Article 5 – 'Rita Morgan's Tragic Death'
Miami Daily Herald Newspaper article, written by reporter Mike RePort, 1/1/10
"Rita Morgan's Tragic Death"
The New Year is upon us bringing with it the continuing investigation into Rita Morgan's murder as well as the search for the now labeled, Trinity Killer. As I mentioned in an earlier article, the MMPD was looking into when Dexter Morgan first came home to discover the gruesome crime scene versus when he actually called the MMPD to report his wife's murder. I have uncovered the time gap, 90 minutes. This information which I obtained through one of my confidential sources confirms an earlier rumor as well as gives us the reason why, per Mr. Dexter Morgan himself.
When asked about the time delay Dexter Morgan made the following remarks. I do not have his statement verbatim but what I present here is an accurate recap. He stated that upon discovering his wife in the bath tub he went into shock. He remembers picking up his son Harrison and leaving the bathroom to get him away from that gruesome sight.
Anyone can understand his initial reaction and his immediate action as noted above. But this also raises several questions. We know that Dexter Morgan is a Blood Spatter Analyst and as such is exposed to crime scenes like this or similar enough that taking 90 minutes to call the police seems at face value, too long. He is aware, more than most, that every second counts when there has been a crime that the perpetrator is getting away and the crime scene is getting old and possible evidence may be lost.
Investigating and analyzing crime scenes is what he does for a living and according to his peers he is one of the best in the state. Why wait 90 minutes? Can someone with his training and experience be so shocked that 90 minutes passes before reporting the crime? Maybe there was something else going on. What could he have been doing and why?
If I can project my opinion into this article I would say that he either started his own investigation before calling the police which poses several more questions or he was trying to cover something up that he did not want the police to find. What happened in those 90 minutes?
The initial police arrival and then the forensics team along with the detectives, including Dexter Morgan's sister, Detective Deborah Morgan, followed procedure to close off the crime scene including not only the bathroom where Rita Morgan's body was found in the tub, but the entire property. The police went through everything to find clues about how someone gained entry, exited, and what they did in the home. The photos of the bathroom are horrific and very graphic. I will not go into that kind of detail here but let it be known it was a shocking sight.
The instrument used to kill Rita Morgan was a knife, used to cut her leg which severed her femoral artery. Her death was quick but not so quick to allow her to escape the horror of her own death in front of her own child, Harrison. The knife as I have been told matches a set that was found in the home of Arthur Mitchell who is the lead suspect in the Trinity Killer investigation. I will report more on that in a separate article.
This is where the two investigations cross investigative paths and run parallel. The knife was found in the tub underneath Rita Morgan's body. Was this what Dexter was looking for and couldn't find? Did he move his wife's body but the knife went undiscovered? Did the investigative team discover that her body had been moved? Did Dexter Morgan put the knife there to be discovered? These are valid questions which demand answers that I don't have, yet.
I will continue to dig for the facts and report them to you, the reader. My initial two questions, what happened and why, still need to be fully answered.
Article 5 – 'Rita Morgan's Tragic Death'