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

[Makara]

From what I've read this is the apartment where Morgan Huxley lived. There are no interior pics of the unit but the blurb indicates that it is a single storey apartment.

15/4-14 Watson Street Neutral Bay.
http://www.homehound.com.au/unit+15+4-14+watson+street+neutral+bay+nsw+2089/17731553/

There are a few photos at the link below of apartment 16 in the same building.

16/4-14 Watson Street Neutral Bay.
http://www.homehound.com.au/unit+16+4-14+watson+street+neutral+bay+nsw+2089/

Below is the floor plan of apartment 24 in the same block. This one is also a single storey unit and probably similar in layout to Morgan's apartment.

View attachment 37756

24/4-14 Watson Street Neutral Bay.
http://www.mcgrath.com.au/rent/apartment-neutral-bay-nsw-2089/12946

This last one is a two storey apartment in the same building.

View attachment 37757

31/4-14 Watson Street
http://raywhitelowernorthshore.com.au/nsw/neutral-bay/517735/

Someone up thread was wondering if Morgan's bedroom was carpeted. I would say it was, judging by the photos of the bedrooms in the other apartments. It seems that there is only one entry and exit point to the apartments in this block, although they all have balconies or courtyards and these could be used as an exit or entry point depending on how high they are from the ground. My understanding is that Morgan's apartment was close to ground level and his killer would not have had too much of a problem exiting from the balcony, especially if Morgan's bedroom opened onto the balcony.

 

[IHAVENOCLUE]

From what I've read this is the apartment where Morgan Huxley lived. There are no interior pics of the unit but the blurb indicates that it is a single storey apartment.

15/4-14 Watson Street Neutral Bay.
http://www.homehound.com.au/unit+15+4-14+watson+street+neutral+bay+nsw+2089/17731553/

There are a few photos at the link below of apartment 16 in the same building.

16/4-14 Watson Street Neutral Bay.
http://www.homehound.com.au/unit+16+4-14+watson+street+neutral+bay+nsw+2089/

Below is the floor plan of apartment 24 in the same block. This one is also a single storey unit and probably similar in layout to Morgan's apartment.

View attachment 37756

24/4-14 Watson Street Neutral Bay.
http://www.mcgrath.com.au/rent/apartment-neutral-bay-nsw-2089/12946

This last one is a two storey apartment in the same building.

View attachment 37757

31/4-14 Watson Street
http://raywhitelowernorthshore.com.au/nsw/neutral-bay/517735/

Someone up thread was wondering if Morgan's bedroom was carpeted. I would say it was, judging by the photos of the bedrooms in the other apartments. It seems that there is only one entry and exit point to the apartments in this block, although they all have balconies or courtyards and these could be used as an exit or entry point depending on how high they are from the ground. My understanding is that Morgan's apartment was close to ground level and his killer would not have had too much of a problem exiting from the balcony, especially if Morgan's bedroom opened onto the balcony.

thanks for the floor plans, Makara!

great sleuthing! :thumb:

 

[IHAVENOCLUE]

From what I've read this is the apartment where Morgan Huxley lived. There are no interior pics of the unit but the blurb indicates that it is a single storey apartment.

15/4-14 Watson Street Neutral Bay.
http://www.homehound.com.au/unit+15+4-14+watson+street+neutral+bay+nsw+2089/17731553/

There are a few photos at the link below of apartment 16 in the same building.

16/4-14 Watson Street Neutral Bay.
http://www.homehound.com.au/unit+16+4-14+watson+street+neutral+bay+nsw+2089/

Below is the floor plan of apartment 24 in the same block. This one is also a single storey unit and probably similar in layout to Morgan's apartment.

View attachment 37756

24/4-14 Watson Street Neutral Bay.
http://www.mcgrath.com.au/rent/apartment-neutral-bay-nsw-2089/12946

This last one is a two storey apartment in the same building.

View attachment 37757

31/4-14 Watson Street
http://raywhitelowernorthshore.com.au/nsw/neutral-bay/517735/

Someone up thread was wondering if Morgan's bedroom was carpeted. I would say it was, judging by the photos of the bedrooms in the other apartments. It seems that there is only one entry and exit point to the apartments in this block, although they all have balconies or courtyards and these could be used as an exit or entry point depending on how high they are from the ground. My understanding is that Morgan's apartment was close to ground level and his killer would not have had too much of a problem exiting from the balcony, especially if Morgan's bedroom opened onto the balcony.

It looks to me like the bedrooms share a wall on both the one and two stores floor plans...

Yikes!

I can't imagine what JR heard that night! :what:

 

[SapphireSteel]

I believe someone was waiting on his doorstep when he got home.

Someone with an offer he couldn't refuse...a female someone...late night booty call except it wasn't...she planned to murder him from the get go.

:cow:

 

[Mrs G Norris]

I think that's very possible SapphireSteel, I have a feeling she planned it all along too, perhaps something from the engagement party got back to her, or something else set her off.

 

[SouthAussie]

Finally caught up. Phew! Great sleuthing here folks. There are some brilliant minds at work. IHAVENOCLUE I'm also wondering if the killer may have been a male sex partner. Now that would certainly throw a spanner in the works!

