Girl who disappeared from Metallica concert, found dead. - Polidicks

(CNN) -- Skeletal remains found in a hayfield are those of Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington, a spokeswoman for the Virginia State Police said Wednesday. The remains were identified based on dental records provided by the victim's family, spokeswoman Corinne Geller said. Morgan Harrington, a 20-year-old education major, went to a Metallica concert at the University of Virginia's John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia, on October 17. She was separated from her friends and was the subject of repeated searches. "Investigators are now working to determine how the remains came to be in this particular location, cause and time of death, and identifying who was responsible for the remains being there," Geller said in a news release. More information is expected after the completion of an autopsy, the spokeswoman added. Police said skeletal remains were found Tuesday morning by a farmer driving a tractor through a hay field on his 700-acre farm. The area has no public access point, police said. The farm is about 10 miles from where the concert was being held. The farm's owner, David Dass, told CNN affiliate WTVR that he was out looking for damage after wind and rain knocked down several trees in his yard over the past week. He told WTVR that the area is at least a mile and a half from a main roadway. "I looked down and saw what looked like a human skull, and my first thought was that it was Morgan Harrington," Dass told WTVR, adding that he immediately called 911. WTVR: State police 'confident' remains are Harrington There was significant evidence leading police to believe that the remains are Harrington's, Virginia State Police Col. W. Steven Flaherty said, though he declined to specify what the evidence was. Police said the area where the remains were found had not been searched during the early stages of the investigation into her disappearance. The girl's parents, Dan and Gil Harrington, were in town to identify the remains, WTVR reported. Dan Harrington, in tears, told WTVR that "this is a horrible day" for his family. Gil Harrington expressed concerns Saturday that there was beginning to be complacency in the search, she wrote in a blog on the Web site set up to help find their daughter. On Sunday, more than three months after Morgan went missing, Gil Harrington still clung to hope. "Despite the length of time Morgan has been gone I remain hopeful," she wrote. "Part of me is waiting to be surprised. Waiting for God to pull the rabbit out of the hat and bring Morgan home. "I remember that the light always returns, it cannot help but return. Will the light of my life return soon? I cannot imagine that all the water of Morgan's potential is to run down the drain and be wasted. Can it really play out like that?" Now, it appears, the Harringtons finally have their answer. Police say they have now switched their focus to finding out how Morgan Harrington ended up in the remote farm and who put her there. During the concert, Harrington left her friends to use the restroom, police said. When she did not return, they called her cell phone at 8:48 p.m. She told them she was outside the arena and could not get back in because of its policy, police said, but told them not to worry about her and that she would find a ride home. There are restrooms inside the arena, police said, and police do not know how or why Harrington got outside. Witnesses who saw her outside the arena said she did not appear to be with anyone, police said. About 9:30 p.m. that night, witnesses reported seeing a person matching Harrington's description walking on a nearby bridge, police said. No further sightings were reported. Harrington's purse, with her identification and cell phone inside, was found the following day in an overflow parking lot near the arena, police said. A friend had driven Harrington's car to the concert, she said, and was still in possession of the car keys when they got separated. Harrington was reported missing the day after the concert, when she did not show up at her parents' home to study for a math exam with her father. Working with police and the Texas-based Laura Recovery Center, the Harringtons organized community searches, saying they would not give up hope that their daughter would be found. A $150,000 reward has been offered for information leading to Harrington's whereabouts, police said. Of that, Metallica contributed $50,000. The couple was joined at a news conference after her disappearance by Ed Smart, whose daughter Elizabeth was abducted in 2002. She returned home nine months later, after police say they found her in the custody of Brian David Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee. Harrington said he reached out to Smart last week to seek advice on how to go through the disappearance of a child. Harrington was wearing a black Pantera T-shirt, a black miniskirt, black tights and black boots when last seen.

:frown: Well at least Metallica helped with the reward

[QUOTE=articpenguin;19996561]A $150,000 reward has been offered for information leading to Harrington's whereabouts, police said. Of that, Metallica contributed $50,000.[/QUOTE] Aww, that was nice of them.

Virginia Tech again?

You are dead not big surprise.

Aww, I remember hearing about this when it happened, and I hoped that she was okay.

