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Killed VA Tech Metallica Student Linked to Fairfax City Sex Assault Suspect
Posted by: Lurker. ()
Date: October 14, 2010 05:44PM

The same man who abducted and killed Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington after a rock concert in Charlottesville last year may have sexually assaulted a woman in Fairfax City in 2005, state police said Thursday.

The link between the two cases provides the first significant break in the Harrington case, which made national headlines.

State police said there is a forensic link between the two cases. Sources said the cases are linked by a DNA match. Both are unsolved.

In September 2005, a Fairfax woman was abducted and sexually assaulted as she walked home from a Giant supermarket. City of Fairfax detectives created a composite sketch based on the victim’s description of the suspect. However, the suspect may have changed his appearance over the past five years, state police cautioned.

The 26-year-old woman was walking home from the Giant on Jemantown Road. She was grabbed from behind on Rock Garden Drive and sexually assaulted in the parking lot of a park.

Harrington, 20, of Roanoke, went missing from the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville during a Metallica concert on Oct. 17, 2009. Her remains were discovered Jan. 26, by the landowner of Anchorage Farm in southern Albemarle County. The skeletal remains were located in a field on the 700-acre property.

Those with information about the man featured in the attached “Wanted Poster†may contact City of Fairfax Police Detective Mike Boone at (703) 385-7959. Anyone wishing to provide information in the Morgan Harrington case is encouraged to call the Jefferson Area Crime Stoppers at (434) 977-4000 or Virginia State Police at (434) 352-3467 or email State Police at bci-appomattox@vsp.virginia.gov. A reward of $150,041 is still available for anyone with information that leads to a resolution of the Harrington crime.



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Re: Killed VA Tech Metallica Student Linked to Fairfax City Sex Assault Suspect
Posted by: intheknow ()
Date: October 14, 2010 06:24PM

Laurence Fishburn did it!

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Harrington Murder Case Gets Enhanced Sketch, Metallica Plea
Posted by: McGruff - The Crime Dog! ()
Date: June 14, 2012 06:36PM

Harrington Murder Case Gets Enhanced Sketch, Metallica Plea
Murder of 20-year-old Virginia Tech student linked to a 2005 rape in Fairfax City.
By Whitney Rhodes
7:44 am
http://chantilly.patch.com/articles/state-police-use-enhanced-sketch-metallica-to-renew-interest-in-harrington-murder#youtube_video-10314862



State police hope a new composite sketch, a plea from Metallica and social media efforts might prove the trick to finding the man who murdered a Virginia Tech student and raped a Fairfax City woman.

FBI and Virginia State Police launched a multimedia campaign Wednesday to renew interest in the search for a killer. They're taking the details of the case, along with celebrity appearances and an enhanced composite sketch of the suspect, to social media sites in the hopes they'll get the same kind of success they found after launching similar campaigns for the East Coast Rapist and Ten Most Wanted fugitive James “Whitey” Bulger.

This news is invigorating for those who have spent the last two years searching for the man who raped a Fairfax City woman in 2005 and killed 20-year-old Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington in 2009.

"There's no saving Morgan, she's finished. There's no turning aside from this reality," said Gil Harrington, Morgan's mother. "The only thing I can do is wake people up. This guy is still out there."

Since her remains were found at a farm southwest of Charlottesville in January 2010, Harrington's parents and friends have kept her memory alive by nonstop news appearances. Dan and Gil recently spoke on FOX's Justice with Judge Jeanine program. They also launched a Help Save the Next Girl campaign, started a scholarship fund, built a school in Africa, and rallied behind a campus investigation bill all in the hopes of finding a killer, honoring Harrington's memory and stopping the next murder.

They often drive to Charlottesville, Fairfax City and other Virginia locations to pass out flyers and talk about the unknown man who changed their lives and haunts their dreams.

Their last Fairfax City visit brought them to the Giant at Route 50 and Jermantown Road to walk the route a 26-year-old Fairfax woman took when she was attacked in 2005. Harrington's murder and the Fairfax City incident have been linked by DNA to the same man.

So far their grassroots campaigning has landed them countless media spots and over 25,000 Facebook group members. New national and state efforts can only help.

The new strategy includes a public service announcement by Metallica lead guitarist James Hetfield. In the Youtube video, Hetfield pleads with the public to come forward if they know anything about the night Harrington disappeared from the band's 2009 Charlottesville concert.

"Remember, any information, no matter who small you think it is, could be that crucial piece investigators need to help solve the case."

The band also added $50,000 to the Jefferson Crime Stoppers' $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the man responsible for Harrington's murder.

As part of the new campaign, State Police posted images of the enhanced composite sketch, along with information about the case on bus shelters in Washington D.C. and digital billboards in Richmond, Roanoke, Washington D.C and 23 other East Coast states. The case also made the spotlight in the FBI's "Wanted by the FBI" podcast, available on iTunes, in local radio shows, and in a new photo gallery on the FBI website.

Click here to see the FBI campaign website. http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2012/june/help-us-catch-a-killer/help-catch-killer-landing-page

Follow the search for Morgan's killer on Facebook. Print out a copy of the wanted poster. See how you can get involved at HelpSavetheNextGirl.com.
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Re: Killed VA Tech Metallica Student Linked to Fairfax City Sex Assault Suspect
Posted by: NRA 75 ()
Date: June 14, 2012 06:38PM

A .50 cent round will take of this motherfucker.

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Re: Killed VA Tech Metallica Student Linked to Fairfax City Sex Assault Suspect
Posted by: Mr. Insensitive ()
Date: June 14, 2012 06:43PM

NRA 75 Wrote:
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> A .50 cent round will take of this motherfucker.

With a face like that, how hard could it be to find this guy? He looks like a freaking caveman!


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Re: Killed VA Tech Metallica Student Linked to Fairfax City Sex Assault Suspect
Posted by: Really? ()
Date: June 14, 2012 09:44PM

I don't recall ever hearing this story and now that I have, I suddenly feel very concerned for my daughter's safety.

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Re: Killed VA Tech Metallica Student Linked to Fairfax City Sex Assault Suspect
Posted by: BEH ()
Date: June 15, 2012 07:28AM

Isn't that the face ripping monkey?

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Re: Killed VA Tech Metallica Student Linked to Fairfax City Sex Assault Suspect
Posted by: BrandonG.M.U. ()
Date: June 15, 2012 03:18PM

Get your paws off me you damn dirty ape!

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Re: Killed VA Tech Metallica Student Linked to Fairfax City Sex Assault Suspect
Posted by: Her age? ()
Date: June 15, 2012 03:31PM

She was old for a college student, no?

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Re: Killed VA Tech Metallica Student Linked to Fairfax City Sex Assault Suspect
Posted by: vgnlinfxn ()
Date: June 15, 2012 03:40PM

20 is old for a college student?

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Re: Killed VA Tech Metallica Student Linked to Fairfax City Sex Assault Suspect
Posted by: blackcoffee ()
Date: June 17, 2012 08:35AM

Could these be related to the unsolved Vanessa Pham murder case?

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Re: Killed VA Tech Metallica Student Linked to Fairfax City Sex Assault Suspect
Posted by: NRA 75 ()
Date: June 17, 2012 08:58AM

blackcoffee Wrote:
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> Could these be related to the unsolved Vanessa
> Pham murder case?


That is a very good question. I hope LE is exploring that avenue for sure.

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