Former UVA Cop Charged With Rape: Sean Michael Horn Faces Bond Hearing Today
Charlottesville, VA- Sean Michael Horn, 42, current Albemarle County reserve deputy and former police officer for the University of Virginia as well as the Albemarle Sheriffs Office was arrested last evening for rape. The arrest follows an extensive investigation conducted by the prosecutors office.
While there has been no specifics released, and it is the policy of www.blinkoncrime not to identify alleged victims of sexual crimes, we have learned that a complaint of rape against Horn was received in the Fall of 2011.
The arrest follows what can only be described as a series of chaotic incidents and events affecting Albemarle county law enforcement officers since 2009 at a minimum.
Following the death of 18 year old Greene County resident Colby Eppard on New Years Day 2010 by police gunfire, 7 Albemarle county officers were either suspended and/or demoted. Caleb Marden, a decorated sharp-shooter who served in Iraq was fired. Denise Lunsord, prosecutor for Albemarle county and North Garden resident, cleared all officers of any wrongdoing from the incident.
Eppard allegedly stole a neighboring Greene County patrol car and traveled almost 60 miles to Albemarle county. Although off duty Greene Sgt Randall Snead was out of his jurisdiction, Snead was among the officers in pursuit of Eppard and participated in the ambush to stop the teen. Snead’s former mentor and Sherriff, Willie Morris, committed suicide on January 28th.
Although he was on desk assignment pending the investigation of Eppard’s death, Snead responded to the scene of Morris’s home where he was located and rushed to the hospital. Morris was removed from life sustaining efforts without ever regaining consciousness. A suicide note blamed his tinnitus condition.
In a recent election, Steve Smith won the Sheriff slot running against Snead, and has since met with controversy after releasing nearly all of his staff. An email criticizing Smith was received by several news outlets from a previously fired Albemarle County Lt. Scott Cox, then a Greene county deputy who has since been released. Horn has Sheriff Smith listed as a friend on his facebook profile. Cox was among the Albemarle County Officers who was demoted after 18 years of service in the scandal.
Albemarle county is also the home of The Anchorage Farm, where murdered Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington was recovered after exhaustive searches of the areas surrounding the JPJ arena, UVA campus and private LE searches failed to locate her. Harrington disappeared from a Metallica concert at the John Paul Jones Arena on October 17, 2009 after being refused re-entry by security. DNA evidence has linked the Harrington case to a suspect in an unsolved rape in Fairfax, VA in 2005. Former lead detective now retired, Lt. Rader, has only indicated that forensic link means that Morgan came into contact with that individual prior to leaving Charlottesville.
Efforts to confirm whether Sean Horn was working the event as a UVA officer that evening have not been returned.
Corrine Geller, public information officer for the Virginia State Police, whose agency leads the probe into Morgan’s homicide responded to our inquiry as to whether or not Horn was a target of their continuing investigation this morning:
“The investigation remains ongoing at this time. I’m not able to comment on who our agents have or have not looked into during the course of their investigation.”
Horn lists Virginia Tech among his educational credentials on his facebook account, where Harrington was a junior at the time of her disappearance. It is not known if the two were acquainted.
Horn is being held in the Albemarle Regional jail pending his bond hearing today.
Check back to www.blinkoncrime.com for updates.
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Cat says:
January 17, 2012 at 1:23 pm
One of the only hopes of solving this case IMO is if one the of “scared/unknowing” participants eventually comes forward. I think there is too much trust there, though, and the person was duped initially, believing that Morgan had overdosed and they helped cover up the result, now that they are too involved in the situation, the only decision going forward was to keep quiet and remain calm (seems to have worked thus far). I have a feeling that the evil is shifting among the shadows though, the day of not knowing will soon be followed by the day of knowing. If LE ever gets close, this person will crack.
agreed but to add that I sincerely hope anyone who might be aware realizes that coming forward privately could stop this from happening again, and it absolutely will if he is not stopped.
