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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Remember back in the beginning when we all noticed Morgan’s weight loss in the pictures?
I remember my college days and when busy, busy, busy and a little low on the cash flow, I admit that there were days I didn’t eat right, either. When living at college, you don’t have Mom’s homemade cooking waiting for you every day
And, as we all know, if you don’t eat right or at all and then start drinking, you can get sick feeling real quick (and drunk real quick).
And, it can hit you all at once. Could explain the fall and how she ended up outside (due to feeling sick, needing air).
I AM STILL GOING WITH THAT SHE WAS HEADED FOR THE CATINA FOR THE MUSIC EVENT THAT STARTED THERE AT 10 PM – HER PATH IS LEADING THAT DIRECTION. IT IS A 16 MINUTE WALK, .8 MILES FROM WHERE SHE WAS LAST SEEN (That is nothing for a college age girl to walk, even in those shoes – I used to walk every where in all kinds of different shoes at that age). TIMES FIT. DIRECTION FITS. IT ALSO FITS IN WITH MORGAN’S INTERESTS.
Also, if these girls were BFF’s and especially with one being her roomate, her friends would have definately known if she was meeting someone, had pre-made alternate plans, if she was having guy trouble, if she liked someone, any of this stuff.
I also believe Morgan was there to see Metallica. She was confirmed to be trying to get back in and upset when she could not.
I think plan B came to be in the parking lot when she seen someone she recognized from before and started talking to them (or vice versa). I believe Plan B was to go to the Cantina for a little while until the concert was over.
I don’t think she ever made it there though or else people would have seen her and come forward. Morgan was just too stunning, tall and beautiful not to be noticed.
I keep wanting to tell myself that LE is building an air tight case, but the more time that passes, the less I am believing that an arrest is coming.
I hope that they do know the who and are keeping a very close eye on him before another victim falls prey.
My last comment for the moment…..
If Morgan was killed as brutally as Blink has hinted to, then there was emotions involved, an extreme rage.
A stranger who picked her up to rape her and kill her would not typically brutally kill, it would be more along the lines of a strangulation.
I also think that being that he left her where he did, which was a place he was obviously very familiar with, that this would not be what someone who didn’t know her or have any emotionally tie to her would do. If completely unattached to her, he would have simply dumped her at the closest and most convenient place to do. AF was not a convenient place – he had to track across difficult terrain to get her there. Like Blink said, there were countless other places to put her.
Mom03. thank you for writing in defense of the music. Everything you said makes sense. Your children are lucky to have you for a mom. I liked it when Blink said, “You are Switzerland”. so cool.
Crazy, depressed teens (and adults who get sucked into religious cults) sign suicide pacts. (Ok, and Romeo and Juliet did, sort of, but she was young—just 2 weeks shy of 14, and he was young, too. Oh the drama at that age!)
Music does not make you commit suicide, though I guess you can use it to work yourself up if you’re a depressed or bored teen who is heading down that path.
40.localcvillegirl says:
March 14, 2010 at 9:34 am
[I heard a rumor in town yesterday]
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Wow, don’t know what to say about that- other than to say you should try and convince the girl to go to LE and report it. Could be totally unrelated to Morgan’s case… on the other hand it might be. If it was truly an off-duty detective or LE of some sort, I’d think HE would have reported it, and given a description of the perps and vehicle.
Good day! Fishie–you ok?
I have time to do some “grunt” work? Any suggestions?
Juliemoolie
Re the video CB playing with guns
The man standing and turning around laughing looks like it could be Todd H.
Riot breaks out at Metallica concert in Bogota, Columbia — 70,000 people in attendance, 160 hurt. Allegations that people gathered on FB prior to concert date plotting to start a riot inside the facility –
So perhaps it’s Metallica’s karma skunks which seeped out to poor Morgan …
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/03/see_footage_of_the_metallica_r.html
acho -
steely dan’s “reeling in the years” is now in my head paired with yes’ “roundabout”….oh how i love music!!
and the farmville case of the heavy horrorcore metal dude killing that family is off the hook terrible. holymoly. the parents thought they were negotiating with their daughter and it saddens me to no end. my personal observation is that it was apparent from the facebook/email exchanges between the daughter and this guy that he was disturbed. if i remember correctly, he had massive complaints about his own parents while remaining close to his sister (who is an interesting specimen o twisted humanity herself). the siblings supported each other in their hatred of family and society in general and ridiculed this girl’s relationship with her family. it seems there was already some sort of plot in mind when the murderer accepted the invitation to go to the horrorcore show with the girl and her parents. tragic tragic.
my experiences with kids from abusive homes are that either they want out of their situation to find an adoptive (or foster) family to love and support them or they choose/feign disinterest in displays of affection/support and choose to show contempt for society, authority and family. they seek out like minded outcasts who feed each other’s anger and desensitization to violence and often move on to revenge plots against those that did them wrong. they may target anyone they perceive as well-adjusted feeling a need to strip them of what they wanted when younger. “if i can’t have contentment in this life, nobody can”…this is a sense of entitlement shared to some degree between certain criminals like stalkers, thieves, scam artists, bullies, and on up(down) the line.
