Morgan Harrington Case: Virginia State Police On New Search
Charlottesville, VA– Virginia State Police are searching an area of route 64, between mile markers 112 and 114 today in their efforts to locate missing VT student, Morgan Harrington.
Located approximately 4 miles west of Charlottesville, VA, the stretch of highway leads up to an early area of interest, Crozet, VA.
VSP PR Manager, Connie Geller says the area is not being searched based on any new tip.
Check back to blinkoncrime.com for this developing story.
Update #1. Jim Hanchett, Newsplex, reports the search has ended for this area today, and is awaiting any news of other possible search areas.
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Where is radiogirl when I need her
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Radiogirl .. I apologize for ignoring your question(s) about the “little darlings ” for ummmmm about a month .It was not by accident , but necessary .
So what do you think so far Radiogirl ? Little darlings aren’t they . But give them some credit , they used the Family sign 2..4….1. as a back drop , I am sure they were giving Morgan a toast . If I am only sure of one thing through all of this , Morgan Harrington has more true friends ….immortal ….. than she ever did the night she disappeared .
Radiogirl , put your psychology hat on , Now , put some thought into the many mentions of the little darlings by Gil in her family post . See anything odd ? Keep in mind psychology is only theory .
As with all truth , it can’t be kept in the dark forever , unless of course you have the fox guarding the hen house
At least there is some consistency in this investigation . Once the “false flag” of Morgan hitch hiking on the bridge was successfully placed …… it got really quiet, consistently confusing and quiet . Amazing how that worked . I just wonder if those dog’s were dragged by the leash to the bridge or did they let them out and tie them up there . Something tells me they kept them on a tight “lead “. Maybe I am turning psychic , GOD HELP ME , I keep envisioning Roscoe P Coaltrain dragging old Flash off of the steps of JPJA Now come on Flash , stand up and make this look good .
HH………. MY WHITE ASS ……………Helen Keller could see through this dog squeeze .
Dakota …….being cynical
While I am at it . I drifted off to sleep after my last post and dreamed again
In pic #59 of 68 , after looking at that pic I dreamt Sarah Snead had finally sobered up long enough to hear that the UVA police were investigating Morgan’s disappearance when that pic was taken .
I swear I won’t go to sleep anymore .
Dakota
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30625806&id=1564500045#/photo.php?pid=30625819&id=1564500045&fbid=1241655972572
Fish,
Absolutely LUV your post, but you are singing to a brickwall instead of a choir. They do not HEAR you. They do not hear LE. You will not get through. This generstion of youngerfolks, just simply do not care, and they do not KNOW cognitively what the purported outcome is. THEY simply do not care. End of sentence. Sorry. We are all pleading for them, but they aint gonna be talkin. I mean, aint gonna be talkin at ALL……unless of course LE gets a lie detector test, and or manipulates them through facts into a confession. Not happening!!!
As an adult, yes, we completely understand, and know what we would do. It is uncomprhensible that we would leave our friend out in the wilderness to rot, and be resolved of her death. We just simply do not know. This takes the part of the brain called the frontal lobe. I have told all my mom friends….we have to be their frontal lobes! If LE is thinking that the friends know nothing because they said they know nothing….they are so very tuesday morning wrong. If they say also that the friends say that they know nothing.
Observer had posted on another thread that LE believes that the friends would never, ever sacrifice Morgan, and not tell the truth. In fact, Obserever made fun of poster that we would even think that. I so heavey heartily disagree.
I have children, I have live with teenagers. Still do. Not a far stretch from Morgan. They will sell Morgan out, for themselves, and they are at this very moment and have been from the start. Code of silennce, YES, easy out, YES, by saying I know nothing.
If they can, her friend get on a FB account within 4 days of Morgan dissappearing…….can anyoneone tell me what they are thinking? It certainly isn;t about MOrgn.
Great post Suz with the “halo” theory.
Sorry about the long post.
Peace to the friends. Instant Karma gonna geetcha….right in the face” John Lenon.
“You are witnessing the disjoint that is LE, technology and social networking.
With respect to Sgt. Herrick, do we think he could find a facebook site of one of the 9?
B”
Well, he is LE and the father of 2 daughters, one of which I am aware is off at college. Would a LE father be more prone to keeping tabs on his daughter or looking at those she associates with? I don’t know the dynamics between JH and daughter Maggie, so I can only say perhaps. Considering he is in Roanoke and she miles away at Christopher Newport University, I have no reason to think the two would not communicate via the internet, but again I don’t know their dynamics.
If Maggie H. poses unabashed for party photos, perhaps she posts them as well, so LE Dad wouldn’t have far to go.
Maggie Herrick spoke at Morgan’s vigil. She spoke at her MISSING “FRIEND’S” vigil. I found her words and mannerisms at the time somewhat forced, emotionally neutral and lacking in any sense of true closeness.
I won’t even say what I am thinking now.
