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« Reply #140 on: August 16, 2010, 11:52:00 AM »

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08/16/10
As if the Morgan Harrington case were not heart-rending enough, a man has been convicted for using the case as a way to get back at an enemy.

Alvin T. Daniels, 51, of Alexandria was convicted for intentionally providing a false tip to police in an effort to get another man into trouble. He said his enemy was responsible for Ms. Harrington’s death.

Police quickly determined that the allegation wasn’t true. Now, among other things, Mr. Daniels will have to repay the Virginia State Police the $1,600 it spent following up his false lead.

Too bad there is no punishment simply for the offense to decency of manipulating this heart-breaking case.
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« Reply #141 on: August 16, 2010, 11:54:41 AM »

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My mind fills with a cacophony of struggle:

Why Morgan? so wrong / but it is.

Not fair, why us? / It is.

She was so fine had so much yet to give / it is.

We will never see her children, we won’t feel her soft hand on our faces as we die / it is.

Surrender sucks.

Stubbornly, insistently, incessantly I want to keep crashing against the rock of WHY?

How can this horrific murder be the destiny of Morgan Harrington? / It is.

God help us!

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« Reply #142 on: August 16, 2010, 11:56:16 AM »

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« Reply #146 on: August 18, 2010, 10:14:03 AM »

http://www.wtvr.com/news/wtvr-chesterfield-woman-raises-awareness-about-missing-persons,0,3927898.story
Chesterfield Woman Raising Awareness About Unsolved and Missing Persons Cases
Madonna Layne Raising Awareness Following Her Own Mother's Disappearance

Shelby Brown Staff reporter
August 18, 2010
CHESTERFIELD - Madonna Layne clings to one of the few pictures she has of her mother, Annita Price, as she tells us her story.

Price vanished 36 years ago on her way to work in Moundsville, West Virginia. She worked as a cocktail waitress and that night never made it to the Flaming Club. Layne says it was payday and her mom never even made it to pick up her paycheck.

"Her car was found a few days later on a road and the car was pointing in the opposite direction. Her keys were in the car and her purse and she was just gone" says Layne.

For years questions have lingered and haunted Layne and her brother. She was five when Price disappeared, her brother was three.

Now Layne's mission is to help other families in similar situations. She tells them about resources that can help keep their stories of loved ones lost out there, like a magazine that once highlighted her mom's story.

"She's been featured in Trucker's magazine. People don't know there's a group out there that'll put pictures of missing people on the side of their trucks as they drive cross country" says Layne.

Layne is hosting a rally Friday, August 20th in Chesterfield for the CUE Center for Missing Persons. It's a North Carolina based non-profit organization whose main goal is to generate new interest in cold cases of missing people across the country.

Friday's rally is open to all families who have lost a loved one. Layne prays one day those families will all find the peace they've been longing for.

To participate in the rally she says families can simply show up with posters and pictures of their missing loved ones. It'll be held at the Chick-fil-A on Hull Street Road in Midlothian from 1:30p.m. until 4:00 p.m.

A similar rally will be held in Charlottesville earlier that morning. Family members of slain Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington will gather on the bridge where they believe she was last seen. A rally and memorial ceremony will be held there. Then, the tour moves on to Chesterfield.

Layne says the CUE Center for Missing Persons has helped thousands of families. This week's rally is part of the organization's annual tour called "On The Road To Remember Tour".

Volunteers are participating in this campaign and are crossing the miles along the Eastern Seaboard raising awareness about missing persons cases that have gone cold or have not received appropriate media coverage on the local and national levels.
Organizers with the Cue Center for Missing Persons say interest in many of the cases they have featured in previous tours has been renewed. The media has learned about local cases they were unaware of; case investigations have been renewed and searches conducted.

Some unknown bodies have been identified and some of the missing people have been found, which is the main reason organizers of the national tour host the tour every year.

