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MORGAN HARRINGTON DISAPPEARED
ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2009.
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WHEN A PERSON DISAPPEARS
WITHOUT A TRACE,
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OFTEN,
THE MOST CRITICAL INFORMATION
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IS HIDDEN
IN THEIR ACTIONS AND WORDS
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FROM THE DAYS
BEFORE THEY VANISHED.
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MORGAN HARRINGTON'S
LAST-KNOWN WHEREABOUTS
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MAY HOLD THE CLUES
TO WHAT HAPPENED TO HER.
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A BEAUTIFUL 20-YEAR-OLD
VIRGINIA TECH CO-ED
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IS LOOKING FORWARD TO AN EVENING
OF FUN AT A METALLICA CONCERT.
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Gil: I MEAN, MORGAN
WAS KIND OF LIKE CHAMPAGNE.
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MORGAN WAS BUBBLY
AND CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION,
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Narrator: AT THE CONCERT,
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MORGAN LEAVES HER SEAT
AND DOESN'T RETURN.
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Rader: EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS
WARNED THAT IF SHE LEFT,
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SHE WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED
TO RE-ENTER,
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FOR SOME UNEXPLAINED REASON,
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MORGAN WALKED OUT
THE FRONT DOORS.
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Narrator: STRANGERS REPORT
SEEING HER LATER THAT NIGHT.
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Parson: IT'S 3:45
IN THE MORNING, AND I WAS LIKE,
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"WHY IS SHE OUT HERE
WITH A MINI-SKIRT ON,
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"OUT HERE, LEGS OUT,
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AND SHE'S WITH
THESE THREE GUYS?"
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Narrator: BUT HER FRIENDS
AND FAMILY NEVER SEE HER AGAIN.
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Gil: IT'S A STRANGE
PLACE AND TIME TO BE
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WHERE YOUR BEST-CASE SCENARIO
IS YOU'RE HOPING YOUR DAUGHTER
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IS HELD AGAINST HER WILL.
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THE POLICE STRUGGLE TO FIND
VIABLE LEADS IN THE CASE.
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Rader: WE HAD A GIRL WE KNEW
WAS MISSING,
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WE HAD A PURSE,
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WE HAD A CELLPHONE,
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AND THAT'S IT.
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I REMEMBER LOOKING
AT THE INVESTIGATORS AND SAYING,
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"WE HAVE A PROBLEM."
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Narrator:
IT'S SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2009.
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20-YEAR-OLD VIRGINIA TECH JUNIOR
MORGAN HARRINGTON
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IS AT HER PARENTS' HOUSE
IN ROANOKE, VIRGINIA,
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GETTING READY FOR A NIGHT OUT
WITH FRIENDS.
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Gil:
MORGAN LIKED GETTING READY.
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I THINK GIRLS DO.
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PART OF THE FUN IS
THE ANTICIPATION OF GOING OUT,
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SO WE CHOSE AN OUTFIT TOGETHER
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THAT MORGAN THOUGHT WAS
DANCEABLE BUT LOOKED NICE
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AND CHOSE HER JEWELRY.
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Narrator: MORGAN HAS BEEN LIVING
INDEPENDENTLY
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FOR THREE YEARS NOW.
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SHE SHARES AN APARTMENT
NEAR CAMPUS WITH A FRIEND,
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BUT SHE FREQUENTLY DROPS BY
HER PARENTS' HOUSE,
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JUST 45 MINUTES AWAY.
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MORGAN CAME HOME PROBABLY,
I WOULD SAY TWICE A WEEK,
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YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES JUST
FOR A COUPLE HOURS.
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Gil: SO IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS
A LOT EASIER FOR MORGAN
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TO THROW HER LAUNDRY IN THE CAR
AND COME HERE
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AND PUSH IT IN THE DOOR
AND SAY, "MAMA, HERE IT IS,"
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AND FLOP DOWN
AND WATCH TV WITH DAN
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AND MIRACULOUSLY END UP
HAVING HAD DINNER
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AND SPENT SOME TIME
WITH HER PAPA
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AND HAVE CLEAN LAUNDRY
ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
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Narrator:
TONIGHT, SHE IS GOING TO
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A MUCH-ANTICIPATED
METALLICA CONCERT.
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A HUGE MUSIC FAN,
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MORGAN GOT THE TICKET AS A GIFT
FROM HER FATHER.
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FOR MORGAN, THIS CONCERT
IS THE EVENT OF THE YEAR.
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Gil: AS SOON AS SHE HEARD
THAT THEY WERE COMING,
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SHE MADE SURE THAT WHEN TICKETS
CAME AVAILABLE ONLINE
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THAT DAN WAS THERE
AND BOUGHT TICKETS.
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AND THOSE TICKETS WERE MAGNETED
TO OUR REFRIGERATOR FOR MONTHS,
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WAITING FOR THE DAY TO COME.
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Narrator: MORGAN SETTLES
ON A BLACK VINTAGE T-SHIRT
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WITH THE BAND "PANTERA" LOGO
ON IT,
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A BLACK MINI-SKIRT,
BLACK TIGHTS, AND BLACK BOOTS.
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SHE COMPLETES HER LOOK WITH SOME
FAMILY HEIRLOOM JEWELRY
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AND A BLACK PURSE
THAT SHE CAN WEAR AS A BACKPACK.
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SHE LOOKED LOVELY,
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BUT MORGAN COULD WEAR
A BURLAP SACK AND LOOK LOVELY.
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Narrator: MORGAN HAS
A VERY CLOSE RELATIONSHIP
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WITH HER PARENTS, DAN AND GIL.
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IT'S A WONDERFUL TIME
IN THE LIFE OF A PARENT
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WHEN YOU FINALLY HAVE --
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IT'S NOT A PEER-LEVEL
RELATIONSHIP,
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BUT AN ADULT RELATIONSHIP
WITH YOUR CHILDREN.
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AND MORGAN HAD GOTTEN THERE.
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Narrator: DAN AND GIL
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ENJOYED WATCHING THE YOUNGEST
OF THEIR TWO CHILDREN
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BLOSSOM
FROM A SPIRITED LITTLE GIRL
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INTO A BEAUTIFUL AND MATURE
YOUNG WOMAN.
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Gil:
MORGAN WAS A LOT OF FUN.
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I MEAN, MORGAN
WAS KIND OF LIKE CHAMPAGNE.
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MORGAN WAS BUBBLY
AND CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION.
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Narrator: A BLOND-HAIRED,
BLUE-EYED STUNNER,
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MORGAN DANA HARRINGTON
HAS THE BRIGHT PERSONALITY
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TO MATCH HER LOOKS.
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MORGAN WAS THIS REALLY SWEET,
SWEET, BEAUTIFUL GIRL.
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I ALWAYS SAID THAT SHE WAS
AS BEAUTIFUL INSIDE
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AS SHE WAS ON THE OUTSIDE.
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Narrator: NOW IN HER THIRD YEAR
OF COLLEGE,
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MORGAN IS PLANNING ON BECOMING
A TEACHER WHEN SHE GRADUATES.
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ALTHOUGH SHE PRIDES HERSELF
ON HER INDEPENDENCE,
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MORGAN STILL SOMETIMES STRUGGLES
WITH HER FINANCES.
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SHE RELIES ON HER FATHER
TO HELP HER.
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IN FACT,
ON SUNDAY AFTER THE CONCERT,
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SHE PLANS ON COMING BACK
TO HER PARENTS' HOUSE
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JUST FOR THAT REASON.
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THE PLAN HAD BEEN FOR MORGAN
TO COME BACK ON SUNDAY,
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AND I WAS GONNA HELP HER
WITH MATH
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AND ALSO HELP HER BALANCE
HER CHECKBOOK,
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WHICH WAS NOT ONE OF
HER FAVORITE THINGS TO DO.
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Narrator: BY NOON THAT SATURDAY,
MORGAN IS OUT THE DOOR.
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THE PLAN IS TO PICK UP
HER ROOMMATE, AMY,
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AND TWO OTHER FRIENDS
BEFORE HEADING TO THE CONCERT
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AT THE JOHN PAUL JONES ARENA
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AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
IN CHARLOTTESVILLE.
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Gil: I BELIEVE WHAT THEY WERE
PLANNING TO DO
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WAS TO SPEND THE NIGHT
AFTER THE CONCERT
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IN HARRISONBURG
'CAUSE IT'S CLOSER,
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AND THEN SHE WAS COMING BACK.
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Narrator:
LATER THAT AFTERNOON,
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MORGAN CALLS HER FATHER
ON HIS CELLPHONE TO CHECK IN.
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SHE'S PICKED UP AMY,
AND THE TWO HAVE JUST ARRIVED
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AT JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY,
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WHERE THEY ARE MEETING
THE REST OF THE CREW.
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Dan: THE LAST TIME I SPOKE
WITH MORGAN
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IS RIGHT AROUND 2:00 OR 2:30
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WHEN SHE CALLED ME
FROM JAMES MADISON
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TO LET ME KNOW
SHE HAD ARRIVED SAFELY.
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Narrator: AT 7:00 P.M.,
THE JOHN PAUL JONES ARENA
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AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
IS BUSTLING WITH METALLICA FANS.
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MORGAN AND HER THREE FRIENDS
TAKE THEIR SEATS
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AS THE OPENING BAND WARMS UP
THE CROWD.
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AT ABOUT 8:15 P.M.,
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MORGAN TELLS HER FRIENDS
SHE IS GOING TO THE RESTROOM.
