Morgan Harrington Murder: Eric Howell, Neighbor To Anchorage Farm, Wanted On VA State Police Site
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North Garden, VA– A registered Sex Offender, Eric Micheal Howell, whose residence is adjacent to Anchorage Farm, the location in Charlottesville where 20 year old Morgan Harrington’s remains were located, is a wanted fugitive according to the Virginia State Police website.
Although he registered on June 10, as assigned, there is a warrant out for his arrest. It is unknown if Howell is involved in the circumstances of the disappearance and homicide of Morgan Harrington, or if he is wanted in connection to any recent grand jury activity. Check back to blinkoncrime.com for updates
Update: Warrant is from Albemarle County Police Department for an unknown misdemeanor charge. An attempt to serve the warrant was made and Police were unable to locate Howell.
The charge from ACPD according to VSP spokesperson, Corrine Geller, is not related to the Harrington murder, and he is, for the time being, in compliace with the registry as of June 10th.
There is no pending charges on the Albemarle County Clerk site at the time of this post.
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It can’t be him that committed the murder, could it? I would think the DNA would have been able to prove that out by now.
Your assuming it hasn’t, and that there is foreign DNA in Morgan’s case.
B
Crazy…. Man I hope this is the break everyone has been waiting for
So although he is wanted, is he running? Meaning, he registered on the 10th as made to do but nothing was done then or since then they’ve been looking for him and haven’t been able to find him? Sorry, I’m sure this is preliminary for you too, I’m just getting ancy now…
Hmmmm. This guy had absolutely nothing to lose. We do not know at this point why the warrant was issued?
I just found a link to this website that has these ace investigators on it. You all should check it out. See the link below. Seriously, this one has been on the BOC radar for a while.
http://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=Eric+Howell+Charlottesville%2c+va&d=5024927153784602&mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&w=304092ee,691194f6
LOL LOL
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B
Oh, please let this be it…thank you Blink for alerting us. The DNA results at long last? May they find him soon….
Sorry, go to comment #29 in the link above
OMG! Cheese Nip!
about time
Gosh, I’d love to think this is THE BIG break. It just seems this would be someone who would have not only been looked at early on but also that his DNA was on file and already checked against what (if any) was found at the Anchorage Farm crime scene.
Didn’t this guy have a GPS/tracking device on?
Isn’t this cheesy jumpsuit?
Or am I thinking of someone else.
There is no confirmation he is monitored. If he is, then he skipped town without it.
Yep Cheesy Jumpsuit.
Keep in mind, may not be related to Morgan.
B
WHoaaaa!
Thanks Blink!
What a surprise when I went to check for
an update on Kyron.
I pray this is the puzzle piece we need!
Justice for our shiny girl!
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Finally, some news that seems promising! Hope and pray that he is the one who killed Morgan and will be proven so very soon.
Incredible. It would be really nice for Morgan’s family to have closure in this case. Blink, I assume if there were other connections to this fellow (such as DNA or other evidence), you would have posted them if you could. So either there are no other connections. Or you cannot post them yet. My experience with you thus far tells me it is the latter and not the former. Go, Blink!
If he is on the run, we need to get his face out there to everyone we know.
Yep, about to update with a side by side.
B
I wonder if Eric and this character are aquaintances?
12.In Memory of Gini says:
June 22, 2010 at 8:09 am
Blink,
Have you seen the latest on the 26 yo Crozet resident/Va Tech grad who was tasered by PD in November 2009 at Scott Stadium???
http://www.readthehook.com/blog/index.php/2010/06/21/tasered-guy-in-huge-trouble-now
I wonder if this had anything to do with these developments? I sure hope so.
http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=12667791
So if he registered June 10, how did LE know he is missing? Are they wayching him more closely than the monthly checks or does this lead us to think he is GPS tracked? Maybe the warrant was for drugs-would not discount that, and that’s what led him to run. Hmm…
Personally, when I review the change to his appearance from Jan-May, there is no doubt in my mind he is attempting to alter his appearance one way or another.
b
Shame on whomever let this creep out after two counts of rape in 2005 and one count of sexual batter in 2008. That this scum was on the street at the same time our precious Morgan was on the street, just pisses me off to no end.
