Roaring Fork River
Elliott (our neighbor across the street) saw me getting into my car, and ran over, as he had to tell me something – that he just saw on Keenan’s FaceBook that he is single, and not in a relationship. I thank Elliott for making it “official.” And I have another more important question for him.
Our detective is quite convinced that Keenan works at GM and he is a manager there. So I ask Elliott if he is knows where Keenan works, and how sure he is about it. Elliott once again says he works at the City Market in El Jebel, definitely, he has been in there when he is working. He works the night shift. He wonders why I wanted to know. I told him I was getting conflicting stories, and in case it became important, I wanted to be as certain as I could.
Elliott wondered what the detectives were going to do now that he had moved away. I was thinking the deputies had made progress with the fact he lived here, but it hadn’t seemed to matter to the detectives. They had a different program going. Morgan was all around town with her friends, calling me a few times to check in. I really didn’t like that we had to do that, but I got nervous if I did not hear from her all day.
When Steve came home I told him about the conversation with Elliott and how Detective Glassmire had thought Keenan was working for GM. It made perfect sense to Steve. One of them made a typo it’s really CM he said. CM for City Market, he wondered which one? El Jebel, I told him. That’s less than a five minute drive, going the speed limit, he told me. He could walk out the back door there and be here in five minutes easy. Terrorize and be back to work before his break was over.
I could not wait to give Detective Glassmire this information, there must have been something they could make out of this. Some trap, some way to catch him driving from there to here. And now that he had broken up with Brooke, there was no reason for him to be here – interesting how he moved out right after the sheriffs kept stopping by her house to speak with him. I told Steve that I wondered how long he had worked at City Market – because if he was there last summer too, then he could have been the Blue Creek stalker. It was right across the county road from us – within walking distance. I never even texted Morgan to bug her about coordinating when she came home. It made sense in ways I had never thought of. The detectives were obvious enough to spook him. They would be drawing a bead on him and closing in. So he either bolted for safety, or he just broke up with Brooke and moved on. I wish I knew which it was.
Click here to read about the 77th day of Morgan’s stalking https://morgansstalking.com/?p=1696
I’m not sure if this has been asked or not but were you able to get Keenan’s schedule to compare with the date and times of the stalking incidents?
No, I wasn’t but I was told it was finally given to the felony stalking detective sometime in May, but I have no way of knowing if that is true or not.
Why oh why did they not continue to find out who the stalker was after Morgan died. This makes me so mad. They just dropped the whole stalking investigation like a hot potato. Laws were still broken but the victim died so what does that mean? It never happened? You and Steve were also victims of stalking where is YOUR justice.
Its like a store is robbed by armed robbers but they manage to recover the goods so dont bother to find out who committed the robbery. THERE ARE STILL CRIMINALS ON THE LOOSE. What the hell this makes no sense to me.
You are right – it makes no sense to my either, but I guess it makes sense to someone that ordered it. The sad thing about ending the felony stalking investigation is that the summer before Morgan was stalked the subdivision across from us had 5 different incident reports that had the same MO and the last victim actually saw the white male with the hoodie and the dogs chased him for about 2 miles before they lost him by the river and then 2 weeks before Morgan’s stalking started another women in the same subdivision (she contacted me) had the same thing and saw the guy in her back yard and called it in as well, but guess what the public was never told about these incidents and they were never connected to Morgan’s stalking. Infuriating to say the least. And there are still criminals on the loose and there are a lot of people that really don’t want to believe that.
How long has E lived there? Seems a little fishy that he is so into whats going on with Keenan and ? If Keenan didn’t live with ? the summer before, than that still leaves E to be in the neighborhood…?
I discovered the same thing in my neighborhood after reporting my stalking encounters. Several women shared similar stories but were afraid to share until my situation got out on the street. Police never told me about it, however. A common M.O. can link the suspect and help save lives. There needs to be an alert broadcast system like the Amber Alert if there is a stalker in the area. Stalking leads to rape or murder and should be prevented and stopped. With so much technology available today we should be able to implement preventative measures.
I totally agree – now we need to get those changes made.
Hi Toni!
