CHARLOTTESVILLE -- The last reported sighting of Morgan D. Harrington was on a bridge over railroad tracks near the John Paul Jones Arena.
Harrington, a 20-year-old Virginia Tech student, has been missing since Oct. 17, when she disappeared after leaving a Metallica concert at the University of Virginia's arena.
After receiving about 300 tips about Harrington's movements, Virginia State Police released a new timeline yesterday to draw more tips from the public.
Police say they are very interested in what happened outside the arena, particularly after 9:30 p.m.
According to police, Harrington left her friends to look for a restroom. She then exited the arena and, in an 8:48 p.m. phone conversation with a friend, said she couldn't get back inside. She "stated she would try to get a ride home from friends around Charlottesville," said state police Lt. Joe Rader.
Harrington's father, Dan Harrington, said that his daughter could have known people through either her parents or her brother, a U.Va. graduate, but the possible connections have been checked out.
Police think she stayed near the arena until about 9 p.m.
Between then and 9:10 p.m., a woman matching Harrington's description was seen walking, with her purse, through the University Hall parking area.
In the next 10 minutes, a woman matching her description was seen in the overflow parking area near Lannigan Field. Harrington's purse and cell phone, minus its battery, were found in that area the next morning.
Between about 9:20 and 9:30 Saturday night, someone matching the description was seen on the Copeley Road railroad bridge. "I think the focus is really trying to see if anyone saw anything of Morgan after 9:30 at that Copeley Road-Ivy Road intersection," Dan Harrington said.
State police have confirmed a $100,000 reward through Crime Stoppers, and Metallica is in final negotiations to add $50,000, Dan Harrington said.
Harrington and his wife, Gil, have hired Washington-based Levick Strategic Communications to help spread their message.
Ted Strong is a staff writer at The Daily Progress in Charlottesville.
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