One Month Mark Since Morgan Harrington Disappeared
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Updated: 10:26 PM Nov 17, 2009
One Month Mark Since Morgan Harrington Disappeared
Charlottesville, Va.
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.
Posted: 8:31 PM Nov 17, 2009
Reporter: Bianca Spinosa
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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."

A close friend of the Harrington’s is also not giving up.

Karen Remine says, "Someone out there knows where Morgan is. And they know how to find her. So we are appealing that that person step forward or if you know of someone who knows where Morgan is."

People have been posting their theories online, including one person who says Morgan was seen walking with a group of University of Virginia basketball players near where her purse was later found.

However, the school would not confirm or deny this claim and said people should take their information to the police.

Police released a detailed timeline of Morgan's movements the night she disappeared about two weeks ago. It ends at 9:30 p.m. when she was seen on the Copeley Street Bridge.

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