Update: On January 30, Toby Lowry pled guilty and was sentenced to life in prison w/out the possibility of parole. Lowry changed his plea from not guilty to guilty the previous week, ensuring he would not face the death penalty.

Putnam County, FL - Poor little Morgan Leppert. The blond, blue-eyed 15-year-old cutie has her name and image attached to an Amber Alert. Once upon a time she was just another Florida kid with her own MySpace, where she called herself “blue eyed devil” and posted an oh-so-original profile pic — Morgan with her lips pooched out, peering out from under big black shades, looking as cool as any 15-year-old girl on MySpace ever does, doing pretty much the exact same pose.
Morgan had a boyfriend, an older guy. He’s actually the reason she’s on the Amber Alert, because the pair disappeared together on April 22. With the great wisdom God naturally gives to all 15-year-old girls, Morgan took off on a journey of discovery with the baddest motherfucker in Palatka, Florida, aka Toby Lowry, age 23.
It might be going a little far to assume that Morgan is with Toby of her own free will. But it’s kind of hard to ignore their MySpace profiles. His profile URL ended with “Morgan’s Man,” and in early April of this year, Morgan left this poetic expression of love as a comment under Toby’s profile photo: ” YA U HERE THAT BITCHES BACK THE FUCK OFF HE IS MINE I LOVE U BABY.”
A redneck Romeo and Juliet vibe between these two was enhanced by Morgan Leppert’s profile quote: “i wish i was wrapped up in his arms again.”
The thing is, no “Romeo and Juliet law” will save this couple — Toby’s old enough that a friend of his should have glared at him long ago and said, “Dude, she’s fifteen.”
Generally speaking, this could be relatively tame stuff. Amber Alerts have been issued for much more dangerous situations than a too-old boyfriend and underage girlfriend. After all, she might even try to help him evade the police, believing in the romance of it all.
Unfortunately, Florida authorities have now tied Morgan Leppert and Morgan’s man Toby to the murder of 66-year-old James Thomas Stewart, of Melrose, Florida. Basically, what could have ended up as a few years in prison and then a lifetime position on the sex offender registry for the baddest statutory rapist in Palatka could now put his sorry ass in the chair or under the needle.
Putnam County authorities found James Stewart’s body Thursday morning. Investigators wouldn’t say how Stewart died, but they confirmed that he met with foul play.
WFTV in Florida reported that Stewart hadn’t been heard from for days when cops went to check on him. Investigators apparently found Morgan Leppert’s cell at the scene. They still don’t know why James Stewart’s phone number was on Leppert’s phone.
Stewart’s silver 2003 Toyota Tacoma was missing. A trace of the plate number, 193KLR, showed that it had been checked as recently as May 1st in Katy, Texas, outside of Houston. Police think Lowry and Leppert are still in Texas.
Morgan Leppert is 5’1″ and weighs about 114. Toby Lowry, the baddest motherfucking child molesting senior killing buzzcut cracker to ever hightail it out of Palatka, is 6’2″, weighs 190, and has blond hair and green eyes. He’s now wanted for stealing Stewart’s truck and interference with the custody of a child. Lowry is a “person of interest” in Mr. Stewart’s homicide.
Morgan Leppert might have thought it was time to take off for parts unknown with the love of her life, but it looks like she hooked up with a child-lovin’ homicidal mouth-breather, instead. They may be a lot less Romeo and Juliet and a little more Charles Starkweather and Caril Fugate.
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