Author Archives: Toni Ingram
Wow – Fired Fort Collins cop gets prison for stalking
Fired Fort Collins cop gets prison for stalking
Jarett Branson was sentenced to four years in prison for stalking a woman while on duty.
Check out this story on coloradoan.com: http://noconow.co/1z2Q6Cx
THIS IS HUGE! Obstruction of Justice & Official Misconduct…More news coming soon!
Criminal investigation of Weld County Sheriff’s Office employees starting over Ashley Fallis case. Article by Justin Joeseph of Fox News
Weld County DA Michael Rourke confirmed Wednesday night his office would ask for an impartial and independent criminal investigation into the Weld County Sheriff’s Office and its four deputies who are accused of failing to cooperate with the Evans Police Department during the investigation of Ashley Fallis’ death in 2012.
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After only 3 days Ashley Fallis was determined to be a suicide, but she was really murdered. Her parents fought for the truth to come out and after a grand jury convened for only 3 days her murderer was extradited back to Colorado and is going to stand trial. Now the officers that tried to cover-up the murder are on the hot seat. Cross your fingers that indictments are made.
A Mother’s Day Wish & A Picture From Morgan
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO ALL THE WONDERFUL MOTHERS OUT THERE
Being a mother is the most fulfilling and gratifying thing in the world. For me there have been so many wonderful moments, along with some really awful moments, but I would always choose being a mother. The overwhelming love you receive when you look into your child’s eyes can never be duplicated by any other means. And that love can never be taken away… not by anyone.
Yesterday was a hard day for me. It was a day of tears. I told myself it was okay to hurt. Then while I was out and about, trying to move forward I looked over at a woman with a baby stroller. My eyes immediately looked into the stroller and this adorable baby was beaming up at it’s mother, with a big smile on her face. Her eyes were sparkling with an immense amount of love – you could just see it from where I was standing. My heart filled with love remembering that look. It was a BIG reminder of how special it is to be a mother and a reminder that my heart does still feel, and see, all the true love I have been blessed to be surrounded with.
A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.
I miss Morgan every single day… she was my baby, my best friend, and she grounded me. Morgan would always jokingly lament how Steve and I were both water signs, while she was a fire sign. She would go on to explain all our frailities by being water signs, and she was usually right on. Morgan would then laugh and tell us we were lucky because all 3 of our children were not water signs so they gave us some very needed grounding.
Morgan took this picture. She was always my little ballerina. On her first birthday she took off walking on her own, and it was straight up on her tippy toes. Most of the time when I saw her walking anywhere she usually started out on her toes. In this picture there is a little “coupon” that she made for me one Mother’s Day. She actually made 6 coupons and gave them to me as a Mother’s Day present. Morgan almost always took the time to make every gift she gave, making every one so extra special! She always gave from her heart. Every one of these “coupons” she gave me was for something she wanted do for me… she wanted me to “redeem” them for a dinner cooked by her, or a day together down at the ranch, just little things like that, but all the things she knew would make my day just that much brighter. That was Morgan and I still have some of these coupons to look at – I never got a chance to redeem them all. Now I can hold them in my hands and remember all the love she constantly gave.
Life without Morgan has been indescribable. The pain can be so very deep, yet at the same time my memories of her are so wonderful that they fill my heart with joy. It can all be very bittersweet. I’m sure this will sound strange to most of you that have never lost a child, but up until recently I could not even bring myself to buy any of Morgan’s favorite items at the grocery store. It has been over 3 years and while we shared so many favorites, even looking at them in the grocery store caused me to cry, so there was no way I could actually buy them. Over the holidays it was pomegranates…her fav, but I couldn’t even look at them. Recently I finally broke down and bought raspberry Noosa yogurt, another one of her favorites. I sat outside and ate it very slowly, while looking at the ocean. I savored every bite while thinking about Morgan and I was actually able to smile remembering how much she liked eating that yogurt. I also knew she was happy that I was looking at the ocean while eating the yogurt and thinking about her. That probably sounds strange too, but even though Morgan was only 20 years old she told me her dream was to get her law degree from Stanford, and after a career in law she wanted to retire in northern California overlooking the ocean. So while I was looking at the ocean I could “feel” Morgan right next to me and it felt peaceful and joyful.
