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The parents of missing 20-year-old Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington are hoping for a Thanksgiving miracle – finding their daughter nearly 6 weeks after her disappearance.

Dan and Gil Harrington and their son spent part of Thanksgiving morning visiting a makeshift memorial on the Copeley Road bridge near the John Paul Jones Arena.

Police say Morgan was last seen on the bridge trying to hitch a ride from the Metallica concert around 9:30 on October 17.

“There’s something of her here. There’s nothing of her in our home, and we’re trying to change that,” said Gil.

It’s hard to imagine the Harrington’s have much to be thankful for on Thanksgiving. “I am very thankful for the huge support and the outpouring of love that we have had from friends and neighbors,” Gil said.

Friends invited the couple and their son to continue a family Thanksgiving tradition in Charlottesville, but this holiday is anything but normal for the Harrington family.

Full story at: http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=11578308

The Harrington family hoped to have their daughter Morgan home by Thanksgiving.

Dan and Gil Harrington have not seen 20 year old Morgan Harrington now for almost six weeks since she vanished after leaving a Metallica concert in Charlottesville October 17th.

The Harrington’s son is coming to Virginia from New York City for Thanksgiving and the family will have dinner with close family friends.

A place Gil Harrington says they always spend the holiday.

“We’re always there. It’ll be strange not to have Morgan home if she doesn’t make it home by Thanksgiving, but that is really our place of celebration and marking that holiday, we’ll be there,” says Gil Harrington.

The family says they hope someone who knows something will come forward. Again, the tip line is 434 352-3467

Story at – http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=11574408

We’d like to extend our gratitude to those who attended the candle light vigils on Saturday, November 21st, in honor of our daughter, Morgan. Words cannot express how difficult the past five weeks have been for our family, but your ongoing support has profoundly helped us endure the difficulty. We also thank the countless people who have expressed their sympathies online and have helped advance our search by distributing information and flyers throughout their own communities. Your selfless efforts are deeply appreciated.

While Morgan Harrington may still be missing, she has not been forgotten.

Tammy Strickler from Broadway has never met Morgan or her family, but she lit candles Saturday evening as a prayer to bring Morgan home.

“I’m lighting these candles for Morgan’s Mom and Dad, and for Morgan, just to show my support for them and to show them that we are thinking about them, and that we are praying for them,” says Strickler.

Strickler believes these small acts of hope can carry a big message.

She says, “If they can’t get out and search for her, I know that offering up prayers of support is enough for the family. You can do behind the scene things like lighting the candles, or just praying for the family.”

Romayne Broyles from Luray had been keeping a candle stored away for years and she wasn’t sure why until now.

Broyles says, “God has his own reasons for everything and it could be that God just wanted me to save this candle for Morgan and light it in her honor.”

She has felt the pain the Harrington’s are facing.

Broyles says, “I know what it is to be without a child for a period of time and then to have that child come home. And, it’s the most wonderful thing you can ever imagine.”

Full story at: http://www.whsv.com/news/headlines/70726152.html

Kenny Jarels first met the Harringtons two weeks ago in Charlottesville when he helped with the volunteer search for new leads in the disappearance of Morgan Harrington.

“During this time, I saw the anguish and the pain that Dan and Gill Harrington were going through,” said Jarels.

Jarels says as the holidays get closer, he knew it would get tougher and tougher for them, so he and another supporter organized a candlelight vigil called “Lighting the World with Candles for Morgan” Saturday night.
   
Students at Tech leave for fall break today so Jarels says there probably will be only a small group participating in the vigil, but he says there will be people lighting candles all over the world.

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It’s been 32 days since Morgan Harrington disappeared outside the Metallica concert at John Paul Jones Arena. Wednesday her parents were back in Charlottesville to meet with state police and to spend time at the last place she was seen.

Dan and Gil Harrington were here to take Morgan’s dental records to state police investigators. Before that meeting, they spent a few very emotional minutes at the Copeley Road Bridge where Morgan was last seen hitching a ride at 9:30 the night of October 17.

