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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Katie- Snow fall will flatten down the hay- it looks as if there had been time for melting in that pic- so I don’t know how heavy the snowfall was- but that could account for the flattened hay- Just a thought.
mynamehere- thank you for that info
Blink- thank you for your thoughts on the decomp- I see what you mean- Earlier I speculated upon AF being thought of as a party spot- Ms. bass had what seemed to be open invitations to her friends to come by…
IMO, whomever placed Morgan there, either was taking a big chance that night, that some late night impromptu gathering wasn’t taking place- or they KNEW that MS. Bass along with her father was out of town- and they would be free to do their dirty work….
@ Katie:
I’m no expert but I’ll take a crack at your questions about the hay. First off, regarding the photo; I don’t believe TDBone was actually on the property. Having been on Red Hill Rd myself, this looks like a photo from the Red Hill Rd gate area peering out into the flats near the creekbed. If that is correct, then this isn’t a hayfield. This is a grassy area much like a lawn would be. The hayfields are further up the Bass property. If you look at the satellite photos of AF, you’ll see that the areas along the Hardware are much greener. The areas where the hayfields are will be brown in color.
As for the hay being cut in the area where Morgan was found, I don’t believe it was. Keep in mind that Central Va was paralyzed by snow last winter and there was 2 feet of heavy wet snow prior to Morgan being found. The weight of that snow would have matted down all the hay in the fields. Just my .02 and I could be wrong so don’t hold me to this.
46.katie says:
May 20, 2010 at 12:48 pm
I’ve gone back and looked at the photos from the days when the forensic teams were working on the recovery scene. What stands out to me the most is that this is a wide open area. Why not have left her in any of the wooded areas. Even if she was in the high hay, the person who left her there had to know that the hay would be cut. Why go to the trouble of taking her to a remote area yet leave her in a fairly flat and open area? Unless, the person really did want the remains to be discovered… at some point…
So, again I ask: Who cut the hay?
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The “before” hay cutting pics taken by the Cantelope guy and the “after” hay cutting pix taken by TBone….very good point katie. Key if you ask me.
re: katie says:
May 20, 2010 at 12:48 pm
So, again I ask: Who cut the hay?
I don’t think the hay was cut. I think that the wind and weather bent it until just sorta mashes down into clumps. We do not have hay but do live on a large property with uncut grass fields. In the winter, the wind, rain and snow trample down the grass until it forms mounds for lack of a better description.
IMO, bones in this field would be disguised by the matted grass. Then new grass would grow up around them. When the field was finally ‘hayed’ the bones would have been destroyed by the machine and the operator may or may not have even noticed.
And what about the possibility of seeing the black tarp.
Hi DeeTee (I think), I am aware of the T person you mentioned, and I checked her out months ago, when the first mention of the young PT was made. Could not find a connection to the C’ville Ts. Doesn’t mean it’s not there; I just didn’t see it. FWIW.
If you’re able to see any links, I’d be very interested to hear about it!
When I was a kid, I lived on an acreage and there was no better hiding spot than the tall grass of a field.
thanks acho, i’m way behind on the music scene research everyone has done, so perhaps i’ll just be a little more thorough before i post. and read some more of what has already been done in that regard.
This takes me back to Open Your Eyes post early on saying Morgan was warned “not to go to that party”……
I think she was warned “not to get drunk” at that party, iirc.
B
acho:
Could you please elaborate what you mean by freedom fighters–I just don’t see it. Generally speaking that’s a political movement(of sorts) and I’ve seen nothing that points in that direction on their FB pages.
I googled FF just to see what would come up–I only found one website that was nothing more than a bunch of quotes strung together which, IMO, had a Libertarian slant. IDK, but IMO, living off the grid, not paying taxes and possibly squatting on Federal land doesn’t make someone a freedom fighter. He’s certainly NO Eric Rudolph or Randy Weaver.
And how do you know he doesn’t pay taxes? Was that on his website? He might not pay Federal taxes but if he’s purchased anything in VA he’s paying state taxes.
TIA
Peggy
The AF photos are a great find, at the very least, they provide a visual perspective of the general environment as it would have appeared in the fall.