the angry kids are not always lost causes and certain dedicated families can make a huge difference in their lives and help turn them around to productive happy citizens. that said, it is imperative for parents to know who their children are friends with in real and cyber life. we must instruct our kids how to recognize red flags when they get to know someone. the first red flag is badmouthing one’s family. this is a sure sign of trouble. i don’t mean run of the mill “my mom sux cuz she put me on restriction”…i mean my parents suck, teachers suck, they’re stupid, and i wish they were dead, blah blah. we should tell our kids they are smarter than they think and if they have bad vibes about someone, they are prob right. it does not matter how many other kids say someone is ok. it is not so. i role play with my kids to help them stand up to group pressure, etc. another red flag is someone who lies a lot. if someone is a “liar” in highschool, that is a personality issue and maybe disorder.
when my older daughter called me from highschool when she was a sophomore and asked if she could get a ride home from a senior boy, i said no, not until i met him in person first. she came home with her regular ride and kudos to this kid, he came over to meet me. well, he was a very good-looking kid who proceeded to regale me with tales of adventure and travel. i asked him about his parents and he kind of skimmed over his answer and went back to his greatly detailed stories. he had a tough time looking me in the eye. anyway, i said it was nice to meet him, shook his hand and he left. i turned to my daughter and said she was never allowed in a car with him or to be alone with him anywhere. she was po’d with me. too bad. i explained what specifically i did not like about his stories and how obvious it was that he was lying and trying to impress. he graduated not too long after and my daughter heard about how into drugs he was and even some rumors about him date raping some girls. she asked me how i knew he was trouble. gut plus his actions. we just must recognize and acknowledge our gut instinct. this hones our ability to listen and observe for things that support our gut.
sorry for the long post, but one more thing we as parents can do to help our children through adolescence is tell them that in this life, a person needs only ONE true friend. any more is gravy. family provides the unconditional acceptance and support before even that one friend is found. but it is much easier to think about one friend than trying to be part of a group, or the popular or cool group. geez, there aren’t enough hours in the day to be a genuine friend to multiple people. and, yes, our kids must know how to be a good friend before they can expect that in return. life is good
I was watching one of those late-night real crime stories last evening and there was a story about a man who killed another man. He got his friend to help him move the body — the murdered man was a husband and father — pleas were made to the community to assist the police — the detective on the case said, and I quote: “out of friendship” to the murderer, the man who assisted in the body dump did not come forward until the body was found and they had the murderer in custody —
Which re-inforces my belief that an arrest in Morgan’s case will not be made unless or until the other person or persons involved in either the dumping of her body or participating in her murder come forward to police — I do not believe that is going to happen — I do not believe an arrest will be made any time soon — if ever.
Again, I hope I am 100 % wrong.
As far as the local music man CB, I do not believe he has anything to do w/ Morgan’s murder and/or placement at AF. What I find to be much more interesting or even entertaining, I do not think it’s a far stretch to speculate that CB has a passle of groupies — women are attracted to these bad boys of rock-n-roll — and how does our heartthrob spend his time? Making large bicycles and playing w/ airsoft guns in the woods.
Rock God, indeed.
O my dear friend Sky-
I do hope your wrong, and also that your just in a discourage mood, which is easy to do in this case.
I actually am of the opinion that alot of progress was made in this case over the last week.
I am also of the opinion more people know who the bg’s are then just the two of them.
B
er, i meant it is hard to be a good friend to multiple people if you don’t know how to be a good friend first. got it? good. hahahaha
who’s on first?
37.localcvillegirl says:
March 14, 2010 at 8:32 am
[I too love J2K and Observer, but wonder how they can always be so sure about their theory when it seems that even LE has no clue. There isn’t a whole lot about this case that makes sense, so everything is in until it’s out.]
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Humble thanks for the kind words.
I posed questions to them because of my respect for their postings and intelligent way of thinking, and maybe it was just me… It just seemed like they both came to the same conclusion at the same time, so I wondered why. Not long ago Observer herself exchanged posts with me about “not getting tunnel vision” pertaining to a hypothesis. Subconsciously I was hoping that they’d respond saying “Yes, I have information and the case is about to be solved.”
Often when I’m hypothesizing, I start typing- pieces start to fit- and I become “convinced” that that is the way it happened. Ten minutes later I’m not so sure, either because of my own thoughts or due to someone else’s thought-provoking response. I can’t speak for how anyone else thinks- but in my own mind, I have a base hypothesis that I believe at this point… but I won’t commit to it. It’s like a piece of soft clay that is constantly being formed and sculpted every time I read or ponder something.
Observer—yes, our posts were amazingly parallel…When you are on vacation (which I suspect will be in a warmer region of the world) make sure you continue to channel your thoughts so we can all vicariously enjoy your underwater adventure! :~)
Chad—very interesting post about music and violence. Suz expressed my thoughts best: “Murderous whackos, however, can take anything as inspiration.” It would be interesting to know the musical tastes of well-known murderers, serial killers, etc. My guess is that it runs anywhere from Mozart to Gojira.
