My Last Personal Post on This Blog: On Chuck and Bev Morrison 808-944-3149

In January, I began getting calls from blocked numbers. When I answered, they'd hang up on me.


I put a service called TrapCall (TrapCall.com) on my phone. It unmasks the caller's number. The calls were coming from 808-944-3149. I'm not sure if TrapCall let them know they weren't getting through on a blocked number or if they simply decided to leave a message, but that is indeed what they did. The message was for my son; the caller sounded like a guy I'd guess to be in his early twenties. He seemed like he was trying to dumb it down, or get on the level of a child. He asked my son to call him back to talk...telling him "that'd be cool!" 


The skin on the back of my neck began to tingle. I knew this wasn't right. 


I called back, and said I was N's mom, and asked what he wanted with my son. He didn't hear me correctly! He said "Oh, N? Is that you?!" Soon, that younger man put an older woman on the phone and soon after that was an older man picked up a different receiver, both of them talking to whom they believed to be my teenage son! 

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In 2003, in one of the lowest points after my daughter died, I reached out for help for my son and I to a national television show. We were guests on the show. We were exploited and we were given help. The former was horrible, the latter was a blessing....the end result something I am grateful for. It changed the trajectory of our relationship. 


I got help with my perspective. My son got help dealing with his anger. It changed us and our relationship. 


The tapes of some very provocative, less that stellar moments of our relationship that were broadcast on the show are plastered around the internet. 

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The caller said they'd seen the tapes and commended my son (I'll use the verbiage of "my son" as it speaks to their understanding, while asking you to remember they were actually speaking to me) on his maturity and stroking him for what he had to deal with. They tried commiserating with him on how horrible his life with his mother must be - how he was so level headed, mature and wise and that mother of his was a whole different matter! 


They had already done step one in the grooming process as explained in that link. They thought they'd identified a vulnerable target via those tapes they saw. I don't think they realized the tapes were years old...more than a quarter of my son's life had passed since those scenes were filmed. That's a long time to someone his age. If he'd still been that ten year old boy or if it'd been any ten year old boy in a vulnerable situation, I shudder to think of the control these people could have taken. 


With the commiserating they were doing on the phone that day, they were into stage three of the grooming process, filling a need. One of the things it says in that article is "if the victim is lonely, the pedophile will act as friend". In what I think is a subtle variation of that, they told "my son" on the phone that day that they were a "couple of lonely misfits". I do think they were trying to groom him by their talk of how terrible his home life must be, and how wonderful he appears to be. 


They asked (and I quote) "Your mom's not there, is she? We didn't want to talk to her. We wanted to talk to you." Later, they said "I'm afraid your mom probably wouldn't want you talking to us. We're afraid she'd cut this off." 


They said they were so moved by my son that they'd hired a detective to find him - adding that they hoped that didn't scare him! I think by telling him that,  they were trying to garner his sense of feeling that he must be very important to them to do that. They said the detective had provided them with excerpts from Mom's blog where she writes about things being good between the two of them, but "that isn't the case, is it?", they asked.


I doubt the detective part of what they said (reasons in a minute). I don't doubt they'd seen this blog. After the call, I went and looked at my stats and saw a hit 8 days before from Hawaii. Here it is (click to enlarge) from IP 98.150.250.29 :

I doubt the detective part of what they said because while it serves the purpose of making a young child feel very special, it doesn't logically make sense that they would then ask for my son's address, saying they "want to meet you in person".  They diffused the question about the physical address a bit by saying they wanted to send him something. Luckily, they provided an easy out for 'my son' in the conversation by asking if Mom inspected his mail. It struck me how little I had to say so as to not to give my obviously female voice away. Just an occasional uh-huh, or yes or no seemed to satisfy them as they were more intent on doing much more of the talking. That helped me in my goals to investigate this. 


I needed time to decide how to handle this and wanted communication to be an option if I needed to communicate with them in however I decided to handle it. When they then asked if I had an email address, I told them I didn't but that I'd set one up and asked for theirs. They told me they were big music lovers (just what a young boy might be drawn to, right?) and their email address is bach_is_it@hotmail.com. They stroked me on my being so computer savvy as to be able to set up a new email address. 


I hung up believing with all my heart they had just begun what they felt was their grooming of young, vulnerable, unhappy boy. I'm glad none of that was true. 

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So that 's the story so far. Part two follows below where I explain what I did and learned next.  

On Chuck and Bev Morrison 808-944-3149 Part Two

I called the police department and got law enforcement involved. Maybe one day I can expound upon that, but not right now.


I talked to my son who told me he'd received no odd communication.


I reached out to a producer I'm acquainted with and offered the information I learned. Maybe they'll do their own kind of Dateline "To Catch a Predator" expose'. 

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The first call I received from them was on January 26, 2012. They called again for N on February 6, 2012, leaving another message. 


I googled the number of the caller: 808-944-3149


It belongs to Bev and Chuck Morrison. They are also known as Beverly Morrison, Bev Shapiro, Beverly Shapiro and Charles Morrison.

*Click images to enlarge*

Here is a photo of the Morrisons. If I ever saw these people, I'd be very concerned. I'm putting this out there so it might spare another person.

I got that photo and some other info here: http://www.musicianshawaii.com/moiliili-symphony/
I hope the Moiliili Symphony is not booked for gigs that children attend. 


