Former UVA Cop Charged With Rape: Sean Michael Horn Faces Bond Hearing Today
Charlottesville, VA- Sean Michael Horn, 42, current Albemarle County reserve deputy and former police officer for the University of Virginia as well as the Albemarle Sheriffs Office was arrested last evening for rape. The arrest follows an extensive investigation conducted by the prosecutors office.
While there has been no specifics released, and it is the policy of www.blinkoncrime not to identify alleged victims of sexual crimes, we have learned that a complaint of rape against Horn was received in the Fall of 2011.
The arrest follows what can only be described as a series of chaotic incidents and events affecting Albemarle county law enforcement officers since 2009 at a minimum.
Following the death of 18 year old Greene County resident Colby Eppard on New Years Day 2010 by police gunfire, 7 Albemarle county officers were either suspended and/or demoted. Caleb Marden, a decorated sharp-shooter who served in Iraq was fired. Denise Lunsord, prosecutor for Albemarle county and North Garden resident, cleared all officers of any wrongdoing from the incident.
Eppard allegedly stole a neighboring Greene County patrol car and traveled almost 60 miles to Albemarle county. Although off duty Greene Sgt Randall Snead was out of his jurisdiction, Snead was among the officers in pursuit of Eppard and participated in the ambush to stop the teen. Snead’s former mentor and Sherriff, Willie Morris, committed suicide on January 28th.
Although he was on desk assignment pending the investigation of Eppard’s death, Snead responded to the scene of Morris’s home where he was located and rushed to the hospital. Morris was removed from life sustaining efforts without ever regaining consciousness. A suicide note blamed his tinnitus condition.
In a recent election, Steve Smith won the Sheriff slot running against Snead, and has since met with controversy after releasing nearly all of his staff. An email criticizing Smith was received by several news outlets from a previously fired Albemarle County Lt. Scott Cox, then a Greene county deputy who has since been released. Horn has Sheriff Smith listed as a friend on his facebook profile. Cox was among the Albemarle County Officers who was demoted after 18 years of service in the scandal.
Albemarle county is also the home of The Anchorage Farm, where murdered Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington was recovered after exhaustive searches of the areas surrounding the JPJ arena, UVA campus and private LE searches failed to locate her. Harrington disappeared from a Metallica concert at the John Paul Jones Arena on October 17, 2009 after being refused re-entry by security. DNA evidence has linked the Harrington case to a suspect in an unsolved rape in Fairfax, VA in 2005. Former lead detective now retired, Lt. Rader, has only indicated that forensic link means that Morgan came into contact with that individual prior to leaving Charlottesville.
Efforts to confirm whether Sean Horn was working the event as a UVA officer that evening have not been returned.
Corrine Geller, public information officer for the Virginia State Police, whose agency leads the probe into Morgan’s homicide responded to our inquiry as to whether or not Horn was a target of their continuing investigation this morning:
“The investigation remains ongoing at this time. I’m not able to comment on who our agents have or have not looked into during the course of their investigation.”
Horn lists Virginia Tech among his educational credentials on his facebook account, where Harrington was a junior at the time of her disappearance. It is not known if the two were acquainted.
Horn is being held in the Albemarle Regional jail pending his bond hearing today.
Check back to www.blinkoncrime.com for updates.
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Blink, I don’t remember what name I used before (only a couple of private messages a while back), but I just found this. Dillon Lee Shifflett has been arrested for rape in Albemarle County. I remember his name from long ago, but don’t know if this is significant now.
Thanks for all you do. I’m still following…
LOL…its ok John, thou art not bugging too badly and if I thought anything could come of discussing it, I would. I just can’t help but feel like something else is being missed (or maybe just we, the public, are being kept from knowing a detail for possible future prosecution).
Well, at least one RSO (DS)is off our streets for the time being, at least. This is one of the POS who lives near and hangs out with other RSO near Anchorage Farm. These RSO are not capabable of being rehabilitated. Period.
http://www.nbc29.com/story/16697327/registered-sex-offender-charged-with-another-assault
Heartbreaking stuff:
“Prosecutor says Yeardley Love laid in her bed for two hours dying after being assaulted by #Huguely. Love’s mother is crying.@ABC7Gail
Retweeted by Jessica Jaglois ”
Heartbreaking is right, omg, I cannot imagine that while that creep was dumping her computer she was dying.
I am glad to hear Jess covering this, my interactions with her are all very positive.
