Morgan Harrington Murder: FBI, Metallica and Virginia State Police Ask You To Help Them Find Her Killer
Morgan Harrington disappeared from the John Paul Jones arena on October 17, 2009. Morgan’s remains were located and recovered the morning of January 26, 2010 on the Anchorage Farm in Charlottesville, VA.
Reported exclusively on www.blinkoncrime.com, Morgan’s alleged attacker was tied via DNA to a sexual assault in Fairfax, VA in September 2005.
With the help of a multi media campaign, the FBI, Virginia State Police and Fairfax Police are asking for the publics help to catch her killer.
Revised Sketch of Harrington Suspect
Metallica offered this public service announcement:
Metallica Statement On Harrington Case
FBI Press Release:
Authorities Launch Multimedia Campaign in Morgan Harrington Murder Case
Murder Suspect Linked by DNA to Sexual Assault in Fairfax City, Virginia
| FBI Washington June 13, 2012 |
Today, federal, state, and local law enforcement launched a multimedia campaign that includes two enhanced composite sketches of a suspect in the 2009 murder of Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington. The unknown murder suspect is also connected by DNA to a 2005 sexual assault in Fairfax City, Virginia.
Authorities recently enhanced the composite sketch created in 2005 from a description by the sexual assault victim. One of the composites shows the suspect with facial hair, as the suspect was described at the time of the attack. The second composite sketch features him without facial hair.
The two attacks were connected through DNA after a forensic profile was submitted by the Virginia Department of Forensic Science to the FBI’s national DNA database. The search found that the suspect in the Harrington murder investigation matched the DNA profile of the attacker in Fairfax City.
The multimedia campaign includes a public service announcement by Metallica lead guitarist James Hetfield appealing to the public to come forward with information concerning the Morgan Harrington investigation. The composite sketches of the suspect are being featured on bus shelters in Washington, D.C., as well as on digital billboards in Richmond, Virginia; Roanoke, Virginia; Washington, D.C.; and in 23 other states along the East Coast. Social media outreach and alerts via Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, along with a website dedicated to the Harrington case were also launched Wednesday. Podcasts are now available on iTunes, and radio spots are airing to further raise awareness of the ongoing investigation. The multi-pronged effort is designed to develop new leads and renew the public’s attention in the attacks. The campaign implements techniques similar to those that have led to the arrests of the East Coast Rapist as well as Ten Most Wanted fugitive James “Whitey” Bulger.
The Jefferson Area Crime Stoppers is offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for Morgan Harrington’s murder. In addition, the band Metallica is adding $50,000 to the reward, for a total of $150,000.
Morgan Harrington Murder
On the evening of Saturday, October 17, 2009, Harrington attended a Metallica concert at John Paul Jones Arena on the University of Virginia (UVA) campus in Charlottesville, Va. At approximately 8:30 p.m., she left the arena and was unable to re-enter the facility. She was last seen hitchhiking for a ride from passing traffic.
Harrington was dressed that night in a black T-shirt with the word “Pantera” spelled out in tan letters and was wearing a distinctive Swarovski crystal necklace made of large crystal chain links, which investigators have yet to recover. Harrington’s “Pantera” T-shirt was found on November 11, 2009, in front of a row of apartments along 15th Street, NW near Grady Avenue in Charlottesville. Harrington’s skeletal remains were later discovered on January 26, 2010, in a remote field on an Albemarle County, Virginia farm along Route 29. A camera that Harrington had in her possession that night has never been recovered.
Sexual Assault in Fairfax City, Virginia
On the evening of Saturday, September 24, 2005, a 26-year-old victim was walking home from the Giant Food Store located on the 3700 block of Jermantown Road in Fairfax City, Virginia. The suspect grabbed the victim from behind as she walked down Rock Garden Drive toward her residence. He then carried the victim to a grassy area behind a maintenance shed, where he sexually assaulted her. The suspect was last seen running from the area.
The suspect is described as an African-American male with black hair and facial hair at the time of the attack. He is approximately 6’0” tall and was believed to be between the ages of 25 and 35 years old at the time of the attack.
The public is asked to review this information and consider whether they know someone who generally fits this description, who lived or had ties to the area around the times of the assaults, or who may have been known to spend considerable amounts of time in those areas.