B
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Not to mention the $150,000 in reward money that person coming forward privately could possibly walk away with.
Regarding the lovely bones of loved ones, I am aware of how much pain a law enforcement officer can inflict on a person he is trying to subdue.
At 6’3″ and 180lb. a 21-year-old male was no match, especially in his drunken and verbally rude state, for a Portland, Oregon police officer who deliberately broke his humerus, by kneeling on it and pulling the arm up against his leg. The Emergency Department was shocked at the condition of the shattered bone(s), but had seen it before.
The police report, which I have seen, also indicates that the police car was dented in several places where the man was repeatedly thrown against the car, although he was handcuffed and subdued.
In court, the man pled guilty to resisting arrest, even before his parents knew he was in any trouble, which left him unable to complain of the police brutality.
The officer and his leo wife have both been involved in questionable excess force cases. You can see the size of the officer here–must be 6’8″ and 300lb? http://www.facebook.com/people/Tequila-Bridges-Thurman/100001688336039
Yes,the man-boy with the dirty mouth and ugly attitude has lovely bones. And he will always remember how they were broken.
@ Redly, Janurary 17, 9:48 am
” IMO it is obvious she was murdered by sketch, and it is obvious Horn is not sketch. We used to hear that MO was vitally important. Horn has not been accused of anything remotely similar to what happened to morgan or to the first sketch victim.”
I’m not in LE like some of the other posters here are, but is it possible that a bad guy would change his MO depending on circumstances? As in: if he is unable to act out his normal, violent scenario for whatever reason (increased attention or demands are on him from family members, or he feels insecure about his anonymity, etc.) would he “settle” for something in the meantime? Something that feeds the blackness inside of him enough to take the edge off until he can go back to his usual approach?
Also, for anyone who is local and is interested in finding out when and in what capacity Horn worked for UVA, they can probably access payroll records in the Special Collections department of the UVA library.
The University of Virginia is a state agency. Its official, or public, records are governed by provisions of the Public Records Act of the Code of Virginia, and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. I know that in Maryland the payroll records of state universities are accessible to the public, being that they are a type of financial record for the university.
I know that Redly and maybe others think that Horn isn’t involved in Morgan’s murder at all, and at this point there is no evidence to suggest that, however I think its worth looking into given his many connections to LE and UVA.
We’ve already seen a photo showing that Mr. H has access to the sports fields of UVA which raises the question of whether his access extended to other sports (basketball) and/or the JPJ Arena.
As a LE did Mr. H work events at JPJA? Even if he did not work the Metallica concert that Morgan attended, is it possible that he could have gained access to events in the JPJA as a perk of part time security work there? Perhaps other LE or security employees knew him and let him enter the Arena free of charge? Or perhaps it is a perk of the job that one can attend events that they are not officially working?
Cosmo…the friend’s father you speak of, who is a member of LE, resides in Roanoke and was not in the mix of the Colby Eppard case. You may be confusing that with the friend who happens to have the same last name as one of the cops from Greene County involved in the Eppard case….but they are no relation. Others have confused that along the way too. Hope that clears it up.
Dr. Pepper says:
January 17, 2012 at 1:13 pm
Question: anyone know if any of the event staff or UVA security vehicles were searched/examined for evidence? Any have wrecks and totaled after Morgan dissappeard? Were any stolen?
Also- if security/event staff were involved
If isnt out the question to ponder a buddy system. Someone on the inside alerts someone on the outside (sketch)
I hope that everyone working that night has been not only interviewed but I hope some efforts have been made to see if sketch is by some chance an acquaintence.
I would like to know if LE has obtained a DNA sample and tested it from each employee working that evening. If not, why? Because they do not have probable cause to obtain sample?
Has everyone been ruled out?
If sketch isn’t on UVA or RMC payroll, the missing link could still be.
Make sense?
