Nearly a month after her disappearance, the family of a missing Little Rock 18-year-old is offering a $3,000 reward for information regarding her whereabouts.
Ebby Jane Steppach was last contacted by phone about 2 p.m. Oct. 24 before she was reported missing Oct. 26, according to Little Rock police.
Steppach's vehicle, a silver 2003 Volkswagen Passat with a license plate of 137UFM, was found less than a week later, authorities said. Police declined to provide further information regarding where the vehicle was found.
Little Rock Police Department officer Richard Hilgeman said, at this time, authorities have not received an indication of foul play in Steppach's disappearance.
She is described as standing 5 feet 2 inches tall, having blond hair and weighing 110 pounds.
A Facebook group has also been set up with information from family members as well as posts from those close to Steppach.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Little Rock Police Department at (501) 404-3041 or (501) 371-4636. Information can also be sent via email to findebbyjane@gmail.com.
"I saw a lot of posts like 'girl gone missing, spread the word, find out what happened, if you've seen her report it'," adds Mikayla.
Little Rock Police reported Friday that Ebby's 2003 Volkswagen Passat was found parked in the area of Cantrell and Chenal Parkway.
Police said they cannot give an exact location right now, but we know it's near a Walmart and a few gas stations.
"It's greatly concerning to me because I have five daughters of my own," says Mikayla's mother Clarissa.
Clarissa heard the news from her kids, and can only imagine what Ebby's parents are going through.
"It makes me want to hold my girls a little closer, yet you want to give them freedom but there's more and more people out there you can't trust," adds Clarissa.
Little Rock Police say there is no sign right now of suspicious activity and no alerts have yet been issued. Mikayla said she hopes Ebby is found soon.
"I don't know what happened so it would be scary," says Mikayla.
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This case was sent to me by a fan of this blog. I ran the charts, starting with the time she was last seen, and was dismayed by what I found. I'll share it with you now, starting with the chart below. This is the first chart I ran, for the time she was last seen (2:00 pm on the 24th) shows her in a public place (first house Capricorn with ruler Saturn in the tenth). Saturn disposed of by Jupiter in the eighth house, says she had a credit card she was wanting to use; so we assume she was shopping. The seventh house ruler, the Moon, which is also the chart co ruler is in the second house. This makes it safe to assume that she is alone and safe at this time. The second house reasserts the idea that she was shopping, was concerned about money but had something she needed to possess. All of this is defined by the second house. So, at the time she was last heard from, Ebby was safely shopping. But the chart also has some omens that seem scary to me. The large grouping of planets in the eighth house and the placement of the Sun in the ninth. I am concerned about this because the houses are getting ready to move with the passage of time and put these planets in positions that concern me. Again, I will show you.
The next two charts are posted together because they show what happens. Sometime between 4 and 5 that afternoon Jane went into a private area of the shopping center (or mall) and this was probably the bathroom (Moon and Neptune in Pisces). Uranus in the first in Aries shows a sudden surprise and with Pluto in the tenth with Mercury opposing Uranus from the seventh, she was confronted by someone in that bathroom. Pluto in the tenth is a kamikaze attack and it is disposed of by Saturn in the eighth, so their purpose was nefarious. It looks like murder but it also looks like sex. The node at the seventh house cusp shows planning on the part of her attacker, whether is was her they wanted or just any girl. Venus and Mercury are in mutual reception so this abduction as bound to happen and it was easy for them to accomplish. I am not sure how they got her out of the mall or shopping center except that it looks like she is unconcious. The mutual reception with the node tells me they have done this before and have not been caught. The following charts for the next few hours tell us what happened.