B
Ok, J.me let’s do that. Let’s go back to what all we researched and also things that we found interesting. I go back to Morgan inside the arena, drinking from someone’s glass of soda. Apparently this couple talked to Morgan, and I guess she kept bugging them and asking for sips of their soda. My first thought was, what could have been in that soda besides just soda. I mean apparently she was ok during that portion of the concert. She was sitting there talking to them and wasn’t incoherent.
She gets up to go to the bathroom and she all of a sudden becomes a staggering, wondering, flirtatious young woman. So, what could have been in those soda bottles that would incapacitate someone like that? Pills, grain alcohol? I’m just thinking that mixing those things with whatever else she had been drinking might not sit so well, because she fell at some point after that drinking episode, thus the blood on her chin, losing her camera etc. Now, if they know that those people were giving her drinks, does LE know it?
Now, those people didn’t murder Morgan, BUT, they could have been a contributing factor. Then she moves from the bathroom out the front doors, where she dumps out her purse once, then almost twice. I’m thinking the arena had that on video, even though we don’t know about it. The reason I feel that way is because if they didn’t, then it would have been only the story of the security guard, and I can’t see them putting much merit in just his version.
I want to know when that security guard got off work. I’m just going by the girl that was in the ticket booth, her mother wrote about that night, saying that had her daughter seen a woman in trouble she would have done something about it, but she didn’t see a thing. Have you looked at the arena blue prints? The ticket booths are indicated on the prints and the girl is correct, from her standpoint she couldn’t possibly have missed Morgan, because no matter at which ticket booth she would have been in, she should have been able to see at least part of the version of events that we already have been told. So, her shift ended at 9:30, at that point she hadn’t seen Morgan, when at 9:00 to around 9:10 she was walking all the way from east to west along that exact path?
J.me- what did I miss? Why would we speak to this publicly? I would consider this a material witness and have published what I would consider an acceptable public version of that exchange-
B
I don’t know if this is coincidence but I find it odd that I saw posts on Morgan sites in 2010 from a person claiming LE was involoved in Morgans death and now this??
WOW did I start something?
lol, no, J.me posted back to you, I am on location on my droid so I could not catch the whole exchange.
B
La.Sandy says:
February 7, 2012 at 7:38 pm
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Blink, I don’t remember what name I used before (only a couple of private messages a while back), but I just found this. Dillon Lee Shifflett has been arrested for rape in Albemarle County. I remember his name from long ago, but don’t know if this is significant now.
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Just looked at the VA State Police Registry and noticed that DLS is employed by Wings Over Charlottesville 2029 Ivy Road within close proximity of where it intersects with Copeley Road. I don’t know if he was employed 10/17/2009 or if that establishment was even in business at the time.
I do recall the unconfirmed rumor that Morgan’s scent was picked up at one of the several “Wings” (all of different ownership) restaurants in town. I was under the impression that the “Wings” restaurant at the Amtrak station was the one where that was reported, falsely or maybe that it was just a faint scent by the dogs- anyone?
OK…this should explain:
http://blinkoncrime.com/2011/10/16/two-years-cold-morgan-harrington-murder-two-women-two-locations-too-long/#more-5710
“A fellow Metallica fan sitting in the general area of Morgan and her friends, whose name is being intentionally withheld as a potential witness in this case, both observed and interacted with her until she left her seat; he assumed, for a drink.
He said during the Lamb of God set, Morgan changed her seat in the middle, and characterized her as very friendly, but “erratic” and repeatedly asked he and his companions for a sip of their non-alcoholic beverages.
In his opinion, Morgan exhibited signs of being under some sort of influence, was definitely overheated and parched.
A few minutes later, another witness claimed to be online with Morgan at the concession stand where she purchased a soda.
Shortly after this exchange, Morgan is seen dabbing a wound on her chin in the ladies room. Witnesses in a different area of seating believe they saw a woman matching Morgan’s description fall on the steps to the immediate right of their seats, and was not carrying a drink at the time.”
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Regarding Questioner’s post above #5, From what Blink wrote, no one can assume that Morgan took a drink from this person’s cup. Would you let a stranger/ girl already behaving erratically drink from your cup? …Probably why she got up and went to purchase her own soda.
The rumor was the wild wings by the train station and it was false.
All of this is so very frustrating. I come here, everyday many times, in hopes that something more is discovered. I want this crime solved for Morgan, her family and the next girl. I can’t seem to get over it, to move on, to stop thinking about Morgan, of how it could have been my daughter or one of my daughter’s friends. I know there are a lot of crimes, everywhere, but this is the one I am stuck on. The answers must be found. I would very much like to know how the case is progressing. Is LE just waiting? Are they on to someone? Blink, where is the investigation?
