And all of those steps happened for Morgan, but remember they were done by Thomas Walton.\u00a0 What if he is not trained or legally able to do any of them?\u00a0 What if the Garfield County Coroner’s office never completed the steps that would have established Thomas Walton as a legal Deputy Coroner?\u00a0 I don\u2019t even want to think about how potentially tainted Morgan\u2019s case could be by the actions of the Coroner. But first things first.<\/p>\n
There is another document recently adopted by the State of Colorado in May of 2011, before Morgan’s murder. \u00a0To clarify autopsies and it pertains to this case.\u00a0 It is called the National Association of Medical Examiners Forensic Autopsy Performance Standards (NAME).\u00a0 It was adopted intact as the minimum for an autopsy in the State of Colorado.<\/p>\n
And wouldn\u2019t you know it, right there in the first section, section A, another problem.<\/p>\n
Section A: Medicolegal Death Investigation<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The purpose of this section is to define responsibility for medicolegal death investigation and to outline the types of cases that are to be investigated by such systems. Investigations can be conducted by inquiry with or without examination. Inquiries are typically conducted via telephone interview, personal interview, or review of records. Examination may include scene investigation, external inspection, and forensic autopsy. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Standard A1 Responsibilities<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Medicolegal death investigation officers, be they appointed or elected, are charged by statute to investigate deaths deemed to be in the public interest–serving both the criminal justice, civil justice and public health systems. These officials must investigate cooperatively with, but independent from<\/span>, law enforcement and prosecutors. The parallel investigation promotes neutral and objective medical assessment of the cause and manner of death. <\/em><\/p>\n To promote competent and objective death investigations: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n A1.1 Medicolegal death investigation officers should operate without any undue influence from law enforcement agencies and prosecutors. <\/em><\/p>\n A1.2 A forensic pathologist or representative shall evaluate the circumstances surrounding all reported deaths <\/em><\/p>\n The problem? The investigators and interviewers are to be independent from law enforcement and prosecutors.\u00a0 <\/strong>Well if your interviewer is a Garfield County Sheriff\u2019s detective, and your investigators are a group of Garfield County Deputies and Detectives, do you see the problem?\u00a0 None of these people can legally be processing the crime scene.\u00a0 It\u2019s Colorado Law.\u00a0 In Morgan\u2019s case a neutral and objective medical assessment of the cause and manner of death <\/em>never happened<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Was Thomas Walton, not really a legal deputy coroner? And a death scene overrun with Garfield County Sheriffs who are not supposed to be participating, by Colorado Law. Is that what Morgan had?\u00a0 No\u00a0Medicolegal\u00a0officers in charge here, \u00a0trained in death scene assessment, practicing good investigative techniques present to take over and restore order? \u00a0Are all of the pages of investigation from Morgan\u2019s death scene not potential evidence of a crime? \u00a0Are they rather evidence of a crime or evidence of crimes by the deputy coroner by the mere fact of being there, and crimes by the Garfield County Sheriff’s department by interviewing, touching, processing, and handling all of the evidence in an investigation that must be independent from these very law enforcement personnel? \u00a0Why on earth would they do that? \u00a0And who is responsible for the law enforcement personnel not following the law?<\/p>\n Should Thomas Walton have been in charge of preventing this intrusion into the death scene in violation of Colorado Revised Statutes? \u00a0He should have been, but… \u00a0Certainly not If his mere presence is in direct violation of Colorado Revised Statutes.\u00a0 Is this really what happened?\u00a0 Was Morgan\u2019s death scene destroyed for all intents and purposes by the Sheriff and the Coroner?\u00a0 And of course if you have been reading this blog of Morgan\u2019s stalking you have to know it does not get any better.\u00a0 You might be wondering how it could possibly get worse, but trust me, it can, and it does.<\/p>\n Enter Dr. Robert Kurtzman the forensic pathologist. He will be supervising the autopsy.\u00a0 And the National Association of Medical Examiners Forensic Autopsy Performance Standards adopted by the State of Colorado once again set his minimum standards to work under.<\/p>\n I am only going to question one facet, as most of us did not witness what happened.\u00a0 This is more of a prima fascia case based on timing.<\/p>\n First the standards complete with examples:<\/p>\n These standards underscore the need for assessment of all available information prior to the forensic autopsy to (1) direct the performance of the forensic autopsy, (2) answer specific questions unique to the circumstances of the case, (3) document evidence, the initial external appearance of the body, and its clothing and property items, and (4) correlate alterations in these items with injury patterns on the body. Just as a surgeon does not operate without first preparing a history and physical examination, so must the forensic pathologist ascertain enough history and circumstances and may need to inspect the body to decide whether a forensic autopsy is indicated and to direct the forensic autopsy toward relevant case questions.<\/em><\/p>\n Steve was asked by the detective to prepare an email with anything they should look for at autopsy, no matter how minor or far fetched, absolutely anything that may help to guide the autopsy.\u00a0 They told him he didn\u2019t have to do it right away. This was Friday early noon and they said Monday would be just fine.\u00a0 So it has always bothered me deeply that a forensic pathologist is supposed to assemble all of the facts, history and circumstances, Prior <\/strong>to the autopsy, not during, not after – Prior<\/strong>. \u00a0And that simply was not done for Morgan.\u00a0 And what is the purpose of asking Steve for that email of things, \u201cto look for at autopsy\u201d when the autopsy is going to be wrapped up Friday evening, in time for dinner, before Steve ever sends the email of what to look for. Has anyone ever given you a list of things to pick up at the store, after you leave the store? \u00a0Is this what happens when the Deputy Coroner lacks training and certifications, and when in place of Medicolegal officers they utilize the one officer that is specifically to be excluded from the investigation, the law enforcement officer.\u00a0 And then it all ends up in a nice pile for the Forensic Pathologist, and he knows without question the investigators were not Medicolegal officers, that they were Garfield Sheriff\u2019s.\u00a0 He knew or should have known this is in direct conflict with the Forensic Autopsy Performance Standards that he is charged with upholding.<\/p>\n And it is not a simple gaffe, not a simple misunderstanding, it is in direct violation of Colorado Revised Statutes.\u00a0 It is going 85 MPH when the posted limit is 25 MPH.\u00a0 It is breaking the law.\u00a0 A rose by any other name and all that.\u00a0<\/strong> I have been told there are \u201cofficial\u201d documents of Morgan released and circulating.\u00a0 I should look at them.\u00a0 But I have not.\u00a0 I really don\u2019t want to see them because to me they are anything but official documents.\u00a0 They are prima fascia evidence of the miscarriage of justice that took place and continues to take place in the investigation of Morgan\u2019s death.<\/p>\n Would you believe me if I told you that – to date nobody has ever asked Steve or I, her only parents, who her doctor was, what medications, if any, she was currently taking, and for what reason? \u00a0Where would be the best place to get the most current medical records for Morgan, and on and on.\u00a0 I already know the answer, but really, is it too late to just start over?\u00a0 It could not be any worse.<\/p>\n On the way to Grand Junction<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I guess if you die under suspicious circumstances, you have been stalked for 4 months, and you are a healthy 20-year-old…I guess law enforcement shouldn’t wonder if maybe a murder has been committed and they should gather as much evidence … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/morgansstalking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tograndjunction.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1\" "\\"tograndjunction\\"")
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