Morgan Harrington Case: Exploring The Musical Connections
Disclaimer– exclusive original content copyright and property of Internet Network News, LLC and Blinkoncrime.com. Reproduction of this article , ANY OF IT’S Conclusions or CONTENT, in whole or in part without proper attribution and source link is strictly prohibited without prior written permission. Charlottesville, VA– On the evening of one of the most anticipated musical events of her young 20 years, Morgan Dana Harrington, 20, disappeared from the Metallica Concert at JPJ on October 17, 2009. After months of investigative efforts involving four different law enforcement jurisdictions, Morgan’s skeletal remains were found by Anchorage Farm owner David Bass on January 26, 2010.
Upon the recovery of Morgans remains, many parallels of her life reflected her love of the musical community in general, but also, the surrounding venues she attended previously, such as bonnaroo, allgood, the rooster walk, and floydfest. 
Charlottesville is rife with heritage, musical talent, eclectic artisans and those wanting to be a part of it, nightly, across the vast bucolic landscape. As a tribute to Morgan Harrington’s love of the Indi music scene, blinkoncrime.com will explore some of the culture and artists she embraced.
The Dirty Horse 
Featuring Charlotteville’s own Christian Breeden of Biscuit Run fame…The Dirty Horse. Coincidentally, TDH played at Maya the evening of October 17, 2009. The Dirty Horse, is a fan-staple of CVille, although development plans for Biscuit Run into a State Park through it’s purchase by VDOT may make Breeden more of a Crozet staple, closer to his other residence. Members are Breeden, Ariel Vegodsky, Mike McCue and Brian Massie . 
Christian, former front man for American Dumpster and son of late acclaimed sculptor David Breeden, is a renaissance of Bohemian royalty with talents ranging from sculptor, bike builder, artist, musician, photographer and self proclaimed Junkyard Spirit conjurer. Breeden’s latest endeavor, The Equinocalypse, celebrating the melting away of Winter and “new life” promises for Spring, is the invitation of the season to party “carny style”.
Party Liberation Front Now Here is a Gig. Resist the urge to think this is pledge week. Tis not. The Pyro laced gala will also be dj’d by Richmonds’ own FunkFriar John Reinhold and Conway Jennings. While “THE JOHN” is dragging up the long bar from Richmond, you can catch a listen to his mixjo here. As far as non-harvest, middle of the woods socials go- this may be the actual farmville, but with F I R E.
Pre Sentencing Report No doubt the Cvillain, edited by bathtub shroom purveyor and recently 
convicted *man about Cville* music, eatery and libation scene, Ian Saul, will be covering the “equal night”. It is not known if he will be using the ritual to influence any sort of leniency for a light sentencing on March 31. Regardless of his pending matters which one can observe daily on his facebook, Ian manages to personally attend and cover every evenings soiree in the ville.
Bring It and Sling It 
Carcinogen friendly preffered. BYOH.. Bring your own hula. Not to be confused with bring your own hooka. I am thinking fresh aire contact-hooka will suffice. BE CREATIVE. Fire-laced, dayglo, neon, light-sticks-strung-together,
you are defined by your HOOP here and you don’t want anyone to think your a first timer. Or Not. You could certainly simply don your best minotaur frock and arrive fashionably equine. I have decided I will be attending dressed as Sukie Stackhouse, immediately following my dip in the soaking tub with my ammonium bicarbonate bath fizzies. Contributing Editor: Elizabeth Morton Images Courtesy of Klaasend
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Just read your comment Kim-
March 16, 2010 at 9:17 am
I think you made some very insightful points- Made me speculate- I know I know Observer, but what is a Mom to do?
I’d also like to add to your thinking- they also have their own set of groupies / girlfriends/ fans-
Which brings me to the shirt find – I think it was Acho who brought up a girl and Blink commented on possible jealousy issues- what if a girl was involved and took Morgan’s shirt or other cause she liked it- then when things went from bad to worse- tossed it?
Wasn’t the shirt said to be very unique just like Morgan’s necklace? Did we ever get confirmation on whether or not it was retrieved?
Was the necklace info first released after the shirt was found?
Yes
B
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7h1-BCxEh0&feature=related
Is this that weird f*#$*r that has been discussed on here? Had no idea. I have a lot more thoughts about this dude’s ‘artistic potential’, but don’t think they would pass B’s filter.
LOL. Thanks for the restraint.
Bizz to the Are.
B
Keekee,I respect you for speaking up and Blink for posting it, responding and explaining her position.
Yoshi, Judi, MsL, All – Larry King is on talking about sex offender laws and the holes in the system…
Ugh….Kojak made this stuff look easy.
Blink: You have stated that you think the house fire is relevant to the case. If you had to choose one of the two following scenarios as being more likely than the other, which one would you pick?
#1 – the fire was intended to destroy possible evidence
#2 – the fire was intended as retaliation / intimidation (e.g., a house resident gave police a tip that implicated someone as a suspect, that someone was brought in for questioning, and then that someone burned the tipster’s house down)
Excellent Question I cannot answer
B
“Javier says:
March 16, 2010 at 4:04 pm
anotherB,
Whoever planted the shirt, did so last fall, long before Morgan’s body was found. However, you may be on to something.