Look at what jme posted and then look up the physiological effects of ecstasy. Couldn’t be more on point.
I agree on ecstasy.mo.
MDMA or Ecstasy (3-4-methylenedioxymethampheta-mine), is a synthetic drug with amphetamine-like and hallucinogenic properties.
Well I think we all know it cannot be ruled out with the exception that I want to say that Cappuzzo made a statement that she was not drugged. In order for him to say that, he would have to know if her tox screen was clear or not. That said, we also do not know at what level her tox could even be processed with a mostly skeletonized recovery. I can really only say what they could not use for testing.
B
J.me- I haven’t seen that previously… I’m also wondering if maybe Morgan was kicked out of JPJ instead of walking out on her own now. JPJ would never admitt it if they did. It’s never made any sort of sense to me that she went outside on her own.
I’m still wanting more info. on the LE connection also…. Anyone??
@redly agreed; that completely explains the need to get into the cool air outside for what she probably hoped was just for a minute to cool off. Additionally, the high was probably wearing off by the time she met the basketball players so it’s completely understandable she would be irritable and/or “wobbly”. BTW has there been any movement on the lawsuit?
Y’all I came across this fantastic website after watching a show on ID about Katie Sepich. “Katie’s Law” requires DNA testing after felony *arrests* rather than convictions and I was happy to see that both Virginia and SC have already passed it. I was happy also to read that very few markers are actually needed for identification purposes; no genetic material is taken and studies have shown that DNA testing can actually PREVENT crime.
http://dnasaves.org/
OK….just so you all know, my last post was an excerpt from a previously published piece on BOC. You can click on the link to read in entirety…
Tango — the lawsuit is just sitting there as far as I can tell. No answer or appearance for the defendant. This is assuming the online docket is updated reasonably regularly.
Thanks so much j.me! That also gave me some info I had not previously heard. The tif with her friend Amy. If a LE official (or ex LE) is truly involved, that opens up so many other possibilities with so called evidence, possible evidence tampering,,,, it’s endless now. I was really hopeful when they had DNA from an actual suspect but now I’m even questioning that evidence.
How long does the effect of ecstasy last?
If she did just go outside to cool off and believe it would be just for a minute, then why would someone say they warned her that she wouldn’t be allowed back in, and she went anyway?
@alexandra i really don’t know because I’ve never done ecstasy but my guess is she was overheated and felt going outside was the only way to get some relief. It doesn’t let the security company off the hook though. She should have been taken to first aid or even arrested which would have saved her life. I don’t have a lot of time cause I’m at work and I’d love to say more but from what I’ve read ecstasy is not a hard drug. For some people though anything stronger than an Advil is like LSD.
About 4 hours but it of course depends on what you take. Maybe because she was intoxicated.
The use of ecstasy would also explain the complete silence of the friends. I doubt Morgan was ‘rolling’ all by herself.
It’s always been my feeling that Morgan ended up outside the arena due to the effects of whatever deemed her “incapacitated”. I thought maybe she was sick from just alcohol, but her behavior can’t really be explained by beer alone, unless Four-Loco was the drink of choice that night. Ecstasy would make more sense in alot of ways, and it could be the reason the one friend changed her mind and didn’t go to the concert. If it was known among the friends (remember Morgan’s fb comment re: Unicorns) that she got a little out of control when she took it, it’s possible they just didn’t want to “deal” with her while under the influence. Not saying that’s right on their part, but could explain some things.
Now, even though the whole Sketch thing is weird, I’m going to trust that he really was involved with Morgan at some point that night, it’s the only forensic/DNA link we have, so I’ll go with it for now. We also know Sketch is linked to the Faifax rape, so he was in FF in 2005 and C-ville in 2009 around the same time of year, and approximately the same time of night. It seems to me that he is not homeless, since he was dressed in some type of work-related attire, imo, in FF. What was he doing there, where did he come from, where was he going? I expanded the map of the area where the rape occurred to see what else was in the vicinity besides the Giant. Lo and behold, the National Rifle Museum and shooting range is not far, NRA Museum, 11250 Waples Mill Road, Fairfax, VA. The shooting range, which apparently offers courses to LE, is open until 10pm several nights a week:
http://www.nrahq.org/shootingrange/nrahqrange/hours.asp
Looks like the employees wear a uniform:
http://www.nrablog.com/post/2011/12/05/Production-at-the-NRA-Headquarters-Range.aspx
Did someone get off of work or just get finished at the shooting range, walk over to the Giant, and see the victim?
