Va. police: Student disappearance a criminal case
ROANOKE, Va. — The search for a Virginia Tech student missing since she became separated from her friends at a Metallica concert Saturday is being treated as a criminal investigation, police said Wednesday.
Virginia State Police Lt. Joe Rader said authorities don't know whether a crime was committed in the disappearance of 20-year-old Morgan Dana Harrington from the concert at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
"We do not know whether she is alive or has met some kind of ill fate," Rader told a Charlottesville news conference.
Police have confirmed that Harrington, of Roanoke, was near the concert arena at least until 9:30 p.m. Saturday, the lieutenant said. She had called her friends about an hour earlier to tell them she had left John Paul Jones Arena and was not permitted to return.
Harrington's purse and cell phone were found by a passer-by in a small parking lot between the arena and an athletic field, and were turned in to police Sunday morning. There was no sign of any type of struggle in the area, Rader said.
Rader said police using dogs uncovered no clues in a ground search of the area that ended Wednesday. An air search was halted earlier.
Police have received more than 100 tips from around the country, Rader said. Police have received so many calls that they established a new line to receive them more efficiently: (434) 352-3467.
The family plans to offer a reward of at least $50,000, Rader said. He expected details to be available Thursday.
Source: The Associated Press
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