People who know the suspect may not believe that he is capable of committing these crimes. He may not necessarily have a violent criminal history. Because investigators are in possession of DNA evidence that can either positively link the suspect to his crimes or exclude innocent parties, citizens should not hesitate to provide information, even if it is just the name of a potential suspect.
The following agencies are cooperating in the investigation of these crimes: the Virginia State Police, City of Fairfax Police, University of Virginia Police, Charlottesville Police, Albemarle County Police, Albemarle County Commonwealth’s Attorney, Virginia Tech Police Department, George Mason Police Department, and the FBI.
Law enforcement agencies are asking anyone with information to contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) or the Virginia State Police Tip line at 434-352-3467.
Press Contacts:
Virginia State Police
(804) 263-5547
City of Fairfax Police Department
(703) 273-2889
FBI Richmond Field Office
(804) 261-1044
FBI Washington Field Office
(202) 278-3519
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Whoever placed Morgan in that location, knows the area and the area knows him.
I’m still here, checking in almost every day, hoping for good news and justice for Morgan and her family.
I get a sense that sketch is right under someone’s nose and they’re not making the connection. He’s closer than we think. I just pray it’s not another victim away from finding out.
@ Olivia
January 12, 2013 at 8:30 pm
Too good not to highlight on this new page Olivia!!
I am totally with you on this assessment.
Quote:
In the search for Morgan’s murderer we at BOC have posited from the little evidence available to us (including the sketch) that he is likely:
a local, currently or previously a rural resident, an African-American man between 35 and 55, approximately 6 feet tall with a full face and close-clipped hair, a hairline receding slightly at the temples, holding a driver’s license and having access to a vehicle, quite likely a UVA employee, enjoying the support of family, able to come across as normal and likeable, a risk taker, and an abductor.
End of Quote.
I also believe had a local accomplice perhaps a white guy, who joined him at some stage of the crime and was either at the scene or helped him place her body there, most probably by wheels or some sort of cart driven close to the fence line.
Still … why not just dispose of Morgan behind a building, in a parking lot, along the side of a side road? I think it was someone who knew they were witnessed having had contact with her that night, and so needed to hide the body. Thus, their need to know the search info. and the t-shirt planting. That, to me, puts the perp (s) smack dab on UVA property. Both Anchorage Farm and UVA are critical clues; and suspects that would have access to privileged information.
Perhaps LE’s regrettable sin here is they did not consider EVERYONE a suspect and formed their view of the case far to soon. Once so screwed up, they could never turn back? Thus, LE’s response to Lt. Rader’s Letter? Maybe the Perp (s) helped them in their first false conclusions and is off limits now?
Hummingbird- and others- mentioned a cart being used to transport Morgan. I wonder if the use of carts is the norm in that subdivision? I would guess more likely an ATV even around a neighborhood as exclusive as Blandemar. I associate carts with flat areas. I agree that, as we discussed during early BOC threads, that the perp(s) likely entered from the Blandemar area, by SOME sort of vehicle: cart, ATV, what have you.
CentVA Native Away says:
January 16, 2013 at 12:47 pm
Hummingbird- and others- mentioned a cart being used to transport Morgan. I wonder if the use of carts is the norm in that subdivision? I would guess more likely an ATV even around a neighborhood as exclusive as Blandemar. I associate carts with flat areas. I agree that, as we discussed during early BOC threads, that the perp(s) likely entered from the Blandemar area, by SOME sort of vehicle: cart, ATV, what have you.
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My best guess would be an ATV-type vehicle or “gator”. But where did they enter the property/area and how did they get the ATV to AF? Drive from a neighboring property? Pickup truck to somewhere nearby then on to AF with ATV? Were there clues that would have been more likely seen by bikers (per the initial requests for bikers to note if they saw anything)?
I seem to remember talk about the possibility of access by driving along the flatter area where the power pylons are near AF. I think A Texas Grandfather talked of this and also Blink.
One could directly access the farm from that entrance, yes.