@ katie says:
May 20, 2010 at 12:48 pm
Why go to the trouble of taking her to a remote area yet leave her in a fairly flat and open area? Unless, the person really did want the remains to be discovered… at some point…
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Katie, based on all of the perspective I have read, I believe she was not placed in the specific location where she was found. She was possibly moved by natural activity, such as animals, or “shifting” in the soil due to concentrated water content. I find it entirely plausuble that she was buried at some point. The “black tarp”, the item that possibly surrounded her, interests me, as Blink has specifically stated its color to us. Either she has seen the tarp, or its existence was specifically mentioned to her by someone. This would add to the notion that the perp(s) intent WAS to conceal the body within AF and did not leave her in an open area to be located.
Blink-
You used to caution people about posting peoples full names or their last names (you encouraged using initials instead)…but now I see people using full names– have you changed your policy on that?
Peggy
You would have to source that, and in context, not sure what your referring to-
B
Well done Blink. My sense also is that Jenny or Mr Bass had nothing to do with Morgans’ murder,
but the now indisputable fact that there have been frequent out door overnight type social gatherings there
opens up a whole other realm of possible scenarios and potential perps who are more than familiar with the farm. Morgan may have been there before or was taken there with the promise of a party by one or more people who in fact knew the Basses were out of town. I wonder if the house has been vetted and the surrounding land immediately outside the house and who knew where the key was etc or had access to one, or if there was any sign of forced entry etc.
I pray this added scrutiny helps to identify many more people who had access to the “location location location” and will eventually flush the cowardly killer from hiding.
Dear Observer on another note, I am sorry to be a bother, but would you be so kind as to republish the PO Box to send Morgans’ rocks too as I have a beautiful shiny Paua shell from New Zealand I brought back with me and would like to send to Morgan. Thankyou
RE: Acho and DeeTee, I’m going to start researching more into any possible links. You’d think if your parents were at rest on someone else’s private property there’d be an agreement of being able to visit the cemetery when one (or more persons) pleases. With or without calling or knocking first is my question…
As far as the huts on the AF property go, remember JB is a proclaimed survivalist expert who builds those as projects for her students.
{A survival shelter is built by leaning a small log, “a ridge pole,” in the strongest branch of a tree and then stacking sticks on both sides into a teepee-like structure, with leaves or pine needles on top. Leaves fill the inside of the shelter, where they function like blankets. A door can be made of intertwined sticks and leaves.
“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.”}
http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/News/local/article/schooled_in_survival_building_shelters_an_exercise_in_hands-on_learning/36199/
I I were a teacher, I would expect my students to potentially read my FB, therefore I would keep that in mind when posting.
B
I have taken your remark out of context but wanted to add. My daughter is a middle school teacher. She is on Facebook. They follow her posts like she is a rock star.
She tries to put enlightening and educational posts on her page.
I do believe if she posted what JB posted on her site my daughter would lose her job.
Of course with that said she doesn’t have a daddy with big money that “might” support a charter school. So therefore she has to be a “teacher”.
OT: Some time ago, I posted a link to an Italian cold case which appeared to have spread to Britain. The person, who had been a suspect since 1993 was charged with murder, and the remains of his (allegedly) first victim were found, precisely where she was last seen – inside the church. Nobody had thought of that possibility.
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/8175515.Restivo_arrest_dramatic_twist_to_Heather_Barnett_murder_investigation/?ref=mr
That was the guy who had the habit of cutting off strands from women on public transport. I was intrigued that the police described it as an organized crime in the above article, even though the whole scenario sounded insane to say the least. They made only a few details public – the second victim’s breasts had been cut off, and a strand of hair was placed in her hand.
Fascinating and frightening.
There are other victims.
B
…continued: This reminded me of the Yale murder. If the evidence suggests that a person never left a building he or she is still inside. At Yale there were CCTV cameras at the entrance, and in the Italian case it was Sunday morning after the church service in a very small town. They always wondered how she could have left with nobody seeing her.
