Morgan Harrington found?

[VHSLhelper]

According to WDBJ & the po-po, a body found in a field near Hoo-ville has tentatively been ID'd as the missing Tech student. Forensics is currently working to make it possitive.

[R13]

My mother knows her parents, her father Dan is a Dr. at the hospital where she worked, she has spoke with them before...she said if its her, Dan Harrington might lose it. Sad stuff.


State police say they are "fairly confident" skeletal remains found this morning are 20-year old Morgan Harrington. In a news conference late Tuesday afternoon, State Police Superintendent Steven Flaherty delivered the news with what he described as "a heavy heart."

The skeletal remains were found in a hayfield on the Anchorage Farm in Albemarle County this morning. State police say they are "confident" the remains are hers, but have sent the body to the medical examiner in Richmond for further tests and autopsy. A farmer found the body Tuesday morning while he was driving a tractor in his field.

While State Police did not name the landowner, News7 has confirmed that the farmer, Dave Bass, found her body along a fence line. Bass said the body was very badly decomposed. Bass said he first thought it was a deer, until he got closer and realized they were human remains.

The body was sent to the medical examiner for further testing, but investigators say significant items found at the scene lead them to be fairly certain the body is the 20-year-old Virginia Tech student who went missing during a Metallica concert last October in Charlottesville. Investigators say they can't release details about the items found, but believe the scientific evidence will confirm with certainty that the body is Harrington's.

State police said the body was found in a very remote area of the farm without easy access to the location. They say the area can only be reached by tractor or 4-wheel drive vehicle and there is no public access to the field. Reporters were not permitted to visit the crime scene.

State police are treating Harrington's disappearance as a homicide. Lt. Joe Rader says the case now moved to a new level. Rader says he doesn't see this event as a warning to residents of Charlotteville or for students at the University of Virginia.

Rader says Harrington's parents, Dan and Gil Harrington, are in Charlottesville and were briefed by state police.

Harrington was an education major at Virginia Tech. As the news conference was underway, Virginia Tech president Charles Steger issued a letter to the Virginia Tech community saying that "we find our strength and resilience tested in the face of profound grief and loss." He urged students and faculty to take advantage of campus counseling services as needed.

UPDATED: 3:26 Tuesday

News7 has confirmed that a farmer, Dave Bass, found a body along a fence line in a cow pasture. Bass said the body was very badly decomposed. Bass said he first thought it was a deer, until he got closer and realized they were human remains.

UPDATED: 2:02 p.m. Tuesday

News7's Jean Jadhon has talked with Dan Harrington, father of Morgan Harrington. He told her he and his wife, Gil, are headed to Charlottesville now. They'll meet with state police.

UPDATED: 1:26 p.m. Tuesday

Virginia State Police, University of Virginia Police, Albemarle County Police and Charlottesville Police will hold a news conference at 5 p.m. in regards to the skeletal remains found this morning on a farm in Albemarle County.

WDBJ7.com will live stream the news conference.

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Police are investigating the discovery of skeletal remains on a farm in Albemarle County.

A county resident found the body Tuesday morning.

Forensics technicians are processing the remains. The body was found just a few miles from Charlottesville.

The discovery raises the question whether this is related to the case of missing Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington. Harrington disappeared from Charlottesville in October.

State police will not know the identity of the body until further tests are conducted.

News 7 has a crew on the way to Albemarle County.

Stay with News7 and WDBJ7.com for the latest.

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Skeletal remains have been found in Albemarle County which is near Charlottesville.

State police were notified at 9:59 a.m. Tuesday by an Albemarle County resident.

Stay with News7 and WDBJ7.com for the latest.

Here is the full news release:

Virginia State Police and Albemarle County Police are currently on the scene of the discovery of skeletal remains in Albemarle County. State police were notified at 9:59 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010, by an Albemarle County resident of the discovery. At this time, the remains and scene are being evaluated by forensic technicians. We have no further information to release at this time.
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[R13]

Sorry for the double post, I tried to delete and edit, but mines all screwed up. Just wanted to add that part at the top of the last one, but wouldn't let me delete the other or anything.