While this is the organization's 7th annual tour, Layne says this is the first one in our area. She hopes all families who have missing loved ones will show up, network and support each other.
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« Reply #147 on: August 18, 2010, 05:14:00 PM »

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Suffering. There’s plenty of it to go around though it is largely ignored and perhaps undervalued. I believe that suffering provides opportunity for strengthening and transformation. As humans we all will have moments of exquisite suffering and pain. Figuring out how to deal with it is a necessary skill. Interesting that suffering isn’t even depicted in our popular culture much. As if the only responses to tragedy are rage and dysfunction, you fight it or are broken by it. Another, more challenging, option is to incorporate the pain of suffering into the matrix of your life and use it.

If we deny that suffering occurs, how do we learn to suffer with grace? Suffering perhaps exists to tire us enough to let go of our own will and be willing to surrender to the mystery of transformation; choosing willingness, not willfulness. I cannot resist the reality of this pain. It’s foolish to even try.

Suffering is like one of the rip tides at the beach in Avon N.C. If you flail against it will whisk you off and drown you. Many go that way. To survive you must keep your wits, jettison fear and do the counter intuitive thing, go with the current. Eventually you will make it ashore, not where you began or planned to end up, but further up the beach.

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« Reply #148 on: August 20, 2010, 01:50:09 PM »

http://www.wset.com/Global/story.asp?S=13018438
Morgan Harrington’s Parents Join Missing Persons Tour
Posted: Aug 20, 2010 11:06 AM CDT


On the Road to Remember Tour stopped in Charlottesville Friday.

Harrington disappeared October 17 during a Metallica concert.

Charlottesville, VA - A nationwide tour to remember missing persons and victims made its way to Charlottesville Friday morning.

Dan and Gil Harrington joined members of the CUE Center to honor their daughter Morgan Harrington.

Morgan's body was found in January after she went missing from a concert at UVA months earlier.

The CUE Center was in the process of searching for Morgan when her body was discovered.

The "On the Road to Remember Tour" began Thursday and will end August 28.
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« Reply #149 on: August 20, 2010, 01:55:47 PM »

http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=13018555
Missing Persons Group Meet Harringtons
Posted: Aug 20, 2010 11:28 AM CDT Updated: Aug 20, 2010 11:38 AM CDT


Members of the CUE Center release butterflies remembering unsolved
The Community United Effort Center for Missing Persons (CUE) made a stop in Charlottesville Friday morning as they tour the nation highlighting cases that have gone cold.

Morgan Harrington's parents met with members of the CUE center at the Copeley Road Bridge, the last place Morgan was seen alive. Dozens of butterflies were released, remembering unsolved murders and missing persons cases.

It has been more than 10 months since Morgan was murdered and police have still made no arrests.

"Morgan will not start her senior year at Virginia Tech, she will never get married she will never have children or give us grandchildren," said Morgan's father, Dan Harrington. "Morgan is does not walk free, but there is someone walking free who murdered our daughter."

The CUE Center will head to the Richmond area Friday afternoon, as part of 11 stops on this year's tour.
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Harrington Timeline:

Oct. 17, 2009 –

    * 8:20 – 8:30 p.m.* - Miss Harrington is outside the arena near the main entrance and is attempting to re-enter the arena, but is told that arena policy requires her to have a ticket stub to do so.
    * 8:30 – 8:48 p.m.* - Witnesses recall seeing a woman fitting Miss Harrington's description outside the arena at various locations.
    * 8:48 p.m.* - Miss Harrington talks to her friends by cell phone.
    * 8:48 – 9:00 p.m.* – Additional sightings of her outside the arena are reported.
    * 9:00 - 9:10 p.m.* - Miss Harrington is seen walking through the University Hall parking lot towards Lannigan Field.
    * 9:10 – 9:20 p.m.* - Individuals report seeing Miss Harrington walking in the grassy, overflow parking lot at Lannigan Field. The lot is often used for RV parking.
    * 9:20 – 9:30 p.m.* - She is seen walking on the Copeley Road railroad bridge, between Ivy Road and the track at Lannigan Field. Investigators are asking for anyone who might have seen a young woman fitting Miss Harrington's description getting into a vehicle around this time or later to contact police. Also, anyone who might recall seeing a vehicle randomly stopped in the roadway on Copeley Road that night is asked to notify police.
    * Her purse and cell phone were found by a passerby Sunday morning (Oct. 18) in the grassy, overflow parking lot next to Lannigan Field.

