{"id":11639,"date":"2022-11-29T23:23:49","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T05:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgansstalking.com\/?p=11639"},"modified":"2022-11-29T23:23:49","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T05:23:49","slug":"november-29-2022-remembering-back-11-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgansstalking.com\/?p=11639","title":{"rendered":"November 29, 2022 – Remembering back 11 years ago…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every day, for the past week, the feeling of dread, escalating anxiety, and sadness have filled my heart. As the days drag on, towards the dreaded anniversary of Morgan’s murder, nothing has helped make those feelings ease up. I relive it every night, and this week it has been extremely hard to sleep at all.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, I decided that writing about it has always helped in the past, now I will try again.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We will all continue to fight for justice for Morgan!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

November 29, 2011<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

First thing this morning, Morgan posted…\"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

Morgan\u2019s friend Nathan slept over last night, and Morgan slept out on the couch as well.\u00a0 They watched movies till late into the night, it was a quiet night for us all.\u00a0 In the morning Nathan and Steve left for work and Morgan got dressed to go to her ballet and dance classes, but then she was a little too\u00a0squeamish and\u00a0decided to go to her first class, to see how it went. She then came home after that, and skipped her second class.\u00a0 She was thinking maybe a new flu was coming on, and she didn\u2019t want to infect her friends. \u00a0She also wanted to be back on her feet for the weekend, as she would be taking care of young children for the returning military families, so I encouraged her to take it easy and rest, and she did.<\/span><\/p>\n

Steve came by at 3:00 and was all caught up with his work.\u00a0 He was ready to start the move of his shop and could not wait for the whole move of his shop and our house to be complete. \u00a0Of course we had not really started moving yet, so that sounded very\u00a0optimistic.\u00a0 He dropped Nate off in Carbondale and went to his old shop to pack his office.\u00a0 Morgan went to Carbondale with Wylah and I waited at home for Detective Glassmire. \u00a0I thought it was just going to be another regular meeting, with nothing much to report, but I was in for a pleasant surprise.<\/span><\/p>\n

At 3:51 pm I sent a text to Detective Glassmire, \u201cRob do you know about when you might be here?\u00a0 Morgan is about 10 minutes from our house, and I just want to let her know to come home in time.\u00a0 Thanks.\u201d\u00a0 He replied back, \u201cI am in Carbondale now working on my laptop, I can get there anytime, let me know.\u201d\u00a0 He also told me he was just coming to check the cameras and Morgan didn’t need to be there and could just stay in Carbondale, so I relayed that message to her.<\/span><\/p>\n

Detective Glassmire came over, I helped him get the ladder from the garage. He went out and checked his cameras and saw nothing.\u00a0 I explained to him about the motion detectors that had been taken from their \u201cperches\u201d and moved to the ground and he shook his head.\u00a0 I went on to tell him that Steve had been up really early researching the event, because it really bothered him, how it had been done with such apparent ease.<\/span><\/p>\n

I told him how our motion equipment had been detecting something in the front corner of the house and Steve had come up with yet another plan to paint two detectors to match the surroundings and then placed them both aimed at the corner of the house. \u00a0Then he made sure that two of the video cameras were aimed right at them. He was certain he would catch something.\u00a0 He wore clothes to bed that night, he was so sure.<\/span><\/p>\n

I told Detective Glassmire that it wasn\u2019t even fifteen minutes later that they were both on the ground, and nothing was caught on the cameras.\u00a0 So, what was really bothering Steve, was that this morning, he saw a \u201cMyth Busters Youtube,\u201d that showed how easy it was to defeat a motion detector, and he later found out how a person, with a laser light, something he had seen off in the distance months ago, could mess with our video cameras very easily. Steve ended up leaving for work completely distraught, he had thought that the stalker was slowing down for winter, and it might well be that he had only figured out ways around all of the\u00a0deterrents\u00a0we had, and that was why we weren\u2019t seeing anything anymore. \u00a0But, then I told him how Morgan was still getting startled awake at all hours.<\/span><\/p>\n

