 8:48 Morgan had a phone conversation with friends telling them that she couldn’t get back into the arena and that she would find her own way back home. Harrington was last seen in the JPJ area through 9:00.
9:00 pm – 9:10 pm – University Hall Area - Between 9:00 and 9:10 she was seen walking through the parking lot at University Hall.
9:10 pm – 9:20 pm – Lannigan Field Area - Between 9:10 and 9:20 she was spotted in the Lannigan Field grassy parking lot, which is also where her purse was found. She appeared to be with or near a group of people. They left without her.
9:20 pm – 9:30 pm – Copeley Road Bridge Area - The timeline ends at the Copeley Road Bridge. Harrington was last seen in that area between 9:20 and 9:30.
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10:48 am on October 20th, 2009
Sad, I really hope they find her or she turns up, but this isn’t looking good…….
1:03 pm on October 20th, 2009
I added a link to the Morgan Harrington press conference. Hopefully they will fix their embed code.
9:52 pm on October 20th, 2009
Interesting note. The girls she went to the concert with waited for her after the concert, but evenually left without her. They did not report that she was missing until 16 hours later. So you have a girl with her friends at a rock concert. She leaves them to go outside, even calling one of the girls to tell them she was outside, but none of the girls think anything is odd with that.
They also were not alarmed enough to contact police when they could not locate her after the concert. Personally? I think they are covering for her to some extent. Nothing bad, but maybe to protect her parents. Like maybe she went outside to meet a guy or something.
10:59 pm on October 20th, 2009
Rules there state that once you walk out of the building, you do not get back in.
I have never understood this rule. If you pay your money you should be able to step outside for a smoke or to grab something you may have left in your car. Maybe even to make a phone call on your cell with less noise around.
I hope they find her. The battery removed from the cell phone is strange stuff, considering she used that phone to call the friend.
11:52 pm on October 20th, 2009
What I don’t understand is how the friends just left her outside when she called to tell them. If it was me, I’d have gone back outside or gone to badger security staff working the door to let her back in…
12:01 am on October 21st, 2009
You are assuming she wanted back in at all. It has not been reported that Morgan called her friend to ask her to let her back in, but rather just letting her know where she was.
12:57 am on October 21st, 2009
Hmm true, it was a assumption. But that assumption was also based on the fact she paid money to go to a concert, she told her friends she was going to the bathroom and ended up outside some how before the show even started.
I don’t know about everyone else but not even a hot guy could pull me away from a concert that hadn’t even started yet, especially when your friends are there. It’s not like she told them it was ok she was leaving and they’d talk later…her friends waited after the concert was over for her. Meaning the expected her to still be there for some reason. And then waited a whole lot longer before telling anyone she was missing.
Just doesn’t add up to me.
4:46 am on October 21st, 2009
Wow they dont sound like very good friends. My friends would have been there in a second trying to find out where I’m at and I’m not very likeable. I read somewhere that her mom stated that she had posted the tickets to the concert 6 months b/4 on the refrigerator and bought 3 different outfits because she was so excited to go. I’m starting to doubt her friends even if they are covering for her I think they would fess up immediately in order to find her. Not looking good.
7:47 am on October 21st, 2009
Of course it doesn’t, because we are only getting the side of the story of her friends. The mother was on Headline News last night and she stated that these girls were like sisters to Morgan. they have known each other since they were little. That fact alone, and how me and my friends would cover for each other, means (imo) that the friends have yet to give up the full story as to why Morgan separated.
1. Morgan stepped away from the group and it probably had nothing to do with going to the bathroom
2. The girls were not immediately alarmed at Morgan not waiting for them after the concert.
To me, that means that the friends thought that Morgan was with someone for reasons they may not want to divulge. As for leaving a concert they had paid for? Depends on why she paid to go. To see the band, or meet someone there.
Of course I am doing a lot of assuming as well, as we do not know all the facts yet. But this just makes more sense to me than Morgan just walking out of the concert for no reason, calling her friends to tell her and they not come get her, then leave without finding her.
10:43 am on October 21st, 2009
I’ll wager whom ever took out the cell phone battery did so to avoid tower pings or GPS location.
This simple act just screams out “predator” to my conspiratorial/paranoid mind, and that this missing person case will most probably not have a happy ending.