Mom3.0 and any others who don’t buy into the HH—it’s hard to know how each of us might behave while under the influence of drugs. I realize that many do not believe the hitchhiking. I respect that. But where does that take us? If we fail to accept the information LE has released then our efforts become misguided…we’ll spend our energy challenging LE rather than focusing on how that information can help create an accurate profile of the perp.
How does your profile of the perp change if you do not accept the hitchhiking scenario?
Someone who randomly picks up a hitchhiker is markedly different (and falls under a different profile) than someone who grabs a woman in a blitz attack.
Crimewriter, thanks for bringing over Greasemonkey’s youtube of Chris with a double poi. I think it’s hysterical, he’s high as a kite with his baggy britches. At least he’s got his hair in a pony tail for safety, but you have to laugh at the porta potty in the background and what looks like a giant propane tank. I think the unicorn costume is one of Christian’s staples from some act he does, I don’t know if there is meaning behind it or not. The unicorn sighting is kind of funny, too…running through while careful not to spill his drink in a hidey cup.
From your lips (via keyboard : ) — to God’s ears. Nothing in my life would please me more than to be 100 % wrong
I just see these sons-a-bitches walking around so smug in their minds that they pulled one over on LE and that they are untouchable — not one thought to the immense pain their actions brought to the Harrington family and all who love Morgan —
you know, I realize it is highly unlikely, but let’s just say for argument sake that Morgan met her demise via accident — instead of leaving her where her body could be found and properly buried, they dump her in a remote back pasture to rot in the elements in an effort to CTBs (cover their butts) —
I think I have moved in my stages of grief from really sad to really PO’d — Every day I pray that an arrest is made — and I’d gladly spend a few nights courtesy of Cvlle’s penal system to hurl a bucket full of those tomatoes of which WG spoke right at these people; may the dripping red mess remind them of poor Morgan’s spilled blood — ugh !!
I raise my goblet to J4M (and to you, too, Blinkster)
Sky, I heart you. I had to double check it was you posting this.
Morgan was murdered, no accident. It cannot be construed as one in any sense.
B
crimewriter says:
March 14, 2010 at 4:13 am
All the way down..This artist’s favorite things…
http://profiles.friendster.com/2018203
crimewriter: A few of my favorite thoughts:
Not that one cannot be 34 years old and single but maybe there is a reason? I don’t know? I would even go as far to say that some of his art is actually inspiring. NOT that I would let my artistic daughter take a single class with this gun-toting, tube sock wearin’, bush runnin’ artclown but inspiring none the less!
The running around in the woods, whether with a real or fake gun is dangerous and/or immature. Although, that too, can be construed as having (sick) fun. I would think that if one know Mr. Breeden, then they could ID the other two guys. Not that I do not think that anyone of these dudes have anything to do with anything.
“Go forth with your art!”
Blink: I also have said from the beginning “No HH”. But if you do not believe that she was…then what explains M. Voth stating early on Facebook, I believe on the 19th of Oct., she saw her HH? Is there some kind of connection?
Why cannot we all just believe that the helpful GG/BG was at the concert and picked up Morgan where ever in the lots, did what he did, came back with her (or left her close by arena) and called a family member to come and help him out? Take her somewhere. That BG does what he does and Morgan ends up in a field of hay. Dead.
Maybe it is because I am not that smart of a fish, that I cannot follow along. It just seems that when a conclusion is reached, The Monsters are in front of our faces the whole time. Could he be protected because of was a member of cvillefop? I’m asking does this stand for Charlotteville Fraternal Order of Police? (tagline on youtube video) Just asking, people. Don’t hate on me.
Maybe it is only because I have 20/20 because of experience. You know…hindsight! But we didn’t have it during. Then again, maybe like B’s other editors that believe Morgan never made it to JPJA, I too, should just stand down. I’m always trying to keep an open mind about everyone.
All’s in until somebody’s out! (per: suz)
p.s. no publicity is bad publicity and bad publicity is good publicity. that goes out to everyone on this site that thinks that anyone mentioned in Blink’s artical is getting an unfair 15 minutes of fame. They are not. I have looked up all postings and they are all by the own volition. In Mr. Breeden’s case, he probably will benefit $$ from more “hotjunkyard hotties” searching him out.
So there!
Xactly and well said.
B
Yeah, why stick her in that field? I haven’t ruled it out the location as the primary crime scene (possibly in the vehicle). Then you just dump her right out of the car/truck and go on your way.
To KeeKee — What’s on Second — : )
saramom:
thanks for asking! Like I said, difficult, sad week. It probably was due to the fact that a beautiful girl named Morgan Harrington made an impact on my life. A tragic anniversary of mine brought back to the forefront many emotions! I also started going through boxes and boxes, all the while, knowing that I have each and everyone one of you helping. Sky’s sitting right here next to me! (not physically but spiritually! haha love to our SonofaBlink!)
I too, have a beautiful face looking back at me. The emotions of the next decades of the Harrington Family lives will be at best, loaded with loving memories and at worst, ABSOULTELY devasting.
