Update: Online Videos Didn't Contain Footage Of Missing METALLICA Fan Morgan Harrington
October 28, 2009, 14 years ago
Charlottesville Daily Progress has issued the following report:
The parents of a Virginia Tech student who disappeared outside a METALLICA concert in Charlottesville said Tuesday that they fear she is the victim of foul play.
Morgan D. Harrington’s parents said on NBC’s Today show they are devoting all of their energy to finding their daughter, who was last seen October 17th outside the University of Virginia’s John Paul Jones Arena.
“This is probably a parent’s worst nightmare,” Dan Harrington said. “Clearly no one ever expects to be in this situation and we have to hold out hope that we’re going to see our daughter again.”Harrington, 20, of Roanoke, was attending the concert 10 days ago when she left the arena and was not permitted to return. Her purse and cell phone were found. There was no sign of a struggle in the area, state police investigators have said.
Dan Harrington speculated that his daughter might have accepted a ride home with someone.
“You know kids at this age think everybody’s their friend,” said Gil Harrington, Morgan’s mother.Asked if they feared foul play, Gil Harrington responded, “Very worried, very worried. Nothing else makes sense.”
Still, she said, they don’t want to “fall into survivor’s guilt.”
“We need to be moving forward and direct all our energies at this point in finding Morgan while people’s memories are still fresh,” she said.
Authorities also announced Tuesday that several online videos they had examined didn’t contain footage of Morgan Harrington. They did so when the woman actually featured in the video contacted police to let them know the lead was a dead-end.
Read the full report at this location.
