Body Of Three Year Old Breeann Rodriguez Found In Drainage Ditch: Suspect In Custody
The Remains of three year old Breeann Rodriguez, reportedly last seen by her father riding her bike in the driveway of the family’s home, have been located in a drainage ditch in Dunklin County, MO.
Shawn Morgan, a neighbor to the Rodriguez family, has reportedly told police he admitted last seeing Breeann on the ladder to his pool, but then confessing to suffocating her, among other un-released details.
Check to www.blinkoncrime.com as the investigation continues
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Blink – I totally disagree with you calling out for o’reilly to remove his statement. His analyses bring alot of info together that are not available in the news and allows readers to review and analyze (and speculate in my case) as we see fit. there was every reason to question the parents. imo, they were neglectful and if one other parent reads that analyses, who currently allows their young child(s) to “run the roads” cuz they don’t want to do their job and supervise their babies, they may rethink their parenting style. In this story we learned that even a husband and father of three small children who has lived in your neighborhood for years can be a molester and/or murderer. RIP Breeann.
That has nothing to do with statement analysis. He was wrong, and he has been wrong more than right lately, and it is irresponsible. Brings info together? He gives an opinion on a statement, that is not investigation that is observation.
Like I said, if your going to disagree with my position, back it up.
respectfully submitted
B
I have NOT found ANY NEW article/s about BreeAnn.
WHY has there been NO release of autopsy [COD &/or MOD} ???
BLINK have YOU heard anything ???
TIA
I have not, but there is no obligation to release the autopsy.
B
just to get back to you; You’re right about how I said some of what i said, and I apologize for my snippiness with your remarks about Statement Analysis. But I don’t think you were accurate in what you said about the statement analysis here. He did NOT say the parents had ANYthing to do with it nor drew those conclusions. He pointed out simply that there was sensitivity/deception indicated in twhat was said. This may very well have come from something such as they weren’t telling the entire truth about how long she was left alone. People do this sort of thing when they aren’t guilty of the crime which happened but don’t want to come clean about something that puts them in a bad light.
Prosecutor amends charges in Morgan case
http://www.dddnews.com/story/1757801.html
Class A felony kidnapping added to existing charges of murder, armed criminal action, and tampering with evidence.
Shawn Morgan, 43, of Senath, who is accused of killing three-year-old BreeAnn Rodriguez, also of Senath, appeared in a Dunklin County courtroom on Tuesday, August 30, again without an attorney. This is Morgan’s second appearance before presiding Judge John C. Spielman. Morgan’s previous arraignment hearing was at 9 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 16 at the Dunklin County Courthouse.
Morgan’s case was the first on the docket and once again, Judge Spielman read the charges against him which include felony counts of first degree murder, armed criminal action and tampering with physical evidence in connection to the case. During the proceedings, Prosecuting Attorney Stephen P. Sokoloff filed two new charges with the court against Morgan.
“I have filed an amended affidavit charging an additional count to the original three counts previously filed,” Sokoloff said. “I charged a [class A] felony child kidnapping [charge]. The other thing I filed was [a notice] of statutory aggravating circumstances. That is a procedural step that I’m required to take if at some point in the future that I may seek a death penalty in the case [and] I must give notice under the Missouri statutes [for a] first degree murder case before a jury can impose a death sentence. They have to find the existence of statutory aggravating circumstances.
“There are 14 of them. They don’t have to find all of them. They have to find one of them. I have to identify what ones I’m claiming exist in order to give notice to the defense. The ones I have given notice of are [that] the murder was committed while the defendant engaged in the perpetration of a kidnapping and/or the murder was outrageously or wantonly vile, horrible or inhuman, involved torture, [or depravity of mind].”
Sokoloff said that although a notice of statutory aggravating circumstances has been filed, this is not indicative of the State’s intention to seek the death penalty. It is an initial first step taken to make that an option.
“I have spoken with BreeAnn’s parents about this issue, and they are in support of my taking this step,” Sokoloff said.
After reading the charges to Morgan, Judge Spielman asked if he had retained an attorney to which he replied he had not. Spielman granted Morgan an additional two weeks to retain an attorney. If at the end of two weeks, if he still does not have representation, according to Sokoloff, the judge will then set a preliminary hearing.
Another court hearing has been set for 9 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 13.
At the time of the affidavit, a search of the river system revealed the bicycle, which was identified by the father as belonging to the child.
This is going to be every bit as heinous as we think.
