Morgan gets a text message from her girlfriend, “Call me! Hey Morgan 🙂 ” And Morgan texts her back, “Hey cutie pie how are you?” Steve and Morgan have already been in contact and she is on her way home. He is hidden in another spot. Every time he goes to a different place. He has not told Morgan, but he keeps this a secret from her. We have heard so much about ways that our communications with Morgan can be intercepted that we are being ultra cautious.
Steve calls me because he knows how worried I am, and tells me that Morgan has just past where he is and in a minute he will start to follow her home. He tells me it’s snowing and freezing out, there will not be a stalker in this weather. It helps, but still I am worried that he is going to be close enough and I express this to him. He tells me to not worry, that she will be out of sight, but he feels like we have to take small chances to catch him. If she stops for even a few seconds he will catch up, then he can speed way up, and be upon her in absolutely no time at all.
I have a sick, empty feeling in my stomach, I feel we are taking chances with our daughter. But in order to protect her, this is what it has come to. Taking calculated risks, leaving her out of our sight for seconds at a time. Hoping that our extra bit of hanging back is enough to give her stalker enough courage to move in, and then be caught.
There is no harrowing moment tonight, Morgan comes home without incident and wonders what all the fuss is about. I know that this frightens her, that she might be followed again, and we are reminding her of it. But I weigh that against how the Garfield Sheriff’s Department fell flat on their face, with the assurance that next time it would be different, when in fact the next time was worse. I am not saying that they may not have intercepted him if she had dialed 911 while driving, but right when she got home and we called them they could have been proactive and looked for the car, pulled it over and questioned him – there are not too many ways to go from that intersection. This further eroded any hope Morgan had in them of stopping this nightmare.
I met her in the driveway, with the usual spray and gave her a kiss. She thanked me and then we saw the lights of Steve’s truck turning onto the street. Morgan told me that we didn’t have to do this. I told her, oh yes we do Morgan, and we will never stop, you know that,
We hugged, and when Steve drove up she walked to his truck and hugged him too. I watched him whisper in her ear, and I wondered what “daddy thing” he had just told her. She smiled, so I knew it was a good one. We all walked in the house and Steve and I held hands watching her go to her room. She told us we were “too much,” but without saying a word Steve and I knew we were not enough, not yet, but we knew we would be, we had to be.
We headed for an inviting bed, and said nothing, just staring at a dark ceiling for the longest while. Then for some reason we both sat up and decided to check the cameras before going to sleep. It seemed like I had heard noises earlier, really, really small noises, so I wasn’t concerned as it was snowing out. We were exhausted, but went into the bathroom where it was all set up and sat together looking at our camera monitor, calling up motion events for the evening, there was one in particular we went right to, at 23.51.30 camera number 4 spots a little light moving around on the other side of the berm. We watched it a few times and could not tell what it might be. Tired and needing sleep we decided it could wait until morning. Steve said it was probably a reflection of something.
We went to bed, then slept, and I felt we had somehow moved in a positive direction tonight…boy was I wrong.
Click here to read about the 93rd day of Morgan’s stalking https://morgansstalking.com/?p=1919
Toni,
I just want to say thank you for engaging us. Earlier in the blog, I would get so frustrated when the daily post was somewhat of a cliffhanger. Now that you have, in the past few weeks, changed it up a bit and given multiple-day posts, videos, and some days have even had a couple separate posts throughout, you exude a more polished confidence in your story…Morgan’s story. I know emotions are still high and controversy still looming, but you are trying to keep your composure more often, almost maturing as the blog progresses and not letting childish jabs at your credibility break your stride. People can say whatever they want, come to their own conclusions, you know in your heart there is more to the story.
I can honestly say I’m on the edge of my seat over this post, well played. My dwindling interest has been peaked. I’m all ears once again. Let Morgan be your guide, her spirit will take you where you need to go to find peace and understanding. Much love and support,
Katy
Thanks Katy – take care!