In this chart you see the seventh house ruler, Mercury, in the seventh opposing rising Uranus in the first. This shows a sudden confrontation. Ebby's chart ruler, Neptune, is now in the twelfth so she is in a hidden or unseen place such as the bathroom (Pisces rules bathrooms among other things). The Moon in the first shows us she entered this private area willingly, under her own power and this is why I think it's the bathroom. The scary part for me is the grouping of planets in the seventh house, which indicates more than one person. The tenth house ruler, fourth house ruler and seventh house ruler are all grouped together. With the node in the seventh, this looks like a conspiracy of sorts, with a number of people involved. So this is not just one pervert grabbing a stray girl. This is an operation. The inclusion of the tenth house ruler, which would show us her location, which we know to be a shopping area of some sort, also indicates that someone working at this location is involved. And this sort of conspiracy looks a lot like sex trafficking to me. But before I go there, I need to check the rest of the charts to see if she is dead or alive.
The chart for 5 pm shows the Moon also in the twelfth, which now means she is hidden. She entered the bathroom (Pisces) which is a private place out of view (Neptune in the twelfth) and now the Moon is in the twelfth, showing that she is hidden and out of view. The new tenth house ruler is Capricorn with Saturn in the eighth, with Saturn sinister to a square with Neptune. It is not in their best interest to kill her. Neptune also opposes the second house ruler, Venus, the first house ruler, Mars, and trines Pluto in the tenth. They are able to sneak her out of the shopping area in something hidden and with Pluto where it is, they have made her unconcious through a violent act, which describes, for me, a blow to the head. Pluto square Uranus in the first show how they took her by surprise, attacked her and then gained control over her. It is not in their best interest to beat her up real badly and the surprise itself made it easier to gain control over her without beating her senseless. The next chart is clear and shows us exactly what they want with her.
Pluto is the co ruler of the seventh house and it is in the ninth house, showing their vehicle. She was taken off in a vehicle. Not her car, it seems, but theirs. I believe they return later and get her car and then leave it somewhere else to create a red herring. And then they take her to their new location or home as you can see the tenth house ruler, Saturn, in the seventh house. This is their place. The strongest omens are in the fifth house, where you see her marker (first house ruler Venus) with the abductors marker (seventh house ruler Mars) together there with Jupiter between them. Jupiter rules the eighth house. So together, this describes a sexual assault. All of these planets are disposed of by Mercury in the sixth and from this, I would guess they were used to children. I think they snatched her because they thought she was younger than she was. But she was young enough, it seems. They assault her but they do not kill her. Again, this smacks of sex trafficking.
No matter how far ahead I run charts, I do not see a death pattern. For this reason, I believe she is still alive.
This chart does not offer much change in Jane's situation but it does describe some important factors. For instance, Neptune in the ninth shows something hidden in the abductors' car. Neptune rules the tenth (the home) so this is a common practice. They move something in and out of the home via their car, so this could be drugs, especially with Neptune. Moon in the tenth shows Ebby in their residence. Also, Pluto is now in the seventh, so someone in the mix is violent and dangerous, even more so than the other abductor. Remember, there are more than one. This one, ruled by Saturn in the sixth, does this sort of thing as a service (or a job, so to speak) and is very dangerous (Pluto). Here is a clue: Mercury on the fourth shows the neighborhood to be full of mobile homes or trailers. Mercury in Libra in the fourth indicates that a lot of transients live or stay here. There is movement in the neighborhood and residents change all the time. Moving in, moving out. Uranus in the tenth shows that these people change their residence often as well, but it is more sudden and unexpected than usual folk because of their illegal activities. Sometimes they just have to up and run, no plans. Also there have been many surprises and upsets within this group and in the residence, such as raids by the police especially since Uranus rules the ninth (authority). This makes me think the cops are aware of these scumbags.
This chart is the first descriptor that indicates sex for money. The seventh house ruler is in the fifth house of sex and is disposed of by Jupiter in the second, the house of money. Venus is conjoined Jupiter in the second and Venus rules the fourth. So they make a direct living from activity performed in the current neighborhood. Venus, Jupiter and Mars (the tenth house ruler) are disposed of by Mercury right at the nadir. This may mean they usually use children. Or, at the least, very young people. High school kids come to mind when you think of drugs.