OK, some of the party photos are on my new flicker account:
Here is the link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/45838843@N02/
(Blink, Please delete if this is not correct. I am new to Flicker. Thanks.)
I was looking for Morgan pics via google tonight and came across this picture. For some reason it bothers me- Can any one see a full size image and if so can you tell me if this is Morgan and where this pick was taken? TIA
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2537/3692257059_c17ab66ac2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://connect.in.com/morgan-harrington/photos-3-2537-3692257059-c17ab66ac2.html&usg=__LAMfpjR2c5ysHFo441fSMjz7pp4=&h=500&w=333&sz=152&hl=en&start=51&tbnid=oO5YmvZBNbM6hM:&tbnh=130&tbnw=87&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmorgan%2Bharrington%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D36
Sorry about the weight thing blink…those photos really got me going. If that were my friend missing I would be so physically sick with worry I would probably not leave my house. The poor Harringtons didn’t even get a Christmas tree because they didn’t want to “celebrate” Christmas. Meanwhile the friends are partying it up every chance they get…I just find the whole thing disgusting. I hope Morgan is found alive and one day sees just how much fun her “friends” were having while she was missing.
I used to stick up for these girls. I.can’t.believe.what.i.have.seen.
Yes, let’s play beer pong in our sports bra and chug beers in front of a 241 sign 2 f-ing weeks after our “best friend” goes missing. What pieces of @#$%. I don’t care. Someone has to say it. And Sara’s costume is VERY disturbing.
Re Momof3 post #644
Pic #46 of 68 What is with SS costume? Does anyone else see this as disturbing?
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30625806&id=1564500045
Thanks momof3 Very good observation. YES !! I do find SS costume disturbing in this Halloween picture barely 2 weeks after Morgan disappeared. She is wearing an outfit much more tacky, but similar to the one Morgan was wearing that night ,and seems to have made her face pale ( paler than any of the other girls) and has red lipstick on like Morgan frequently wore, but judging by all of the other photos so far available of SS was uncharacteristic of SS. The outfit and the attitude bother the hell out of me. Where on earth is this behavior coming from what and how is it that SS gets off on dressing like that at this time? It comes across as highly charged and cocky to me, and reminds me some of the unkind and insinuating nature that was behind the release of the fairly harmless, but somewhat edgy photos of Morgan and her brother Alex that were lifted without his permission from his Facebook page .
e g: dress or act like a “Bad Girl” and you will “get what is coming to you”. Someone in an earlier post tonight asked what or who SS was trying to portray in that outfit and that she looked like a dead hooker. That is an interesting observation.
Looking at SS dressed in this manner, the words brazen and irreverent come to mind, considering Morgans’ very recent and tragic demise and what “close ” friends” they were.
To see SS striking a very public pose in this outfit was very jarring to my eyes and on many other levels to say the very least. A picture says a thousand words.
Still praying fr Morgan to be found and for peace for the Harringtons
Hummingbirds do like the warmth of the West Coast. Staying up later than usual tonite and after a hot bath and some further reflection I suggest that considering the tragic circumstances of their friend Morgan Harrington,her friends came out in some pretty wild costumes this past Halloween.
Morgan Nichols ( Dans GF) dressed as a tarty guitar, Amy Melvin as a dead body, or mummy provocatively and barely wrapped in bandages, and Sarah Snead as a dead hooker or a sleazy looking perhaps deceased, larger than life, Morgan, was at best very bad taste at worst, shades of a pretty dark scenario. Wave a red flag at a bull and risk getting charged.
Pic #46 of 68 What is with SS costume? Does anyone else see this as disturbing?
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30625806&id=1564500045
I think lizzy is on to something—they ought to use these pics as part of casey’s ugly coping defense. Boggles the mind. I guess i should be happy that these kids are so resilient, but it was a bit of shock in contrast to the Harringtons’ raw suffering.
Hello Blink and everyone,
wow, a lot to catch up on since last week here. I am pleased and impressed to see all the fine and exhaustive research being done by you guys (and gals) on the Facebook pages, Kudos to all!! I’m not a FB user, and have no desire to be, so I have to just follow your reports.
As I said awhile back, I think the whole key to this case lies in the real situations going on in Morgan’s social life, her conflicts, who she partied with, who she may have dated, etc. The change of high schools is a big piece of this I feel.
As the real Sherlock said – look for consistency. Where it is absent,
therein lies the truth.
Others have mentioned this, so I will echo their observations. From what we know of Morgan’s music interests, from the pictures on her wall (Beatles, Bob Marley, Grateful Dead, etc.) to the local bands she followed like Electric Cham, to the type of festivals she went to (All Good) – there is a fairly consistent musical genre that emerges – Jam bands, hippie bands, bluegrass music and psychedelic rock.
I can speak with some authority here, being a musician myself and having been around hundreds of people and friends since the 1980′s who followed this type of music.
We have a fall music festival here every year with exactly these types of groups playing every year, people like Robert Hunter, David Grisman, Grateful Dead cover bands, and other feel good funky hippie jam dance type bands.