Oct. 25, 2009 – Metallica increases reward in the search for Harrington, adding an additional $50,000 to the CrimeStoppers' $100,000, and raising the reward to $150,000.

Oct. 27, 2009 – Morgan's parents, Dan and Gil Harrington, take the search national by appearing on the Today show.

Nov. 4, 2009 – Harringtons hold press conference, announce volunteer weekend search. Father of Elizabeth Smart, Ed Smart, reaches out to family.

Nov. 12, 2009 – Harringtons appear on Dr. Phil show.

Nov. 14, 2009 – Harringtons make second appearance on Today Show.

Dec. 9, 2009 – Virginia State Police collect DNA samples from Harringtons

Dec. 30, 2009 – Lead investigator says Harrington is either being held against her will or is no longer alive. Credible leads and tips begin to dry up.

Jan. 26, 2010 – Skeletal remains are found in a remote area of Anchorage Farm, off Route 29 in southern Albemarle County.  Early reports indicate the remains are that of a young woman with long blond hair.  She was wearing dark clothing and a bracelet.

Jan. 27, 2010 - Virginia State Police confirm that the body found on Anchorage Farm in southern Albemarle County early Tuesday is, in fact, that of Morgan Harrington.

Feb. 2, 2010 – Richmond Medical Examiner officially rules Harrington's cause of death a homicide.

Feb. 4, 2010 – Virginia State Police set up separate tip hotline dedicated solely to information pertaining to Anchorage Farm, saying the location where Harrington's body was found is key to solving the case.

Feb. 5, 2010 – Harringtons hold final memorial for their daughter in Roanoke.

Mar. 5, 2009 – Virginia General Assembly passes resolution honoring Harrington.

Apr. 15, 2010 – Virginia State Police confirm black t-shirt found on Nov. 11, 2009 in Charlottesville is the one Harrington was last seen in the night of the concert. Police announce they have pursued close to a thousand leads and interviewed over 100 people as part of the investigation.

July 1, 2010 – Virginia State Police announce forensic connection between the Harrington case and an unsolved sexual assault case in Fairfax City from 2005. Composite sketch of suspect is release to general public.
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« Reply #150 on: August 21, 2010, 06:50:51 PM »

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Early on we chose to share our story, share our pain. This was therapeutic for us in some ways; like the guy who will lift up his shirt (with little encouragement) to show his puckered surgical scar. The retelling helps integrate this massive body insult into his reality. We have told the story of Morgan’s murder at the drop of a hat for some of the same reasons. In the recitation we hear ourselves and begin to accept the unfathomable – Morgan was brutally murdered.

 The intentionality of it bothers me so. How/why could anyone hurt her? On purpose?  If someone had run over her, I would be trying to give forgiveness for a terrible accident. I know Morgan was killed deliberately. I am not in a place of withholding forgiveness. I haven’t gotten that far. My mind still cannot accept, cannot conceive of a reality where someone could actually kill.

What an abomination.

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« Reply #151 on: August 21, 2010, 06:51:50 PM »

Continued prayers for the Harrington family.
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« Reply #152 on: August 22, 2010, 01:40:04 AM »

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« Reply #153 on: August 22, 2010, 08:00:05 AM »

http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/4428764
Harrington family remembers slain daughter
Saturday, August 21, 2010 8:01 AM

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Aug. 21--Morgan D. Harrington's parents, along with supporters, released butterflies Friday on the bridge where she was last seen to mark the 10-month anniversary of her disappearance and death.

Harrington vanished Oct. 17 after leaving a Metallica concert at John Paul Jones Arena. She was last seen hitchhiking on the Copeley Road railroad bridge at about 9:30 that night. Her bones were found in January in a southern Albemarle County pasture.

Joining the Harringtons were representatives of the CUE Center for Missing Persons, as part of the group's On the Road to Remember Tour.

The center was working on the case when a farmer found Harrington's remains.

