A reader just wrote in to me and I would like to share her comment and my answer with all of you.
Stephanie wrote: I have so many questions after watching this episode… It’s all I can think about… The night she died wouldnt all the home surveillance camera have caught him on tape somewhere ? Something just doesnt add up.. In the last 2 hours I have read everything I could find about this case… I am truly sorry for your loss.
Answer: Stephanie we had 6 home cameras and yes, they did catch things. The problem is none were pointed at the front door or back door – they were always mounted on the house pointing away from the house in order to catch a person coming towards the house. If they were pointed at the doors it would only have caught the back of them and whenever that happened the sheriffs said they couldn’t make an id. A person could have cut across the lawn and stepped over our short fence in one of the uncovered spots (the cameras could not cover every spot) and then moved along the side of the house in order to get to one of our doors undetected. It was not a good system especially for stalkers that are always there, always watching, and already have been arrested for breaking and entering as Morgan’s stalker had been. Morgan’s stalker repeatedly pushed the numbers on our front door code lock trying to get in after we installed the new front door lock. This was after our front door lock broke unexpectedly after the first couple of weeks of her stalking (coincidence? I don’t think so). We believe he was in our house many times when we were gone before her murder and yes, that is something that happens in stalking cases, and no there is usually no sign of forced entry. The night Morgan was murdered she had had a wonderful and happy day. Her friend had slept over the night before to protect her, she had gone to the shop with her dad to help pack up, she was happy to see her brother when he showed up and gave him a big kiss, she called me on the phone to say, “You rock!” because I had just made some phone calls and found a connection to a witness for the detective. She came home, showered, talked to me about ordering her puppy a new name tag, went in her room played her music while singing and curling her hair, put on make-up, and told me she was going out to meet a friend. She did meet a friend to take him job hunting, she had helped him get off drugs and now she wanted him to get a job so he wouldn’t have to go back to Denver and be exposed to his same friends that did those drugs. She then tried to sleep over his Aunt’s house (because she was scared to sleep at home without a friend with her) but was told that wasn’t a good night, his Aunt had just come home from work with a migraine. Then she left to come home, stopped at another friend’s house and asked if he could sleep over, but he said no – so she came home alone at 9:04 pm. She was scared. The only other night that week she slept home alone she had to leave for the safety of one of her friend’s grandma’s house in the middle of the night because of her stalker, and yes this was reported to the sheriffs. They showed up 45 minutes later and yes, it was the same evening our next door neighbors were robbed. People think just because Steve and I were home she felt safe…wrong, not at that time, not after 4 months of terrorization. She had asked Steve for a knife the night before her murder, he bought her one, it was in the bed next to her body when we found her. Our house was a one story large house, our room on the very back and Morgan’s room on the very front, that’s why she had a panic button. She refused to sleep in our closet after the first month, her back hurt too much, she had the knife, pepper spray and her panic button, but stalkers still manage to get into celebrities homes, homes that have armed guards, alarm systems, dogs, all kinds of security and yet people wonder how it could be possible that Morgan’s stalker got into her room. Every single piece of physical evidence, including Morgan’s body, the morning of her murder points to foul play, it points to someone being in her room and yet people desperately want to hold on to the belief that the sheriffs and coroner are correct. In reality the toxicology results and physical evidence contradicts what the coroner said. They don’t want to see there was a their cover up of a capital crime. It is our job now to help people understand that this does happen. It’s hard to comprehend, it was for us, people want to know if it was because the stalker was a confidential informant, or did he have some ties to the sheriff’s department, was it because the sheriffs department doesn’t want any violent crimes on it’s national statistics because of the tourist industry, is it because of the illegal practices of the coroner’s department that needed to be kept secret, and on and on….there could be multiple reasons, but for us those reasons don’t mean anything, we just know they lied and wrote down false statements, they destroyed evidence, they dug in their heals and refused to let any other law enforcement agency in to review the case.
If we don’t do our job exposing the truth then how can things ever change? How will there ever be accountability? Morgan loved life – that was the last thing she posted on her Facebook page 2 days before her murder. She loved life so much she would go outside to stand out in the rain smiling. She would stop her car to watch an eagle fly in the sky. She would walk down to the river and sit with her feet in the water. She had to tell me every single day how beautiful “she was” meaning Mount Sopris – the ever changing and beautiful mountain she saw everywhere she went. She was a photographer and constantly took pictures…seeing her pictures now you can view life through Morgan’s eyes and it is a beautiful life that she saw. Morgan fought her assailant with everything she had, but lost. Her body reflected that fight. It angers me that a small group of women on the Internet started a smear campaign from the very start and have continued on for almost 4 years. Women that know nothing about the case except what they have read from the sheriff and coroner, redacted for their readers and added their own vicious lies into. They care nothing for the truth as I believe there is an ulterior motive behind what they have been doing. Their job is to never allow Morgan’s case to get investigated and who do you think gains from their efforts? We know a lot more about who these few people are and why they are doing this and who they are doing this for. The DOJ knows these people exist and why they do what they do, but engaging them is not to our best interest. We need all our energy and time spent on getting Morgan’s case investigated. No matter how many road blocks the “others” put up we will go around them – I promise you.
Stephanie also wrote: Did you ever at any point ever lay your eyes on him? What about the young adults that she seemed to be having trouble with were they ever questioned?
Answer: Yes, I saw him, our neighbor saw him, and Morgan saw him multiple times and reported it – the sheriffs knew…even put his picture and the picture of his car on a poster for the other officers to see. Morgan wasn’t having trouble with any other young adults, she went to college and to visit friends on an almost daily schedule up until her murder. These were others she did not know, assumedly Brooke’s friends. And there were never any young adults standing together staring at our house I guess that was just part of their dramatization. After Morgan’s murder 2 of her friends said that Brooke and her friends were jealous of Morgan and hated her and they had heard Brooke say, “that bitch is going to get it.” All Morgan did was not go near Brooke, but Brooke obviously took that as a reason to want to hurt Morgan. Brooke has problems and has been arrested for being violent, Morgan knew that and wanted nothing to do with her.
