Tuesday, September 13, 2011 – Day 43 of Morgan’s stalking – Morgan takes a day off

Morgan sends a text message to her teacher, “I don’t think that I’m going to make it to class today.  I’m taking a mental health day from my life.  Hope all is well!”   Her teacher texts back, “Understood 🙂 xo”

Morgan found this to be a perfect place for reflection

Steve and I are weighing our options in the morning.  We are becoming a lot more educated about stalkers and we are not liking anything we read.  A particularly troubling issue for Steve is that our stalker is different.  Every stalking instance, example and scenario they seem to know the stalker at some point.  It was this fact, and also the fact the he was so seamlessly coexisting within our neighborhood that had Steve entertaining the thought of moving.

Today I started looking at other houses for lease ant at first it seemed crazy and desperate.  But as I looked, and thought about it, and started to see homes that I could see had good defensive qualities to them, they didn’t appear very stalker friendly, and it all began to make sense.  Up and moving would be such a huge task.  But then staying put was really not any easier.  Our free time was consumed preparing to catch the stalker.  Our evenings were juggled around being certain we would be close by for Morgan.  And our nights were always some new anti-stalker protocol that failed just like the last one.

We are so stressed out, and afraid for Morgan.  Then came the deal breaker, reading over and over that if the stalker follows her when we move, shows up just as we have settled in and breathed that first sigh of relief, then it will only be worse…

We abandon ideas of moving for the moment and order two new motion detector sets.  They can be clustered together, and each have its own unique sound.  Steve thinks he can set up a light grid that will give us not only noise, but some invisible way of tracking him as he approaches.

I felt like I was in one of those old westerns, where the fort is about to come under attack from the Indians, and preparations for the onslaught are being carried out in the quiet before the storm.  It has actually been days now where we are not sure if the stalker has even really been here. There have been noises and taps and barks, but nothing that really indicates him.  It could all be just the normal noises that to a hyper-vigilant family are still something to worry about.

(Police reports later show the “suspect” was not working this evening)

Click here to read about the 44th day of Morgan’s stalking https://morgansstalking.com/?p=1160

A ray of light at the end of what promises to be a very long tunnel…here is what you have all been waiting to see

This morning I was getting ready for a meeting, today’s blog was written, but would not be posted until later.  A fax came in, it was what I expected, and as I promised, I will share it with you.  It is the truth, and you are free to make your own decision as to what is going on here in Garfield County.

First a word from Morgan –

Morgan thumbs up

Morgan may not be here in body, but her spirit wants us all to know the truth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And then the fax –

 

The second opinion in Morgan’s death, page 1

The 2nd opinion of Morgan’s death, page 2

If I feel as if our County Coroner Trey Holt ranks right down there with the stalker, perhaps I am overreacting – what do you think?

A lot of you are pulling for the County to re-open this investigation, and I appreciate that.  But I don’t agree.  For Steve and I the relationship with the Sheriff’s department turned very adversarial when we had other experts review Morgan’s manner of death, that Dr. Kurtzman said was natural causes, and then had the gall to share the opinions of other experts with them, to suggest they were mistaken perhaps.  It was the old, don’t confuse us with facts, our minds are already made up.  And the Coroner Trey Holt is another story, he has been out of touch since day one.  I was threatened  that Morgan’s manner of death would be changed to suicide if I did not back off of trying to have her death changed to a homicide.  And yes, I reported this verbal threat to the Sheriff’s department, just like I reported her missing jewelry.

Now, Morgan’s case needs a fresh set of eyes and ears – perhaps the CBI or the Attorney General’s office, we just don’t know at this point where to go.  We know we need officials we can trust, officials who don’t threaten us.  Officials who respect our rights as victims, and above all – the rights of Morgan Ingram, which is what Steve, and I fight for.  Oh, and not to be melodramatic, but if there is a murder / suicide with our names on it, don’t believe it.  Steve and I were high school sweet hearts and we celebrated 41 years of dating, and 36 years of marriage this summer.  And while this has easily been the biggest challenge we have ever faced, like everything else that has challenged us, we will do it together.

Love you all, and thank you so very much for all of your support during these difficult times, which has meant so much to Steve and I.

 

A suggested book to read from one of our readers of the blog…this book is really good!

A student currently working towards her Masters in Forensic Psychology, on the east coast told me this is one of her favorite books, Gavin De Becker’s “The Gift of Fear”.  In it he describes intuition as a collection of experiences that helps to guide us and keep us safe.

I just wanted to share with all of you a little bit of Morgan – and yes, she was very psychic

I received this email submission today, and I wanted to share it with all of you because it made me smile, and also because it was sooooo Morgan!

I met Morgan in 2008 when I was visiting Aspen with my college roommate, Bryan. I remember her because of how amazing she was. She was carrying around a little mouse and she told me that she was thinking about becoming an animal psychic. We walked around Aspen by ourselves for a bit. She was such a beautiful person. She beamed with a genuine love for life that I had never seen before. I can’t believe this happened. What a beautiful soul she was.

Some very good news to share, from a reader of this Blog

Just wanted to say thank you thank you thank you for posting this blog!!! It actually did save me and my family as of yesterday! We had a stalker and would only come around 3am, on and off. The thing that saved us was I noted everything and every little detail and right down to the second on the clock and 3 days ago read your blog. The trail cam was a GREAT idea. We are hunters, but didn’t have any, but thankfully, our neighbors are hunters too and had 3 of them. We put them up, and were able to identify the person and logged the many times she, yes, SHE came around. I heard something last night, called the police officer in the k9 unit, they tracked her and found her half a mile away in the sage brush. The pictures made it so she confessed and she was arrested. Had we not done that, I don’t know how much longer this could have gone on! Thank you so much for putting your story out there. Please find peace in your heart knowing Morgan’s story saved a family. I really wish I could tell the entire story and leave our names, but for obvious reasons, I cannot. Hugs to you and Steve for this story and your courage to put it out there.

In case you missed it in the comments, another woman being stalked was also empowered with a little help from this blog, and her own bravery to end her stalking.  Morgan is smiling for us all – love you honey!