Article 7 – 'Rita Morgan's Tragic Death'
Miami Daily Herald Newspaper article, written by reporter Mike RePort, 1/3/10
"Rita Morgan's Tragic Death"
Reporting on a story like this one that involves a central figure, in this case Dexter Morgan, requires many hours of lonely research to get the facts needed and verified before an article can be written. The research can take the form of interviews that lead me back to doing more research to verify what I have just been told. This is a tried and true process that is not for the person looking for a shortcut or the faint of heart. The investigation leads to the final story.
But, on occasion, I get lucky and a credible source with key information steps forward. One of our readers approached me with information concerning the remarks Debra Morgan made in her eulogy for Rita Morgan. I referred to her comments as cryptic in my article dated 12/24/09. This source wishes to remain anonymous which I will respect.
As a tie in to what I am about to report, as you may recall, Miami has had two very sensational stories break in the last few years, one concerning the Bay Harbor Butcher in 2007, and the other concerning the Ice Truck Killer in 2006. Both were about serial killers with many victims each.
The Ice Truck killer dated Detective Deborah Morgan. Dexter Morgan saved her life just as she was about to become one of the Ice Truck Killer's victims. They found the Ice Truck Killer later in his home where he had committed suicide.
The Bay Harbor Butcher turned out to be Detective Sergeant Doakes, a co-worker of Deborah and Dexter Morgan. Detective Doakes was found dead, the victim of an explosion.
I will get back to these two seemingly unrelated stories except as already noted, the Morgan family.
Dexter Morgan was born as Dexter Moser. His mother, Laura Moser, had two children, Dexter, the youngest, and Brian, the oldest. She was a confidential informant, a CI, for one of MMPD's own, Officer Harry Morgan. The late Harry Morgan is Deborah Morgan's father and later became Dexter (Moser) Morgan's adoptive father. Laura Moser was being used by the MMPD to set up a sting operation to arrest a group of drug dealers in the Miami area. The drug dealers discovered that she was setting them up and kidnapped her and her two sons. They took them to the docks and inside of a cargo shipping container, in front of the boys, used a chainsaw to kill her then dismember her body. Laura Moser and the boys were in the shipping container for two days before the authorities found them. The boys had been sitting in their mother's blood the entire time. Dexter Morgan was three years old.
Brian Moser, A.K.A. Rudy Cooper, was the Ice Truck Killer. Dexter Morgan's brother. My speculation, based on my research, is that the horrible event in the cargo container effected Brian Moser to such a degree that he became what we knew him for, a serial killer. This is his tragic beginning in my opinion. That does not offer an excuse but does offer some insight as to how one event, so terrible and so horrific, could change a person's life forever.
Dexter Morgan lives today as a widower because of the Trinity Killer. Dexter Morgan lives today with the knowledge that his brother was a serial killer and almost killed his sister. Dexter Morgan lives today knowing that a serial killer can work amongst the same professionals that we put in place to capture them. Dexter Morgan's early years make him a victim of circumstances beyond his control. Dexter Morgan lives today as a Blood Spatter Analyst. This incredible series of seemingly unrelated events has one constant, Dexter Morgan.
My next article covers missing persons; missing persons with criminal backgrounds. People that are not being looked for and society is better off without.
Article 7 – 'Rita Morgan's Tragic Death'