If you all know nothing of my cases and I can appreciate all your kind thoughts and words…I can tell you that they must truly hold close to their hearts each and everyone one of our kind thoughts, prayers, and amazing talented research skills. I hope that one of us helps. The days can been long and the nights painfully scary.
Justice for Morgan Harrington!!!
Victims of Violent Crimes do not stay Silent for Long!
I still wonder if Morgan was specifically placed there a few weeks after she went missing. 2*4*1 was all over the news and I remember Gil signing this during an interview. with forensic insect knowledge and change of the seasons, it should be possible to pinpoint just when Morgan was placed in the field.
then the location – plot 41 means BG(s) may be taunting us….
besides which it is a remote location which happens to be on AF thus poking their finger in Bass’ eye too.
Hey guys…I still check in often for any developments, but haven’t posted in awhile. Still haven’t budged from my belief that the BG is already in jail…have only heard more things to strengthen my beliefs. Don’t be discouraged. This case will be solved, I believe they are just trying to find the accomplice to seal the deal.
If your not referring to GRH, I am aware of whom you are referring to. I concur that there are recently incarcerated folks that may be related to this case.
B
Thanks, I will take care of it.
B
Incarcerated?
Didn’t the family want to “Bond him Out”?
Or was that not an available option?
Maybe time is starting to wear on them!
Hi Mom3.0,
Gotta admit that I was sorta surprised to see your broad defense of violence in bands. I’m hoping you’ll read what I have to say, and that we can meet in the middle. :0)
You state, “I know that there are some who think metal music makes people violent or suicidal or overly aggressive but that is not true. Emphatically I state that is not true.”
I have to respectfully disagree with you. While we can’t totally blame any genre of music for the death of someone, I think we do have to admit that ALL media “INFLUENCES” all of us-no matter the age, but especially impressionable kids/young adults!!
Death Metal bands and Horror Core are no exception.
Do I think attending Lamb of God, Gojira and Metallica on Oct 17th caused a psycho to run out and kill Morgan? No, but I do think that music has a great impact on kids/young adults-both positive AND negative! I don’t think we can overlook that.
Violence in our society is EPIDEMIC!! We need to look at ALL the reasons this is happening. THE CONTENT OF ALL MEDIA MATTERS!(not yelling-emphasizing)It truly does. The daily repetition of violence in any form-violent video games, horror core films, and death metal bands absolutely have an impact on people. It DESENSITIZES all of us!
Through Morgan’s murder, I think we have all gotten a FRIGHTENING look into the lives of many college kids, band members and adults through their FB and My Space accounts. They proudly display this behavior for all to see. I too, like most types of music and I am totally in favor of artistic expression, however, most of the things I have seen lately are “OVER THE TOP”!!
Even WT’s horror core films of stalking his prey are disturbing!
What value does violence in ANY form serve?
How does this benefit our kids? society?
Here’s another example:
Serial killers and rapist, psychopaths, sociopaths and other perverted or deranged people will be found within along with their helpless victims.
http://www.bellamorteonline.com
As parents, it’s our job to monitor and guide our kids/young adults through everything that they are exposed to. Personally, I can’t condone or excuse any of the outrageous websites I have encountered…as artistic expression.
Let’s do something to STOP this-NOT excuse it!
Just sayin…
I first wish to say I am fortunate that posters on here can have an educated and respectful debate, so thanks for that-
My only contribution on this issue is to say that people kill people, music cannot kill anyone.
An individual that is fueled by this imagery or words, or arrangements, has an underlying illness that they are feeding and fueling and it would be unfair to categorize an entire genre.
I think we are better served in the situations where that appears to be an issue to look at the ascension or escalation of the individual, not necessarily the vehicle of choice per se.
B
15.mosaic says:
March 14, 2010 at 1:08 pm
[Mom3.0 and any others who don’t buy into the HH—it’s hard to know how each of us might behave while under the influence of drugs. I realize that many do not believe the hitchhiking. I respect that. But where does that take us? If we fail to accept the information LE has released then our efforts become misguided…we’ll spend our energy challenging LE rather than focusing on how that information can help create an accurate profile of the perp.]
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Excellent and well-worded points. As for myself… I really don’t know why I am having a hard time with the hitch-hiking, exactly. It’s just something in my gut… I’m anxiously awaiting to see if that hunch plays out. Either way, I will learn something. Usually I am more analytical, and it is against my own nature to let my gut tell me something that so blatantly contadicts or dismisses a LE statement. This could be a mistake- and I reserve the right to change my mind moving forward.
I read a an article the other night quoting Corrine Gellar as stating “we can now confirm she was hitch-hiking”. Again, I don’t know why I’m not simply just accepting this. Morgan was drifting south, which means she would be thumbing south, on the opposite side of the road a person hitching south would be. Yes, the perp could have conceivably been heading north, saw the opportunity, picked her up- pulled into the first available turn off (the RV lot)- quickly subdued her, threw out her purse, and left the area. Very possible and I think someone posted this hypothesis before.
