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MORGAN HARRINGTON DISAPPEARED ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2009.

WHEN A PERSON DISAPPEARS WITHOUT A TRACE,

OFTEN, THE MOST CRITICAL INFORMATION

IS HIDDEN IN THEIR ACTIONS AND WORDS

FROM THE DAYS BEFORE THEY VANISHED.

MORGAN HARRINGTON'S LAST-KNOWN WHEREABOUTS

MAY HOLD THE CLUES TO WHAT HAPPENED TO HER.

A BEAUTIFUL 20-YEAR-OLD VIRGINIA TECH CO-ED

IS LOOKING FORWARD TO AN EVENING OF FUN AT A METALLICA CONCERT.

Gil: I MEAN, MORGAN WAS KIND OF LIKE CHAMPAGNE.

MORGAN WAS BUBBLY AND CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION,

Narrator: AT THE CONCERT,

MORGAN LEAVES HER SEAT AND DOESN'T RETURN.

Rader: EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS WARNED THAT IF SHE LEFT,

SHE WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO RE-ENTER,

FOR SOME UNEXPLAINED REASON,

MORGAN WALKED OUT THE FRONT DOORS.

Narrator: STRANGERS REPORT SEEING HER LATER THAT NIGHT.

Parson: IT'S 3:45 IN THE MORNING, AND I WAS LIKE,

"WHY IS SHE OUT HERE WITH A MINI-SKIRT ON,

"OUT HERE, LEGS OUT,

AND SHE'S WITH THESE THREE GUYS?"

Narrator: BUT HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY NEVER SEE HER AGAIN.

Gil: IT'S A STRANGE PLACE AND TIME TO BE

WHERE YOUR BEST-CASE SCENARIO IS YOU'RE HOPING YOUR DAUGHTER

IS HELD AGAINST HER WILL.

THE POLICE STRUGGLE TO FIND VIABLE LEADS IN THE CASE.

Rader: WE HAD A GIRL WE KNEW WAS MISSING,

WE HAD A PURSE,

WE HAD A CELLPHONE,

AND THAT'S IT.

I REMEMBER LOOKING AT THE INVESTIGATORS AND SAYING,

"WE HAVE A PROBLEM."

-- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

Narrator: IT'S SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2009.

20-YEAR-OLD VIRGINIA TECH JUNIOR MORGAN HARRINGTON

IS AT HER PARENTS' HOUSE IN ROANOKE, VIRGINIA,

GETTING READY FOR A NIGHT OUT WITH FRIENDS.

Gil: MORGAN LIKED GETTING READY.

I THINK GIRLS DO.

PART OF THE FUN IS THE ANTICIPATION OF GOING OUT,

SO WE CHOSE AN OUTFIT TOGETHER

THAT MORGAN THOUGHT WAS DANCEABLE BUT LOOKED NICE

AND CHOSE HER JEWELRY.

Narrator: MORGAN HAS BEEN LIVING INDEPENDENTLY

FOR THREE YEARS NOW.

SHE SHARES AN APARTMENT NEAR CAMPUS WITH A FRIEND,

BUT SHE FREQUENTLY DROPS BY HER PARENTS' HOUSE,

JUST 45 MINUTES AWAY.

MORGAN CAME HOME PROBABLY, I WOULD SAY TWICE A WEEK,

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES JUST FOR A COUPLE HOURS.

Gil: SO IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS A LOT EASIER FOR MORGAN

TO THROW HER LAUNDRY IN THE CAR AND COME HERE

AND PUSH IT IN THE DOOR AND SAY, "MAMA, HERE IT IS,"

AND FLOP DOWN AND WATCH TV WITH DAN

AND MIRACULOUSLY END UP HAVING HAD DINNER

AND SPENT SOME TIME WITH HER PAPA

AND HAVE CLEAN LAUNDRY ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

Narrator: TONIGHT, SHE IS GOING TO

A MUCH-ANTICIPATED METALLICA CONCERT.

A HUGE MUSIC FAN,

MORGAN GOT THE TICKET AS A GIFT FROM HER FATHER.

FOR MORGAN, THIS CONCERT IS THE EVENT OF THE YEAR.

Gil: AS SOON AS SHE HEARD THAT THEY WERE COMING,

SHE MADE SURE THAT WHEN TICKETS CAME AVAILABLE ONLINE

THAT DAN WAS THERE AND BOUGHT TICKETS.

AND THOSE TICKETS WERE MAGNETED TO OUR REFRIGERATOR FOR MONTHS,

WAITING FOR THE DAY TO COME.

Narrator: MORGAN SETTLES ON A BLACK VINTAGE T-SHIRT

WITH THE BAND "PANTERA" LOGO ON IT,

A BLACK MINI-SKIRT, BLACK TIGHTS, AND BLACK BOOTS.

SHE COMPLETES HER LOOK WITH SOME FAMILY HEIRLOOM JEWELRY

AND A BLACK PURSE THAT SHE CAN WEAR AS A BACKPACK.

SHE LOOKED LOVELY,

BUT MORGAN COULD WEAR A BURLAP SACK AND LOOK LOVELY.

Narrator: MORGAN HAS A VERY CLOSE RELATIONSHIP

WITH HER PARENTS, DAN AND GIL.

IT'S A WONDERFUL TIME IN THE LIFE OF A PARENT

WHEN YOU FINALLY HAVE --

IT'S NOT A PEER-LEVEL RELATIONSHIP,

BUT AN ADULT RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR CHILDREN.

AND MORGAN HAD GOTTEN THERE.

Narrator: DAN AND GIL

ENJOYED WATCHING THE YOUNGEST OF THEIR TWO CHILDREN

BLOSSOM FROM A SPIRITED LITTLE GIRL

INTO A BEAUTIFUL AND MATURE YOUNG WOMAN.

Gil: MORGAN WAS A LOT OF FUN.

I MEAN, MORGAN WAS KIND OF LIKE CHAMPAGNE.

MORGAN WAS BUBBLY AND CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION.

Narrator: A BLOND-HAIRED, BLUE-EYED STUNNER,

MORGAN DANA HARRINGTON HAS THE BRIGHT PERSONALITY

TO MATCH HER LOOKS.

MORGAN WAS THIS REALLY SWEET, SWEET, BEAUTIFUL GIRL.

I ALWAYS SAID THAT SHE WAS AS BEAUTIFUL INSIDE

AS SHE WAS ON THE OUTSIDE.

Narrator: NOW IN HER THIRD YEAR OF COLLEGE,

MORGAN IS PLANNING ON BECOMING A TEACHER WHEN SHE GRADUATES.