The Harrington’s brought flowers and new weather-proof signs to the memorial on the bridge. Morgan’s parents also hung Tibetan prayer flags, which Gil Harrington says Morgan hung in her apartment in bedroom. They say they just feel the need to be where she was last seen and in the community where she was abducted from.

Gil Harrington says she’s staying optimistic about finding her daughter, but it’s getting harder. “Until this point I have been saying that we’re getting ragged. But I would say as of last night, we’re kind of unraveling a bit because it has been a month and that’s a big block of time. And you know a holiday for families is right around the corner and our family is fractured. It’s difficult.”

Dan Harrington said, “After someone has done something like this, it would be very usual for them to have some strange behaviors or some odd behaviors and if someone can think back to that period of time and think of someone that maybe was acting strangely to also notify the police.”

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Charlottesville, VA – The parents of a missing Virginia Tech student say it’s getting more difficult to hold out hope their daughter is alive.

Morgan Harrington vanished more than a month ago while attending a concert at UVA.

Dan and Gil Harrington returned to Charlottesville Wednesday to drop off their daughter’s dental records to State Police. The Harringtons then put fresh flowers and a new sign on the Copeley Road Bridge, which is the last place their daughter was seen by witnesses.

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ROANOKE – One month ago Tuesday, 20-year-old Morgan Harrington disappeared outside a concert in Charlottesville. Since then her pictures and her parents have remained in the headlines.
 
In fact, on the one month mark a woman’s body was found in Roanoke, the city where Morgan Harrington lived with her parents. State Police quickly notified area media that the body was not Morgan.
 
No matter where you are in Virginia, it’s hard to get away from the search for the Virginia Tech student.
 
But with tens of thousands of people going missing every year, we wanted to know more about the girl behind the headlines.
 
CBS 6 travelled to Roanoke late last week. A parade of yellow ribbons surrounded the Harrington home and the car windows of nearby neighbors have become homegrown rolling billboards.
 
But when Dan Harrington gets home, he says his heart sinks a little. Not because of ribbons or windows inscriptions, “I see her car outside and just for a minute there’s just this thought – oh Morgan is… and then you realize that she’s not (home).”

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HOKIE NATION is a film about the Virginia Tech family.  We love our sports, but being a Hokie is about more than scoring points.  It is about the community that is Virginia Tech.

We were saddened to learn that on October 17, 2009, VT student Morgan Dana Harrrington disappeared while attending a Metallica concert in Charlottesville.  Morgan is still missing and a fund has been set up to financially support efforts to find her.

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On the one-month anniversary of her daughter’s disappearance, Morgan Harrington’s mother released a new statement about her search and state police are trying to refute rumors about a woman’s body that was found in Roanoke.

Virginia State Police say, based on a description and other evidence, the body that was found is that of another woman.

In the time since Morgan was last seen, police have gotten about 500 tips. So far, none of the tips has led to the missing 20-year-old Virginia Tech student.

Morgan disappeared after attempting to go to a Metallica concert at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville October 17.

Police say she was last seen trying to hitchhike on the Copeley Street Bridge, which is something her mother, Gil Harrington, has said Morgan would not do.

Her parents, Dan and Gil Harrington, are working hard to keep her story alive. In a blog on the Find Morgan Website, Gil added a new post.

She writes, “Acknowledging and sharing in the joys of your colleagues and friends is what makes life rich and worth living. Holding others up when tragedy hits, as we are being held. If you let the loss ruin your life you let the guys who snatched Morgan win, you let evil win. I cannot let that happen.”

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The search for Morgan Harrington continues Tuesday, a month after friends, family, and volunteers have dedicated time and effort to her cause.

Tuesday marks one month that Morgan Harrington disappeared from Charlottesville. Her parents, Gil and Dan Harrington say it has been tough for them, but say they have to think positively.

“We’re coming for you baby,” said Gil Harrington, as the search continues for her daughter.

On October 17, Morgan Harrington seemingly disappeared from a Metallica concert at the John Paul Jones arena in Charlottesville.

In a press conference held late last month, Virginia State Police Lt. Joe Rader said somewhere out there lies the clues to Morgan Harrington’s disappearance.

