Dream a little dream
This is now like you would feel after a period of really high tension, and things calm down, and you go way down. I am so stressed out now I feel like I need a mental health day off from work. But I plow on, instead of taking off from work I lean on Morgan to spend some time with me in the early evening. All our time together for so long has been all about the stalker, and now that the video system has seemed to have done the trick, I want to get back to the way it was – I want to do something fun together.
Morgan is going to take her niece out to the store which just excites little Joni to no end. At 11:14 am I finish the phone end of the arrangements, and text to Morgan, “Ok just call Leesa on her cell when you get there and she’ll bring Joni to the car for you or you can get out and knock on the door – Joni is really excited!” They have a great time together, and I’m uneasy that the installation of a video system has completely restored order back into our lives, but it certainly seems to have.
After Morgan has fun with Joni and drops her back at her house, it’s my turn with Morgan, and we have a great time talking about all the stuff we used to on quiet days. We crash out on the couch with her little puppy Wylah sleeping on the floor right under Morgan. Morgan’s sister is cleaning house, and found a gift from Morgan from a long time ago. A little clay imprint of Morgan’s hand, glazed and fired, a permanent memento of her little sister. She texts Morgan, “Look what I found… Little Morgan hand imprint… I put it next to mine for comparison… ;)” There was a picture of the two together, and Morgan’s fingers might have been a little longer, sure sign of a piano player!
That night Morgan goes to the Penny Hot Springs with her friends. While she is gone, at around 11:00 pm, the motion lights on the back of the house go on. But it is coupled with nothing else so we record it, but ignore it. A while later the motion detector driveway alarm also sounds, but same thing, unless Rhonda’s dog joins in, or one of the video cameras sounds, and alarm us we will record it and ignore it. I wrote a happy face in my day-runner today. For a while we think all has returned to normal. Steve reviews the cameras when he gets home, and is happy that every warning of a possible event is nothing on the cameras.
We talk about going somewhere, and doing something. It is a completely different atmosphere in the house now. As it all ratcheted up one click at a time, it was hard to really see the full effect. Now that it had all been released it was really easy to see the difference. And what a difference it was. . .
(Police reports later show the “suspect” was not working this evening. On 9.23.2011 he worked from 8:31 am – 12:39 pm & then from 1:10 pm – 3:26 pm)
Click here to read about the 54th day of Morgan’s stalking https://morgansstalking.com/?p=1317
I’m been following your tragic story and I am so sorry for your loss. There are such sick people out there and it’s so unfortunate and devasting when something like this has to happen. I do believe you will be helping a lot of people by sharing your story. What the devil meant for evil, God meant for good. Something good will come out of this very sad loss. Keep staying strong and stay strong in your faith. God is on your side and will see you through this if you stay close to Him!
I’m curious if you all always kept your cars in the drive way or did you park them in the garage… When you heard the stalker trying to get in using the key pad, was he under the impression you were sleeping? Not home? Why would he try it when you were home? Did he ever try it when your cars were in garage and he may have not known you were home?
Also, when you found Morgan on Dec 2, did anything look off in her bedroom or her bed? Did her body look natural or maybe set in a position?
Prayers for you and your family!
-Brandi
Brandi – yes, we always kept the cars outside not in the garage and when the stalker used the keypad (as far as I know) it was always at times when we should have all been asleep except the one time in the early morning when I left Morgan home alone to run up to the bank and back (total of 20 minutes) and right after I left he tried the keypad and scared the daylights out of her – the Sheriff’s came over right after I returned and that is the only time that I know of that the keypad was used in the daytime while someone was home…if it was used when our house was empty and if someone was in our house multiple times I don’t know yet but a lot of people believe that to be so.
And yes, there was something that I can’t say right now that was definitely off in her bedroom, and her bed, and her body did not look natural – I said this from that morning on, to anyone that would listen that her body did not look natural – she looked posed.
My heart goes out to you
Thank you so much for caring.
Since I have been recently made aware of your daughter’s case, and how she died, some questions popped into my mind. The fact that she had the drugs in her body, was her body checked for any kind of entry like a needle? Intravenous drug users that hide their habits tend to inject their drug of choice in between their toes or fingers. I am wondering if it wasn’t injected directly into her heart since there was no noise heard from her bedroom that night? I assume that it is procedure for the coroner to take blood samples and run toxicology analysis on them right away? If that is the case, why would the coroner list her death as natural causes? That, I find bizarre. If they weren’t run initially, how were they run at a later date? I am so sorry for your loss and I hope that you find justice for her murder. I firmly believe that she was murdered.
Our cars were never in the garage. I have no idea why the stalker would use the keypad when we were home (it’s hard to relate to someone like that who has a sick mind). The only two ideas I can come up with is:
#1 the Sheriff’s believed the stalker was doing it to terrorize us
#2 I believe he was practicing to see if he could get in. The keypad had only 4 digits that needed to be entered in order to gain access.
And you asked an excellent question that the authorities never asked, although I offered…yes, her body seemed posed when I found her. In all the years I have ever gone in her room, and found her asleep she never looked like how she was that morning – on the wrong side of the bed, facing the opposite direction she usually faced and not in a natural position at all.