Point – you almost never find heavy metal fans or bands in these same groups of people. Different vibe, different style of music, even perhaps a different view of life and lifestyle.
Point – I strongly do not believe Morgan had any interest whatsoever in seeing Metallica.
And there, my friends, you have a deception, both on Morgan’s part and that of her friends. And where you have one deception, it leads to an ever opening doorway to others.
What WAS Morgan’s real reason for going to that concert? IF, that is, she ever left JMU-ville, which I am beginning to doubt again. Even though Blink has said LE has evidence that she DID show up at the C-ville arena. I would love to hear more of what Blink’s editors think regarding her arrival or not at the C-ville arena.
Of course, I still have trouble believing a bunch of semi-teenagers could have the hutzpah to hide a body, or knowledge of her death without somebody cracking by now – as others have said. Maybe. Stranger things have happened.
What Dan C. knows – even though he likely was not involved in her death – will be vital to this case, mark my word.
Two big questions still bug me to be answered –
1. If she did plan to run away – what reason would be SO great as to keep up the pretense and hide for this long? Something BIG.
2. Now that it seems there was some deception about going to Metallica – again, what was so dangerous about her real plans that she and her friends made up a lie to cover for her? A party? A secret boyfriend (ex-BF?) Couldn’t this ex-BF just as easily met up with Morgan at her apt. or in that city where she lived (VT)?
Why the concert? Why C-ville or that college? Why did a party have to be kept so secret, or some other meeting between Morgan and XXXX? Why the lie?
Drugs? Again, Morgan could have bought drugs at VT or elsewhere. Unless something special was coming into town (Cville) that night?
I am reticent to put too much emphasis on drugs as a root cause though.
I have known and met dozens of young girls (and guys) who looked, dressed and wore jewelry like Morgan. These are not heavy metal fans.
I’m stereotyping here, so forgive me. And god love metal fans too. Most of them are nice, polite fun loving youth. But you tend to see more body piercing, tattoos, punky hair, etc. You don’t see this scene with Morgan’s group.
Forget the Metallica show – what ELSE what going on that night socially that was more important to Morgan. Important enough to fabricate a lie, harmless in inception probably, as young kids trying to pull one over Mom and Dad. But Oh, what a tangled web …….
Discover Morgan’s REAL plan, and that’s the golden road to truth here.
This may seem strange to say, but for the Harrington’s sake, I hope they don’t find her body (if she’s dead indeed) until after Christmas.
I DO hope someone cracks soon.
So strange to compare this with the latest developments in the Casey Anthony case – so many facts and clues there, so few here!!
Thanks Blink and happy holidays to you and yours.
Buttercup (#647) I also noticed that Dan C. is the only one who still has the Missing poster up as his profile pic. Instead of guilt, maybe he’s the only one who really loved Morgan, and this is the problem.
Jen…funny posts. I agree, it seems that Morgan is the one who is a league ahead of these girls.
Blink…what ever happened to onbelief? Are he/she and OYE one and the same?
No, not the same.
B
Oops, forgot this one:
Photo: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30012134&id=1569960076&fbid=1002643037580#/photo.php?pid=30012178&id=1569960076
Added September 17, 2007
Caption: “..that would be my father..doing a shotgun..pregaming..with us…haahahaha”
These are all courtesy of Miss Megan Tyree
Kristin, I agree with your post. I can’t see these college kids as being involved in Morgan’s disappearance in a sinister way.
While the pictures of these girls make me cringe, I don’t necessarily think that they are unusual college girl behavior.
I think I am more disturbed by that fact than anything, actually.
I do, however, get a very strong ‘mean girls’ vibe from that other Morgan and Sara Snead. (the last name is so fitting, no?)
I am also still raising my eyebrows about the dismissal of Jamil in his senior year. I agree that the University wouldn’t lie about Jamil’s grades, but argue that they may be using his poor grades as an excuse to get rid of him.
I wonder what his grades were like the other three years?
Perhaps the University needed to separate itself from him pronto and this was the way to do it. What else were they going to say? They can’t tell the truth, as it might have an impact on the case and finding Morgan.
Just a possibility.
Whenever tragedy hit my home, and it has more than once, all parties were off, and all smiles were gone from my face. I had to work hard to finally turn up the music again and be happy. 2 weeks of your missing long time friend isn’t enough time for you guys to be so happy, if you are worried about Morgan. It shows that your fun comes first.
I believe this is Dan Cassagne with Morgan Nichols.
Photo: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2001126&id=1569960085#/photo.php?pid=30036995&id=1569960085&fbid=1008692468812
Album: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2001126&id=1569960085#/album.php?aid=2001126&id=1569960085
Photos courtesy of Emily Morgan.
re: post 558: dark-haired, olive complexion, non-Hispanic — Observer, remember my post which feels like a year ago — I wonder if this is the dude ??
post 550 — Observer, thank you — that does make sense now — because if you only look at the “map” it seems a long distance from the arena to the bridge — and so dark and lonely — which brings me to my next question:
WHO saw her HH’g — someone who passed her and didn’t pick her up — the BB players who may have driven past her on their way out of the area — if they are the ones, might she have stuck out her thumb as a joke after having just spoken w/ them ??