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TOTAL SENSE!! Now, if they haven’t taken those DNA samples from each employee working that night, at LEAST those working SECURITY, then why not?!?! You see, I don’t trust a firm to be doing the right thing by hiring someone who is a sex offender as SECURITY, or could be having even a passing glance at whoever the offender has offended prior. So, that said, I would think it highly advisable to be able to get that DNA run. Soon!
I believe it to be rare that you hear of two rapist accomplices working together, but never discount the possibility…
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/police-agencies-looking-man-wanted-rapes/nGPTt/
Police investigate first homicide of 2012 in Fairfax County
http://www.fairfax.daily-monitor.com/police-investigate-first-homicide-of-2012-in-fairfax-county/18758/
I finally joined facebook and visited the findmorgan site yesterday. Kenny J recently posted about an upcoming “meet and greet” with flyers to be passed out, etc. He also thanked “the person helping” them target specific sites to pass out the flyers. Is something going on Blink? Is someone starting to talk?
I do not know tango, you would have to ask Kenny, sorry.
B
DNA: I believe that Sketch’s DNA was not on the shirt but rather that the shirt was known to be Morgan’s because HER DNA was on it. Sketch’s DNA was on Morgan’s remains or something with them. (All just my vague and perhaps faulty memory.)
Regarding Horn’s possible connection to MH or Sketch: It all depends on who Sketch is, doesn’t it? If he has connections to Charlottesville LE or IS LE in some capacity, then they may have ties. Clearly, Horn may not be quite the man so many think they know. The same may be true of Sketch.
Olivia, I was thinking just last night about this very thing and I think you are right (comment 10)…Dino said something to the effect that they know Morgan came in contact with Sketch at some point that evening (?) because of the dna link. He could only say that if Sketch’s dna was found with her body. If it had only been on the shirt they he would have been limited to saying that “her shirt” came in contact with this person sometime between Oct. 17th and the day the shirt was laid on the bush. Interesting.
@J.me, sketch still did not have to have touched Morgan himself, just his DNA had to contact her. The killers would be swift at framing another to lead suspicions away from them, if they were CIA/Navy Seals. LE etc. Do I think this is what happened? Not sure, but I do not think sketch had to be all AA. He could be part anything else.
J.me you must know who was at the first search. Someone must have pictures of everyone there. Someone there must have recovered and destroyed the leggings. (or are keeping it secret from mke who would like to know what LE officers were there, what race they were, and if they have all submitted DNA. Does anyone remember a peep racing from the room by self and coming back later looking very calm, trying to hide the high level of stress he had encountered. I would like to know why they were unclear about the leggings in the first place. Police are trained to observe, and they should have been aware of the diferences in womans clothing. I would also like to know why the leggings were ignored by the team leader, because they are very light and easy to carry along. Course it could be that LE (the good guys) did go scurrying back and cordoned off the area, and took pictures, and did a massive search around the area, and recovered a lot of evidence which they are not willing to share with me for some reason.
That evidence would include body fluids, coffee cups, soft drink cans, cigarette butts. The more I think about it, the more I think this is what happened. If it DID NOT happen, and the leggings disappeared, then the killers took them and have them to this day. Killers are willing to take wierd risks.
John – I agree with everything you’ve said above. I’ve also been going back to things that we all researched around the time that the shirt was found. I remember that RSO who worked not very far from 15 & Grady and that was like a wow moment to me, then when Morgan’s body was located about the same distance, give or take from that same RSO’s home it was really a OK WOW moment. How odd is that to have two things come together like that with an RSO seemingly so close?
I can remember back then asking if anyone was aware of someone attempting to frame him or his family. Just wanted to bring this part up once again to see if anyone has thoughts.
John, I stand corrected. He should have said Morgan’s shirt came in contact with this person’s dna sometime between Oct. 17th and the day the shirt was laid on the bush.