Key Point #2 on Rader’s LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION press conference:
“The killer(s) is inclined to return to the area in a high stress situation.”
I always found this statement rather odd.”
The shirt: Did someone, even Morgan, throw it out of a window?
The location: Does he not live around AF area (he should but doesn’t) but comes back for support from family?
Email’d
B
The reason I’m trying to find the article from November about a shirt being found is that I would like to re-read the comments. But maybe that’s why I can’t find the article?
Swiss Miss, respectfully, the fact that I am publicly stating I believe the shirt to be Morgan’s, as I have changed my position from a previous stance, IS THE BONE.
B
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Okay, why has no one weighed in yet on B’s BONE comment?! I’ll bite. To think that there was a piece of bone fragment found on/with the shirt is almost incomprehensible. What is B referring to? I’m wondering if 1) Morgan’s remains showed a fracture to an arm bone and 2) it coincided with a tear on one arm of the t-shirt. Or, does she mean “tossing the dog a bone?”
That’s all I got. Help!
Tossing bone only. I have been very specific that I have said all I can say about the shirt.
B
Reading glass alert: Lengthy Post Ahead.
Preamble: Hi, I’m O, and I’m out here on this skinny little limb, almost all by myself…
Like most others here, I have several thoughts about the found shirt that is alleged to have belonged to Morgan, and alleged to have been planted by the BG, his accomplice before-during-or-after-the-fact, or his jealous girlfriend.
Like only a very few others here (perhaps on suz), I respectfully question the above assertions.
The reasons for my position are varied and not yet ready for public consumption; however, I will suggest the following two things. First, the DNA:
The shirt alleged to be Morgan’s was found in the bushes adjacent to an apartment building on Grady Ave. Said shirt was recovered during the first week in November. [The exact date is immaterial for purposes of this discussion.]
Most importantly, if the found shirt indeed belonged to Morgan, her DNA would likely have been on it, especially and particularly if Morgan was brutally murdered as she is believed to have been. [I share the latter assumption.] Likewise, if Morgan was drinking that evening–particularly to excess–there could be DNA evidence available from only a trace of her saliva. In addition, the blood from the cut Morgan is alleged to have sustained on her chin could also have appeared on her shirt–even if only a trace droplet–allowing for collection of DNA evidence.
Regardless: we can assert this much: Morgan’s DNA was recovered by items provided to LE by the Harringtons.
We can likewise assert that, at some point, LE would have been able to confirm a match–or not–of the DNA on the found shirt (assuming there was any to be collected) and Morgan’s DNA, especially if there existed excessive blood resulting from a brutal assault.
Important note: if Morgan’s DNA was not found on the shirt, it is difficult to confirm that the shirt was hers.
It’s immaterial whether the shirt was found prior to obtaining Morgan’s DNA, or visa versa. What is important is that, had the DNA on the found shirt matched Morgan’s DNA at any point in this investigation, a thorough–emphasis on “thorough”–ground search would have been conducted, not only of the apartment complex where it was found, but all the areas immediately adjacent. Trained evidence technicians–not just detectives (who do not typically collect evidence)–would have been combing the area in the same thorough, meticulous manner as they did when her remains were later found on AF. This is particularly true if the found shirt had evidence of blood stains.
Remember: If the DNA on the found shirt were determined to be Morgan’s, LE would (at whatever point that the DNA connection was made) have no reason to believe that Morgan’s abduction (and later, murder) did not occur somewhere in very close proximity to the site where the shirt was found. Likewise, they would have no reason to think that her assailant might not be equally close by. LE would be swarming over the area–as well they should–like the proverbial white-on-rice.
When I suggest that a “thorough” search of the area would occur, I do not mean a couple of detectives casually poking-about under some bushes and knocking on some doors. I do not mean detectives who might casually say “Hey, uh, did you see anything suspicious? No? Oh, well, ok. Well, uh, if you think of anything, well, just call CrimeStoppers, ‘k?”
Evidence technicians would be literally scouring the area for trace evidence of anything else that might assist in this investigation. They would be all over this area, leaving no stone unturned. [Remember: they’d have no reason to believe at that time that there wasn’t an abundance of evidence around waiting to be uncovered.] Detectives canvassing the neighborhood closeby–not just the Grady Ave. apartments–would leave their business cards with residents and would emphasize that anyone who remembered anything should call them immediately and directly; they would not simply defer calls to CS. This is SOP–especially in a high-profile criminal investigation.
Re: the found shirt “planted” or not: Let us assume for a moment that the shirt was indeed Morgan’s and was intentionally planted by the BG. Whether or not he planted it to direct attention away from AF or toward someone else in particular, let’s first assume for a moment that he removed it from Morgan while she was still alive, during the course of an assault. If that were the case, it would mean that the BG had to drive through CV to AF with a (please pardon my graphic description here, Dr. and Mrs. Harrington) topless Morgan in tow. A BG is not going to risk driving his topless victim around town before he later deposits her body at a remote farm. [I appreciate that the above scenario seems a bit implausible.]