So many questions and only one fact: Morgan is still missing.
thanks, Observer !
post 593: >>Skyler-Give serious thought to your question “why not come out and make a public statement?”<<<
Hey, MSL — great answer, but my point exactly — it’s this “Conspiracy of Silence” that has cast that shadow of doubt and rampant speculation on all of the people — BB players are mum; friends are mum; Dan is not named and alleged “lawyered up” — definitely mum — kane gives second by second accounts of his time, but on this night he’s mum —
If I was in any way connected w/ this case — and I am a little bit — and I had nothing to hide because I didn’t do it — I’d spill my guts — as I have done ad nauseum — ha — if Dan has an atty, atty should be making a public statement: my client was the driver of Ms. Harrington’s car to Charlottesville and inside the arena at the time of Ms. harrington’s last public sighting. This is an ongoing investigation, and we’ve been asked to make no further public statements at this time — or something to that effect —
You also state, paraphrasing: he did nothing but drive Morgan’s car to the arena — respectfully, he did more than that — he got in that car and drove it back to JMU, an hour away, without Morgan in the car, without confirming that she was all right and without speaking w/ her first. If his father is in LE, he should have called his father to ask advice. When he could not make contact w/ Morgan, at that point he should have alerted Morgan’s family, the police, someone. His father could have made a call to local LE and they would have done something as a courtesy to a fellow LE officer. It may not have changed Morgan’s outcome, but by the same token, it could have. Instead, he got in HER car and drove himself home. And has remained quiet, except to party it up at JMU.
That came out more harsh sounding that I meant for it — not directed at you at all — you make valid points —
the point of my post was: if you’ve got nothing to hide, why are you hiding ?
# 555 Comment by clementine — December 22, 2009 @ 5:13 pm:
[Photo: Morgan Nichols & Dan Cassagne
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30625822&id=1564500045&fbid=1241656092575#/photo.php?pid=30625823&id=1564500045
I would just like to say this.
I do not know Dan Cassagne- or anything about him, however, I look at this picture of him and a see a young man with a very sweet face and sensitive eyes. I see why he is being protected.
I don’t believe he is 1) capable of intentionally hurting anyone or 2) “covering up” something that may have happened to Morgan in his presence. If there is any possibility of 2nd scenario, I would have to say someone is very much coercing and manipulating him to maintain silence and that it would be weighing very heavily on his conscience. I feel that if, and a very strong *if* the friends are, indeed, covering something up, it will be this young man who cracks.
I feel for this young man. I really do. He was the designated driver on that night and he has already taken a lot of heat for this (not here, that I saw, but on other message boards). I hope he is not singled out and blamed for Morgan’s disappearance just because he was the lone male, and designated driver. There were many factors that contributed to her disappearance, some of which we know, and some that we don’t.
For the Harrington’s sake, I hope more is known soon. They are experiencing every parent’s worst nightmare. I pray answers are forthcoming soon.
Could it be… just maybe… that they know she is OK and are celebrating her “escape” or however they think of it? You know, “All right, Morgan! You did it!”
I would certainly rather think that than the alternative. Or maybe I’m just being a Pollyanna?
Mag603,
241<3 ; the <3 is a sideways heart in web lingo, not less than 3.
I think all these pics were in very poor taste to say the least. And ya everyone grieves in there own way but I can not imagine myself or my children going to a party 2 weeks after my “best” friend is missing, not knowing if shes alive and being held captive or worse, and actually enjoying myself to the extent that these picture seem to show. If the party had been planned before Morgan disappeared (which I am sure it was) it should have been turned into a search party instead of a booze party. The main thing is, all of these girls are pretty….what happened to Morgan could have happened to anyone one of them…wonder if they think about that at all? If Morgan was targeted by a person she knew…that person is in that group and could have been right there partying with them….if it was a random act…the next act could be one of them……I don’t think they are thinking of the seriousness of all this…no one knows (or so they say) what happened to Morgan, I would be scared out of my wits and afraid to do anything. It really makes you wonder about this circle of 8+1….I thought it was a little weird that the 2007 party at the beach, Morgan was not in any of those pics.
And I still think that the DS sightings and supposed Morgan sightings…there’s something fishy with that…nothing adds up except the fact that there is a beautiful girl missing.
If I were the Harringtons and saw these pictures of my missing daughters “best” friends like this I would be having a heck of a lot of doubt as to what they “say” happened that night.
HOLD THE PHONE!!! CHECK OUT THIS COMMENT TO A MORGAN YOUTUBE – A SIGHTING NEVER REPORTED ?????