There is also an Enterprise Rent-a-Car almost directly across the street from the apartment complex. It’s possible someone from out of town just picked up a car from there, or someone local just got back from a road trip and dropped a rental off there. I didn’t check yet, but is there an Enterprise in C-ville? anywhere near UVa? Would Morgan get in one of those Enterprise Co cars if it stopped on the bridge, you know, the ones with their logo that they use to pick up and drop off customers? Were rental car company employees checked out?
Blink says, “I want to say that Cappuzzo made a statement that she was not drugged.”
Does he only mean that Morgan did not have drugs in her system at her point of death? Or does he mean that Morgan was not drugged on the evening of Oct 17th? Or both? If the former is the case then he is only saying that on whatever date she died, she didn’t have drugs in her system. BUT if the latter is the case it leads me to believe that they know she died within a very short time of the concert. He could not say this about Morgan regarding the evening of Oct. 17th otherwise. (Some people had made the statement that she could have been held for a number of days, and I always hope and pray that was not true.)
I believe his statement, without being in a position to research it at the moment, was that there was no evidence that Morgan was drugged involuntarily. As I am certain Morgan was not prescribed any meds, the only way for him to make that statement in earnest, is to know the contents of her tox report.
Could he have mis-spoken or unintentionally said something in the affirmative he was not prepared to or did not mean to? Possible.
To your point, that is all that I feel can be intelligently gleaned from his comment without an autopsy report. There are many toxins that can be rendered undetectable after as little as 13 hours that can also be fatal- no way to speculate outside of the knowledge that the level of accuracy and usability of tox screen is inherently tied to it’s source.
One thing I can say for certain, Morgan’s COD, whatever it is, will be revealed in the civil case.
B
The silence of friends… Apparently there were no true friends in that group…Could have been some enemy in that group. Girls on Girls.
Seems to me the sipping of a drink belonging to a stranger is so odd.
According to what has been written Morgan seems to get further out with each sip.
Could very well be that the drink was laced and each sip cost $$
I have no idea really I am just guessing where the drug “if there is one” came from.
alexandra:From my experience with Extacy it lasts anywhere from 5-6 hrs,depending on how much MDMA(main ingredient in X)is in the pill..When I say 5-6hrs I’m going on my day’s(around 10years ago when it wasn’t as dangerous as it is today,bc people cut the X with different shit now)of experimenting with it on the weekends for 2-3 months in the club’s in PGH.Out of those 5-6 hrs you will “ROLL” for maybe 2-3 hrs.The “rolling” is the slang term for doing EXTACY,which refers to when the X is at it’s peak and is most potent.When you are on X everything is great,you don’t have a care in the world.All of your inhibitions are gone.You also act extremely friendly.Your jaw want’s to non stop move,which is why most people chew gum or have a lolipop in their mouth.You want to dance and listen to music with a killer beat,which is why most people listen to techno.Aperson’s pupil’s are huge when they are on X.All you want too do is touch someone or something soft,and physical thing’s usually happen when people are “rolling” together.
However,it doesn’t take much for one person to screw up somebody’s ROLL.If you’re peaking it’s easy to get freaked out for whatever reason.That’s why it’s imperative for all who are together that are doing X to watch out for each other.Could this be why there was a tiff?I actually suspected that I thought it was X as well,about a month or 2 ago on here.I also think it may have been pain pills.The perk 30′s are huge now and they make you dehydrated as well.Either way I think there was more than alcohol involved.It also could have been coke,bc that’s another that put’s you in a very good mood,and makes you drink a lot.Whether it was X,pills,coke,or nothing at all Morgan deserved better than this.Nobody should have to encounter an animal like that bc they were/were not under the influence of a mind alterating substance.I check this site daily(the last few month’s)hoping Morgan’s case has progressed,but it seems LE is out clues,ideas,suspects,and a fucking brain.From everything I’ve read in online articles LE botched this poor girl’s case from jump street.For the Harrington’s sake I really hope this get’s solved,as parent’s that’s the least they deserve.LE in that area from what I’ve read has had their head’s in their asses for over 20yrs.Let’s pray that they pull those heads out soon,bc Morgan’s killer deserves a seat in the chair.