B
Authorities may pursue death penalty in Missouri girl’s slaying
http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/08/30/missouri.girl.killed/
Morgan does not yet have an attorney and has not entered a plea.
On Tuesday, a judge gave the suspect until September 13 to find private counsel, seek assistance from a public defender or ask to represent himself. A preliminary hearing may be held in late September or early October, Sokoloff said.
@BLINK ~ Gives “a window into why no autopsy release” …
Why can he keep putting off legal rep??
Not as if state is gonna “forget all about him.”
Blink do you see trial on fast track -or- is this gonna be slow moving??
Fast, they just upgraded charges and will be a capital case if prosecuted and he does not plead, but I think he will.
B
@ blink, a hypothetical question. Were you a DA, would you consider the attention and, sometimes, financing that a death penalty case draws when making this call. I’m not a hardcore advocate either way. I have no problem with child murderers getting sentenced to death. However it does appear to set the bar at a level or so higher and draws outside support from people who could not care less about the victims but are focused on an agenda. I’ve about come to the conclusion that we could have had a different version in a certain Florida case had the prosecution made it a non-capital offense case due to lack of conclusive DNA evidence. As a victim advocate I’d rather take someone off the streets for 20 or 30 years versus letting them walk. It really doesn’t seem to0 matter much in regards to appeal after appeal. In either DP or life sentences the convicted will continue to invent reasons for an appeal until they are either put to death or die.
Yes, I would. Regardless of exterior circumstances, it is the requirement of a DA, to believe the case they present, the indictment or charges pending, will result in a successful prosecution.
That said, that does not even come into the zip code of application here. Ellington was NOT facing a new trial, that is patently false. I believe it was his decision or at least opinion, that the State would not fight a new trial, if one were granted, but in no way was that even on the table. The order was remanded to the circuit court for EVIDENTIARY purposes only. In fact, had he done any dligence, like say, we did, it would have been clear that the Supreme Court effectively took the decision making as to guilt or innocence out of his hands. All evidence was in play, presented or not, and since over 18 years the case withstood every challenge, and there was NO EXCULPATORY evidence, how does he feel qualified to make this assessment?
O , wait- maybe that was the problem. Out of his hands meant status quo.
I hear Depp PR has advised him not to comment, as he is currently filming in WI, he is playing John Dillinger.
How’s about them apples?
Regardless of how one views this case, the fact that a prosecutor made this call, cart blanche, which was in the adjudication of the Arkansas Supreme Court, should bug the chit out of people.
B
Shawn Morgan has another charge added, “possession of child pornography” today. Yuck. Makes me wonder what else he did to that child before he killed her. Am providing the link:
http://www.kfvs12.com/story/15444929/new-charges-against-man-accused-of-3-year-olds-murder
Morgan files for public defender
Shawn Morgan, 43, of Senath, Mo., appeared in a Dunklin County courtroom on Tuesday morning before Judge John C. Spielman, his third appearance since being charged with the disappearance and death of three-year-old BreeAnn Rodriguez, also of Senath.
On Monday, Sept. 12, it was learned that the Dunklin County Prosecuting Attorney, Stephen P. Sokoloff, had filed a second amended complaint against Morgan, alleging an additional offense. The new count alleges that Morgan committed a Class C felony offense of Possession of Child Pornography. The new charge is a result of a continuing investigation into the case by Dunklin County law enforcement officials.
Other charges against Morgan include felony counts of first degree murder, armed criminal action and tampering with physical evidence in connection to the case.
At Morgan’s last appearance on Aug. 30, Sokoloff introduced the additional charge of felony A child kidnapping and also filed a notice of statutory of aggravating circumstances. According to Sokoloff, this is something the Prosecutor’s office has to do in case it wishes to pursue the death penalty at a future date.
At all court appearances, Morgan appeared without legal representation but according to Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Jonce Chidister, Morgan claims he cannot afford an attorney and has filed the necessary paperwork to obtain representation through the public defender’s office. Another court appearance has been set for 9 a.m., on Oct. 4, 2011.
“He made an application which is required by law. The public defender’s office reviewed the application and made a report back to the court. The judge then appointed a public defender to represent him,” Chidister said.
According to Chidister, the paperwork for the public defender will be forwarded to one of the larger public defender divisions, possibly St. Louis, Mo. He added, “I expect because we have filed a notice of aggravating factors, the public defenders office has a special division called the capitol division. They specialize in death penalty defense. They will send down an attorney or a team of attorneys to represent Mr. Morgan. I don’t know if they will be here on Oct. 4, or they will just send us down a list of dates.