“Sassyterly (3 weeks ago) Show Hide -1 Marked as spam
Reply She was at a 7-Eleven with some strange tattooed fellow getting inside a minivan that looked like there were dopeheads inside. I hope they find her. ”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrjIT36d-A4
thanks chad: i do happen to agree and understand! i may be changing my name to “frontal lobe”! i just had to get it all off my chest so that i could go on and help my own two kids out.
i cannot possibly imagine doing this or do i mean “done it” (ss quote)! to one of my friends. if they all had a hand in the disappearance of Morgan Harrington, then God help us all. this is truly a sick group of kids that parents and their perspective schools need to get involved with. they are dysfunctional, to say the least. i see kids all the time partying here at JMU and just cannot imagine the majority of them being this deviant!
side note, i often had wondered if one of the girls had a unrequitted crush on Morgan(rt), if one of the girls was jealous of Morgan(ss) and possibly if another one just down right hated Morgan(am), for whatever reason we do not know. this all brewing to a fateful night that then a guy comes into this mess of a picture. not wanting any trouble just trying to “get him some”. the girls find out and well, enough said…SHE is missing. could they all be involved? this would make my head spin and skin crawl.
i only wish one of them would listen to reason and realized that the
“truth shall set you free”. sorry, but i am back to banging my head against this brick wall.
Good Morning all,
Woke up before dawn with my thoughts on Morgan.
<3 is meant to be a heart. If you type that in on FB it turns into an actual heart. My girls taught me that, I used to think it was less than three.
Here are my new muddled thoughts trying to piece things together.
Someone posted, maybe OYE that they “knew for a fact that MH was told not to drink that night”.
If MH was being treated for depression or anxiety,alcohol consumption
could cause her to act strangely or intensify the effects of the alcohol. She would most definitely be told not to drink, by her Dr. and her parents. Depression is very common amongst College students who undergo many changes and increased stress after leaving home. This might explain some of the beliefs others have posted regarding the Harringtons being over protective, her summer at home, maybe it even started in HS and had something to do with changing schools.
Blink et al, remember the earlier rantings of On Belief?
Do you think OB and OYE know each other?
When OB stated “alleged ex boyfriend” it made me think he was the BF that would not accept that it was “over”. I tried to find the earlier postings where he was raging about MH’s parents and how she was finally free. OYE has similar rantings but sounds jilted herself.
What if OYE and OB are exes or even currently dating, they both have feelings of anger, jealousy. I am picturing the two of them at the pre-party, off go the lucky Metallica fans to the concert that DH paid mucho bucks for. I picture the two of them making snide remarks
and whooping it up after they leave. MH gets locked out of arena, calls party central for a ride..could the evil green eye of jealousy be enough motive?
My two college attending daughters never go to a concert, party or even to the mall without their cameras or cell phones. I can’t believe that between 4 of those attending the concert together that one of them did not have a single photo. MH’s camera may be missing but shouldn’t the little darlings have a telling photo or two?
I think my wheel has a stick in it’s spokes, i’m moving but not going anywhere.
skyler, great post #660, my sentiments exactly!
The very fact that they are not forthcoming with any info makes them look like they stepped in something.
Universities have a rating system, anytime an offense occurs such as a rape or a suicide, anything that looks bad, they do what they can to get that record expunged. If it becomes public then their rating goes down, this is why so many incidents get “swept under the carpet”. Uva is currently #3 in the top public Universities in the Nation.
It would seem to me, perhaps, that if these friends were, somehow, involved – we wouldn’t be seeing the 241 written anywhere near a place where they were choosing to party.
Instead – I’d think we’d see no trace of Morgan. The guilt would be too much. Having a symbol of her around – if they are responsible – just doesn’t make sense to me.
NEVER MIND – I SEE MY POST – SORRY
just spent the last hour catching up — to everyone who is local, thank you for answering my question about who drives over Copeley Road and why —
I still tend to go w/ Localgirl’s observation that it would make sense that she would turn and head toward Emmett St. — it’s only a couple of blocks and more well lit — but Morgan was familiar w/ the area, and I believe, had a specific destination in mind …
after reading all these posts, and viewing the pictures, I honestly can’t describe how I feel — but I can tell you it ain’t “sunshine lollypops and rainbows everywhere” — a lyric from some song when I was a little girl —
I do not know how to capture and save — but — and this is a theory — I know these posts, pix have been saved — “if” — LE can’t get a search warrant for the “friends” — these pix give them that — Was it Amy who turned 21 ? Is she the one who purchased alcohol for the rest of the group to consume — even if it’s a misdemeanor, it would be enough for LE to charge her, enough to obtain a search warrant to get into her phone records, computer recods, and to link everyone in that party to get their records — if they are under age 21 and drinking, that’s against the law in VA —
it opens the door — and once that door is opened, it can never be shut —
these friends and their actions are their own undoing.
“If” LE has been silent waiting for them to slip up — then they have —
Team Blink, I know you have connections to LE — please forward these pix — and let’s all pray LE takes the ball and runs w/ it — “PUN” absolutely intended.
whoever is responsible for Morgan’s ultimate fate needs to hire an atty and go to LE now — work out the best “deal” they can — there’s only one little finger plugging the dike, and when that finger is removed, the whole place is gonna flood.