I did Ecstasy one time (many, many moons ago) and it had the effect of COMPLETELY mellowing me out, and making me think everything was absolutely wonderful. I could barely move for a few hours yet I was not sleepy. So it’s similar to being very, very drunk without the feeling of wanting to puke and without any wild behavior. Of course, maybe the recipes vary and the effects vary. I cannot imagine wanting to do that and be at a concert–what would be the point? You would be interested primarily in melding to the people right around you. No one would be fighting or angry or any of that–if they were all doing it. Anyway, I would suspect alcohol consumption in Morgan’s case because of the description of her being unsteady on her feet and demanding a ride from a stranger–and possibly being argumentative.
Olivia, I suppose everyone can have a different reaction and also people who think they are taking x are sometimes taking something else entirely, but it is not usually a mellow drug. It is very much of a concert/ dance drug. It does make you very happy an uninhibited though. It’s the type of drug where it is very important to have good friends around you because it does make you vulnerable to others.
IF Morgan went outside just to cool off WHY did she immediately want to get back in?
Also apparently she was warned she would not be able to re enter the arena.
Something is just not right about the way Morgan left the arena and the many times she tried to get back in.
Security ,security, security. That is what screams out loud to me.
I wish SO badly that LE would release more information. Why woild they not disclose where the DNA came from? The shirt or Morgan or both?
Because it is an open homicide investigation? Why should or would they?
B
*would
thank you j.me
Of course Morgan could have gotten overheated just dancing and shouting. It just makes so much sense to me that she needed to cool off fast. I do it all the time after I cook supper, or if I’ve been cleaning. I have to walk outside and get cooled off. Even if she was just drinking she’d be more likely to ignore a threat of no reentry. It’s very possible she was trying to get the BB players to get her back in the building since she had seen them coming out. Many folks commented on the possibility of ecstasy use way back in the beginning. It wasn’t until I read about the danger of becoming dehydrated on it that a light went on. Unfortunately, it still doesn’t explain when and how she came into contact with sketch.
And it doesn’t explain the torn and now missing ticket either. I’m hoping that will come out in the lawsuit too.
and the lawsuit is waiting…on the investigation?
The lawsuit is in due process of a civil filing, not waiting on anything.
B
Can anyone elaborate regarding the theory on the ambush shooting of the 18 year old? I’m out of the loop on that one. Thanks in advance
Ok, there is an Enterprise Rent-a-Car office at 392 Pantops Center…wasn’t there an initial search there due to “suspicious activity”?
The question of whether Sketch’s DNA was found on the t-shirt or Morgan’s remains is HUGE….if it was found on the shirt, it doesn’t mean then, without a question of doubt, that Sketch is the one who had last contact with her at the farm. If it WAS found on the body/at the farm, then it’s pretty obvious Sketch at least had some knowledge of how she died. The “placing” of the shirt has always bugged me, always in the back of my mind whenever I think about Morgan. So yesterday I googled “15th Street and Grady Avenue Charlottesville VA”, and the map that came up had a photo of the intersection.
The google photo was dated August 2008, and when you enlarge it, you can also pan all around the area of 15th and Grady. On the day the photo was taken, it almost looks like a staged scene, there’s so much going on. At the “dead end”, there’s a guy in a hard hat leaning against a “bucket truck”, like a power co truck or tree trimmers. There’s some kind of consttruction going on at the one big corner house, lots of ladders and new windows leaning against the house. There are also newly trimmed and/or removed trees and shrubs along the street, and a Fed-EX delivery behind the one house. All this going on in one snapshot of the intersection where someone, in broad daylight according to the guy who lives there, displayed the shirt a missing girl was wearing on the night she disappeared. I (cyberly) went all around that area several times, and it doesn’t look like there would be any where to discreetly hide oneself while trying to place that shirt. You couldn’t just la-de-da down the street, stop, look around, pull the shirt out of a bag or something, and carefully place it on a shrub…there are windows in all the buildings there, and there are windows facing the street from every direction. It took someone with an immense set of you know whats to do this, or someone whose presence there would not attract alot of attention.
Peace to everyone, and hope for answers and justice for Morgan and the Harringtons.
Thank you Georgie for explaining WHY it’s important to know where the DNA came from so that I didn’t have to. You said everything I feel. If the DNA came from the shirt, the public has a right to know that imo. It could mean the diff. between life or death in saving the next girl. If it’s someone in a position to possibly plant evidence, people need to know. LE has kept waaay too much information from the public and obviously it’s done nothing to sove Morgans murder and possibly others. I think it’s time….
