Morgan Harrington Murder: Anchorage Farm Could Yield Even More Clues
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Charlottesville, VA– In a new development in the murder investigation of Morgan Dana Harrington, blinkoncrime.com has learned that Anchorage Farm was very much a frequent party spot for local musicians.
In fact, there was a 7 Mile Sleepover exactly one week after Morgan’s disappearance from the JPJ arena that included an invitation list of over 130 guests.
Jenny Bass, the adult daughter of David and Nancy Bass, is an accomplished pianist, musician, horticulturist and artist in the Charlottesville community.
The Seven Mile Sleepover appears to have been posted prior to Morgan’s disappearance, approximately October 14, 2009.
While it is unconfirmed how many guests actually attended the event, it is clear there could have been over 100 people within a few hundred yards of Morgan’s final resting place a week after she went missing, and presumably, her death.
As Anchorage Farm is a verified crime scene in an active murder investigation, one wonders if anyone found anything they may not have realized of importance at the time.
According to her facebook, Ms. Bass was clearly disturbed by her discovery as well:
Jason Mateos and Elizabeth Morton, contributing editors to this report
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Blink, you are gonna be Gil’s Hero! You are my new best friend. Desire, dedication, and determination are needed to win in sports and life. You’ve got it girl!
Thanks, we are a sum of our parts.
Jason and Elizabeth put their time in, and they are excellent, kudos to them.
B
I have to ask is there another Elizabeth? I am not a contributor but am flattered to have my namesake in such an important position.
Just want to clear up any misunderstanding and wonder if I should change my name when posting???
Not as a poster, Elizabeth Morton is one of the editors of BOC. Your our only Elizabeth and glad to have you.
B
Wow, just wow. Any idea if the actual party was at her house, or was it more on the grounds of pop your tent or sleeping bag up where ever you please, and party on down with us?
You never disappoint us with your updates. Thanks B, Jason & Elizabeth
I do, it was more outdoors than in, yes.
B
wow…….amazing find….
Her facebook is full of comments about death, skinning and tanning animals, her cemetery view from her bedroom window, fires and then the comment about her yacht sinking off the coast of Brazil. In that comment she says, first Morgan’s body …now my boat…The comments that follow are so disrespectful or dismissive of the finding of Morgan on her property. One even goes as far as to joke about it being the curse of Morgan Harrington and remarks about the “soup girl’s” house burning down …like two days later. MS. Bass’ boyfriend is a cook in a diner. He seems equally fixated on death.
How deeply have these two been investigated? If not them then the folks they are associated with. This type of thinking could definitely attract the kind of person who could mutilate a person. It just seems to me that they may think it’s cool and funny yet someone in their circle may be dead serious about killing.
fwiw, I know it is odd, but I really don’t see them as having anything to do with Morgan’s death per se.
I do see some connections I was surprised about, that we have discussed here previously.
B
Another thing: I noticed that there are no posts by Ms. Bass on or around Morgan’s disappearance. Or on the day they found Morgan’s remains.
Blink,
What the HELL??
OMG!!! Those facebook
comments are freakin me out!!
Yep
B
Sorry, I am not on facebook – when did she post these comments?
Here’s a better but older picture of her. The boat she speaks of when she mentions “God, Morgan’s dead body and now my ship that I sailed around Cape Horn on and across the Atlantic 3 times has SUNK of the coast of Brazil!!!!!!”
http://www.sitesalive.com/cal/public/01s/bios/bass.htm
Referenced from: http://www.sitesalive.com/cal/public/01s/bios/cal01sbios.htm
However, when Miss Bass said “We all end up dead in the ground and forgotten, eventually…” -That’s not entirely true.
There’s a lot of digging to be done…
Most of these kids just seem artsy and overly dramatic by age default. But, yes, there are some who seem to have more seriously dark interests. The butcher girl seems intense. Blink, have you noticed that the boyfriend is friends with a certain S name we have come to know? And did you see that a certain I.B. was prolific prior to Mid October, then silent from mid October to around December. In later january he posts about doom coming soon. Significant dates.
Interesting find.
Ah, those facebook privacy settings can be vexing!
There are lots of references and glorification to DRUGS.
I will be very interested to hear where THIS conversation leads. Katie mentioned that Ms. Bass did not post to her Face Book page around the time of Morgan’s disappearance. Has it ever been confirmed as fact whether or not Mr. and Mrs. Bass were actually on vacation at that time. If they were, was it a true family vacation with their grown children in attendance?
