A friend pointed out that most of what the parents did was DEFENSIVE-i.e, cams, videos, panic buttons, etc. My friend said if it was her daughter, she would go on the OFFENSE, as in-shouting out: "I have a 9mm and if you so much as breathe near my daughter's window, I'll shoot you!" Even if you don't have a gun. Or you use a BB gun. Or you get a huge barking dog. Or you install an EXPENSIVE alarm, b/c after all, you are PROTECTING YOUR DAUGHTER! My friend who think immediately of protecting daughter in any way possible, even confronting the alleged stalker face to face. What the heck would we all do to save our daughter from a serial stalker?
I like the "I have a 9mm and if you so much as breathe near my daughter's window, I'll shoot you!" bit. I so wish they could have done that.
As to the rest, it is easy to get upset now and question them. But I don't necessarily think their inaction proves they weren't actually that worried until their grief got so bad they needed to revise history.
When you are in the moment, certain things don't necessarily occur to a person. Not everyone is s tough or knowledgeable as websleuthers, for example.
Instead, what bothers me is what they DID do - Morgan walking right out at night with her puppy, alone, for example, so the puppy can pee, even though they were terrified of the stalker, had cameras, motion detectors, all over the place, would meet Morgan in the driveway rather than allowing her to walk into the house alone, yet suddenly, somehow, it;s okay for her to go out into the night alone, and Morgan walking home by herself from some location, in the evening, IIRC, or stating she was going to. Those things completely contradict the impression we are now receiving of a family under siege. I can understand not knowing what specific measures one should take to stop a stalker. I can't understand being horrifically terrified one moment and not the next.
(On an unrelated note, somehow the thought of Wylah makes me sick. I can;t stand the thought of that baby wondering where her mama is).
Ahhhhhh yes, wouldnt we all love to see the police reports and even as Tricia pointed out to mom she, too can even get copies of all detectives notes made about the case..hopefully she will or even possibly already has found an atty who would actually be the one who could assist the family in their gaining access to and copies of all of these many reports, notes, and other docs relating to any incidents surrounding the case.so, its quite possible that there will be a point where we are able to view these docs as well..
Until then and for now with what we do have to go on, a blog in mom's words is what any opinion I've formed is in knowing full well exactly what this opinion is based upon.. and that as always can and will change somewhat or even a whole heckuva lot dependant upon new info that comes to light, other sides of the case coming to light, and of course docs and other hard evidence that we may eventually have access to..
I respect those who reserve posting their opinion until the day comes in which we have access to the complete and whole story from all sides involved(and hopefully that time will in fact come)..just as well do I respect those of us who are sharing and posting our opinions that have been formed thus far with the only source of info that we have access to thus far, mom's.. Imo I believe either way that it appears as tho most understand that there is info at this time not available us and that if/when that info is made available to us that it very would could alter some/many/all of our opinions we have thus far expressed and shared in posting about them..
All in all as usual jmo, tho...
Well said. You are a doll.
Going back and reading select blog entries, I noticed this.
"One time during the stalking, after a few overheard attempts to use the keypad, Morgans code was changed."
http://morganingram.com/wordpress/?p=1243
Why are they sure that the stalker was using Morgan's code, and not the parents'? She says they had separate codes and speculates (elsewhere in the blog) that the stalker may have watched them input the code using a rifle scope or some other form of observation and deduction. How do they know that he was attempting to enter one code and not the other?
That's actually a very good question. Did they have the kind of keypad that makes different sounds for different numbers? If so, why the heck would they have that? Then anyone in their yard next door could figure out the code.
If not, how did Ms. Ingram know what numbers were being punched in by the stalker?
Morgans parents seem pretty darn cool.
I think if she wanted to have a guy over she would have told them.....can x come over and watch a movie, we're fine mom go to bed.
I agree wholeheartedly with this. I know there are some who feel Morgan was viewed as a baby and perhaps i some respects she was, but I just don;t see the Ingrams as conservative when it comes to sexual activity involving their daughter. I don;t know them, but from their posts and blog and the sense I get from their lovely daughter, that's what I think.
But read more carefully: there is no mention that Tina was giving chase with him. Look back at the bullet point I quoted. Only Steve was out circumnavigating the house that time. No second figure was seen on video chasing Steve. His experience was that the motion detector lights would go on as he ran by, then go off, and then go on again, presumably--PRESUMABLY--in the same sequence that the motion detector lights were going on and off for him, thus implying that whatever was setting off the motion detector lights the second time was following Steve. And that second figure was NOT mom.
(Just trying to be as clear as possible. It's easy to take a statement from the blog and "hear" only the parts that suit our theories. That's not directed at you, but at all of us. It's easy to do!)
No. You are totally right. He was not saying his wife was behind him all the time. I misunderstood!
However, if a person was setting off the motion lights behind him, that figure would have been on camera, IMO. I think it's wholly illogical to think a person could set off the motion detector lights in a pattern, while chasing Mr. Ingram who appeared on camera, yet not appear himself.
It just sounds to me like he was chasing himself and setting of the lights himself and that there was some sort of delay or something.