ALTHOUGH SHE PRIDES HERSELF ON HER INDEPENDENCE,

MORGAN STILL SOMETIMES STRUGGLES WITH HER FINANCES.

SHE RELIES ON HER FATHER TO HELP HER.

IN FACT, ON SUNDAY AFTER THE CONCERT,

SHE PLANS ON COMING BACK TO HER PARENTS' HOUSE

JUST FOR THAT REASON.

THE PLAN HAD BEEN FOR MORGAN TO COME BACK ON SUNDAY,

AND I WAS GONNA HELP HER WITH MATH

AND ALSO HELP HER BALANCE HER CHECKBOOK,

WHICH WAS NOT ONE OF HER FAVORITE THINGS TO DO.

Narrator: BY NOON THAT SATURDAY, MORGAN IS OUT THE DOOR.

THE PLAN IS TO PICK UP HER ROOMMATE, AMY,

AND TWO OTHER FRIENDS BEFORE HEADING TO THE CONCERT

AT THE JOHN PAUL JONES ARENA

AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA IN CHARLOTTESVILLE.

Gil: I BELIEVE WHAT THEY WERE PLANNING TO DO

WAS TO SPEND THE NIGHT AFTER THE CONCERT

IN HARRISONBURG 'CAUSE IT'S CLOSER,

AND THEN SHE WAS COMING BACK.

Narrator: LATER THAT AFTERNOON,

MORGAN CALLS HER FATHER ON HIS CELLPHONE TO CHECK IN.

SHE'S PICKED UP AMY, AND THE TWO HAVE JUST ARRIVED

AT JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY,

WHERE THEY ARE MEETING THE REST OF THE CREW.

Dan: THE LAST TIME I SPOKE WITH MORGAN

IS RIGHT AROUND 2:00 OR 2:30

WHEN SHE CALLED ME FROM JAMES MADISON

TO LET ME KNOW SHE HAD ARRIVED SAFELY.

Narrator: AT 7:00 P.M., THE JOHN PAUL JONES ARENA

AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA IS BUSTLING WITH METALLICA FANS.

MORGAN AND HER THREE FRIENDS TAKE THEIR SEATS

AS THE OPENING BAND WARMS UP THE CROWD.

AT ABOUT 8:15 P.M.,

MORGAN TELLS HER FRIENDS SHE IS GOING TO THE RESTROOM.

WHEN SHE IS NOT BACK HALF AN HOUR LATER,

MORGAN'S FRIEND SARAH CALLS HER CELLPHONE

TO FIND OUT WHERE SHE IS.

MORGAN TELLS HER SHE ENDED UP OUTSIDE THE ARENA

AND CAN'T GET BACK IN.

THE VENUE HAS A STRICT "NO RE-ENTRY" POLICY.

SINCE SARAH HAS MORGAN'S CAR KEYS,

MORGAN TELLS HER SHE'LL FIND A RIDE HOME

AND HANGS UP THE PHONE.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18th.

DAN HARRINGTON IS EXPECTING HIS DAUGHTER HOME

SO THEY CAN BALANCE HER CHECKBOOK.

MORGAN'S MOTHER, GIL, IS AT CHURCH,

AS SHE ALWAYS IS ON SUNDAYS,

AND DAN IS ENJOYING A QUIET MORNING AT HOME.

I WAS DOING MY USUAL THING, AND I WASN'T CONCERNED

BECAUSE I THOUGHT SHE WOULD BE HOME ABOUT NOON.

Narrator: AT 11:00 A.M., DAN GETS A PHONE CALL

THAT LEAVES HIM PUZZLED BUT NOT YET ALARMED.

I HAD A RECEIVED A CALL ABOUT MAYBE 11:00

FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA POLICE

WHO TOLD ME THAT SOMEONE HAD TURNED IN

A PURSE THAT WAS FOUND AND IT WAS MORGAN'S

AND WITH HER I.D. IN THE PURSE.

AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS STRANGE, BUT THEN I THOUGHT,

"WELL, YOU KNOW, MAYBE GETTING IN THE CAR,

"MORGAN DROPPED HER PURSE,

AND, BOY, SHE WAS REALLY GONNA BE ANGRY."

Gil: I CAN REMEMBER DAN TURNING TO ME AND SAYING,

"GOSH, YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT.

"THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HAS CALLED

AND SOMEONE HAS FOUND MORGAN'S PURSE."

BUT I DON'T THINK HE REALIZED THE IMPORTANCE

AND THE IMPACT OF IT.

BUT I COULD JUST FEEL MY FACE GO WHITE

BECAUSE I KNEW SOMETHING BAD HAD HAPPENED.

IF SOMEONE FOUND MORGAN'S PURSE IN A PARKING LOT,

MY QUESTION IMMEDIATELY WAS, "WHERE IS MORGAN?"

Narrator: COMING UP...

TROUBLING REPORTS OF MORGAN'S APPEARANCE

OUTSIDE OF THE CONCERT BAFFLE AND UNNERVE HER PARENTS.

THE LAST PLACE THAT MORGAN HARRINGTON WAS SEEN

AROUND 9:30

WOULD HAVE BEEN THE COPELEY STREET BRIDGE,

TRYING TO CATCH A RIDE, HITCHHIKING.

Narrator: 20-YEAR-OLD MORGAN HARRINGTON

FAILS TO SHOW UP AT HER PARENTS' HOUSE

THE MORNING AFTER A ROCK CONCERT

AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA IN CHARLOTTESVILLE.

MORGAN'S FATHER, DAN, GETS A CALL FROM THE U.V.A. POLICE

ALERTING HIM ABOUT MORGAN'S LOST PURSE.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS

WHERE YOU KNOW YOUR WORLD IS GETTING READY TO CHANGE.

WE IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO GET ON THE PHONE

AND TRY AND LOCATE MORGAN'S FRIENDS AND FIND MORGAN.

Dan: WHEN WE CALLED THEM,

THEY TOLD US THAT THEY HAD NOT SEEN MORGAN

SINCE THE MIDDLE OF THE CONCERT

AND TOLD US THAT MORGAN HAD LEFT HER SEAT,

ULTIMATELY LEFT THE ARENA.

I CALLED THE POLICE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

AND TOLD THEM THAT MORGAN WAS MISSING.

Narrator: THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA POLICE

TAKE THE HARRINGTONS' CONCERNS VERY SERIOUSLY.

THE OFFICERS CONDUCT A SEARCH OF THE IMMEDIATE AREA

SURROUNDING THE JOHN PAUL JONES ARENA.

NOW, IN THE OVERFLOW PARKING LOT NEAR THE ATHLETIC FIELDS,

THEY FIND MORE TELLING EVIDENCE --

MORGAN'S CELLPHONE WITH ITS BATTERY MISSING.