Ok, hold up. Let me rub my eyes and re-read. Wait. Still says the same thing. This seals the music connection to AF. Wow. Blink says about connections that surprised her and were discussed here before. And, yes, weird, weird posts by Jenny Bass…
Well, actually there are no posts now. BUT, if she did post to her facebook wall then those comments are no longer there. But I did see that she commented on attending two events in mid October so it seems she was in Virginia and possibly C-Ville that week.
uuuuuuhhhhhhhh how old is she?Her picture looks to be of a very mature woman,but her comments are those of a ,well someone trying too hard to be …..I’m too polite to go into that right now.
A little later when I’ve had a chance to see the deciphering of others here,I might give it a go.
Great job Blink, Jason and Elizabeth! More pieces of the puzzle…. The facebook comments are disturbing but it seems as if everything about this case is disturbing….
It interests me that many, I may go as far as saying the majority, of her status updates on her profile are in reference to death/dying/dead people both before and after the discovery of Morgan. Just too weird.. If not involved in Morgan’s murder, maybe she had knowledge of it from one of the connections you mentioned and was being haunted by the thought of it.
This could have already been brought to light, but the boyfriend of JB is tied to a Shifflett.
Blink, I found the links I was referencing earlier today on the other thread concerning The Anchorage. Here they are:
http://tinyurl.com/y4j7w6z
http://tinyurl.com/y3ftxpe
I was mistaken about a couple of things..First the developer is/was known as The 4 G’s Association, The surveyor was listed as FWA
I don’t believe this document is going to be of significance considering these are from 97′ & 98′.
Intersting info Blink. Have you been holding onto this for awhile or did your editors just recently “find” it? Either way, the timing is rather remarkable
You already know.
Yes, holding-
B
Oh My! Great find Blink etal. !!!!
I will say on first glance(fb), she is weird. And has weird friends. I feel truly remiss that we hadn’t snooped her page earlier, as it surely would have prompted discussion. I think everyone was very respectful.
But, Oh pleeeeezzzzzzzzzzz. And nevermind the sleepover. Interesting info. to say the least. I am not saying she is guilty of anything. But we definetely disected other people with far few neon lights flashing in their lives. Whew!
Okay, off to read.
You guys are truly amazing, Blink, you need to start a detective agency.
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MsL says:
May 18, 2010 at 6:51 pm
I will be very interested to hear where THIS conversation leads. Katie mentioned that Ms. Bass did not post to her Face Book page around the time of Morgan’s disappearance. Has it ever been confirmed as fact whether or not Mr. and Mrs. Bass were actually on vacation at that time. If they were, was it a true family vacation with their grown children in attendance?
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She doesn’t post at all until December 2009 unless I am looking at it wrong. There isn’t a gap.
Very significant information in the article, good work BOC! And I am interested in Twinkletoes’ observations also (#11). I wonder if LE has known about this??
How are some able to view Jenny’s profile? You’d have to be a friend of hers, no? And if she is not a suspect, is it fair for us to discuss the contents of her facebook?
Forgive me if I sound blamatory. I’ve participated in conversations regarding people’s myspace and facebook. GUILTY AS ALL GET OUT! Some profiles are wide open for the viewing and it’s been quite easy for me to be nosey. In the end, I feel like I’ve treaded on territory I shouldn’t have, like reading someone’s diary. It just doesn’t feel right, but I’ve done it. I am talking specifically about people who’ve been marked as innocent. Maybe I’m creating a double standard (it’s ok to view the bad dude’s profile but leave the innocent out of it), but it’s got me thinking how these profiles should be treated.
If someone has their profile set to private, and from my perspective, Jenny’s is not public, should we not respect her privacy? The information related to the article I find relative and encouraging….hopefully guiding LE in the right direction. As posters, shouldn’t we be exercising caution and consideration as to what we’re posting from profiles…ME INCLUDED!
If I’m wrong, put me in my place. Lord knows I’ve screwed on her before.
I submit this respectfully.
Last words….brilliant work JEB xo
Board is bursting with happenings today. Wonderful to see movement in the case again.
BLINK: AS ALWAYS, AN ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING JOB!
11.Twinkletoes says:
May 18, 2010 at 6:31 pm
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very interesting find!
I have a good feeling about all of this today. First time in a long time I truly have a good feeling about this case being solved. Could we be starting to finally connect the dots that lead to justice for Morgan and for her killer(s) to be put away where the belong?
Nobody here ever gave up, ever stopped searching, ever stopped caring, nor will we! Blink and her team are so dedicated and work so hard to find justice for Morgan. We are all so dedicated to the Harringtons, such beautiful people, wonderful, amazing people. I pray that the pieces are all finally beginning to fall into place. Morgan deserves justice, the Harringtons deserve closure, the people deserve to be protected from being the next victim of whoever commited this horrible act.