What a wonderful comment, Katy. I agree 100%. There are still some things I’m not totally convinced of yet, but along the way, I’ve realized that I need to wait and hear the whole story before jumping to conclusions.
You are such an engaging writer Toni. I only wish this was a work of fiction.
Thank you Jess – I would give anything to have it be a work of fiction.
I’m pretty sure we ALL agree with you Toni that this was a work of non-fiction.
I don’t think I said what I meant to actually say above. lol I meant to say that….I’m pretty sure we ALL agree with you Toni that we wish this was a work of non fiction.
I think the same thing every time I read it…if only it could be just a compelling story. My prayers are with you each time I read your entries, Toni. And I pray the process of writing this out is helping you to grieve, but mostly that it will bring justice to your sweet Morgan.
Thanks Mimi – I don’t think it’s helping me grieve…I think it’s putting off the grieving process because I have a job to do and it’s the most important job in the world. I know it won’t be over for a long long time but I think it will lighten up sometime down the road and then I tell myself I can grieve. Right now I don’t let myself fall apart because I’m afraid I won’t have the strength left to do what I have to do.
You have my attention, no matter what you write. I can’t imagine going through what you went through, I wait for each post and feel a small amount of the anxiety you guys felt. It’s real..the days when nothing happened are real, just as the days are when something happened. If you only wrote about the scary stuff, it wouldn’t have as much of an impact. I think that not posting all at once has a big impact too. I get so nervous waiting to see what will happen, will anything happen, what did you guys do etc, If I am this anxious, I cannot imagine how anxious you all were.
Thank you for sharing this story and with so much detail. I hope it makes a HUGE difference in many ways.
It’s getting harder every day as it gets closer to the day I found her – I hope I can keep strong and push forward…when I think of what was done to her that keeps me strong – I need to do this for Morgan
You guys are like the real Super Women & Super Man (Steve)! You write and type and Steve pushes enter… I LoVe it! I said WOW, to myself when I got the email update of the petition, not sure where you guys got the time for that, but it’s amazing that you did and have it done so quickly, SOMEONE has to listen now and it’s something small thing for all us supports to get to do something to help. It’s only a matter of time now, because everything you are doing!
I support & Signed for the Ingrams:
Morgan was am amazing and talented young women, who’s life was taken from her way to soon. There deserves to be justice, everyone has that right and Morgan and her family has not, read and hear what the Ingrams have to say you will be intrigued and captivated, left with the question why and you have got to be kidding me.. The Law enforcement failed Morgan in protecting her, whatever that reason, and ultimately failed her in properly investigating her death. The Ingrams have many supports all across the world, we want this animal(s) who did this to have there justice & get what they deserve!
Chayse thank you so much for your support – Morgan really does deserve justice and the other innocents that are out there shouldn’t be subjected to monsters that are still roaming our streets.
I thought it didn’t snow yet that year until the night Morgan died? So the photo is not from Nov 1st? And Steves and your account here about the snow? I remeber from earlier it was a big deal bc you would have liked to get footprints in the snow as evidence?
The first snow of the year is the first time it snows heavy, and sticks, we can even get snow in July, and of course it doesn’t stay. So this night we are speaking of it snowed but the next morning the green grass was already starting to peek out again – by the next afternoon it was all gone…no snow.
A couple of thoughts on the backpack, I think the stalkers were using a listening device , for less then $100, you can purchase a device that would work within 100ft , so with night goggles and a listening device they would be capturing what everyone was doing and saying, would know when Steve was following Morgan, when Morgan would go to bed etc
Maybe that is what was in the back pack and why he was always hiding around the house
That could be – we have no way of knowing. By October Steve was trying to use the bathroom in the center of the house that had no windows as the “cone of silence” because he thought our conversations were being monitored.