THE ADDITIONAL ITEMS WERE FOUND ON SUNDAY

WHEN THE DETECTIVE

WENT OVER TO THE AREA WHERE THE PURSE WAS FOUND.

IT ONLY CONFIRMED AGAIN MY CONCERN

THAT SOMETHING HORRIBLE HAD HAPPENED TO MORGAN.

Narrator: BY SUNDAY NIGHT, THE HARRINGTONS ARE FRANTIC.

THEY STILL HAVEN'T HEARD FROM MORGAN,

AND THEY BEGIN TO FEAR THE WORST.

AFTER A SLEEPLESS NIGHT,

IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF MONDAY, OCTOBER 19th,

MORGAN'S PARENTS MAKE THE TWO-HOUR DRIVE

FROM ROANOKE TO CHARLOTTESVILLE

TO TALK TO VIRGINIA STATE POLICE,

WHO ARE NOW TAKING OVER THE INVESTIGATION.

Cappuzzo: INITIALLY,

THE INVESTIGATION WAS FOCUSED ON A MISSING PERSON.

BUT THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THERE WAS ANY FOUL PLAY

IN THOSE FIRST FEW DAYS AFTER SHE WAS REPORTED MISSING.

ACCORDING TO HER FRIENDS,

THEY INDICATED THAT IT WAS NOT UNUSUAL FOR HER

TO GO OFF ON HER OWN

TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH ANOTHER FRIEND

AND TO LEAVE AND THEN SHOW BACK UP THE NEXT DAY.

Narrator: THE INVESTIGATORS' FIRST TASK

IS TO RETRACE MORGAN'S STEPS

ON THE NIGHT OF HER DISAPPEARANCE.

THEY INTERVIEW MORGAN'S THREE FRIENDS.

ACCORDING TO THEM, MORGAN HAD NOT LEFT HER SEAT

PREPARED TO LEAVE THE CONCERT THAT NIGHT.

SHE DID NOT HAVE HER KEYS

WHEN SHE BECAME SEPARATED FROM HER FRIENDS

TO GO TO THE BATHROOM,

NOR WAS THERE A PLANNED RENDEZVOUS POINT

AFTER THE CONCERT WAS OVER.

Cappuzzo: MORGAN RECEIVED A CELLPHONE CALL

FROM HER FRIEND SARAH

AT 8:48 P.M.

SHE TOLD SARAH THAT SHE WAS UNABLE TO RE-ENTER THE ARENA

AND SHE WAS LOOKING FOR A WAY TO GET BACK IN.

AND FINALLY MORGAN JUST TOLD HER THAT SHE WAS GONNA FIND HER --

BASICALLY, SHE WAS JUST GONNA FIND A RIDE.

AND THAT WAS THE LAST PHONE CONTACT

THAT ANYBODY HAD WITH MORGAN.

Rader: THEY EVEN LOOKED FOR HER AFTER THE CONCERT.

THEY HUNG AROUND THE VENUE,

WENT DOWN TO A LOCAL RESTAURANT AND TRIED TO FIND HER.

AND AFTER MANY HOURS IN THE MORNING,

THEY WENT BACK TO HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA,

WHERE THEY ORIGINATED FROM.

Narrator: IN A CROWDED PUBLIC SPACE LIKE THE JOHN PAUL JONES ARENA,

IT'S NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO AVOID SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS.

INVESTIGATORS QUICKLY LOCATE VIDEO FROM SATURDAY NIGHT.

THERE ARE NUMEROUS BUSINESSES IN THAT AREA --

SERVICE STATIONS, GROCERY STORES, BANKS.

WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN ALL OF THE VIDEO FOOTAGE --

SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FOOTAGE IN THAT AREA.

Narrator: FRAME BY FRAME, THE INVESTIGATORS EXAMINE

HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF GRAINY SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE

COLLECTED FROM DOZENS OF BUSINESSES.

Cappuzzo: NONE OF THE VIDEO FOOTAGE THAT WE REVIEWED

REVEALED ANY EVIDENCE OF WHAT HAPPENED TO MORGAN --

NOTHING.

Rader: I FELT CERTAIN WE WOULD HAVE FOUND AT LEAST

A TWO- OR THREE-SECOND SHOT OF MORGAN HARRINGTON

OUTSIDE THE VENUE, BUT THAT JUST DID NOT HAPPEN.

AND I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT.

I CAN ONLY TELL YOU THAT OF ALL THE VIDEO WE HAVE,

THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING RELEVANT TO MORGAN

THAT WE'RE AWARE OF.

Narrator: NEXT, POLICE TURN TO THE MEDIA,

TRYING TO FIND WITNESSES

WHO MIGHT HAVE SPOTTED MORGAN THAT NIGHT.

ANYONE WHO MAY HAVE SEEN MORGAN

OR A YOUNG LADY MATCHING THIS DESCRIPTION

AFTER OCTOBER THE 17th, WHICH WAS SATURDAY NIGHT,

SHOULD REPORT IT TO THE POLICE.

Rader: THE PURPOSE OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE

WAS TO TRY TO MAKE UP TIME THAT HAD BEEN LOST,

SINCE SHE HAD BEEN MISSING FOR MANY, MANY HOURS

PRIOR TO US GETTING THERE.

SO WE WERE GOING TO FLOOD THE LOCAL MEDIA WITH INFORMATION

ABOUT MORGAN HARRINGTON AS WE KNEW IT AT THE TIME.

SHE HAS LONG, BLOND HAIR AND BLUE EYES.

SHE WAS WEARING A BLACK T-SHIRT, BLACK KNEE-HIGH BOOTS,

BLACK TIGHTS, AND A BLACK MINI-SKIRT.

I WOULD ESTIMATE

PROBABLY WE INTERVIEWED OVER 100 PEOPLE

IN THE FIRST THREE OR FOUR DAYS OF THE INVESTIGATION.

Rader: ULTIMATELY, HERE'S WHAT WE HAD TO BEGIN WITH.

WE HAD A GIRL WE KNEW WAS MISSING,

WE HAD A PURSE,

WE HAD A CELLPHONE,

AND THAT'S IT.

AND THAT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT TO WORK WITH.

Narrator: WHILE THE DETECTIVES CONDUCT WITNESS INTERVIEWS,

MULTIPLE AGENCIES COMB THE AREA AROUND THE JOHN PAUL JONES ARENA

FOR ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.

Rader: WE HAD A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESOURCES HERE

WITH TROOPERS, WITH K-9s, WITH HELICOPTERS.

AND THAT WENT ON FOR ABOUT TWO AND A HALF DAYS.

AND WE WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE ANY OTHER ITEMS OF EVIDENCE

IN THAT AREA.