Gil and Dan Harrington have worked tirelessly to keep Morgan’s story alive. They’ve appeared on national television broadcasts, including Doctor Phil. Morgan’s picture is even on the cover of the most recent People magazine.

Valley residents will receive a picture of Morgan in their mailbox, as part of the Valpak coupon mailer.

The case of missing Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington received a new round of national attention this week.

Harrington’s story is featured on the cover of People Magazine.  The article is titled “Vanished.“  It profiles six different missing children who have not been fund.

The section about Morgan gives information about when and where she went missing, as well as describes her parents’ search for their daughter.

Also, our NBC affiliated in Charlottesville WVIR reports Val-Pak of the Shenandoah Valley plans to place an insert about Harrington into its coupon mailings.

Story at: http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/article/morgan_harrington_on_people_magazine_in_val-pak_mailer/62907/

The band Metallica played another sold out show at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Sunday — for the second of a two night tear for the hard rockers.

Fans once again lined up around the block, wearing the band’s t-shirts, chanting the band’s name hoping to hear their favorite song once inside.  There was a reminder of a desperate search for one of their own.  The brother of missing Morgan Harrington held a candlelight vigil outside the arena to let others know his sister is still gone, and there is a 150-thousand dollar reward out there to help find her and bring her home.

Click to read the story – http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/11/16/missing-metallica-fan-search-continues/?test=latestnews

The search for missing Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington now enters week five. Saturday morning her parents, Dan and Gil Harrington, spoke on NBC’s Today Show.

They discussed the latest clues in the case and talking directly to the person who they think has Morgan.

A direct plea came 20-year-old Morgan Harrington’s mother, Gil Harrington. She stated, “You can be remembered as a hero of a terrible situation. Things have gotten out of hand and you can be the one that is remembered as the man who saved Morgan Harrington.”

Morgan disappeared on October 17 during a Metallica concert at John Paul Jones Arena. She was last seen by eyewitnesses hitchhiking on the Copeley Road Bridge about 9:30 that night.

Gil Harrington stated, “None of this makes sense. It doesn’t make sense that our daughter is missing – snatched from her life, abducted or possibly murdered.”

Police say Morgan would have been seen wearing a necklace like the one pictured here. It is an unusual and expensive Swarovski crystal necklace made up of large chain links. It was a gift from her brother.

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RICHMOND – As the search and investigative efforts continue for missing college student Morgan Harrington, state and local investigators are now able to release additional details concerning the night of her disappearance. Miss Harrington disappeared Oct. 17, 2009, during a Metallica concert at the John Paul Jones Arena on the University of Virginia (UVA) campus in Charlottesville, Va.

During the course of the investigation, police have been able to establish a timeline of Miss Harrington’s movements once she ended up outside of the arena at approximately 8:30 p.m. After talking to her friends on her cell phone, she then walked through the parking lot of University Hall and was also seen in the Lannigan Field athlete parking lot, which is also used for RV parking. At around 9:30 p.m., she was seen walking on the Copeley Road bridge near Ivy Road.

Based on independent witness accounts, investigators are confident that Miss Harrington was hitchhiking for a ride while on the Copeley Road bridge. If anyone recalls seeing a young woman hitchhiking that night on or near the Copeley Road bridge, then they are asked to please contact police by phone or email. Anyone who might remember seeing a vehicle randomly stopped in the roadway on Copeley Road bridge that night is also asked to contact investigators. Investigators are also hoping to hear from anyone who might have loaned their cell phone to a young woman fitting Miss Harrington’s description to make a call that night.

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The message from Gil Harrington, the normally soft-spoken mother of missing Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington, was precise, prickly, even a bit menacing: “I am starting to get angry. I am slow to anger, but once it takes hold I am relentless. I will tear apart this world to find Morgan and get this guy.”

The statement, which captured the frustration Gil and Dan Harrington feel as the search for their daughter nears the end of its fourth week, did not come in the middle of a news conference or television interview: Gil Harrington posted it on her blog, the latest online tool the Roanoke County family has turned to in a cutting-edge effort to shape media coverage and assist investigators. In the process, the family is helping to rewrite the playbook for how American families respond to a child’s disappearance.

