Police seek info on anniversary of Morgan Harrington disappearance
Monday marks the second anniversary of the disappearance of Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington, and state homicide investigators are using the occasion to encourage the public to come forward with information about her death.
Harrington, 20, vanished after attending a Metallica concert in Charlottesville on Oct. 17, 2009. At about 8:20 p.m., she left the concert at the University of Virginia campus, but was not allowed back in. She called her friends on her cell phone. At around 9:30 p.m., she was seen walking on on the Copeley Road Ridge and then hitchhiking for a ride from passing traffic.
Her body was found on Jan. 26, 2010, in a remote field by the landowner of Anchorage Farm in southern Albemarle County along Route 29.
"We are especially interested in hearing from those individuals familiar with the Anchorage Farm property, " said Lt. Joe Rader of the Virginia State Police. "A detail that may seem insignificant to one person may well be of critical importance to investigators."
Harrington, 20, was dressed that night in a black "Pantera" T-shirt, black mini-skirt and knee-high black boots. She was wearing a distinctive Crystal necklace made of large crystal chain links, which police have not recovered.
Harrington's "Pantera" T-shirt was found Nov. 11, 2009, in front of a row of apartments in Charlottesville.
DNA evidence was recovered during the course of the Harrington investigation that forensically links it to a 2005 sexual assault in Fairfax City. Fairfax City Police developed a composite sketch of the assailant. Police are still working to identitify the suspect.
Click on the image of Harrington to see necklace and composite sketch of the suspect.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Virginia State Police at (434) 352-3467.
Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/...#ixzz1b4XnKaqe
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