Not sure that my comment should lead to the leggings….But search teams were not allowed to touch or handle artifacts found. Those items were to be flagged and the teams counted on the fact that someone “official” was to go back and investigate. Whether they did or not is unbeknownst to me. If someone recovered and destroyed the leggings from that day, then that would mean that an LRC official was on the “inside” (highly unlikely). As to my knowing who was there, other than some other physicians and wives who were there, the only people I knew/saw were Dan and Gil and other members of the 2 teams I participated with. I’m sorry, its just that so many people were there…search dogs, handlers, law enforcement, food servers etc. Regarding photos of people who attended, surely someone from LE or LRC was handling that, in addition to each person’s driver’s liscense being photocopied. I do know of two instances where people on the teams were found to not have registered. I am positive they were reported to LRC and police. I’m sure you don’t expect LE to share information with you but if you feel you can help then, by all means, give them a shout.
The killer probably has a few “mementos,” such as leggings or necklace. The killer is clearly a bit of a risk taker, isn’t he? And if he is a serialist (have we ever been told whether his DNA is linked to other crimes?) than he might easily have this tendency to “collect” from his crimes. Is such a psychopath really hanging around this crime scene or is he more likely “visiting” here and there along 29 and in other states? It seems to me that he could have been a transient worker who had access to AF and became familiar with it, used it, and moved on. Why do police assume that his familiarity with AF means that he grew up in Albemarle County or is a permanent resident? I’m not inclined to think that LE planted Sketch’s DNA. Speaking of risky…
I do not think they could prosicute on the shirt only. It was not with the remains of Morgan.. Sketch would say I found it on the ground and placed it on the bush.
Hmmmmm, my memory must be failing me. I think I remember hearing/reading that the leggings were missing when officials went back to recover same. To me, that means someone overheard comments
about the leggings and retrieved them (not necesarily a LRO) If that did not happen, ie if everyone was accounted for, then someone on LE who went back to recover them, found them and kept/destroyed them.(and just said they were missing) (I doubt very much that someone found them, and it was completely unrelated, and kept them…NOT… This should be so easy to uncover.
I am more angry than ever that someone had the nerve to kill Morgan!!!!
Thanks J.me. for all the information. LE must have all the information they need.
Q, , the RSO being involved never made the least bit of sense to me.
He would have been captured the next day. He would be so easy.
Yes, if someone attempted to frame him, that would be the person to look at for sure. According to J.me they have everyone’s picture ID.
Seems simple to do DNA on all of them. (legally, or otherwise) ; – ))
It is all so very upsetting.
I want to see justice for Morgan and her family.
Whoever did this must pay and be removed from society. Soon.
I want to know that LE is agressively pursuing this.
Blink, are they telling you anything..at all..that you can tell us?
Off Topic, but big mystery close to home-
http://www.katv.com/story/16518658/inmate-says-he-knows-details-of-john-glasgows-disappearance
Blink- curious if you’ve read about this case and/or have any thoughts. I know lots of peeps working for both companies. Now a convict’s attorney claims HE knows who killed Glasgow because his client told him. They forgot to mention that part in the text of the story. But he is asked the question on the video and he said “Yes”. So watch the video too (if you want to)
Familiar and I believe he will be located.
B
Let me get this straight. The Fairfax rape…the victim was walking home from the Giant Food Store on Jermantown Road…is that where she first came across the perpetrator? She continued on to Rock Garden Drive which is in the actual apartment complex and that’s where he attacked her? The pool area is to the rear of that complex…do I have this much right?
tango says:
January 20, 2012 at 10:44 pm
The Fairfax rape…the victim was walking home from the Giant Food Store on Jermantown Road…is that where she first came across the perpetrator?
he was either just happened to be outside and happened to see a woman walking alone and decided to attack her…or did he spot her somewhere else (Giant) and follow her? or was he following her from before she even went to Giant? and lurked and followed her? We don’t really know much about the Fairfax investigation….why not?
alexandra says:
January 21, 2012 at 10:26 am
tango says:
January 20, 2012 at 10:44 pm
The Fairfax rape…the victim was walking home from the Giant Food Store on Jermantown Road…is that where she first came across the perpetrator?
he was either just happened to be outside and happened to see a woman walking alone and decided to attack her…or did he spot her somewhere else (Giant) and follow her? or was he following her from before she even went to Giant? and lurked and followed her? We don’t really know much about the Fairfax investigation….why not?