If the Harringtons are any indication, gone are the days when families of missing children hunkered down in their homes while reporters beat on their doors, police officers quietly conducted their investigations and neighbors passed around fliers. The Harringtons have used an arsenal of online social networking tools to become a go-to source of information in the search for their 20-year-old daughter, largely taking it upon themselves to feed the public’s appetite for news — any news — about Harrington. Wednesday’s blog offered readers an essay Morgan Harrington wrote on “empty nest syndrome.”

Click link to read the story – http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/225980

A local business owner says its time to amp up the search for Morgan Harrington.The young lady who went missing in Charlottesville nearly a month ago.

Tim Walker, owner of Shenandoah Valley’s Valpak, decided to create his own search campaign for Morgan.

Tim is putting a flyer in each of his little blue advertising envelopes that are dispersed monthly through the mail. Thus, reaching a total of 120,000 homes in Charlottesville and the Shenandoah Valley.

Click link to read the story – http://www.whsv.com/news/headlines/69717017.html

Virginia State Police say there are no new leads in the Morgan Harrington case, even after it was mentioned on “America’s Most Wanted” Saturday.

Meanwhile, more than 1,600 volunteers searched more than 2,500 acres over the weekend.

Police say, even though several items of clothing were found, none were linked back to Morgan.

Click link to read the story – http://www.whsv.com/home/headlines/69605597.html

The case of missing Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington will soon get another round of nationwide coverage.

The Dr. Phil show was at the Harrington’s Roanoke County home Monday, taping a show scheduled to air Thursday at 4pm.

“I think it’s critical that we keep the story out there,“ Morgan’s father Dan Harrington said.

The interview will air across the country to millions of viewers.  The Harrington’s are hoping someone will hear the story and help.

“It has a large audience, and we want to make sure we get Morgan’s story out,“ Dan Harrington said.

Many of the questions Dr. Phil asks are the same questions the Harrington’s have faced day after day.  Sitting in their living room, the Harrington’s say it is day 23 of the search, and interviews like this are as tough as ever.

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We want to thank the many wonderful people who volunteered their time and hard work this past weekend to help search for our beloved daughter, Morgan. An area of approximately 2,600 acres was searched by teams made up of the 1,667 total registered volunteers. Your selfless generosity and continuing support have touched our hearts during an unbearably difficult time.

We especially wish to thank the Laura Recovery Center, which organized the three-day search for Morgan, augmenting law enforcement’s search and investigative efforts. More importantly, the Laura Recovery Center trained community members to continue ongoing search efforts. While no new information has yet been discovered, we have gained some peace in knowing much ground was – and will continue to be – covered during the search.

Over the weekend, hundreds of volunteers rummaged through wooded areas, searched footpaths and scoured a square mile of area described as “challenging rural terrain” around the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Va., searching for any trace of missing Metallica fan Morgan Harrington, who hasn’t been seen or heard from in three weeks, when she vanished from Metallica’s Oct. 17 concert. Unfortunately, their efforts turned up little in the way of actual clues or hard evidence.

Still, Harrington’s mother, Gil, found a silver lining to the negative news: Now, investigators can eliminate the search area as having been thoroughly combed. According to Bob Smither, founder of the Texas-based Laura Recovery Center, the search may not have yielded any leads, but does provide the Harringtons with hope and mitigates a pent-up desire in the community to help.

Click link to read the story – http://www.noisecreep.com/2009/11/09/search-for-missing-metallica-fan/

Nearly 1,600 people came out to search for Morgan Harrington, the missing Virginia Tech student who disappeared on Saturday, October 17 around the John Paul Jones Arena (JPJ).

Harrington’s parents announced the search in a news conference last week. For three days, volunteers scoured the area near the JPJ, University Hall and Copeley Street Bridge, where Harrington is thought to have last been seen.

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The latest search for 20-year-old Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington wrapped up Sunday night after three days of intense searching. Though volunteers remain hopeful, the search has yet to turn up any new leads.

Nearly 1,600 volunteers in teams of about a dozen, combed through the area near the Copeley Street Bridge, University Hall, and the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Harrington, who has been missing since October 17, disappeared after being separated from friends while attending a Metallica concert. She was last seen about 9:30 that night walking on the Copeley Street Bridge, just south of the arena.