Thanks everyone…it has been a long time since there have been any hay fields in my neck of the woods:~)
Still, isn’t it odd that she was placed out in an open field as opposed to a place that provided cover for the suspect and the discovery of her remains? Unless,of course, the person who left her there knew that the hay was being allowed to grow. But, wouldn’t there have been a noticeable trampling of the hay or a path going toward the spot or is there another way to get to the burial site…without going through the high hay?
Missing since 1993, she was found three days after I posted her case on BOC.
http://blinkoncrime.com/2010/02/04/morgan-harrington-murder-virginia-state-police-press-conference-today/comment-page-52/
This was a coincidence.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1258911/Riddle-Elisa-Claps-missing-17-years-comes-tragic-end-body-found.html
Gotta tell you, being a girl who grew up on a farm in New Brunswick, Canada – if the intention of placing Morgan where she was recovered was in the hopes that her remains would be destroyed during the haying process … I think you can rule out someone with agricultural/haying experience – even lawn mowing experience. From the aerial views of Morgan’s recovery site while the team wwas collecting evidence, they seem to be set up and searching through soil in the corner area of the hayfield. When haying, especially with a treeline close to one side and a fence/treeline on the others (ie: In the corner area of the field) is exactly where the operator WILL slow right down and pay attention to all sides, front and rear to both avoid the obstacles and to make the corner. Much like when you use your lawn tractor and get to the corner. Placement in the centre of the field, where one speeds up – eyes up ahead – would have been better intended if destruction, rather than discovery, of her remains were the goal of her placement. Either he/they wanted her to be found and so placed her where the operator would slow down and keenly watch his arcs … or they are very inexperienced with field labour.
Everyone is acting like JB was having these ragers at her house – yet the videos I’ve seen, and the number of confirmed guests (8) in the 7-mile thing show much smaller crowds. Of course I could be wrong about this, but I don’t see much evidence for TONS of people coming and going all the time. Which might be good from an investigative perspective, actually.
Well, the problem is we really do not know- and I agree it is preferred.
It only takes one to contaminate a crime scene-
B
“Where are you seeing a blonde?
B”
Photo #14 is of a sketch of a young woman sitting with her legs crossed. She looks blonde to me.
I’d love to know what JB’s teaching credentials are–I do not believe you have to be certified or even be a college graduate to teach at a charter school.
Survival expert? LOL. Uh huh–I’d be willing to bet a box of doughnuts that her survivalist training consists of a summer spent at an outward bound camp.
I spent 11 summers at Camp Friendship and two summers doing outward bound. I’m a survival expert too!
JMHO
Peggy
another b,interesting ,the t-shirt being found close to campus,to distract searchers(she’d still be in a wooded area within a 25 mile radius) doesnt gel w/ me unless ,the perps were erroneously thinking le would start digging up basements.
20.oblio says:
May 20, 2010 at 4:49 pm
Everyone is acting like JB was having these ragers at her house – yet the videos I’ve seen, and the number of confirmed guests (8) in the 7-mile thing show much smaller crowds. Of course I could be wrong about this, but I don’t see much evidence for TONS of people coming and going all the time. Which might be good from an investigative perspective, actually.
Well, the problem is we really do not know- and I agree it is preferred.
It only takes one to contaminate a crime scene-
B
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We really do not know? You mean that Jenny hasn’t been questioned by LE at nauseum about her “guest lists”?
I can’t comment on that directly, but what I meant was that the point is nobody can know for a certainty who has accessed that property between Oct. 17 and January 26.
That said, if we dont have a POI, we better find out.
B
Hi Peggy,
I am getting self-described “freedom fighters” and self-described non-tax payers, non drivers license holders associated with the Rainbow Movement and other such groups. They are on MySpace.
I referred earlier to one in particular, and some of his associations describe themselves as such, too. He also begs to be around young girls, and I find him scary. (Yes, I private posted Blink about him, because I thought he could be associated with another criminal in VA and the truck that went into the Sugar Hollow reservoir, but there really is nothing to say that he is, beyond my raised arm hairs.)