Gil: IT'S A STRANGE PLACE AND TIME TO BE

WHERE YOUR BEST-CASE SCENARIO

IS YOU'RE HOPING YOUR DAUGHTER IS HELD AGAINST HER WILL,

BUT THAT'S WHERE WE WERE.

Narrator: BY NOW, MORGAN HAS BEEN MISSING

FOR MORE THAN 48 HOURS.

GIL AND DAN HARRINGTON TRY TO KEEP THEIR HOPE ALIVE.

I'D LIKE TO SAY

IF MORGAN IS OUT THERE AND HEARS US,

PLEASE COME HOME.

Dan: IT WAS OUR DAUGHTER,

AND WE WANTED TO MAKE AN APPEAL TO MORGAN

OR TO THE PERSON WHO TOOK MORGAN TO PLEASE LET HER GO FREE.

WE REALIZED THE ONLY THING THAT WE COULD DO TO HELP MORGAN

WAS TO BE AS PUBLIC AS POSSIBLE.

AND TO DO THAT, WE HAD TO BE ACCESSIBLE

TO ANYONE WHO CAME CALLING, SO WE DIDN'T TURN DOWN ANYBODY.

AND NOW TO THE SEARCH

FOR 20-YEAR-OLD VIRGINIA TECH STUDENT MORGAN HARRINGTON.

GOOD MORNING TO BOTH OF YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT FOR YOUR FAMILY.

GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

Narrator: THE COMMUNITY AND A NATION

RALLIES BEHIND THE HARRINGTON FAMILY.

WITHIN TWO DAYS, $100,000 IS RAISED

FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO MORGAN'S RETURN.

THE BAND METALLICA OFFERS UP ADDITIONAL REWARD MONEY.

Dan: JAMES HETFIELD, WHO IS WITH METALLICA,

CALLED ME AND SAID THAT HE WAS SO SORRY

FOR MORGAN'S SITUATION.

AND HE OFFERED A REWARD OF $50,000.

Narrator: METALLICA ALSO POSTS A MESSAGE TO THEIR FANS

ON THE BAND'S WEBPAGE,

ASKING FOR ANY VIDEO TAKEN AT THE CONCERT

THAT MIGHT HELP THE INVESTIGATION.

AS WITNESS AFTER WITNESS COMES FORWARD ONLINE

AND THROUGH THE POLICE TIP LINE,

A BIZARRE PICTURE OF MORGAN'S MOVEMENTS OUTSIDE THE ARENA

BEGINS TO EMERGE.

AT ABOUT 8:50 P.M.,

MORGAN IS SPOTTED OUTSIDE THE TICKET-BOOTH AREA.

Cappuzzo: MORGAN, FOR WHATEVER REASON,

STARTED HEADING TOWARDS THE MAIN ENTRANCE.

EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS WARNED THAT IF SHE LEFT,

SHE WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO RE-ENTER,

FOR SOME UNEXPLAINED REASON,

MORGAN WALKED OUT THE FRONT DOORS.

Narrator: NO ONE UNDERSTANDS HOW HER TRIP TO THE BATHROOM

LANDED MORGAN OUTSIDE OF THE ARENA

SINCE THERE ARE 18 CLEARLY MARKED WOMEN'S RESTROOMS INSIDE.

Cappuzzo: WE IDENTIFIED SOME WITNESSES WHO WERE OUTSIDE

ABOUT TO ENTER THE ARENA

WHO ENCOUNTERED MORGAN OUT THERE.

AND THEY SAID THAT SHE SEEMED TO BE

A LITTLE INCAPACITATED IN SOME WAY.

Narrator: UP UNTIL NOW,

THERE HAS BEEN NO INFORMATION ABOUT MORGAN'S BEHAVIOR.

BUT SOON, MULTIPLE EYE-WITNESSES BEGIN GIVING MATCHING ACCOUNTS.

THEY SAY MORGAN WAS ACTING ERRATICALLY OUTSIDE THE ARENA.

SOME REPORTS SUGGEST

SHE MAY HAVE SUSTAINED AN INJURY ON HER CHIN.

THOUGH MORGAN'S FRIENDS ADMIT SHE HAD BEEN DRINKING ALCOHOL,

THEY SAY SHE WAS NOT INTOXICATED.

Rader: WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED

FROM THE TIME SHE LEFT THAT SEAT IN SECTION 312

UNTIL THE TIME SHE WOUND UP OUTSIDE.

SO WE DON'T KNOW IF SHE WAS SLIPPED A DRUG.

WE KNOW THAT SHE PROBABLY FELL.

BASED ON THE ABRASION,

IT WOULDN'T HAVE APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS HEAD WOUND,

BUT WE DON'T KNOW THAT.

AND THEN CERTAINLY WE KNOW, OUTSIDE THE VENUE,

SHE WAS FUMBLING THROUGH HER PURSE,

HAD DROPPED HER PURSE AND SPILLED ITS CONTENTS,

AND THAT WOULD BE INCONSISTENT WITH SOMEONE

WHO HAD THEIR WITS ABOUT THEM.

Cappuzzo: THE WITNESSES WHO ENCOUNTERED MORGAN OUTSIDE THE ARENA

TOLD US THAT THEY OFFERED MORGAN ASSISTANCE,

YOU KNOW, ASKED HER IF SHE NEEDED HELP

OR DID SHE NEED A TICKET TO GET IN.

AND SHE SAID, NO, SHE HAD A TICKET.

SHE REFUSED ANY KIND OF ASSISTANCE

THAT ANYBODY OFFERED HER.

Narrator: AFTER COMPILING ACCOUNTS

FROM OVER 100 INDEPENDENT EYE-WITNESSES,

THE INVESTIGATORS HAVE A CLEARER PICTURE OF MORGAN'S MOVEMENTS

OUTSIDE THE JOHN PAUL JONES ARENA.

IT LEADS THEM TO THE COPELEY ROAD BRIDGE

OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS TO THE WEST OF THE ARENA.

THE LAST PLACE THAT MORGAN HARRINGTON WAS SEEN

AROUND 9:30 WOULD HAVE BEEN THE COPELEY STREET BRIDGE,

TRYING TO CATCH A RIDE, HITCHHIKING.

Narrator: THIS REVELATION BEWILDERS AND FURTHER ALARMS MORGAN'S PARENTS.

Gil: THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD TWO DIFFERENT SOURCES

THAT PLACED MORGAN ON THE BRIDGE,

AND...

...IT WAS HARD TO PROCESS THAT.

IT'S VERY ATYPICAL BEHAVIOR FOR MORGAN.

TO MY KNOWLEDGE, MORGAN HAS NOT HITCHHIKED BEFORE.