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WHEN SHE IS NOT BACK
HALF AN HOUR LATER,
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MORGAN'S FRIEND SARAH
CALLS HER CELLPHONE
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TO FIND OUT WHERE SHE IS.
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MORGAN TELLS HER
SHE ENDED UP OUTSIDE THE ARENA
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AND CAN'T GET BACK IN.
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THE VENUE HAS A STRICT
"NO RE-ENTRY" POLICY.
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SINCE SARAH HAS MORGAN'S
CAR KEYS,
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MORGAN TELLS HER
SHE'LL FIND A RIDE HOME
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AND HANGS UP THE PHONE.
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18th.
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DAN HARRINGTON IS EXPECTING
HIS DAUGHTER HOME
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SO THEY CAN BALANCE
HER CHECKBOOK.
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MORGAN'S MOTHER, GIL,
IS AT CHURCH,
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AS SHE ALWAYS IS ON SUNDAYS,
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AND DAN IS ENJOYING
A QUIET MORNING AT HOME.
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I WAS DOING MY USUAL THING,
AND I WASN'T CONCERNED
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BECAUSE I THOUGHT
SHE WOULD BE HOME ABOUT NOON.
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Narrator: AT 11:00 A.M.,
DAN GETS A PHONE CALL
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THAT LEAVES HIM PUZZLED
BUT NOT YET ALARMED.
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I HAD A RECEIVED A CALL
ABOUT MAYBE 11:00
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FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
POLICE
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WHO TOLD ME THAT SOMEONE
HAD TURNED IN
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A PURSE THAT WAS FOUND
AND IT WAS MORGAN'S
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AND WITH HER I.D. IN THE PURSE.
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AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS STRANGE,
BUT THEN I THOUGHT,
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"WELL, YOU KNOW,
MAYBE GETTING IN THE CAR,
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"MORGAN DROPPED HER PURSE,
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AND, BOY, SHE WAS REALLY
GONNA BE ANGRY."
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Gil: I CAN REMEMBER DAN
TURNING TO ME AND SAYING,
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"GOSH, YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT.
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"THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
HAS CALLED
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AND SOMEONE HAS FOUND
MORGAN'S PURSE."
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BUT I DON'T THINK HE REALIZED
THE IMPORTANCE
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AND THE IMPACT OF IT.
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BUT I COULD JUST
FEEL MY FACE GO WHITE
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BECAUSE I KNEW SOMETHING BAD
HAD HAPPENED.
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IF SOMEONE FOUND MORGAN'S PURSE
IN A PARKING LOT,
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MY QUESTION IMMEDIATELY WAS,
"WHERE IS MORGAN?"
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Narrator: COMING UP...
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TROUBLING REPORTS
OF MORGAN'S APPEARANCE
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OUTSIDE OF THE CONCERT
BAFFLE AND UNNERVE HER PARENTS.
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THE LAST PLACE
THAT MORGAN HARRINGTON WAS SEEN
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AROUND 9:30
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WOULD HAVE BEEN
THE COPELEY STREET BRIDGE,
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TRYING TO CATCH A RIDE,
HITCHHIKING.
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Narrator:
20-YEAR-OLD MORGAN HARRINGTON
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FAILS TO SHOW UP
AT HER PARENTS' HOUSE
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THE MORNING AFTER A ROCK CONCERT
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AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
IN CHARLOTTESVILLE.
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MORGAN'S FATHER, DAN, GETS
A CALL FROM THE U.V.A. POLICE
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ALERTING HIM
ABOUT MORGAN'S LOST PURSE.
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IT'S ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS
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WHERE YOU KNOW YOUR WORLD
IS GETTING READY TO CHANGE.
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WE IMMEDIATELY
STARTED TO GET ON THE PHONE
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AND TRY AND LOCATE MORGAN'S
FRIENDS AND FIND MORGAN.
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Dan:
WHEN WE CALLED THEM,
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THEY TOLD US
THAT THEY HAD NOT SEEN MORGAN
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SINCE THE MIDDLE OF THE CONCERT
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AND TOLD US
THAT MORGAN HAD LEFT HER SEAT,
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ULTIMATELY LEFT THE ARENA.
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I CALLED THE POLICE
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
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AND TOLD THEM
THAT MORGAN WAS MISSING.
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Narrator: THE
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA POLICE
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TAKE THE HARRINGTONS' CONCERNS
VERY SERIOUSLY.
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THE OFFICERS CONDUCT A SEARCH
OF THE IMMEDIATE AREA
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SURROUNDING
THE JOHN PAUL JONES ARENA.
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NOW, IN THE OVERFLOW PARKING LOT
NEAR THE ATHLETIC FIELDS,
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THEY FIND
MORE TELLING EVIDENCE --
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MORGAN'S CELLPHONE
WITH ITS BATTERY MISSING.
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THE ADDITIONAL ITEMS
WERE FOUND ON SUNDAY
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WHEN THE DETECTIVE
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WENT OVER TO THE AREA
WHERE THE PURSE WAS FOUND.
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IT ONLY CONFIRMED AGAIN
MY CONCERN
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THAT SOMETHING HORRIBLE
HAD HAPPENED TO MORGAN.
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Narrator: BY SUNDAY NIGHT,
THE HARRINGTONS ARE FRANTIC.
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THEY STILL HAVEN'T HEARD
FROM MORGAN,
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AND THEY BEGIN TO FEAR
THE WORST.
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AFTER A SLEEPLESS NIGHT,
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IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
OF MONDAY, OCTOBER 19th,
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MORGAN'S PARENTS
MAKE THE TWO-HOUR DRIVE
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FROM ROANOKE TO CHARLOTTESVILLE
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TO TALK TO
VIRGINIA STATE POLICE,
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WHO ARE NOW TAKING
OVER THE INVESTIGATION.
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Cappuzzo: INITIALLY,
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THE INVESTIGATION WAS FOCUSED
ON A MISSING PERSON.
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BUT THERE WAS NO INDICATION
THAT THERE WAS ANY FOUL PLAY
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IN THOSE FIRST FEW DAYS
AFTER SHE WAS REPORTED MISSING.
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ACCORDING TO HER FRIENDS,
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THEY INDICATED THAT IT WAS NOT
UNUSUAL FOR HER
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TO GO OFF ON HER OWN
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TO SPEND SOME TIME
WITH ANOTHER FRIEND
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AND TO LEAVE AND THEN
SHOW BACK UP THE NEXT DAY.
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Narrator:
THE INVESTIGATORS' FIRST TASK
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IS TO RETRACE MORGAN'S STEPS
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ON THE NIGHT
OF HER DISAPPEARANCE.
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THEY INTERVIEW
MORGAN'S THREE FRIENDS.
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ACCORDING TO THEM,
MORGAN HAD NOT LEFT HER SEAT
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PREPARED TO LEAVE THE CONCERT
THAT NIGHT.
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SHE DID NOT HAVE HER KEYS
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WHEN SHE BECAME SEPARATED
FROM HER FRIENDS
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TO GO TO THE BATHROOM,
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NOR WAS THERE
A PLANNED RENDEZVOUS POINT
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AFTER THE CONCERT WAS OVER.
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Cappuzzo: MORGAN RECEIVED
A CELLPHONE CALL
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FROM HER FRIEND SARAH
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AT 8:48 P.M.
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SHE TOLD SARAH THAT SHE WAS
UNABLE TO RE-ENTER THE ARENA
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AND SHE WAS LOOKING FOR A WAY
TO GET BACK IN.
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AND FINALLY MORGAN JUST TOLD HER
THAT SHE WAS GONNA FIND HER --
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BASICALLY, SHE WAS JUST GONNA
FIND A RIDE.
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AND THAT WAS
THE LAST PHONE CONTACT
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THAT ANYBODY HAD WITH MORGAN.
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Rader: THEY EVEN LOOKED FOR HER
AFTER THE CONCERT.
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THEY HUNG AROUND THE VENUE,
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WENT DOWN TO A LOCAL RESTAURANT
AND TRIED TO FIND HER.
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AND AFTER MANY HOURS
IN THE MORNING,
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THEY WENT BACK
TO HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA,
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WHERE THEY ORIGINATED FROM.
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Narrator:
IN A CROWDED PUBLIC SPACE
LIKE THE JOHN PAUL JONES ARENA,
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IT'S NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE
TO AVOID SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS.
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INVESTIGATORS QUICKLY LOCATE
VIDEO FROM SATURDAY NIGHT.
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THERE ARE NUMEROUS BUSINESSES
IN THAT AREA --
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SERVICE STATIONS,
GROCERY STORES, BANKS.
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WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN
ALL OF THE VIDEO FOOTAGE --
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SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FOOTAGE
IN THAT AREA.
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Narrator: FRAME BY FRAME,
THE INVESTIGATORS EXAMINE
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HUNDREDS OF HOURS
OF GRAINY SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE
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COLLECTED FROM DOZENS
OF BUSINESSES.
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Cappuzzo: NONE OF THE
VIDEO FOOTAGE THAT WE REVIEWED
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REVEALED ANY EVIDENCE
OF WHAT HAPPENED TO MORGAN --
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NOTHING.
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Rader: I FELT CERTAIN
WE WOULD HAVE FOUND AT LEAST
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A TWO- OR THREE-SECOND SHOT
OF MORGAN HARRINGTON
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OUTSIDE THE VENUE,
BUT THAT JUST DID NOT HAPPEN.
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AND I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT.
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I CAN ONLY TELL YOU
THAT OF ALL THE VIDEO WE HAVE,
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THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
RELEVANT TO MORGAN
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THAT WE'RE AWARE OF.
