Morgan Dana Harrington

Virginia State Police searched a two-mile stretch of Interstate 64 in Albemarle County this morning for evidence in the disappearance of Virginia Tech student Morgan Dana Harrington. About a dozen troopers spent a couple of hours searching along a median between mile markers 112 and 114, said state police spokeswoman Corinne Geller. The troopers were not acting on a specific tip, and their search turned up nothing useful to the case. Harrington disappeared Oct. 17 after she was separated from friends while attending a Metallica concert at the University of Virginia’s John Paul Jones Arena. Someone matching Harrington’s description was spotted hitchhiking ... Read Full Story

No New Information; Just Checking Over Spots Charlottesville , VA ( 1140wrva.com ) – State Police Troopers have been canvassing an area of I-64 between Crozet and Charlottesville in connection with the disappearance of Morgan Harrington. Harrington, a Virginia Tech student, disappeared from a Metallica concert at UVA on October 17th. Harrington was last seen on a bridge near John Paul Jones Arena after she exited the concert and was denied re-entry. State Police have said she was hitch-hiking. State Police Spokeswoman Corrine Geller says this search is not the result of new information, but just checking over spots to see if anything has ... Read Full Story

Morgan Dana Harrington , 20, attended a Metallica concert on Saturday at the University of Virginia with a couple of friends, but Harrington became separated from her pals that night and hasn't been seen since. According to ABC , police found her purse (holding her ID and cell phone) in the parking lot of UVA's John Paul Jones arena in Charlottesville. Morgan Dana Harrington (via ABC) As an education major at Virginia Tech, Harrington went home to see her parents in Roanoke most weekends and sometimes during the week. She had called them Saturday to tell them she was at the concert and had ... Read Full Story

Virginia State Police say they believe a Virginia Tech student missing for nearly a month was hitchhiking after she left a Metallica concert. Police said Friday that witnesses saw a woman fitting the description of 20-year-old Morgan Dana Harrington on a bridge that crosses railroad tracks trying to get a ride. Harrington became separated from her friends after she left the Charlottesville concert arena Oct. 17 and was denied re-entry. She told them she would find a way home. Police say they want to hear from anyone who might have loaned a cell phone to a woman fitting Harrington's description. Police say Harrington was ... Read Full Story

Morgan Dana Harrington vanished 10 days ago at a Metallica concert she attended with her friends, now, the search for the Virginia Tech student is getting help from the band and the FBI. Metallica posted a news story about their fan's disappearance this week on their official web site, and wrote a personal message saying they are "deeply concerned" about the missing 20-year-old. This electronic poster is up on Metallica's official web site. (metallica.com) Sources even say frontman James Hetfield has reached out to the Harrington family, and have offered to add $50,000 to the $100,000 reward being offered for information that helps lead ... Read Full Story