I guess my gut feelings come from the fact that she was seen with males that have not been identified, or have come forward. She was last seen socializing in a secluded parking area with a high probability of containing “undesirables”. An event rife with metal-heads, alcohol, and drugs. At 8:48, she was confident enough for some reason to leave her own car and tell friends she’d get a ride. And AGAIN- the debit card. Was it used by her at a store/atm? This knowledge would alter my thinking. For one- it would throw out the RV lot as the abduction site.
Blink,
An interesting article about head injuries and the importance of follow up appointments. Take care of yourself, even if that means letting Mr. Blink take control of the plane for a little while. He’s a top notch pilot as well. We don’t want to lose you.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/5168560.stm
Very informative, thank you for your thoughtfulness.
It really is an utter drag, I had no idea. Your talking to the woman who tore her miniscus 2 years ago and walked around and ran with it for the first year. I am not a fan of admitting my own mortality, or admitting an injury.
That fall has broken me of those issues, in an instant. I am feeling much better, but definitely not 100%, and my fatigue level remains high. I am thankful to have the opportunity to heal, and my chin now is the size of a golfball, as opposed to the former softball
B
Roxie, I’m thinking that unless she was in cold storage—or was alive during that time—it’s icky to move a body that’s started decomposing for three weeks.
The insects will definitely have a tale to tell.
Blink – I think you would agree that hiding the body (from the minds-eye of the killer(s)) could be based purely on the vast amount physical evidence that could tie back to the killer(s) and not necessarily because of a personal association. If this was a particularly brutal offense, which has been noted by you, hiding the body “to decay in the elements” would be an absolute necessity/advantage.
Just playing Devil’s Advocate…
Fair point, but if your not familiar with the area, there are hundreds of places where that would have been better achieved with less risk, imo.
B
Preamble to B: Apologies in advance for post-hogging, as I’m trying to respond to several posts. I’ll have to post this in three parts to hopefully make it more palatable to the BOC server (and the eyes of readers who may prefer to skim over my lengthy missivesJ))
TO: Mom3.0, per your 3/13, 6:38am post: You are absolutely right: In my last posts (as in many earlier ones) I’m speculating at several points. [Would that I/we could do more than simply speculate...] To clarify a bit:
Re: being under the influence of mind-altering drugs: I was including (in my mind at least) alcohol as possibly one of those substances; hallucinogenic or other psychotropic pharmaceuticals may or may not have been part of the mix, as well. Likewise, Morgan may or may not have fallen down and been the concert-goer reported to have had a cut on her chin as a result of the fall. Someone “appearing to be Morgan“ was seen HH (or “appearing to be HH”) on the Copeley Rd. bridge.
Whether or not it was she, and/or she was HH (or simply “appeared to be“), she was (again, at least to my mind) on that bridge…and that was the last place she was on foot in/around the vicinity of JPJ. Having an extremely high level of confidence in the scent tracking abilities of the trained S&R canines, I have no illusion that Morgan did not, in fact, enter a vehicle on the bridge.
Whether she entered said vehicle voluntarily or by force on that fateful night will hopefully be one the things that will come to light when the BG is caught–and he will be; I remain steadfast in that belief. I am hopeful only that that belief is well-placed and not a matter of my investigative mind compelling me to believe that we’ll finally and at last have resolution, simply because I need it to be so.
TO: Chad: Welcome back! We missed you; hope you enjoyed a great and well-deserved vacay! Re: the music connection: Please let me clarify: I absolutely believe that Morgan’s murderer could have been headed to/from the LOG/Metallica concert, etc., and/or may have been a music aficionado. [Many young people are rabid fans, esp. in the age group in which I believe Morgan’s murderer may well fall; that is, 25-35YO.]
My earlier post was meant to indicate that I don’t believe that there is a connection with the local, CV music scene. To further clarify: my sense is that attempting to tie Morgan and her murderer to a specific local group of musicians/bands/artists, and/or any one of a number of local CV music venues, is effort and attention that may be better spent addressing other aspects of this case. Again, I may well be wrong about this–and feel certain we’ll know some day. But for right now, I fear that attempting to connect the dots between the myriad musical groups and venues specifically around CV may lead us down the proverbial rabbit hole.
Interesting Choice of words, lol..
Respectfully, I feel I keep having to point this out, I am not saying the connection is a band dude. I am saying she may have been familiar with someone that attended similar music attractions.
I am very open to all possibilities, but she was last seen at a Metallica concert, amidst fellow music lovers, wouldn’t the question be a logical one?
Is everyone aware also that the Harrington’s lived in that area for 10 years, some years ago?
I am beyond envious of your trip, but you will be missed
B
Morgan was murdered, no accident. It cannot be construed as one in any sense.
B
Oh, absolutely —
i guess I was projecting into the future and some defense atty saying impaired Morgan fell and hit her head on a rock — unless, of course, that rock injury looks just like a 9 mm bullet hole !