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Narrator:
NEXT, POLICE TURN TO THE MEDIA,
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TRYING TO FIND WITNESSES
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WHO MIGHT HAVE SPOTTED MORGAN
THAT NIGHT.
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ANYONE
WHO MAY HAVE SEEN MORGAN
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OR A YOUNG LADY
MATCHING THIS DESCRIPTION
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AFTER OCTOBER THE 17th,
WHICH WAS SATURDAY NIGHT,
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SHOULD REPORT IT TO THE POLICE.
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Rader: THE PURPOSE
OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE
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WAS TO TRY TO MAKE UP TIME
THAT HAD BEEN LOST,
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SINCE SHE HAD BEEN MISSING
FOR MANY, MANY HOURS
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PRIOR TO US GETTING THERE.
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SO WE WERE GOING TO FLOOD
THE LOCAL MEDIA WITH INFORMATION
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ABOUT MORGAN HARRINGTON
AS WE KNEW IT AT THE TIME.
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SHE HAS LONG, BLOND HAIR
AND BLUE EYES.
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SHE WAS WEARING A BLACK T-SHIRT,
BLACK KNEE-HIGH BOOTS,
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BLACK TIGHTS,
AND A BLACK MINI-SKIRT.
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I WOULD ESTIMATE
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PROBABLY WE INTERVIEWED
OVER 100 PEOPLE
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IN THE FIRST THREE OR FOUR DAYS
OF THE INVESTIGATION.
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Rader: ULTIMATELY, HERE'S WHAT
WE HAD TO BEGIN WITH.
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WE HAD A GIRL
WE KNEW WAS MISSING,
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WE HAD A PURSE,
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WE HAD A CELLPHONE,
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AND THAT'S IT.
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AND THAT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT
TO WORK WITH.
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Narrator: WHILE THE DETECTIVES
CONDUCT WITNESS INTERVIEWS,
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MULTIPLE AGENCIES COMB THE AREA
AROUND THE JOHN PAUL JONES ARENA
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FOR ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.
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Rader: WE HAD A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF RESOURCES HERE
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WITH TROOPERS,
WITH K-9s, WITH HELICOPTERS.
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AND THAT WENT ON
FOR ABOUT TWO AND A HALF DAYS.
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AND WE WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE
ANY OTHER ITEMS OF EVIDENCE
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IN THAT AREA.
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Gil: IT'S A STRANGE
PLACE AND TIME TO BE
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WHERE YOUR BEST-CASE SCENARIO
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IS YOU'RE HOPING YOUR DAUGHTER
IS HELD AGAINST HER WILL,
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BUT THAT'S WHERE WE WERE.
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Narrator: BY NOW,
MORGAN HAS BEEN MISSING
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FOR MORE THAN 48 HOURS.
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GIL AND DAN HARRINGTON
TRY TO KEEP THEIR HOPE ALIVE.
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I'D LIKE TO SAY
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IF MORGAN IS OUT THERE
AND HEARS US,
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PLEASE COME HOME.
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Dan:
IT WAS OUR DAUGHTER,
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AND WE WANTED TO MAKE AN APPEAL
TO MORGAN
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OR TO THE PERSON WHO TOOK MORGAN
TO PLEASE LET HER GO FREE.
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WE REALIZED THE ONLY THING
THAT WE COULD DO TO HELP MORGAN
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WAS TO BE AS PUBLIC AS POSSIBLE.
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AND TO DO THAT,
WE HAD TO BE ACCESSIBLE
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TO ANYONE WHO CAME CALLING,
SO WE DIDN'T TURN DOWN ANYBODY.
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AND NOW TO THE SEARCH
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FOR 20-YEAR-OLD VIRGINIA TECH
STUDENT MORGAN HARRINGTON.
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GOOD MORNING TO BOTH OF YOU,
AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
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OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A VERY
DIFFICULT FOR YOUR FAMILY.
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GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
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Narrator:
THE COMMUNITY AND A NATION
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RALLIES BEHIND
THE HARRINGTON FAMILY.
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WITHIN TWO DAYS,
$100,000 IS RAISED
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FOR INFORMATION LEADING
TO MORGAN'S RETURN.
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THE BAND METALLICA OFFERS UP
ADDITIONAL REWARD MONEY.
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Dan: JAMES HETFIELD,
WHO IS WITH METALLICA,
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CALLED ME AND SAID
THAT HE WAS SO SORRY
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FOR MORGAN'S SITUATION.
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AND HE OFFERED A REWARD
OF $50,000.
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Narrator: METALLICA ALSO POSTS
A MESSAGE TO THEIR FANS
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ON THE BAND'S WEBPAGE,
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ASKING FOR ANY VIDEO TAKEN
AT THE CONCERT
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THAT MIGHT HELP
THE INVESTIGATION.
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AS WITNESS AFTER WITNESS
COMES FORWARD ONLINE
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AND THROUGH THE POLICE TIP LINE,
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A BIZARRE PICTURE OF MORGAN'S
MOVEMENTS OUTSIDE THE ARENA
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BEGINS TO EMERGE.
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AT ABOUT 8:50 P.M.,
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MORGAN IS SPOTTED
OUTSIDE THE TICKET-BOOTH AREA.
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Cappuzzo:
MORGAN, FOR WHATEVER REASON,
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STARTED HEADING TOWARDS
THE MAIN ENTRANCE.
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EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS WARNED
THAT IF SHE LEFT,
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SHE WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED
TO RE-ENTER,
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FOR SOME UNEXPLAINED REASON,
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MORGAN WALKED OUT
THE FRONT DOORS.
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Narrator: NO ONE UNDERSTANDS
HOW HER TRIP TO THE BATHROOM
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LANDED MORGAN OUTSIDE
OF THE ARENA
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SINCE THERE ARE 18 CLEARLY
MARKED WOMEN'S RESTROOMS INSIDE.
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Cappuzzo: WE IDENTIFIED
SOME WITNESSES WHO WERE OUTSIDE
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ABOUT TO ENTER THE ARENA
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WHO ENCOUNTERED MORGAN
OUT THERE.
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AND THEY SAID
THAT SHE SEEMED TO BE
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A LITTLE INCAPACITATED
IN SOME WAY.
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Narrator: UP UNTIL NOW,
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THERE HAS BEEN NO INFORMATION
ABOUT MORGAN'S BEHAVIOR.
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BUT SOON, MULTIPLE EYE-WITNESSES
BEGIN GIVING MATCHING ACCOUNTS.
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THEY SAY MORGAN WAS ACTING
ERRATICALLY OUTSIDE THE ARENA.
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SOME REPORTS SUGGEST
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SHE MAY HAVE SUSTAINED AN INJURY
ON HER CHIN.
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THOUGH MORGAN'S FRIENDS ADMIT
SHE HAD BEEN DRINKING ALCOHOL,
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THEY SAY SHE WAS NOT
INTOXICATED.
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Rader:
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
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FROM THE TIME SHE LEFT
THAT SEAT IN SECTION 312
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UNTIL THE TIME SHE WOUND UP
OUTSIDE.
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SO WE DON'T KNOW
IF SHE WAS SLIPPED A DRUG.
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WE KNOW THAT SHE PROBABLY FELL.
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BASED ON THE ABRASION,
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IT WOULDN'T HAVE APPEARED TO
HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS HEAD WOUND,
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BUT WE DON'T KNOW THAT.
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AND THEN CERTAINLY WE KNOW,
OUTSIDE THE VENUE,
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SHE WAS FUMBLING
THROUGH HER PURSE,
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HAD DROPPED HER PURSE
AND SPILLED ITS CONTENTS,
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AND THAT WOULD BE INCONSISTENT
WITH SOMEONE
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WHO HAD THEIR WITS ABOUT THEM.
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00:20:06,733 --> 00:20:10,333
Cappuzzo:
THE WITNESSES WHO ENCOUNTERED
MORGAN OUTSIDE THE ARENA
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TOLD US THAT THEY OFFERED MORGAN
ASSISTANCE,
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YOU KNOW,
ASKED HER IF SHE NEEDED HELP
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OR DID SHE NEED A TICKET
TO GET IN.
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AND SHE SAID,
NO, SHE HAD A TICKET.
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00:20:21,300 --> 00:20:23,400
SHE REFUSED
ANY KIND OF ASSISTANCE
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THAT ANYBODY OFFERED HER.
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Narrator:
AFTER COMPILING ACCOUNTS
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FROM OVER 100
INDEPENDENT EYE-WITNESSES,
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THE INVESTIGATORS HAVE A CLEARER
PICTURE OF MORGAN'S MOVEMENTS
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OUTSIDE
THE JOHN PAUL JONES ARENA.
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IT LEADS THEM
TO THE COPELEY ROAD BRIDGE
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OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS
TO THE WEST OF THE ARENA.
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THE LAST PLACE
THAT MORGAN HARRINGTON WAS SEEN
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AROUND 9:30 WOULD HAVE BEEN
THE COPELEY STREET BRIDGE,
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TRYING TO CATCH A RIDE,
HITCHHIKING.
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Narrator:
THIS REVELATION BEWILDERS AND
FURTHER ALARMS MORGAN'S PARENTS.
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Gil: THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD
TWO DIFFERENT SOURCES
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THAT PLACED MORGAN
ON THE BRIDGE,
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00:21:12,067 --> 00:21:13,333
AND...
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00:21:15,933 --> 00:21:19,800
...IT WAS HARD TO PROCESS THAT.
401
00:21:19,833 --> 00:21:22,933
IT'S VERY ATYPICAL BEHAVIOR
FOR MORGAN.
