Again, another picture through Morgan’s lens…

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Morgan with her camera photographing our hotel room.  This was taken on our very last vacation together before her murder.  She loved keeping a photo journal of all her journeys…I know Morgan is still on her journey just on a different plane now.

I miss my youngest child every moment of every day and I tell her every single day, “Morgan your dad and I will never give up our quest for justice for you as well as all others who no longer have a voice – I love you sweetheart.”

National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims is September 25th

Please share with everyone you know in Colorado.

According to the FBI almost 15,000 homicides were committed in 2012 across our country.  That’s roughly five out of every 100,000 people killed due to senseless violence. What the statistics won’t tell you is that many of these homicides remain unsolved today, and join the thousands of cases that date back decades, and our daughter Morgan is one of those cases.

COVA

http://www.coloradocrimevictims.org

Announcement from COVA
September 25: National Day of Remembrance – Save the Date!
Location: Wellington Webb Building, 201 West Colfax, Denver
Time: 11AM – 1PM
This year we observe our nation’s 9th Annual Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims. Please join us for a commemorative ceremony on Friday, September 25th.

Mistress of Ceremonies:
Michelle Adams

Special Guests:
HOPE  Animal-Assisted Crisis Response
‘Comfort Canine’ Teams

Special Guest Speakers:
History of Day of Remembrance
Phil ClarkLeader of the Front Range Chapter of Parents of Murdered Children (POMC)

Marlayna’s Story, Shaken Baby Syndrome
Nancy ProkopVictim Services Coordinator, Parker Police Department & Marlayna’s Gigi (Great Grandmother)
Michelle Prokop, Pre-school Teacher, Marlayna’s Nana

Families of murder victims are encouraged to bring a picture of their loved one to display. A representative from each family may present the name of their loved one, date of birth, date of death, and age at time of death at the microphone.

In fairness to all, when introducing your loved one, please limit your remarks to: name of your loved one, date of birth, date of death, and age at time of death.  

September 25th was chosen to honor POMC founders Robert and Charlotte Hullinger of Cincinnati, Ohio, whose daughter was murdered on that date in 1978.

THE ANNUAL EVENT IS CO-SPONSORED BY: The Front Range Chapter of Parents of Murdered Children, Voices of Victims, Denver Police Department Victim Assistance Unit, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), Families of Homicide Victims and Missing Persons, Rocky Mountain Victim Law Center, Denver District Attorney’s Office, Attorney General’s Office, Division of Criminal Justice, and COVA.

September 25: Making a Difference Soiree ‘Save the Date’
Victim Outreach Incorporated (VOI)

A black and white affair to benefit Victim Outreach, Inc.
Time: 6PM
Location: Lakewood Country Club, 6800 West 10th Avenue, Lakewood, CO 80214

Cover-up – why do people think cover-up?

seamless-crime-law-or-legal-background-tile-texture-with-lots-of-icons-of-different-itemLet’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?

 

Morgan just being Morgan up until the very end…

Morgan one piggy taleMorgan took this silly picture of herself while Skyping her friend just days before her murder.  Morgan could always find happiness in even the silliest things, but that was Morgan.

Please don’t ever forget who Morgan was.  Never forget that she was loved by many and she was very important…every soul is important and no one has the right to stalk, terrorize and viciously take another person’s life.

How can we as a society condone the murder of a victim of stalking because local law enforcement has chosen to lie and cover it up?  If a law enforcement agency does not have the education to understand what they are up against when dealing with a stalker then they should get help.  There are many agencies that offer to help with expertise needed and at no charge to the police or sheriffs so why wouldn’t they reach out for help?  Do they not want to help victims?

In a small rural area, the Roaring Fork Valley, between Aspen, CO and Glenwood Springs, CO there is a distance of about 30 miles…not that large.  And in that area there are 9 different law enforcement agencies – all of which do not share case information with each other.  A criminal could ostensively commit a crime in one jurisdiction, then drive 15 minutes away and be in another county, commit the same crime, and neither law enforcement agency would have any clue that the same person did both crimes, because information is not shared…sounds like a great place for a criminal  to feel safe and the victims to be very frightened.  In the year 2015 with all the technology at our fingertips this is something that could change, and should change…a shared database on crimes that could be connected by local and state law enforcement agencies so that the officers have the tools at their fingertips to reduce crimes by the use of information then they can start removing the offenders from our streets.  Just a thought, but why not?  I am sure if it came down to it the taxpayers would approve a tax to help produce this type of state wide database so criminals could be taken off the streets and our children would be safer don’t you agree?

 

Who Polices the Police?

whowillprotectfrompolice copyAnother Colorado case that has been treated the same way as our daughter Morgan’s case.  The police and sheriffs departments in Colorado need accountability and right now that does not exist.  If law enforcement is allowed to repress and cover up the facts in a capital crime this is a problem for the whole state of Colorado.  There needs to be accountability.  There needs to be transparency and checks and balances, which at this time Colorado does not have.  Who in Colorado is responsible to make sure corruption does not go unchecked in Colorado?

This article is talking about the Kelsie Schelling case in Pueblo, CO.  http://southerncoloradoindependent.com/who-polices-police/

The article states that police officers say that the “higher ups” including Chief Velez and two of three top commanders including MacLaughlan, who publicly misreported facts about the Kelsie Schelling case, and Troy Davenport are causing so much trouble that its humiliating for those just trying to do their jobs.  This is what I have been trying to convey to people about Morgan’s case as well – when things like this happen within a department the good officers suffer because of the deeds of the bad officers.  The public loses faith in law enforcement, then there is less communication between the public and law enforcement, the trust is eroded and the job of law enforcement becomes all that much harder and dangerous for the good officers.  Public trust is imperative so Colorado needs to care about what is going on in these small rural counties and cities!

Quote from the article, “The machine is broken which accommodates corruption,” said a local citizen to Paulson. “It’s not even about the people in the department although some are causing more trouble than others. The machine needs to be corrected with more checks and balances.”

Let us all be aware of what is happening and let us all be a part of the solution to correct and mend the broken parts of the system.