Also, I just got back from looking for my dog — a kid on an ATV said she saw a black and white dog w/ an orange collar in the powerline easement. My dog’s collar is bright pink, and I thought maybe it could be — not my dog, but found the dog she was referring to —
but — there is a powerline easement on the back of AF — we walked down this one, but I absolutely could have driven my SUV down this easement — then we were walking through a stand of trees — very easily they could have left Morgan’s body at night on the farm, then come back in the day or dawn or morning when people are in church if they know a back way and gotten to that area —
ps: my email addy is not skyler@aol.com — don’t know why that is coming up — please don’t send email to that address — that person, who is not me, will be going : wth ?
TO: total amateur: You once again offer some excellent questions posed to both J2K and me, e.g., “Why are you both suddenly SO sure this is what happened? Why have you closed your mind to other possibilities? Have you uncovered or been made aware of specific information- or has it just become your belief at this point? I will admit- the seemingly synchronized, definitive declarations are a bit curious.”
Rather that being certain what happened (many pieces remain missing in this very complicated puzzle), I’m instead more inclined to believe that certain things did not happen. While I remain steadfast in certain beliefs, I repeat (perhaps not as often as I should, for purposes of clarification) that my mind is not closed to other possibilities. My beliefs are based on a number of factors, including but not limited to close observation and analysis of statements made by Lt. Rader (this observation includes rapt attention to what I believe to be very important non-verbal cues and clues)…first hand knowledge of LE’s investigative techniques and strategies…strong local knowledge of the area…among myriad other things. Please note, however, that my beliefs are just that: beliefs. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I always reserve the right to be wrong…and am quite certain I’ve been wrong far more frequently in my life than I’ve been right. [With age (hopefully) comes the wisdom to know that we are often wrong...even if that wisdom has come haltingly slow to me.]
In response to another part of your question, I appreciate that you and others know that I am unable to indicate if I have been made aware of specific information with regard to this investigation. That statement must stand and speak for itself.
Your last observation made me smile; that is, that J2K’s and my “synchronized, definitive declarations are a bit curious”. It made me smile for two reasons: first, a poster on another site a while back was absolutely convinced that B, J2K and I were all one person posting as different individuals. [The three of us have chuckled about that.] At first I found this mildly amusing and (mistakenly) thought it would be easy to dispel that theory. After some time, however, it became clear that the individual who first thought this was adamant in his/her belief. As I came to understand that, I likewise attempted to provide ample information that would point directly to the fact that we are indeed three, separate individuals. [I still find his/her allusion sort of funny, while appreciating that that may not be what you were implying in your earlier comment.]
But to the second reason I smiled: I absolutely appreciate the keen insight I see in J2K’s posts. Her demonstrated ability at discernment is, IMHO, noteworthy. This is not to denigrate or minimize the thoughts, ideas, or theories of others here whose contributions I find enormously astute and creative. The ability of many here to “think outside the box” is nothing less than remarkable.
I simply find myself in agreement much–but not all–of the time with what I find to be J2K’s most salient observations. I hold her in high regard–as I do many others here–and simply find that our minds follow similar lines of thinking when it comes to points in this very troubling investigation. While I cannot speak for J2K, I would venture to say (based only upon review of her posts) that we are of like mind inasmuch as we are very linear thinkers who are proceeding with a degree of hard logic. [Some of us are just hard-wired that way. It doesn’t make us right and others wrong; far from it. (See my earlier, self-deprecating comment.] It’s perhaps more a reflection of right-brain/left-brain data processing.]
It just means we think alike; ergo, our posts, observations, and/or theories may indeed seem “synchronized”. I can assure you, however, that they are not. (BTW: my bet is that she is a night owl. I’m not; I’m “seasoned” (read: old) so I just can’t do that anymore:))) I do keep wondering about one thing, though: why do the time-stamps on my posts always appear to be one hour later than they really are? I know that B and I are in the same time zone, so I’ve never really understood that one. I just chalk it up to the mystery of the internet:)))
Total amateur, I hope the above explanations are helpful in better understanding the intent of my posts and my acknowledged leaning in this investigation. [BTW: I loved your statement, re: theories and such: “It’s like a piece of soft clay that is constantly being formed and sculpted every time I read or ponder something.” Well said!]
Wow Blink,
You have a variety of “new cheeses” on your platter?
What’s up?
**=newest variety :0)
Are we going back and starting all over? Ok with me if we can weed out/confirm some things this go round :0)
Recently you have stated: (I’m paraphrasing so correct me if I am wrong)
The friends are not in any way involved.
It is not your belief that Morgan hitch hiked.
You think there are atleast 2 perps involved.
**No confirmation on the card being used??? Hmmm..I thought that had
been agreed upon, or was that just a theory too?
**Someone incarcerated may be involved/connected. Hmmmm…That’s a BIGGIE coz before, when we brought that scenario up (in reference to Dr. Harrington saying they were here in Oct and Back in Nov.), that idea was knocked down!! Our thoughts then were that LE and VSP weren’t worried about a killer running rampant coz he was either in jail or dead.
Either we are getting close to J4M-which I believe!
OR you are feeling more comfortable sharing what you know Blink:0)
Either way, I like it!