“We’ll have the court reporters dates by then and we’ll sit down and coordinate either Tuesday or Friday when the attorneys can be here, when we have an opening and when the court reporter has an opening. We’ll actually have the preliminary hearing on that day.”
When asked if Morgan will plea during the preliminary hearing, Chidister said, “We will present evidence. If the court finds that there is probable cause to believe that the crimes were committed and that the defendant committed them which means there is some amount of evidence there that says yes, this list of crimes occurred and yes, there is evidence that this defendant committed this list of crimes. Then it would be bound over to Division One and in Division One is when he would actually formally enter a plea of guilty or not guilty.”
http://www.dddnews.com/story/1762141.html
Man accused of killing Senath 3-year-old appears in court
KENNETT, MO (KAIT) – The man accused of killing Senath 3-year-old Breeann Rodriguez, appeared in a Dunklin County Courtroom Tuesday morning.
According to the Dunklin County Prosecutor’s Office, Shawn Morgan appeared in court with his attorney’s from the Capital Unit of the Public Defender’s Office in Columbia. The case was set for a preliminary hearing to be held on November 7 at 1:30pm.
Dunklin County Prosecuting Attorney Stephen Sokoloff has amended the charges Morgan faces twice, adding one count of child kidnapping, a class A felony, and possession of child pornography, a class C felony. These charged were added to three existing accounts of first-degree murder, armed criminal action and tampering with evidence.
Sokoloff also said he filed a notice of statutory aggravating circumstances, which will permit the State to seek a death sentence for the first-degree murder charge against Morgan. While this does not guarantee that the State will seek the death penalty, it is a procedural step to make the penalty an option.
Morgan is set to appear in court again on November 7.
[Read the probable cause statement(pdf).]
http://ftpcontent.worldnow.com/kfvs12/news/Senath_probable_cause.PDF
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011, 11:04am
http://bootheel.kait8.com/news/news/50869-man-accused-killing-senath-3-year-old-appears-court
Morgan granted continuance
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
LECIA FORESTER , Daily Dunklin Democrat
(Photo)
Shawn Morgan
Monday morning in a Dunklin County courtroom,Thomas Earl Marshall, attorney for Shawn Morgan, 43, of Senath, Mo., filed a motion for continuance of Morgan’s preliminary hearing.
The motion was granted by Judge John C. Spielman, citing “good cause.” A new date for the preliminary hearing was scheduled for Dec. 2, 2011, at 1 p.m.
Originally, Morgan was scheduled to appear before Judge Spielman at 1:30 p.m., Monday afternoon on charges in the case concerning the disappearance and death of three-year-old BreeAnn Rodriguez, also of Senath.
http://www.dddnews.com/story/1782188.html
Home of suspected Southeast Missouri child murderer burns
Thursday, December 15, 2011
SENATH, Mo. — A fire Tuesday morning destroyed the home where accused child murderer Shawn Morgan lived before being arrested. The next day, Morgan was in court to plead not guilty to the charges against him.
Morgan, 43, is charged with killing 3-year-old Breeann Rodriguez, a girl who lived near the home in Senath.
According to Ken Johnson, of the Senath Fire Department, the fire occurred at Morgan’s home on Ode Johnson Street at approximately 12:30 a.m., and when crews arrived, the structure was fully involved. Johnson said firefighters were on the scene until about 6 a.m.
Johnson said no one was living at the home at the time of the fire, and the incident is under investigation by the State Fire Marshal’s Office.
Legal notices recently published in the Daily Dunklin Democrat said the home was involved in foreclosure proceedings.
In a Dunklin County courtroom Wednesday, Morgan waived his formal arraignment and pleaded not guilty to the charges brought against him in the disappearance and death of Rodriguez.
According to Dunklin County Prosecuting Attorney Stephen P. Sokoloff, another hearing is set for 10 a.m. on Feb. 8.
Judge Stephen Sharp ruled the venue for Morgan’s trial will remain in Dunklin County but the jury will be selected and brought from Phelps County.
Morgan is facing multiple charges which include first-degree murder, armed criminal action, tampering with physical evidence in connection with the case, kidnapping and possession of child pornography.
http://www.semissourian.com/story/1794833.html
Alleged killer’s brother arrested in Senath
SE Missourian
The brother of alleged Senath child killer Shawn Morgan has been arrested and is facing charges of theft for the misuse of his imprisoned sibling’s funds.
