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We are happy to know that Morgan very likely … did not live through the time of the concert,” Gil Harrington said. “She was a long time in that field. I am happy that she was not alive long enduring unspeakable things.”
The likely absence of significant concrete evidence, however, may not prevent law enforcement officials from narrowing in on suspects and advancing the investigation. Kopacki said most criminal cases today like Harrington’s do not rely on physical evidence
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Most cases are circumstantial cases, which can be just as strong, but nowadays are hard to get through court,” he said.
If the autopsy indicates that there was any sexual contact between Harrington and her killer, the likelihood the two knew each other beforehand increases significantly, Kopacki said. Police officials have not yet released details regarding whether the killer made any such advances toward Harrington."
http://www.cavalierdaily.com/2010/01/28/state-police-officials-identify-remains-as-harrington%E2%80%99s/
Two important things here..
How would the Harringtons know that Morgan was murdered before the end of the concert when an autopsy hasn't been completed and COD hasn't been determined yet?
How would it be possible to determine that she was dead before the end of the concert without having a COD or autopsy? The body was ID'd by Dentals.
Kopacki mentions in the article that most cases nowadays are circumstantial, yet in Morgans case it is mentioned there is a lack of physical evidence. Coupled with the fact that most circumstantial cases can be hard to get through court, especially if one is wealthy enough to hire a powerful lawyer.
LE may need more evidence to have a good solid case against the perp(s) so that they are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, and that they do see prison time, and that some wealthy brand name attorney won't get the perp(s) off. That may be why we see this case taking awhile, as well as the huge reward sum offered for information $150,000; if the perp is wealthy or comes from a powerful wealthy family.
The land where Morgan's body was found just looks like regular farmland to me, it's possible one strong individual could have lugged her there, i'm sure she didn't weigh much. The property also seems to be surrounded in barbed wire, or at least that area, however one can just throw a blanket over the wire and then hop over. Or go around it, if they know of another way.
I hope LE can connect a perp to the area; did he ever have family or friends around there? And then back to how he would know Morgan, school, work, parents' work? Friend of her friends?