402
00:21:22,967 --> 00:21:26,200
TO MY KNOWLEDGE, MORGAN HAS NOT
HITCHHIKED BEFORE.
403
00:21:26,233 --> 00:21:31,300
IT'S NOT --
THESE KIDS ALL HAVE CARS.
404
00:21:31,333 --> 00:21:35,200
YOU KNOW?
YOU DON'T HITCHHIKE.
405
00:21:35,233 --> 00:21:37,433
Rader: WE HAVE A GIRL
THAT'S EXPOSED NOW
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TO SOME COLD WEATHER
AND SOME DRIZZLE.
407
00:21:39,633 --> 00:21:43,133
WE HAVE A GIRL WHO DOESN'T HAVE
A CELLPHONE THAT WORKS.
408
00:21:43,167 --> 00:21:46,200
WE HAVE A DESPERATE INDIVIDUAL.
409
00:21:46,233 --> 00:21:49,700
WE HAVE A GIRL
THAT'S NOT THINKING CLEARLY.
410
00:21:49,733 --> 00:21:51,833
SO WHEN YOU'RE NOT
THINKING CLEARLY,
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00:21:51,867 --> 00:21:54,533
YOU'RE GONNA DO THINGS
YOU NORMALLY WOULDN'T DO.
412
00:21:54,567 --> 00:21:56,200
SO WHILE IT WOULDN'T BE NORMAL
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FOR MORGAN HARRINGTON
TO HITCHHIKE,
414
00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:00,600
ON THAT PARTICULAR NIGHT,
415
00:22:00,633 --> 00:22:04,100
WE BELIEVE SHE WAS HITCHHIKING
OUT OF DESPERATION.
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00:22:06,567 --> 00:22:08,333
Narrator: COMING UP,
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ANOTHER MORE DISTURBING SIGHTING
OF MORGAN COMES TO LIGHT.
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Parson: AND I WAS LIKE,
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"WHY IS SHE OUT HERE
WITH A MINI-SKIRT ON,
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00:22:16,533 --> 00:22:17,800
"OUT HERE, LEGS OUT,
421
00:22:17,833 --> 00:22:21,467
AND SHE'S WITH
THESE THREE GUYS?"
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00:22:42,267 --> 00:22:45,733
Narrator: VIRGINIA TECH JUNIOR
MORGAN HARRINGTON IS MISSING
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AFTER LEAVING A ROCK CONCERT
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AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
IN CHARLOTTESVILLE.
425
00:22:50,267 --> 00:22:54,167
WITNESS ACCOUNTS LAST PLACE
HER ON THE COPELEY ROAD BRIDGE,
426
00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:57,300
APPARENTLY HITCHHIKING
AT 9:30 P.M. THAT EVENING.
427
00:22:59,100 --> 00:23:01,467
THE POLICE
CONTINUE SEARCHING THE AREA
428
00:23:01,500 --> 00:23:03,767
AROUND THE
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CAMPUS.
429
00:23:07,867 --> 00:23:10,433
Rader: WE SEARCHED
THE ENTIRE TUNNEL SYSTEM
430
00:23:10,467 --> 00:23:12,567
UNDER
THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
431
00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:16,133
WE RAN MORE DOGS JUST TO SEE,
YOU KNOW, DID WE MISS SOMETHING?
432
00:23:16,167 --> 00:23:18,333
AND WE ACTUALLY
STARTED CONSIDERING
433
00:23:18,367 --> 00:23:20,667
POTENTIAL DUMP SITES,
BODY SITES,
434
00:23:20,700 --> 00:23:24,300
AND WE ACTUALLY DID SOME
COVERT SEARCHES OF THOSE SITES.
435
00:23:24,333 --> 00:23:26,533
Narrator:
BUT SEARCH AFTER SEARCH,
436
00:23:26,567 --> 00:23:28,967
THE INVESTIGATORS COME UP EMPTY.
437
00:23:31,233 --> 00:23:33,400
AS DAYS AND WEEKS GO BY,
438
00:23:33,433 --> 00:23:36,867
THE HOPE OF FINDING MORGAN
OR SOLVING HER DISAPPEARANCE
439
00:23:36,900 --> 00:23:38,233
BEGINS TO GROW DIM.
440
00:23:38,267 --> 00:23:42,067
Rader: AT SOME POINT, YOUR
SEARCH HAS TO BE REASONABLE,
441
00:23:42,067 --> 00:23:44,567
AND YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER
YOUR RESOURCES
442
00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:47,067
AND WHAT OTHER OBLIGATIONS
DO YOU HAVE
443
00:23:47,100 --> 00:23:50,600
TO OTHER INVESTIGATIONS.
444
00:23:50,633 --> 00:23:53,700
WE DID NOT STOP OUR SEARCHES
UNTIL WE WERE CONFIDENT
445
00:23:53,733 --> 00:23:56,267
THAT WE HAD REASONABLY
SEARCHED THE AREAS
446
00:23:56,300 --> 00:23:59,067
THAT NEED TO BE SEARCHED
AND BEYOND.
447
00:23:59,067 --> 00:24:00,967
Narrator: BY DECEMBER 16th,
448
00:24:01,067 --> 00:24:03,500
EIGHT WEEKS
AFTER MORGAN VANISHED,
449
00:24:03,533 --> 00:24:06,967
INVESTIGATORS STOP SEARCHING.
450
00:24:07,067 --> 00:24:10,933
IT'S FRUSTRATING
AND DEMORALIZING
451
00:24:10,967 --> 00:24:15,700
TO FEEL THAT PEOPLE
WOULD QUIT ON MORGAN.
452
00:24:22,367 --> 00:24:25,267
Narrator: TO KEEP THEIR DAUGHTER
IN THE PUBLIC'S MIND,
453
00:24:25,300 --> 00:24:28,500
MORGAN'S PARENTS
CONTINUE TO ENGAGE THE MEDIA.
454
00:24:28,533 --> 00:24:33,433
AND TO THE PERSON
WHO HAS TAKEN MORGAN FROM US,
455
00:24:33,467 --> 00:24:35,967
PLEASE, JUST LET HER GO.
456
00:24:36,067 --> 00:24:39,067
Dan: THE STORY
TOOK ON A LIFE OF ITS OWN,
457
00:24:39,067 --> 00:24:40,833
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NEEDED
458
00:24:40,867 --> 00:24:43,300
WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE
WHO'S MISSING.
459
00:24:43,333 --> 00:24:46,867
AND WE FIGURED OUT ALSO THAT
KEEPING MORGAN'S STORY ALIVE
460
00:24:46,900 --> 00:24:48,700
KEPT PRESSURE ON THE POLICE.
461
00:24:48,733 --> 00:24:51,300
Narrator: THE DAY AFTER MORGAN
DISAPPEARED,
462
00:24:51,333 --> 00:24:53,867
CHARLOTTESVILLE'S WEEKLY PAPER,
THE HOOK,
463
00:24:53,900 --> 00:24:57,467
LAUNCHED ITS OWN INVESTIGATION
INTO THE MORGAN HARRINGTON CASE.
464
00:24:57,500 --> 00:25:00,667
I HAPPEN TO BE A REPORTER
THAT FOCUSES ON CRIME
465
00:25:00,700 --> 00:25:03,433
AND, IN PARTICULAR,
CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN.
466
00:25:03,467 --> 00:25:06,100
IT WAS PRETTY QUICKLY APPARENT
WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS
467
00:25:06,133 --> 00:25:08,600
THAT THIS WAS GONNA BE
A REALLY HIGH-PROFILE CASE.
468
00:25:08,633 --> 00:25:11,900
Narrator:
REPORTER COURTENEY STUART
BEGINS DIGGING THROUGH
469
00:25:11,933 --> 00:25:14,133
THE HUNDREDS
OF WITNESS ACCOUNTS ONLINE
470
00:25:14,167 --> 00:25:17,067
AND PLUGGING INTO
THE TOWN GOSSIP
471
00:25:17,067 --> 00:25:21,200
TO SEE IF SHE CAN UNEARTH
ANY NEW INFORMATION IN THE CASE.
472
00:25:21,233 --> 00:25:23,467
I ATTENDED AN ORIENTATION
SESSION FOR VOLUNTEERS
473
00:25:23,500 --> 00:25:25,833
WHO WERE GONNA PARTICIPATE
IN ONE OF THE SEARCHES.
474
00:25:25,867 --> 00:25:28,100
AND A WOMAN SITTING
SORT OF TOWARDS THE BACK
475
00:25:28,133 --> 00:25:30,733
STOOD UP AND SAID, "WHY HAS
NOBODY RETURNED MY CALL?
476
00:25:30,767 --> 00:25:32,800
"I HAVE BEEN
TRYING TO GIVE YOU MY TIP.
477
00:25:32,833 --> 00:25:34,767
I SAW HER."
478
00:25:42,933 --> 00:25:46,267
Narrator:
NORMA PARSON TOLD STUART
SHE WAS DELIVERING NEWSPAPERS
479
00:25:46,300 --> 00:25:48,967
AROUND THE
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA GROUNDS
480
00:25:49,067 --> 00:25:50,633
EARLY THAT SUNDAY MORNING.
481
00:25:50,667 --> 00:25:53,500
AROUND 3:45 A.M.,
482
00:25:53,533 --> 00:25:56,733
ROUGHLY SIX HOURS AFTER THE
COPELEY ROAD BRIDGE SIGHTING,
483
00:25:56,767 --> 00:25:59,500
SHE WAS MAKING A DELIVERY
AT THE RESIDENCES
484
00:25:59,533 --> 00:26:03,233
AROUND THE U.V.A. CAMPUS.