Again: I do not mean anything derogatory about honest citizens who are part of alternative lifestyles … to the contrary, I worry that some unsavory people take shelter in their scene (actually I’m sure of it) and put the honest people in harm’s way. True of every group in society; however not every group in society is posting open FB invitations for folks to come sleep over at Mom and Pop’s farm.
I have no evidence that the individual to whom I refer is involved with Morgan’s case, so I don’t want to mention him or link to his MySpace.
For that reason, it’s probably enough already. I just wanted to make the point earlier that I have concerns about people who might tag along to events like the 7-mile sleepover.
This guy ring any bells? Arlington Blvd is right around the corner from JPJA.
Posted today May 20th. Last seen May 1st.
http://www.newsplex.com/home/headlines/94512654.html
May 20, 2010
Charlottesville Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing person.
Police are looking for information regarding the whereabouts of 22-year-old James Melvin Brown III. Police say he was last seen on Saturday, May 1, on the 2100 block of Arlington Boulevard.
Brown is described as a white male with brown hair and hazel eyes, 6 feet tall and 150 pounds
Why almost 3 weeks later?
Any warrants?
Completely off topic- Someone needs to tell the Census Board in 2010 we do not allow strangers in our homes for any reason, wth?
B
What black tarp?
4.In Memory of Gini says: May 20, 2010 at 1:32 pm
And what about the possibility of seeing the black tarp.
Blink, the picture referred to as a blonde with chunky necklace is drawn on the long paper on floor where it says leave by 11 pm or something, (this in those photos of AF).
It would be very unlikely that the hay was cut in October because it needs to cure before it is baled. October is too late in year for that, of course, the field could of been bushogged and hay is not put up then. Doubt very seriously there was any cutting in fall, as farmers need the fields for pasture until they have to start rolling out the hay bales to feed the cattle in winter months.
#22 RE: peggy says:
May 20, 2010 at 5:28 pm
“I’d love to know what JB’s teaching credentials are–I do not believe you have to be certified or even be a college graduate to teach at a charter school….”
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Peggy, I am a teacher and I agree with you! Also, I know websites are monitored by administration on a regular basis in my district. Teachers are cautioned continuously about what they post. It is really hard for me to believe she is a certified teacher.
OT but maybe On Topic??…. The occult. I just feel there is something relating to the occult with this case. I have felt it way back because of some comments I read on the FB page started by WT. After doing a Google search of Wicca, I found that there will be a big festival this fall in Stanardsville, VA (isn’t this where a certain macho man is from?). What caught my attention was the location and the mention of FIRE spinners. Here is a link to the event: http://www.mountain-mysteries.com/Mabon/Entertainment.htm
Also, in the fall, there were FB photos of Morgan and some of her friends I believe taken at a party for a band in Roanoke. IIRC, in 3 of the photos an occult hand sign was evident. Here is one link to a Wikipedia article on the sign, which is also used by rock bands http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_of_the_horns
I don’t know where the photos are cached, but if you can find them you will see what I am talking about. The only legitimate use of this signal that I know of is the University of Texas alumni use it to mean HOOK “EM Horns and I don’t think that are UT fans. JMHO.
I also got this feeling when Lt. Rader gave his press conference after the body was found. Then, after viewing FB site re: the SECRET tree house (that is the cover of the cover for other things unknown) I began to again think of the occult.
Also, before I forget, I think it was mentioned the soup girl was a traveler……I am wondering…..traveler like a gypsy or traveler like “see the world?”
I am just throwing some other things out there to investigate.
Why almost 3 weeks later?
Good question…
I wanted to clear up a few things as I was in a hurry this AM & dont want to mislead folks. The pic I posted that TDB took was late Feb or March.
IIRC, when Morgan was found, Mr Bass had said via media that the hay had not been cut since Aug. All the hay, or just part, who knows. Here is a link to all his photos to review, he has good maps too.
http://www.findmorgan.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2577
(By the way, this was here back in March, so I am not taking without permission.)
Vern- your post re: landscaping, and lawnmowers was very funny!
I am wondering, not much has been said re the sketches What do you all make of that? That looks like something that would take quite awhile to do.