HI Toni,
I have been thinking a lot about this “gang stalking” method someone posted a few days ago. It has made me wonder if perhaps you and your husband were the actual targets of the stalking and not necessarily Morgan. I know if someone wanted to terrorize me, the best way to do that would be to terrorize my child. Perhaps it evolved into a more typical stalking situation with one member who tried to contact Morgan and ended with her death.
Just speculation but still, it intrigues me. Esp since things didn’t end abruptly with her murder.
I pray that the answers are discovered and arrests are made.
And I know in some other older cases I have been told that has happened – I don’t think that was the case but like my grandmother used to always tell me “nothing would surprise me anymore.”
All this stuff happended a year ago. How is it that you remember every little detail about what happened everyday?
Because I did what I hope all stalking victims will do and that is I kept a very detailed timeline – which was shown to the Sheriff’s multiple times, along with date and time stamped camera footage, time and date stamped phone and email records. This is something that is really critical to having the facts correctly stated
Time to make copies and put the originals in a safe place, Toni and ASAP
I know – I know, working on it. Thanks!
Comments like this “All this “stuff” happened a year ago. How is it that you remember every little detail about what happened everyday?” seem intended to harass Toni and cast doubt on what she has painstakingly recorded, and is now sharing with the public. If you had read this blog from start to finish, you will see that she OFTEN mentions going back and reviewing the texts, the many discussions about texting with INTENT to make a permanent record of times and occurrences, as well as several times she has berated herself for “Not paying better attention and keeping better notes” because life got in the way (Yes, life goes on even if the face of violence, crime, death, breakups, job loss, etc etc etc). I have no problem when reading this KNOWING EXACTLY WHY the Ingrams know EXACTLY what happened and when. If you’re here to cast doubt and cause trouble, you are not welcome and your scare tactics won’t work here to dissuade the supporters of Morgan, her family, and the demand for justice which we unanimously have agreed is the only possible outcome that will be sufficient. – NOT ANONYMOUS – Valerie
No worries Valerie – i won’t be dissuaded, I have the truth behind me and all the time in the world, I just smile when all the non believers question every little thing, it’s good to be a little skeptical, but to argue about facts does seem a little silly at times.
Toni, I feel like when things like this happen, its you who reaches out and strokes my head and holds my hand and tells me not to worry, its going to be fine, in spite of those who are trying to… what… make you give up?? Or just harass and (stalk?) your every move on this blog. You and Morgan are kindred spirits and your ability to be calm and make me trust, as you are trying to trust that the truth will come out is amazing. I blame Morgan, I like to think she is watching all of this, already knowing the outcome, and passing that patience on to the rest of us through you.
Valerie – Morgan does know the outcome and it is a wonderful outcome…it won’t happen right away but she knows there are so many people that will help that it will happen. It’s not just Steve and I – it is everyone that is working hard to make change happen. Thanks.
The almanac say there was no snow in Carbondale Nov. 1 or 2nd
Well we have it on camera and it was a light snow that started to melt in the morning so it wasn’t really considered a “snow” that did anything.
could you post the video please with the date on it
It will be on the post that will come out shortly
Thats how it is where I live too. We get snow, but its not considered snow until its more than an inch. I think its funny someone looked at the almanac.
You are doing a great work and we love you!
🙂 🙂 🙂 I wish I knew how to make hearts
can you stop taunting this poor woman? i’d say if you don’t live in this valley you have no idea what the snow is like. But i suppose the all mighty almanac is always right? listen to what she is telling us or go find something else to do with your time. i see no reason for her to be lieing about some SNOW!
No worries they will see it falling from the sky and on the tops of the cars very soon – the videos will be on the blog soon.
Tim – I am new to your blog as of yesterday & I have read from start to finish. I am truly saddened by the loss of your daughter. So young & full of life. May God bless your family.
Christina thank you for your kind thoughts.