1:58 pm on October 21st, 2009
Pretty girl.
And I am with Morbid: Those friends are covering up something. It started out being a cover-up for something the mother mustn’t know, and now it is difficult for them to admit it.
I hope they find the guts to spill before it is too late, – assuming it isn’t already…….
11:04 pm on October 21st, 2009
This site has the AP reports pretty much dead on. May be worth keeping an eye on
EVENING UPDATE – October 21, 2009:
Lieutenant Joe Rader said in a press conference Wednesday afternoon in Charlottesville that Virginia State Police do not know if Morgan Dana Harrington is still alive or has met “an ill fate”. Police investigators are treating the disappearance of Harrington as a missing person case within the parameters of a criminal investigation. However, Lt. Rader made it clear that there has been no reliable information that criminal misconduct has occurred.
Investigators planned to conclude the localized ground search of the John Paul Jones Arena and surrounding areas, including Klockner Stadium, the University of Virginia track, and Davenport Field early Wednesday evening. They believe that the ground search has been very extensive, but has not revealed any clues at this point. Lt. Rader added that
unless new information becomes available, there will be no further air
searches of the JPJ area.
http://www.newsplex.com/home/headlines/64718837.html
9:54 am on October 22nd, 2009
Was her ID and money still in her purse? Her cell phone with the battery removed is weird, how many 20 year olds leave a cell phone behind if they are planning to come back? Not many, unless, they have a backup, which I doubt. I know that cell phones are most important to girls this age, more so than ID or money. That has me worried for her. And, if the friends haven’t told EVERYTHING, they should spill soon, that information could save her life!! Surely, there are security cameras at the Arena, where is that footage?
I pray Morgan Dana is found,soon!!
1:33 pm on October 24th, 2009
FBI has joined the search.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,569388,00.html
2:15 am on October 26th, 2009
Morbid i totally agree.
these people on facebook are driving me insane with this case.
O
M
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now they’ve found some footage of Metallica and think it’s Morgan.
keeping in mind the girl in the video:
the shirt she has on doesnt say Pantera
she’s not wearing black tights
her hair is parted on the opposite side as Morgan wears her hair.
the boots are NOT even close to being knee high.
plus the girl in the video is watching Metallica at the AFTER show,
which totally blows the timeline & her phone call saying she cant
get back in the venue.
but some of these poeple have found all kinds of excuses of how
this IS Morgan in the video. everyone’s all excited.
this is all happening on Morgan’s missing group on facebook.
i want to stick KFC sporks in both my eyes. its not her. ugh.
k, rant over.
i do think she was meeting up with someone she knew/ or she met a guy at the show and slipped out the door to blaze one. then met foul play. while her friends thought she hooked up with a hotie, so they didnt call police.
I also think the police already have a suspect and are being quiet while they build their case & search for Morgan.
i’d link to facebook- but for some reason my links dont show up on here like they used to. xoxo Pam, Kelli’s mom
10:41 am on October 26th, 2009
Was busy this weekend and missed the news that they had closed down a nearby motel because of a possible sighting of Morgan. The access road to the Comfort Inn at I-64 and Route 250 was blocked about 10 a.m. as state police followed up on a lead. Police sources told CBS 19 that they were focusing on a parking lot in front of the motel after reports came in that Harrington had been spotted in the area.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,569388,00.html?sPage=fnc/us/crime
11:03 am on October 26th, 2009
yep, they didnt find anything.
you should go to facebook and enlighten this guy Charles
that says he has visions from God etc (k, nuff said!)
and that Morgan is in these videos. he wants to be the hero, but i’m telling you- it’s not her in those videos. now he wants to pass out the video’s and stil pics to catch the guy in the video that he swears is roughing Morgan up and taking her against her will.
3:43 pm on October 26th, 2009
http://music.msn.com/superfans/heavy-metal/blog/metallica-offers-reward-for-missing-fan/?gt1=28102
8:17 pm on October 29th, 2009
Just heard that the last place Morgan was seen was over a bridge over some railroad tracks near the arena.
8:43 pm on October 29th, 2009
Here is my crappy Google Map of the timeline. I saw a professional one on television, but got too lazy to look for it online. Quicker to make this one.
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