If, in fact, the shirt was planted by the BG post-assault, he would had to have driven Morgan to AF, removed her shirt during the course of the assault, murdered her, placed her in the field, removed her shirt, and driven back into town with the shirt with the intent to “plant” it somewhere–at the Grady Ave. apartments or elsewhere.
Again, the shirt at that point would reasonably have a large quantity of blood associated with it–blood that would lead directly to DNA, which would lead directly to a massive ground search of the area where the shirt was later recovered.
If, on the other hand, the BG removed Morgan’s shirt prior to a brutal assault, leaving no DNA evidence associated with blood, then how can the shirt be confirmed to belong to Morgan? If the shirt did not have blood evidence, but perhaps some other trace evidence leading to a DNA connection, I refer back to the massive ground search of the area where the shirt was later recovered.
Regardless: I submit that the BG would be far more interested in depositing Morgan’s shirt–even if not blood-stained and even if the BG had momentarily forgotten earlier that it was still in his vehicle, discarded during an assault–in the quickest, easiest location possible, without going to the lengths necessary to drive it all they way back to CV to “plant” it anywhere.
Following a murder, most criminals are intent only on destroying or eliminating any evidence of their wrongdoing. They don’t generally give thought to deflecting guilt onto another party. Thought, I might add, that would take time…and time is not the friend of the person who has just committed murder.
The murderer just wants “out of there”, re: the scene of the murder, sans evidence or anything linking them to the crime. Dumpsters, creeks, rivers, remote locations, highway shoulders–anything would look attractive to an assailant who wanted to rid himself of evidence.
I don’t find compelling the argument that Morgan’s assailant was thorough, meticulous, or thoughtful enough to attempt to deflect attention from him or Morgan’s remains by driving all the way from AF to Grady Ave., shirt in hand, with the express intent of “planting” it.
Note: Many have suggested that the BG has at least some limited knowledge of forensic technique…and/or his accomplice-during-or-after-the-fact did. If so, neither would risk carrying the shirt any farther in their vehicle than necessary, and/or possibly additionally contaminating it with their own trace DNA; rather, they would dispose of the evidence as quickly as humanly (or, in their case, inhumanly) as possible.
For lack of a more apt descriptive, I’m “jus’ not feelin’ it.”
I readily acknowledge that there are without doubt significant holes in the above theories (holes that the proverbial Mack truck could drive through), and am equally assured that the many astute readers here will bring each and every one of those holes to light–as well they should. [Healthy challenge of any theory in an active investigation is just that: healthy.] I readily accept and respect those challenges.
In the interim, however, I remain unconvinced that the found shirt belonged to Morgan, or that the shirt was by intent planted there for any reason by Morgan’s murderer.
The good news: Time will tell.
Hav at it folks.
Observer is a veteran of such casework, and she raises sound points. I am going to hold on this one and allow everyone to weigh in.
B
CB responds:
“I’m sorry…I know this seems quite immature to most folks. When the boy’s and I get together this is what we do. We love to play with guns in the woods. We laugh like idiots the whole time. I still crack up every time I watch this. No of us has ever been in trouble for violence. None of us has ever committed a gun crime. No one has ever gotten hurt by a misfired shot. This is controlled chaos and it is part of the American Tradition. Gotta Love IT!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dO-FRLXJpg
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There’s always a first time. How old are you?
I find it very interesting that the new poster put out by VSP looking for information about Morgan’s slaying describes her as having been “brutally murdered” That’s the first time that I have seen that phrase come from VSP…although I have seen it stated with conviction on a certain blinky website.
True Dat.
Good for them. They are to be commended for absorbing feedback.
It’s time to flush these letches out.
B
“lizzy says:
March 16, 2010 at 9:13 pm
Was the necklace info first released after the shirt was found?”
“Yes B”
First search = not told of necklace.
Subsequent searches = told of necklace, shown photo.
So, the shirt was found somewhere between November 1, 2009 and November 6, 2009, late morning?
Which brings me back to my original question…Was this area already searched or was it in the progress of being searched? We all signed in! If someone carries it over there, on his or her person, then drops it, LE has your name! He was in the area on October 17th and back during the search days or back at school?
Could we have someone who thinks, like so many criminals do, that they can outsmart LE?
If no arrests coming this next week then I am thinking that in his sick mind, he will believe even stronger that he got away with it. We may need more information or atleast a warning to our area. Although, look at the missing from Virginia! Shocking.
Side note. There is no way that my kid is going to camp on campus, this summer. Counselors or not. As a mom, this truly frightens me. I believe that he is in the area and just walking around as if nothing as happened. Until of course, he tries it again. Why should I believe that he won’t. No one is telling me that!
Morgan did not get in that car with a lifelong friend but someone she knew in part. He will troll for others and this is what scares the crap outta me!
Juliemooly: Thanks for the photos, they helped. It still amazes me that we all were there together, doing the right thing. Helping that girl out and that is the way it should be. I had said I would doubt very much if I would ever participate again but I am trying to “shore” myself up and be strong. I pray that this insanity stops on young girls and guys. It is all too much for families to have to deal with. For all of us in society to deal with. So much pain and sadness.
