Morgan Harrington’s story will soon appear in Cosmopolitan magazine. The Newsplex reports that the women’s magazine will feature details concerning the first days following her disappearance, during an October 17 Metallica concert at John Paul Jones Arena—including a reference to "missed opportunities" in missing persons cases by Lieutenant Joe Rader of the Virginia State Police. The four-page article about Harrington is titled "A Beautiful Girl Gone Missing," and will be published in the May issue of Cosmopolitan.
In related news, Gil Harrington, Morgan’s mother, recently returned from a trip to Zambia, where a school for second- and third-grade students will be named after Morgan. On her blog at findmorgan.com, she recounts the trip that Morgan planned to make with her.
"The groundbreaking for the Morgan Harrington Educational Wing has started…I am thrilled to have Morgan be a fundamental part of educating young people in Zambia. Morgan planned to travel with me to Zambia to see the OMNI School and the children she had heard so much about. Her murder ended those plans, BUT her work and her dream of educating children will continue," she writes. "Morgan will make a difference in so many young lives. She is gone but her legacy lives on in a beautiful and magnificent way."
The investigation into Harrington’s death, officially ruled a homicide, is ongoing, and the cause of death is still unknown.