Police believe missing Va. Tech student was hitchhiking after leaving Metallica concert
By APFriday, November 13, 2009
Police: Missing Va. Tech student seen hitchhiking
RICHMOND, Va. — 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 wearing a distinctive necklace made of large crystal chain links.
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November 16, 2009: 9:33 pm
Harrington’s disappearance might be explained if she did get a ride away from the area. Is she a crime victim? Was she unlikely to hitch hike as her mother said? Could she be a Dissociative Fugue victim with amnesia? There were witnesses that saw her fall and she was unable to communicate when she stood. They thought she was drunk or stoned. But she did not have alcohol or drugs that night. |
L K Tucker