But we all should be proud of continuing to “do the right thing”, even if we are faced with the sometimes criticism and disagreements. The families must truly appreciate the help and support.
On this day of all days, I know that I would have. It is very hard to bury your loved one with the fear of the unknown. I hope that the Harrington Family know that we are all still here by their sides.
All for Morgan!
MORGAN ROCKS
We are starting a “gathering of rocks” at Morgan’s memorial on
Morgan’s Bridge at Copeley Road on the North Grounds of the University of Virginia. When you come to Charlottesville and to the bridge bring a rock and a prayer to add to the collection. Leave both at the bridge!
Morgan, Gil, Alex and I continue to need your support and prayers as we wait for Morgan’s murder(s) to be brought to justice. Your support in raising society’s awareness of the need to change the culture of acceptance of violence against women and in so doing change the laws that allow these crimes to go unpunished.
Dr. H-
Has this started from our very own Skyler’s first rock? I would be so proud to tell her of such an honor.
B
Tossing bone only. I have been very specific that I have said all I can say about the shirt.
B
Oops. Sorry. Will bury the bone for later consumption. Wasn’t intending to dig a hole, just wondering if I missed something in trying to catch up.
The timing of the shirt find is curious. Makes me think the perp may be a teaser, and possibly an insomniac, and hopefully not as bright as him thinks he is.
lizzy: some of my mad copy and paste skills used for my own cross-reference.
B, sorry if too long to post. I guess you will decide if you will post it or not.
From The Hook article:
But that doesn’t mean police aren’t continuing to investigate clues in town. A black t-shirt touting the band Pantera— something that Harrington was said to be wearing— was discovered last fall on a bush outside a 21-unit Grady Avenue apartment complex.
The day after Harrington’s body was found, several residents say they answered a knock on the door to find badge-carrying detectives asking questions.
“At first,” says resident Brandon Shores— who works at Miller’s, plays drums for successful goth band Bella Morte, and had attended the Metallica concert— “I thought they were interrogating me!”
But Shores soon realized that police simply wanted to show him a photo of a Pantera t-shirt on a bush.
“I’d seen that same style shirt on other people,” he says, “but I hadn’t seen it here.”
One man had more direct knowledge.
It was a mid-afternoon while walking home from class last fall– he thinks it was November– that UVA student Blaine Eichner saw something black in the bushes in front of his apartment building. There on the 15th Street side, on a bush, was a black Pantera t-shirt.
“I didn’t know what to think,” says Eichner, who like most Charlottesvillians was well aware of the missing Metallica fan. Eichner says he and his roommate knew better than to touch possible evidence, so they reported the finding to Charlottesville police, who responded to the call with “two or three cop cars.”
Like Shores and many of his neighbors in the building, Eichner was re-interviewed after Morgan’s body was found. Does he think he found Morgan’s shirt?
“I feel like, if it really had something to do with the case, it wouldn’t have been thrown on a bush,” he says. “But, it could be a crazy person who wants attention– I don’t know.”
lizzy and Blink: I too, am searching for full article.
sudafed: #2 – the fire was intended as retaliation / intimidation (e.g., a house resident gave police a tip that implicated someone as a suspect, that someone was brought in for questioning, and then that someone burned the tipster’s house down)
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Interesting.
And, if this is what happened, then do you think it was just coincidence that Bass found Morgan hours later, or do you think he was tipped off too?
juliemooly, how funny —- just this morning i was thinking, One thing we know is that Morgan’s killer is white. I have no idea why i was thinking that, and of course it’s not even necessarily true. Weird.
MsL – re: the east coast rapist – it looks like he’s back.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/15/AR2010031501859.html
Cvillenative- When I was single and lived alone, I had a very fat/fuzzy/extremely tempermental persian cat (she’s still alive thank God), but she hates everybody but me. When I would walk in the door I would KNOW there was no one else in my apartment if she was waiting by the door for me which she always does. Once she wasn’t and it turned out that the super had to come in earlier in the day to check on something. She had stuffed herself under the bed and refused to budge.
Peapod – thks for the link re: Showalter case.
J2K – Your “Shirt Theory” is an interesting observation. To elaborate on the notion that it was placed there in a deliberate fashion, it was possibly (in order of likelihood):
1) Put there to confuse LE and throw them on a false trail. I believe a lot of young college-aged-kids live in/near the apartment building. If LE was busy investigating them, this would buy additional time for the perp(s).
2) Used as a “calling card” by the perp(s) to bolster their egos. The Perp(s) were deliberately placing themselves into the investigation. They wanted to be in control and determine where the case should lead to next.
3) Anonymously placed there after being found, as the individual may have not wanted to get “caught up” in the investigation, but thought it was important evidence to turn over.
1 and 2 are intertwined and most likely; I believe “control” and the desire to “control” is a likely disposition for the perp(s).
21.Kathy says:
March 16, 2010 at 8:38 am
Blink,
A little OT but, I just want to thank you for all you do for those without a voice. Because of what happened to Morgan and all the good you do here, you have given me the confidence to take a step I was hesitant to take. The other day I forwarded the petition that Palerider wrote for changes with violent sexual offenders to Monica Caison.