IT'S NOT -- THESE KIDS ALL HAVE CARS.

YOU KNOW? YOU DON'T HITCHHIKE.

Rader: WE HAVE A GIRL THAT'S EXPOSED NOW

TO SOME COLD WEATHER AND SOME DRIZZLE.

WE HAVE A GIRL WHO DOESN'T HAVE A CELLPHONE THAT WORKS.

WE HAVE A DESPERATE INDIVIDUAL.

WE HAVE A GIRL THAT'S NOT THINKING CLEARLY.

SO WHEN YOU'RE NOT THINKING CLEARLY,

YOU'RE GONNA DO THINGS YOU NORMALLY WOULDN'T DO.

SO WHILE IT WOULDN'T BE NORMAL

FOR MORGAN HARRINGTON TO HITCHHIKE,

ON THAT PARTICULAR NIGHT,

WE BELIEVE SHE WAS HITCHHIKING OUT OF DESPERATION.

Narrator: COMING UP,

ANOTHER MORE DISTURBING SIGHTING OF MORGAN COMES TO LIGHT.

Parson: AND I WAS LIKE,

"WHY IS SHE OUT HERE WITH A MINI-SKIRT ON,

"OUT HERE, LEGS OUT,

AND SHE'S WITH THESE THREE GUYS?"

Narrator: VIRGINIA TECH JUNIOR MORGAN HARRINGTON IS MISSING

AFTER LEAVING A ROCK CONCERT

AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA IN CHARLOTTESVILLE.

WITNESS ACCOUNTS LAST PLACE HER ON THE COPELEY ROAD BRIDGE,

APPARENTLY HITCHHIKING AT 9:30 P.M. THAT EVENING.

THE POLICE CONTINUE SEARCHING THE AREA

AROUND THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CAMPUS.

Rader: WE SEARCHED THE ENTIRE TUNNEL SYSTEM

UNDER THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.

WE RAN MORE DOGS JUST TO SEE, YOU KNOW, DID WE MISS SOMETHING?

AND WE ACTUALLY STARTED CONSIDERING

POTENTIAL DUMP SITES, BODY SITES,

AND WE ACTUALLY DID SOME COVERT SEARCHES OF THOSE SITES.

Narrator: BUT SEARCH AFTER SEARCH,

THE INVESTIGATORS COME UP EMPTY.

AS DAYS AND WEEKS GO BY,

THE HOPE OF FINDING MORGAN OR SOLVING HER DISAPPEARANCE

BEGINS TO GROW DIM.

Rader: AT SOME POINT, YOUR SEARCH HAS TO BE REASONABLE,

AND YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER YOUR RESOURCES

AND WHAT OTHER OBLIGATIONS DO YOU HAVE

TO OTHER INVESTIGATIONS.

WE DID NOT STOP OUR SEARCHES UNTIL WE WERE CONFIDENT

THAT WE HAD REASONABLY SEARCHED THE AREAS

THAT NEED TO BE SEARCHED AND BEYOND.

Narrator: BY DECEMBER 16th,

EIGHT WEEKS AFTER MORGAN VANISHED,

INVESTIGATORS STOP SEARCHING.

IT'S FRUSTRATING AND DEMORALIZING

TO FEEL THAT PEOPLE WOULD QUIT ON MORGAN.

Narrator: TO KEEP THEIR DAUGHTER IN THE PUBLIC'S MIND,

MORGAN'S PARENTS CONTINUE TO ENGAGE THE MEDIA.

AND TO THE PERSON WHO HAS TAKEN MORGAN FROM US,

PLEASE, JUST LET HER GO.

Dan: THE STORY TOOK ON A LIFE OF ITS OWN,

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NEEDED

WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S MISSING.

AND WE FIGURED OUT ALSO THAT KEEPING MORGAN'S STORY ALIVE

KEPT PRESSURE ON THE POLICE.

Narrator: THE DAY AFTER MORGAN DISAPPEARED,

CHARLOTTESVILLE'S WEEKLY PAPER, THE HOOK,

LAUNCHED ITS OWN INVESTIGATION INTO THE MORGAN HARRINGTON CASE.

I HAPPEN TO BE A REPORTER THAT FOCUSES ON CRIME

AND, IN PARTICULAR, CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN.

IT WAS PRETTY QUICKLY APPARENT WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS

THAT THIS WAS GONNA BE A REALLY HIGH-PROFILE CASE.

Narrator: REPORTER COURTENEY STUART BEGINS DIGGING THROUGH

THE HUNDREDS OF WITNESS ACCOUNTS ONLINE

AND PLUGGING INTO THE TOWN GOSSIP

TO SEE IF SHE CAN UNEARTH ANY NEW INFORMATION IN THE CASE.

I ATTENDED AN ORIENTATION SESSION FOR VOLUNTEERS

WHO WERE GONNA PARTICIPATE IN ONE OF THE SEARCHES.

AND A WOMAN SITTING SORT OF TOWARDS THE BACK

STOOD UP AND SAID, "WHY HAS NOBODY RETURNED MY CALL?

"I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GIVE YOU MY TIP.

I SAW HER."

Narrator: NORMA PARSON TOLD STUART SHE WAS DELIVERING NEWSPAPERS

AROUND THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA GROUNDS

EARLY THAT SUNDAY MORNING.

AROUND 3:45 A.M.,

ROUGHLY SIX HOURS AFTER THE COPELEY ROAD BRIDGE SIGHTING,

SHE WAS MAKING A DELIVERY AT THE RESIDENCES

AROUND THE U.V.A. CAMPUS.

WHEN I GOT TO THE OPENING TO THE WEST LAWN,

SHE WAS JUST STANDING THERE.

AND SHE WAS TALL, BLONDE.

HER HAIR WAS STUCK INSIDE OF HER JACKET.

SO I JUST STOOD THERE WHILE THEY WALKED SLOWLY BY ME.

I JUST NOTICED SHE HAD ALL BLACK ON.

SHE HAD A BLACK JACKET, BLACK SKIRT,

NO TIGHTS, KNEE-HIGH BOOTS,

AND THREE WHITE YOUNG MALES WALKING WITH HER.

I FELT LIKE, "IT'S 3:45 IN THE MORNING."

AND I WAS LIKE,

"WHY IS SHE OUT HERE WITH A MINI-SKIRT ON,

"OUT HERE, LEGS OUT,

AND SHE'S WITH THESE THREE GUYS?"

SO WHEN SHE WALKED UP THE STEPS ON MY SIDE OF THE PAVILION,

I LOOKED HER DEAD IN THE FACE.

Narrator: THE NEXT MORNING,

PARSON SAYS SHE SAW MORGAN HARRINGTON'S PHOTO

ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER.