By all accounts MH was a very popular, good looking guy. According to MSM he had 14 girls on the go. This IMO is just creative (for the want of a better word) and misleading journalism. MH obviously had many lady friends in his life, enjoying their company and the sex if it came to that but I feel it was over a number of years, like many other young guys of that age. It doesn't appear that he had made a commitment to any one woman, he was simply living life to the fullest.

I'm really perplexed as to why MH went to the pub (barefooted no less) after he'd come home from the engagement party. As has already been mentioned, pubs and clubs have a 'no shirt, no shoes - no entry' policy and it is up to the staff of these establishments to enforce this. Seems the staff at the pub didn't worry too much about it. It's also been discussed up thread that MH may have gone to the pub to meet a friend/staff member who was due to finish work when the pub closed. Could this staff member have been a male? It may have been just an innocent "come home for a drink when you knock off." from MH and ended up turning into something that horrified and repulsed the male friend. Perhaps he was angry at his own attraction to MH and when things escalated sexually he lashed out and stabbed MH in the back and then the throat. The wounds inflicted to MH could quite easily have been done if he was on his knees and the stabber was standing over him.

Just my thoughts, and speculation only.

Secondly, the flatmate bothers me. There's just something there that doesn't sit right with me. Again just putting my thoughts out there.

Hi Makara! Lovely to see you here

Yes, it is possible a guy was involved in some way. If so, I tend to think that it may be a guy connected to the (our) primary suspect - and maybe the wounds were a combo of stabs to the neck (guy) and angry girl (back). Or perhaps the guy was complicit in assisting with a clean entry/exit from Morgan's flat and street, and other plans, because I'm thinking this killer may have discussed the matter with someone else - to make sure she had all bases covered in keeping herself free from arrest (hah .. good luck with that!)

One thing that we haven't considered, and has been mentioned in MSM so I'm presuming came from police and/or someone close to the situation, is that this murder may also have been the result of a business deal 'gone wrong'.

The killer may have been a girl who had also involved herself in Morgan's business ... doing paperwork/office work for free, investing funds, steering her contacts Morgan's way, doing other free promotional work. She may also have had a bit of an intimate relationship (silly, silly, not usually good to mix business with pleasure!) which could have been the reason the girl got involved in the business in the first place? Could have turned ugly when the girl still had to share Morgan with other girls, despite helping him so much?

 

[Mountain Misst]

:seeya: Hi Makara... Wondered where you were.

Judging by the new website for his pontoon business it's just a front door and nothing behind it - http://www.huxleymarine.com.au

Perhaps it is just a front for other businesses as you suggest, SA.

 

[fruity]

Exactly strangeworld, in the scheme of things it's not that long ! It took months for GBC's arrest, but time is what it takes to cover all bases!
I too keep hoping for more info if we can't get an arrest soon! I'm sure his family know more and I hope they're holding up well!

This is very true. Police were onto him (and the marks from the 'caterpillar') from the very start but they were meticulous about their investigations so that there were no cracks or loopholes in their evidence against him.

 

[fruity]

I want to believe the police have strong suspicions who did this, and are just getting their case together (as others have said on this thread). Nowadays the police and prosecution need to make sure their case is as watertight as possible to avoid devious defense lawyers and the accused getting away with their crime.

Waiting on information from phone companies, perusing CCTV, getting statements, etc all take time. In the scheme of things, it really hasn't been that long since Morgan was murdered, given the killer wasn't caught in the act.

Still, I just wake everyday hoping for an arrest! Or at least another MSM article

Yes. I think the fact that police haven't asked for assistance shows pretty clearly that they don't need help and that they are confident that the person they're eyeing is the right one.

 

[SouthAussie]

From what I've read this is the apartment where Morgan Huxley lived. There are no interior pics of the unit but the blurb indicates that it is a single storey apartment.

15/4-14 Watson Street Neutral Bay.
http://www.homehound.com.au/unit+15+4-14+watson+street+neutral+bay+nsw+2089/17731553/

There are a few photos at the link below of apartment 16 in the same building.

16/4-14 Watson Street Neutral Bay.
http://www.homehound.com.au/unit+16+4-14+watson+street+neutral+bay+nsw+2089/

Below is the floor plan of apartment 24 in the same block. This one is also a single storey unit and probably similar in layout to Morgan's apartment.

View attachment 37756

24/4-14 Watson Street Neutral Bay.
http://www.mcgrath.com.au/rent/apartment-neutral-bay-nsw-2089/12946

This last one is a two storey apartment in the same building.

View attachment 37757

31/4-14 Watson Street
http://raywhitelowernorthshore.com.au/nsw/neutral-bay/517735/

Someone up thread was wondering if Morgan's bedroom was carpeted. I would say it was, judging by the photos of the bedrooms in the other apartments. It seems that there is only one entry and exit point to the apartments in this block, although they all have balconies or courtyards and these could be used as an exit or entry point depending on how high they are from the ground. My understanding is that Morgan's apartment was close to ground level and his killer would not have had too much of a problem exiting from the balcony, especially if Morgan's bedroom opened onto the balcony.