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Oh, my dearest Kathy, I thank you from the depths of my heart!!!!!
And congrats on your invite!!!
YOUGOGIRL!!!!!
Concerned Bystander – My guess is that it was not a coincidence. My guess is that Bass knew about EMH living nearby even before Morgan’s disappearance. EMH likely has a notorious and terrible reputation in that community thanks to his previous crimes.
Blink has stated that the case “started over on the 25th” which is not just the date of the fire, but also the date of EMH’s re-registration as a sex offender. Someone posted a while back, maybe it was Blink herself, that prior to the 25th, EMH appears to have not re-registered during the preceding 90 day period as required of him by law. I think it is possible that EMH became a POI in Morgan’s disappearance before the body was found (perhaps thanks to a tip from a 3rd party), EMH was brought in for questioning at which point LE discovered that he had not re-registered like he was supposed to. Bass hears through the grapevine that EMH has been brought in for questioning, realizes that his property would be a prime location for EMH to get rid of a body, so he decides to go out and look around for signs of unlawful entry / decaying body odors, etc.
Then, EMH comes home from the police station scared shitless, knowing that someone has given LE info that incriminates or casts suspicion on him, and burns their house down to (a) keep them from talking more, (b) send a message to others that may have info, or (c) destroy possible evidence in the house
sounds to me like bass was surprised about who might have been on his property. and i never considered an authorized hunter to be a suspect. but a local that followed a river downstream or upstream and could know how to get on and off could be a surprise to bass.
i’ve fished and hunted my whole life. if i’m exploring and find a river, i often follow it. that way i’ll know where to cross, fish, etc. critters know the same. the sum of the parts is adding up to the whole and then some for me.
picking up speed for me, at least imo.
Dr. Harrington we won’t give up.
Rest in Peace Dear Morgan.
Your Lady Justice is on the way!
What’s the load (lb.) limit on the Copeley Road Bridge?
Hello everybody… IIIIIIIT’s Amateur Night! (wink to J2K)
Going back to hypothesizing again. It’s all I got.
The house fire. To BE or NOT to BE… THAT is the question. Anyway, I’d STILL like to know who was at the Sutherland residence after 9:30 on October 17, 2009. Especially the “male”. Has he ever been identified? This is where I’m going:
Could the three girls who reside there have been out or away for the night or even the weekend? Could this “male” have certain sketchy friends over? The fire was reported as “starting in a bedroom.” I’d sure like to know WHO’S bedroom. Did the “male” roomate have his own room, or was he shacked up with one of the girls? Probably shacked up- but for arguments sake, let’s say not. What if something happened in that bedroom on Oct 17th? What if the evidence was there? Perhaps the girls knew nothing about it. Maybe he got spooked hearing that somebody had a little visit with LE that day. Maybe he had no idea what was said in that meeting, and panicked. Was he the one who “alerted” his roomates to the fire and got them out? Obviously, I’m suggesting that he could have started the fire in his room, making sure any blood evidence was destroyed, and once the flames took off- he got his roomates out. It would look like a tragic accident, right? The girls would never know a thing. To go a step further- if he was “shacked up” with one of the girls… maybe she found out. Maybe she was pissed… Some of you Blinkers that feel an angry girl is involved, might run with this. Could she have been pissed enough for a break-up? A reason for “we don’t make good housemates” and moving out? Maybe this girl came home and found Morgan in her room… and SHE became violent? Maybe there were other guys there doing drugs that had past criminal records and couldn’t risk getting involved…or they’d be going back to the slammer… so they helped hide the body?
I know, I know… I’m going cRaZy again. Just some ideas, that’s all.
“Not found during the search – B”
Not found during the search but doesn’t mean it wasn’t placed there during the search. I would just like a confirmation of when Blaine Eichner found it so we can at least place the search placement theory on the back burner.
Did BelleMorte ever replace a band member in the recent past with a new one? Somebody tries out and is rejected?
To: Morgan’s Dad
Re: MORGAN ROCKS!
I hope that Copeley Bridge is piled high by month’s end. If everyone who cares about Morgan, your family, and whatever justice this world can bring to you… could place a rock on that Memorial… the mountain would be high enough to hand deliver the prayers to God himself. I, unfortunately, live too far away to bring a rock, but I will send my continued thoughts and prayers.
Slowroller says:
March 16, 2010 at 5:40 pm — I really liked where your post/thoughts are going, and I am going to add a few of my own…
Thinking out loud… The shirt is Morgan’s. My opinion and thoughts surrounding that.
1. In her possible altered state, dear Morgan might have taken off the t shirt because she had an undershirt on and she was hot. Did she walk that way that night?
2. Concert t shirts are usually unisex – meaning that if a jealous girlfriend found the shirt, although it would definitely be smaller, it would not be glaringly female clothing.