What the heck difference does it make whether there was Snow or not?!?!?!? If their was or not, don’t you think reliving the events that lead up to your daughters death would maybe cause a bit of stress. If she typed there was snow or not, who cares!! Really?!?! I for one believe everything they are saying. You can’t type this blog then have an interview over the phone that is released for others to hear and get all the same facts straight. And by the way!! The Almanac isn’t always right!!
Ranee, thank you for your support, it really does make a difference and I believe when the videos for today’s blog go live your will see something that looks suspiciously like snow, and it is. There was a few inches in places in the morning and it did melt off fairly quickly.
I think she’s reliving her daughters death every time she writes about it. Which is everyday!!!!! Thanks for your input though 😉 Greatly appreciated
I lived in that valley and it ALWAYS snows on or before Halloween.
Usually on Halloween we get the first big snow and most of the time it sticks from then on – last year we got a little snow that didn’t stick in fact it was one of the strangest winters I have ever experienced in this valley and we have been here since 1976! Except for one year when in Aspen people were so bummed out because it was Xmas Eve and we had no snow that stayed on the ground and then when I waked out of City Market in Aspen that night I heard cheering and low and behold BIG flakes of snow – it stuck and winter finally made it – and that was Xmas eve.
I remember watching the fireworks for Fourth of July in Aspen and…..It snowed.
It was probably the same Fourth of July that the snow killed my dahlias 🙁 That’s how I remembered it.
We had the same winter last year here in the Lower Midwest- very warm, no snow.
Very strange winter.
Reliving her death every day – I try not to, but some days are much harder than others. I guess I could decide to be a ghost, and hide out in my house, and cry all day everyday (which somedays I feel like doing), but I know if Steve and I don’t do this for Morgan, and others in the future, then it won’t get done, and by God we will not stop no matter how bad it hurts…and it really hurts.
I’m sorry you have to go through this Toni!!! I just started thinking about another high profile personality you should contact. Have you thought about writing to John Walsh? I know his claim to fame is “America’s Most Wanted” but the show only started because he was the parent of a victim, on an undying quest for the truth about what happened to his son. Sound familiar? I know all of the circumstances of his son’s case are different than Morgan’s but he has felt pain similar to your own and I think he would treat your story and your family with the compassion you need. He is an advocate for victims’ rights and possibly the right person to listen to and fight for justice in Morgan’s case!!
I hope this suggestion helps!
Katy
Thanks Katy.
I really hope you get this case re-opened to find out what happened for justice for Morgan and to prove all this doubters wrong! Won’t they feel stupid…
I pray it will get opened – and we won’t give up even if we have to go all the way to the White House!
It does make a difference if they can get footprints! And I love looking at the almanac, doesn’t make me weird. But thanks for trying to bring ppl down. And I have been wondering through out the blog if the photos correlate to the days or not. The Ingrams are looking for evidence in their daughter murder and the readers look for the same evidence doesn’t make us doubter and need to be picked on. Sorry the masses take everything at face value. Kinda like the Ingrams, when the sheriffs said not to worry.
You know Mel the videos and pictures we put out of the stalker do correlate with the day (they are time and date stamped so we know exactly when they were taken) and we try to get pictures of Morgan and her puppy and maybe an outdoors picture to come from about that time, although it might not be from that day – sometimes just that month. The pictures we put out of Morgan or Wylah or a river or a car are not suppose to be evidence – we tell you when the picture is evidence like the shoe prints or the gutter cracked or the videos or wildlife camera shots. I don’t know what else you would like me to do…yes we have more evidence and no I will not put it all out there until I feel it’s the right time. And yes this is my blog and I can do that and if people don’t want to wait for the evidence they don’t have to. This blog was created to get enough public interest to help others that have been through stalking or are being stalked, and that is working. It was also created to raise awareness – and that is working, I get emails all the time from people that are now aware of things going on around them and they take action. It was also created in order to get justice for Morgan. This is happening in 2 different ways; first people are hearing the truth (whether you believe it or not) on a daily basis of what happened to Morgan and that is getting people to come up with ideas that they send to me that have been very helpful – some work and some don’t but trust me some of them are things we never would have thought of or looked in to and that’s been a huge help, the second thing we are trying to accomplish is to get a LAW ENFORCEMENT agency, not Garfield County to INVESTIGATE MORGAN’S STALKING AND MURDER. I don’t think that is too much to ask. Like I said I greatly appreciate everyones contributions but I don’t expect anyone (short of being on the ground and speaking with people involved) to be able to solve this case. Everyone’s help is huge as I keep a file and when the case gets opened up that file will go to that Law Enforcement agency and all those leads will be a huge help.