The link to Bev Morrison (note the same email address she gave out in initial phone call to my son) being known as Bev Shapiro also:

Here's a photo of the home that Google maps tells me is at the Spokeo address:

I googled their email address: bach_is_it@hotmail.com


I found recent ads on Craigslist that indicate they may be house hunting: 

I called them on February 15, 2012 to tell them not to call my son again and to let them know what I know. When Bev answered the phone, again I said it's was N's mom and she excitedly said "Oh, N?" This time I corrected her. Once I shared what I knew and said "do not call my son again, do you understand?" the older male's voice was again on another receiver and responded.   Here's the record of the call:

Right after the call they're on my blog:

They keep checking it well into the night. If they're concerned, they have reason to be. 

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My reasons for writing this are as follows:


✔ Listen the fear inside you. Gavin deBecker calls it the gift of fear. I really feel if I'd not listened to myself, this could have ended  differently. Even if it's not fear - if it's just the voice inside you, listen to it. It was the voice inside me (based on physical observations) that told me my daughter's cancer was back. I had discussions with her doctors who told me she was fine before that voice that knew better had me taking her to Duke...only for my fears to be confirmed. 


✔ If the Morrison's call another family and the family googles them as I did, I want my experience to be readily available. That is the reason I've included all the info I have here. 


✔ If something feels off, it probably is. Adults do not befriend children. 


✔ There are resources out there to help you investigate things. As you saw, I used Spokeo, Statcounter, TrapCall and a detailed list from my cell phone carrier in addition to our law enforcement agency. It all began with a simple google search of the caller's phone number. Parents, check your child's phone records often.


I also want to point out that what anyone does can be put on youtube and remain there for a very long time. 


In closing, while I want this to serve as a reminder to parents that evil lurks rampantly, I also want this to serve as a reminder to evil-doers that the information super highway flows rampantly and big brother is watching. 


We must stick together to abolish crime and the exploitation of our children. See this post for information on how children are groomed by predators.  Please share your thoughts, questions or concerns as we continue this discussion. 


This two part post series will remain at the top of my blog. I will now move my private blogging entries to a private blog. If you would like an invite, please let me know.  


* I included the visuals in these posts as verification of what I've said. All can be clicked to enlarge. 

My Second-to-Last Real Blog Post Here Before I Shut it Down.

I'm working on something that is just too long to put into one piece. 


As a prelude, I'm posting this information on predator abductions, specifically the grooming that an abductor engages in before swooping in for the abduction. 


To hear someone speaking to who they think is a child and grooming them for ill-intent made the hair on my neck stand up. 


It's real and it can happen to anyone. Below is the expert part of this piece, with my personal experience to follow later this week in what will become the last real blog on this blog before I close it down. 


*I will move to a private blog after the final blog post is made here (where I'll then be more free to tell the other story I've been waiting on sharing for other reasons). Please let me know via email or a comment on this blog if you want an invite. This blog will remain open only for contest posts.

From Victims of Violence:

GROOMING

A pedophile is often someone that the child knows, and because of this is able to create a relationship through what is referred to as ‘grooming’. The purpose of grooming is to cement a relationship that will ensure compliance and this process is used by the majority of pedophiles. There are five stages to the grooming process:

Stage 1: Identifying a possible victim
Although pedophiles differ in their “type” regarding age, appearance, and gender, all pedophiles will look for a victim who seems in some way vulnerable.

Stage 2: Collecting Information
The next step is for the pedophile to collect as much information on the targeted victim as possible. This is most commonly done through casual conversations with both the child and the parents or care-taker.

Stage 3: Filling a Need
Once the individual has the information he needs he then becomes a part of the child’s life by “filling a need”. If the victim is poor, for example, the pedophile will provide him/her with expensive toys. If the victim is lonely, the pedophile will act as a friend.

Stage 4: Lowering Inhibitions
The pedophile will then start to lower the child’s inhibitions concerning sexual matters. He may come up with games or activities that involve getting undressed, make sexual comments, or show the child pornographic images or pictures.

Stage 5: Initiating the Abuse
At this final stage the pedophile begins to sexually abuse the child.

From Mark Klass (President & Founder, KlassKids Foundation)

What are common patterns of a predator abduction?

The patterns are really simple that an individual who wants to sexually exploit a child will oftentimes number one - put themselves in positions that give them access to that child so there'll be school teachers or there'll be daycare providers or there'll be little league coaches or there'll be paediatricians or there'll be youth ministers, I mean it really becomes rather insidious. Secondly, they then will groom the children and look for certain types of children, children that are indecisive or children that don't seem to have a lot of self esteem or self confidence (emphasis mine) and then they'll spend a long time trying to gain that child's confidence all with the ultimate plan of getting that child alone some place so that they can ultimately sexually exploit that child. Now very interestingly, NBC's Dateline To Catch a Predator program has given us a great insight into who these individuals are, and the fact that they seem to be working on impulses they have absolutely no ability to control whatsoever. So what we notice is that there is no stereotypical kind of a pattern that these can be any kind of a guy and they tend to be guys going after just post pubescent or pre-pubescent children for purposes of sexual exploitation that's why it's so important to Number one - make sure the kids have good information, Number two - try to prevent the kids from being alone so that they can't be exploited to begin with.



Be back later in the week with the final post. 

Knock Knock...

...Who's there?


My blog has had four times the usual amount of hits today (and seven times the typical page loads) and we're only 2/3 of the way into the day.


I appreciate all of you coming and reading my story (both parts as I see the vast majority have)...but I have to ask.


Where's all the new traffic coming from? How'd you find your way here?


Anybody care to share? 

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