3. Could BG 2 have planted it closer to somewhere (like a job) associated with BG 1?
4. We don’t know what clothing was found with Morgan’s dear body, other than we speculate the boots and tights were removed due to dear Mrs. Harrington’s descriptive words of her at AF. Whether she was clothed or unclothed makes a huge difference in profiling a suspect, imo…
5. Could BG have just thrown it out the window on his way to/from work/school? (not likely imo)
6. Planted? by whom? why?
a. accomplice – to throw suspicion to the other BG? to brag? knows the shirt only contains the others DNA and wants to scare BG 1 to shut his mouth?
b. friend in the know – too scared to formally come forward?
c. BG – arrogant? taunting? wanting to be caught/guilt? draw attention away from himself? easy, fast disposal?
That’s all I got for now…
@ belleboyd says:
re: March 16, 2010 at 2:28 pm post
While perusing the C-Ville site I found a perfect example of a “blitz” attack, could this be similar to what happened to Morgan but with a more tragic outcome? And… I wonder if the perps in this case were ever caught?
http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=141404064434008&ShowArticle_ID=11432502083972843
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The sexual assault happened on the 1600 block of Grady…not far from where shirt was retrieved. Interesting.
I can barely keep up here lately, as I am extremely busy with work. I don’t really have time to post or read and have been traveling for a few days, so I post this with caution. Please understand if this has been over analyzed already…
I don’t know anything about the shirt, (although I do think it may be Morgan’s) however, I do know that some of her personal items were found behind a local Charlottesville market during the first big organized search. I was told ‘ a boot’ to be exact. Please understand that the person who told me this could have been mistaken or misinformed. This is in no way fact.
I have said this before and asked locals to help me with the name, which now escapes me. I recall looking it up and that it was in the middle of what appeared to be a nice residential area. Some larger homes in the area.
Can anyone help me with the name? I believe, but am not sure, that it was a deli/market.
I left a comment earlier today regarding the Pantera shirt, as follows;
justiceformorgan says:
March 16, 2010 at 7:11 pm
I thought the found shirt was discounted initially because it had a picture on it in addition to lettering and Morgan’s shirt only had lettering. I realize the found shirt would still be relevant because it was a Pantera shirt however it wouldn’t have Morgan’s DNA on it and might not have the DNA of the BG if it was planted by someone else. Am I remembering this correctly anyone?
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I have been searching the internet to try to find where it was that I read the Pantera shirt Morgan was wearing was a different style than the Pantera shirt that was found.
During my internet search I came across an extremely detailed listing of *facts* related to the case on the Harringtons website. I’ll paste the link below for anyone that’s interested.
http://www.findmorgan.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2750
Observer- thank goodness for your no nonsense posts- I did mention that I appreciate your style more and more as time passes? I had forgotten why the shirt find did not ring true to me- because of the unprofessional behavior of the “detectives” that were searching- Why would the detectives announce the find to the neighbors?- You asked us to weigh in so-
I don’t know -perhaps a private investigation team made the initial find and search- perhaps LE was able to keep subsequent searches of the area underwraps and therefore the media was not alerted? Perhaps in Nov it was still unsure who’s jurisdiction the shirt find was assigned to-so it was handled gingerly by whatever department was there?
As to you stating if the assailant had forensic knowledge or had help from someone who did- therefore they wouldn’t want to chance holding onto the shirt and transferring their DNA onto it in the car ect- Yes I agree – but if they did have this knowledge- I would think they would keep it in a sealed baggie or other? until drop off-
What says you Observer and all-are any of these scenarios plausible or am I just blowing smoke?
You really have a talent for grasping, “massaging” and follow up. My compliments Mom.3
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Blink, this is kind of off topic, but I was wondering if there were any way to easily add a feature to your comments section where you could go back to the first page of comments on a particular article? Or list the pages and then click on that page?-
I am in no way disrespecting the new format, in fact I am getting used to it, and like that the pages load so much faster- and I certainly understand you are busy and are doing your best- and in no way do I want to pile more work in your lap- just wandering again if it can be done easily- If not I will just have to get used to clicking the older comments button-LOL
I need a class on my own site, lol.
We are in the process of some upgrade planning I think everyone will like, it’s on the stove!
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Thanks Blink for the compliment- I did notice you did not answer my question to whether or not I was blowing smoke-LOL Or did you toss another bone, you sly woman you?
It was found on 15th st side. there is just a few, but up against the building, and to the left away from Grady there is a a bunch of shrubs and trees if one were wishing to hide it
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B, I noticed that behind the apt building is sort of a secluded overgrown bushy area, kind of gave me the creeps, along with a sort of creepy looking shed.
31.sueK says:
March 17, 2010 at 12:47 am
I do know that some of her personal items were found behind a local Charlottesville market during the first big organized search. I was told ‘ a boot’ to be exact.
Can anyone help me with the name? I believe, but am not sure, that it was a deli/market.
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sueK, I didn’t repost your entire post, only the part I have some info about. On another forum (not sure exactly when & where, or I would link) there was discussion from one of the people involved in that search. This person said that a boot was found behind Bellair Market on Ivy Rd/250 West. This person also stated that at the time of the serach they were not supposed to talk about any items found during the search, so I’m not sure when they eventually did start talking about it, but this post about it was within the last month.
