Let’s start with what is a cover-up? Whenever someone mentions a cover-up immediately my mind wonders what are they talking about…so I looked up all the definitions about what constitutes a cover-up and here is a very easy explanation that you can read on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover-up
A cover-up is an attempt, whether successful or not, to conceal evidence of wrongdoing, error, incompetence or other embarrassing information. In a passive cover-up, information is simply not provided; in an active cover-up, deception is used.
Wikipedia goes on to say the expression is usually applied to people in positions of authority, in Morgan’s case that would be the Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario, Detective Rob Glassmire (on an aside you should know Detective Glassmire is now the Garfield County Coroner), Forensic Pathologist Robert Kurtzman, as well as the then Garfield County Coroner Trey Holt, who abuse their power to avoid or silence criticism or to deflect guilt of wrongdoing. Those who initiate a cover-up (for their allies) may be responsible for a misdeed, a breach of trust or duty or a crime.
While the terms are often used interchangeably, cover-up involves withholding incriminatory evidence, while whitewash involves releasing misleading evidence. In our daughter Morgan’s case what was done absolutely falls under the cover-up category (passive as well as active) even though there were also incidents that were done that can be considered a whitewash. And the really frightening part of this is that I know the officials involved in this know exactly what they did and are continuing to do it…this now brings up criminal intent.
People ask me how Steve and I are able to fight against this kind of a cover-up. Well it’s not easy – it has been extremely painful and very difficult. An investigation into Morgan’s suspicious death should have been opened over three years ago, but it wasn’t, and ever since then there have been people involved in keeping information from us so we will give up, but we haven’t. We have been able to investigate and get an incredible amount of evidence including motive…yes, I said motive.
This was a flawed investigation, mishandled from the start, and as the District Attorney Sherry Caloia said, “It was botched.” As Morgan’s parents we would like to know why our questions were never answered, why our requests (certified, and sent to all) were never fulfilled, and why the coroner choose to cover up Morgan’s true manner of death. We want justice for our daughter Morgan Jennifer Ingram, plain and simple – something every victim of stalking and murder deserves. Lately I have been reading about sheriff’s deputies testifying in cases where it was proven to be a cover-up. They testify about the “code of silence” in law enforcement and now rank-and-file officers are facing charges and those in charge are being indicted on obstruction charges. Maybe the seeds of change are starting to sprout.
Morgan was murdered in cold blood, it was a premeditated murder that was executed in order to silence a witness, and she deserved an investigation into her murder – not a cover up of her murder! Morgan’s stalking and murder is an act of domestic terrorism in my opinion. We want justice for Morgan and we do not want her stalker/murderer to get away with this crime. If Morgan’s case can not be a case then I fear for other victims of stalking victims – if their stalker can just kill them and then it’s case over then there is no future for them. If the Garfield County Sheriff’s department can just shake their head and slam the door and sweep Morgan’s stalking and murder under the rug by misrepresenting the facts of her case then what is the remedy? Where can families turn?
In the meantime our journey hasn’t been without sacrifices. We are still being stalked – we have been since Morgan’s death. We didn’t realize it until a few months after her murder. Then after this blog came out the stalking escalated. And then 15 months after her death our stalking became physically damaging. But who were we supposed to turn to? Obviously not the Garfield County sheriffs. So 2 years after Morgan’s murder we faced that pivotal moment…we realized that we had to move out of Colorado (our home) and enter the Victim’s Address Confidentiality Program in another state. I did not want to do this. I wanted to dig my heals in and stand my ground, but some very wise experts told us it was better to move and continue our fight then to end up dead with no one left to fight for justice for Morgan…so we left. And so we continue our fight. Staying in the state of Colorado was not an option, because in Colorado that program is run by the sheriffs. We felt at that time the sheriffs were possibly involved in a cover-up, and we had no idea how deep it went, so we could not take any chances…we were told to get to a safe place, and we did.
It has been life-changing & much too hard to think that anyone else could continue on in the lead for the fight for justice. The advice I received finally convinced me to no longer allow my own ego to get in the way of doing the right thing. I am grateful for the opportunity to have such wise people in my life.
To this day we are still being stalked – this is easily ascertained by looking at all the anonymous websites & blogs on the internet dedicated to spreading mistruths about Morgan, her family and the events of Morgan’s stalking and murder. These people come on every & any forum that mentions Morgan’s case or her name and attack – they attack under fake profiles. We are continually thwarting the attempts to “hack” into our lives. I guess this small group of co-conspirators must have a lot of time on their hands, or they have convinced themselves that they need to do everything they can to make sure Morgan’s death is not investigated. Because they know if it is investigated the person(s) they are protecting will be convicted and the people involved in the cover-up can be indicted. So for these people it is a matter of life & death.
I am convinced this is only a small group of family & friends of the criminal(s), but they create fake accounts and pretend to be many more people. It is interesting because for the last few years the wording and comments that are made on the different forums are always the same, so you can tell the same people are writing them. This is just another form of stalking – it’s called cyber-stalking, and that is a crime as well.
I also constantly get spoofed calls and text messages on my cell phone, even though I have changed my phone number. But I must say that all the cyber-stalking, bullying and threats will not deter me from my path. When I wake up every single morning I have a sense of purpose in my heart & no one can take that away from me – no one. I have been extremely blessed to have so many wonderful people come into my life over the last few years. People that have joined in our fight for truth and justice.
A little idea to think about today…Kindness is like a cat. When you give it away it usually comes back. Wouldn’t it be nice if all these mean hearted people used all their energies to spread kindness instead of hate and lies?