B
Thank you, Hummingbird. I agree there could easily have been an accomplice. First-time, have you seen those aerial photos of the AF property we had available here about a year-two years ago? They showed the AF property very clearly and the powerline route and so on–complete with arrows. (Mom3.0 likely can find the link I’m talking about, she’s good at that.) Rose7, you have a point–perhaps he needed to hide her body because he thought he had been seen with her. But there’s also the possibility that he did not want the body discovered so that it would be a missing person case, and displayed the t-shirt to point LE in the direction of townies and students. This makes me think that this guy has been at it a while and has hidden other bodies successfully. What if there are more on AF? Blink and LE think he’s a local and has strong ties to North Garden and the AF property.
There are at least two other missing persons in the area right now:
http://www.readthehook.com/108959/missing-inside-dashad-smith-investigation (2012)
http://www.officialcoldcaseinvestigations.com/showthread.php?t=15405 (2010)
Good thinking all …So, what if the perpetrator ‘himself’ had no ties to AF. What if someone who had had contact with Morgan earlier in the evening came across her murdered body later that evening and didn’t want to be blamed, so took her to AF. This would make any case as hard as this one has been…a murdererer with no ties to the hiding place and a scared innocent telling half truths to VSP.
And yes, the power lines provide direct access to the farm, but one would still have to cross obstacles to get to the exact resting place of Morgan’s body.
Still waiting and praying for Justice for Morgan.
Worth reading that Hook article Olivia posted for an example of good, thorough journalism and also to see how expensive and effort intensive these investigations can be for the police (while still being criticized for not doing enough). The tax payers are paying for that land fill search.
Er- should I take that personally or not a comparative directed at me?
Regardless, I will go on the record right now to say VSP has not done enough in this case.
B
I don’t think the pwerline access is the way in. I tend to think they canme in off Blandemar (from Red Hill) and came in through the edge of the woods before the gate near the green barn. JMO.
J,me says:
January 17, 2013 at 8:50 pm
Good thinking all …So, what if the perpetrator ‘himself’ had no ties to AF. What if someone who had had contact with Morgan earlier in the evening came across her murdered body later that evening and didn’t want to be blamed, so took her to AF. This would make any case as hard as this one has been…a murdererer with no ties to the hiding place and a scared innocent telling half truths to VSP.
OMG, what if this were true.
Regardless, I will go on the record right now to say VSP has not done enough in this case.
B
agreed.
Of course not. It was a compliment to Courtney the hook writer. Most of what we see from the media is terrible.
I didnt read that vsp is even involved in that case.
Agreed, and I also agree Courtney is one of the better investigative reporters non MSM.
B
FYI: the young white man who attempted to abduct a woman in town near Scott Stadium lives in Palmyra in Fluvanna County AND the older black man who attempted to abduct a child at the mall also lives in Palmyra in Fluvanna County. See map link:
http://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=albemarle+fluvanna+nelson+louisa+county+map&oe=utf-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=6ET7UK3MDYjY8gSuz4CoCA&biw=1440&bih=702&sei=EEX7ULv1AYuk8ATXgIGgCw#imgrc=h8CGkHV5Ej9nFM%3A%3BBCKjnodZ98LWJM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.centralvafarms.com%252FCharlottesville_Farms_Photo%252FMapAlbemarle.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.centralvafarms.com%252F%3B387%3B350
Ok J,me, then the innocent would have to know when Mr Bass would cut that field, would have to have known when the field would be cut again. So, what tied the innocent one to AF, at a time of high pressure? And what would the high pressure have been? Being seen in the parking lot talking to Morgan? And then why AF? As Rose7 said, why not just take Morgan to another location that would not be used, and no obstacles to go around and through, and her body possibly decaying faster. Why not take her to say a camp or forest area where no one would be visiting for months? Was it that they didn’t have the time to think of a better place to place her body? Or did they place it at AF for a reason? And about those time restraints, what was the hurry? Did they need to get back to somewhere within a certain time? There is so much more that I’m think of right now, so I’m going to take some time to think about this before I post more.
One more thing. Rose7 – Let’s list those people that we KNOW of who had some sort of direct or indirect contact with Morgan that night, just to see what we might find.
The doorman who refused her re-entry into JPJ
Kickee
The friends
The BB Players
The Curtsy Duo in the golfcart – which tend to make me nervous because it would seem that someone transported her body across field and stream to put her where she was found, and I wonder if a golfcart could do that. And someone would have had to load the cart into the backend of a truck to transport it to AF.
