Hundreds Gather in Roanoke for Morgan Harrington Vigil

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Updated: 11:32 AM Oct 23, 2009

Five days after she went missing at a concert in Charlottesville, friends and family of Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington held a vigil in her hometown of Roanoke. Her father announced to the crowd that the family has set up a new Web site and is upping the reward for information on Morgan's disappearance.

Posted: 11:15 PM Oct 22, 2009
Reporter: Matt Holmes
Email Address: matt.holmes@newsplex.com

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Thursday October 22, 2009

Five days after she went missing at a concert in Charlottesville, friends and family of Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington held a vigil in her hometown of Roanoke.

"We have not given up. We won't," promises Morgan's friend Sarah Snead. "We will not give up."

That's the very reason Snead and her friends organized the vigil at Roanoke's Northside High School; to celebrate Morgan's life and pray for her safe return.

"Help us bring her back, please," Morgan's mother urged the crowd.

Dan and Gil Harrington are doing everything they can to get their daughter back. They've set up a new Web site and announced Thursday night that the reward for information on Morgan's whereabouts is up to $100,000.

Still, those close to Morgan say they're having a hard time dealing with the frustration.

"It's just a lack of information and a lack of knowing," says Virginia Tech student Chelsea Helm. "It's hard to not know anything. You want answers and they're not there."

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Posted by: erica Location: ohio on Oct 24, 2009 at 10:10 AM

This story makes no sense.She is a nice responsible girl,nothing nefarious in her life? Yet her freinds don,t meet her at the door with her ticket? They don,t call for help after the concert?They don,t look for her themselves? No,she went outside to meet a guy,or to score drugs and she was nabbed.The battery was out of her phone so her last calls couldn,t be traced.In 5 days they could have had her cell phone records and cleared this up.The police still aren,t sure a crime has been committed? It,s a crime but did she put herself in harms way?.....I think so

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