So eloquently stated, Toni. Just remember that you do not have to explain to anyone, I know you want all to have a 100% understanding of everything but that old saying. “You cannot please everyone all the time” is so true. Press on, Mamma Bear!
Yes I think readers need to come up with a nice nickname for your fighting spirit.
You are so cute! Thanks.
It occurs to me that no one EVER saw your main suspect at your house at any time. No one. Ever. And he was never caught there. Ever. The few videos you have show people who cannot be identified as ANYONE you have or haven’t named. He “followed Morgan” in and out of a cul de sac neighborhood? He met her at the same common intersection coming from a different direction? Morgan got out of her car to identify him and was “terrified” but NEVER called 911 herself at the time of the any occurrence? When followed home by her vigilant and loving father and/or friends, your suspect never appeared. He was NEVER seen by Morgan’s friends hanging about, watching or following her or even driving by. Even YOU cannot say that he was the person you saw at your front door or dashing across your yard. I am so sorry, Toni, but you have absolutely no proof what-so-ever of anything but a possible trespassing on video with no grounds for a further stalking or murder investigation. Not even against the suspect/suspects you’ve so freely named. You have no proof any of them were ever there. Ever. Not even Morgan could’ve or would’ve said she saw any of them at your house. You will never have a case, Toni, because you have no proof of even a stalking by your suspect or suspects, much less a murder. My sympathy again for your incredible loss. Your and Steve’s pain is palpable still. I don’t wish to contribute to that. You have said many times that you have put off your grieving to get justice for Morgan. Maybe it is time to grieve her instead. Really grieve the loss of that bright beautiful flame that burned so intensely and out too soon. Morgan was a jewel. A jewel that was stolen from you however she was taken. There is no such thing as closure. There never will be, but your precious girl does deserve her moment of your expression of all out grief for what you had and lost. Why don’t you go to her favorite place. You’ve written that you’d discussed where she wanted to go to for her 21st birthday. Go there! You and Steve. Go there and do all the things you would have done to celebrate. Celebrate her life and then give into her loss. Cry and rage and scream if you feel like it , whatever you feel, and give yourself over to the grief you’ve been carrying and burying for the last six years. You know Morgan would approve. Then reshoulder your cause and press for stalking awareness and laws but don’t expect to ever get justice in a criminal court, Toni. What you’ve showed all of us who know a little about the courts and due process is that you don’t have a case, no matter what you believe. That takes nothing away from the loss or memory of that fabulous creature that will ever be your beautiful daughter.
I appreciate your feelings towards us but I must correct you. We do have evidence and yes, Morgan clearly saw her stalker(s) and reported it to the sheriff over and over again. The felony stalking detective in charge of her case has put the main suspect’s name in the report many, many times, the female was under 18 so it had to be redacted but the sheriffs knew. They knew about those 2, as well as the father and another female that were involved so to say we don’t have evidence is absolutely not correct and we do feel very strongly that Morgan’s case will get investigated and more than one person will go down for this. This is not revenge…this is called justice. Justice for Morgan and all other victims of stalking and murder that get “swept” under the rug…why? Because they can. But we refuse to sit back and do nothing. Remember what Thomas Jefferson said, “when injustice comes to rule the day, resistance becomes a duty.” We are determined to get Justice for Morgan!