The second house ruler, the Sun, in the fourth is a direct connection to this neighborhood and their livlihood.
This chart shows a change in Ebby's situation with the Moon leaving Pisces for Aries. Moon in Aries is in the eighth house disposed of by Mars in the second, another connection to sex and money. The fourth house ruler, Pluto, in the fifth is an indicator again of sexual assault. Pluto is disposed of by Saturn in the fourth house, showing another connection to their sex business with their current neighborhood. It's as if they live in a hood full of criminals or among people who do not care. This is a serious criminal operation and this is highlighted by the T square involving Uranus opposite Mercury with both planets square Pluto. This is violence (Pluto) among criminals (Uranus in Aries) involving young people or children (Mercury). Just about as evil as it gets.
Still again, no death pattern which means she is still alive after 12 hours so the probability is they are keeping her alive.
The first house ruler is now in the third house. They are retrieving her car, with her going along. Venus and Jupiter rising are also disposed of by Mercury in the third. Venus rules the tenth house. This means they are bringing to car back near to their residence, in the same neighborhood and for some reason they think it's better to have her do it. Maybe they are afraid of being seen in the car? It seems absurd but this is what they had her do, perhaps with one of them riding with her. But the real tidbit that should be noted here is that this means the car was brought back near to where they had her. That means if they go back to the area where the car was found they may be able to search the nearby residences for her. It's an idea.
The lingering presence of Pluto in the fifth in chart after chart indicates ongoing sexual assault. Mars now in the first and disposed of by Mercury in the second adds the financial element. Mercury is the merchant, the seller and the advertising, so to speak and this is also her marker at this point. So she is "selling" something and with Moon in the eighth and Pluto in the fifth, it looks a lot like sex. Are they taking pictures or videos? There are no markers pointing this way but there does appear to be activity towards getting "customers" and the third house may also be pointing towards computer activity or other means of "getting the word out". This could mean a website with downloads or an ad on Craigslist. The third house cusp is changing rulers so the car errand is done and they are working on something else. With her marker in the second, they are pushing her to make them money.
Her marker disposed of by Venus in Virgo in the first house shows advertising (first house) or broadcasting of some form (Libra) of women (Venus) through communication mediums such as the internet.
This looks like bedtime to me. It looks like her abductor taking her to bed so they can sleep. This is emphasized by the changing first house cusp, indicating a change in her situation. Also, Mars and Venus in the twelfth. At her suggestion, I guess, with her ruler in the first and Moon in the seventh, but not without someone watching her while she sleeps, perhaps to make sure she doesn't escape. She is their new money maker, I presume. She is being kept alive and I want to note that no matter how far I run the charts forward from here, no death pattern emerges. Here you can see the T square with Mercury opposing Uranus and these square to Pluto in the fifth. There is a chance they will make a mistake, something unexpected, that could reveal her. The violence in their sexual offerings may grab attention (Pluto in the fifth) but also a mistake in their advertising could give something away (Mercury opposing Uranus). The inconjunction from the Moon to the Sun here could promise a reveal, especially if they allow her outdoors in the daylight. There are other markers indicating that she could be discovered.
So there is hope for finding her if someone were to try. First of all, they took her from an area shopping plaza or mall she frequents. She was taken from the bathroom there and perhaps someone saw something but don't know what they saw. She was taken to a neighborhood not far from where they dumped the car and could be found there. She is being kept alive in a home where sex is sold, she is a sex slave. They are advertising her on the internet, along with other girls and if someone were to spend time looking, they might find her. No doubt they've changed things about her, such as hair style or color, etc... but she should still be recognizeable to those who know her well. I wish everyone luck in this matter and my deepest sympathies go out to her friends and family.