The search comes just days after Harrington’s parents made an emotional appeal for help in the search for their daughter. Morgan’s father, Dan Harrington, has promised to not give up the search. He says, “We will stop at nothing until she is found, and we are eternally grateful for any additional support the community can offer in bringing Morgan home.”

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CHARLOTTESVILLE The scene was idyllic — green fields, white fences, sunshine, a breeze and such quiet that you could hear the hiss of shoes on dry grass.

A beautiful setting for what was a grim task: a search for anything to help tell the story of what happened to 20-year-old Morgan Harrington on the mid-October night the Roanoke County woman disappeared from outside a Metallica concert here.

Six women and 10 men lined up across the edge of the field Saturday and began to walk slowly and methodically, eyes down, scanning left and right and left again. There was a sense of expectation, and a little fear.

“You want to find clues, but fear finding something … how you don’t want it to turn out,” said Susan Rohm-Briggs, 40, pausing to choose her words.

Yet, in a search like this, finding nothing is one definition of success.

“We want to be able to go back and say, ‘We’ve looked there and there’s nothing there,’ ” said their volunteer leader, Carolyn Shuckerow, 26, an information technology manager for a McClean defense contractor.

Click link to read the story – http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/225543

Day Two of a volunteer ground search for Morgan Harrington turns up no new leads. Friends and complete strangers joined the Saturday search for the missing 20-year-old Virginia Tech student. 

More than 500 volunteers combed through wooded areas around the Copeley Street bridge, University Hall, and the John Paul Jones Arena. That’s where Harrington was last seen three weeks ago tonight outside a Metallica concert. 

Many volunteers say finding Morgan is close to their hearts.      

Parent volunteer Shelly Preddy says, “This is something so many of us can relate to.  You know there’s a lot of parents out here, that’s what I’m seeing, a lot of parents , they can only imagine what they’re going through, and then there’s a lot of people her age.” 

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) – More than 500 volunteers are continuing the search for a Virginia Tech student who went missing in Charlottesville last month.

Twenty-year-old Morgan Dana Harrington was last seen Oct. 17 after she became separated from her friends at a Metallica concert.

A three-day search for Harrington began Friday with about 360 volunteers, but they turned up no new leads. On Saturday, there was a 30-minute wait for volunteers to register.

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CHARLOTTESVILLE — A three-day search effort for missing Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington continues today.

More than 500 volunteers are teamed up today to resume the search that started yesterday.

There was a 30-minute wait for volunteers to register this morning.

The Texas-based Laura Recovery Center organized the three-day search, The center was co-founded by Bob Smither, who is in Charlottesville this weekend. The center is named in memory of Smither’s daughter, who was 12 when she was abducted and slain, hopes to have a 3-square-mile area searched by the end of the effort late Sunday.

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CHARLOTTESVILLE — A massive search by 360 volunteers Friday apparently turned up no new leads in the disappearance of Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington, but organizers said they will return to the job today and Sunday.

Volunteers from across Virginia turned out to take part in the search across 2 square miles of Charlottesville.

Working in teams of 10, they formed lines to walk through woods and up and down slopes. They peeped into culverts, peered under parked cars and poked through piles of leaves with sticks. They also looked into the windows of abandoned homes and climbed through the underbrush of some of Charlottesville’s woollier neighborhoods.

Each team spent between two and four hours scouring the area assigned to it, and some teams went out more than once. The Texas-based Laura Recovery Center, which organized the three-day search, anticipates as many as 1,000 people could repeat the effort today.

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One said she has had an uncanny ability to find four-leaf clovers since childhood. Another wanted to find anything that could help.
“I feel like it’s better to do something than just to wait around for something to happen,” said Kelly Giltner, a University of Virginia first-year student, on Friday morning as she hiked through forest and thick layers of leaves near Observatory Hill with eight others.

Hundreds of volunteers searched Friday for clues to the disappearance of Morgan D. Harrington, a 20-year-old Virginia Tech student who vanished in Char-lottesville last month.