I know this isn’t related to the post but I was wondering how the donations to fund the investigation are coming along. Money is tight for a lot of people right now, including myself. I’m going to try and donate something by the end of the month but I’m sorry it probably won’t be much. 🙁 I wish I could do more but I guess every little bit counts. I think about your family a lot. Please give Wylah, Tessi and Mogwai an extra hug from me.
Thanks for asking – they haven’t been going well…like you said money is tight and I feel funny asking, but I just came up with an idea and we are going to follow through with it – we are going to be selling off a lot of things and some of them will be Morgan’s photos framed, along with note cards with pictures she has taken, and a sculpture that Morgan loved…coming soon. I did give Wylah, Tessi and Mogwai an extra hug for you – actually not Mogwai he doesn’t like hugs but I did give him and nice long rub on his head instead and he did like that. Love, Toni
I do not understand why a detective could not find out where someone works? That makes no sense, just go in both places and ask!
You would think – I guess there is not enough hours allocated.
Toni,
They don’t even have to leave the police station, all they have to do is pick up a phone! I’m so angry that every thing was left up to you and Steve. LE failed you in everyway imaginable! Were they “wishing” the stalker away?
I have a strong feeling Morgan wasn’t his first victim. He was way to organized for her to be the first. I feel she is not going to be is last. The ME and LE have given him confidence. This story needs to get out so this SOB is stopped!
I don’t know if you read back for new comments on old posts, I suggested (along with a lot of other people) a letter writing campaign. Someone can write a letter and post a link or everyone could write their own. The important thing is to blow up every officials and news agency’s inbox. Let them know that we will never give up. It’s very simple to do. I did one this summer for the epidemic of missing persons in this country. It was very successful in so area’s more than others.
There is strength in numbers and you have thousands of people mourning the loss of Morgan because of your beautiful words. We’re with you the whole way! WE BELIEVE YOU!
Please let us know what we can do to help. I know how desperately I want to help you. All you have to do is give the word and pick someone to head the email/letter campaign.
Love and hugs from the east coast
Hi Toni & Steve-
A friend told me about your blog last week. It took a couple of attempts for me to actually start reading it though because this is such a heart wrenching subject to read about. Once I started to read however, I found myself completely engrossed to the point that if I felt myself falling asleep at night, I would force myself to wake up enough to continue reading “just a bit more”. This blog has been the last thing I’ve seen at night & the first thing I look at in the morning. What your family has endured is beyond inconceivable and I have no words to even try. I would like to say though, that just as you feel blessed to have had Morgan as your daughter, please be assured that she felt equally blessed to have the wonderful family that you all are. I know this is such a horrific time for your family and I can’t imagine having the strength to write about it and relive it. (I do know what it’s like to lose loved ones, I lost my mom & dad when I was in my early 20’s and it still devestates me). It speaks volumes that you find this strength. I am so glad that you have such a supportive marriage and family to help thru this time. Don’t give up. Justice will be served, maybe not today or tomorrow, but it will happen. I wish there was a way I could help. I will get word out about this blog though, to as many as I can. Stay strong Toni. I would do the same as you are & I know my parents would’ve too.
-DT from California <3
DT getting the word out is the biggest thing you can do for us right now. We need pressure from people that care to get the people in the government offices to open an investigation for Morgan.
Great message above. Your right DT from Cali they are some of the best people I have ever had the pleasure of knowing and heck living with back in my old hockey days with Morgans brother Ryan. Watching her run around just happy as can be, this was years ago yet I can talk to them to this day like we keep in touch regularly. I talk to Morgans Brother and his wife pretty much weekly so I feel a sense of obligation to try and help in anyway I can. I’m writing to say thank you for acknowledging the fact that these poor people lost their baby girl despite every effort thinkable to prevent the inevitable from happening, have ha the courage to pressure the authorities on multiple levels and not only that (this is why I have always said they were the most unselfish people I have ever met) they found the strength to relive the moments from beginning to end to not only explain Morgan’s story, but to also try and spread the word to a many people as they can about this some what rare, but very real issue of Stalkers and the major effects it can have on a family. So thank you again for acknowledge two of my newest idols and pretty much 2nd parents that I just haven’t seen in a while. Steve and Toni I love you guys and keep up the fight, if there are more people out there like DT then the light at the end of the tunnel can only get brighter.
