Morgan fought to the end – If She was Disappointed, She had Every Right to Be.
We know that Morgan was killed. The doctors, the specialists, and the professors who’s pleas to Garfield County that fell on deaf ears have assured us of that fact.
We know the history the Ingram family now has with the contracted forensic pathologist hired by the Garfield County Coroner.
- He found Morgan’s manner of death from a disease she was never, ever diagnosed with.
- In his contracted capacity as the forensic pathologist, he is required by statute to manage the death scene, which he did not.
- He threatened me, more than once, I reported this to the Detective, and to the Coroner, and neither one ever answered me. Say something they don’t like to hear, even if true, and they ignore you.
- Doctors helping us wanted to run tests on Morgan’s remaining samples, to help prove other possible manners of death. The contracted pathologist knew this, but still ordered tests on samples in secrecy, violating our victims rights, and completely exhausting the samples remaining. Why would he do this?
- Based on results that only further proved foul play, the pathologist found her death a suicide based on the theoretical ingesting of a quantity of pills that would not even be a fraction of a lethal dose.
Every day brings us closer to protracted litigation at a staggering cost as our only alternative to giving up.
On the first episode of Dr. Phil, the death scene evidence establishing the presence of someone in her room was not mentioned due to ongoing investigation on our part, as the Sheriff’s Department had given up the morning she was found dead. This included –
- Morgan’s room was, for many reasons, very noticeably and completely disheveled from previous afternoon, and evening.
- Her panic button, which rang a chime in our room, was torn off its mount on her nightstand, and found later on the floor under clothes.
- Morgan was dressed in street clothes, and she never slept in street clothes. These clothes she was found in were not the same clothes that she wore home the night before.
- Morgan’s PJ’s she was wearing that night when going to sleep were gone.
- A suspicious spray was detected on Morgan’s chest under blacklight, the most primitive means of examining for this, yet the contracted forensic pathologist found nothing on her chest. A spray of dots does not disappear.
- Morgan had wounds on her right hand not seen the night before, and consistent with defensive wounds.
- She had a small red spot on her forehead, the size of a thumb that was not seen the night before by her father.
- She had a small quantity of blood at edge of her lips.
- There was a burn on the inside of her wrist. There are two quite sinister reasons for this, but a Medical Examiner has not had a chance to comment on what he believes it means. I do know that it was new and it was not seen the night before.
- Her eyes were wide open and sold black, consistent with bleeding before she died and then the blood turning black over the course of the night.
- The nails on her right hand were damaged when we saw her body again at the viewing and this is when they were first noticed by us. The contracted pathologist said he did not touch her nails, the detectives say they looked fine to them. The Coroner refuses to give us copies of the pictures taken at her death scene to really know when the damage occured – wouldn’t that be a huge question as it would show that she fought someone off? A big question mark for the time being.
- Morgan was found on the opposite side of bed from where she always slept, facing the opposite direction from where she usually faced.
- I felt her body looked posed when I first saw it, I told the detectives that the same morning, there was no mention of this exact fact.
- Every report and opinion says the indications are simply that she was lying on her stomach, yet I found her on her side, and until Steve moved her to her back, that is how she was lying. She was never on her stomach that morning, not even for an instant.
- Morgan’s lights in her bathroom, attached to her bedroom, went on sometime after midnight, Morgan never slept with lights on. If she were still alive then, she could have turned them on, but she would have turned them off again. The person who observed the lights wanted to explain this, and other things he had observed, but was never questioned by the Sheriff’s department.
- All of Morgan’s jewelry of value went missing from her room sometime that night and was never found again. Keenan had a warrant issued for his arrest (and was arrested just weeks after her murder) for selling jewelry, in person, at a, “cash for gold store.” The Detective insisted I produce a photograph of every piece of Morgan’s jewelry first, and refused to give me even a list of what the stolen pawned jewelry contained. Further the proprietors of the cash for gold store instantly recognized Keenan from a Facebook picture as a regular customer.
- A knife Steve had just purchased for Morgan was in her bed, in an odd place, still in the box, with a happy face drawn on it by Steve.
- A very recent and important gift to Morgan was taken from its box, the box left and the gift never found.
- Morgan’s camera was taken into evidence and returned by the Sheriff’s. When it was returned from evidence, it was missing the memory chip from the camera. The Sheriff’s department has not been able to locate that memory chip or a copy that they would have made if there was a memory chip in it.
- Morgan’s driver’s license was missing from her purse. Her instruction permit which she normally kept in her purse right behind her license was still there, but her current drivers license was missing and has never been located.
- Other doctors helping with Morgan’s case found that she died from a massive overkill, one time dose of Amitriptyline early on in their examination of her toxicology results. The contracted forensic pathologist finally backed off his stance that she died from a disease she was never diagnosed with, and backed off to partially agree with this same conclusion after eight months. He really had no choice as he was clinging to a non-defensible position. A container or any syringe to hold, and administer this very lethal dose was never found in her room, or anywhere in her possessions.
