Collegiate Times

The University of Virginia Police Department is seeking information that would help locate Morgan Dana Harrington, a 20-year-old Virginia Tech student, who was last seen Oct. 17 near the John Paul Jones Arena.

As the search for 20-year-old Morgan Harrington continues, police have found her purse, ID and cell phone in the parking lot of the University of Virginia's John Paul Jones Arena, the Roanoke Times reported.

However, there has still been no sighting of Harrington herself.

Harrington was last seen Saturday, Oct. 17, near the university’s John Paul Jones Arena. She had traveled to the arena that night to see a Metallica concert with friends.

“I know her parents are very concerned, and they’ve put out a request for anyone with information about their daughter to contact law enforcement,” said Gov. Tim Kaine told WSLS 10, the Roanoke NBC affiliate. “They indicate this would be very uncharacteristic of her.”

“I know both the state police, local police, and the two university polices — Virginia Tech and UVa — are very engaged in doing all they can to try and determine where she is,” Kaine said.

Parents Dan and Gil Harrington spoke at a Monday press conference and asked for the safe return of their daughter.

Mother Gil Harrington said her daughter would not normally go this long without speaking to her family.

“This is not her typical behavior,” Gil Harrington said. “This is a girl who calls home almost every day and asks things like, ‘How do you make macaroni and cheese.’ And I tell her to read the box.”

Harrington, a 20-year-old interdisciplinary studies major, was last seen wearing a black T-shirt with tan letters that read “Pantera” across the front, a black mini skirt with black tights and knee-high black boots. She has long blond hair and blue eyes. Harrington is 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs approximately 120 pounds.

Amy Melvin traveled to Charlottesville to see the Metallica concert with Harrington, along with two others. Melvin said the group was separated from Harrington before the concert and did not see her during the concert.

She said Harrington did not take the automobile they had brought to Charlottesville.

Melvin and the two other group members reported Harrington missing.

Harrington attended Northside High School in Roanoke before graduating from Lord Botetourt High School.

Father Dan Harrington is a psychiatrist at Carilion Clinic in Roanoke.

The Virginia State Police and Virginia Tech police are also involved in the investigation.

Virginia State Police are asking anyone with video or images from the Metallica concert to check the footage to potentially identify Harrington. Anyone with concert material is encouraged to call investigators at 434-924-7166.