At the age 18, Dana Lenell Stidham was already an academic leader who graduated from Gravette High School, Arkansas class of 1989. She was born on March 8th, 1971 and lived in the nearby town of Hiwasse, Benton County, Arkansas. Dana had been employed by the former Phillips Grocery Store, now Harp's Grocery Store in Bella Vista, Arkansas. On July 25, 1989, Dana left to run an errand at a nearby grocery store in Bella Vista, and she never returned home.
At around 9:30 AM the next morning, Dana's brother, Larry, called the Bella Vista Police sub-station to report that his sister hadn't come home. He sensed something was wrong. Early that morning her car, a gray Dodge Omni, was found in the Northbound lane on Highway 71 N. The rear tire was low, the keys were still in the ignition, but there was no sign of Dana. Was she forced off the road, or did a "good Samaritan" stop to help her with the tire, and other questions remain a mystery. The lone piece of the investigative timeline was a receipt found in her car that was time stamped 3:17PM.
On September 17, 1989, a squirrel hunter found the remains of a young women buried in a shallow grave, scraped out of a dry creek bed. The location was in a wooded section of the County, that only a few people would know. That body turned out to be Dana Lanell Stidham. The Arkansas State Medical Examiner's Office in Little Rock, Arkansas said Dana died after being stabbed in the neck - the manner of death was Homicide, but the cause of death could not be determined. The body was badly decomposed and efforts were made to determine if she had been sexually assaulted. Her clothes were found strewn nearby. Dana's purse was found in nearby in the area of Chaucer and Hanover Roads in Bella Vista. Personal items, including her check book, driver's license and other items were found a few miles North of where her car was found along Highway 71 N.
To add insult to injury, her gravestone was stolen in December 1989 by a former classmate of Dana's, Michael Earl McMillan. He was convicted of the offense and paid a fine. However, he has retained a lawyer in the matter, so police will unlikely be able to get a crack at him and what he knows and why he stole the gravestone.
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This case was sent to me by a reader. I actually did a reading for her and then asked her if I could share my findings on the blog. I enjoyed doing this case because the charts were very readable and they made sense. You'll see how smoothly they fit the facts as I show you what I found.
I ran charts for the time on the receipt found in her car because this was from the store she visited and was probably the last time she was seen alive. That was for 3:17 pm on the day she disappeared. This time (3:17 pm at that location) shows her leaving a public establishment (first house ruler leaving the tenth and moving into the ninth) and heading out to a parking lot. In this same chart, the seventh house ruler, the person she is "next to meet" is in the same establishment (the seventh house ruler in the tenth house). It also looks like this event had something to do with her job (Moon in the sixth) which means she was either in a place similar to the one she worked in, or she was going there because she knew someone who worked there OR she was sent there directly by someone at her job. I am thinking it is most likely because she knew someone who worked there or was sent there directly (perhaps asked to come for some reason related to work). I say this because the Moon is disposed of by the seventh house ruler, showing her purpose to have something to do with a person, most likely the one she is "about to meet". Following the charts for the next several minutes I see this same person FOLLOWING her out of the store and into the parking lot (seventh house ruler moves along with the first house ruler into the ninth house in the chart for 3:30 pm). I am pretty sure, from what I am seeing in these first two charts, that this girl was targeted.
