GUILTY Australia - Morgan Huxley, 31, stabbed to death, Neutral Bay, NSW, 8 Sept 2013 #1

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I would say the killer, for whatever reason, left the apartment in a hurry to dispose of the murder weapon. From what another poster highlighted about the police been able to 'track' the movements of the killer, I would say they most certainly had blood over them, and it created droplets on the pavement or road.

I've got a couple of theories floating around but I'll read a bit more, and then change my mind!! Anyone else feeling like this? All respect to Morgan and his family and friends, but this really is a classic whodunit.

BBM .. YES!!! Every time I look again, I change my mind! There is a chance we haven't seen the killer in the media yet, but I'm so wanting an arrest! This is really driving me mad, and it's a bit of a worry .. imagine how his family / friends feel!
 
Victim didn't attend any private schools.

Oops, yes, he went to LC primary school, then HH High school - my bad, probably being a bit too general. To say he was part of a tight-knit social circle I'm not necessarily saying he was the centre of that circle and it all formed around him. And to say that the circle may be loosely associated around students of a former private school doesn't necessarily mean all members of that circle strictly went to that private school. In context, I was just pointing out that the common Australian idea of a "social circle" being made up of people who grew up on the same block, or all drink at the same local pub isn't the same dynamic on Sydney's North Shore.


As far as the DNA evidence and mentions of working out who was there "in the moments before", my take on that is that they are probably suggesting there are multiple DNA samples at the scene (he was pretty sexually active after all) and they are working out which of those was the most recently deposited - hence which one ties a person to being in his room "moments before" the crime.
 
I hear what you're saying about North Shore social circles .. even if most didn't attend private school together, it has the same feel ..
 
Jumping back to another aspect of the case, what is the relationship with RP? I seem to remember MSM stating that she claimed to be his "current girlfriend" (or "one of..."), but I can't seem to find that article any more, now only mentions of her being an (another) "ex-girlfriend" at the time of his death. There are very few articles that mention her, yet her picture appears in quite a few more.
Most interestingly, in this article they state:
Also expected at the service are the numerous women Mr Huxley is believed to have been romantically involved with, including part-time model Rebecca Prins.

There are numerous articles and pictures from the service, and not a single one (that I can find) contains any picture of her, or any mention that she was there. If she was as recent a lover as she originally claimed, I would have thought there'd be greater participation or more attention on her during the service. Or at least some attention by media.
Does anyone know if she actually attended the service? And if so, any reason why MSM totally ignored her? Have LE asked MSM to stop talking about her? Has she perhaps threatened legal action?

Ponderings....
 
That's what made her stick out to me .. because under her name in that article it says 'Claims to be a current girlfriend' which makes it seem as though she was exaggerating her status in the mix of women currently 'involved' with Morgan.
 
With the greatest respect to your post michael (they've been great) - I have a problem with the no reaction no defense scenario - as the only wounds mentioned are the ones inflicted on Morgan, there are no reports his hands were cut up or arms, legs, stomach were slashed trying to defend himself.

I can understand the first strike taking a person by surprise, especially if they are asleep or relaxed, blindfolded or with their eyes closed, or with the lights off - which reminds me: Was the light in Morgans room on or off when he was discovered? None of the reports say that - maybe it wasn't asked.

I cannot imagine that a person will take stabs through the skin without some effort to defend themselves - even rolling over if they cant use their hands - the stabs would not have been all concentrated to the back - the legs would come up to kick, the knees would bend, the body would revulse. Its a flight/flight response. Not a freeze response. I wonder if they were sitting on the back side of the body when the attack occurred - or how un/conscious was Morgan at the time of the stabbing.

Was the T-shirt stabbed through?

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Looked a bit further to see if there are any references to Morgan protecting/defending himself at all.

Found this ...

"Curled up on the floor beside his bed was a semiconscious Mr Huxley. He was bleeding profusely from three gaping holes in his neck and blood was pooling beneath him."

Maybe curling up is the only thing he was capable of doing after those vicious wounds to the neck.


http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...xley/story-fni0cx12-1226724096453#mm-breached
 
I really think the attack happened just before the 000 call was made .. he didn't even have it in him to call them himself, yet he was still alive when the ambulance got there. She must have ran out as the flatmate came in. Or ..
 
I, too, am finding the media focus on the various exes very interesting... I have to wonder if they're being manipulated to get a suspect (or perhaps multiple suspects..) good and mad, maybe enough to slip up in some incriminating way.

Just thinking through the wound evidence.. three throat slashes, the medical opinion being that he was sitting down for those or in bed.. I can see shock immobilising a man, especially if he's had a few drinks and wasn't expecting the attack, and the rest of the stab wounds to his back coming after he perhaps toppled off the bed, in a frenzy of rage/overkill.

That's punishment, right there. Definitely somebody with a personal agenda. Lack of defensive wounds says to a likely 'blitz attack' - he was either super comfy with the killer being there, or didn't know they were there until right before they struck.

eta: my gut feeling is that this was not totally unplanned - somebody had been festering in anger for a while..

eta also: He might have heard somebody coming in and assumed it was his flatmate.. if he didn't let the killer in himself. I wonder if he gave out keys to his friends/lovers.. Maybe Morgan didn't bother locking up at all behind himself right away - I don't, usually, right after entering, especially if I think somebody else is home..

I wonder why the cops are being cagey about whether the front door was left open or not...

