Charlottesville, Va. - The parents of the Virginia Tech student who was kidnapped and murdered after a Charlottesville concert are now worried her killing is part of a larger crime spree.
Her father said the murder could even be related to the Colonial Parkway killings.
Today Gil Harrington went to the Copley Bridge in Charlottesville, the last place her daughter Morgan was seen alive.
She placed a chrome angel atop a spreading memorial. She chose this sculpture because it is featureless. It's not just for Morgan, but for a number of young women mostly who have vanished or who've been slain in a series of unsolved crimes.
"This is not his first crime. He has upped his game in a significant and disturbing way," Gil Harrington said.
Morgan's father distributed a map showing the disappearances or murders of several people like Morgan in the past year. He's also aware of Alicia Showalter Reynolds, the victim of an unknown highway stalker in the Charlottesville area. In the mid 1990s, a man targeted women on Rt. 29. Morgan's body was found not far from where Reynold's remains were dumped more than a decade earlier. Dan Harrington thinks the cases may be related.
"We have discussed that with police. They have not commented nor committed that Morgan's death is connected to that, but clearly it is being considered. It is also being considered with the Colonial Parkway Murders," he said.
Many people, including family members of Colonial Parkway victims, have suspected the killer who took eight lives in our area migrated in the 1990s to the Charlottesville area, where the highway stalkings frightened a dozen women and ended in Reynold's murder.
"There are a lot of unsolved crimes in Virginia in the last 15 years. To me, it is quite frightening that those things remain unsolved," Dan Harrington added.
Today Morgan's parents also revealed the killer severely battered the student before her death. They said the damage to her skeleton was horrifying.
"This Charlottesville man hurt Morgan Harrington enough to break her bones before he murdered her. I cannot get the image of Morgan's shattered bones out of my mind."
Gil Harrington believes the killer is from the Charlottesville area, but police have not named any suspects.
Morgan's parents worry the killer is stalking other women in the area around the UVA campus.
Harrington's parents say if someone does not turn him in, he will surely strike again.
Her father said the murder could even be related to the Colonial Parkway killings.
Today Gil Harrington went to the Copley Bridge in Charlottesville, the last place her daughter Morgan was seen alive.
She placed a chrome angel atop a spreading memorial. She chose this sculpture because it is featureless. It's not just for Morgan, but for a number of young women mostly who have vanished or who've been slain in a series of unsolved crimes.
"This is not his first crime. He has upped his game in a significant and disturbing way," Gil Harrington said.
Morgan's father distributed a map showing the disappearances or murders of several people like Morgan in the past year. He's also aware of Alicia Showalter Reynolds, the victim of an unknown highway stalker in the Charlottesville area. In the mid 1990s, a man targeted women on Rt. 29. Morgan's body was found not far from where Reynold's remains were dumped more than a decade earlier. Dan Harrington thinks the cases may be related.
"We have discussed that with police. They have not commented nor committed that Morgan's death is connected to that, but clearly it is being considered. It is also being considered with the Colonial Parkway Murders," he said.
Many people, including family members of Colonial Parkway victims, have suspected the killer who took eight lives in our area migrated in the 1990s to the Charlottesville area, where the highway stalkings frightened a dozen women and ended in Reynold's murder.
"There are a lot of unsolved crimes in Virginia in the last 15 years. To me, it is quite frightening that those things remain unsolved," Dan Harrington added.
Today Morgan's parents also revealed the killer severely battered the student before her death. They said the damage to her skeleton was horrifying.
"This Charlottesville man hurt Morgan Harrington enough to break her bones before he murdered her. I cannot get the image of Morgan's shattered bones out of my mind."
Gil Harrington believes the killer is from the Charlottesville area, but police have not named any suspects.
Morgan's parents worry the killer is stalking other women in the area around the UVA campus.
Harrington's parents say if someone does not turn him in, he will surely strike again.