Thanks for all you do Blink!!
Be sure and thank your “New Blinkettes”
I feel a breath of fresh air blowing through your BOC Team.
Give us some more facts and we can help solve this thing:0)
Personally, I believe releasing what LE knows about Morgan’s remains and murder would progress this case instantly.
I truly believe someone is being protected under the “accident myth”.
B
fish said: >>Sky’s sitting right here next to me! (not physically but spiritually!
You betcha ! and physically if you need me — just say the word, and I’ll be there !!!
If your not referring to GRH, I am aware of whom you are referring to. I concur that there are recently incarcerated folks that may be related to this case.
B
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How recently?
B/all: I promise this is my last one for a while. [Shoot! I have tons of household chores awaiting me!]
TO: yoshi, 3/14, 5:10am: I won’t re-post your post here but agree completely with your take on the possibility of Morgan’s HH. You presented what I believe to be are strong arguments for this scenario.
TO: suz, 3/14, 10:22am, re: AF: Having had my own two feet on the grounds of AF not once but twice, I feel very comfortable saying that I believe it’s highly unlikely that a non-local person could make their way to the field were Morgan’s remains were found. [I'm local and after being there twice still could not find my way to Morgan's remains had this case not erupted.] I find certain of Lt. Rader’s comments in “the” press conference to substantiate that belief.
TO: Judi: you stated:
“If Morgan was killed as brutally as Blink has hinted to, then there was emotions involved, an extreme rage.”
Agreed. Strong emotions, inc. rage, were a part of this horrific event.
You went on to say:
“A stranger who picked her up to rape her and kill her would not typically brutally kill, it would be more along the lines of a strangulation.”
I respectfully disagree. Quite simply, an enraged rapist may indeed be inclined to commit murder in the most brutal of fashions. [Please see the comment by my former LE colleague, re: the CV serial rapist and one of the victims who was fortunate to have survived her attack.]
WRT AF: I believe Morgan’s murderer left her where he did for two reasons:
a. he was familiar with the area;
b. he thought the area where he left her was remote enough that she would not be found for some time.
The BG was correct. Had Mr. Bass not been out that morning, post-heavy rainfall, checking on his remote fences on his very substantial property, Morgan may well not yet have been found.
TO: mosaic: I will be happy to try to continue to channel you and others while I am (indeed) in much warmer climes exploring the world beneath the surface of the ocean. [It’s amazingly quiet and peaceful down there, sometimes allowing the brain to think more clearly, if that makes sense...]
I actually am of the opinion that alot of progress was made in this case over the last week.
I am also of the opinion more people know who the bg’s are then just the two of them.
B
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For the love of GOD… I wish you could elaborate on this.
I know, sorry, I can’t win.
Either I am too cryptic or I am dragging unsuspecting innocents through the mud with my rampant finger pointing. Depends on the day I guess, lol.
B
crimewriter says:
March 14, 2010 at 3:57 am
Please delete Post: March 14, 2010 at 3:51 am
*This is the correct link..
On a related thread there was talk of Unicorns and we were hypothesizing if MH was referring to the drug X as a “Unicorn” in a comment she made within a picture..-Here’s another Unicorn…as it relates to CB video..Any symbolizing significance?
http://www.youtube.com/user/GreaseMunky#p/a/f/0/HJFJXflFVvI
I thought the same thing when I saw the link to the Unicorn video. It was proposed early that there was a drug connection and “unicorn” was a type of excstacy. What strikes me is how similar the movements with the fire are to what you would expect to see kids who are “rolling” do with glowsticks. The lights and movements highten the experience and when I saw these videos, all I could think is they just substituted the glow sticks with fire. It may or may not have have any significance – could just be coincidence – but I’d be willing to wager that members of that circle enjoy a pill now and then.
Yoshi, I guess we should go to the experts who have logged countless hours watching the videos of the Metallica show, but I am guessing lots of metallica shirts are black, and I bet lots of folks wore dark or black pants. That’s assuming that witnesses were at all reliable—they’re usually not (so I guess that goes for the HH accounts, too, unless there were multiple ones that seemed to confirm HH was happenin’).
Total Am, I agree about the rumor here being questionable. I would think that the detective involved would have already have it thing taken care of and figured out regardless of whether or not the girl reported it. I don’t know the girl involved but hear she being encouraged to at least talk to her parents about it. I’d believe it a little more if I had read about it in the paper or something. The story, true or false, just underscores the fact that really anything could have happened to Morgan. I’m encouraged by Blink’s words, though, that great progress has been made this past week.
Observer and J2K are synched up because they’re both slowly coming around to my way of thinking, like all right-thinking individuals ought to. Give ‘em enough time and they’ll be on board with my loner weirdo local perp, lol.
(I jest, of course! And I don’t think our thought processes are the same—I’m much more of a kook than Observer seems to be, lol)
Observer: I definitely do not think that Blink, J2K, and yourself are one in the same- just to clear that up. I thought that whole thing was comical. I realized after I posted that it could be interpreted that way. “Synchronized” was not really the correct choice of word, I was trying to use alliteration as sly humor. I tried to clarify in a later post that it is my respect for the two of you and your intelligent thoughts that made me curious as to the motivation for the declarations at a similar time. I asked myself “Has something come to light that they both are aware of?”
