{"id":29955,"date":"2013-01-30T17:35:26","date_gmt":"2013-01-31T01:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=29955"},"modified":"2013-01-31T02:32:55","modified_gmt":"2013-01-31T10:32:55","slug":"man-stabbed-and-killed-idd-by-loved-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2013\/01\/30\/man-stabbed-and-killed-idd-by-loved-ones\/","title":{"rendered":"Man stabbed and killed ID\u2019d by loved ones"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A man, identified by loved ones as Grady Morgan, was found stabbed Tuesday night at Sunset Ridge Apartments in the 43400 Block of 16th Street West in Lancaster. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LANCASTER \u2013 The man stabbed and killed in Lancaster Tuesday night was 69-year-old Grady Morgan<\/strong>, according to his fianc\u00e9e Christine Bloxton.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhoever did this to Grady, will you please come forward?\u201d Bloxton pleaded between tears Wednesday morning. \u201cThat\u2019s my soul, that\u2019s my backbone, that\u2019s my loved one, that\u2019s everything to me. A part of me is gone now!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was a good person with a good heart, always there to help anybody, he didn\u2019t deserve this,\u201d said a man who identified himself as a family member but did not want to give his name.<\/p>\n

Several people consoled each other at the Sunset Ridge Apartments Wednesday morning, where they said Grady Morgan was found dying in his apartment the night before.<\/p>\n

According to a Sheriff\u2019s Department press release, the victim was found around 7:09 p.m. Tuesday (Jan. 29) in the 43400 Block of 16th Street West in Lancaster.<\/p>\n

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Bloxton said she found her fiance bleeding out on the kitchen floor of his apartment Tuesday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe victim was discovered by a friend who had stopped by the victim’s house. Deputies and paramedics responded and transported the victim to a local hospital where he died from his injuries,\u201d reads the Sheriff’s Department’s press release.<\/p>\n

Bloxton said she made the tragic discovery when she dropped by Morgan\u2019s apartment to bring him some freshly washed clothes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe door was locked when I got here. Normally the door is open, and I just walk right in,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Bloxton said she rang the bell, and when Morgan didn\u2019t answer, she looked through a window of the ground floor apartment and saw her fianc\u00e9.<\/p>\n

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Several people comforted Bloxton at Morgan’s apartment Wednesday morning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe only thing I could do was just yell and start screaming, ‘Help me! Somebody help me!’\u201d She said.<\/p>\n

Bloxton said no one came outside to help, so she ran to different apartments, knocking on doors, until a man across the street answered her pleas.<\/p>\n

She said the Good Samaritan broke through a window to let her into Morgan\u2019s apartment so she could see if her fianc\u00e9 was still alive.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was just laying down there on the floor in a fetal position like a baby,\u201d Bloxton said, adding that Morgan was unresponsive.<\/p>\n

She said she called 9-1-1, and the responding paramedics rushed Morgan to the hospital. She said deputies told her Morgan had been stabbed multiple times in the upper body, and questioned her on why anyone would want to hurt Morgan.<\/p>\n

Bloxton said she told deputies the incident could have been the result of a “drug robbery”. She said Morgan sold drugs \u201con the side\u201d out of his apartment, and he went by the nickname of \u201cO.G.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know how people come through and want to see if they can get credit from you or whatever? So he probably turned them down and they got angry and so they started to stab him,\u201d Bloxton said.<\/p>\n

She said deputies did not recover a weapon at the scene, but she suspects the killer may have stabbed Morgan with his own knife \u2013 a pocketknife that Morgan keeps on him at all times.<\/p>\n

She said the killer may have also left a skateboard behind, because an unfamiliar skateboard was at the apartment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhatever you all did, you left too soon because you couldn\u2019t get your damn skateboard!\u201d Bloxton said, adding that deputies took the skateboard as evidence. \u201cYou might as well turn yourself in, you\u2019re gonna get caught!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Morgan had an adult daughter and a young grandson, his fiancee said.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bloxton said she spoke to Morgan by phone about two hours before she found him, and she suspects the stabbing occurred just minutes before she dropped by.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe blood was fresh like it just happened. If I would have got here sooner, it probably wouldn\u2019t have happened,\u201d she choked out between sobs.<\/p>\n

Bloxton said she and Morgan had been together since 2007, and Morgan had moved to the Sunset Ridge Apartments from Riverside about a year and a half ago. He lived in the two-bedroom apartment with a roommate, who was at work at the time of the incident, Bloxton said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf anyone seen anything over here at the Sunset Ridge, please contact the police department and let them know what happened,\u201d Bloxton said. \u201cGrady didn\u2019t bother nobody, he was a good person.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wednesday morning, Sheriff\u2019s Homicide Lt. Holly Francisco said there was no new information in the stabbing death, and no suspects were in custody.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. If you would like to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS-8477.<\/p>\n

Related article: BREAKING NEWS: Man stabbed and killed in Lancaster<\/a><\/p>\n

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LANCASTER \u2013 The man stabbed and killed in Lancaster Tuesday night was 69-year-old Grady Morgan, according to his fianc\u00e9e Christine Bloxton. \u201cWhoever did this to Grady, will you please come forward?\u201d Bloxton pleaded between tears Wednesday morning. \u201cThat\u2019s my soul, that\u2019s my backbone, that\u2019s my loved one, that\u2019s everything to me. A part of me […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29955"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29955\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}