I wanna crawl under a blanket and hide. My deepest apologies for the editing issue on my previous post
It should read ‘If I’m wrong, put me in my place. Lord knows I’ve screwed UP ON HERE before’.
Have a great evening y’all xo
“It’s one of the easiest and fastest shelters that you can make to stay warm,” said Jenny Bass, an expert in survival skills who taught the art course. “If you put enough leaves on it, you can survive negative-20-degrees weather, even without a sleeping bag.”
Some of the students in the program have had challenges in their family lives or have a difficult time interacting in groups or staying interested in traditional school assignments. But Snow said that the students are “the most wonderful kids I’ve ever met in my life.”
http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/News/local/article/schooled_in_survival_building_shelters_an_exercise_in_hands-on_learning/36199/
The 7 Mile Sleepover definitely sounds like a camping event or ‘field party.’ I wonder how frequently these were held at Anchorage Farm, and whether it was an open, bring all your friends kind of party?
Asked whether there was any knowledge of “field parties” on the Anchorage Farm property, Rader responded that “there were some activities on the farm, which we’re not going to speak about now.”
http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=post&pid=12030402100447991
HOLY MARY MOTHER OF GOD. Are you kidding me?
Artsy or not – it’s so “Thespian” like. Hate having to read between two many lines…
Not very fond of her last comment about…what the snow will cover this time…does she mean next year’s snow – after Morgan’s body being found? Or was she posting that prior to Morgan’s body being found?
Blink and Company – great work. I have been waiting impatiently to hear more about what is transpiring in this case.
Be safe.
nice new surprise blink, but i don’t yet think it changes much for me. the party was planned before anything happened to morgan and happened after we already believe she was gone. to me that makes it not very likely anyone hiding major evidence was involved in the seven-mile sleepover.
i’ve been stuck on one thing lately. the unresolved fire at sutherland. if it is involved in the case, and i do believe it is, what was the tip off that necessitated the burn that night? the 1/25 re-register? maybe, but wouldn’t that make the fire look all that more suspect to happen just after?
i’m thinking someone with intimate knowledge of the real-time daily work of bass’s farm. we have heard of the landscapers on sight that day. pretty good chance they were there the day before, no? if they knew bass was checking fences AND where… might be something.
so just for the sake of argument, say sutherland is the primary, what could be the spark for the flame? i’m thinking timing, timing, timing now that you’ve given us a good over view of location.
If Mr. & Mrs Bass were out of town and Jenny home, maybe she had a party that night? Maybe they camped out in tents?
I am a camper. If raining, you put a TARP over your tent to ensure no leaking. I always used a larger one so we had a little “porch” roof when we walked out of the tent. Wasn’t Morgan found with a tarp?
You don’t think Jenny put Morgan’s shirt out in November to draw attention away from AF and back closer to her last known sighting, do you?????
There is a house for sale in Blandemar Farms at 3035 Blandemar Road (asking $2,750,000) is owned by the former head of UVIMCO which is the investment arm of UVA. The owner ran UVA’s endowment from 2.5 billion to 5.1 billion before it cratered to 4.4 billion (or less, depending on how you value the assets).
The owner suddenly resigned from UVIMCO in March and reportedly is going through a divorce caused by his having an affair with his assistant – a (then) married female who is 2003 UVa graduate.
anotherB- the comments were 04Feb and 05Feb………….
Jenny Bass One murder made a villain, Millions a hero.–Princes were privileg’d To kill, and numbers sanctified the crime. Ah! why will kings forget that they are men, And men that they are brethren? -Bishop Beilby Porteus Source: Death (l. 154)
February 5 at 9:47am
Jenny Bass is surrounded by suspects in a world where water tastes like gasoline, but love is in the air….
February 4 at 9:54am
Jenny Bass is surrounded by suspects in a world where water tastes like gasoline, but love is in the air….
February 4 at 9:54am
Where did everybody go??
So is the Soup girl, like Soup Nazi from Seinfeld? Does anybody know what the nickname is all about? Short for a name?
So Blink says per FM :
* LE is aware of the 7 mile sleepover link
* LE does Not relate Morgan to Sutherland fire
To overview, we have music, horticlture, ? drugs and the party connection.
Wow, we need more utube videos. And, possibly our prominence.
Any one else keep saying hmmm..?
I know way back when, there were questons about whether there could be cult like associations. I realize that is accusatory, I don’t mean it to be, but that is something I cannot erase from my imagination now. Can somebody help me to do that?
Blink Says:
“I do see some connections I was surprised about, that we have discussed here previously.”
