The Murder of Michele LeAnn Morgan
Cases that involve the murder of a child are always the most difficult for me to write about, but that does not stop me. I have done several cases that involve the murder of a child. So many of these children are often murdered by a stepparent or a boyfriend/girlfriend of one of their parents. But, I think what is almost more disturbing is how many of these children could have been saved if people would have simply done their job. It is rare that by the time the child has died that there has not been any sign or notion that the child was being abuse. It is almost staggering how many of these cases were actually reported to welfare agencies or at the very least doctors were aware or suspicious and either absolutely nothing was done, or the cases were dismissed as not being credible. Now, the case of Michele Morgan is a bit different in the sense that her murder occurred in 1961, likely long before “mandated” reporting for people like doctors, nurses or social workers wer...