“If I were in the parents’ situation, I’d want all the help I could get from people,” said Gabriella Chase, an Albemarle County resident.

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Volunteers have begun a new effort to find missing Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington in Charlottesville.

On Friday morning, they began combing the wooded areas around the Copeley Street Bridge where she was last seen.

The three-day search, led by a private organization that helps recover missing children, is working with the Harrington family.

Hundreds of volunteers were briefed before starting their search, with suggestions to look for clothing or jewelry Morgan could have been wearing.

Many of the volunteers not only knew her, but wanted to help try to find her.

A coworker of Morgan’s, Rick Vari, says, “So we can cover all this area, and as long as we don’t find her, then we’ve got a chance to find her some place else.”

Morgan’s parents, Dan and Gil Harrington, say they’re hoping this search will be the one that brings their daughter home safely.

Dan says, “With the Laura Recovery Center coming in, they have expertise in this area and can help augment what the police are already doing to be able to help us look for other areas that would take more time without this kind of resource, and we’re just so grateful it truly is overwhelming.”

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The national television program, America’s Most Wanted, will discuss the search for Morgan Harrington on Saturday’s program.

The program begins at 9:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 7, and Morgan’s information will appear shortly after 9:30.

America’s Most Wanted airs nationally on FOX and is instrumental in developing new investigative tips. Please be sure to tell your friends and family about the segment. Thank you!

The search for Morgan Harrington is moving in a different direction. She’s been missing for nearly three weeks.

The Harrington family is working with representatives from the Laura Recovery Center, an organization based in Texas, to search for Morgan.

The Laura Recovery Center for Missing Children was created by a man who’s daughter was kidnapped and murdered. Now, the organization, along with Virginia State Police and dedicated community volunteers will start scouring areas of Charlottesville, in an emotionally charged fight to find Morgan Harrington.

Valley resident Nakia Robinson has been drawn to the mysterious case of Morgan Harrington since it hit the airwaves. She’ll be working closely with other volunteers to help find Morgan.

“I don’t know whether something happened that night and she fell and hasn’t been found, or somebody kidnapped her…you know, you don’t know,” Robinson said.

Click link to read the story – http://www.whsv.com/news/headlines/69364362.html

CHARLOTTESVILLE — Organizers of a three-day search for missing Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington said Thursday night they anticipate up to 1,000 volunteers could show up here today for the kickoff of the effort. But despite the expected turnout, they are continuing to urge residents around the state to converge on Charlottesville to take part in the search for any trace of the Roanoke County woman.

Thursday night, more than 300 volunteers arrived at Charlottesville’s Cavalier Inn, not far from where the 20-year-old was last seen Oct. 17, to attend a meeting at which organizers briefed them on the logistics of the massive search. Organizers hope to have teams of volunteers out in the neighborhoods, back streets and wooded areas of Charlottesville from 9 a.m. until dark today, Saturday and Sunday.

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Please be advised the meeting location for the Morgan Harrington Volunteer Search Party has changed for November 6-8^th. Volunteers must now meet at the Department of Forestry located at:

900 Natural Resources Drive
Charlottesville, Va. 22903

Searches will begin this weekend at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Volunteers must be at least 18 years old, must provide photo identification, and are encouraged to dress in comfortable clothing. PLEASE NOTE: Volunteer opportunities include search efforts, paperwork, flyer distribution, food services, and much more.

The location for the community meeting scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. tonight, Thursday, November 5^th will remain at the Cavalier Inn’s Jefferson Room in Charlottesville. Information about the search process and procedure will be provided to volunteers at this time. PLEASE NOTE: The community meeting is NOT mandatory to volunteer for the search this weekend.

Parents of Missing Virginia Tech Student Rally Community Support November 6-8th

Roanoke, Va. (November 4, 2009) – Dr. Daniel Harrington and wife Gil, parents of missing Virginia Tech student, Morgan Dana Harrington, announced today the organization of a volunteer community search party to help find their daughter. The 20-year-old woman disappeared October 17 while attending a Metallica concert at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Va. Morgan has long blonde hair, blue eyes, and weighs approximately 120 pounds at 5 foot, 6 inches in height.