Norma Parson – if we believe that she actually did see Morgan on the Lawn talking with the boys.
Grandma – if we believe that it was Morgan that she witnessed fighting with the boy in the U-Hall lot.
Father & Daughter – saw her hitchhiking
Limo Driver – saw her speaking to the BB Players
Bookkeeper – who saw her walking across Massie Rd with the boys in black
Now these could/probably all be innocent people, but who among them knew AF, if any?
Law Enforcement in central Virginia needs to be more aggressive in their investigations
see what you think of this:
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/01/your-genome-could-reveal-your-identity/
Questioner, I believe the term the lieutenant used was “high stress”. I have learned alot since the beginning of this case. My time at findmorgan.com earned me thousands of messages from many people who were watching the case and one thing I learned is that the term “high stress” is also used in the cannabis growing world in reference to what they do to plants to get them to grow bushier (or whatever). If this person returns to that spot at AF during times of “high stress”, I can’t help but think of this alternate use of the term. Perhaps the lieutenant did not infer this…( but what if he did).
I’m just saying …. I don’t think this was just some ‘ordinary’ predator abduction and murder. I don’t believe he was out ‘preying’ for a victim; Morgan, however fell into his lap … he could not resist taking advantage of the situation. Thus, Morgan was in his territory and he did all his evil deeds in that territory. Thus, he had to work to cover it up. Time constraints? Obligations to job or acquaintances? He could be identified as having contact with her? I think all of those apply. Any other reason than concealment on AF would indicate premeditation. And, I don’t rule that out either.
The party girl ‘run-away’ story and the ‘lone’ sexual predator (which some may assume from the “Sketch”), were just ‘straw-men’.
Lots more investigation is needed here. But, by whom?
just want to check my facts and thank questioner for that list of known or possible witness sightings of Morgan that night.
fact check: of all those known to interact or see Morgan that night, the only ones that did not come forward on their own volition were the basketball players, correct?
And, the supposed ‘cart duo’??
J.me – High stress, yes, that was the term I was looking for inside my poor memory lol, and I had no clue that it had anything to do with cannabis growing. I learn something new every day.
Yes indeed, what if he did? And I have many thoughts on THAT.
Deetee – I believe so, but as you can see in the post above, my memory fades more and more lately.
Another thing that has always bothered me, then I’ll shut up for awhile, I always threaten that then I think of something else and just need to write it down, sorry folks.
Some of those BB Players were studying Anthropology, and I would think that visiting an Historic Site like AF would be a place that wasn’t far from C’ville. Now, what are the odds that at least some of those BB Players did go to AF for one reason or another? The old cemetery is there, the old home, and also the area near to where Morgan’s body was found, was the old homestead Blandemar in that thicket of trees. Is it then safe to assume that some of those players would know that area?
questioner, i think the familiarity to the place Morgan where was found was so “intimate,” and one that would be recognized immediately, if the sketch was someone that had that personal knowledge to the property by the property owners.
Has anyone driven down hwy 29 with a GPS in their car to see what roads show up as you’re driving south, away from the arena? It seems like Red Hill Rd. would show up for sure as a turn off of 29 even if you didn’t plug-in Red Hill Rd. into the GPS for directions. People have posted on various forums that they have driven there and that Morgan’s body was only 300 ft. from where someone could drive their vehicle even if it wasn’t a 4-wheel drive.
Although, initially it seems like such a remote area to place Morgan, I think it’s feasible that it may have been as simple as the killer keeping an eye on their GPS for remote looking areas as they drove south and away from town. You can also use the topographical maps on a GPS to give an even better idea of the terrain of where you’re driving.
That being said, anthropology students may have studied Blandemar or Anchorage Farm as historic sites as questioner mentioned. UVA also has an Architecture school and those students may have studied the historic homes. History students, too. Blandemar Farm Pond is a small reservoir and students may have gone there to fish, swim, or studied it for whatever class teaches about things like dams and reservoirs. There are so many possibilities for the killer(s) to have previously been to where Morgan was left, but it’s not absolute, imo, that they would have had to have intimate knowledge of where she was left.
