Teen strangled, slit 9-year-old's throat
Sunday, Sep. 14 2008 @ 3:06PM
To no one's surprise, Scott Morris has been named a "person of interest" in the September 4, 2008 disappearance of his wife, 28-year-old Kelly Currin Morris.
Kelly vanished on September 3. The following day, emergency services were called to the Morris residence on Tump Wilkins Rd. in Stem, NC to find the Morris home in flames. That was when police learned that Kelly was missing. Scott said she'd gone to find the family dog the day before and never come back home.
Searchers found Kelly's Honda Accord that same day, her purse, cell, and keys inside.
Yesterday, the Granville County (NC) Sheriff declared for the first time since Kelly's disappearance that her husband was a person of interest in the case.
There was definitely strife in the marriage. Yesterday, someone signing off only as "beachbunny" left an interesting comment on the first True Crime Report blog entry about Kelly's disappearance.
The commenter said she lived just a few houses down from the couple and their kids attended preschool together. She wrote that "local talk" had it that "Scott got off with murder" 8 years ago. "beachbunny" also stated that Scott may have made comments to the effect that "he could drop [Kelly] in a well and no one would ever find her body."
"Beachbunny" continued: "I just don't understand why Scott wouldn't help with the search. It's not making any sense. If she went looking for the dog the night before the fire and didn't come home that night, why didn't he start to worry?"
"Kelly is a great mom," the commenter wrote, "[...] and to think the worse right now... it breaks my heart."
A second comment came from someone who signed off as "oxfordmom." She wrote that "beachbunny's" comment was "the second time" she'd heard of Scott Morris "getting away with murder on a previous occasion."
For now, WTVD out of Raleigh-Durham NC says that Granville County authorities have ceased the official search for Kelly.
Her friends and family are still looking for the mother of two.
An exclusive TCR interview with an acquaintance and neighbor of the Morrises will be published in a blog entry here later today or tomorrow.
In official police talk what does it mean when they cease the official search for Kelly?
Posted 09/14/2008 at 03:30:32 PMMeans they're pretty sure she's dead, and that they are not looking for a living person. So there is no longer any urgency in the search.
Posted 09/14/2008 at 03:33:05 PMThanks Steve!
Posted 09/14/2008 at 03:40:05 PMMust be heartbreaking for her family. I keep thinking of those kids mom less and potentially dad less as well.
She's dead and the husband was probably successful in destroying evidence in the fire.
Is the name "Scott" going to become associated with killers like the name "Wayne" has become? Just musing on that.
Posted 09/14/2008 at 10:17:32 PMdefinitely need to do some digging. morris has a history.
http://butnerblogspot.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/joining-the-search-for-kelly-morris/#comment-1236
Posted 09/21/2008 at 04:23:15 AMSounds like some of you folks have information about Scott's past. Tell us more. Let's bring justice to Kelly. If you have information please contact Crimestoppers at 919-693-3100 or the Granville County Sheriff's Department at 919-639-3213. Let's bring her home to her family!!
Posted 09/24/2008 at 09:37:51 PMKelly's anniversary prayer vigil was terribly sad. Here a post on a new blog everyone might find interesting, I did.
Posted 09/04/2009 at 03:52:04 PMhttp://ahueofblue.wordpress.com/2009/09/03/kelly-currin-morris-bring-her-home/
An excerpt:
The Currin’s counterclaim argument also discloses a history of domestic violence directed toward, Kelly and her daughters; relavant inconsistencies in Scott and his father’s story to investigators and Scott’s refusal to allow Haley to receive professional counseling with Taylor, to help her in dealing with the loss of her mother.