Harrington's parents said the event was part of their effort to make something good come from their daughter's death. Along with a host of issues they are now working on, they want to see her killer caught, not just for justice, but also for the community's safety, they said.

Harrington's case has been tied by forensic evidence to a 2005 abduction and sexual assault in Fairfax, according to police.

Police haven't confirmed that the evidence was DNA, but the Harringtons said that they have found that DNA databanks across the country are a frustrating patchwork.

The Harringtons said police seem upbeat about the case but haven't shared any specific breakthroughs. The parents said they expect resolution will come, at this point, through solid police work and sifting through evidence, rather than a eureka moment.
On Sept. 3, the parents will meet with the University of Virginia's new president, Teresa A. Sullivan.

The couple also confirmed that the bridge will bear a plaque memorializing their daughter, and that a movie dedicated to Morgan Harrington will be screened at UVa on the anniversary of her death.
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« Reply #154 on: August 24, 2010, 08:05:43 AM »

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There is a sweet agony of holding secrets/special knowledge that doesn’t matter any more: like how Morgan liked her tea and how to make the perfect soft boiled eggs she loved.; just where to scratch the nape of her neck while combing out tangles; which were her favorite jeans?, and how translucent her baby eyelids were as she nursed.

All these intimacies were woven into the fine strong cloth of our lives: but now is nothing but a snarl of thread, devoid of meaning, bits of nothing.   We must pick up that tangle, unravel the knots, and weave a new cloth.  I know it can be done; but it is slow and tedious work.

It is difficult to take up such a task when we feel so slowed and hindered by sadness.  We miss you, Morgan.  Help us find the strength to somehow encapsulate this pain and find a new way, a new life. We are moving on, not without you, but carrying you inside rather than walking beside you.

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« Reply #155 on: August 24, 2010, 11:30:12 AM »

http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/15704/uva-judicial-system-changes-may-prompt-changes-at-tech
UVa judicial system changes may prompt changes at Tech
Tuesday, August 24, 2010; 8:37 AM | 0 | ShareThis | Print
by Liana Bayne, associate news editor

Virginia Tech administrators are closely watching changes to the University of Virginia’s policy for student disclosure of crimes, and say similar measures could be on the way in Blacksburg.
CHANGES AT UVA

Allen Groves, UVa’s dean of students, said UVa has had “a requirement that students self-disclose any arrests or convictions,” since 2004.

However, in the light of crimes that took place around UVa’s campus last school year — including the disappearance of Tech student Morgan Harrington from the John Paul Jones Arena in October and the murder of UVa lacrosse player Yeardley Love in May — the school is taking several steps to encourage students to report their former arrests or convictions.

Groves said he felt “a large number of students weren’t aware” of the requirement to self-report.

“People just didn’t know about the requirement,” he said.

In addition to keeping language on the standardized Common Application form, UVa asks students to disclose previous arrests or convictions, Groves said the university searched for a way it “can be more active in bringing it to students’ attention.”

Current UVa students will now be asked once per semester if they have been arrested or convicted of a crime since being admitted. The question will be posed when they log onto NetBadge, a service that provides students access to their university e-mail, student account and wireless Internet.

“On this screen, if they say yes, it asks for background,” Groves said.

He said he hopes students will “rely on their honor to be truthful.”

At UVa, students who answer “yes” to having had past arrests or convictions will be handled on a case-by-case basis, Groves said. He said UVa does not use a strike system. Each self-report could be given to the student judicial system or it could just be handled by the dean of students’ office.
“You’re not always talking about it from a disciplinary standpoint,” he said.

Groves said performing background checks “on 21,000 undergrads isn’t feasible.”

Groves wrote a frequently asked questions document. It can be found at www.virginia.edu/deanofstudents.

UVa is encouraging other colleges to share information with one another about students’ arrests. It’s also encouraging other schools to adopt similar new systems to encourage students to report their legal issues.

Tech is one of those schools considering adopting some of UVa’s policies.