ChrisM, Trust me, whoever placed Morgan where they did either a) had intimate knowledge of the place or b)dropped her from an airplane.
Even the easiest route from Red Hill/Blandmar to that place on AF is a “haul”. The most logical to me was always the thought of someone who was simply “supposed to be there”, someone who would have had “front door access” to that farm. In the weeks following Oct. 17, 2009, many people had access…and no one thought twice about it until Jan. 26 2010.
Not from an airplane. It is physically impossible with this landscape if one simply studied power lines, telephone lines and roof lines. Yes, had intimate knowledge of the farm, imo.
B
What are your personal thoughts on there being a connection between the fire a few hours earlier on that same early morning when Morgan’s remains were discovered by Mr. Bass?
Personally , I do not think it was a coincidence , IMO.
Reading over all of these latest posts again & was about to sign off & 2 words jumped out at me from Jamie’s post . ” intimate knowledge ” LE said the person knew the land well , & if they said “Intimate Knowledge” they may have been referring to the land being a place where teens would walk to from parked cars to become intimate. Just a thought. OR perhaps they were referring to the perp’s “intimate knowledge ” maybe because he would go back & visit Morgan’s remains or the area where Morgan’s remains were located ?
J, me, I understand where you’re coming from and I thought the same thing (still lean towards it being someone who at least had been to the area before), but after looking at annotated maps last night of the area and where Morgan was found, I was very surprised that someone could very easily drive from Blandemar Farm Dr. or Waldemar Dr. to within 300 feet of where she was found and wouldn’t need to cross the creek or have much risk of being seen late at night. You can see tire marks from the road and across the field to close to where Morgan was on the Google map from 2007.
Mr. Bass said after talking to others, they think the killer entered via Blandemar and I do, too. The killer(s) didn’t need to travel over rough terrain through Anchorage Farm to get to the location. They only needed to drive on a paved road, then across a field that had obviously been driven on before, and walk her body past a narrow tree line. I think he said there’s a barbed wire fence there, and those are easy to get over.
The map that shows it the best, imo, is the one on this page http://persiflage.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=mapsphotos&action=print&thread=27
Scroll down to the map that has “Close up of the farmhouse, an unoccupied building on Blandemar Drive. This property is attached to the house on Waldemar Drive in the district of Blandemar Farm Estates” underneath the picture. Look at the tire marks in the field that come to very close to where Morgan was found. The killer could have driven even closer than the tire marks show, by driving to the area shown in the pic where there is just one narrow tree line to walk through.
Sorry to harp on this so much, but it was a “Wow” moment when I saw the maps and realized that it really was much easier to get to that location than I thought.
Another thought I had was that the perp(s) originally intended to leave Morgan in Blandemar Pond/Reservoir to “wash away” possible forensic evidence, but thought she may be found too soon, so changed the plan to putting her where she was left.
Blink, if it’s not ok to post links, please edit my post as necessary.
J,Me — have you been on the property and specifically have you walked/driven the route from the gate on red hill to near the site where the body was found?
I have not but I did live for 2 years on a similar property a couple of miles east and we used to drive jeeps/SUVs all the time on that exact type of terrain out back of our house. The ground is rock hard and not difficult at all to drive. If there are creeks, you just have to find the crossing. He may have known the property but I would not assume that the knowledge, if he had it, was intimate. If he took that route (which is the first turn off from red hill), I think he could have been in and out in 20 minutes without much difficulty.
Thanks for that link ChrisM. That would have been a very easy access point — even easier than the one I mentioned. If someone was one that road, he could have driven to the tree line and then placed morgan on the other side of the trees with little to know knowledge of what lay beyond.
cover up. why?
B says “Not from an airplane. It is physically impossible with this landscape if one simply studied power lines, telephone lines and roof lines. Yes, had intimate knowledge of the farm, imo.”
B
B, My suggestion of the airplane was to highlight the improbability of it being anyone other than someone who had intimate Knowledge of AF. The airplane was the ridiculous alternative for emphasis…
ChrisM, yes from maps it looks the way you say. My point is that if you are unfamiliar with the area and do not have “FRONT DOOR ACCESS”, Placing a body where Morgan was found would be highly unlikely. When you see the terrain in person the idea seems crazy (short of Sketch being the Incredible Hulk.)