According to Dunklin County Prosecuting Attorney Stephen P. Sokoloff, Kevin Morgan was arrested and charged with felony theft stemming from his alleged misuse of money from an account Shawn Morgan shares with his wife.
Kevin Morgan allegedly used the cash to pay his own bills. At the time of Shawn Morgan’s arrest, Kevin Morgan was granted power of attorney for his brother’s holdings.
According to court records, on Nov. 22, a probable-cause statement was filed and Sokoloff made a $25,000 bond recommendation. Also on that day, a warrant was issued for Kevin Morgan’s arrest. The following day, a warrant was served by the Dunklin County Sheriff’s Department with an initial arraignment scheduled for Nov. 29.
Kevin Morgan waived his preliminary hearing Dec. 14 and posted a reduced bond the following day. He entered a plea of not guilty and is scheduled to appear Feb. 8 before Judge Stephen R. Sharp.
http://www.960kzim.com/Default.aspx?tabid=39&mid=1351&ctl=Details&ItemID=30371
Two separate court dates have been set concerning the charges filed against Kevin Morgan, brother of accused child murder suspect Shawn Morgan.
Morgan appeared in a Dunklin County courtroom on Wednesday with his attorney Shawn D. Young of Malden, Mo., before Judge Stephen R. Sharp.
During the proceedings, Judge Sharp scheduled the date of Aug. 22, as the date for his pre-trial hearing with a jury trial beginning on Sept. 7.
According to the Dunklin County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, Morgan was charged in 2009 with a class c felony of stealing and later, along with his attorney, requested a change of venue to Pemiscot County where he was later put on five years probation.
In November of 2011, according to Dunklin County Prosecuting Attorney Stephen P. Sokoloff, Morgan was arrested and charged with the theft/stealing of property or services that is valued at $500 or more but less than $25,000, another class C felony, stemming from his misuse of money from the account of Shawn and his wife, Tonya, as a means to pay his own bills. At the time of Shawn’s arrest, Kevin was granted his power of attorney.
http://www.dddnews.com/story/1860163.html
Thought this was important if any had missed the trial being set -
Morgan murder trial set for Dec. 10
2/09/12
-LECIA FORESTER , Daily Dunklin Democrat
Shawn Morgan
The date of Monday, December 10, 2012, has been selected as the trial date for Shawn Morgan, 43…
According to Stephen P. Sokoloff, Dunklin County prosecuting attorney, jurors will be selected in Phelps County Circuit Court on Thursday, Dec. 6, and Friday, Dec. 7.
Appearing with Morgan on Wednesday morning before Judge Stephen R. Sharp was his attorney, Thomas Earl Marshall, who has filed with the court several motions which included the displaying of the accused at all court appearances, accused’s motion to proceed in accordance with Ake v. Oklahoma and disclosures of plea agreements and/or inducements to state’s witnesses.
“Three pre-trial motions were filed by the defendant,” Sokoloff said. “Two were taken under advisement by the judge and one was sustained by agreement.”
Sustained by the judge was the disclosures of plea agreements/and or inducements to state’s witnesses.
The two taken under advisement includes a motion to proceed in accordance with Ake v. Oklahoma, a court case which was brought to the Supreme Court of the United States in the 1980′s which would decide whether an indigent defendant has a constitutional right to a psychiatric examination by a mental health professional at the State’s expense. According to reports, these findings could help with the preparation of the defendant’s case.
The other motion under advisement was whether Morgan could appear at pre-trial appearances in street clothes rather than prison attire.
When Morgan was arrested on Aug. 13, of last year, he was originally charged with felony counts of first degree murder, armed criminal action and tampering with physical evidence in connection with the case with additional charges following as the investigation into the case continued.
On Tuesday, Aug. 30, and again on Monday, Sept. 12, additional charges were filed with the court against Morgan which included felony A kidnapping and an additional offense of a class C offense of possession of child pornography. Sokoloff also filed a notice of statutory aggravating circumstances which is a procedural step that is required of him if at one time the Prosecutor’s office wishes to seek the death penalty in the case.
On Dec. 14, Morgan waived formal arraignment and plead not guilty to the charges that have been brought against him. A stipulation was also filed for a change of venue and approved by Judge Sharp. The venue will, however, remain in Dunklin County but the jury will be selected and brought from Phelps County.
http://www.dddnews.com/story/1813938.html