I LOOKED AT THE PICTURE,

AND LIGHT BULBS JUST WENT ON IN MY HEAD.

I SAID, "YEAH, I SAW THAT YOUNG LADY.

I SAW MORGAN HARRINGTON ON THE WEST LAWN."

Narrator: PARSON CALLED THE TIP LINE WITH HER STORY,

BUT SHE SAYS THE POLICE DIDN'T TAKE HER SERIOUSLY.

Parson: I THINK THAT THEY DID A VERY UNPROFESSIONAL JOB

IN THE WAY THAT THEY HANDLED MY TIP.

Narrator: THE INVESTIGATORS

SAY THEY VETTED PARSON'S TIP VERY CAREFULLY.

THE LAWN SIGHTING HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED MORE THAN ONCE

BY A COUPLE OF OUR INVESTIGATORS

WHO HAVE GONE BACK AT DIFFERENT TIMES.

WE EVEN USED BLOODHOUNDS TO GO OVER THERE

AND TRY TO SEE IF WHETHER OR NOT THE SCENT FOR MORGAN WAS THERE.

SO WE HAVEN'T DISCARDED THAT INFORMATION.

WE JUST HAVE NOT.

THAT COULD COME INTO PLAY LATER ON

AS MORE INFORMATION IS UNRAVELED.

AS IT IS RIGHT NOW, WE CAN NOW CORROBORATE THAT SIGHTING.

Narrator: BUT REPORTER COURTENEY STUART CHECKS OUT THE STORY ANYWAY.

Stuart: WELL, I FOLLOWED IT UP BY GOING TO THE ROOM

WHERE SHE SAID SHE HAD SEEN THIS GIRL

AND THESE THREE BOYS COMING OUT.

AND THE STUDENT WHO WAS THERE SAID, "IT'S NOT POSSIBLE."

AND HE SUGGESTED THAT, IN FACT,

THERE WAS A WEDDING RECEPTION THAT WAS BEING HELD

IN ONE OF THE LARGER OF THOSE PAVILIONS,

LARGER HOUSES NEXT DOOR.

AND HE THOUGHT THAT PROBABLY WHAT SHE HAD SEEN

WAS GUESTS WHO WERE ATTENDING THIS RECEPTION

LEAVING THAT AREA.

NORMA PARSON STANDS BY HER STORY.

Parson: I'M GOOD AT FACES.

AND I MAY NOT KNOW YOUR NAME,

BUT IF I HAVEN'T SEE YOU IN FIVE YEARS,

I WILL REMEMBER YOUR FACE.

WHEN I SAW HER IN THAT PAPER, I KNEW THAT WAS HER.

Narrator: NORMA PARSON'S STORY HAS AN EERIE SIMILARITY

TO ANOTHER EYE-WITNESS ACCOUNT UNEARTHED BY STUART.

Stuart: A WOMAN WHO WAS ARRIVING FROM RICHMOND

TO ATTEND THE METALLICA SHOW SAID AS SHE ARRIVED --

AND SHE WAS COMING A LITTLE LATE.

SHE SAID A GROUP OF FOUR YOUNG MEN

ACCOMPANIED BY ONE YOUNG, BLONDE WOMAN

WEARING BLACK BOOTS AND SORT OF AN OUTFIT

THAT MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT MORGAN WAS WEARING

CROSSED IN FRONT OF HER CAR.

AND SHE THOUGHT THAT THE GIRL LOOKED WOBBLY

AND SHE WONDERED WHY THEY WOULD BE WALKING AWAY FROM THE ARENA

WHEN METALLICA WAS ABOUT TO COME ON.

Narrator: WITH NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

OR SURVEILLANCE VIDEO TO SUPPORT EITHER ACCOUNT,

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR POLICE TO KNOW

WHETHER THEY ARE ACCURATE.

Cappuzzo: EYE-WITNESS ACCOUNTS IN A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION

ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

BUT EYE-WITNESS INFORMATION

GENERALLY ALWAYS HAS TO BE CORROBORATED

AND CONFIRMED IN SOME WAY.

Narrator: WITH LEAD AFTER LEAD FALLING THROUGH,

THE INVESTIGATION FALTERS.

THEN, ON NOVEMBER 11, 2009,

THE POLICE GET A CALL THAT MAY STEER THEM

TOWARD SOME SOLID PHYSICAL EVIDENCE IN THE CASE.

Cappuzzo: I WAS NOTIFIED

BY THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT

THAT THEY RECOVERED A SHIRT THAT WAS CONSISTENT

WITH THE ONE MORGAN WAS WEARING THE NIGHT SHE WAS LAST SEEN.

Narrator: A BLACK T-SHIRT WITH TAN LETTERS

SPELLING THE BAND'S NAME "PANTERA" ACROSS THE CHEST

IS FOUND BY A STUDENT ON THE GROUND

NEXT TO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.

THE LOCATION --

THE INTERSECTION OF 15th STREET AND GRADY AVENUE

IN CHARLOTTESVILLE --

IS AN AREA HEAVILY POPULATED WITH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS.

IF THE T-SHIRT IS, IN FACT, MORGAN'S,

IT WILL BE THE FIRST PIECE OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

IN THE HANDS OF POLICE SINCE MORGAN'S PURSE

AND ITS CONTENTS WERE FOUND IN THE PARKING LOT

THE DAY AFTER SHE VANISHED.

WILL THE SHIRT'S DISCOVERY BE THE LUCKY BREAK

THE POLICE NEED TO CRACK THIS CASE?

NEXT, A DISTURBING FIND ON A SECLUDED FARM

TAKES THE CASE IN A NEW DIRECTION.

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Narrator: NOVEMBER 11, 2009.

VIRGINIA STATE POLICE FINALLY GET A PIECE OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

THAT MAY BRING THEM CLOSER

TO SOLVING THE MORGAN HARRINGTON CASE.

WHAT APPEARS TO BE MORGAN'S T-SHIRT

IS RECOVERED 2 MILES FROM THE JOHN PAUL JONES ARENA

AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.

THE 20-YEAR-OLD VIRGINIA TECH STUDENT

WAS LAST SEEN ON OCTOBER 17th

OUTSIDE THE METALLICA CONCERT AT THE ARENA.

Rader: IT WAS A STUDENT

THAT WAS WALKING ALONG

NEAR AN APARTMENT COMPLEX OFF OF GRADY AVENUE,

AND THE SHIRT WAS -- IT WAS JUST EXPOSED TO THE VIEWING.

WE DIDN'T BELIEVE IT HAD BEEN THERE BEFORE.

WE HAD SEARCHED THERE BEFORE.