ChrisM – In looking back at all those maps, my opinion still is, that however Morgan got onto that parcel of property was from either Blandemar Farm Dr, past that small shed where the tire tracks can be seen in the land, or from the gate off Red Hill Rd across from the one property that was being built. To me, those two places are close enough to where she was found, yet far enough away from prying eyes. Yet at either entrance, one would need to know the lay of the land on a dark night. And also need to be damn sure if they were using the Blandemar Farm Dr, that no one would driving either into that area, or out of that area when they took her there.
Which then would lead me right back to the Limo Driver, possibly having knowledge of who might use that particular driveway, which would be the Countess’s property, and perhaps she would have been the only one using that entrance, and knowing that she didn’t live there during the winter months? I wonder now as I did back then if she ever used a Limo Service, and if so, who was the driver? Was it always the same driver or different ones? Did she possibly have a favorite driver? Did she possibly have someone who lived on her property drive her? So many questions and no answers.
I feel that it’s about time SOME of our questions be answered. It’s been long enough with no answers.
@ChrisM-Very good post of those maps.I had viewed about 75% of those before,but all were on separate pages. It was nice to see all of those together for once. I’m with you on how Morgan got to her resting spot. I always thought (from the first time seeing that picture) there was a fence between the field and the road, but I guess I am wrong. Nice pull!!!
Here’s something that makes no sense to me about this case. As I’ve stated before I was working on the extension of the DC Metro in NOVA when this happened, so being relatively close I know how it was plastered on the news there. It made Nancy Grace( that’s how I found out they found Morgan when I was back in the Burgh), and numerous magazines. Usually cases that are high profile regardless of the outcome e.g. solved or unsolved end up being a segment on Dateline,48 hours, etc.. 48 hours has already put a segment out about the Long Island serial killer and that case isn’t close to being solved. My point is with all the Harrington’s have done to keep this case fresh in the minds of people why do they only get a 3min segment on AMW? AMW isn’t seen by a whole lot of folks these day’s being it’s on Lifetime. All poor Morgan has got attention on is AMW and Disappeared on the ID Network which isn’t viewed by everyone either.I really think a Dateline episode or a 48 Hour Mystery maybe get’s some much needed info out there.
Now that we are talking about location, location, location and I have studied those google earth pics over and over and over and over again I am of the opinion that it took 2 people to get Morgan to her final resting place. And one of those two was very familiar with the area and the obstacles – unless she was put there in broad daylight. If I’m not mistaken there are gates on Blandemar and Chopin? Any locals who can confirm?
Since sketch is already known for attempted brutal rape, it’s pretty likely that he is the one who harmed Morgan. I don’t think that he just came into innocent contact with her that night. HE must be tied to the location or someone tied to the location is tied to sketch. Why is this so hard to solve?
I looked thru those maps again, thanks ChrisM, and it makes me even more angry that the public has done so much work to find out how this happened, why can’t local LE figure this one out? It stinks! Why won’t LE say anything? I know they don’t have to tell the public, but their silence makes them seem to be going nowhere. WE ARE WAITING.
J, me says:
“B, My suggestion of the airplane was to highlight the improbability of it being anyone other than someone who had intimate Knowledge of AF. The airplane was the ridiculous alternative for emphasis…
ChrisM, yes from maps it looks the way you say. My point is that if you are unfamiliar with the area and do not have “FRONT DOOR ACCESS”, Placing a body where Morgan was found would be highly unlikely. When you see the terrain in person the idea seems crazy (short of Sketch being the Incredible Hulk.)”
I don’t think they had to have intimate knowledge of Anchorage Farm other than they knew that area didn’t get people tromping through it on a regular basis. It seems to me that they would have to know Blandemar better. If you go through AF to get to where Morgan was left, then the terrain is daunting. If you go through Blandemar, the terrain is really pretty easy.
redly says:
“Thanks for that link ChrisM. That would have been a very easy access point — even easier than the one I mentioned. If someone was one that road, he could have driven to the tree line and then placed morgan on the other side of the trees with little to know knowledge of what lay beyond.”
