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Missing Persons

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Family Fights to Bring Missing Son Home

Mike Glenn doesn't think his son, Woodson High senior Bryan Glenn, ran away.

The Glenns didn't realize something might be wrong until Monday night. Their oldest son didn't come home right after football practice at Woodson High School that day, but that wasn't so unusual. Sometimes Bryan crossed Main Street to grab a bite at McDonald's, or stayed to chat with his friends.  When Bryan, 17, still hadn't returned 45 minutes after practice, his father, Mike, hopped into his car and drove out to his son's usual hangouts. No luck. His other son, Marty, reached out to teammates and heard something a bit more disturbing. No one had seen Bryan at practice. In fact, no one saw Bryan in school at all that day. Mike and his wife filed a police report. Fairfax City Police called them at 3 a.m. The car Bryan had been driving was…

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Susan Simons

2:10 pm on Monday, October 8, 2012

Doubtful this person "ran away". If you were going to run you'd continue to drive the car, or park at a location where there was transportation (bus, plane or close to interstate to hitchhike). He was either apprehended at DD or apprehended while in that park. Maybe he was eating, studying or sleeping and someone approached. I have kids that have slept in their cars until they had to go to class … &nbsp more ›

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Parents of Slain Student Remind Predator Remains At-Large

Mother of missing woman finds comfort, purpose in Harrington campaign.

More than two years after Morgan Harrington's body was found on a farm southwest of Charlottesville, her parents continue the search for her killer. On Saturday, Dan and Gil Harrington, with a group of volunteers, set up a booth and passed out flyers outside of Giant in Fairfax City, reminding grocery shoppers that Morgan's predator is still at-large. One local woman stopped to talk to Help Save the Next Girl volunteers, recounting a night more than six years ago when she heard screaming outside her home on Jermantown Road.  That night in September 2005, a 26-year-old woman was walking along the street carrying two full grocery bags. At approximately 10 p.m., a man grabbed her and dragged her into a wooded area. Concerned neighbors who …

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