November 12, 2009

Morgan Harrington will have been missing for a month on Sunday. Her parents will not let their daughter's name drop out of the news media.

They appeared on Dr. Phil and tomorrow, their daughter will be featured in PEOPLE Magazine. She will appear among several other young people who have seemingly vanished.

Jaycee Dugard was miraculously rescued last August after an 18-year disappearance in California and that has given new hope to anguished families of hundreds of missing children nationwide.

In a telephone interview, Gil Harrington told the Newsplex, "We realize we're in a marathon. We're trying to be disciplined and strong."

Gil admits this is difficult. She wrote in her blog that appears on FindMorgan.com. "We are becoming a family of skeletons. Morgan, are you a skeleton now too?" Gil says that the entry is to prepare herself for the worst but that it also expresses the agony she feels from not knowing where her daughter is.

While the surfacing of Dugard has given her family hope, Gil also says that with the recent trend of missing young girls, she worries for her daughter and for others like her daughter.

Harrington was last seen in Charlottesville on the Copeley Road Bridge after leaving the John Paul Jones Arena during a Metallica concert October 17th. Her purse was found in a grassy RV parking area near JPJ the next day.

The NCMEC’s switchboard has been reignited with tips on long-dormant cases since the news of Dugard’s return was reported, with parents of the missing continuing to chase every lead long after law enforcement teams wind down their searches. They post more fliers; they set up Web sites; they hunt for overlooked clues. “It creates a kind of suspended animation for these families,” says NCMEC president Ernie Allen. “It hovers over.'

Check out the attached documents to read the article. The magazine is on sale Friday, November 13th.

The attached pictures and articles are courtesy of PEOPLE Magazine.