Kudos to the person who did those maps and compiled them in one place. They’re terrific and very helpful.
questioner says:
“ChrisM – In looking back at all those maps, my opinion still is, that however Morgan got onto that parcel of property was from either Blandemar Farm Dr, past that small shed where the tire tracks can be seen in the land, or from the gate off Red Hill Rd across from the one property that was being built. To me, those two places are close enough to where she was found, yet far enough away from prying eyes. Yet at either entrance, one would need to know the lay of the land on a dark night. And also need to be damn sure if they were using the Blandemar Farm Dr, that no one would driving either into that area, or out of that area when they took her there.
Which then would lead me right back to the Limo Driver, possibly having knowledge of who might use that particular driveway, which would be the Countess’s property, and perhaps she would have been the only one using that entrance, and knowing that she didn’t live there during the winter months? I wonder now as I did back then if she ever used a Limo Service, and if so, who was the driver? Was it always the same driver or different ones? Did she possibly have a favorite driver? Did she possibly have someone who lived on her property drive her? So many questions and no answers.
I feel that it’s about time SOME of our questions be answered. It’s been long enough with no answers.”
Questioner, to me, the easiest drive route would be to get off the road at the unoccupied farm house using the driveway and make a beeline for the treeline. Does anyone know if the farm house is obviously unoccupied just by looking at it? If not, then it would probably have to be someone who knew they had no risk by driving off the road there.
Interesting thoughts on the limo driver/company. There are so many possibilities for who would know that area. If they haven’t done it already, I think LE should also look at people involved in building the new house at the traffic turnaround. I’ve worked for builders before and there are so many people involved in the process who would have to go to that area (and noticed that the farm house wasn’t occupied and there was little traffic in the area) – ditto with other houses that had been built in Blandemar and the people who had worked on those.
The pond/reservoir is there and everyone from who worked there to people who use it to fish or go swimming would have brought people into the area who could have noticed the lack of traffic and residents who would notice someone late at night.
I haven’t ruled out someone who didn’t know the area, but I agree that it seems unlikely someone would randomly pick that place vs. the tons of other places and heavily wooded areas around Charlottesville.
and drive across the field to the treeline near the unoccupied farm house or go down Waldemar
Redly, The Gate on Red Hill Rd. borders what I consider “Front Door Access” so its more visible (as opposed to the sneakier utility line access or the woods access) and yes, it appears to be easier terrain. The entrance to AF from Blandmar also looks easier and is a straight shot but still a haul to carry a body. Perhaps two people were involved. Either way, my point is that it wasn’t a random pick, they knew where they were going (this is what I mean by intimate knowledge), they didn’t just follow their nose from JPJA and go south to this area randomly. Hunter, fisherman, construction worker, hay gatherer, illegal cannabis grower, visitor to the farms there, whatever…he knew the place or had a friend that did. Just my opinion.
Id like to know how many rape and murder cases in Virginia are awaiting results from DNA tests.
I’d also like to know the number for such cases in surrounding states.
Because it is highly possible that Sketch has attacked and/or murdered again.
Maybe off/topic? But, the original old historic Blandemar Farm House was behind the double gates off Red Hill Road … across the street from the new build and padlocked AFTER Morgan was found. It was like 1400 acres. You know there were fords and roads through there.
Was that home used by the NGFD for a training burn?? If so, when 1990-1991? When? (Remember the NGFD having those training burns a l o n g while back on BOC?)
That site was a perfect place for all kinds of activities … many in the area had to have known that too.
Who built that place in 1790? Who lived there later?
I can’t seem to find those answers. But, it would just be accidental if I did
Hello All , Remember back to earlier days posting here& reading about the LEO’s who supposedly used the area off Red Hill Road to meet with females they were “engaged in some activities ” with ? If I recall correctly , a few were written up for being there while on duty , & did 1 or 2 lose their job? I believe several were put on “desk duty ” for a while. Activities even also supposedly included areas with gates that were left unlocked, even though the chain remained on the fence to appear to be locked so anybody could go right on into the areas in the woods & also get on a small 4 wheeled utility vehicle to travel farther & onto the area near where Morgan’s remains were found.
** Does anyone recall this or have links to this information ?