At least three other pieces of evidence exist that point to an intruder in her room that night, but are being withheld at this time. One of these is something taken from the house that was not discovered until just weeks ago. Following every lead to the end will mean taking the video surveillance recorder back out and reviewing all six cameras for another day. So as you can see the investigation never really stops, and useful evidence is constantly refined, our knowledge of what really happened that night will never be 100%, but it is always improving. The real question is, if it was not Keenan in Morgan’s room that night, then who was it?
Now for those of you who do not know her, Morgan was a fighter, ask any of her friends and they will tell you that Morgan would not have gone down without a fight. However, backing up for moment first, and imagining Steve and I when Morgan was first found, then at that moment in time when her cause of death was being called Natural Causes. We did not think anyone was in her room initially and did not thoroughly search for indications. We researched her manner of death to safeguard our grandchildren from some unknown malady. As far as I can tell the Garfield Sheriff’s Department never did any search for an intruder. And as it became more and more obvious someone had to have been in her room, we fought the idea, I believe because it was just too painful to believe. It was quite some time before we could fully accept it.
The first question then became her puppy, Wylah, why would she not have barked? It was a quandary. Then came a possible solution, Steve was being questioned by an investigator, recreating the moment when the first responders were there, at least three big men, all strangers to Wylah. Steve remembers clearly that she just sat on the bed and did not make a sound. That was a good enough solution for the investigator, but I still wonder if there wasn’t some other way that she was subdued, some way that would carry over to subduing Morgan also.
Some have conjectured that she could have been threatened, assured she was not going to be killed, and threatened that one peep and Morgan’s puppy dies, or her cat, or even Morgan’s parents. I could see this happening. Morgan would have been compelled to go along.
Then think of drugs, there were five date rape drugs found in her stomach, none of them ever absorbed into her body, and a massive dose of amitriptyline in her bloodstream, one of he highest doses ever seen at the national crime lab her samples were tested at. Then, what about one more drug to sedate her. The only Tox screens that were run were very basic, and many drugs that would easily have knocked her out would not be detected at all. And not to be mysterious, but there is now a third possibility being checked out that will not be on the blog real soon, but it will find its way here as soon as it’s thoroughly checked out.
And that cry for help, it was real and it was meaningful, if only we had fully understood its importance….
I hope the case is solved. Y’all’s story broke my heart. I honestly believe Brooke has something to do with this..didn’t she post something about selling jewelry?? Agh. Sick sick world we live in!!
I am completely in awe about this case. I know to u it is not a case….it is ur daughters life. This is such a travesty of justice. I am also so suprised at dr. Phils polite dimeanor towards this girl and her dad. I am studying psychology and I could tell from the moment this girl spoke…..she is a liar. Very easy to spot. I agree that something sinister happened to ur daughter. And it needs to be fully investigated. Recently watching the travon martin case and verdict proves to me that our justice system is not only flawed but completely backward. I give my com plete support in solving this case and pray u find answerss. Is dr. Phil still involved in this in any way? Just curious.
Thanks so much Elizabeth for your kind words and no he is not involved.
Wow. That is really disappointing. I love dr. Phil and just about everything he stands for….but….he really dropped the ball on this. He had a real oppurtunity to be involved in something that needed his involvement. Do u stilll live in same neighborhood as this girl and her family? Ugh. Not sure how u are getting through every day. Constant prayers.
No we moved out of that neighbor in about one month after Morgan was murdered – every day until we moved was a struggle, I couldn’t stand being there. Thank you for your prayers – we so very much appreciate them!
I watched the Dr Phil show tonight and I absolutely believe that the girl in question had something to do with your daughters death… I am a mother as well and out extinct is everything !!!!! I pray they open your case and you find what your looking for!!! Your daughter did not commit suicide!!!! She had no reason to do so!!! You deserve only good things to come!!!!
Please do NOT give up. I just watched the episode and there are WAY too many questions for you to believe it was a suicide. Also, there were clearly people creeping around your house.
I watched a true life story of a Mom who’s son was killed. It aired on the ID channel which only shows true crime. They tried to tell her that her son drowned in the lake by their house cause he was 11 and couldn’t swim. She knew her son would not wonder out of the house and would especially not go into a lake since he is unable to swim.
She fought for 20 years and finally found a detective to re-open her case. He did good police work and ended up finding out that the brother of her son’s step mom was molesting and ended up killing her son and drowning him. It took 20 years for justice and even through friends, family, neighbors and police said she was crazy and should just let it go, she didn’t listen and proved her son didn’t drown and was killed.
You are that mother.
I truly believe your daughter was killed. I can’t say if that girl on stage had anything to do with it but fight until they open up a thorough and in depth investigation and you are given an answer that you feel without a shadow of a doubt is correct!
Please keep fighting!
Chris – thank you for letting me know about that story – that poor mom, but you are right she knew, and look what she had to go through to get the truth to come out.