WE DON'T KNOW THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HOW IT GOT PLACED THERE

OR HOW IT WAS FOUND THERE, BUT, IN FACT, IT WAS THERE.

Narrator: AT THIS POINT, THE PANTERA T-SHIRT

IS THE ONLY NEW PIECE OF EVIDENCE

THE INVESTIGATORS HAVE TO WORK WITH.

Cappuzzo: THE SHIRT WAS SENT TO OUR FORENSIC LABORATORY IN RICHMOND,

AND THEY WERE ABLE TO RECOVER SOME HUMAN HAIRS FROM THE SHIRT.

AND UTILIZING THOSE HAIRS AND HAIRS THAT WERE OBTAINED

FROM SOME OF MORGAN'S BELONGINGS AND FROM HER MOTHER,

WE WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE

THROUGH MITOCHONDRIAL DNA TESTING

THAT THAT WAS, IN FACT, MORGAN'S SHIRT.

Narrator: BUT THIS POTENTIALLY PROMISING LEAD

TURNS OUT TO BE JUST ANOTHER DEAD END.

NO OTHER CLUES ARE FOUND IN THE AREA.

Cappuzzo: WE INTERVIEWED NUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS

WHO LIVED IN THAT AREA OR WALKED THROUGH THAT AREA

OR PASSED THROUGH THAT AREA.

OTHER THAN THE SHIRT ITSELF,

WE DID NOT RECOVER ANY OTHER EVIDENCE

IN THAT IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF WHERE THE SHIRT WAS FOUND.

Narrator: DECEMBER 2009.

MORGAN HAS BEEN GONE FOR TWO MONTHS,

AND THERE IS STILL NO BREAKTHROUGH IN THE CASE.

GIL AND DAN SPEND AN AGONIZING CHRISTMAS

WITHOUT THEIR DAUGHTER.

Gil: YOU KNOW, HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL.

AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT MAKES THE MISSING TIME EXCRUCIATING

BECAUSE YOU SAY, "OH, IS SHE CHAINED IN A SHED SOMEWHERE?

"IT'S RAINING. IS SHE IN THE COLD?

IS SHE BEING FED?"

YOU FILL IN THE BLANKS IN A TERRIBLE WAY.

Narrator: WITH NO NEW LEADS,

DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CASE SLOW TO A STANDSTILL

UNTIL JANUARY 26, 2010, WHEN EVERYTHING CHANGES.

DAVID BASS, A FARMER IN ALBEMARLE COUNTY,

IS TAKING A TRACTOR RIDE ALONG HIS PROPERTY LINE

TO CHECK ON THE FENCES AFTER A HEAVY SNOWFALL.

THE BASS FARM IS 10 MILES FROM THE JOHN PAUL JONES ARENA

WHERE MORGAN HARRINGTON

WAS LAST SEEN THREE MONTHS EARLIER.

ON THE REMOTE CORNER OF HIS FARM,

BASS COMES ACROSS WHAT HE THINKS IS A DEER CARCASS.

WHEN HE GETS CLOSE,

HE CAN SEE CLOTHING AND JEWELRY ON THE REMAINS.

BASS IMMEDIATELY CALLS 911 AND ALERTS THE POLICE.

Cappuzzo: WE IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED WITH INVESTIGATORS

AND WITH CRIME-SCENE TECHNICIANS.

Narrator: FORENSIC TEAMS GET TO WORK

TO DETERMINE THE IDENTITY OF THE SKELETAL REMAINS.

SOMEONE FROM THE MEDIA IN CHARLOTTESVILLE CALLED US

AND SAID, "WE WANT YOU TO KNOW

THAT IT LOOKS LIKE MORGAN'S BODY HAS BEEN FOUND."

I REMEMBER JUST THAT ADRENALINE FEELING

OF, "COULD THIS BE MORGAN?

IS THIS GONNA BE AN ANSWER FOR US?"

Narrator: COMING UP,

HAVE INVESTIGATORS FOUND MORGAN'S REMAINS,

OR DO THEY BELONG TO SOMEONE ELSE?

Narrator: JANUARY 26, 2010.

POLICE INVESTIGATING THE DISAPPEARANCE

OF VIRGINIA TECH STUDENT MORGAN HARRINGTON

CONVERGE ON ANCHORAGE FARM IN ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA,

WHERE SKELETAL HUMAN REMAINS WERE FOUND

BY THE FARM'S OWNER, DAVID BASS.

Bass: I WAS CHECKING THE FENCES,

AND I THOUGHT I SAW A DEAD DEER, AND I STOPPED.

AND IT WAS A HUMAN SKULL, AND THAT'S WHEN I CALLED 911.

Narrator: 20-YEAR-OLD MORGAN HARRINGTON

HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE OCTOBER 17, 2009.

SHE WAS LAST SEEN HITCHHIKING ON A BRIDGE

OUTSIDE THE JOHN PAUL JONES ARENA

AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA IN CHARLOTTESVILLE.

Rader: CERTAINLY, IDENTIFICATION OF ANY BODY,

POSITIVE I.D.,

IS DIRECTLY RELEVANT TO THE CONDITION OF THE BODY.

YOU KNOW, YOU SEND IT TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER IN VIRGINIA,

AND THEY CAN DO THEIR DNA TESTING.

THEY CAN DO THEIR DENTAL RECORDS,

AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THAT'S WHAT YOU USE FOR A DECOMPOSED BODY.

Narrator: HER PARENTS WAIT AT HOME FOR THE RESULTS.

TWO DAYS LATER, A DENTAL RECORD MATCH CONFIRMS

THAT THE REMAINS ON THE ANCHORAGE FARM

ARE, IN FACT, MORGAN HARRINGTON'S.

IT'S DEVASTATING NEWS FOR MORGAN'S PARENTS.

IT'S THE WORST THING THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR.

AND YET, AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S WHAT I EXPECTED.

AND...

AND THERE WAS SOME RELIEF IN THAT IT WASN'T MISSING ANYMORE.

THE MISSING IS THE WORST THING.

Narrator: MORGAN, THE HARRINGTONS' YOUNGEST CHILD, IS DEAD.

THIS MISSING-PERSONS CASE

IS NOW OFFICIALLY A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION.

BECAUSE THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING,

THE POLICE WILL NOT RELEASE HER CAUSE OF DEATH.

Cappuzzo: I CANNOT DISCUSS THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HER DEATH

AS FAR AS THE CAUSE.

I CAN SAY THAT THE MEDICAL EXAMINER

HAS DETERMINED THAT HER MANNER OF DEATH IS HOMICIDE.

Narrator: TO THE INVESTIGATORS,

THE LOCATION OF MORGAN'S BODY ON THE VAST, 700-PLUS-ACRE FARM,

MAY BE THE MOST TELLING CLUE TO DATE.