Hold on lakeluver before you try too hard to bash UVa over this. Yes, the concert was at UVa. Yes, they are responsible for what happens at JPJ, including what their hired security firm does. Yes, it sounds like 3 to 4 UVa bball players talked to Morgan for 10 minutes, assuming it was really her they talked to. But this WHOLE THING started in Roanoke/Virginia Tech/JMU with her friends down there. Do you mean to say that JMU is worried about their rankings? Or Virginia Tech? How about all the friends who are not talking, and their parents? If it turns out that UVa did something wrong, then they’ll pay for it in public relations for sure. But please don’t place the blame on UVa just yet. For all we know Morgan didn’t even make it into the concert.
I try to check in occasionally to see the status of MH’s case and am somewhat baffled by some comments.
I am sure I will get slammed for this post, but I feel I need to give my 2 cents.
I do my own snooping on FB and have seen these (Halloween/drinking)pictures almost upon there publication (these are the tame ones too). I was young once and yes I did drink a lot in my teens and definitely in my college years. It is a VERY common occurance.
I find myself thinking back to OYE question about the age group here that is posting b/c it seems many are far removed from understanding today’s younger generation. I am in NO WAY defending these girls but I find many of you to be very critical and judgemental. It almost seems as if when one person’s name developes with this story they are attacked by the wolves.
I was under the impression the group commenting here was the open armed, loving family to help find Morgan Harrington. I had higher expectations for this group (and it still stands to only a select few posters) But now it has concluded to be a whodunit game with some guessing from Hippy to her Best Friends. Really??
No one knows what any of the friends are going through and YES sometimes getting drunk is an easier way to deal with a friend missing. They are college kids, do you expect them to not socialize? To be confined to their rooms 24/7? Or should they be passing out flyers 24/7? Different people grieve differently-different strokes…
~~Also,mind you these pics are (I am sure) not meant for public view (but with the FB loopholes and some digging…)
I know when I was younger and friend of mine committed suicide…that very night we were out partying. It is not that we are heartless or “didn’t care” but it was the way we dealt with the pain. Many adults deal with death (or the unknown) this way.
The point is don’t be quick to judge.
(Sports Bra?–its an obvious Brandi Chastain costume)
I understand that everyone (including myself) have made speculations about what happened that night to try to clue in where MH may be, but what happened to the facts and not drag her friends or family (or anyone that is remotely connected to her)through the mud?
I saw someone post this earlier but no wonder why people are keeping silent…each person’s character connected is being devoured.
It seems the compassion is diminishing as well as the intent of this group.
It is the eve of Christmas Eve, I would hope everyone can turn to God (or their religious affiliate) and remember the reasons why we are all here sharing our insight….to bring a missing girl home to her family.
Ok ..batter up!
I heard this story from a friend about her daughter throwing a party off campus of JMU. The daughter and her roommate bought a keg of beer. I asked my friend, “How could she buy a keg of beer, she’s underage?” The mother said as long as you check with the police and inform them of the party they would allow the keg being sold. The party was a success with many people, and many strangers attending.
I find this type of behaviour risky. IMHO
FORUM = A public meeting place for open discussion.
I have never felt the “BG of the day” was devoured. The point of this forum, God love Blink, is for the participants to express their “opinion” of possibilities.
Yes, some do not come out smelling like fresh cheese (hee hee), but someone out there is stinking worse than bad Bleu.
I hope the needling makes their head spin until they spill!
comment by AtotheK
“Ok…batter up!”
Curious choice of words considering the driver of Morgan’s car is a college baseball player. While I sense a “game on” coming from you, I don’t feel like playing, AtotheK.
BLINK – Do you have any idea or inkling as to why LE has not released what the BB players had to say about their encounter with Morgan? I guess I don’t understand why it is not being said if LE has no leads, POI or even evidence of foul play as they put it. It seems to me like there could be a lot of info there as to what she said to them (I’m sure she told them about how she got kicked out, how she hurt her chin and where she was going next – these are college kids talking to other college kids so Morgan would have felt like she was in her element with them) as well as her condition and/or frame of mind (drunk, drugged, scared, mad, etc).
localcvillegirl,
au contraire, I was not bashing Uva. My husband and I are alumnus of Uva, we got married in the UVA chapel. All I said is that Universities have a rating system, so yes that includes VT and JMU and Duke and any other school. The previous threads were discussing Jamil being dismissed from UVA. BB players are not above the law although I will say that many athletes think themselves to be. MH went missing and the last known place she was seen was in the UVA area. Turn off your hot button, I did not intend to “bash anyone” we are all just brainstorming here. However, for the record, do I believe the BB players withheld information? Yes, I believe being the last ones to see M and not coming forward until they were summoned looks suspicious. Precious days and hours were lost before they gave their statements. Wahoo Wah
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comment by AtotheK
“Ok…batter up!”