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You are correct, we don’t know anymore about the Fairfax investigation than we know about Morgan’s case, which means that the lid LE keeps on these cases don’t do them any justice or get justice for the victims.
I have wondered if sketch could have been security from the Giant Food store, or security from the concert that was going on in Fairfax at the time. It was his attire as discribed that made me curious, it wasn’t the attire of someone just out jogging. And also the time of night that it happened, and not only that, but he had to know about the pool area and how hidden it was. This was someone who knew that area as well, just as in Morgan’s case and AF.
Ditto. Reminder he engaged his victim initially, and attacked later:
subject matter: A ride.
B
Hello all, its been too long- years… thanks to all who continue to care, continue to post, and continue to hope-
http://www.readthehook.com/102698/pain-and-frustration-two-years-later-no-arrest-harrington-case
snipped:
Pain and frustration: Two years later, ‘We know her agonies’
“We believe those people in the community could tell us who frequents the area,” said Virginia State Police Lt. Joe Rader, expressing hope that the discovery would prompt tips leading to a killer. Rader, however, retired in early January this year, passing oversight of the increasingly cold case to a successor who may or may not have better luck.
“There’s no new information to release,” says Virginia State Police spokesperson Corinne Geller, adding that the tip line still rings– if less frequently.
“The visceral part of finding the body is big,” says Gil Harrington, who says being able to bury Morgan’s remains, to memorialize her life, is something many families never get.
“It’s a sharp day, but boy we are glad to have had it,” she says. “Not to be forever in limbo and mentally filling in the gaps. We know her agonies.”
My prayers to The Harringtons and to the Community.
tango says:
January 20, 2012 at 10:44 pm
The Fairfax rape…the victim was walking home from the Giant Food Store on Jermantown Road…is that where she first came across the perpetrator?
he was either just happened to be outside and happened to see a woman walking alone and decided to attack her…or did he spot her somewhere else (Giant) and follow her? or was he following her from before she even went to Giant? and lurked and followed her? We don’t really know much about the Fairfax investigation….why not?
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(Sorry no link) I recall from an article about the Fairfax attack that the victim may have had some interaction with her attacker in the Giant store. I think that she thought he worked there, b/c he was wearing a uniform that gave this impression. When she approached him, to perhaps ask for help finding something, he said, something to the effect, that I don’t work here, I’m just waiting on my partner/ friend.
That makes me believe that if he was working in tandem with someone, that he was possibly a vendor. I can’t tell you how many times that I’ve asked vendors for help while they are merely stocking shelves/ checking inventory of their own product.
There was so much interaction between the victim and this DNA person, in the Fairfax attack, why is he so able to hide? They spoke, in Giant? He was waiting on a friend? What more do we know about the FF case?
@Alexandra:
I’ve had a hard time finding what I read about the Fairfax victim’s interaction with her assailant (I know that I didn’t dream it, although since my third child was born at the end of the year, I think that I am developing dementia!). However, I have found some interesting articles about crime in the Washington area around that same time period, namely sexual assaults that were occurring around the Dunn-Loring Metro Station which is not far from the Jermantown Rd. Giant store. The article that I am linking refers to those attacks, but highlights a home invasion and attempted assault- scary:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/23/AR2005102300981.html
No cams at Giant picked him up (assuming they have security cams). No cams at JPJ picked him up. Flies under the radar. LE did not want to release sketch’s photo, no increased police patrol, lack of public warnings that he was still at large and dangerous, Radar retired……all things that make you go hmmmmm.
The article saying she talked to him in the Giant does not exist. There is an article that says she interacted with him briefly on the walk home and then he subsequently attacked her from behind.