The placement of both the first house ruler (Mars) and the seventh house ruler (Venus) in the ninth house shows both people in cars. They are in separate cars because these planets are in different signs but they are heading in the same direction. I believe this direction to be southeast from this grocery store (the ninth house ruler, the Moon, in Taurus AND the ninth house being the twelfth from the tenth) but it also looks like they may be heading back to her place of employment for some reason (ninth house ruler the Moon in the sixth house). I am pretty sure the charts are saying that these two people (Dana and her abductor) worked at the same place or, at the very least, in the same industry and knew each other. I do not like the placement of the secondary first house ruler, Pluto, in the twelfth house. Pluto is along combust way and is in dignity in Scorpio, giving it power and a lot of negative energy in this chart. Pluto also directly opposes the chart co ruler, the Moon, and this always looks like violence to me (in the form of a personal attack). The north node in the third house disposed of by Uranus in the second looks like a "ruse" was used involving the car and money. I do not know if the car was out of gas, for instance, or if the tire repair would require money Dana did not have so I cannot say for sure that this is what the chart is referring to but it might be something like this. It could, on the other hand, have to do with money such as a paycheck or a promise of a pay raise, if she were to go along somewhere or do something. This would be especially possible if the person she was with did, indeed, work with her in a superior position. With the seventh house ruler (Venus) disposed of by Mercury (the traditional ruler of children and the ruler of the tenth house) the chart seems to indicate this person was interested in Dana because she was young or much younger than he was. She wasn't a little kid but she was certainly a young lady. Men who are attracted to big ego themes like power and authority are often also attracted to innocent and naive young women and girls. Notice in this chart that, at the same time, Mercury is under the Sun's beams, seeming to indicate that any young girl in this situation would be in danger. The tenth house also implies that this was a person in a position of authority, perhaps even her boss, which dovetails with the overall energy in the chart. From all factors considered, we can certainly assume that this person was an adult male.
Although we see them going in the same direction, the planets do seem to indicate that they had different purposes. His marker, Venus, is disposed of by Mercury, which seems to indicate that his purpose was HER, this being the case especially if you consider that he was interested in her because of her age. Now, her marker, Mars, is disposed of by the Sun, which has no power or placement in the chart, meaning she was just going along with no clear purpose of her own. But the Sun represents male energy and authority in traditional astrology and she may have been unable to say no to this person because he was an older male she either feared or respected. Considering all of this and perhaps thinking this were her boss, for instance, and he had simply asked her to go somewhere or do something, I would assume she would simply do it. This chart, in that regard, is saying that she had no agenda of her own, which would seem to imply that she was, indeed, just "going along" and doing the bidding of an older man.
The chart for 4:10 pm shows some interesting activity. For instance, Uranus, the third house ruler, is just entering the first house, which means she had a surprise en route. I am not sure what kind of surprise but it could have been the tire... or it could have something else. Uranus is huddled together with the second house ruler, Saturn, and Neptune, which rules the fourth. At the same time, the first house ruler, Jupiter, has just entered the seventh house. She is in the company of her abductor and since Jupiter is disposed of by the seventh house ruler, I would guess that she was where she wanted to make this person happy. She had "gone along" and ended up with a flat tire. He had either sent her somewhere, following along as she went or he was directly responsible for the problem with her tire and then "happened along" to help her. Jupiter is in fall in Gemini and disposed of by Mercury, which indicates that she was a definite disadvantage here both for her being a woman and for being young. Jupiter in the seventh disposed of by Mercury can show us someone who is a shyster or a bit of trickster, such as Mercury can be. He was having fun with this situation, even if she were not. She just didn't have the "worldliness" to handle or even understand the ruse that was being played on her. Mercury in Leo now rules the seventh house and disposed of the Sun in the eighth house. There was a sexual component to this meeting; this person was sexually attracted to Dana. This is especially noted by the progressions in the chart as the chart co ruler, the Moon, enters the fifth house in Taurus and becomes sinister to an opposition with Pluto in Scorpio, now in the eleventh house. It looks to me that he chased her down with the Moon in Taurus conjoined the fixed star Schedir at the same time as squaring Asellus Austrel. He let her go so he could chase her and trap her. Again, the placement of Jupiter shows enjoyment and the sign Gemini indicates a game.
The charts all seem to describe a superior from her job or possibly a superior at another job, where she was interviewing at the time. This because we again have the seventh house ruler also ruling the tenth. This is consistant throughout the time frame for her abduction. Did she go to this place because she was called for a second interview? Could it be that this person called her back just so he could attack her? Or did her boss from her own job send her over to another location to deliver something or pick something up? Any of these scenarios, and many more, I might add, could have happened here.