CHANGES TO TECH’S ADMISSIONS

Ed Spencer, Tech’s vice president for student affairs, said no changes are in place for current students but changes have already been made to admissions applications.

Questions were added to admissions applications for potential undergraduate, transfer, graduate and veterinary medicine students reminding applicants to adhere to the honor code, Spencer said.

Mildred Johnson, Tech’s director of undergraduate admissions, said questions added to admissions applications are “designed to be a little clearer” in asking students to continue reporting arrests or convictions after submitting their admissions applications.

In the section that asks applicants about the truthfulness of their answers, a sentence has been added that reads, “I further understand that, should any of my answers change after I have submitted my application, it is my responsibility to inform the Virginia Tech Office of Undergraduate Admissions immediately.”

At the end of the application, applicants are asked to sign a statement affirming, “I understand and agree that, if I am offered admission to Virginia Tech and choose to matriculate, I have a continuing obligation to report to the Office of Student
Conduct any arrests or convictions, other than minor traffic violations, that occur subsequent to signing this application.

This obligation extends during any periods of my enrollment at the university. My failure to make the notification may subject me to disciplinary action under the Code of Student Conduct.”

“We always had those questions,” Johnson said. “But we changed them to be a little clearer.”

“We wanted to be very upfront that we expect students to tell us if things change,” she said.

Spencer said the change in the language and the added questions should help students adhere to the honor code.

“We’re counting on people paying attention to the honor code,” he said.
CURRENT STUDENTS AT TECH

Frances Keene, director of Tech’s judicial affairs and the office of student conduct, currently works with Spencer’s office to handle cases of students who are arrested or convicted of a crime more serious than a minor traffic infraction while in school.

“We have sharing agreements with all the local law enforcement agencies,” Keene said. “If you’re arrested in Blacksburg, we’re going to be notified.”

Graves said local law enforcement in Charlottesville work with UVa police to notify the university of students who are involved in crimes off-campus.

Spencer said the Blacksburg Police, Montgomery County Sherriff’s Office, Radford County and Radford University Police “routinely send reports of Tech students” involved in criminal incidents.

If those incidents are serious enough, they are passed to Keene’s office, where she said “someone reads every single report.”

Though Spencer and Keene both like the idea of implementing a statewide system of universities and police organizations sharing information about arrested students with one another, Keene said she didn’t think it would be logistically possible.

However, Keene said, if a student from another university is arrested on Tech’s campus, “I’ll fax it to their institution.”

Spencer said Tech’s safety and security committee, which he sits on, is looking at implementing a system at Tech similar to the one recently put in place at UVa.
“We’re sitting back looking for UVa’s experiences,” this school year, Spencer said.

Possibilities for future questions Tech students might be asked when, for example, logging into HokieSpa, are open.

“We’re going to be in conversation with UVa,” Keene said. “I support the idea.”
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« Reply #156 on: August 25, 2010, 01:11:48 AM »

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There is a sweet agony of holding secrets/special knowledge that doesn’t matter any more: like how Morgan liked her tea and how to make the perfect soft boiled eggs she loved.; just where to scratch the nape of her neck while combing out tangles; which were her favorite jeans?, and how translucent her baby eyelids were as she nursed.

All these intimacies were woven into the fine strong cloth of our lives: but now is nothing but a snarl of thread, devoid of meaning, bits of nothing.   We must pick up that tangle, unravel the knots, and weave a new cloth.  I know it can be done; but it is slow and tedious work.

It is difficult to take up such a task when we feel so slowed and hindered by sadness.  We miss you, Morgan.  Help us find the strength to somehow encapsulate this pain and find a new way, a new life. We are moving on, not without you, but carrying you inside rather than walking beside you.

