Murder in the Heartland is examining the killing of a young mother, Casey Morgan, by her colleague, Michael Roye, in Steeleville, Illinois in 2007.
On the morning of October 5, 2007, the police responded to a 911 call and discovered the body of Casey Morgan in her home. She had been stabbed, and her throat had been slit.
Later that night, the police apprehended Morgan’s coworker, Michael Roye, and charged him with three counts of first-degree murder and obstruction of justice.
Morgan had been living with her young son’s father at the time of her murder; however, there are reports that she may have been having an affair with Roye. The pair both worked together at a metal factory in Sparta, Illinois.
Michael Roye claimed he tried to save Casey Morgan
Roye told the police that he had gone to Casey’s home that morning, where he discovered she’d been stabbed. He said he found her in the bedroom and that he had felt for a pulse and had tried to close the wound.
He then claims to have rushed to his truck to retrieve his cellphone to dial 911. However, the police would later learn from phone records that he had made two other phone calls before deciding to contact the emergency services.
When the police spoke to Roye at Morgan’s home, they noticed his clothes had blood on them. When the investigators consulted a blood splatter expert, they concluded that it was: “indicative of an impact splatter, which one can only get while in close proximity to the victim during the stabbing.”
Watch the Latest on our YouTube ChannelRoye insisted he was innocent of the murder and pleaded not guilty. However, a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder, and he was sentenced to the maximum, 60 years in prison.
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Murder in the Heartland airs at 10/9c on Investigation Discovery.
Michael roye is innocent. Ben parks delivered false information regarding this case. There was absolutely no blood found in royes truck. Of course there was blood on him… he tried to save her! And the neighbor, marhanka, according to his police statement he was not in the area at the time of the murder, but the people currently investigating in ways the police failed to do so already knew this before this ever aired. They also already knew that marhanka is just as guilty as Ron burmester in the stabbing death of casey morgan.
Like hell he is
He’s guilty as heck and needs to be in prison for the rest of his life. I would’ve loved to see him put to death an eye for an eye
Was there anyone in Steeleville, Il with whom Casey was not intimate? In a town that size it appears she slept with most of the male residents! Sorry she died, but sometimes it is not victim shaming to ask what the hell she was doing “dating” that many men!
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