500 search for missing girl
Associated Press
11/07/09 4:50 PM EST
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. — More than 500 volunteers are continuing the search for a Virginia Tech student who went missing in Charlottesville last month.
Twenty-year-old Morgan Dana Harrington was last seen Oct. 17 after she became separated from her friends at a Metallica concert.
A three-day search for Harrington began Friday with about 360 volunteers, but they turned up no new leads. On Saturday, there was a 30-minute wait for volunteers to register.
The search was organized by Texas-based Laura Recovery Center, named for a girl who was abducted and slain when she was 12.
The group hopes to have a 3-square-mile area searched by Sunday evening.
Virginia State Police have followed up on 350 tips so far. A reward for Harrington's return is at $150,000.
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Information from: The Roanoke Times, http://www.roanoketimes.com