Moon opposes Pluto from the fifth house to the eleventh. This is a strong sign of sexual activity and with Pluto it is often forced. This is why it looks like this girl was stalked and raped. After she was sent off and chased down. The tire may have been punctured in advance and then she was followed. She didn't have the money to call a tow truck or to have the tire patched so along came this man, someone she knew and had no reason to fear. He offers to drive her somewhere to get help or to get someone to fix the tire, or whatever, and once she is in his car... And I believe she got into his car and went off with him. Notice how the first house ruler, Jupiter, is in the seventh, which shows her to be in the company of this person. And Jupiter is disposed of by Mercury, which rules cars and transportation. Mercury is conjoined the Sun, which rules the ninth house and the ninth is the third from the seventh. And then also consider that the third house, which represents her car, is Uranus in the first and it is conjoined Saturn, both in the sign Capricorn. Her car is stuck somewhere and with Neptune also nearby, I would say she had no idea why or how this happened.
The charts for the following few hours show her in the company of this same person. She is "doing his bidding" as shown by her ruler, Jupiter in Gemini, in the seventh and disposed of by his ruler, Mercury, in the eighth house. There appears to be sexual activity. The Moon in Taurus in the fifth house directly opposes Pluto in Scorpio in the eleventh and this configuration not only shows the probability of sexual activty but also sexual activity of a deviant nature. Pluto implies violence and forced rape. There is a T square that has formed between Pluto, the Moon and Mercury. Mercury in Leo rules the seventh house and is his "signifigator" which shows us that he is the only one who could control this volatile situation. His marker is on the open end of the T, telling us that he was the one who started this sexual activity and he was also the only one who could stop it. Mercury in Leo is disposed of by the Sun, which means he had the all the power and control in this situation; the Sun being male, showing male physical strength. She was unable to fight him. She was too young and too small (Jupiter in Gemini). Moon in Taurus square Mercury in Leo also tells me he fantasized about Dana for a long time before acting on it. Pluto in Scorpio in the eleventh gives us another clue: he may be recently divorced or had a romantic breakup that has left him lonely and angry. This breakup or divorce could have been the catalyst that pushed him into his fantasy with Dana. I think, from this configuration, he may have been highly upset when she refused him or tried to fight him off and he killed her in the process of trying to control her. But this is just a guess and I just cannot be sure.
This configuration remains in place for two hours, showing these people in a struggle for some time. And then, at 7 pm, the charts begin to show us a death pattern. So this is saying that she died the same day, later in the evening. In the chart for 7 pm, you can see the first house ruler in the twelfth, the Moon entering the fourth house and tenth and fourth house rulers in the eighth. These are powerful placements and they describe death. Dana's ruler in this chart is Saturn, which depicts the dead body and the bones of the body, in particular. I don't want to get all graphic in describing her death (it tends to upset me) but I think she may have been strangled because Taurus describes the throat region. But, then again, she was stabbed in the neck so perhaps this is what I am seeing.
At the time of her abduction, the seventh house ruler was Mercury in Leo. The person who abducted and killed this girl was an old fashioned man with rigid beliefs, especially about romance. He had certain ideas about children, too, and young women. He likes order, authority, control. He is not very bright, however, is not much of a schemer. He is more lucky than anything else and likes to take chances. He might have just taken this girl on a lark. He is a rather large man with a large frame, although he is no more than average in height. He is likely dark skinned or swarthy (having an olive complexion and could be any race). Probably brown eyes or maybe hazel. The hair would be light brown or possibly blond (perhaps lightened or highlighted). This man is very vain and proud, he has a good self image and may even think he's more important than he is. He is well groomed, neat and always clothing conscious. He may consider himself a "ladies' man". He would dress neatly and with a flair. This person can be somewhat of a showoff but wants everyone to think highly of him and he would not do anything to look foolish. He cannot handle criticism and gets his feelings hurt when he hears it. He likes to win, to be the best at everything, even though he is NOT a perfectionist. He just wants everyone to overlook his flaws. He is stubborn and will not change for anyone. He always thinks he's right, even when he's totally stupid. He likes being the boss. It is very likely that he was insulted by her lack of interest in him romantically and ended up angry enough to force himself on her, killing her during the struggle.
