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Metal band Metallica joins hunt for killer
Metallica is doing its part to help the FBI solve the murder of a 20-year-old college student after a 2009 concert by the rock band in Charlottesville, Virginia.
In a one-minute announcement on YouTube, Metallica frontman James Hetfield urges anyone who knows anything about what happened to Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington to contact authorities.
"Remember, any information, no matter how small you think it is, could be that crucial piece investigators need to help solve the case," Hetfield says in the video, with guitars and amplifiers in the background.
The band offered $10,000 in 2010 for information leading to an arrest in the case; the reward fund since has grown to $150,000, Hetfield says.
"This crime we feel was horrific in nature and what we want to do is bring closure to Morgan's family," Virginia State Police Capt. Timothy Lyon says in a video on the FBI's website. "We want an arrest, and that's what we're committed to doing."
Morgan Harrington
The FBI says Harrington was last seen hitchhiking on a Charlottesville bridge after leaving the concert before it was over on October 17, 2009. Her body was found in a field four months later. She had been wearing a distinctive silver necklace with Swarovski crystals, which has not been recovered.
The FBI says DNA evidence links Harrington's case to a 2005 sexual assault in Fairfax, Virginia. The bureau issued an enhanced composite sketch of an unnamed man they think may be responsible.
The suspect is described as an African-American male with black hair and facial hair at the time of the 2005 attack. He is about 6 feet tall and was believed to be between 25 and 35 years old at the time of the attack, making him 32 to 42 now.
Information can be conveyed by calling Virginia State Police at 434-352-3467; Fairfax police at 703-385-7959; or the FBI at 800-225-5324.
This sketch is a caveman.
Huh. And how many generations from now will critters in your line drop their tails and begin walking upright?
FADE TO BLACK should be played as the animal is executed when caught. Metallica rolled over at the BLACK ALBUM. KILL 'EM ALL!!!!
NO! Ride the Lightning!
Black man brutally murders white girl. Why no national outrage about hate crimes, racism, etc? Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Anderson Cooper? I don't hear any of you saying a damn thing about this.
good point
No, really, it isn't a good point. It's a tiny-minded, narrow, bigoted point, much like the one on the top of your head.
They have no idea if this guy is guilty or not, just that she was seen with a guy who may have looked remotely like that picture. You guys watch WAY WAY WAY too much tv.
"Black man brutally murders white girl. " You can prove this? So far the police have no evidence.
metallica = vomit
Idiot.
Which dictionary do you use haha?
i dont need to eat trash to KNOW its trash. tras belongs in trash cans thats is where their music is headed.
Don't post if you can't even manage a complete, coherent sentence. I'll know James can write properly...
Had this been a white guy raping and killing a black girl apes would be going wild! Oh wait, why would a white guy ever do that?
Until right now, I thought it was impossible to be that stupid. Congratulations. You're a pioneer.
@OMG ~ You keep slinging that racism around but no one wants to play ball with you. Go home. Nobody likes you.
Guys like you, sit around trying to stir up racism while you do NOTHING for anybody of any color, including the white victim in this case. Selfish and hateful. Quite a combo.
Good thing you make no attempt to explain yourself haha.
I love that band.....
I do hope the murderer is caught and put in an 8 by 10 for life.
Why all the bitter comments about their music, this piece is not about the music but what they are trying to do in order to help this girls family put an end to their nightmare.
There is a reason Metallica is the most successful metal band ever. They're very, very good. Period. No gimmicks, no tabloid press to push album sales, no computerized, rip offs of 1970's music and calling it "sampling". Just four guys, all experts in their chosen instruments, playing well written music. The horse crap in the top 40 is just that. Horse crap.
I wouldn't call them the most successful metal band of all time,that would be Judas Priest or Iron Maiden or maybe Ozzy but I will say their pretty successsful
Just visited the FBI site. Lot's more Women, Asians, Hispanics than I thought. CNN is "creating" reality. With everyone looking out for this guy, those other characters go unnoticed. Check it out for your self. http://www.fbi.gov/wanted...http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten...http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/murders
The black man did it???
Don't hitchhike, even for guys, there are lunatics driving around just looking for people hitchhiking. Once you're in their car, they have all the power. Metallica has always been loyal to fans, I am not into Metal, but know they are a great band.
Where did "Mettalica" get $10K?
I've always thought they should tour with ted nugent. Both make music for adolescent boys.
he looks like a Neanderthal
No, actually, that sketch looks nothing like a Neandrethal. Run along now. I think your hood and sheet are ready for the dryer.
I guess this kinda makes up for their draconian stance on file sharing.