Tonii~I am certain where to look for additional clues. Did Morgan’s bed sit on the floor or was it raised on a frame.
Toni~I have a very important question to ask. Was Morgan’s bed setting on the floor or raised by a frame?
She had taken it off the frame and set it right on the floor after her stalking started…maybe she was afraid of someone being able to hide under her bed like I had read about in the news after her murder.
How Morgan could remove bed frame? It must be heavy for her cause she was little, stalker did It
No Irina Morgan did take it apart and remove it to the garage. She unscrewed the large pieces of wood and dragged them out one by one. If it hadn’t been able to be unscrewed she would not have been able to manage it, but I watched her do it. She was a very determined and confident young woman – when she made up her mind she would succeed at anything she attempted.
Yes Toni, Morgan loved life! That’s what I see in her pictures, that’s what hurts, to see this beautiful girl with so much life and happiness go through such fear, and have such a tragic end. We should all see this case, and tremble because this could happen to anyone. Unfortunately the eyes of justice have truly been closed shut for Morgan. I will continue to follow Morgan’s story. Stay strong! God bless you.
You are so kind…thank you from the bottom of my heart <3
This story is so sad and I am not 1 to comment on line but this story had me in tears crying I absolutely believe u know that foul play was involved and it is so sad the way things were handled I really hope for u and ur family’s sake that u find justice and see finaly what happens to ur precious daughter she seemed so full of life and like a loving amazing person and doubtfully sounds like anyone who wld take there own life I pray for justice for u and ur family , when I was a teenager I had my best friend murdered at 15 and even though we know who done it justice has never been surved , I hope 1 day u find justice and people to back u up on this cuz this is absolutely horrible and really touches my heart it has really touched me ,
Oh Angel that is so kind of you to say. I appreciate your prayers for justice and I am so very sorry about the murder of your friend when you were only 15 – that is so awful. I will pray that someday that crime is solved as well. Remember never give up…so cases are solved 30 years later, but they sometimes get solved. <3
I was curious if they ever checked for needle marks or anytime of bruising or anything that suggested foul play or DNA or anything beside accusing that poor lil girl of committing suicide I mean with the hole stalking thing goin on u wld think they wld have but then again u never know thank u for ur concern abt my friend if u wld like to research the case u can google Ashley oullete Saco Maine its a sad story and another un justice the system needs to be changed or somethn needs to be done it unfortunately stays with u , once again I pray for u and ur family xo
They told us they checked for needle marks and there were none but years later we have a picture of her body and we see a needle mark…just like the bruising, abrasions and broken nails, blood, swollen lip, etc. all signs of a struggle and they knew it that very morning. So they knew it wasn’t natural causes like they tried to have us believe for the first 8 months and they knew it wasn’t suicide when they changed it to suicide after 8 months. This was not gross negligence this was absolutely a capital crime that was covered up. Thank you for giving me the info about your friend Ashley, I know of 2 other Ashley’s that were murder and have not received justice yet either. I will look up your friends case. The justice system does have to change. As per Scripps News there has been more than 211,000 homicides committed since 1980 that remain unsolved – a body count greater than the population of Des Moines, Iowa. The FBI estimates that the homicide clearance rate in 2012 was only 64 percent, down from 90 percent reported in 1965 when the government first reported statistics. So something has to change…
Oh my that is so crazy to know that there were all those signs and nothing has been done im so sorry that is so dumb really how frustrated u must be esp knowing all that im really sorry Uve had to go thru all of this u are absolutely right somethn needs to be done and if I knew how to help or do something or take steps to make change I wld but unfortunately I feel like it’s much bigger then me if u have any ideas I wld love to support u don’t give up I truly believe u will get justice for ur baby I believe it in my heart I will keep u and ur family in my prayers strange to feel so connected and able to relate someone u don’t even know thru traggedys
Angel I know exactly what you are saying…over these past few years I have made connections with people I have never met and yet we have such a connection even though it is through tragedy in our family as well as theirs too. I appreciate your support and prayers. We will never give up so I know this wrong will be righted eventually. Take care!
Hi Toni,
I read some of those very malicious and vicious comments and lies that those women said about you and your family. It made me so angry. I just don’t understand why some people want to always tear down and never build up. God wants us to love each other and that is for sure not love. I hope that those people who said those terrible things never have to go through what you have had to go through. Compassion and love are what are needed in today’s world. I guess some people just aren’t capable of putting themselves in someone else’s shoes. If the could, they would most certainly not say such mean things. The world would be a much better place!
Thanks Charlotte – I couldn’t agree more. But I also know that everyone, whether you are parents of a missing child or a murdered child or really anyone, even Elan Musk, attract negative people – Psychologists have specific names and reasons that these type of people feel the need to victim bash but basically you can’t really worry about them. They have no idea what they are talking about and so they just make things up to fit what they want others to believe. The only thing I can do is get the truth out and let intelligent people make their own decision as to what to believe. I can’t and won’t try to convince the “others” as to what the truth really is because they don’t want to believe it…sad, but true 🙁 Have you gone back to the first day of the stalking to read at the bottom of every post where I have listed the “suspect” Keenan’s work hours from the police report? It makes it clear as can be that he is lying and he was NOT at work or out of state during the stalking incidents – only one time when we believe his co-conspiritor/stalker Brooke Harris was trying to give him an alibi so she was caught on video, intentionally, marching around our house in a light snow storm…footprints leading right to the back door of her house.