Curious choice of words considering the driver of Morgan’s car is a college baseball player. While I sense a “game on” coming from you, I don’t feel like playing, AtotheK.
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LOL! That’s funny. Coincidental words, though. But this is what I am talking about…dissecting every word.
I understand that this is a forum designed for opinions, however if why the personal attacks (hooker, overweight, drunks)
This forum is NOT perezhilton or tmz or the HFMH FB page. That’s why I held this forum a little higher regard than those.
To Redly, #608, 12/22, 9:11pm: Thank you for explaining so well the academic requirements for athletes here at UVA. You did an excellent job explaining this to those unfamiliar with the academic rigor associated with this institution. In a similar vein, the importance of any of UVA’s athletic programs does not take precedence over the value and integrity of UVA’s honor code. [The single sanction system has been repeatedly challenged, each time unsuccessfully.]
Because any of the BB players were interviewed by LE and subsequently released from the UVA BB team does not create a causal connection with the MH disappearance.
Tucker’s release was based upon poor academic performance. A review of Tucker’s academic record substantiates this statement.
To Chad, #653, 12/23, 1:57am: You indicated “Observer had posted on another thread that LE believes that the friends would never, ever sacrifice Morgan, and not tell the truth. In fact, Obserever (sic) made fun of poster that we would even think that.”
Please help me understand this assertion by referencing in what post I stated that LE believes that MH’s friends “would never, ever sacrifice Morgan and not tell the truth”.
Please let the record show that in one of my earliest posts (“Lack of Leads” thread, #171, 11/12, 6:38pm) I stated the following:
“I do not believe that Morgan’s friends contrived or concocted this story to cover-up for any wrongdoing on their part. There are far too many friends involved. The greater the number of individuals involved in a conspiracy, the greater opportunity that one will slip up and reveal the truth.
These are college-age women, not seasoned criminals. Their ability to mastermind something nefarious would be very limited. It is also easy to assume that LE has used all methods available to them in an attempt to dissect the stories given independently by each of Morgan’s friends and identify any inconsistencies therein.”
I stand by the above statements.
That does not imply that MH’s friends may not intentionally be attempting (emphasis on “attempting”) to withhold certain information that might otherwise be helpful to LE in determining what led to MH’s disappearance. It does imply—-by intent—-that MH’s friends did not contrive events that evening to intentionally lead to MH’s demise. These are two very different things, with dramatically different implications.
More importantly, however, please reference in what post I “made fun of poster that we would even think that.” I make it a point not to make light or fun of what other posters may think or believe; to do otherwise would be repugnant to me.
Were there instances where my challenges of certain assertions were deemed to be “making fun”? If so, that is assuredly not my intent. If any of my posts appeared in any manner to be making light of others’ ideas, I (once again) offer my most sincere apologies.
If you would, please re-post here whatever statement I made that is alleged to have been “making fun” of other posters so that I might have an opportunity respond to same. TIA.
To Sherlock, #656, 12/23, 8:04am: “As I said awhile back, I think the whole key to this case lies in the real situations going on in Morgan’s social life, her conflicts, who she partied with, who she may have dated, etc. The change of high schools is a big piece of this I feel.”
Your observation above is correct, in a most significant way.
I encourage all readers to pay very close attention to everything Sherlock has stated in her #656 post. Everything.
Ditto for AtotheK’s 11:14am post today; some excellent points therein that merit serious consideration.
644 — Mom. Re the SS costume. Yes it is very disturbing. At a minimum, it is in remarkable bad taste. Hopefully, it is just the result of stupidity/bad judgment.
Comment by AtotheK — December 23, 2009 @ 11:14 am:
[Also,mind you these pics are (I am sure) not meant for public view (but with the FB loopholes and some digging…)]
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AtotheK:
The photos I posted required very little “digging” and had nothing to do with loopholes. An example of how I found them, just for you…
Krystle Barker’s Facebook Wall: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?v=wall&id=744837463
Krystle Barker’s Facebook wall page, under the very first post, and I quote: “I’ve gotta stop leaving my facebook up…”
I agree, the ones posted are the tame ones. I forwarded more to Blink that aren’t fit for public consumption. They will not be posted for that reason.
I feel I need to underscore that. Clementine, and several others here have sent me various video, photos, links- privately for our information and possible lead connection to be sent to LE. If I were interested in some sort of smear campaign, I can assure you I would have the vehicle.
Keep in mind. These women were underage in some photos drinking, and others simply partying. They posted their life on the web.
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Merrykrismouse, are you Wpgmouse?