Thanks again,
Jon
Oh Jon I just read what you wrote and I started to cry – but they were tears of love and happiness. We love you and we are so proud of you guys now that you have all grown into such wonderful men. Morgan thought it was so much fun having all you guys living with us when she was young – there were always so many funny things going on and it was a time in our life that Steve and I will always smile about. Thank you so much for following us where we go with this and trust me Jon it is about to take off…we will get justice for Morgan and possibly others as well. Love you!
Toni, just the fact that you want justice for Morgan and others, goes to show the world what a truly an amazing woman and mother you are. Not only, are you seeking justice for your precious angel, but other innocent victims too. May the LORD guide you thru all of this.
Did you know Sheryl Crowe just had to put her house on the market in Hollywood hills because of a stalker threatening to kill her? Perhaps getting a celebrity of her statue who understands the terror could help get Morgan’ s story out there. Just an idea. God bless you guys…
I did not know that – I will try to make contact somehow to let her know. It would be great to have people on board that know how awful and pervasive stalking is.
I just had a thought that might help… Have you looked into Change.org where you can petition certain people to change things… Millions of people sign these petitions And they actually have done some changing in our world! U don’t to post this here if its not appropriate… Thinking of another outlet to help Morgan’s cause… Petition the higher authorities perhaps as I am sure u will have no trouble getting people to sign too… And the best part I believe is that it is free… Light and Love always!
I haven’t yet but someone else did tell me about it and I definitely want to look in to it. Thanks.
Do you if anyone has petitioned change.org to pressure the Sheriff’s Office to open up the investigation into her death? I have signed quite a few petitions, and I know some of them have made a difference. Just a thought, I wasn’t sure if anyone had looked into that.
Ooh, I think that could be a great idea!
No we haven’t tried that yet – we are thinking of just taking Morgan’s case to the National media starting next week and doing change.org to try to get all the LE agencies across the country to adopt the National Protocol for Stalking in their own districts across the Unite States. What do you think?
If you think you could get national media attention, then do the change.org petition, I would wait. I know when it is a cause that I have already heard about, I am much more likely to click on it and read it, than if I know nothing about it. And as sad as it is, you should have them say something about how your daughter was killed and they won’t re-open the investigation in the email they send to everyone. For ME personally, that would draw me in more than the National Protocol for Stalking. Maybe you have more than one petition? Or maybe that is part of it. But you have to make sure they lead with the information about Morgan to get the most hits.
Tonight I watched a show on lifetime, Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition. A girl commented how dance was her “escape” while her parents were going through a divorce. Abby Lee Miller (a judge on the program, as well as a previous dancer/choreographer/company director) commented something like “Dance IS an escape. When you are on that stage, it IS your home. When you are in the studio, and you look in the mirror, you only see yourself. It is all about YOU.” I instantly thought of Morgan (and myself!). She came to that ballet studio to escape and relieve her stress.
It is with this thought that I am certain she did not commit suicide. Pills were not her escape… she had ballet for that.
Sending you love and prayers as always,
MJ
You said it so well – that was Morgan’s escape and she loved it. I could be all stressed out and then go in the kitchen to cook something new (that was my escape – I love to cook) and Morgan would come in with her pointe shoes on and say, “Mom look at my feet” and then start showing me things she could do in her shoes right in the kitchen while I cooked. It was a passion for her as well as a physical release. Thanks.
I’ve been following this since you started in the beginning. I know you get this a lot but this is just so infuriating to me. You don’t even know how many times I’ve wanted to make phone calls and ask why nothing is being done and why it’s all been kept on the hush hush. I just get angrier and angrier because I want peace for you.