Someone sent me this link yesterday http://findmorgan.com/ it is about another Morgan that was brutally murdered in 2009, at the same age of 20, and in 2012 her mother was praying that by the 3 year anniversary of her murder that the person would be found. We will be coming up on the 2 year anniversary of Morgan’s murder and every day that we get closer I feel a greater urgency to know that a case is opened and that the predator will soon be put behind bars. We will keep fighting!
Hey Toni, first let me say I’m extremely sorry for your loss. I’m not sure what to believe (I’ve been reading your blogs and I first saw your story on Dr. Phil) but I certainly do agree with you that y’all did not get fair justice. At all. I’m curious, did you figure out what that other reply saying “I know Brook did it but I can’t say who I am”? I hope you and your family find some truth and closure, y’all are definitely in my prayers.
That person said he does not know Keenan, but knows Brooke was involved – since he didn’t give me anything else to go on I appreciate his help, but it doesn’t really help me in this case – I would need someone with actual knowledge or evidence that is willing to tell law enforcement once they contact me and I put them in touch with the right detective (not Garfield).
Well I truly hope you find everything you need, you and your family are probably stronger than what you think, keep it up! Prayers are sent your way…
Toni, I saw that post to that said they knew Brooke was involved, as ominous as the message is, I think it is a good sign all in all, I take it as people are talking and starting to think they got away with something, so as creepy as it is look at the positive, if this person has real knowledge of her involvement there is a good chance they have shared it with close friends and even had the guts to come and leave you that post, so I think and hope this is good let them talk, like you always say, the truth never changes. There are still good people in this world, so maybe just maybe this information from the person who left that post will fall on the ears of justice and somebody who believes in justice and they will tell law enforcement.
I so admire you and Steve for your courage and strength to keep going, I can’t imagine going through this daily burn of injusice. I can’t wait for the celebration on the courthouse lawn when this is finally over, it will happen. 🙂
Thank you so much – and what a celebration that will be!
I have had this weigh so heavy on my heart since it aired for the second time on Dr.Phil and I have been reading your blog for the last couple days. It seems to odd to me that with all the evidence that is there, that the law enforcement will not reopen this case? Does this family (the girl in question and boyfriend) have such a great connection with this town or have money? How is it they seem to be able to slip on by this easy? Maybe the police realize they botched the whole thing and was very sloppy so they swept it under the rug to make themselves look better? I just don’t get it at all! It all seems like a very big nightmare and I am sure you are living it. I can’t say who murdered her but like thousands of others who are following this, she obviously was murdered! It’s clear that there are petty cases that get a lot more time, effort and attention than this case has ever been given. What has this world come too? My goal would be to get some fresh eyes on this who was not involved with it before and start from scratch, they would probably be able to spot even more damaging evidence? It’s hard for me to explain really but I do think you will get justice and closure with your determination to fight for your precious daughter. I am so sorry for your loss and although I can’t say I know how you feel, I do know I can’t imagine the pain so for that I am so sorry,we will continue to pray for you and your family! Please keep your strength and justice will prevail.
Thanks Margie!
A great quote applis here~ “To the living we owe RESPECT~To the dead, we owe the TRUTH!” Keep up the fight!!
I have not heard this before but agree completely!!!
I just posted on an earlier blog from last year.I am new to blogs so not sure you got it.I agree from watching Dr. Phil it shouldnt be a witch hunt but if authorities did thier job you would not have to be doing this and they look guilty as hell
I believe you. Its so strange that the Police do nothing.
I believe you. Its just strange that the police do nothing.
Yes is is strange that the Sheriff’s are doing nothing, but apparently that is normal here. Even during the stalking the detectives had time for only one meeting at the house a week and constantly talked about their hopes to have more time allowed for investigative tasks in Morgan’s case due to a new development in her stalking, as in it’s getting worse. We just had an experience with the Lane County Sheriff’s Department in Oregon where they were everything you would expect from Law Enforcement. They formed a task force to get right to the bottom of a problem. If a Sheriff’s department in Oregon could be so responsive to residents of Colorado, how could Morgan be so ignored? I’m left to think it was a gender based discrimination, the fact that Morgan’s stalker was peeping through her bathroom window was never raised as a crime by the Sheriff’s and then I find out through tips to Morgan’s Blog that similar incidents have been going on for over four years.
I feel so sad for you and your family. This is a terrible thing to go through.
With all of your evidence and your attempts to get officials involved with the stalking in the first place. I’m very surprised that they hadn’t taken her death seriously and have the coroner list any unusual markings, such as defensive wounds.
The pictures should be obtainable to the family, though it would make you very uncomfortable and usually causes anxiety issues. Kind of like PTS. Have you contacted your government officials and asked them for help? If you don’t think this was handled correctly, they may be able to get the states coroner to look at all aspects and make a more knowledgable finding. It could also help future victims, by making strict guidelines in possible murder situations. That room should have been gone through with a fine comb, to rule out any suspects and to make arrests where needed. For your families protection and those accused. What you’ve gone through with the system, I’d find a good lawyer to fight for your family.
Your in my prayers.