[QUOTE=articpenguin;19996561]Harrington was wearing a black Pantera T-shirt, a black miniskirt, black tights and black boots when last seen.[/QUOTE] Goddamn, that's metal. I hate to sound so pessimistic, but wouldn't any normal person give up hope after about a week? She sounds like a good girl, she even studies with daddy, so after a week of not hearing from her I don't think I'd have my hopes that high.

Who didn't expect this

[QUOTE=J Paul;19997205]Goddamn, that's metal. I hate to sound so pessimistic, but wouldn't any normal person give up hope after about a week? She sounds like a good girl, she even studies with daddy, so after a week of not hearing from her I don't think I'd have my hopes that high.[/QUOTE] -snip-think I misread that-snip- And any parent would try to stay hopeful, on the off chance that she actually is alive. [url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/01/26/virginia.harrington.remains/index.html]And here's the source.[/url] Would have been nice for you to include that in the OP, Artic.

Creeping death is always Sad but true. She was probably broken, beat, and scared after all that running. I hope it wasn't battery or anything... It's so sad to see another young one fading to black. Wonder if she said "I dissappear" to her friends or anything. Neverthless, luckily the memory remains

retards if you want to live, STOP GOING TO VIRGINIA TECH don't you know the instructors there turn in to werewolves?

[QUOTE=69105;19997471]retards if you want to live, STOP GOING TO VIRGINIA TECH don't you know the instructors there turn in to werewolves?[/QUOTE] Stop being twelve.

[QUOTE=evilking1;19997398]Creeping death is always Sad but true. She was probably broken, beat, and scared after all that running. I hope it wasn't battery or anything... It's so sad to see another young one fading to black. Wonder if she said "I dissappear" to her friends or anything. Neverthless, luckily the memory remains[/QUOTE] Lets hope the bells toll at her funeral. Her parents must have been on a frantic search when she first went missing, now the shadow of death lurks with them.

Ban Metallica.

This story was on CNN like two weeks ago. Surprised this is the first time it's been posted here. Sad though. She was hot.

That farmer sounds suspicious: "Whoa, a human skull here in my field, far from any road. It must be Morgan's!" Not the more normal "WTF? That's looks like a skull. What the hell is a human skull doing half buried on my property, my wife is still alive."

: ( Concerts should not go like this.

[QUOTE=cecilbdemodded;19998182]That farmer sounds suspicious: "Whoa, a human skull here in my field, far from any road. It must be Morgan's!" Not the more normal "WTF? That's looks like a skull. What the hell is a human skull doing half buried on my property, my wife is still alive."[/QUOTE] It's not suspicious. He's rather close to the area in which the girl was reported missing, and it's a huge story so of course the first thought that would jump into his head is "oh, it must be her".

She disappeared in October. There must not be a lot going on around there if she is still in his mind that much. Out here where I live, Southern California, if you found a skull it could be any number of missing people. And that's just counting the ones from October till now. If you consider all the people it could be from BEFORE October there is no way you'd say "I think it's ...", there are just too many possibilities.

That was just her life

I hope the person who did this is charged with Battery, we need vengeance And Justice For All. We need to Fight Fire Wi- you know what, fuck it. I'm already late.

[QUOTE=cecilbdemodded;19999486]She disappeared in October. There must not be a lot going on around there if she is still in his mind that much. Out here where I live, Southern California, if you found a skull it could be any number of missing people. And that's just counting the ones from October till now. If you consider all the people it could be from BEFORE October there is no way you'd say "I think it's ...", there are just too many possibilities.[/QUOTE] Rural Virginia is a little different than SoCal.

Ah shit. I knew this was true but just didn't want to believe it.

[QUOTE=cecilbdemodded;19999486]She disappeared in October. There must not be a lot going on around there if she is still in his mind that much. Out here where I live, Southern California, if you found a skull it could be any number of missing people. And that's just counting the ones from October till now. If you consider all the people it could be from BEFORE October there is no way you'd say "I think it's ...", there are just too many possibilities.[/QUOTE] In these types of places, there's not that much to talk about. Things stick with people. I should know, been here all my life. Basically this: [QUOTE=Watevaman;19999830]Rural Virginia is a little different than SoCal.[/QUOTE]

Good to see Metallica helped out.

Johnny better start packing some heat if he still plans on going to Virginia Tech.

I should, too. That's where I'm gonna be heading after community college. But I know a bunch of guys that are going there and they're still alive.

I blame Kirk

This sounds like a thing that should not be

What's up with Virginia Tech students and dieing?