And whether there were bloody footprints or drops leading out of the house. The killer -had to- get blood and plenty of it on them, especially if they cut his throat from anywhere but behind him, and certainly during all that stabbing. There will have to a blood trail, going somewhere and ending somewhere.

I think '30 wounds' is weirdly specific, but could have been just a guess that happened to be close.
 
Maybe a reason for him not defending himself was because his reaction time was delayed because he'd been drinking all day/ night at the engagement party? And then it was too late and he just curled up :( so so sad :(
 
I, too, am finding the media focus on the various exes very interesting... I have to wonder if they're being manipulated to get a suspect (or perhaps multiple suspects..) good and mad, maybe enough to slip up in some incriminating way.

Just thinking through the wound evidence.. three throat slashes, the medical opinion being that he was sitting down for those or in bed.. I can see shock immobilising a man, especially if he's had a few drinks and wasn't expecting the attack, and the rest of the stab wounds to his back coming after he perhaps toppled off the bed, in a frenzy of rage/overkill.

That's punishment, right there. Definitely somebody with a personal agenda. Lack of defensive wounds says to a likely 'blitz attack' - he was either super comfy with the killer being there, or didn't know they were there until right before they struck.

I wonder why the cops are being cagey about whether the front door was left open or not...

And whether there were bloody footprints or drops leading out of the house. The killer -had to- get blood and plenty of it on them, especially if they cut his throat from anywhere but behind him, and certainly during all that stabbing. There will have to a blood trail, going somewhere and ending somewhere.

I think '30 wounds' is weirdly specific, but could have been just a guess that happened to be close.

Great point about him maybe not knowing she was there!! I'd actually not thought of that!
 
Was the T-shirt stabbed through?

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RSBM ;)

Wow! This just gave me another cool clue... An interesting piece of trivia is that Genghis Khan's warriors wore silk vests. Reason being that when hit with an arrow, the silk does not break. Due to the weave, it just goes into the wound wrapped around the end of the arrow, thereby making the arrow easy to remove and lessening the severity of the injury.
I wonder if the weave of his t-shirt had a similar effect, and THAT'S why the wounds on the back were shallower?
 
That's punishment, right there. Definitely somebody with a personal agenda. Lack of defensive wounds says to a likely 'blitz attack' - he was either super comfy with the killer being there, or didn't know they were there until right before they struck.

RSBM

It may have been, as michael suggested before, that the killer was there when Morgan arrived home from the engagement party .. intimacy ensued (perhaps he even called her by another girl's name during the act), followed by an argument, Morgan left for the pub to cool off ... and (my addition) told the killer "don't be here when I get back", but the killer was steaming psychotically mad and was there - hiding - when Morgan got back.

When she saw her opportunity, he was getting undressed and getting into bed, she struck ..
 
RSBM

It may have been, as michael suggested before, that the killer was there when Morgan arrived home from the engagement party .. intimacy ensued (perhaps he even called her by another girl's name during the act), followed by an argument, Morgan left for the pub to cool off ... and (my addition) told the killer "don't be here when I get back", but the killer was steaming psychotically mad and was there - hiding - when Morgan got back.

When she saw her opportunity, he was getting undressed and getting into bed, she struck ..

Good point.

There was reference to adrenalin - showing that Morgan had been aroused before his murder. I wonder how long these levels are raised for in the blood - how long would higher adrenalin levels be present after arousal? And would arousal include arousal from a fight (like the fight/flight physiological response) not just sexual arousal.

We need good 'ol Dr Watson over here quick smart! :)
 
There's a large gap of time, isn't there, between him leaving the party and going for that last drink?

Seems a bit weird he'd leave a party and then go out for just one more drink so close to home (did he not have beer in the fridge? was he that eager for beer, right before sleep?). Was he waiting for someone there?
 
That's punishment, right there. Definitely somebody with a personal agenda. Lack of defensive wounds says to a likely 'blitz attack' - he was either super comfy with the killer being there, or didn't know they were there until right before they struck.

eta: my gut feeling is that this was not totally unplanned - somebody had been festering in anger for a while..

rsbm
Hmmm... the idea that she may have been hiding is an interesting one. I want to refer back again to my earlier theory, that the sex happened soon after he arrived home, and either they had a fight and he left to cool down, or possibly he bluntly said "I'm going for a beer, you clean yourself up and be gone by the time i get back". Or both. And so she festers, gets a knife and hides somewhere so he'd think she's gone by the time he gets back - maybe even moved her car in the time he was at the pub to perpetuate the ruse.


ETA - SouthAussie, just read your post after posting this... sounds like we're thinking along the same lines as Ausgirl
 
RSBM

Hey Clue :seeya:

Just wanted to let you know that a box cutter is the same thing as an Aussie 'Stanley knife' - same thing/different name. :)

Hi SouthAussie...:seeya:

Good to know!

Stanley knife = box cutter!

Great minds think alike!

:D
 
If there was sex there'd be dna of some sort - condom or not, sex is pretty messy as far as sperm/saliva and shed skin cells goes. So I hope there -was- sex, in a way, as fluids would help ID a suspect quick smart.
 
Oh - I meant to say.. adrenaline. It can flood the body in as little a couple of minutes following a stressful event, so it could have just been the fact he had his throat cut and then was stabbed so many times.. If he was conscious throughout, he would have felt -every one- of those 28 stabs... :(
 
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