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Friend of Missing Isabel's Family Speaks

Primetime exclusive tonight: Joe Vega, a close family friend of missing 6-year-old Isabel Celis' family speaks out regarding the newly released 911 calls and Isabel's dad being barred from seeing his family.

Primetime exclusive tonight: Joe Vega, a close family friend of missing 6-year-old Isabel Celis' family speaks out regarding the newly released 911 calls and Isabel's dad being barred from seeing his family.

January 29th, 2010
02:15 PM ET

Remains of missing co-ed beauty positively ID’d

A positive ID has been made confirming remains found on a 742-acre farm is 
20-year-old Morgan Harrington. And now it's become a full scale homicide 
investigation. Sadly, the medical examiner had to use dental records because 
of decomposition to the body. In a stunning development, it's thought 
Harrington likely killed the very night she vanishes, murdered before the 
Metallica concert ended, the concert she waited to see for 6 months.

Morgan Harrington
Morgan Harrington

Her remains left on an isolated portion of land on that farm for quite some time. A farmer discovered Harrington's remains Tuesday while feeding cattle and checking on fences around his property. Investigators back at Anchorage Farm combing every square inch for evidence in the hunt to find the killer. It would most 
likely be someone who knew the area and property very well as there are no 
public access points.

The big question now is how the Virginia Tech co-ed's body ended up there? The crime scene is only accessible by walking or a 
powerful four-wheel vehicle, such as a tractor. As the medical examiner 
works to determine time and cause of death, Morgan Harrington's killer is still out there and needs to be brought to justice. Her grieving parents, 
Gil and Dan Harrington, will join us tonight in a primetime exclusive to 
talk about the loss of their beloved daughter.

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January 29th, 2010
10:46 AM ET

Is Misty Croslin telling all?

The father of missing girl Haleigh Cummings claims that Misty Croslin knows more than she's telling!


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January 27th, 2010
08:20 PM ET

Haleigh dad & babysitter arrest reports released!

Misty Croslin / Haleigh Cummings / Ronald Cummings
Misty Croslin / Haleigh Cummings / Ronald Cummings

We now have more details about the drug transactions allegedly involving missing 6-year-old Haleigh Cummings’ father and ex-stepmom. According to documents, a total of 303 pills were sold by the 5 suspects involved in this drug bust. On six different occasions, a mixture of Hydrocodone and Oxycodone were handed over for big bucks to undercover agents who have been investigating this crew over this past month. Even though five people were arrested, the focus remains on two main players, Ronald Cummings and Misty Croslin.

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January 27th, 2010
10:07 AM ET

Human skull, bones found on farm: is it missing co-ed beauty?

Police confirm a body has been found on a remote farm –partial skeletal remains, reportedly with long, blonde hair. Police, forensic teams set to swarm the area and evaluate the potential crime scene. Is this the body of missing co-ed beauty Morgan Harrington?


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January 26th, 2010
03:24 PM ET

Body just found on farm: is it missing co-ed beauty?

There could be a bombshell development in the search for 20-year-old Virginia Tech co-ed, Morgan Harrington. Has the search come to a sad end? You may remember Harrington vanished into thin air, October 17, while attending a Metallica concert in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Morgan Harrington
Morgan Harrington

Just moments before Metallica took the stage, Harrington left the John Paul Jones Arena and called her friends to tell them she was stuck outside. No one heard from her after that, as she seemingly just disappeared without a trace.

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January 26th, 2010
09:45 AM ET

Nancy Grace Cold Case

Girl, 7, vanished while looking for a butterfly

New York (CNN) – On a July afternoon in 1973, a little girl set out on her bicycle in a pristine corner of Connecticut. Janice Pockett, 7, was looking for a butterfly she'd caught and left on a rock by the road a couple of days earlier.

"We were driving my mom crazy I remember," said her younger sister, Mary Engelbrecht, who is now 43. "My sister and I had been bickering over something stupid - a toothbrush, I think."

Janice asked if she could ride off by herself and their mother said yes. It was a big deal, Engelbrecht said, because it was the first time either girl had been allowed to go anywhere by herself.

Janice Pockett / Photo Credit: Mary Engelbrecht
Janice Pockett / Photo Credit: Mary Engelbrecht

Janice never returned and 37 years later, the mystery of what happened to her continues to trouble residents of Tolland, a quiet community in the semi-rural suburbs of eastern Connecticut.

Engelbrecht still has vivid memories of the day her sister vanished. She recalls that their mother gave Janice an envelope for the butterfly. She remembers how Janice rode off on her green, Murray banana-seat bicycle.

Half an hour went by, and there was no sign of Janice. Engelbrecht, then 6, remembers walking up the street holding her mother's hand as they went looking for her sister.

They found her bike less than a mile away, abandoned on a dirt road close to the woods.

"We found the bike, but my sister was nowhere," Engelbrecht told CNN. "Police later told us they never found her butterfly, or the envelope either." Connecticut State Police continue to work the case. According to Detective Dan Cargill, a member of the investigative team, police found the bicycle between the rock and the Pocketts' home.

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