What did I miss, did someone say she spoke with the person inside the Giant?
Your information is correct, there was a brief exchange, she did not know he was behind her until it was too late.
B
centva — they caught that particular rapist fortunately.
http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=247621&paper=68&cat=104
The population of the great DC metro area (which includes fairfax) is about 5.5 million.
Blink — please delete if not appropriate to post here but this link leads to a good synopsis of the publicly available info about the morgan case.
Respectfully that is an invitation for the usual stalkers in this case and I would not do that to her.
You have no idea.
B
@Redly, the Fairfax crime portion of Washington Post that I linked that article from mentioned that they had made an arrest in ONE of the cases. Did they eventually connect him to the others; I never saw that?
If you’ll notice in the link that I provided, they allude to an attack in the area where the victim was dragged through the woods. I’m not sure if it was an attack of that nature at Dunn-Loring or if they are referring to the Jermantown assault that is connected to Morgan.
Also, I am certainly aware of the geographic and demographic vastness that the Metropolitan DC presents, Fairfax Co. not withstanding. However, my assertion that these attacks, if you are familiar with the Vienna/Oakton area of the county, is not entirely farfetched. It is certainly plausible to see a possible link between the Dunn-Loring attacks and the Jermantown attacks, particularly since they occurred within weeks of one another. Had I been trying to link assaults that took place in another part of the Metro area or Fairfax Co., then it would be grasping at straws.
With that said, the “East Coast Rapist” worked in a large area across state jurisdictions down the I95 corridor (roughly), thus the moniker. Not ‘grasping at straws’ here, just casting a wide net to any and all possibilities, but thanks for the insight and feedback.
centva — yes he admitted responsibility to all 4 described attacks. The descriptions in the attacks did not resemble sketch either — acosta was a high school senior with a small build.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fairfaxfocus/2006/03/student_pleads_guilty_to_rape.html
Did the Fairfax victim ever say she saw him inside Giant?
I couldn’t find any information on the attack in 2005.
The Fairfax County drug and alcohol building? is located in between the Giant and the apartment complex on Jermantown Rd. Wonder if LE has checked their records from 2005. Maybe sketch was attending a rehab session that evening?
I assume so, but will reference that in any conversations I have. Thanks
Alexandra, Do you know that rehab meetings are held at that building?
Here’s what I recall about the Washington Post article, which I can no longer find:
Sketch was standing on a path (I thought it was off the main drag, a shortcut) that the Fairfax woman took to get back to her apartment from the Giant. I believe that she also took the path TO the Giant, but she was not aware of him until her return–so we do not know when he first saw her or got on the path. He spoke to her (Blink says–post 24–about a ride, which I did not know) as she passed him. As she reached her apartment door he came from behind, attacked her, and dragged her into nearby woods near an apartment complex pool, where she screamed until a neighbor heard them and began to search. When the neighbor got close, Sketch ran off. Sketch was wearing light pants and a dark sweater.
We have speculated here about what the light pants and sweater may have indicated–perhaps khakis, perhaps a collegiate or professional sort of attire. The question is, did he look rough or did he look clean cut? Presumably the victim could answer that. Seems like an important clue.
Alexandra:
The Fairfax victim did not have any interaction with the assailant inside the Giant according to statements apparently by the victim, but there was some interaction apparently before the attack, although I’m not clear where this happened- on Giant premises, on the path between the grocery store and the apartment complex, or elsewhere.
I had mentioned that the interaction had taken place inside, but my memory did not serve me well and I couldn’t find the exact article that made mention of how/where the events that took place. Redly or others may have the link to the article that mentions the apparent interaction between victim and assailant.
Sorry about presenting that misconception.
I don’t know if rehab meetings are held there. I saw the area on Google Earth and took the path from the Giant to the apartment complex. The map indicates it’s FF County Drug and Alcohol…but what, IDK.
