I was contacted again by another mother that wanted to share her story of horror. \u00a0This story had a better ending then ours and I am so happy their daughter was saved. \u00a0It is so important to share your stories in order to educate others about the realities of true crime. Some armchair sleuths seem to think it is impossible for someone to come into your house and do unspeakable things without the family hearing – unfortunately that is not reality…it really does happen.<\/p>\n
About 16 years ago at 4:30 am, my husband and I were \u00a0awakened by our daughter’s scream. \u00a0“Daddy, there’s a boy in my room.” \u00a0My husband grabbed his Billie stick and raced down the stairs. \u00a0The man had fled. \u00a0While my husband looked for the man, I called the police. \u00a0When the police came, I asked if it could have been a dream. \u00a0The detective knew there had been an intruder. Footprints were left in the dew-covered grass and 10 cigarette butts had been left in a pile behind our house in the garden. \u00a0We had accidentally left the garage door open giving the man easy access into our home. \u00a0The man walked through our house, opened a liquor cabinet, and walked by our open bedroom door to gain entry into our daughter’s bedroom. \u00a0We never heard him and in September, our house was light, not dark. \u00a0Whenever I hear police question parents about noise an intruder makes, I become enraged. \u00a0No one in our family of five heard anything until our daughter screamed.<\/strong> \u00a0Later we learned, the man had tried to stick something in our daughter’s mouth. \u00a0I’ve always wondered if if was a substance to make her pass out.<\/p>\n Two weeks later this man was caught. \u00a0He had repeated the same crime, following the same pattern in a house three blocks from our home. \u00a0It was a neighbor I had never met. \u00a0He lived behind us through a short patch of woods. \u00a0His rap sheet at 19 was longer than my arm…and he was charged mostly as a juvenile delinquent for earlier crimes. \u00a0I never told our three kids that “he” lived behind our house. \u00a0They had a difficult time adjusting after the break-in. \u00a0He was convicted of the two break-ins and served a sentence of 18 months in jail. \u00a0By the time he was out of jail, his parents had moved. \u00a0My son still sleeps with a knife under his pillow and my daughter has a protective dog.<\/p>\n I am relaying my story because our daughter had been stalked. \u00a0This person knew which bedroom was hers. \u00a0He entered our home without anyone hearing him. \u00a0Our detectives were wonderful. \u00a0They were most bothered by the fact that adults were in the house when he entered both houses.. \u00a0The detectives worried that this person would become even more brazen if he were not caught.<\/p>\n I urge you to continue to push for the reopening of the case. \u00a0In my experience, my faith in the detectives resulted in a resolution and capture. \u00a0Although your life is shattered, your goal is to find the killer(s). \u00a0Keep the spirit of your daughter in your heart and save your anger for the perpetrator(s).<\/p>\n I wish you and your husband peace of mind. \u00a0I wish I had known Morgan. \u00a0God bless you and keep up the fight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was contacted again by another mother that wanted to share her story of horror. \u00a0This story had a better ending then ours and I am so happy their daughter was saved. \u00a0It is so important to share your stories … Continue reading