This is the last place we know he worked: PETE’S PLUMBING, 2219 HILL STREET, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA 22903
Oh boy, wonder why he would want to do that? Move about more freely? To do what?
Blink, do you think this guy in the tan hoodie could be jumpsuit?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21617136@N02/4391289470/in/photostream/
not him
B
Wow, JPJ, his place of employment, and Anchorage Farm are all one straight shot on 29. It is easy to imagine him going trolling for a victim on the night of the concert, then driving straight out to the farm. I also wonder, since he worked for the plumbing company (not sure if he worked there at the time of the murder, admittedly), did he have access to the plumbing van?
This guy never got a follow up story. I wonder if he was found.
James Melvin Brown
http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=post&pid=12032005100788097
OH…MY….GOSH!!!
I pray, pray, pray that this is the huge break we have been waiting for.
Anxiously awaiting more news on this.
Will be checking back constantly today.
FINALLY (I hope).
Twinkle: Howell worked at Advanced Plumbing in Charlottesville, I believe, prior to working at Pete’s.
His previous employer in late 2009 was Advanced Plumbing, 701 Dale Ave., which is near UVA campus. In 2010, he was unemployed for a few weeks before getting new job at Pete’s Plumbing.
The Howells and the Shiffletts are related by marriage.
well, not exactly, I think you mean the step-side.
B
i hope this is the what we have all been waiting and hoping for, the hammer in motion.
i cannot thank you enough for passing this on blink.
Thanks Blink.
I’m with you Judi- I sure hope they have something up their sleave. Funny that there are no charges pending, wonder what the warrant is for then?
Hmmm, changing jobs, changing appearance. I wonder what he was up to.
Blink, you don’t specify which picture is the earlier of the two, but it looks like the one without facial hair is the earlier. He certainly looks healthier in the sans-facial hair photo. He looks pretty high in the one with facial hair. Looks like a lot happened in his life between photo A and photo B. They are like two different people.
my heart was pounding when i came to BOC and saw the new headline. i hope this really gets things moving.
an ngvfc ff had to help out his cuz, according to his fb post at 12:11 am sunday morning. hmm.
With the obvious change of appearance this seems to have been a planned disappearance by this guy, makes you wonder what he has to hide apart being a sex offender.
If he is involved with Ms Harringtons murder then i would be very worried about this guy killing again.
Has all the traits of a serial-killer.
Thank the Lord!! My cheese has been squarely placed on this guy for a long time. I hope LE have or find a connection to Morgan if there is one. If there is not, let’s hope this misdemeanor gets him put away for at least a little while.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misdemeanor
Blink: After reading about what constitutes a misdemeanor in VA–see link above–seems like there are four classes–do we know where Howell falls? Could the misdemeanor warrant be a “ruse” to haul his butt in for questioning in re: to Miss M.?
Regardless of whether Howell is involved here, this guy has to be a time bomb and needs to be incarcerated.
“Teri says:
June 22, 2010 at 11:38 am
It can’t be him that committed the murder, could it? I would think the DNA would have been able to prove that out by now.
Your assuming it hasn’t, and that there is foreign DNA in Morgan’s case.
B”
From looking on the VSP site, they are in need of his palm print, they dont have that on file. Wonder if they need it-hence a smaller offense to bring him in? Maybe not DNA being a link to a case but a print perhaps? Just thinking aloud here.
Running is odd though if he has nothing to hide…..
From the pictures above, it looks like his nose has been broken. Maybe it is just the angle of the picture, but it sure looks like he’s had some trauma to the bridge area. Could the misdemeanor charge have something to do with an altercation recently?