Redly says:
February 9, 2012 at 7:45 pm
Tango — the lawsuit is just sitting there as far as I can tell. No answer or appearance for the defendant. This is assuming the online docket is updated reasonably regularly.
alexandra says:
February 11, 2012 at 11:34 am
and the lawsuit is waiting…on the investigation?
The lawsuit is in due process of a civil filing, not waiting on anything.
B
I was just wondering how long it takes to set a court date.
Sydneyfrog says:
February 11, 2012 at 12:59 pm
Can anyone elaborate regarding the theory on the ambush shooting of the 18 year old? I’m out of the loop on that one
Google Colby Eppard
Yes, Georgie, Enterprise Rent-A-Car is right across the street from the Giant Food and Rock Garden Drive in Fairfax.
And yes, Enterprise is also in Charlottesville at Pantops near State Farm Blvd near where they searched…..interesting…..Wonder what their employees wear?
“Because it is an open homicide investigation? Why should or would they?
B”
Umm…. to help solve the crime? Keeping the info close to the vest, in this and many other Virginia crimes, doesn’t seem to be working too well.
In a general sense, I agree with you, but publicly releasing the DNA origins or any other case sensitive information are not going to solve this case. In what way? Additionally, solving the case is one thing, being able to prosecute it is entirely different.
Here is a hypothetical: What if releasing that information prepares a suspect to know the case in chief against him before he is even arrested? I see no upside in doing that.
We all agree that the strategy of LE is not working in this case, and several others- I have stated that since we learned of the forensic link to sketch in the first place.
I would be in favor of releasing anything that would potentially progress leads in the case, not compromise it.
It is beyond frustrating, I know.
B
UH, oh. Post didn’t show up–gone to spamalot?
It was about Esmont and the boys.
I completely understand why LE must not reveal certain aspects of an investigation. The last thing I think any of us here want to do is bungle anything that would hinder bringing Morgans killer(s) to justice. My concern with this particular subject is that the link (if coming from the shirt) could potentially be as I said before, the diff. between life and death for another victim. If it came from the shirt, it opens up other possibilities that are horrifying to think about. The shirt was planted (imo) for one of two reasons. Either the suspect wanted to gloat and show off his trophy, or the suspect wanted to make it appear someone else was responsible for the crime. Many thanks to you also Blink for staying on top of this case. If not for you, the public would know much less than we already do, so kudos to you and please keep up the good work.
Thank you, but I continue to miss how revealing the DNA specifics publicly is life or death to anyone?
What would it illuminate or change wrt to the investigation by releasing that very critical information to the public?
B
http://www.pritchardevents.com/services.php
I don’t remember seeing this company mentioned before but it probably has been. I came across a female SO in Charlottesville who works for this company at JPJA. Looks like some employees wear khakis and blue zipper jackets. One of their services is parking lot cleanup.
Pritchard was working the evening of October 17, 2009
B
j.me….Up here in Pa, I think the Enterprise employees wear a dress shirt, dress pants, and a tie, not sure if they are required to wear certain colors or not. I’m trying to link certain jobs with the four different places involved in this case….that particular area of Fairfax, the UVA area, 15th and Grady, and Anchorage Farm. Not only did the suspect have to be very familiar with all of these places, but imo, he had to be able to move around the areas as well without drawing suspicion to himself. Who/what kind of vocation would fit into these categories? AF is the real wild card here, it narrows the field considerably, because not everyone who is familiar with the “urban” areas would feel comfortable taking a body to AF and putting her where she was found.
I absolutely understand why LE would not release the DNA info, it’s perhaps something only the perp would have knowledge of, and could indeed hamper a prosecution. A defense attorney would somehow find a way to make mince-meat out of that DNA evidence if all the info about where it was found, whose it was, how it possibly got there, was released. Sydneyfrog, as much as we’d all like to know that stuff, I don’t see how knowing if the DNA was found on the shirt or Morgan’s remains could keep another girl from suffering the same fate, and it is SO important to maintain the integrity of that evidence for a future (hopefully) trial.
Well, if the DNA came from the “leggings”, which I have to think it did not, because you said VSP did not have them. (you did not say the FBI or CIA, or Charlottesville police or UVA police did not have them) Were you intending to indicate (all police) in this statement B? I imagine the leggings have DNA on them, just as the shirt did.
Why bother to plant items if no DNA on them.