Harrington’s parents on way to scene of found remains

The parents of Morgan D. Harrington, a 20-year-old Virginia Tech student missing since October, have been called to a farm off U.S. 29 south of Charlottesville, where police are investigating the discovery of skeletal remains.

Monica Caison, of the CUE Center for Missing Persons in North Carolina, said police have notified the Harringtons of the discovery and that the Roanoke couple is on the way to the site.
CUE was slated to start searching for Harrington, having been asked to assist in the case by her parents.

“I’ve talked to the Harringtons and they are on the way,” Caison said. “That area south of town is an area we were looking to search.”

A resident of Anchorage Farms, a 700-plus-acre tract of pasture and woods about fives miles south of Interstate 64 on the west side of U.S. 29, notified Albemarle County police this morning that he had found skeletal remains. County police later notified the Virginia State Police and turned the investigation over to the detectives heading the Harrington investigation.

The state police have been leading the investigation into the woman’s disappearance from a rock concert at the John Paul Jones Arena.

State and county police have scheduled a press conference at 5 p.m. today to discuss the discovery.