Last night the place were I mailed Morgan’s rock from, sending it to Virginia, burned to the ground. I drove by and could not stop thinking of the early morning fire in January before Morgan was found. Why I felt something was going to break today I don’t know but the place where I was when I saw that picture of Morgan with her blue eyes on CNN News and the announcement of her body being found, although I could not here the story I knew in my heart she was found, also burned to the ground last night. Co-inky yes but still again constant reminders of Morgan, ALWAYS. Blink is this it. Will Gilbert, Dan and Alex get justice. Power to Morgan, you go girl, lead all to these devils.
VSP staying the tight-lipped course- let’s just hope that this is due diligence at play. Thanks for the update, B. Fingers crossed.
Liam, how does this guy have traits of a serial killer? From what I’ve learned about serial killers, there has to be a pattern of 2 or 3 or more of the same kind of kills. In my forensic psych class, we did a project and learned that majority of serial killers had some kind of head injury as a child that damaged their frontal lobes. As far as we know, he hasn’t killed anyone nor does he have a head injury. I’m not sticking up for him or anything, just saying that’s a long way to jump just from what we know about him. We do know he might be a budding sociopath and he’s a rapist. and correct me if i’m wrong because i had that class about 6 or 7 years ago. I don’t mean to come off rudely, it’s just i don’t understand how you can say that.
and i might add that what i listed are probably not all the traits of a serial killer. i’m no expert.
I hope they catch this guy!Big change in appearance, broken nose? Or nose job? Can’t imagine weight gain would cause it to go from sharp to round but its possible. Maybe a girl popped him one
I hope they found foreign DNA on dear Morgan. I hope this is the break everyone has been waiting for. May justice come soon for Morgan!
So the guy grows a beard, and now he’s a serial killer? i don’t know…
I guess I need more information before I start making connections.
I don’t think the serial killer tag applies at this time, no. In fact, I dont think it is possible to make that statement about anyone based on appearance alone.
B
I don’t know if Cheesy tried to change his appearance that much. He’s got some scruffy mustache and beard growth in his ‘before’ photo. I just don’t think he shaves that often. His hair is pretty much the same cut and color, just a little longer.
Yea, he definitley looks very scarey in his ‘after’ photo, very cold in the eyes, but I think he could do a lot more if he was really trying to change his appearance.
Blink, do you think EMH in that AF video The Long Haul? This newer picture does resemble him.
I do not. I did a facial rec overlay on his mugshot, definitely not.
B
Hi Blink and Blinksters,
It’s been a while since I’ve posted, yet, I’ve followed closely throughout these past months.
I just wanted to comment on the most recent photo of Eric Howell. His eyes and adjacent facial area, including his nose, appear somewhat swollen to me. I’m wondering if it’s due to allergies, just having awakened, or a hangover (if his nose is not broken). I don’t see that this is a deliberate move to change his appearance, due to his eyes having also changed in shape. I think it’s swelling from some unknown reason. Regardless, I don’t think I would have recognized him, based upon his first ‘mug’ shot.
Thank you, Blink, for posting the updated photo of him.
To me, he was such an obvious choice as a suspect (not saying that he is guilty of Morgan’s murder); yet, as far as we know, the LE never actively pursued him. My first thought about that is there was not enough evidence for a solid case…. against anyone, for that matter.
Guess I’m just like everyone else..feeling impatient. Hurry up LE.
Has anyone else noticed the photos of EMH and JMB look similar?
Not saying they are the same person, but EMH latest photo looks a lot like JMB.
“In Memory of Gini says:
June 22, 2010 at 12:38 pm
This guy never got a follow up story. I wonder if he was found.”
James Melvin Brown
http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=post&pid=12032005100788097
Busy day but I just want to say thank you for this news.
My heart is in my throat, truly.
Heading out to entertain visitors but Dan, Gil, and Alex, I am thinking of you constantly and hoping so hard this could be the break you have been waiting and advocating for.
Daisygirl, I’m not certain, but if I recall correctly, the person in the video seated inside Anchorage Farm and watching the performance of The Long Haul, was tentatively identified as a security guard from JPJ. I could be wrong, so, please correct me if I am…. Blink?
He has never publicly been id’d that I am aware of.
B