Cappuzzo: THE LOCATION IS VERY REMOTE.

IT'S NOT EASILY ACCESSED VIA VEHICLE.

IT'S A LOCATION THAT AN INDIVIDUAL

MOST CERTAINLY HAD TO HAVE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF

IN ORDER, YOU KNOW, TO GET THERE.

Rader: I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING HAVING TO CROSS

OVER CREEKS AND RAVINES AND FENCES,

GO THROUGH GATES.

THEY FELT LOW RISK.

THEY FELT "I CAN GET IN HERE WITHOUT BEING SEEN.

"I KNOW WHERE I WANT TO GO. I KNOW THE TERRAIN.

I KNOW WHAT I HAVE TO CROSS -- WHAT OBSTACLES I HAVE TO CROSS."

I MEAN, ALL THAT'S PRETTY TELLING.

Narrator: ARMED WITH THESE NEW ASSUMPTIONS,

THE INVESTIGATORS CONTINUE TO WORK THE CASE.

BUT AS TIME GOES BY,

NO SIGNIFICANT NEW LEADS DEVELOP...

...UNTIL JULY OF 2010,

WHEN A COLD HIT FROM A CRIMINAL-CASE DATABASE

CONNECTS FORENSIC EVIDENCE FROM THE HARRINGTON INVESTIGATION

TO ANOTHER CASE,

A 2005 ABDUCTION AND RAPE IN FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA,

A WASHINGTON D.C. SUBURB THREE HOURS AWAY.

BUT UNLIKE MORGAN, THE VICTIM OF THE FAIRFAX ATTACK SURVIVED

AND WAS ABLE TO TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THE ASSAILANT.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2005.

A YOUNG WOMAN WAS WALKING HOME FROM A GROCERY STORE

IN FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA, AT 10:00 P.M.

WHEN SHE WAS GRABBED FROM BEHIND

AND DRAGGED TO A NEARBY COMMUNITY POOL.

THE PERPETRATOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTED THE VICTIM

BUT TOOK OFF RUNNING WHEN STARTLED BY A PASSERBY.

THE VICTIM FOUGHT BACK,

AND THE POLICE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN THE ASSAILANT'S DNA.

THE WOMAN ALSO PROVIDED A SKETCH ARTIST

WITH A DESCRIPTION OF HER ATTACKER.

FIVE YEARS LATER, A DNA MATCH LINKS THE SAME MAN

TO THE DISAPPEARANCE AND MURDER OF MORGAN HARRINGTON,

ALTHOUGH THE POLICE WILL NOT DISCLOSE HOW THE MATCH WAS MADE.

THE INVESTIGATION IN BOTH CASES IS STILL ONGOING,

AND THE POLICE HAVE NOT YET IDENTIFIED A SUSPECT.

FORENSICALLY, THERE IS A DNA CONNECTION

THAT MORGAN HARRINGTON, AT SOME POINT

DURING HER TIME AT CHARLOTTESVILLE

PRIOR TO HER DEATH,

CAME INTO CONTACT WITH A PERSON WHO HAS ALREADY BEEN

IN THE UNKNOWN SUBJECT DNA DATABASE FOR VIRGINIA.

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE INFORMATION

WILL EVENTUALLY HELP THEM SOLVE THE CASE,

BUT THEY CONTINUE TO URGE THE PUBLIC

TO UTILIZE THE TIP LINE.

Cappuzzo: THERE'S STILL A MONUMENTAL AMOUNT OF WORK

THAT HAS TO BE DONE IN THIS INVESTIGATION,

AND I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL DEVELOP A SUSPECT.

AND I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THIS CASE WILL SOLVE SOMEDAY.

I'M ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN OF THAT.

Narrator: GIL AND DAN HARRINGTON VISITED THE SITE

WHERE MORGAN'S REMAINS WERE FOUND.

THAT DISCOVERY HAS GIVEN THEM SOME PEACE,

BUT THEY STRUGGLE TO ABSORB THE TRAGIC LOSS OF THEIR DAUGHTER.

YOU HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD.

YOU DON'T -- I DON'T THINK YOU EVER --

YOU DON'T GET OVER IT.

YOU DON'T HAVE CLOSURE. YOU GET BEYOND IT.

Dan: MY DAUGHTER'S NOT GONNA GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE, YOU KNOW?

SHE'S NOT GOING TO GET MARRIED. SHE'S NOT GONNA HAVE CHILDREN.

SHE'S NOT GONNA HAVE A CAREER.

BUT THE PERSON THAT MURDERED MY DAUGHTER

IS WALKING THE STREETS AND IS DOING ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

AND I THINK THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO BE AWARE

THAT THERE IS SOMEONE OUT THERE

THAT CONTINUES TO WALK THE STREETS

THAT HAS MURDERED AND RAPED.

WE DON'T WANT ANOTHER PERSON TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH

WHAT OUR FAMILY HAS GONE THROUGH.

THIS IS -- NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH

WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE A CHILD MURDERED.

Narrator: THE HARRINGTONS HAVE DEDICATED THEMSELVES

TO KEEPING MORGAN'S MEMORY ALIVE.

WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT IN MORGAN'S NAME.

SHE HAS A SCHOLARSHIP

AT THE VIRGINIA TECH CARILION MEDICAL SCHOOL,

WHERE SHE WORKED WITH HER DAD.

WE'RE BUILDING A SCHOOL FOR HER IN ZAMBIA, AFRICA.

MORGAN'S NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GO TO AFRICA

AND TEACH THOSE KIDS AND SEE THOSE KIDS,

BUT A LOT OF KIDS WILL BE EDUCATED IN HER NAME,

IN HER HONOR, IN HER BUILDING.

Narrator: ON FEBRUARY 5, 2010,

THE FAMILY HELD A MEMORIAL FOR MORGAN

AT THE ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH IN ROANOKE.

DESPITE A BLINDING SNOW STORM,

OVER 500 PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO CELEBRATE HER LIFE.

THIS WAS ABOUT 10 DAYS AFTER MORGAN'S BODY WAS FOUND,

BUT WE JUST FELT WE NEEDED, I GUESS, SOME CLOSURE.

THE WEATHER WAS UNBELIEVABLE -- YEAH, HORRIBLE.

I MEAN, WE HAD 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WHO COMES OUT? [ CHUCKLES ]

YOU KNOW, BUT PEOPLE CAME OUT.

IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING.

Gil: THERE'S SUCH JOY IN HAVING RECOVERED A BODY

AND RECLAIMING -- YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WHAT IS OURS AGAIN --

AND TO NOT LET HER BE ERASED.