Today I feel blessed not only to have such love from my 2 older children, as well as my 2 grandchildren, but I am also so grateful that I can still feel immense amounts of love from Morgan. Yes, I still cry every single day wishing my youngest daughter was still sitting next to me, but I don’t cry for very long – I always get a “blast” of warm love that curses through my body and fills me with so much love that I have no choice but to stop crying every single time I feel it. This is another hard thing to try and verbalize to others, but I just wanted to try to express what happens to me, and how I know Morgan is still close by. Mothers always remain connected to their children, the greatest gift there could ever be…
Misconceptions? NO – Just Misdirection & Lies…
It’s so strange when I hear people tell me that they read somewhere on the “internet” completely false things about Morgan’s case, and they want to know my side of the “story.” I’m glad they ask, but what they are reading on the internet is really false information from people who didn’t even know Morgan, or our family, or any of the true facts of her case, and not only is what is written stated as fact, but stated with certainty! So many distortions, misstatements, and outright lies, it screams of agenda, just as the actions of the Garfield County sheriff & coroner do. And please do not think for one moment in time that I am against law enforcement, no absolutely not…I truly believe law enforcement has a tough job and most law enforcement agents are good honest people that believe in what they are sworn to do in their job. They are the unsung heroes that are out there every day trying to protect the citizens in their towns, but just like in all other walks of life there are good people and bad people and when you have the head of any company or agency that has an agenda those under him or her can either go along (even when they know it is wrong) or they can leave…obedient workers?
I thought I was revealing enough details about what happened during Morgan’s stalking and murder, all the while being so careful not to expose all the details about her case, the details only the stalker, his accomplice(s) and the murderer and his accomplice(s) would know. I was confident that most people would understand the truth and I believe they do understand. Especially victims of stalking, they know what it’s like to live the nightmare, and they can empathize with what Morgan went through.
But when I hear some of these ludicrous statements I have to realize that some people will never agree with the truth about what Morgan was forced to go through. They can’t, because they have an agenda, even though it’s not the truth. I’ve been assured it is a very small group of the same people and I believe they are related to the suspects – these people traverse the internet to sling mud at Morgan, and her memory. If somehow Morgan was wrong then the stalker was not? Or the people who helped him are not? Victim blaming does happen and it is NEVER right. To me it only shows how quilt riddled some are, to endlessly defame Morgan with lies, as if that will somehow change the criminal acts perpetrated upon her.
I also understand that there are bullies out there can’t resist attacking people over the internet, while hiding behind their computer screens, with their anonymous profiles, so I do not feel like it’s just happening only to Morgan and her case, because I see it happening to others who did nothing wrong except to be the victim of crime. Morgan’s story attracted a lot of attention, and that was one of our goals, to raise awareness through her story and to be a voice for so many other victims. So if speaking out for victims attracts some bullies then that is something I will live with.
Morgan should not be gone from this world – she should be away at college studying law like she had planned. But because of a predatory stalker, and an inept sheriff, along with her parents (Steve & I) who didn’t understand that we had to get her away immediately in order to save her – it became a perfect storm of life-changing proportions. Saving others from that same fate is of such great importance to us now that a few bullies are not going to change anything.
Bashing those who support Morgan, as so many have, is yet another ploy. Both forensic professionals and private citizens stepping forward to help have all been accused of being paid – based upon what knowledge? It is a lie, plain and simple, a lie which proves the desperation of the guilty. Every person who has helped in Morgan’s case has done so from the generosity of their hearts. And every one has helped without any charge. Oh I have offered, in some instances, to pay for services, but every single time those helping Morgan have absolutely declined to be compensated in any way for their assistance. In fact the answer I usually get from those helping is, “It’s just the right thing to do.” When I hear this I always break down and cry…tears of intense gratitude.
So why would you accuse people, trying to help achieve justice for a young woman so wronged, of being paid when they are not? Why is it so important to attack good people? That is the real question here, why is it so important to make up stories about Morgan and the search for justice? Is it because they are afraid of the truth?
I have decided to address some of the cruel and utterly untrue things people have said on the internet. This will be part 1 of a 4 part series in which I will address some of these lies. Stay tuned – more to come. And as always, thank you for listening.