485
00:26:03,267 --> 00:26:06,067
WHEN I GOT TO THE OPENING
TO THE WEST LAWN,
486
00:26:06,067 --> 00:26:07,700
SHE WAS JUST STANDING THERE.
487
00:26:07,733 --> 00:26:10,700
AND SHE WAS TALL, BLONDE.
488
00:26:10,733 --> 00:26:14,333
HER HAIR WAS STUCK
INSIDE OF HER JACKET.
489
00:26:14,367 --> 00:26:19,567
SO I JUST STOOD THERE
WHILE THEY WALKED SLOWLY BY ME.
490
00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:22,067
I JUST NOTICED
SHE HAD ALL BLACK ON.
491
00:26:22,067 --> 00:26:24,067
SHE HAD A BLACK JACKET,
BLACK SKIRT,
492
00:26:24,067 --> 00:26:27,700
NO TIGHTS, KNEE-HIGH BOOTS,
493
00:26:27,733 --> 00:26:32,400
AND THREE WHITE YOUNG MALES
WALKING WITH HER.
494
00:26:32,433 --> 00:26:35,833
I FELT LIKE,
"IT'S 3:45 IN THE MORNING."
495
00:26:35,867 --> 00:26:37,067
AND I WAS LIKE,
496
00:26:37,067 --> 00:26:40,067
"WHY IS SHE OUT HERE
WITH A MINI-SKIRT ON,
497
00:26:40,067 --> 00:26:41,533
"OUT HERE, LEGS OUT,
498
00:26:41,567 --> 00:26:43,867
AND SHE'S WITH
THESE THREE GUYS?"
499
00:26:43,900 --> 00:26:49,233
SO WHEN SHE WALKED UP THE STEPS
ON MY SIDE OF THE PAVILION,
500
00:26:49,267 --> 00:26:51,067
I LOOKED HER DEAD IN THE FACE.
501
00:26:54,733 --> 00:26:56,367
Narrator:
THE NEXT MORNING,
502
00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:59,433
PARSON SAYS SHE SAW
MORGAN HARRINGTON'S PHOTO
503
00:26:59,467 --> 00:27:02,367
ON THE FRONT PAGE
OF THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER.
504
00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:04,300
I LOOKED AT THE PICTURE,
505
00:27:04,333 --> 00:27:07,600
AND LIGHT BULBS
JUST WENT ON IN MY HEAD.
506
00:27:07,633 --> 00:27:10,267
I SAID,
"YEAH, I SAW THAT YOUNG LADY.
507
00:27:10,300 --> 00:27:15,067
I SAW MORGAN HARRINGTON
ON THE WEST LAWN."
508
00:27:15,067 --> 00:27:18,167
Narrator: PARSON CALLED
THE TIP LINE WITH HER STORY,
509
00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:21,167
BUT SHE SAYS THE POLICE
DIDN'T TAKE HER SERIOUSLY.
510
00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:27,400
Parson: I THINK THAT THEY DID
A VERY UNPROFESSIONAL JOB
511
00:27:27,433 --> 00:27:29,500
IN THE WAY
THAT THEY HANDLED MY TIP.
512
00:27:29,533 --> 00:27:30,833
Narrator:
THE INVESTIGATORS
513
00:27:30,867 --> 00:27:33,800
SAY THEY VETTED PARSON'S TIP
VERY CAREFULLY.
514
00:27:33,833 --> 00:27:39,367
THE LAWN SIGHTING HAS BEEN
INVESTIGATED MORE THAN ONCE
515
00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:41,600
BY A COUPLE OF OUR INVESTIGATORS
516
00:27:41,633 --> 00:27:44,400
WHO HAVE GONE BACK
AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
517
00:27:44,433 --> 00:27:47,900
WE EVEN USED BLOODHOUNDS
TO GO OVER THERE
518
00:27:47,933 --> 00:27:52,967
AND TRY TO SEE IF WHETHER OR NOT
THE SCENT FOR MORGAN WAS THERE.
519
00:27:53,067 --> 00:27:56,467
SO WE HAVEN'T DISCARDED
THAT INFORMATION.
520
00:27:56,500 --> 00:27:58,067
WE JUST HAVE NOT.
521
00:27:58,067 --> 00:28:00,067
THAT COULD COME INTO PLAY
LATER ON
522
00:28:00,100 --> 00:28:02,067
AS MORE INFORMATION
IS UNRAVELED.
523
00:28:02,067 --> 00:28:05,400
AS IT IS RIGHT NOW, WE CAN
NOW CORROBORATE THAT SIGHTING.
524
00:28:05,433 --> 00:28:09,067
Narrator:
BUT REPORTER COURTENEY STUART
CHECKS OUT THE STORY ANYWAY.
525
00:28:09,100 --> 00:28:12,467
Stuart: WELL, I FOLLOWED IT UP
BY GOING TO THE ROOM
526
00:28:12,500 --> 00:28:15,200
WHERE SHE SAID
SHE HAD SEEN THIS GIRL
527
00:28:15,233 --> 00:28:17,400
AND THESE THREE BOYS COMING OUT.
528
00:28:17,433 --> 00:28:20,267
AND THE STUDENT WHO WAS THERE
SAID, "IT'S NOT POSSIBLE."
529
00:28:20,300 --> 00:28:22,067
AND HE SUGGESTED THAT, IN FACT,
530
00:28:22,100 --> 00:28:24,933
THERE WAS A WEDDING RECEPTION
THAT WAS BEING HELD
531
00:28:24,967 --> 00:28:27,367
IN ONE OF THE LARGER
OF THOSE PAVILIONS,
532
00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:28,833
LARGER HOUSES NEXT DOOR.
533
00:28:28,867 --> 00:28:31,567
AND HE THOUGHT THAT PROBABLY
WHAT SHE HAD SEEN
534
00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:34,200
WAS GUESTS WHO WERE ATTENDING
THIS RECEPTION
535
00:28:34,233 --> 00:28:35,833
LEAVING THAT AREA.
536
00:28:35,867 --> 00:28:38,833
NORMA PARSON
STANDS BY HER STORY.
537
00:28:38,867 --> 00:28:41,333
Parson:
I'M GOOD AT FACES.
538
00:28:41,367 --> 00:28:43,900
AND I MAY NOT KNOW YOUR NAME,
539
00:28:43,933 --> 00:28:47,533
BUT IF I HAVEN'T SEE YOU
IN FIVE YEARS,
540
00:28:47,567 --> 00:28:49,900
I WILL REMEMBER YOUR FACE.
541
00:28:49,933 --> 00:28:54,600
WHEN I SAW HER IN THAT PAPER,
I KNEW THAT WAS HER.
542
00:28:56,433 --> 00:28:59,500
Narrator: NORMA PARSON'S STORY
HAS AN EERIE SIMILARITY
543
00:28:59,533 --> 00:29:02,533
TO ANOTHER EYE-WITNESS ACCOUNT
UNEARTHED BY STUART.
544
00:29:02,567 --> 00:29:05,400
Stuart: A WOMAN WHO WAS ARRIVING
FROM RICHMOND
545
00:29:05,433 --> 00:29:08,533
TO ATTEND THE METALLICA SHOW
SAID AS SHE ARRIVED --
546
00:29:08,567 --> 00:29:10,733
AND SHE WAS COMING
A LITTLE LATE.
547
00:29:10,767 --> 00:29:14,133
SHE SAID A GROUP OF FOUR
YOUNG MEN
548
00:29:14,167 --> 00:29:17,833
ACCOMPANIED
BY ONE YOUNG, BLONDE WOMAN
549
00:29:17,867 --> 00:29:20,267
WEARING BLACK BOOTS
AND SORT OF AN OUTFIT
550
00:29:20,300 --> 00:29:23,400
THAT MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION
OF WHAT MORGAN WAS WEARING
551
00:29:23,433 --> 00:29:25,067
CROSSED IN FRONT OF HER CAR.
552
00:29:25,067 --> 00:29:27,867
AND SHE THOUGHT
THAT THE GIRL LOOKED WOBBLY
553
00:29:27,900 --> 00:29:31,767
AND SHE WONDERED WHY THEY WOULD
BE WALKING AWAY FROM THE ARENA
554
00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:34,233
WHEN METALLICA
WAS ABOUT TO COME ON.
555
00:29:34,267 --> 00:29:36,367
Narrator:
WITH NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
556
00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:39,100
OR SURVEILLANCE VIDEO
TO SUPPORT EITHER ACCOUNT,
557
00:29:39,133 --> 00:29:41,167
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR POLICE
TO KNOW
558
00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:42,933
WHETHER THEY ARE ACCURATE.
559
00:29:42,967 --> 00:29:45,267
Cappuzzo: EYE-WITNESS ACCOUNTS
IN A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
560
00:29:45,300 --> 00:29:46,700
ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
561
00:29:46,733 --> 00:29:48,467
BUT EYE-WITNESS INFORMATION
562
00:29:48,500 --> 00:29:51,133
GENERALLY ALWAYS HAS TO BE
CORROBORATED
563
00:29:51,167 --> 00:29:52,900
AND CONFIRMED IN SOME WAY.
564
00:29:56,233 --> 00:29:59,433
Narrator: WITH LEAD AFTER LEAD
FALLING THROUGH,
565
00:29:59,467 --> 00:30:01,233
THE INVESTIGATION FALTERS.