Somebody draws well.
It is also of interest to me, what was so intruiging to the photographer about the creek & such? Looks like a wad of weeds. Usually a visitor would take pics of people w/ the beautiful background and such. The focus is not the people or the beautiful landscape in some of them.
Back when jb’s page was up, there were several parties advertised, including I think the one with The Long Haul, that too was a sleepover.
So whatever the case, there has been a variety of people with access to the property.
RE biking. There was camping associated with the bike ride on 10/17 at Tevendale Farm as well. I’ll find the link.
Blink off topic you say)
We live on a farm and have a post office box at post office – the census bureau sent out census forms only to mail boxes therefore we did not get one. The census girl came to our home today to fill out a form on us – she did not come in and they are told not to ask to come in. We stood outside and answered all the questions and then she left.
RE RU MOM
OT but maybe On Topic??…. The occult. I just feel there is something relating to the occult with this case. I have felt it way back because of some comments I read on the FB page started by WT. After doing a Google search of Wicca, I found that there will be a big festival this fall in Stanardsville, VA (isn’t this where a certain macho man is from?). What caught my attention was the location and the mention of FIRE spinners. Here is a link to the event: http://www.mountain-mysteries.com/Mabon/Entertainment.htm
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I have been feeling the same.
My coworker forgot the reading material she was to bring me today. But, re Wiccan beliefs, she swears they are peaceful and when I described the sketches and some things we have been looking at, she thinks that may be some occult activity. I am not saying this is fact, but maybe a factor to look into. I think a reporter may have asked Lt Radar about religious activity in a news press? And I think he denied or would not answer.
Oh also, Katie, I think Blink has shared her belief all along that Morgan was originally placed in the creek bed and ended up in the field. So our perps werent aiming at using the hay to hide her so to speak. ?
Interesting reading if interested.
http://www.elmerfudd.us/cw/report/06.htm
If anyone sees any good spells I could whip up for a couple a trolls I know I might dabble a bit.
K I D D I N G
Eloise says:
May 20, 2010 at 6:42 pm
It is also of interest to me, what was so intruiging to the photographer about the creek & such? Looks like a wad of weeds. Usually a visitor would take pics of people w/ the beautiful background and such. The focus is not the people or the beautiful landscape in some of them.
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This bothers me as well. I was actually thinking about this this afternoon when I took my dog on a walk, there is a nature trail in our neighborhood I walked on and being in the forest like that made me think of Morgan, these pictures, and the oddity of some of these pictures. As I was walking I was thinking of what I would take pictures of in this environment. As Eloise mentioned, the beautiful landscapes are one thing, I think most people would want to capture that. What I don’t understand are the pictures that seem like they have no focus object. Or no focus object that we know about? Specifically 30 gives me a bad feeling in my gut every time I look through the pictures and 36 makes me wonder what this guy is posing with besides a pile of weeds- why would they stop to take a photo there, in that spot? Another thing I noticed is that the perspective of some of the pictures look like they are walking THROUGH the hayfield. Why are they walking through the hayfield and where are they going? And if they are indeed walking through the hayfield, how did they become so familiar with the area to be able to know where they were going? Ahh so many questions, hopefully someone is asking them to these people.
“the morgan harrington curse” caused the ship to sink,luv it!!! your only worried about a curse if your involved.i have a friend whose family drained the ancient tulare lake(the biggest lake west of the great lakes)(and the setting for mark twain stories)for water for their agriculture farm,she thinks there’s a curse,i have another friend whose brothers boyfriend is gambling his grandmothers fortune away in las vegas (it was liquor money made during prohibition),why is he doing it? it’s a liquor money curse they say. so why is jb’s friend saying jb’s grief is a curse,what did she do to cause a morgan harrington curse?btw :morgan curse on.if someone is thinking morgan’s spirit caused the boat to sink,then someone must think the perps were on the the boat.
