{"id":1421,"date":"2012-09-26T16:57:44","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T22:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgansstalking.com\/?p=1421"},"modified":"2019-08-28T16:44:04","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T22:44:04","slug":"september-28th-day-58-of-morgans-stalking-just-sit-tight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgansstalking.com\/?p=1421","title":{"rendered":"September 28, 2011 \u2013 Day 58 of Morgan\u2019s Stalking \u2013 Just Sit Tight…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Spring<\/a>Morgan had jazz dance class early today, and she was not feeling well.\u00a0 After class she Skyped with her big sister, and lounged around the house.\u00a0 She was reading and resting. \u00a0 Steve and I needed to go get something in Glenwood Springs and pick up some dinner, of course Morgan didn’t want to go, so instead she just went and picked up a friend, she came back to the house with her friend before we left, so she wouldn’t be alone in the house. \u00a0For a 20-year-old who is used to having so much freedom to come and go, or just be by herself if she wanted, this was making me feel really sad for her. She always had to be with someone…I was praying that this would end soon, and everyone’s lives could go back to normal…especially Morgan’s.<\/p>\n

I texted Morgan at 7:43 pm, \u201cWhat yarn from Walmart?\u201d Morgan answered. \u201cCaron simply soft grey heather, will you grab two just in case?\u201d\u00a0 I told her \u201cWill do.\u201d And Morgan said, \u201cThanks!!\u00a0 At 8:08 pm I told Morgan, \u201dwe got three just to be safe, and we are on our way home now.\u201d And Morgan said ,\u00a0 \u201cYou guys are the (image of love bomb<\/em>) !\u201d\u00a0 And I said, \u201cToo cute love the bomb!\u201d<\/p>\n

After dinner the detective answered my questions and we had a case number,\u00a0case #11-20197, this was now the 58th<\/sup> day of the stalking. \u00a0The detective had lots of input about getting a restraining order against Keenan Vanginkel, and I sketched them all out on a piece of paper.\u00a0 He felt that on one hand it could keep him from entering our yard, which is not necessarily a bad outcome.\u00a0 But then it would also limit our ability to get any additional evidence to charge him.\u00a0 With stalkers you never know, it might make him do it more frequently.\u00a0 And of course it would interfere with surveillance, something the detective wanted to do at least twice in the 9:00 pm to 1:00 am time slot as soon as possible. \u00a0He said things had come up, and there would be no surveillance this week, so he was hoping we could hold off for a couple of weeks before we did get a restraining order against Keenan.\u00a0 We would hear from the detective next week, and he would update us as to plans for the week.<\/p>\n

I was actually relieved to not be seeking a restraining order right away.\u00a0 I knew Steve would not be happy about this decision, nor would Morgan, but I thought, okay it was just for a few weeks, and if we caught him in that time it would be so much better. \u00a0Let me share the reason I was relieved we didn’t go for a restraining order yet…I know this sounds strange to you but I felt that I had a good reason. \u00a0In July of 2010 Vonnie Flores was killed by her next door neighbor in Leadville, CO. \u00a0She knew the man that was stalking her for 5 years, as he was her next door neighbor. \u00a0She had filed a restraining order against him one week before she was killed. He had been arrested in June of 2010 and was out on bail, this was in July of 2011 – the summer before Morgan’s stalking started. \u00a0https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2010\/07\/08\/sheriff-says-leadville-woman-killed-by-stalker-out-on-bail\/ <\/a>\u00a0He shot her in her own driveway – so needless to say I was a little concerned about getting a restraining order.<\/p>\n

(Police reports later show the \u201csuspect\u201d was not working on 9.28.2011)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Today is September 26, 2012,<\/strong> and it is time to answer the question about all those rocks!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Imagine yourself in a room, even the room you are in will do.\u00a0 Take a moment to imagine – it\u2019s quiet, you are alone, it is dark, and then there is a noise, or is there a noise? A tap? A scratch? \u00a0What is it? \u00a0You are not sure, and you strain to hear, to know, then BANG, loud reverberating, rattling.\u00a0 You jump, startled by the sound, you are not alone, and not in a good way!\u00a0 Your heart is beating more rapidly, fight or flight kicks in, uncertainty, call out, stay silent, you are not sure of what to do.\u00a0 Try it sometime, see how easily you could be frightened, by just two noises.\u00a0 Welcome to a fraction of Morgan\u2019s life at that time, because this and more happed on a regular basis.\u00a0 And it is was not just Morgan, it is the same fear, the same uncertainty for every single person who is a victim of stalking!\u00a0 And whenever it wasn\u2019t happening, I knew from being with Morgan, as well as when it happened to me, that she was on guard for the next time, she knew would come, never really feeling safe.\u00a0 Does a longer time period between startles make the next one worse than the last?\u00a0 Some experts believe that is absolutely the case.\u00a0 What if is a shorter interval?\u00a0 Yes, of course, bam, bam, bam, – make it stop!<\/p>\n

Steve and I were privileged to be put in contact with individuals who really do understand that you can be scared to death – and could explain it in terms that we could understand\u2026almost.\u00a0 But, as always, I encourage you to research for yourself, just google \u2013 \u201chomicide by fright\u201d – or if you feel that is too narrow of a subsection, broaden out to \u2013 \u201cscared to death\u201d \u2013 and wade right in. \u00a0Bottom line is that it happens, and we spent a good deal of time researching this cause of death because doctors and professors heard:<\/p>\n