A memorial mass for Virginia Tech student Morgan Dana Harrington will take place Feb. 5 at 3:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church in the victim’s hometown of Roanoke.
Harrington, 20, was reported missing Oct. 17 after leaving a Metallica concert at John Paul Jones Arena. After a three-month search and investigation, her skeletal remains were found in a hay field on Anchorage Farm, located about 10 miles southwest of the arena. Officials have now declared her case a homicide.
A reception at Hotel Roanoke will follow the service. In lieu of flowers, the Harrington family is asking for donations to a memorial scholarship in her name or to an African medical aid organization. Contributions may be sent to:
The Morgan Dana Harrington Memorial Scholarship at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine; mail to Virginia Tech, Attn: Gift Accounting, University Development (0336), Blacksburg, VA 24061
Orphan Medical Network International; mail to 6930 Empire Lane, Roanoke, VA 24018.
Cav Daily cover up continues.
A few new things to add. The Hook reports today that a Pantera T Shirt was found on Rugby Road in November. A house nearby the body was found was rented to UVA students last year. Eyewitness who still claims to have seen Harrington emerge from the a room on the west range of the lawn very late the night she vanished still holding to her story. T shirt story was also covered in C-Ville weekly this week.
None of these details in a murder case have ever been printed in the Cav Daily because, obviously, they involve UVA students or student areas. Not surprising given that none of them were printed during a missing person’s case either. Sick.
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Young women at UVA should be aware that about 5 murders involving women have taken place in the last 10 years on Rt. 29 and on Skyline Drive. These murders remained unsolved, and it likely, the profilers say, that the murderer was a local who knew where to dump bodies. Stark.
I am a mother whom a man stalked in a local hotel near the corner on Parents’ Day and the police were called in. The point is, young women especially in university towns should be vigilant, do business in the daylight, and hike in groups — not only pairs when in Shenandoah National Park. Carry pepper spray if it is legal.
Also, it is wise to avoid getting inebriated or hitching rides.
Do not be naive or consider, given your youth, that you are invincible.
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