566
00:30:01,267 --> 00:30:05,767
THEN, ON NOVEMBER 11, 2009,
567
00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:08,100
THE POLICE GET A CALL
THAT MAY STEER THEM
568
00:30:08,133 --> 00:30:10,767
TOWARD SOME SOLID
PHYSICAL EVIDENCE IN THE CASE.
569
00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:12,133
Cappuzzo: I WAS NOTIFIED
570
00:30:12,167 --> 00:30:14,200
BY THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY
POLICE DEPARTMENT
571
00:30:14,233 --> 00:30:16,333
THAT THEY RECOVERED A SHIRT
THAT WAS CONSISTENT
572
00:30:16,367 --> 00:30:19,133
WITH THE ONE MORGAN WAS WEARING
THE NIGHT SHE WAS LAST SEEN.
573
00:30:19,167 --> 00:30:21,300
Narrator:
A BLACK T-SHIRT WITH TAN LETTERS
574
00:30:21,333 --> 00:30:25,067
SPELLING THE BAND'S NAME
"PANTERA" ACROSS THE CHEST
575
00:30:25,100 --> 00:30:27,733
IS FOUND BY A STUDENT
ON THE GROUND
576
00:30:27,767 --> 00:30:29,800
NEXT TO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.
577
00:30:29,833 --> 00:30:31,000
THE LOCATION --
578
00:30:31,033 --> 00:30:33,567
THE INTERSECTION OF 15th STREET
AND GRADY AVENUE
579
00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:34,867
IN CHARLOTTESVILLE --
580
00:30:34,900 --> 00:30:39,200
IS AN AREA HEAVILY POPULATED
WITH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS.
581
00:30:39,233 --> 00:30:41,833
IF THE T-SHIRT
IS, IN FACT, MORGAN'S,
582
00:30:41,867 --> 00:30:44,033
IT WILL BE THE FIRST PIECE
OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
583
00:30:44,067 --> 00:30:46,100
IN THE HANDS OF POLICE
SINCE MORGAN'S PURSE
584
00:30:46,133 --> 00:30:48,267
AND ITS CONTENTS WERE FOUND
IN THE PARKING LOT
585
00:30:48,300 --> 00:30:50,267
THE DAY AFTER SHE VANISHED.
586
00:30:50,300 --> 00:30:53,600
WILL THE SHIRT'S DISCOVERY
BE THE LUCKY BREAK
587
00:30:53,633 --> 00:30:56,267
THE POLICE NEED
TO CRACK THIS CASE?
588
00:30:58,033 --> 00:31:01,867
NEXT, A DISTURBING FIND
ON A SECLUDED FARM
589
00:31:01,900 --> 00:31:04,667
TAKES THE CASE
IN A NEW DIRECTION.
590
00:31:08,333 --> 00:31:11,433
GET MORE "DISAPPEARED" ONLINE
AT...
591
00:31:24,100 --> 00:31:27,067
Narrator:
NOVEMBER 11, 2009.
592
00:31:27,067 --> 00:31:31,067
VIRGINIA STATE POLICE FINALLY
GET A PIECE OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
593
00:31:31,067 --> 00:31:32,700
THAT MAY BRING THEM CLOSER
594
00:31:32,733 --> 00:31:35,267
TO SOLVING
THE MORGAN HARRINGTON CASE.
595
00:31:35,300 --> 00:31:37,433
WHAT APPEARS TO BE
MORGAN'S T-SHIRT
596
00:31:37,467 --> 00:31:40,400
IS RECOVERED 2 MILES
FROM THE JOHN PAUL JONES ARENA
597
00:31:40,433 --> 00:31:42,667
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
598
00:31:42,700 --> 00:31:45,633
THE 20-YEAR-OLD
VIRGINIA TECH STUDENT
599
00:31:45,667 --> 00:31:47,833
WAS LAST SEEN ON OCTOBER 17th
600
00:31:47,867 --> 00:31:51,367
OUTSIDE THE METALLICA CONCERT
AT THE ARENA.
601
00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:53,533
Rader:
IT WAS A STUDENT
602
00:31:53,567 --> 00:31:56,200
THAT WAS WALKING ALONG
603
00:31:56,233 --> 00:32:01,300
NEAR AN APARTMENT COMPLEX
OFF OF GRADY AVENUE,
604
00:32:01,333 --> 00:32:07,600
AND THE SHIRT WAS -- IT WAS JUST
EXPOSED TO THE VIEWING.
605
00:32:07,633 --> 00:32:10,067
WE DIDN'T BELIEVE
IT HAD BEEN THERE BEFORE.
606
00:32:10,067 --> 00:32:11,567
WE HAD SEARCHED THERE BEFORE.
607
00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:14,667
WE DON'T KNOW THE CIRCUMSTANCES
OF HOW IT GOT PLACED THERE
608
00:32:14,700 --> 00:32:17,600
OR HOW IT WAS FOUND THERE,
BUT, IN FACT, IT WAS THERE.
609
00:32:17,633 --> 00:32:20,433
Narrator: AT THIS POINT,
THE PANTERA T-SHIRT
610
00:32:20,467 --> 00:32:22,667
IS THE ONLY NEW PIECE
OF EVIDENCE
611
00:32:22,700 --> 00:32:25,533
THE INVESTIGATORS HAVE
TO WORK WITH.
612
00:32:25,567 --> 00:32:30,733
Cappuzzo:
THE SHIRT WAS SENT TO OUR
FORENSIC LABORATORY IN RICHMOND,
613
00:32:30,767 --> 00:32:36,233
AND THEY WERE ABLE TO RECOVER
SOME HUMAN HAIRS FROM THE SHIRT.
614
00:32:36,267 --> 00:32:41,867
AND UTILIZING THOSE HAIRS
AND HAIRS THAT WERE OBTAINED
615
00:32:41,900 --> 00:32:45,500
FROM SOME OF MORGAN'S BELONGINGS
AND FROM HER MOTHER,
616
00:32:45,533 --> 00:32:47,233
WE WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE
617
00:32:47,267 --> 00:32:49,700
THROUGH MITOCHONDRIAL
DNA TESTING
618
00:32:49,733 --> 00:32:52,900
THAT THAT WAS, IN FACT,
MORGAN'S SHIRT.
619
00:32:52,933 --> 00:32:56,267
Narrator: BUT THIS
POTENTIALLY PROMISING LEAD
620
00:32:56,300 --> 00:32:59,167
TURNS OUT TO BE
JUST ANOTHER DEAD END.
621
00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:02,367
NO OTHER CLUES
ARE FOUND IN THE AREA.
622
00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:05,167
Cappuzzo: WE INTERVIEWED
NUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS
623
00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:07,367
WHO LIVED IN THAT AREA
OR WALKED THROUGH THAT AREA
624
00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:10,900
OR PASSED THROUGH THAT AREA.
625
00:33:10,933 --> 00:33:12,467
OTHER THAN THE SHIRT ITSELF,
626
00:33:12,500 --> 00:33:14,667
WE DID NOT RECOVER
ANY OTHER EVIDENCE
627
00:33:14,700 --> 00:33:17,400
IN THAT IMMEDIATE VICINITY
OF WHERE THE SHIRT WAS FOUND.
628
00:33:17,433 --> 00:33:20,733
Narrator: DECEMBER 2009.
629
00:33:20,767 --> 00:33:23,167
MORGAN HAS BEEN GONE
FOR TWO MONTHS,
630
00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:26,200
AND THERE IS STILL
NO BREAKTHROUGH IN THE CASE.
631
00:33:26,233 --> 00:33:29,367
GIL AND DAN
SPEND AN AGONIZING CHRISTMAS
632
00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:31,167
WITHOUT THEIR DAUGHTER.
633
00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:33,767
Gil:
YOU KNOW, HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL.
634
00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:37,700
AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT MAKES
THE MISSING TIME EXCRUCIATING
635
00:33:37,733 --> 00:33:42,067
BECAUSE YOU SAY, "OH, IS SHE
CHAINED IN A SHED SOMEWHERE?
636
00:33:42,067 --> 00:33:44,567
"IT'S RAINING.
IS SHE IN THE COLD?
637
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:45,933
IS SHE BEING FED?"
638
00:33:45,967 --> 00:33:48,933
YOU FILL IN THE BLANKS
IN A TERRIBLE WAY.
639
00:33:48,967 --> 00:33:50,867
Narrator:
WITH NO NEW LEADS,
640
00:33:50,900 --> 00:33:53,667
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CASE
SLOW TO A STANDSTILL
641
00:33:53,700 --> 00:33:58,300
UNTIL JANUARY 26, 2010,
WHEN EVERYTHING CHANGES.
642
00:34:01,533 --> 00:34:05,467
DAVID BASS,
A FARMER IN ALBEMARLE COUNTY,
643
00:34:05,500 --> 00:34:08,167
IS TAKING A TRACTOR RIDE
ALONG HIS PROPERTY LINE
644
00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:11,200
TO CHECK ON THE FENCES
AFTER A HEAVY SNOWFALL.
645
00:34:11,233 --> 00:34:15,333
THE BASS FARM IS 10 MILES
FROM THE JOHN PAUL JONES ARENA
646
00:34:15,367 --> 00:34:17,100
WHERE MORGAN HARRINGTON
647
00:34:17,133 --> 00:34:20,933
WAS LAST SEEN
THREE MONTHS EARLIER.
648
00:34:20,967 --> 00:34:24,167
ON THE REMOTE CORNER
OF HIS FARM,
649
00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:28,067
BASS COMES ACROSS WHAT HE THINKS
IS A DEER CARCASS.