To me, those pictures emphasize how difficult it would be to “see beneath the hay” when standing more than a few feet, if not inches, away. It is so thick. Hiding in plain sight so to speak. A hunter would have probably have been more likely to find Morgan’s remains in a forest than in the hay field. In fact, the woods don’t look particularly dense and visibility doesn’t seem that poor. I would imagine that Mr. Bass found Morgan’s remains because a) he was sitting in a tractor above the hay and b) he was right up on them. It is my understanding that the remains were found quite a distance from the house(s). Unless someone at her party walked into about a 10 feet radius around Morgan’s body I can’t imagine she would have been seen. While JB might be able to provide LE with a pool of names she has invited to various gatherings it sounds to me that both she and her father simply have the misfortune of living in an area where a brutal crime was completed. It is beautiful country. God’s country. I hope the Harringtons can find some peace in that fact.
Blink, do you know if LE inspected that “hut” when they were onsite processing Morgan’s remains?
I know they were there for 3 days straight, and we are working though imagery, sorry to be vague.
B
RU Mom says:
May 20, 2010 at 6:37 pm
Also, in the fall, there were FB photos of Morgan and some of her friends I believe taken at a party for a band in Roanoke. IIRC, in 3 of the photos an occult hand sign was evident. Here is one link to a Wikipedia article on the sign, which is also used by rock bands http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_of_the_horns
I don’t know where the photos are cached, but if you can find them you will see what I am talking about. The only legitimate use of this signal that I know of is the University of Texas alumni use it to mean HOOK “EM Horns and I don’t think that are UT fans. JMHO.
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The horns sign (as far as rock-n-roll goes)was made famous by Ronnie James Dio who co-incidentally just passed away this last Sunday, May 16th.
About facebook and teaching.
I am a teacher… have two facebooks.
One for students where I post links and answer questions related to assignments.
My personal one is VERY private and I would lose my job if it were not (and I have NOTHING on it I would not share with anyone.. but there need to be limits and I want to protect my friends’ privacy as well.
I am thinking this person is close enough to JB to have walked/explored the land with her, knew the hayfield was high, thought it a good place and knew exactly how to get there.
Pics do seem to focus a lot on the creek. Wish the pics had a date stamp in the corner
Did JB find the shirt on AF and place it up by UVA to draw LE away from AF?
B:
Real quick…I hoping that the tree cameras produced something. It just seems with all the photos available from AF, someone would have been caught on them? Even if not of anyone the night of October 17/18 but how about when the rest of the AF photos were taken?
Anything???
Can’t comment. Sorry Fishter.
B
Take it easy- that is my advice.
hugs to you and gupster.
B
Blink, saw your comment about the Census. Did you read the article about the sexual predator working as a census door to door worker? I can try to find the link. Scary!
W H A T ?
B
Ehhh eh ehhh. Eh – eh eh ehhhhhhh!
… er, pardon me – just trying to express my amazement, while fumbling to pick my jaw up off the floor. I’ve been away (on an assignment) from most things not work-related since the sunset of the last thread, and clearly this BOC crew has duly followed B’s leap onto a new, intriguing track.
Still trying to catch up, and not sure what to make of all this – but gears are truly a-grindin’!
I’ve got a few posts to address, but first wanted to share a quick review of Rader’s Feb. 4 presser, for my own edification. Join me, won’t you?
(Emphasis mine)
Lt. Rader:
“The investigators and profilers are of the opinion that this location is of the greatest significance at this point of the investigation.
“Of all the events that transpired between Morgan and the person(s) responsible for this tragic incident, the person(s) responsible had complete control of deciding to choose the specific farm where Morgan was discovered. Therefore, investigators need to understand who knows this area.
“Those citizens that live in, have lived in, or frequent the Anchorage Farm area are of tremendous importance in providing vital information about that particular area because you understand and observe the activities of the area. Individuals who know others who have visited the area are also encouraged to contact police.”
Virginia State Police have established a tip line just to receive information specifically related to the *Anchorage Farm property*: (434) 709-1685.
“In addition, State Police have identified six key points regarding the probable relationship the individual(s) responsible for Morgan’s tragedy might have with *this particular property* and *exact location* of where her remains were found.”
