Metallica Fan Was Murdered

The Virginia chief medical examiner's office has ruled that Metallica fan Morgan Harrington's death was a homicide.

There's no information about how Harrington died yet. The Office Of The Chief Medical Examiner did determine, however, that she didn't wander off late at night in Charlottesville, Va. and die accidentally from exposure due to cold weather, according to The Roanoke Times.

The newspaper reports it could take weeks before forensic experts figure out how Harrington died because her body had already been decomposing for three months when it was found.

The Virginia Tech education major's skeletal remains were discovered late last month in a hayfield just south of Charlottesville. She disappeared after leaving a Metallica concert in Charlottesville on Oct. 17 to go to the bathroom and was denied re-entry. Her purse and cell phone were found in the parking lot the following day.

A memorial will be held for Harrington at 3:30 p.m. on Friday (Feb. 5) in Roanoke, Va.

Metallica will play these shows:

March 1 Guadalajara, Mexico @ Estadio Tres De Marzo
March 3 Monterrey, Mexico @ Estadio Universitario
March 5 Guatemala City, Guatemala @ Estadio Mateo Flores
March 7 San Jose, CA @ Saprissa Stadium
March 8 Panama City, Panama @ Plaza Figali
March 10 Bogota, Colombia @ Park Simon Bolivar
March 12 Caracas, Venezuela @ La Rinconada
March 14 San Juan, Puerto Rico @ Coliseo De Puerto Rico
April 13-14 Oslo, Norway @ Telenor Arena
April 17 Riga, Latvia @ Riga Arena
April 20-21 Vilnius, Lithuania @ Siemens Arena
April 24-25 Moscow, Russia @ SK Olimpiisky
May 11-12 Belfast, Northern Ireland @ Odyssey Arena
May 16 Zagreb, Croatia @ Puskas Ferenc Stadium
May 18-19 Lisbon, Portugal @ Pavilhao Atlantico
May 23 Lyon, France @ Halle Tony Garnier
June 16 Warsaw, Poland @ Bemowo Airport (Sonisphere)
June 18 Zurich, Switzerland @ Jonschwil Degenaupark (Sonisphere)
June 19 Prague, Czech Republic @ Mimon Airport (Sonisphere)