After looking at this forum this morning, I had to take a break from it and be angry and cry for Morgan and the Harringtons. Dr. and Mrs. Harrington are wonderful people and are so protective and loving toward these friends of Morgan’s. I can not believe the disrespect that is shown by the friends in these pictures. Evidently, the feelings are not mutual. I don’t expect them to curl up and die, but to party like this when one of their best friends is missing and then publicize it is unspeakable. I think SS and AM’s choice of costumes is insensitive and disgusting. AM’s makes me think of a mummy and under the circumstances, I’m surprised she would even want to think of that. As for SS, what’s with her? Torn black leggings and a mini skirt? Very poor taste and lack of respect. Unfortunately, there’s a saying ‘actions speak louder than words’ and I don’t like what I’m hearing. I’m not insinuating the friends are responsible for Morgan’s disappearance, but definitely raises questions about loyalty to a missing friend. Get the ‘picture’? Or should I say pictures?
Unless of course, they know more than we know and think that Morgan is somewhere safe?
Thank you lakeluver, LOL, go Hoos. None of this silence looks good for UVa, including and especially that of the bball players. The school is like family to me (go back generations, and some have even lived on the lawn), so I’m hyper-protective. Sorry for my earlier quick post. If you’re alumni, maybe you’ll agree…Charlottesville and UVa were not ready for JPJ and the concerts that come with it. Most locals have already tired of paying high prices for the tickets so most concert goers seem to come from out of town. We keep it to only one or two a year for our family. This is a small-venue-type town…lots of good music and lots of great places to hear it…too bad we had to try to keep up with the big boys. I’m sorry that the Metallica concert was in Charlottesville. It could have been anywhere, and I still believe something might have happened to Morgan. The stars were lined up against her that night…hopefully one of her friends will show some decency and come forward with information.
These pictures are proof of just how selfish these girls are. They were so selfish on October 17th when their “best friend” was locked out of the arena. They sat there because it would spoil their good time. I realize this age group loves to live it up and party but, come on they are smart enough to know that if a friend gets locked out, she needs help and if she is drunk or high she needs it even more! What did they do? They stayed inside and enjoyed the concert, while only God knows what happened to their friend. If they were so confident Morgan was going to get a ride, why then did they say someone is missing and wait for Morgan? They may not be the ones responsibble for what happened to Morgan, but they have some responsibility in this. So much for safety in numbers.
Noone expects them not to go on with their life, but seriously 2 weeks after their friend goes missing they are partying it up and posing away. You can slap a 2.4.1 up on the door if that makes you feel better, but their comes a time in life when we live and learn. I think my friend disappearing would definitely be an eye opener for me! They did the party thing in high school, it’s time to move on. How about passing out candy and flyers on halloween? That probably wouldn’t look so cute on FB.
Amazing how we are all still reluctant to talk about Morgan’s life in past tense and we didn’t even know her, but her “best friend” refers to her in past tense in the article for JMU’s paper I linked above.
So, if you think your friend is no longer with us, wouldn’t there be at least some time of mourning?
Obviously police know more than we all may think, that is why we are not hearing much. I don’t think they believe it was a stranger. A stranger would have taken credit cards or cell phone. Not a battery or camera with pictures of the victim on it.
Atothek you say “batter up” like a pro are you a baseball fan?
Atothek, I agree only to a point. It would be truly a shame if those in the periphery of Morgan’s disappearance are needlessly and falsely smeared. But I would also ask that you consider the following:
**Illegal activity is illegal. Period. If light shines on what was concealed, even if it was not responsible in any way for Morgan’s disappearance, perhaps it will save someone else. Therefore, once there is photographic or other documented evidence of anything illegal, I think it is fair when the gloves come off. The application of justice is not often uniformly distributed in our society, but scattered to a large degree by coincidence.
**Many of the friends are not recent acquaintances, but apparently friends of many years. I would hope that if I disappeared, those who love me would open their closets and let all their skeletons fall out in the quest to find me. I believe they would, and believe that Morgan deserves the same. Would I let my “character be devoured” for even just one more day with someone I truly care about? Would you?
I do agree that great care is needed in discussing those who may be truly peripheral, for example, the basketball players.
I also find it interesting that RL chose to post these pictures, and has left them open to the public. When some friends/posters are implying that drugs/alcohol/struggles led to her death directly or indirectly, it is somewhat ironic to find a 21st birthday present (bowl of liquor bottles) tagged as “death.”
TrafficLand.com has live webcams along various sections of the highway. They get the feed from the Virginia Department of Transportation. I wonder if they record or purely broadcast?
Blink, Good Morning. Last night I posted a link to a pic that I found on google. My post never showed up. I think it was because the url was long and it got kicked to spam? I shortened the link.
http://tinyurl.com/yezxjg6
In the original url was the words farm and Morgan Harrington. Can you look at the pic and tell me if you think it is her and where it was taken as the pic has a creepy vibe. Thanks Blink
Which pic m3? There were 50
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Comment by Judi — December 23, 2009 @ 10:33 am:
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Reply She was at a 7-Eleven with some strange tattooed fellow getting inside a minivan that looked like there were dopeheads inside. I hope they find her. ” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrjIT36d-A4
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Judi, ‘Sassyterly’ is an internet troll, trolling for attention. If you click on his/her name and look at the page you will see this.