B
I am absolutely shocked by one. So a person who lives on Anchorage farm is friends with a person who formerly played in the same band with the stepbrother of the cheesy suspect that we’ve all felt had a hand in Morgan’s death. I was skeptical when people suggested that the kid sitting on the couch during the ‘Here’s to the Long Haul’ performance at AF could have been EMH. Now I’m not so sure.
OK, holy youknowwhat.
Two questions:
1) Was LE informed of this party and all guests in attendance?
2) Were David and Nancy Bass informed of this party and all in attendance? This makes me so sick for them if not. You have to wonder if this is when they were in the Bahamas?
I do not know enough about the process but I just have to wonder about decomp in a week’s time (sorry), IF Morgan was placed on AF in the wee hours of the 18th.
So are we thinking that Here’s to the Long Haul footage is **during** Ms. Bass’ residency in the home? I always figured it was old footage posted in Dec ’09. Now I’m thinking it was posted soon after it was recorded.
I pray this gal is on the up and up and told everything to LE at the time.
Ooops, should you redact that phone number prominently displayed up there!!!?
In the FB event pic!
Survival Expert?
http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/News/local/article/schooled_in_survival_building_shelters_an_exercise_in_hands-on_learning/36199/
you know what blink? you are freaking me out.
i am only guessing at who was at some of these parties. really?
i came here to post on something else, but i am thinking that the tides that bind are pretty much bound very tightly right about now…. ugh! peeps! a turbulent life ahead for our kids unless we hold start holding them accountable…
I was doing a little reading, and came across some links JB is a fan of. One is called Black Friday Trampoling Deaths. I guess its a spoof on Black Friday shoppers running into stores and..well you know the rest.
I dont know who this person is as it lists as a group. Here are the two posts I found interesting:
Black Friday Trampling Deaths is a Fan of Not Getting Killed In A Pantera T-shirt
and, Also a Fan of Not Getting Executed For Killing Someone Wearing A Pantera T-shirt…..
February 4 at 5:39pm • Report
Next FB page I found is :
P2D2
is merely a “cover” for something even more wonderful- which, in turn, is a cover for something else… and so on. But you must seek us out in the Offline world to pierce the first veil…
January 27 at 11:46am
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Charlottesville-VA/ProPaganDada-Due-Library-Reading-Room/92456538340
I cant quite decide what this page is about. An offbeat library, open to people > 18. Has pics of tree houses, creeks on Rivanna river. This may be a legit thing, just not sure. Conflicting info.
First link was off JB’s page under info, show all pages.
Seven Mile
Is it a song, group, bridge? What is it?
Hmmm…
I feel like Alice in Wonderland- the more you follow the rabbit the deeper the whole thing becomes. She does say she is tired of such a small town where everyone knows everyone-else.
Her friends list is a glimpse of interesting and much talked about characters that must add something to the tea party- and her statement about her insomnia and somehow waking up in the graveyard again… made me shiver.
Her writings, although dark, strike me as the musings of a young upcoming artist- self-involved- full of snippets of others published poems and writings- in hindsight, they seem telling, but to me, do not place her doubtlessly “in the know”-
However, AF seems to be a very much used party place, still…
full of music, and mayhem and gatherings of all sorts, earthiness and appreciation for all things, some seemingly morbid, yet life affirming, albiet of the darker sort.
Thoughts-
If I were 20 something, I think I would see Ms. Bass as laid back and cool, and I would definitely think AF would be the ultimate place to hang out and party.-
If this girl was at the farm, IMO she would definitely take notice of the death birds (vultures) flying about-
If that many people were coming and going through out this time period- it is hard to think that not one of them ventured farther upon the land, then the original house as the party spot-
If that many people visited AF, given that Ms. Bass made open invitations to whomever, of her 100 some odd friends(and friends of friends) to come and join her- for soup and such, it is not hard to think that visitors of all sorts, did not raise anyone’s concerns-
The neighbors and Mr. Bass, probably wouldn’t have made note of strange people, or strange cars in the neighborhood or on their roads or in the grave yard-…..
PS… observation, if I were the rabbit, I’d stay clear of Ms Bass she seems very astute in the art of skinning and tanning- quite impressive, but yikes!!-
Much appreciation sent to you, Blink, and to your team for all of your hard work.
Just how weird is this game of six degrees going to get?- Does any of it mean anything?- Was she and all her friends questioned about what they may have seen or heard?- and last-
Blink, just how far into the rabbit hole are you and your team willing to go and is vsp ahead of you, or are you leading??
The degrees of separation in this case are staggering.