The search will begin at 9 a.m. on Friday, November 6, 2009 at the Cavalier Inn in Charlottesville and will reconvene at that hour on Saturday, November 7, and Sunday, November 8. Volunteers must be at least 18 years old, must provide photo identification, and are encouraged to dress in comfortable clothing.

Volunteers are encouraged, but not required, to attend a community meeting at 7 p.m. on Thursday, November 5, 2009 at the Cavalier Inn’s Jefferson Room. Information about the search process and procedure will be provided to volunteers at this time.

“We are truly moved by the ongoing support we have received from friends, community members, the media, Virginia Tech, and many others,” Dr. Harrington said. “This search effort is yet another example of the outpouring of kindness toward Morgan and our entire family that continues to give us all hope.”

“Law enforcement is doing everything in its power to investigate Morgan’s disappearance. We will stop at nothing until she is found, and we are eternally grateful for any additional support communities can offer to help bring our daughter home,” he added.

At the request of friends and supporters, the Harrington family has established the Find Morgan Fund to aid the development of flyers and other print materials, as well as search and rescue initiatives. Contributions may be sent via PayPal through www.FindMorgan.com or sent by mail to the following address:

Find Morgan Fund
P.O. Box 7588
Roanoke, VA 24019

The town meeting and search are being coordinated and facilitated by police authorities and the Laura Recovery Center, a non-profit organization that provides search services. The search helps augment the work of the Virginia State Police, The University of Virginia Police, The Charlottesville Police, and the Albemarle County Police.

For more information about the search for Morgan, visit www.FindMorgan.com and www.LRCF.org.

Anyone with information about Morgan’s whereabouts should contact the Virginia State Police tip hotline at (434) 352-3467 or bci-appomattox@vsp.virginia.gov. The Jefferson Area Crime Stoppers has established a $100,000 reward for information leading to the location and recovery of Morgan. The band Metallica also has added an additional $50,000 reward.

All media inquires may be directed to the family’s media hotline, (202) 973-1330, for immediate assistance.

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CHARLOTTESVILLE The family of missing Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington on Wednesday called on volunteers to join them in a three-day “community search party” that will scour Charlottesville for their daughter.

The Texas-based Laura Recovery Center is organizing the Friday-through-Sunday search. Also, the father of Elizabeth Smart, who was abducted from her Salt Lake City bedroom in June 2002 but was found alive nine months later, arrived in Charlottesville on Wednesday to offer hope and help to the Harringtons as they promote the hunt. Ed Smart called on people to come forward with any helpful information about the whereabouts of Harrington, of Roanoke County.

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The father of missing Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington today announced a volunteer search effort to be conducted this weekend.
 
Roanoke County resident Dan Harrington, along with wife Gil, asked for help from community members in the effort that will take place Friday through Sunday. Harrington did not provide specific details, but said information would soon be posted on the Web site findmorgan.com.

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On Monday, the Harrington family announced they’ve established the “Find Morgan Fund.”  We’re told the family will donate any unused funds to charities that assist families of missing persons and other causes Morgan has been directly involved in.

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Roanoke, VA., November 2, 2009 — We are deeply moved by the outpouring of support we’ve received since our daughter disappeared 16 days ago on October 17 from a concert in Charlottesville, VA.

At the request of friends and supporters, the Harrington family has established Find Morgan Fund to help in the search for our daughter. The Harrington family will donate any unused funds to charities that assist families of missing persons and causes that Morgan has been directly involved with, including Mental Heath America of Roanoke Valley and OMNI Orphan Medical Network International.

Contributions may be sent by mail to the following address:

Find Morgan Fund
P.O. Box 7588
Roanoke, VA 24019

Contributions may also be sent via Paypal through www.FindMorgan.com.

We are truly grateful for your kindness and we thank you again for all your thoughts and prayers.

The Harrington family is thanking the community and the nation for their support. A large “thank you” sign sits in their front yard and rests against a tree.

“We’re humbled and so grateful for all the love and support we’ve gotten. We really are,” said Morgan’s mother, Gil.

Every glance at the clock reminds Dan and Gil of the two weeks gone by.

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