He was on foot? and offered her a ride? What about the shortcut? There are bushes behind the pool. Can knowing more about how it happened in FF help us figure out how he did it in C’ville? IDK
Is the FF victim still able to help the investigation? What did they miss in the FF investigation?
http://www.sawbuck.com/property/DC_Metro/22030/Fairfax,VA/9737095-11130-Rock-Garden-Drive
Link to picture of pool at back of Fairfax apartment complex. It’s only an 8 minute walk from the Giant to the entrance to the apartments, but approximately 200 yards have to be traversed to get to the pool area. Apparently this guy was familiar with the apartment complex.
Well, pan over to the left on the picture til you see the pool. It didn’t save my changes, sorry.
If as Olivia says there was a shortcut, the time from the Giant to the pool area could be cut in half possibly.
This brings to mind the path to the Foods of All Nations parking lot from the bridge, or was it from the back of the RV lot? Regardless…
OH MY GOSH. It just dawned on me that Granny may have seen Morgan and SKETCH…Morgan’s bag and phone may have been dropped as she tried to flee the FOAN parking lot back to the RV lot…There was no mention of the fellow’s race although I admit Granny made it sound like he was around the same age as Morgan…
Isn’t there an apartment complex very close to FOAN and the RV lot?
Here was a good article that spoke of the Fairfax attack.
http://fairfaxcity.patch.com/articles/can-a-family-members-dna-solve-a-fairfax-rape-and-morgan-harringtons-murder
tango says:
January 24, 2012 at 10:06 pm
Isn’t there an apartment complex very close to FOAN and the RV lot?
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Ivy Garden Apartments is on the other side toward the JPJ Arena, so close you could spit and hit it.
http://www.ivygarden.com/ivyGardenMap.htm
Actually, it’s closer to the baseball stadium. Wow
Two years ago today Morgan’s body was found on Anchorage Farm after 101 days of being missing. Daily, I thank God that we were able to bring Morgan home.
Today many other families do not even have that closure and my heart and prayers go out to the many missing people and their families. Gil and I are held up daily by people who continue to help keep Morgan’s’ story alive, looking for justice in her killing with hopes that the murder is caught before he strikes again – Help Save the Next Girl. Below is the poem Gil wrote to remember the day and the events that changed so many lives. Our thanks to those who hold us up. Dan and Gil
Grisly Anniversary
When they brought your body back to me
There were just bones to see.
Didn’t look like my baby – Morgan D.
No golden hair, no sparkly eyes
Broken ribs – ugly surprise.
Disposable girl they all said
Skirts too short
Lips’re too red
Askin for it they all said
But what you asked for, screamed for, was mercy and release
Know you got no mercy, pray you found some peace
It’s so hard to do
This life with no you
Saw your friend at a local place
Saw the message on her face
That she’s moved on and we should too
But baby I’m not over the death of you
Gotta shake it off, pity’s no use
We’ve a job to do, still a killer on the loose
It’s another anniversary – not the kind you celebrate
But the kind you sorta hate
Even Hallmark passes here, I’ve looked hard
There’s no “Happy we found your daughter’s body” card
Morgan, I recon a reconing is due
Morgan, he’ll pay for killing you
And have to atone
For every scream – every moan
For each and every fractured bone
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Mom
1/26/2012
Docter and Mrs. Harrington – We won’t rest until he is caught. Thanks for Saving the Next Girl. You’ve taught me so much.
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Thanks, Blink, for posting Mrs H’s poem. It’s a very powerful one…
I very rarely write here, but I still read everyday, still research, still try to find that little detail that might of been overlooked… I was thinking, recently, that even though I’ve never set foot in Charlottesville, I could navigate it’s streets blindfolded, after studying it’s map so many times. I haven’t moved on…
All my best to everyone still helping to find Morgan’s killer, I’ve read some really good thinking here. And to Mr and Mrs Harrington, I wish you lots of peace and strength. You have all my respect.
Marie