Bellair Market is an Exxon/Tiger Fuel gas station with a deli inside named for the “area/neighborhood” it is near, “Bellair”, more upscale than a 7-11. There are a few of these Markets around town, each named for the area they are near.
This particular market is just past the Rt 29 entrance/on ramp from Ivy Rd. This intersection is 1 to 2 miles (at the most) from Copeley Rd & Ivy Rd intersection. This area would fit with the scenario of someone driving either to Crozet from the arena or going to Rt 29 south to AF, maybe they stopped at this station for gas (or used a debit card?) and turned around? Either way it is close to the arena and in route to AF or Crozet from the arena.
Hope this was the info you were looking for! It is not anywhere near the Wild Wings where it has also been rumored that maybe a boot was found or a canine search picked up her scent.
Found it! Yay, I’m not losing my mind after all
The link below is to a February 1st article in The Hook that includes information regarding the Pantera shirt. I’ve pasted that information below as well for convenience.
http://www.readthehook.com/blog/index.php/2010/02/01/multiple-riddles-harringtons-body-creates-new-mysteries-angles/
“Eichner says he couldn’t tell the size of the shirt, and says it appeared it had pictures of the faces of the band members along with the name. Police have never released an image of a Pantera shirt like the one Morgan was wearing, but her mother has said it had only plain block-type letters and no images”.
Skyler’s slate rock was the first. A beautiful painted slate rock with an image of Anchorage Farm, Tibetan prayer flags and an angel rising to the heavens. Morgan, Rock ON!!!
Thank You Dr. H, as I promised, it made the front page!
Congrats Skyler and everyone contributing at blinkoncrime.com in Morgan’s honor.
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When the tee shirt was found, wasn’t LE under the impression that Morgan had run away and maybe that’s why they didn’t do an extensive search of the grounds? They weren’t looking at this as a murder case back in November 2009 but only a missing person case. I am interested to know what the profilers say about her belongings being scattered. I think the BG(s) are taunting LE otherwise BG(s) would just dispose of them so they wouldn’t have been found.
It strikes me that LE was deliberately trying to “poke” at whoever was disposing of Morgan’s items. Nope, the purse and contents weren’t important. Naw, the shirt wasn’t important/wasn’t hers. No, nothing relevant found in the searches. Then, they put the necklace out there–how about this, can you make this appear? Probably not helpful, but it’s where my thoughts are at the moment.
RE: 12.kjmcbrien says: March 16, 2010 at 10:29 pm
I find it very interesting that the new poster put out by VSP looking for information about Morgan’s slaying describes her as having been “brutally murdered” That’s the first time that I have seen that phrase come from VSP…although I have seen it stated with conviction on a certain blinky website
If you mean this poster: http://i670.photobucket.com/albums/v…rganFlyer2.jpg it was actually created by Dr. Harrington, not the VSP.
Observer—Is there room on your “skinny little limb” for another person? I’m in.
My additional thoughts…At that point Morgan was a missing person. If it was indeed her shirt, we would have seen the search dogs at that location and it would have been in the news for sure. Just like the searches at Pantops, Crozet and in the median of 64.
Respectfully, there are alot of assumptions being made her. I ask all to read TicaTwo comment.
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Observer: “If, in fact, the shirt was planted by the BG post-assault, he would had to have driven Morgan to AF, removed her shirt during the course of the assault, murdered her, placed her in the field, removed her shirt, and driven back into town with the shirt with the intent to “plant” it somewhere–at the Grady Ave. apartments or elsewhere.”
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It looks like you are assuming the BG went straight AF to Grady to plant the shirt. But it was apparently found in plain sight during the first week in November, so I doubt it had been there since the the weekend of Oct 17-18. In other words, if it was her’s and if it was planted then it was done so weeks after the crime.
You also mentioned how he wouldn’t have wanted to risk driving around town that night with a shirtless MH. But if she was in the back of a van or vehicle and incapacitated, then I doubt anyone would’ve seen her, unless he somehow got pulled over. In that case he would’ve been up the creek anyhow.
MsLAL says: “There’s always a first time. How old are you?”
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I believe that comment was made by ChristianB himself. If you click on the name of the person that wrote it, it links you to his page. In that case, to answer your question – he’s 34.
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sudafed – Thanks for the response. I would agree that if the fire was in connection with emh being brought in for questioning that the discovery of MH by Bass was no coincidence. Even w/o the fire, I tend to think that there’s no coincidence between emh re-registering on the 25th and Bass finding MH on the 26th.
No words…
We feel your pain Gil.
OMG!
Gil’s thoughts from March 17th, 2010
The nights can be difficult. When you are between sleep and wake your defenses dip and then unwanted thoughts and images come roaring in. I try not to think of how scared you were, the terror you felt. I try not to think of how much pain you were in as you were slaughtered.
Were you …still alive when they brought you to Anchorage Farm? To be hunted like a deer running frantically over the hay stubble in the field desperate to escape, trying to survive, crying, screaming, I see it. I hear it. Or, were you brought there already dead, like a slab of meat, carrion to be discarded and dumped in the field to rot – just another carcass in the hunting preserve.