650
00:34:28,100 --> 00:34:29,467
WHEN HE GETS CLOSE,
651
00:34:29,500 --> 00:34:32,567
HE CAN SEE CLOTHING AND JEWELRY
ON THE REMAINS.
652
00:34:34,067 --> 00:34:37,433
BASS IMMEDIATELY CALLS 911
AND ALERTS THE POLICE.
653
00:34:37,467 --> 00:34:41,567
Cappuzzo: WE IMMEDIATELY
RESPONDED WITH INVESTIGATORS
654
00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:43,367
AND WITH CRIME-SCENE
TECHNICIANS.
655
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:46,333
Narrator:
FORENSIC TEAMS GET TO WORK
656
00:34:46,367 --> 00:34:49,467
TO DETERMINE THE IDENTITY
OF THE SKELETAL REMAINS.
657
00:34:49,500 --> 00:34:51,967
SOMEONE FROM THE MEDIA
IN CHARLOTTESVILLE CALLED US
658
00:34:52,067 --> 00:34:53,567
AND SAID,
"WE WANT YOU TO KNOW
659
00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:57,600
THAT IT LOOKS LIKE MORGAN'S BODY
HAS BEEN FOUND."
660
00:34:57,633 --> 00:35:01,067
I REMEMBER
JUST THAT ADRENALINE FEELING
661
00:35:01,067 --> 00:35:02,700
OF, "COULD THIS BE MORGAN?
662
00:35:02,733 --> 00:35:05,067
IS THIS GONNA BE AN ANSWER
FOR US?"
663
00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:10,300
Narrator: COMING UP,
664
00:35:10,333 --> 00:35:13,433
HAVE INVESTIGATORS
FOUND MORGAN'S REMAINS,
665
00:35:13,467 --> 00:35:16,333
OR DO THEY BELONG
TO SOMEONE ELSE?
666
00:35:30,133 --> 00:35:32,867
Narrator:
JANUARY 26, 2010.
667
00:35:32,900 --> 00:35:35,200
POLICE INVESTIGATING
THE DISAPPEARANCE
668
00:35:35,233 --> 00:35:37,700
OF VIRGINIA TECH STUDENT
MORGAN HARRINGTON
669
00:35:37,733 --> 00:35:41,667
CONVERGE ON ANCHORAGE FARM
IN ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA,
670
00:35:41,700 --> 00:35:44,067
WHERE SKELETAL HUMAN REMAINS
WERE FOUND
671
00:35:44,067 --> 00:35:45,867
BY THE FARM'S OWNER, DAVID BASS.
672
00:35:45,900 --> 00:35:47,967
Bass:
I WAS CHECKING THE FENCES,
673
00:35:48,067 --> 00:35:50,667
AND I THOUGHT I SAW A DEAD DEER,
AND I STOPPED.
674
00:35:50,700 --> 00:35:55,233
AND IT WAS A HUMAN SKULL,
AND THAT'S WHEN I CALLED 911.
675
00:35:58,500 --> 00:36:01,467
Narrator:
20-YEAR-OLD MORGAN HARRINGTON
676
00:36:01,500 --> 00:36:04,467
HAS BEEN MISSING
SINCE OCTOBER 17, 2009.
677
00:36:04,500 --> 00:36:06,700
SHE WAS LAST SEEN HITCHHIKING
ON A BRIDGE
678
00:36:06,733 --> 00:36:09,233
OUTSIDE
THE JOHN PAUL JONES ARENA
679
00:36:09,267 --> 00:36:12,767
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
IN CHARLOTTESVILLE.
680
00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:15,367
Rader: CERTAINLY,
IDENTIFICATION OF ANY BODY,
681
00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:16,667
POSITIVE I.D.,
682
00:36:16,700 --> 00:36:21,067
IS DIRECTLY RELEVANT
TO THE CONDITION OF THE BODY.
683
00:36:21,067 --> 00:36:23,500
YOU KNOW, YOU SEND IT TO THE
MEDICAL EXAMINER IN VIRGINIA,
684
00:36:23,533 --> 00:36:25,567
AND THEY CAN DO
THEIR DNA TESTING.
685
00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:27,567
THEY CAN DO
THEIR DENTAL RECORDS,
686
00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:29,367
AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.
687
00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:32,067
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU USE
FOR A DECOMPOSED BODY.
688
00:36:32,067 --> 00:36:35,867
Narrator: HER PARENTS
WAIT AT HOME FOR THE RESULTS.
689
00:36:35,900 --> 00:36:39,300
TWO DAYS LATER,
A DENTAL RECORD MATCH CONFIRMS
690
00:36:39,333 --> 00:36:41,933
THAT THE REMAINS
ON THE ANCHORAGE FARM
691
00:36:41,967 --> 00:36:44,700
ARE, IN FACT,
MORGAN HARRINGTON'S.
692
00:36:44,733 --> 00:36:48,067
IT'S DEVASTATING NEWS
FOR MORGAN'S PARENTS.
693
00:36:48,100 --> 00:36:51,833
IT'S THE WORST THING
THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR.
694
00:36:51,867 --> 00:36:55,267
AND YET, AT THE SAME TIME,
IT'S WHAT I EXPECTED.
695
00:36:55,300 --> 00:36:58,500
AND...
696
00:36:58,533 --> 00:37:02,700
AND THERE WAS SOME RELIEF IN
THAT IT WASN'T MISSING ANYMORE.
697
00:37:02,733 --> 00:37:04,867
THE MISSING IS THE WORST THING.
698
00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:13,333
Narrator:
MORGAN, THE HARRINGTONS'
YOUNGEST CHILD, IS DEAD.
699
00:37:13,367 --> 00:37:15,467
THIS MISSING-PERSONS CASE
700
00:37:15,500 --> 00:37:18,500
IS NOW OFFICIALLY
A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION.
701
00:37:18,533 --> 00:37:21,167
BECAUSE THE INVESTIGATION
IS ONGOING,
702
00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:24,200
THE POLICE WILL NOT RELEASE
HER CAUSE OF DEATH.
703
00:37:24,233 --> 00:37:27,767
Cappuzzo: I CANNOT DISCUSS
THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HER DEATH
704
00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:29,200
AS FAR AS THE CAUSE.
705
00:37:29,233 --> 00:37:33,733
I CAN SAY
THAT THE MEDICAL EXAMINER
706
00:37:33,767 --> 00:37:37,900
HAS DETERMINED THAT HER
MANNER OF DEATH IS HOMICIDE.
707
00:37:40,900 --> 00:37:43,067
Narrator:
TO THE INVESTIGATORS,
708
00:37:43,100 --> 00:37:47,067
THE LOCATION OF MORGAN'S BODY
ON THE VAST, 700-PLUS-ACRE FARM,
709
00:37:47,067 --> 00:37:49,633
MAY BE THE MOST TELLING CLUE
TO DATE.
710
00:37:49,667 --> 00:37:53,600
Cappuzzo:
THE LOCATION IS VERY REMOTE.
711
00:37:53,633 --> 00:37:57,700
IT'S NOT EASILY ACCESSED
VIA VEHICLE.
712
00:37:57,733 --> 00:38:00,267
IT'S A LOCATION
THAT AN INDIVIDUAL
713
00:38:00,300 --> 00:38:03,433
MOST CERTAINLY HAD TO HAVE
PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF
714
00:38:03,467 --> 00:38:05,400
IN ORDER, YOU KNOW,
TO GET THERE.
715
00:38:05,433 --> 00:38:08,300
Rader: I MEAN,
WE'RE TALKING HAVING TO CROSS
716
00:38:08,333 --> 00:38:11,833
OVER CREEKS AND RAVINES
AND FENCES,
717
00:38:11,867 --> 00:38:14,067
GO THROUGH GATES.
718
00:38:14,100 --> 00:38:15,333
THEY FELT LOW RISK.
719
00:38:15,367 --> 00:38:18,167
THEY FELT "I CAN GET IN HERE
WITHOUT BEING SEEN.
720
00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:21,067
"I KNOW WHERE I WANT TO GO.
I KNOW THE TERRAIN.
721
00:38:21,067 --> 00:38:24,667
I KNOW WHAT I HAVE TO CROSS --
WHAT OBSTACLES I HAVE TO CROSS."
722
00:38:24,700 --> 00:38:26,833
I MEAN,
ALL THAT'S PRETTY TELLING.
723
00:38:26,867 --> 00:38:30,067
Narrator: ARMED WITH THESE
NEW ASSUMPTIONS,
724
00:38:30,067 --> 00:38:33,200
THE INVESTIGATORS
CONTINUE TO WORK THE CASE.
725
00:38:33,233 --> 00:38:34,733
BUT AS TIME GOES BY,
726
00:38:34,767 --> 00:38:37,767
NO SIGNIFICANT NEW LEADS
DEVELOP...
727
00:38:39,933 --> 00:38:42,933
...UNTIL JULY OF 2010,
728
00:38:42,967 --> 00:38:45,667
WHEN A COLD HIT
FROM A CRIMINAL-CASE DATABASE
729
00:38:45,700 --> 00:38:49,167
CONNECTS FORENSIC EVIDENCE FROM
THE HARRINGTON INVESTIGATION
730
00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:51,200
TO ANOTHER CASE,
731
00:38:51,233 --> 00:38:55,633
A 2005 ABDUCTION AND RAPE
IN FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA,
732
00:38:55,667 --> 00:39:00,500
A WASHINGTON D.C. SUBURB
THREE HOURS AWAY.