As an example, I was reading a 30 page Board Review the other day from 1988 and on the very last page I see a motion to nominate Dr. Harrington to the JABA board and nearly fell off my chair.
I had forgotten the Harrington’s were strong contributors to this community for 10 years BEFORE Morgan was born.
WRT to VSP, We strongly support them. I do not agree with the lack of public outreach right now.
B
Ragdoll, Her page is not set to private.
Whatever the case…there seems to be no care, concern or respect for the life and death of Morgan by JB or anyone associated with her FB friends or the pages/groups she is a fan or member of. It is really disturbing.
George – I totally dug into that family awhile back when I was doing FB-hunting. I think it is unlikely that there is any connection to Morgan, although it wouldn’t surprise me if the son knows something – he’s the right age, and that house is certainly nearby. However, he goes to private school – doesn’t seem to be buddies with any of our usual suspects. If you check out the criminal records for the family members you will find a few little things. I didn’t know about the current drama, though, that is interesting.
We had a little sniff and then the FBs went quiet. Troubling as ever.
Judi, you always hit a visceral nerve, very like Skyler…It’s hard to respond intellectually and I hope you don’t mind that we take advantage of your goodness that way. It’s hard to explain why some of us have trouble talking in the mainstream. Some of us have trouble with our words.
Thank you for your passion and your faith–you’re amazing. Thank you.
WG
Friends, I’m sorry I’m not always supportive or present with your comments. I’m a chef and work nights.
Even though I read a lot in the daytime hours, I don’t feel I have much to offer. Just wanted you to know that a I am here and am holding up the prophet’s arms. Go Blinkers!
Interesting comments by Bass, but we must be careful not to take them out of context too much.
Is it possible that the “outdoor” party on Oct 24, with possibly 100 or so people in attendance – could not have seen anything?
Yes.
Remembering the Google maps photos of the land, the spot where Morgan was left is still fairly far away from the house (daughter’s house) and it being a chilly night, likely most of the guests partied pretty close to the house, and probably a campfire.
And – I’m still not totally convinced (and even an autopsy won’t tell us for sure) that Morgan was left at Anchorage on the night of Oct 17th. It may have been days or even weeks later, depending on which scenario you choose to follow. Sorry to say, but she may have been first kidnapped and held, and only killed days later. Possible at this point. Again, the autopsy won’t tell us exactly what day she died. A margin of error of days is a small factor in one sense, but HUGE in terms of telling us what went on and the true nature of what she endured, and for how long.
That being said, I AM sure that if we had a list of every single person who attended parties at AF over the last 2 years – our killer would be on that list.
Excellent work Blink and your staff! As I’ve said from the beginning, the key to this whole mystery lies in the social network, the music and drug scene that surrounded Morgan and her friends.
Why hasn’t someone that knows something come forward? Simple, they may fear for their life if they do. Morgan’s murder is linked to some other very illegal goings on there around C-ville, and some very dangerous people who will do anything to keep things hidden.
Just my halfpence. A bite of cheese is better than none.
Sherlock
Gil Harrington’s Blog from May 19th, 2010
Maybe they are starting to get it. To listen to the clamor of voices that ask for/demand acknowledgement and justice for the crimes against them.
I love the “white ribbon campaign against violence” to be distributed at graduation at UVA this week. There must be more attention given to violence on campus, and 25 thousand white ribbons is an awful lot of stuff to sweep under the rug.
Kent State, 4 dead changed the direction of the nation. At UVA 6 dead, nothing. How can this be? Here in Virginia we literally are having kids heads placed at our feet and we do….nothing?
One factor sociologists use to evaluate the development of a culture is to assess how that group cares for its women and children. Your statistics on this don’t look good. Parents send their precious children to college to gain skills for life; not to have their lives snatched away.
A prestigious degree is nice, but we as parents need to factor into the cost of that prestigious degree, will our kid make it out alive?
2 4 1
Eloise, I am not sure, but other locals, did you get that the “soup girls” ref might’ve been to people who work at Revolutionary Soup? (It’s a soup/salad/sandwich restaurant.) That was my take, but I could be wrong.
My question is whether it’s an incorrect ref to the Sutherland Rd fire, which happened same day as discovery, not 2 days later, or to another fire that took place. I know where one of the girls works (not the soup place, but not to say she didn’t work there in Oct) but not the others.
I do want to say that, unconventional and insensitive or not, the young lady is in a noble profession, particularly the teaching job she appears to have right now. But I am so bothered by the idea of people partying outside one week after Morgan went missing, (a) because I wonder if they noticed something and (b) because they might’ve trampled on or disturbed evidence.