These images haunt me at night. During the day I can usually shake them off and focus on our job, trying to find your murderer. Other girls are in danger while this sadistic monster walks free. We will never rest until he is put away. Morgan will you help us, in what ever way you can to remove his evil from the world?
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I want to put her in my pocket. Since I cannot, I will use her words to charge my batteries, and hopefully yours.
Thanks for posting this Gifter, I got an email from Dr. H this morning, and decided to make Gil’s post a fp.
Featuring… drumroll please… Skylers rock!
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susanm, your 4:59 post from yesterday stuck with me for a while, and into the wee hours when my mind can really get cranking. Would it be so wrong at this point for LE to be a little more forthcoming with the public about the updated timeline for that evening? They must have something more they can share that wouldn’t hurt the case. If, as Blink says, they don’t have an arrest within the next week or week and a half, hopefully LE will change course. I hope this includes informing the public, sharing photos, anything. They’ve got to give us more than location, location, location, and “let us know if you know anyone who has been acting funny”. Paleeze. We’ve got Springtime coming, lots of concerts on the horizon, and Fridays after Five starting up in a few weeks. The downtown area will be hopping every weekend all summer long, girls and young people walking all over town. LE needs to let us know very soon that we are being protected, or make several public announcements warning all locals about the very real danger of having this murderer on the loose, and about protecting ourselves from what feels like an out of control run on gang related assults in the downtown area.
Something. Anything.
Morning Blink –
Would you agree that “power and control” and the desire for “power and control” is a good characterization of the perp(s)? If so, do you believe that there were orchestrated events that the perp(s) carried out AFTER 10/17 that demonstrated this trait? I am trying to be as general as possible, as you can probably see.
Yes, for starters, planting Morgan’s tshirt.
However, I think the “power and control” tag is alot deeper for at least one of the bg’s.
B
Wow, the posts here over the last couple of days!!
First off…
4.Phyl says:
March 16, 2010 at 9:26 pm
Phyl – I am SO stuck on the RSO issue. I believe with all my heart that if they change the laws regarding RSO and kept these POS’s locked up, then statistics would reflect a very dramatic drop in violent crimes, missing persons, etc. A woman should be able to experience and enjoy life without fear!! Our children should be able to do the same and be able to go to and from school without us parents being fearful of what might happen on their way ( I am thinking about Cheslea, Amber, Sommer here ).
33.Mom3.0 says:
March 17, 2010 at 1:25 am
Good thinking about possibly a PI finding the shirt. Do we know if the Harringtons had hired a PI to look for Morgan when the shirt was found?
31.sueK says:
March 17, 2010 at 12:47 am
“I do know that some of her personal items were found behind a local Charlottesville market during the first big organized search. I was told ‘ a boot’ to be exact. Please understand that the person who told me this could have been mistaken or misinformed. This is in no way fact”
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SueK – this is the first time I am hearing this. Is this behind Wild Wings? It would be VERY interesting if her personal belongings, especially a boot, was found behind it.
BLINK – Can this be confirmed?
No personal items were found behind WW. The boot recovered was a mans.
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[[POSSIBLY PRIVATE!! B, please review my message to TA. I think it is fine but feel free to redact.]]
Observer, I agree w/ everything you say. One thing I don’t think you addressed, though, was the difference in description of this T-shirt vs how Mrs. Harrington described Morgan’s attire that night. Any thoughts on that? Because like you, I originally dismissed this whole T-shirt business. But our dear B *knows* something, it seems, and she (so far) is not backing down; at same time, though, she recognizes your sound points. So something’s up.
Could this have been a different T, never worn (even perhaps in Morgan’s bag) but known of by the friends? That may be way out there, but it answers a couple of your points, O; however, one still would expect a thorough search to have been done. I agree, it just does not compute presented the way you do (although I just read and appreciate Mom3.0′s 1:25am [!] case). I am trying to figure out what gives, and I just wonder if it’s in the discrepancy in Ts.
to TA (3/16 @11:44 pm): Your questions are so pertinent IMO, and I hope I don’t say too much here. First, we’ve all read accounts that the owner of the dead dog (let’s call him DDO) was in Peru at the time of the Sutherland fire. Curious, eh? I do believe I have ID’ed DDO, and I am not sure on this point, but I speculate he could’ve been the male housemate. He was, at the least, someone familiar with the house and housemates. I also know DDO has a 2005 record of intent to distribute (went before grand jury) and a 2006 record of possession, for which he went to jail. He also is a link to many groups and individuals we’ve discussed, as well as others who freak. me. out. FWIW. (And yes, I have privately posted all of this info to B, so she is aware of him.)
Phew. Feels good to get that off my chest. I hope it is OK; no fingers pointed, no names or initials provided.
To Dr. Harrington: You all have the undying support and prayers of this crew. And if the memorial stands on my next trip to VA (I hope not, as that would mean arrests have been made), you will have a rock from my daughter’s “baby-house rock garden.” She collected rocks from our former home in Charlottesville before we moved, and they became part of our new yard; she will bring one home to C’ville to honor the “pretty teenager” she has noticed so many times on Mommy’s computer screen. 2 4 1