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Gil's words have such an exquisite pain.  It is unimaginable, yet palpable.  You can feel
it.  It twists like a knife, yet there is lingering beauty in it.  I cannot explain how I feel when I read her words....She searches so hard for the good and the meaning.....it breaks my heart every time....I wish there was something I could do.....
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« Reply #157 on: August 25, 2010, 08:31:45 AM »

http://www.cavalierdaily.com/2010/08/25/harrington%E2%80%99s-death-linked-to-2005-assault/
Harrington’s death linked to 2005 assault
Police officials find forensic connection between Virginia Tech student’s murder, past sexual assault case in City of Fairfax
By Virginia Terwilliger, Associate Editor on August 25, 2010

During the summer, police officials have continued to investigate the death of Morgan Harrington, whose skeletal remains were found Jan. 26 after disappearing during an Oct. 17, 2009 Metallica concert. State and local investigators identified a forensic connection between the Virginia Tech student’s death and an unsolved 2005 abduction and sexual assault in Fairfax, Va., according to a July 1 state police press release.

In that assault, a 26-year-old woman was grabbed from behind and abducted on her walk home from the Giant Food store located on Jermantown Road.

“The suspect carried the victim to the park / pool area where he sexually assaulted her,” according to a 2005 City of Fairfax Police Department press release.

The suspect in the case was described by the woman as a 25- to 35-year-old, 6-foot-tall, black male with medium build. In addition, he had black hair, a beard and a mustache.

But state police officials are careful to note that although they do have the sketch of the suspect based on the descriptions from the 2005 victim, it has been five years since the first incident, and thus the suspect may have changed his appearance by now.

Once Harrington’s connection to the 2005 case was revealed, however, both the state and local police departments received an influx of information related to both abductions, said Corinne Geller, Virginia State Police public relations manager. In fact, during the first 24 hours after the connection was made known, individuals called in with more than 50 tips.

Not all tips regarding the death of Harrington have been helpful, though.

For example, Alvin Daniels of Alexandria, Va. was convicted Aug. 11 in Appomattox County of obstruction of justice by “maliciously and intentionally making a false statement” that led investigators astray.

According to state police, Daniels anonymously provided a false telephone tip in November 2009 that directed officers to “seek out a 34-year-old Prince William County man” whom Daniels alleged was responsible for Harrington’s disappearance.
Within 48 hours of this anonymous call, state police officials, with the assistance of the FBI and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s Team Adam Consultants, tracked down the Prince William County suspect and Daniels. Further investigation led to the conclusion that the suspect was in no way connected to Harrington’s disappearance or death and Daniels’ tip was an “act of vengeance,” according to the press release.

The Appomattox Circuit Court sentenced Daniels to six months suspended jail time with the condition that he maintain good behavior during the next 12 months. Additionally, Daniels was ordered to pay $1,600 in restitution to the Virginia State Police.

Overall, no arrests have yet been made in direct connection to Harrington’s murder.

“The investigation remains ongoing and active,” Geller said. “We do ask anyone in the Charlottesville area to contact us if they recognize the man featured in the 2005 suspect sketch by Fairfax City Police.”

Geller added that the $150,000 reward — with $100,000 coming from Harrington’s parents and $50,000 from Metallica — still stands for “information that leads to an arrest and conviction in the Morgan Harrington homicide investigation.”

—Allie Vandivier contributed to this article
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« Reply #158 on: August 25, 2010, 01:38:44 PM »

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Cyber Crime

Feeling the lash today

of those who tell us “go away”,

 Seems our story’s getting sort of stale

time to hear another tale.

 They enjoyed a vicarious thriller,

chatting about your vicious killer,

but now its old hat

so enough of that.

What I thought they came to see

was how to act with dignity

when life hits its fiercest blow,

but they want a trumped up reality show

with plots and yelling

drama most compelling.

Don’t they get that this is our life, that we live every day.

Wish I could make it go away.

Morgan you’re just as dead as you were before

pity it doesn’t interest any more

Sorry the story’s lost its cachet, but its a story we must tell

to put a killer in a cell.

So if you really want to give advise

and make snarky comments that aren’t nice

Fine, and welcome to the “game” its great.

Though the admission is pricey – its somebody’s fate.

Is it your son or your daughter you’ll throw on the plate?

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« Reply #159 on: August 25, 2010, 10:07:00 PM »

I want so badly to see justice in this case....  2 4 1 Morgan.....
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I will ALWAYS stand with the girls, Natalee and Caylee, forever.
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