I asked the detective if it was possible we were so over-vigilant that we had begun hearing things (I really wanted this to be true), or was the stalker right here more than ever? \u00a0I told him how we were coming to our wits end with all of this. \u00a0Detective Glassmire looked at me for a second, then bent down, picked up a dirt clod from the ground, and flung it at our house.\u00a0 I flinched as it struck the house with a loud \u201cBANG.\u201d \u00a0He looked at me and said, \u201cYou are not crazy Toni, there is your stalker, he is still here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I agreed with the detective and told him that Steve does not know what to do. \u00a0Detective Glassmire told me that he thought if anything, he was going to escalate now.\u00a0 That really scared me, and I asked what we should do?\u00a0 He told me not to worry, but be careful.\u00a0 He was going to pick up Keenan\u2019s hours the following Tuesday, he thought that would be a big step, maybe even the final breakthrough for an arrest<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

This was shocking to me. I had not expected to hear that. \u00a0A long time ago, we were told an arrest would come only after catching him at the house.\u00a0 I asked him if he really thought that, and he said that he did.\u00a0 He also said the formal interview with Morgan would help too, and that was scheduled for the following Tuesday.\u00a0 It was exciting to think that all of a sudden it had come so far.\u00a0 This morning Steve was thinking it was all a lost cause, and now it was on the verge of ending \u2013 in arrest.<\/span><\/p>\n

We said our goodbyes around 5:00 pm. \u00a0Detective Glassmire put the ladder away and left.\u00a0 I called Steve and had a quick talk with him about all of the positive developments and he was cheered up.\u00a0 He left to come home, and just as I began to peel potatoes for dinner, there was a loud \u201cBANG\u201d again on the front of the house that was sharper and louder than Detective Glassmire\u2019s dirt clod.\u00a0 It was far more like a gunshot against the garage. I jumped and both dogs jumped up. I ran out front to see what it was. \u00a0The dogs were startled, as was I, but my first thought was a sonic boom (which I had never heard in Colorado before \u2013 only as a child in California), or maybe something large, like the ladder in the garage falling over and hitting something?<\/span><\/p>\n

Only, like everything else there was nothing, by the time I got to the front of the house there was no car just driving out of the cul-de-sac, no people closing the front door behind them \u2013 nothing. \u00a0I just stood and watched the empty street, tree branches slowly waving in a light breeze and giving up their last leaves.\u00a0 I opened the garage, and searched its corners \u2013 nothing was out of place.\u00a0 It was so maddening!<\/span><\/p>\n

I closed up and went back in the house.\u00a0 Then, I texted Morgan when dinner would be ready and asked when could she be home.\u00a0 She told me that Nate had just left for the bar and she was waiting for him, but thought it wouldn\u2019t be more than fifteen minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Steve drove up and I heard his truck, \u00a0he came in and we talked about my afternoon meeting with Detective Glassmire.\u00a0 Steve was calmed so much by all the good news, and went to clean up before dinner.<\/span><\/p>\n

Morgan came home, ate with us, and was very excited by everything the detective had told me.\u00a0 She went to sleep around 10:00 pm. \u00a0I got in bed I saw flashlights in back of house.\u00a0 Steve told me it was patrol officers looking for something. As I was falling asleep, I told Steve, they were increasing the patrols by the house too. \u00a0It was all such good news, and I was only too content to not argue with any of it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then on November 24, 2012 I wrote<\/strong> \u2013 And, as I look back, that night was so positive.\u00a0 I really felt that they (the sheriffs) really, really wanted to catch this stalker, and protect Morgan \u2013 it just hadn\u2019t happened yet.\u00a0 I know it all went horribly wrong, but I am still not sure why. \u00a0Parts of the truth are still hidden in the shadows. \u00a0But, as Steve and I have found out, bit by bit this year, so much happened over the next few days that was stacked against Morgan, only there was also the component of so much that did not happen to help protect her. \u00a0For others we must change not just one, but both of those factors.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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