A search to identify the killer of a 20-year-old Roanoke woman who disappeared on leaving a concert in University of Virginia was commenced in a road trip and friends and relatives are hopeful that he or she will be found.

Morgan D. Harrington’s parents are said to have conducted a trip from Roanoke to Charlottesville according to reports by WDBJ-TV.

A 2005 rape in Fairfax is linked to Harrington’s case according to forensic evidence. Having survived the ordeal the woman in the rape case in Fairfax gave a description of the suspect to the police.
On their Saturday trip, Harrington’s parents had the sketch of the man’s face in the rape case on the outside of their vehicle.

To their amazement, only few people knew of the connection between the cases despite the sketch being available.

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