Morgan Dana Harrington

Updated: 5:25 p.m.

Police continued to seek help Monday in finding a Virginia Tech student from Roanoke who went missing during a Metallica concert in Charlottesville on Saturday night.

Morgan Dana Harrington, 20, was last seen  near the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, according to University of Virginia police.

She had gone to the concert with Amy Melvin, her roommate in Blacksburg, and another friend from James Madison University. Harrington drove.

Melvin said Harrington went outside before Metallica took the stage. She said she wasn’t sure why.

“Everyone assumed she’d be coming back,” Amanda Melvin, Amy Melvin’s older sister and a friend of Harrington’s, said. Friends and family still haven’t heard from Harrington, she said.

Amanda Melvin said Harrington’s purse and cellphone were found outside the stadium  and her car was still in the parking lot. She said Harrington wouldn’t abandon her friends there.

Amy Melvin said she and Harrington have been friends since they were in sixth grade  at Northside Middle School.

Harrington is a junior at Tech. She and Melvin, who attends New River Community College, live off-campus.

The Rev. Diane Scribner Clevenger, pastor to Harrington’s parents, Dan and Gil  Harrington, spoke for the family Monday.

“Morgan stays in contact with Dan and Gil every day,” she said. She said it was unlike Harrington not to be in touch with her parents.

Clevenger said Harrington’s parents are in shock. She said they left early Monday morning for Charlottesville.

Friends created a Facebook page — called “Please help with finding this girl. Please.” — to help spread the word that Harrington was missing.

Amanda Melvin said friends want to help in the search but aren’t sure what to do. She said she thought about forming a search group to help look for her.

For now, they are forwarding her information and photo to anyone they can.

“Sitting here while Morgan is out there missing isn’t a very good feeling,” she said.

Harrington was last seen wearing a black T-shirt with “Pantera” across the front in tan letters, a black mini-skirt, black tights and black knee-high boots, police said. She has long blond hair and blue eyes, is 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs about 120 pounds.

Virginia Tech police have been contacted by UVa police and are assisting with the investigation into Harrington’s disappearance, Chief Wendell Flinchum said.

Anyone who has seen her or has knowledge about her whereabouts is asked to call UVa police at (434) 924-7166.