I like the layout of the two-storey one ... it has a window by the front entry that makes sense according to the exterior photos of Morgan's flat. I always wondered if that was a bathroom window, from outside, but very well could be a laundry window - as per plans you have shown.

 

[Mrs G Norris]

I always thought the 'business man' thing was a bit of a stretch, it sounds more like Morgan was a 'tradie' who specialised in the marine field. Also don't you think this smacks of a personal crime? More likely a female acting alone IMO.

 

[SouthAussie]

Agreed ... but speculating that it could be a bit of a blend of the situations (business deal/scorned lover).

RP did make a point of giving media her 'occupation', as well as her status as 'current girlfriend', perhaps to deflect questions about business dealings with Morgan that she may have entwined into the situation to try to snare him further?

Keeping an open mind!

 

[LegallyBrunette]

What are the odds that he paddled down the pub for his nightcap to fill in time while he was waiting for his BC to knock off work and come around. That would take a few kittens off the suspect list.

Of those left, are any of them shelf stackers? She'd be handy with a blade.

As would a medical/surgical rep.

 

[DrWatson]

Keeping an open mind!

The most important asset of a sleuth Or a scientist. The two are very similar.

I'm still wondering about the murder weapon - where did it come from, what was it, and where is it now? Was it, in fact, a knife? Or could it have been something like nail scissors? (Although most these days would use clippers rather than scissors, wouldn't they?)

And I'm still wondering how MH was rendered incapable of defending himself - outnumbered, drugged, hit on the head, or spinal cord damage for example? Or something else?

But like you, SA, I'm keeping an open mind.

And great to see Makara over here too :rockon:

 

[LegallyBrunette]

I still think someone's been watching 'Basic Instinct' for a few ideas. Wonder whether pubs use ice picks at all?
Or maybe he had a cheeseboard and knife on the bedside table.
All we know is that the weapon wasn't left in the flat.

IMO the funeral pics are interesting, in particular the (lack of) body language between flattie and bf.
Also one of the attendees is an unusual looking female.
Just saying. :twocents:
JMO

 

[Nikki_2]

Agreed ... but speculating that it could be a bit of a blend of the situations (business deal/scorned lover).

RP did make a point of giving media her 'occupation', as well as her status as 'current girlfriend', perhaps to deflect questions about business dealings with Morgan that she may have entwined into the situation to try to snare him further?

Keeping an open mind!

it makes sense, he obviously did not have to go to any great lengths to have so many relationships, it is obvious the women more or less knew about each other, ex gf JH gave the eulogy, JO had been with him at the start of the year, RP claims she was his current gf..

It could be that MH spoke alot about his business venture, at his age I don't know how much wealth he would have accumulated - ( as Mrs G wrote, we don't really know what he did for certain) maybe one of the girls loaned him money, not so much to help him but to sort of secure him for herself,
she might have placed certain demands on him ( not to see other women)

MH might have felt trapped, if he had taken the loan & could not commit to her as she might have expected.

He might have tried to avoid her as things might have become nasty..

business/scorned lover..

What are the chances that the person who committed the crime is reading forums such as this one, I wonder if her/his fingers itch to tell us how we have it all wrong.

 

[IHAVENOCLUE]

it makes sense, he obviously did not have to go to any great lengths to have so many relationships, it is obvious the women more or less knew about each other, ex gf JH gave the eulogy, JO had been with him at the start of the year, RP claims she was his current gf..

It could be that MH spoke alot about his business venture, at his age I don't know how much wealth he would have accumulated - ( as Mrs G wrote, we don't really know what he did for certain) maybe one of the girls loaned him money, not so much to help him but to sort of secure him for herself,
she might have placed certain demands on him ( not to see other women)

MH might have felt trapped, if he had taken the loan & could not commit to her as she might have expected.

He might have tried to avoid her as things might have become nasty..

business/scorned lover..

What are the chances that the person who committed the crime is reading forums such as this one, I wonder if her/his fingers itch to tell us how we have it all wrong.

I would most welcome being told how I have it wrong... From the "horse's mouth" .... so to speak!

:wink:

 

[LegallyBrunette]

MH business name (Huxley Marine) was registered on 23.9.2010.
The ACN (proprietary company) came into being on 1.7.2013.
From ASIC website.

www.asic.gov.au

 

[LegallyBrunette]

It looks to me like the bedrooms share a wall on both the one and two stores floor plans...

Yikes!

I can't imagine what JR heard that night! :what:

Probably had to sleep with an i-Pod on max volume.

 

[Nikki_2]

I would most welcome being told how I have it wrong... From the "horse's mouth" .... so to speak!

:wink:

We know from the media that JR & MH were close, that she had lived/shared flat with him for a long time. Sometimes those type of friendships are closer than one might have with their partner, ( I am not writing about any physical aspect here)

I think that they would have had to confide in each other about different things, MH would have had to have discussed some of his ff/gf with JR, he might have asked for her view on female issues, he could have told her that he was being annoyed/stalked by someone

JR could be the person who knows the most about each of his relationships,