Morgan’s friend E.J. had a tattoo put on her back for Morgan:

The tattoo on the top of my back is for you pretty girl. it symbolizes the three deities: truth, beauty, and love. three words I would use to describe your soul, and three words I would use to describe the way you treated everyone who had the wonderful experience of meeting you. I miss you so much. I like to think I have a bad ass angel watching my back!  I love you.

6 thoughts on “Morgan’s friend E.J. had a tattoo put on her back for Morgan:

  1. I just cannot believe any of this!!! What a horrifying story; I am so sorry for your loss. I started reading this tonight because I saw it on Facebook. I couldn’t stop reading, it scared me so much and made me cry. Your daughter sounds like she was so amazing and special. And I couldn’t help but think the entire time I was reading it, “why have we not read about this before?!?!?!?? why are these things not in the local papers at least?!” It is simply not to be believed. Are the local papers worried about scaring away tourists? I heard there was a woman attacked this summer hiking Mushroom Rock, but it wasn’t mentioned in the news. Thank you so much for sharing your story. I wish your whole family peace and justice for Morgan.

  2. Thank you so much Tyler, we greatly appreciate your kind words. I do not know why things in this valley don’t seem to get into the media – I’m sure there is a reason I just don’t know yet. This story on the other hand has not been in the media yet but will be coming out very soon. I had not heard about the woman that was attacked this summer – I think the public needs to know and law enforcement needs to explain to people what they are doing about it and what precautions should be taken.

  3. Last summer walking home from downtown carbondale I was attacked, pushed to the ground and had an attempted sexual assault (his intent was very clear) by two unidentified men. I reported it to the police immediately the following morning, as I managed to fight them off and scramble out of his grasp and ran home. I was so shaken I stayed up all night and should have called the police immediately, but unfortunately was going through a bad breakup and my soon to be ex’s complete lack of empathy left me a sobbing trembling mess for the night until I found the fortitude to call the police and then go in for them to photograph my injuries. It did not appear in the paper. I could not have identified either of my attackers. People are shocked when I tell thim this happened walking along the edge of Sopris Park. Now I walk in the middle of the street, not on the sidewalks, but I try not to walk alone and I am hyper aware of my surroundings. It definitely changed the amount of freedom my children have, as well. We feel a false sense of safety in our little cocoon of a Valley. Don’t be fooled. We are always in danger.

    • I am so so sorry that this happened to you right here in Carbondale. This really angers me that it was not in the paper…municipalities are having good success with releasing information sooner rather than later. There are lessons to be learned here about the value of public involvement via tips. More eyes and ears in order to catch the offender or offenders in your case and raise awareness so someone else doesn’t get hurt…is that such a hard thing to do?

  4. After living in the valley for almost 3 years it pains me that I never once heard about anything bad happening (besides drug busts and stupid failure to stop at stop sign calls), where I’m from in VA it gets sent out on email alerts when things like rape and other assaults happen. Girls pass things along on their facebook pages about trails not to run on and places to stay away from. One year we had a guy following women putting plastic bags on their head. I’m not sure he ever got caught but the key was to scream bloody murder and he’d run away. If people hadn’t been informed about that, who knows what could have happened. I realize its a much bigger city with more resources but all the more reason for a smaller town to be aware – less population for those doing bad to hide among. It’s scary to think we’re safe in RFV.

  5. Every Piece of story I read, and every comment I see about the people that have lived there and the places they speak of I zoom out and try to put myself in their shoes. I can’t and I also can’t see Colorado like this. I’ve always invisioned it as a beautiful gettaway. When I was younger I remember my grandpa driving us the whole 1,000 miles to Colorado, Greeley, Ault, Taking trips to Estas Park.. everything was so beautiful and pieceful.. People like this do not deserve the air they breath.. It angers me so much .. I have been reading your story all morning and have gotten little to no work done today … All I can think about is helping in any way I can..

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