20 yr old Female VTech student missing

[SaraSidle]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/virginia-tech-student-morgan-dana-harrington-disappears-concert/story?id=8872201#

Morgan Dana Harrington missing after Concert.

[SaraSidle]

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2009/10/20/ng.coed.vanish.cnn

Video from CNN

[SuzDuJour]

Hi Sara,

I can only think of two things that would take a girl out of the concert she was waiting 6 months to see -to meet a guy or to buy drugs. Because the battery was taken out of her cell phone, I'm going to guess that the person who took it out had maybe called her and was trying to erase that call?

It's really odd that one of her friends didn't go to the restroom with her and that they didn't report her missing when she didn't return or answer her phone.

Also, isn't this the area where a couple, 2 college kids, were shot recently as well?

[SaraSidle]

Hi Sara,

I can only think of two things that would take a girl out of the concert she was waiting 6 months to see -to meet a guy or to buy drugs. Because the battery was taken out of her cell phone, I'm going to guess that the person who took it out had maybe called her and was trying to erase that call?

It's really odd that one of her friends didn't go to the restroom with her and that they didn't report her missing when she didn't return or answer her phone.

Also, isn't this the area where a couple, 2 college kids, were shot recently as well?

hey Suz.......wrapped up in the Somer case in my mind. And I am thinking another guy Killed about 32 students. I will check

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/17/virginiatechshooting/main2693354.shtml

[SuzDuJour]

Yes, VA Tech - Morgan is a student at VA Tech. - the concert in Charlottesville was about 2 hours away.

This was in August

Two Virginia Tech students were found shot to death at a forest campground that is a popular campus hangout, and police have "several persons of interest" but haven't yet identified a suspect or revealed a motive. The bodies of David Lee Metzler, 19, of Lynchburg and Heidi Lynn Childs, 18, of Forest were discovered early Thursday by a passerby at Jefferson National Forest, Montgomery County Sheriff's Lt. Brian Wright said. Both had been shot. Wright said Metzler's body was found inside a car in the parking area of the Caldwell Fields campground, and Childs was found outside the car. The campground is about 15 miles from Virginia Tech's campus in Blacksburg. Authorities have “several persons of interest” but have yet to name a suspect, according to the Lynchburg News & Advance. Police believe the most recent crime may be random, according to the Norfolk Crime Examiner. "We are going to step up our patrols in that area even though we think it was a random act of brutal violence," the Examiner quoted Montgomery County Sheriff Tommy Whitt as saying.

The latest killings are hitting a campus still reeling from the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history and the gruesome beheading of a student earlier this year. Metzler was a sophomore industrial and systems engineering major, and Childs was a sophomore biochemistry major. Childs' father is a Virginia state trooper, according to the Examiner.

[SaraSidle]

Yes, VA Tech - Morgan is a student at VA Tech. - the concert in Charlottesville was about 2 hours away.

This was in August

Two Virginia Tech students were found shot to death at a forest campground that is a popular campus hangout, and police have "several persons of interest" but haven't yet identified a suspect or revealed a motive. The bodies of David Lee Metzler, 19, of Lynchburg and Heidi Lynn Childs, 18, of Forest were discovered early Thursday by a passerby at Jefferson National Forest, Montgomery County Sheriff's Lt. Brian Wright said. Both had been shot. Wright said Metzler's body was found inside a car in the parking area of the Caldwell Fields campground, and Childs was found outside the car. The campground is about 15 miles from Virginia Tech's campus in Blacksburg. Authorities have “several persons of interest” but have yet to name a suspect, according to the Lynchburg News & Advance. Police believe the most recent crime may be random, according to the Norfolk Crime Examiner. "We are going to step up our patrols in that area even though we think it was a random act of brutal violence," the Examiner quoted Montgomery County Sheriff Tommy Whitt as saying.

The latest killings are hitting a campus still reeling from the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history and the gruesome beheading of a student earlier this year. Metzler was a sophomore industrial and systems engineering major, and Childs was a sophomore biochemistry major. Childs' father is a Virginia state trooper, according to the Examiner.

duh. It is coming back to me now thank you. Do you think that it is related?

[SuzDuJour]

I honestly couldn't say, but I'm very familiar with the area - my son lives in Roanoke, and it's a quiet, peaceful area in general. Hopefully, she's okay and if not, hopefully there will be some forensics that will give us answers.

[SuzDuJour]

I think she probably got a call on her cell phone that took her out of the arena and hopefully they'll be able to track it in some way. The only other thing I can think of is that someone accosted her as she left the restroom and forced her into the parking lot. But with so many people around, I can't imagine she wouldn't have been able to signal someone in some way.

[SaraSidle]

I think she probably got a call on her cell phone that took her out of the arena and hopefully they'll be able to track it in some way. The only other thing I can think of is that someone accosted her as she left the restroom and forced her into the parking lot. But with so many people around, I can't imagine she wouldn't have been able to signal someone in some way.

I was thinking maybe he implied he had a weapon with your second scenario.
I wonder if they can find anything on the cell phone without the battery. I am guessing they can with a new battery. I know it has been said she contacted her friends from outside to let them know where she was. I cannot remember what the link was though. IMO

[SuzDuJour]

I know it has been said she contacted her friends from outside to let them know where she was. I cannot remember what the link was though. IMO

This was said on NG last night, too, Sara. Which makes me think she intentionally left the arena. Again, drugs or to meet a guy are the only reasons I can come up with!

[SaraSidle]

This was said on NG last night, too, Sara. Which makes me think she intentionally left the arena. Again, drugs or to meet a guy are the only reasons I can come up with!

I keep thinking it is a guy she pre-arranged with. Like someone she met on the internet. Not sure if she wanted to miss the concert though.....