What a very interesting question Brandi, about her body being posed.
Toni- How long has is been “quiet” now at this point in the blog? 4-5 days?
So every time you guys sensed something, you had to manually record video of it? It wasn’t automatic recording with motion detection?
Toni, I am sorry that the family’s position is taking so much abuse on WS right now. It is a good site with some dedicated people, but you also have to realize it is a cross section of the public: all income levels, all walks of life, all levels of education.
If you trust Tricia and believe she can help you, you should work with her personally rather than just releasing all your info to the public.
Thanks for the suggestion – I should probably do that. I have never been on WS yet, and I will try to work with Tricia vis telephone also.
Thank you for answering Toni. I assumed you guys kept your cars in drive since I could see them in the pictures (the ones you captured that showed the officers walking away and then stalker watching them leave.)
So, the stalker obviously always knew who was home and when… It sounds like the stalker had a lot of confidence of not getting caught, I’m sure that was part of the thrill for him too, which is disgusting!
Oh yes the stalker was definitely one of the typologies that gets more excited, and more confident every time he didn’t get caught – he thumbed his nose at LE and that made him a very dangerous stalker.
Can you explain what was different about her position when you found her that makes you think it was unusual or posed. This could be very important. Thanks in advance, I know this must be so hard to talk about. You are doing a wonderful job.
I am so sorry for your loss. Your family’s story is simply heartbreaking, I cannot imagine going through all of this. I hope that you are eventually able to find some answers, and then some peace.
I have to say, I don’t know how much I would rely on a bunch of random people on the internet to find your answers. It seems apparent that the officials have really messed up. I hope you have a good attorney, who has access to good investigators to really help you.
Thanks I appreciate it – we have been very blessed as I do believe we have a great attorney and some very powerful people who are now jumping in to help…take care!
Morgan’s family,
You have taken a very courageous course in seeking justice for Morgan, and if you did not know beforehand you certainly know now the questions and criticisms Morgan’s blog would open up for you. You write compelllingly and draw and hold people in, even when they do not want to be held. The sense of foreboding and tension makes your readers want the end of the story now, now, now….so they can resolve it in their own minds and move on, tension relieved. That won’t get justice for Mogan of course.
So glad you haven’t wavered from your goal. I think your method is working. As a non – believer I can’t say a prayer, but as a retired journalist, maybe a tip? Those two pics of the police leaving in their high-vis jackets and the stalker creeping up behind to sneer as they go? Put them nice and large on the first page of Morgan’s blog. Two birds with one stone – catch the media’s attention straight away, and without you having to say a word, rebuke your sheriff’s “50 call outs and we didn’t see a stalker” comment (no, you didn’t guys. Because he saw you first). It might even be embarassing enough for some stalker- experienced officers and others to come and help you out, which someone should have done already, in my opinion.
I am confident you will get justice for Morgan.
Thank you, thank you, thank you…great advice!
Hi Toni, I was just wondering on the day of your daughter’s death whether your security cameras caught any activity outside your house as would it not have caught anyone entering your home? I have not read all of your blog yet so maybe you answer this point later on x
I’ve been reading this blog all night, actually. I knew of this vase beforehand. I’m very sorry for your loss. I believe everything you guys have said. I was stalked in college for 6 months. This individual is in jail for murder now. I am thankful it was not me, but am left with a kind of survivor’s guilt that I should’ve done me, but realizing that it’s my word against his, i didn’t. I knew this person, this was the most serious incident of stalking I’ve ha, although I’ve experienced it other times to varying degrees.It is soo important to realize that these people are deranged, and you have no idea what they will do next. Be vigilant, once you start to notice something is off. This is a scary case, because the stalker(s) weren’t making it known who they were, whereas the incidences I’ve always have and hear about the most are people who are for some reason claiming to be lovestruck, and they make obvious moves to win you over in some delusional way. When this happened to me, I was in college. I liked to party a lot, and so I never really got into the depth of it with them, because I did not want them being overprotective and intruding upon my social life. Morgan really appreciated the circumstance she was in, and frankly was in communication with you guys more than I ever would have at that time. She, in all accounts, seems to act in very responsible manner throughout this ordeal. I really do believe you all did everything you could have done. I just can’t believe that again and again, we see and experience such incidents of stalking, and law enforcement just doesn’t want to hear about it until there’s a murder. I just wonder, how many more women will be senselessly murdered until REAL national change occurs. I am praying and believing this will end up being that case that changes things at last.
H – I am so sorry you had to live through that and I am so happy you survived! Thank you for sharing your story…by doing so it helps raise awareness of this horrible crime and can save a life. REAL change has to happen and that is the path that Steve and I are on now…I can’t fathom another girl going through what Morgan went through.
We were teasing Morgan in the Spring and beginning of Summer that she was going on all these “Morgie’s big adventures”, because she had been traveling on her own to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Kauai, etc. and in just under 6 months had done so much…it was a really happy time in her life until the stalking started in the beginning of August.