March 10, 2010

Gil Harrington received an update Wednesday from Virginia State Police about the investigation into the death of her daughter, Morgan.

Harrington paid a visit to the memorial on the Copely Road Bridge, which marks the place where Morgan disappeared on Oct. 17 after attending a Metallica concert at John Paul Jones Arena.

Her body was found on a farm south of Charlottesville in January.

Gil Harrington said she was in Charlottesville for a routine meeting with state police, and she said she is optimistic about the progress of the investigation.

"The place where Morgan was found was really a big tip-off," Harrington said. "It reduced the possibility in the pool of people who could have murdered and killed Morgan from every man in Charlottesville to a finite group of the people of Charlottesville who knew that location."

Morgan attended Virginia Tech. Students there are preparing to sell wristbands to raise money for charity in her name.