733
00:39:00,533 --> 00:39:04,767
BUT UNLIKE MORGAN, THE VICTIM
OF THE FAIRFAX ATTACK SURVIVED
734
00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:07,600
AND WAS ABLE TO TAKE
A CLOSE LOOK AT THE ASSAILANT.
735
00:39:09,733 --> 00:39:13,300
SEPTEMBER 24, 2005.
736
00:39:13,333 --> 00:39:16,333
A YOUNG WOMAN WAS WALKING HOME
FROM A GROCERY STORE
737
00:39:16,367 --> 00:39:18,500
IN FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA,
AT 10:00 P.M.
738
00:39:18,533 --> 00:39:20,300
WHEN SHE WAS GRABBED FROM BEHIND
739
00:39:20,333 --> 00:39:23,233
AND DRAGGED
TO A NEARBY COMMUNITY POOL.
740
00:39:23,267 --> 00:39:26,133
THE PERPETRATOR
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED THE VICTIM
741
00:39:26,167 --> 00:39:29,733
BUT TOOK OFF RUNNING
WHEN STARTLED BY A PASSERBY.
742
00:39:29,767 --> 00:39:31,467
THE VICTIM FOUGHT BACK,
743
00:39:31,500 --> 00:39:35,067
AND THE POLICE WERE ABLE
TO OBTAIN THE ASSAILANT'S DNA.
744
00:39:35,067 --> 00:39:37,733
THE WOMAN ALSO PROVIDED
A SKETCH ARTIST
745
00:39:37,767 --> 00:39:40,100
WITH A DESCRIPTION
OF HER ATTACKER.
746
00:39:40,133 --> 00:39:44,133
FIVE YEARS LATER,
A DNA MATCH LINKS THE SAME MAN
747
00:39:44,167 --> 00:39:47,967
TO THE DISAPPEARANCE AND MURDER
OF MORGAN HARRINGTON,
748
00:39:48,067 --> 00:39:51,300
ALTHOUGH THE POLICE WILL NOT
DISCLOSE HOW THE MATCH WAS MADE.
749
00:39:53,100 --> 00:39:56,367
THE INVESTIGATION IN BOTH CASES
IS STILL ONGOING,
750
00:39:56,400 --> 00:39:59,767
AND THE POLICE HAVE NOT YET
IDENTIFIED A SUSPECT.
751
00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:05,067
FORENSICALLY,
THERE IS A DNA CONNECTION
752
00:40:05,100 --> 00:40:08,167
THAT MORGAN HARRINGTON,
AT SOME POINT
753
00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:11,067
DURING HER TIME
AT CHARLOTTESVILLE
754
00:40:11,100 --> 00:40:12,667
PRIOR TO HER DEATH,
755
00:40:12,700 --> 00:40:16,433
CAME INTO CONTACT WITH A PERSON
WHO HAS ALREADY BEEN
756
00:40:16,467 --> 00:40:21,367
IN THE UNKNOWN SUBJECT
DNA DATABASE FOR VIRGINIA.
757
00:40:25,433 --> 00:40:27,667
Narrator: INVESTIGATORS
BELIEVE THE INFORMATION
758
00:40:27,700 --> 00:40:29,667
WILL EVENTUALLY HELP THEM
SOLVE THE CASE,
759
00:40:29,700 --> 00:40:32,433
BUT THEY CONTINUE
TO URGE THE PUBLIC
760
00:40:32,467 --> 00:40:34,200
TO UTILIZE THE TIP LINE.
761
00:40:34,233 --> 00:40:36,933
Cappuzzo: THERE'S STILL
A MONUMENTAL AMOUNT OF WORK
762
00:40:36,967 --> 00:40:39,267
THAT HAS TO BE DONE
IN THIS INVESTIGATION,
763
00:40:39,300 --> 00:40:46,700
AND I FEEL CONFIDENT
THAT WE WILL DEVELOP A SUSPECT.
764
00:40:46,733 --> 00:40:50,500
AND I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT
THIS CASE WILL SOLVE SOMEDAY.
765
00:40:50,533 --> 00:40:54,400
I'M ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN OF THAT.
766
00:40:56,467 --> 00:40:59,167
Narrator: GIL AND DAN HARRINGTON
VISITED THE SITE
767
00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:01,267
WHERE MORGAN'S REMAINS
WERE FOUND.
768
00:41:01,300 --> 00:41:04,567
THAT DISCOVERY
HAS GIVEN THEM SOME PEACE,
769
00:41:04,600 --> 00:41:09,267
BUT THEY STRUGGLE TO ABSORB THE
TRAGIC LOSS OF THEIR DAUGHTER.
770
00:41:09,300 --> 00:41:11,333
YOU HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD.
771
00:41:11,367 --> 00:41:14,600
YOU DON'T --
I DON'T THINK YOU EVER --
772
00:41:14,633 --> 00:41:16,500
YOU DON'T GET OVER IT.
773
00:41:16,533 --> 00:41:20,067
YOU DON'T HAVE CLOSURE.
YOU GET BEYOND IT.
774
00:41:20,100 --> 00:41:23,100
Dan: MY DAUGHTER'S NOT GONNA
GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE, YOU KNOW?
775
00:41:23,133 --> 00:41:26,167
SHE'S NOT GOING TO GET MARRIED.
SHE'S NOT GONNA HAVE CHILDREN.
776
00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:27,667
SHE'S NOT GONNA HAVE A CAREER.
777
00:41:27,700 --> 00:41:30,433
BUT THE PERSON
THAT MURDERED MY DAUGHTER
778
00:41:30,467 --> 00:41:34,100
IS WALKING THE STREETS AND
IS DOING ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
779
00:41:34,133 --> 00:41:39,600
AND I THINK THE PUBLIC
NEEDS TO BE AWARE
780
00:41:39,633 --> 00:41:43,667
THAT THERE IS SOMEONE OUT THERE
781
00:41:43,700 --> 00:41:46,333
THAT CONTINUES
TO WALK THE STREETS
782
00:41:46,367 --> 00:41:48,400
THAT HAS MURDERED AND RAPED.
783
00:41:48,433 --> 00:41:50,900
WE DON'T WANT ANOTHER PERSON
TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH
784
00:41:50,933 --> 00:41:52,667
WHAT OUR FAMILY
HAS GONE THROUGH.
785
00:41:52,700 --> 00:41:56,467
THIS IS -- NO ONE
SHOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH
786
00:41:56,500 --> 00:42:00,233
WHAT IT'S LIKE
TO HAVE A CHILD MURDERED.
787
00:42:00,267 --> 00:42:02,967
Narrator: THE HARRINGTONS
HAVE DEDICATED THEMSELVES
788
00:42:03,067 --> 00:42:04,867
TO KEEPING MORGAN'S MEMORY
ALIVE.
789
00:42:04,900 --> 00:42:09,167
WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE A POSITIVE
IMPACT IN MORGAN'S NAME.
790
00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:11,133
SHE HAS A SCHOLARSHIP
791
00:42:11,167 --> 00:42:13,333
AT THE VIRGINIA TECH
CARILION MEDICAL SCHOOL,
792
00:42:13,367 --> 00:42:14,733
WHERE SHE WORKED WITH HER DAD.
793
00:42:14,767 --> 00:42:17,467
WE'RE BUILDING A SCHOOL FOR HER
IN ZAMBIA, AFRICA.
794
00:42:17,500 --> 00:42:20,067
MORGAN'S NOT GONNA BE ABLE
TO GO TO AFRICA
795
00:42:20,067 --> 00:42:22,467
AND TEACH THOSE KIDS
AND SEE THOSE KIDS,
796
00:42:22,500 --> 00:42:25,900
BUT A LOT OF KIDS
WILL BE EDUCATED IN HER NAME,
797
00:42:25,933 --> 00:42:27,800
IN HER HONOR, IN HER BUILDING.
798
00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:38,700
Narrator:
ON FEBRUARY 5, 2010,
799
00:42:38,733 --> 00:42:41,467
THE FAMILY HELD A MEMORIAL
FOR MORGAN
800
00:42:41,500 --> 00:42:44,900
AT THE ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH
IN ROANOKE.
801
00:42:44,933 --> 00:42:47,433
DESPITE A BLINDING SNOW STORM,
802
00:42:47,467 --> 00:42:52,333
OVER 500 PEOPLE SHOWED UP
TO CELEBRATE HER LIFE.
803
00:42:52,367 --> 00:42:55,600
THIS WAS ABOUT 10 DAYS
AFTER MORGAN'S BODY WAS FOUND,
804
00:42:55,633 --> 00:42:58,733
BUT WE JUST FELT WE NEEDED,
I GUESS, SOME CLOSURE.
805
00:42:58,767 --> 00:43:03,333
THE WEATHER WAS UNBELIEVABLE --
YEAH, HORRIBLE.
806
00:43:03,367 --> 00:43:07,133
I MEAN, WE HAD 6 TO 8 INCHES
OF SNOW AND SLEET.
807
00:43:07,167 --> 00:43:09,600
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WHO COMES OUT?
[ CHUCKLES ]
808
00:43:09,633 --> 00:43:12,300
YOU KNOW, BUT PEOPLE CAME OUT.
809
00:43:12,333 --> 00:43:14,367
IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING.
810
00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:18,133
Gil: THERE'S SUCH JOY
IN HAVING RECOVERED A BODY
811
00:43:18,167 --> 00:43:23,067
AND RECLAIMING -- YOU KNOW,
WE HAVE WHAT IS OURS AGAIN --
812
00:43:23,067 --> 00:43:27,867
AND TO NOT LET HER BE ERASED.
65435
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