(Editing liberties mine, as to fit the points within the context of this discussion:)
“1. The person responsible may or may not have a formal connection to Anchorage Farm where Morgan was recovered, but investigators believe the person(s) responsible is likely to have … recreated or lived in close proximity to this farm or some other nearby property.
2. The person(s) responsible in this tragic incident may have been inclined to return to the farm location during a period of increased stress.
(Not fitting this thread’s particular mold, per se, but “may have been” was the operative phrase at this point in the investigation.)
3. Investigators are confident that persons, through no fault of their own, know the person(s) responsible or have knowledge of specific instances whereby the person(s) responsible visited or *traveled through the general location* of where Morgan’s remains were recovered.
(The seemingly innocent addressees of this point need only have traveled through *the vicinity* of where she was left to be useful to the investigation (tip-wise); note the purposeful switch from his former emphasis on specificity here, in regard to Location.)
4. Investigators believe the person(s) responsible had specific knowledge, and was comfortable operating in the area, which is a considerable distance from the nearest roadway.
(“Believe” is a strong word for LE to drop, as are the phrases “had specific knowledge” and “was comfortable.” This entire point is pretty effin’ far from an attempt at fishing – no room for casting the proverbial line out in ambiguity or maybe/maybe-nots with this one. Granted, it does not necessarily fit the profile of JB pals and/or FB friends, from what I’ve seen… unless he/she/they stem back to her childhood.)
5. This choice of location is quite different from the decision to leave a body on or adjacent to a major public roadway, or some other area accessed with little or no risk.
(Duh. Then again, he’s basically saying: The person’s ease and self-felt *right* to be on the AF property alleviated the individual(s) “common-sense-would-have-it,” infinitely-higher-risk decision to navigate into such a deep-rooted corner of *private* property *with a body* – or a soon-to-be-dead woman.)
(Oh. Okay, here we go – spell it out for us, Rader:)
6. Traveling to the Anchorage Farm location would have created a significant risk for any person unfamiliar with the area, and not comfortable to this type of setting. Farmland like the place where Morgan’s body was discovered presents difficult obstacles such as fences, streams, and difficult terrain variations – such challenges a person unfamiliar with this particular location would most likely have avoided.”
(Alright. Getting redundant. But let it be said: The man made his point – and it underscores B’s, and many of yours.)
The lieutenant is one dice short of a Yahtzee, if you ask me.
Yep.
He/They know this land.
B
Blink, saw your comment about the Census. Did you read the article about the sexual predator working as a census door to door worker? I can try to find the link. Scary!
I’m going to track down that link, BRB.
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/05/camden_sex_offender_charged_wi.html
Thanks Al
All I want to say is listen to your Gift of Fear
B
Of course, I thought for sure the astute mother was a BOC reader! http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jPkC7Dbc8LIjZa2tAJkRR3htGhkwD9FQRB9G0
OMFG.
She is my hero. And so are you for posting!
B
I agree with those who say that the artwork pictured in some of the photos is a mural depicting somesort of Eastern belief system-
The Ying and Yang symbol is shown, in Taoism it is called the Taijitu- here is a link to some facts:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Taoism
Some of the writing on the mural is in chinese characters and writing is like sanskrit
here is another link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishvara
I don’t understand the mural, but I do not follow eastern religious teachings- I do not think it is occult in nature however.
From what I have researched about the Wiccan belief system, it is not dark or destructive, it values nature much like the Native American Indians did. However, I am sure like most belief systems, it can be twisted into something ugly.
Although some people attribute the hand sign as a sign of the devil, and some messed up people have used it for this purpose I’m sure– I don’t think Morgan or her friends did. Kids use it at concerts and in pictures simply to say- Rock On-I am having a good time and/or this music is good.
One of my favorite rockers of all time just passed away, Ronnie James Dio. He is attributed with first using this sign during concerts. His grandmother used it to ward off bad luck, much like the practice of knocking on wood. He used it in tribute to his beloved grandmother during his concerts.
I think there are alot of bored kids that could be dabbling in alot of different belief systems- searching for the answers, just as we all have done. I don’t think all of them are taking it on the dark path- but you never real know what is inside someone’s heart.