Colorado
HB 1114, known as “Vonnie’s Law,” amends the stalking statute penalty by fixing the bail for the crime of stalking and mandating that a protection order be issued against the offender. It also requires that when the stalking is committed in connection with a violation of a court order, any sentence imposed shall be served consecutively and not concurrently. If a protection order has been issued, the court must require the defendant to acknowledge the protection order as a condition of any bond for his or her release. Moreover, in stalking cases, the prosecuting attorney must notify the alleged victim, the complainant, and the protected person of the order if they are not present at the time the protection order is issued. The prosecuting attorney may also request a hearing before the court to modify the terms of a protection order. Effective May 22, 2012.

This was updated on the stalking resource page of the National Center for Victims of Crimes www.victimsofcrime.org  The bill is named after a woman who was stalked by her neighbor for years before he killed her outside her Leadville home.  This new law will make stalking as serious a crime as domestic violence. Once the law was signed, a defendant will have to go before a judge before they’re released from jail, and a restraining order will automatically be issued for a victim.

In my opinion I know that protection orders, or what they refer to as restraining orders in most cases do not do a lot for the victim, it is just a piece of paper when you get down to it.  Most stalkers see it as something to get angry about, and they actually can become more violent.  Don’t get me wrong any of the laws that try to give victims some sort of hope are good, but I think we need to get some seriously strong laws against stalkers – take our lives back and stop giving the criminals more rights then the victims.

Please read Morgan’s stalking from the beginning. My niece should be here today. This type of terrorism must stop.

How about we wage a war on the Stalker’s. They know who they are!  Stay informed, aware and proavtive.

picture of Morgan giving the “thumbs up”

Today was a very quiet day.  Morgan officially signed up for her online University courses, the classes that she wanted to do along side of her in-person classes at CMC this semester.  Morgan goes with her dad, and I this evening to Avalanche Ranch for the pre wedding party/BBQ for her brother’s friend’s wedding, and to take pictures, she brought her little puppy Wylah with her.  It was a very nice BBQ and we all had a great time, Avalanche Ranch is so beautiful!  It’s really nice that we can spend time away with her, for a little peace, and quiet, so we stay at the ranch as long as we can.  We probably should have rented a cabin, and just slept over, but at times when I become so stressed out I don’t think clearly, so we did not do that.

And then again, now we know that in a high percentage of cases, the more you leave your home alone, the higher the chance your stalker will enter your home while you are away.  Sometimes you will know they did this, because they will do damage or take things, leaving plenty of evidence that they were there, but sometimes there will be no obvious evidence that anyone was in your home, you will have no idea, but they will have gone through your private belongings, in order to obtain more information about you, reading your journals, reading notes from friends, they obtain whatever information that they can use to get to you.  We did not have alarm system in our home, but we should have.

Click here to read about the 19th day of Morgan’s stalking https://morgansstalking.com/?p=674

As of today I would just like to send a message out to all the wonderful readers of this blog.  I know this story is upsetting, and gets people angry at times, but that is not my intention.  My intention is to only tell the truth about the events that happened to Morgan, and her family from the first day of this stalking, until the horrific day of her death…and probably a little after that as well.  Steve and I want everyone to know what we all went through during this 4 month time period, so they will know what didn’t work, what they probably should do, that we didn’t do, how laws and law enforcement protocol need to be changed, and how there are different kinds of stalkers, and everyone needs to be aware, and educated about this in order to save others.  There are so many fantastic and caring people helping with this case, and I assure you it will have a good outcome.

If everyone keeps reading, and shares this story, I know we will all be the angels on earth that make a difference…it will be amazing for the whole nation, not just for Morgan’s case.  So please stay calm, and send us all your positive energy…the truth will prevail!