Remembering Morgan (family photo)

As the world waits to learn more about Morgan Harrington’s official cause of death, the support for the Harrington family keeps growing.  On Friday night, many friends from the virtual world gathered in front of the Harrington’s home to honor Morgan with a candlelight vigil on Friday night.  Internet tools like Facebook, Twitter, and Morgan’s website were the same some of the places supporters organized an effort for Morgan and her family.  Many people who gathered at the Harrington household in the cold say they never met Morgan in person, only to know her by her beautiful pictures and words from her family and friends, but their souls were touched by her spirit.

Last week, police confirm remains found on a Virginia farm are in fact those of Morgan Harrington.  I spoke to State Police officials today, and they say they are working to determine Morgan’s cause and time of death.  I spoke with the Medical Examiner’s in Richmond last week, and they say in normal cases an autopsy to include toxicology reports normally take 24 hours, but in this case, it could take weeks.  State police investigators were at the ME’s office later last week working with the pathologists as they took x-rays and gathered information.  Authorities are on the farm for days conducting a grid search, and gathering as much evidence as they could.  Police say Morgan’s body could have been on the farm for as many as 100 days.