But, I am a firm believer that everything happens for a reason. I lost my dad and my brother 9 years ago and when the wound is so fresh, it’s hard to understand and it’s so easy to just be mad. I still get mad that they died how they did. However, their passing has shed so much light on LIFE for me. So, idk, I know this probably isn’t the most comforting thing to hear. I have no idea what I would do if I ever went through this sort of thing with my child. I don’t even know how my parents did it when we faced my stalker situation so many years ago. I guess in writing this rant I just want you to know that you and your husband, as well as Morgan cross my mind every single day. I was just in the valley a week and a half ago visiting family before my husband and I moved to Germany (with the Army), and I just felt like driving over to Carbondale and giving you the biggest hug lol. I have to believe that as painful of a situation this is, there WILL be justice and you will find peace. Again, I know the wound is still very fresh for you, so I apologize if I have said anything to tip you off. But I think you are one of the most courageous women I know for writing your blog every single day and for reaching out to try and find justice for not only Morgan, but for the many other people who face this sort of thing. I know she is looking down on you and smiling :)..
Hi Toni, I’m so sorry for your loss. I just wanted to share with you…I’ve worked in the field of domestic violence and stalking for 11 years. This sounds more like bullying/harassment to me. When I was in high school I had some girls target me, and they came and egged my house. I thought it was someone else and confronted them. Some other kids got wind from those kids that I confronted, and they began coming to my house nightly, throwing things and the house, spray painting, etc. What I’m reading in your blog sounds a lot like that. It sounds like it may be a group of kids and maybe not just one. Just a thought.
Toni- This last post makes so much sense to me. Working so close to your house in addition to the fact that he worked night shift explains why he would come home so early in the morning. I kept wondering this.
Leaving work on his break (more than likely the same time each night) which would explain why most of the time his appearances were at the same time for several nights in a row. I don’t understand how some things can be so clear to so many, but not the ones that are trained to do this for a living. Despite laws or what have you, these detectives obviously don’t have a grip on them. I feel like they are standing around waiting for something instead of being proactive about it. It makes my skin crawl with anger at the way things have been handled thus far and even more with knowing the ultimate outcome.
I say a prayer for comfort and love for you and your family each day. I can’t imagine the pain you have had to endure, but I can promise you that what you are doing is making a difference and will one day make the ultimate difference. I pray it makes a difference in the justification that Morgan so greatly deserves, but she see all the hard work you are putting into this for her. <3
I just recently visited CO for the first time for my brothers wedding in Denver. It is beautiful and was such an enjoyable trip. Shortly after our return I came across this blog on a friend’s facebook page and I have followed it since.
At the very least what you are doing with this blog is opening the eyes of many people who, like you, over a year ago never thought this could happen to them. I have not been in the situation personally, but it has opened my eyes to what is possible. My husband thinks I am crazy (he has not read the blog) but our windows in our sons room are only covered by a valance and sheers and this past weekend I voiced my opinion on hanging blinds. He thinks because it is on the second floor and there is truly no way someone can see in because of the positioning of our house and our roof structure. I’m just not 100% comfortable after reading what this animal was capable of. I just get an uneasy feeling when rocking him in the middle of the night if he wakes up. Like you, I love the natural light coming through windows so I do have limited blinds in the house, but I will be rethinking this.
Thank you for all you are doing for all the others out there that have been faced with this issue.
Sending many, many {{Hugs}} to You, Steve, and all three of the 4 legged babies!
M from Va
I found your blog/story through a friend on facebook just this morning and have been sitting in front of my computer since. I have read from the beginning and just finished with this post. I am beyond baffled at what happened/did not happen in this case. Talk about sloppy police work! (I am the daughter of a retired police officer).
I will continue to follow your story and I hope that you can soon find answers. You and your daughter deserve the peace that it will bring to know what happened and who is responsible.
Hi, Commenting from Norman, OK. I’m praying for justice for Morgan. Its just deplorable what your family has endured. I read the above comment about her dad being a retired police officer and remember watching a show the other day about how they solved an old case by hiring a retired detective/police officer to review the files. I’m just wondering if you could find someone like that to help you, if that would shed some light on something that has been overlooked. Well a lot has been overlooked but I hope you know what I mean. lol
Oh another thing, I think ? or E are very suspicious. Girls can be caddy and jealous. And Et is just getting creepier by the post.
Forget the Sheriff’s department. Totally inept and incompetent. You have probably tried this, but have you tried getting the FBI involved?
In addition, you need to go to the national media. This is a Dateline or 20/20 story without a doubt.