Now a question as to a statement made by Lt. Rader a while back. When asked if he thought there was a threat to the community- he seemed to dodge the question, even hinting at the contrary, IMHO. If this was a stranger abduction while either hitch-hiking or walking alone, that lead to a possible rape and murder… wouldn’t he be compelled to offer some sort of warning to the community? This is one of the indirect statements from LE that leads me to think it was someone she knew. What is your interpretation of his answer in that presser? I also just realized that he would no longer be a threat, if he was already in jail. Funny how the mind works. Half the time I’m still thinking while writing…lol.
PS- My posts show up as an hour later than real-time as well, I don’t know why.
It is good to see you swimming around virtual fish-friend. Wishing you happy days and peaceful nights!
Going back to the Anchorage Farm setting–when Lt. Rader spoke to community about perp(s) being familiar with the farm and returning in a time of “stress,” his comments (Rader’s) could almost be perceived as a warning to whomever BG(s) are to stay away from this area. In other words, who isn’t going near Anchorage Farm now when they usually do. (This is my very non-linear thinking.) Thoughts, or should I just take police statements at face value?
There is no doubt in my mind that area was under surveillance by the noon hour of 1/26/10.
It is SOP.
B
total am -
i almost dropped my laptop when i got to your “for the love of…….”
heartfelt plea to blink for something, anything, just a crumb…
your frustration screams through world wide web…….feelin ya
Lol, me too, I also like the “shut the door” reference someone came up with on here.
B
Mom3.0, thank you for your 3:30am post today regarding metal music, it’s rather upsetting to realize that some people still believe music is responsible for one’s actions. I don’t think there is any scientific proof out there which adds validity to this opinion, and it is just that, an opinion. Simply because the author of a book believes this to be true does not offer proof to me, so I think Chad is a little out of line condemning those who haven’t read it.
To blame one’s violent behavior on music, conversations with dogs, the Bible, whatever, is a copout. You either commit acts such as these because you are an evil person, or mentally ill, and to try and blame it on metal music is absurd.
Chad, you are entitled to your opinion and I mean no disrespect, but when people (see Tipper Gore) try to tell me what music I can listen to, or which books I can read, it really gets me going!
And for the record, I am NOT a metal fan, I had to turn my speakers WAAAAYYY down when I was watching those LOG vids, holy crap…
Oh, the other day I mentioned that scribbled note that was pictured in one of those linked photobuckets or something, and no responses. It said something about a weapon would be found under the seat of Morgan’s car, and was dated Oct. 29, 2009. Does anyone remember who wrote this and why?
the following links are not evidentiary,and there is no implied complicity in the death of morgan of anyone featured in these clips. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhRCVm-1r2k&feature=related this is 1986. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4l4rsA_XpI&feature=related updated 2000 version. suz and skyler,and all the farm owners , this video is for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jag7oTemldY&feature=related ,it cracked me up. here is metallica parking lot atmosphere that it more realistic ,marin county : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj3z9qibG3Y&NR=1
@ total amateur March 14, 2010 at 12:00 am
Very good point. Actually, I can’t find the reference at the moment. I can usually rely on my memory (I am working with texts) -
Anyway, I looked up all the 2009 news about Morgan, and came across some interesting bits of information. According to these reports, her friends called her, not the other way round, and she said she was either going to stay with friends in C’ville or find her way home. At that point my brain says “hitch a ride home”, but I can’t find the source at the moment.
There were also some interesting statements from the police, namely that they searched a certain section of the 64 because of specific intelligence (was phrased differently in the article). Rader said that Morgan didn’t act rationally that night, that she had been drinking and that she didn’t willingly take drugs. He said that she could have been drugged by someone, and her behaviour could also have been caused by a fall.
Police did not release the information on the handbag, that came from a family friend, and police didn’t confirm it.
The importance of her phone came up several times, and that police were working on that. It also sounded as if police had significantly more data than they released.
They also kept mentioning that the person responsible may have shown changes to his behaviour. I thought that was odd. Some of these perverts don’t change at all, they act normally – after all they didn’t get caught – and they don’t feel remorse. It made me wonder whether something happened some time *after* Morgan disappeared.
I know, sorry, I can’t win.
Either I am too cryptic or I am dragging unsuspecting innocents through the mud with my rampant finger pointing. Depends on the day I guess, lol.
B
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Don’t apologize. We all know it’s a fine line you have to walk- trying to answer our questions, point us in the right direction- all the while protecting your sources, and respecting the integrity of the investigation. You’re doing a great job! Hopefully one day soon- there will be criminals in prison, justice for Morgan and her family… and less importantly we will all have the answers we’ve searched for since October 17th, 2009. Answers will be welcome- my brain hurts.
on the above updated 2000 version, i meant to link part 1,the above is part2 here is part 1 its better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oKyszPNyhY&feature=related