Volunteer search for missing student

The parents of a missing Virginia Tech student announced today that a nonprofit center specializing in searching for abductees will organize another search using community volunteers.

The Laura Recovery Center for missing children will hold a meeting Thursday evening at the Cavalier Inn to begin organizing volunteers for the search for Morgan D. Harrington.

Anyone is welcome to participate.

Ed Smart, father of Elizabeth Smart, an abducted girl from Utah who was later found and returned to her family, was on hand to help Harrington’s parents make today’s announcement at University Hall.

Harrington disappeared Oct. 17 after exiting the John Paul Jones Arena during a Metallica concert. Unable to get back in, she called friends and said she would find her own way home.

The Virginia State Police ask anyone with information about Harrington to call 352-3435 or e-mail .