Police released this sketch of a man they suspect may have had something to do with Morgan s disappearance Morgan Nick overview
On June 9, 1995 at 10:45pm Morgan Nick was getting ready to leave a Little League baseball game. The 6-year-old girl was at the game with her mom and had stayed a little bit later to catch some fireflies with friends.
Morgan was last seen standing near her mother's car where she had stopped to empty sand from her shoes. She hasn't been seen or heard from since.
Red Ford Seen At The Park
Morgan Nick was walking back from a Little League baseball game when she was abducted Morgan Nick overview
Officials say several witnesses saw a white male watching Morgan as she was playing in the park with her friends. Those who saw him say he was about 6 feet tall, with a medium build and had a mustache and one-inch beard. At the time, witnesses say he was between 23 and 38 years old with curly, black or salt-and-pepper, slicked back hair.
Cops say, at the time of the crime, a witness saw a suspicious car parked nearby that disappeared around the same time as Morgan. The witness described the vehicle as a white camper, with rear damage on the passenger side, hooked up to a red Ford pick up truck. According to the witness, the pick up looked odd with the camper, since the camper was around five inches too short for the truck. Cops say the truck had Arkansas plates.
Hope Still Prevails
Cops created this composite sketch of how they believe Morgan Nick would look now at 16 years old
Morgan Nick overview
It has been ten years since the disappearance of Morgan Nick. However, Alma, Ark. police have not given up in their search. They released a composite sketch of the suspected unknown abducter and produced an age-enhanced photo of Morgan, who would now be 16 years old.
In 1995, at the time of her disappearance, Morgan Nick was about 4-feet tall, around 55 pounds and had blone hair and blue eyes. She had five distinctive silver caps on her molar teeth. Morgan was last seen wearing blue denim shorts, a green Girl Scout t-shirt and white tennis shoes.
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I have heard a lot about this case over the years, a lot of people have been trying to find this child. It is a sad and scary story for most parents; the idea that your child can walk away for a short period of time and be within shouting distance and still be abducted is unnerving, to say the least. It is no wonder that this story has lasted this long, sort of a cautionary tale. Morgan Nick has, of course, not been found. There is no proof that she has died or that she is alive, her body has not bee found, there have not been credible sightings. This is another one of those "dark holes" that people seem to keep falling into. So I thought I'd look at the charts and see what they had to offer. Here is my best attempt to figure that out.
The first chart I created was for the time she was last seen, 10:45 pm, at the ballpark. Because she was a child in the care of her mother, I used the fifth house to describe her and her activities. The fifth house is ruled by Mercury and Mercury, the natural ruler of children, is placed in the the fifth house, a house assigned to children. So I am pretty sure that Mercury is Morgan's marker. Notice how close Mercury is to the Sun, placing it directly under the beams, which is a traditional sign of grave danger. The seventh house ruler, which marks the person she is "about to meet" is ruled by Cancer with the Moon in the ninth house. The ninth house, the natural home of Sagittarius, rules sports and sporting activities. The Moon is conjunct the node, showing us a plan of sorts. So this person goes to the ballpark looking for children? There is no doubt, from this placement, that this person had planned to be at the ballpark with a specific purpose in mind. Notice that the Moon is disposed of by Pluto and Mars, with Mars placed in the eighth house. This, along with the sixth house, shows depravity and desperation. This person had some strong desire of a sexual nature that could not be ignored. Continuing our dispositions we see that Mars is disposed of by Mercury, the natural ruler of children. It seems as if he was there looking for a child.
I think it's interesting that there's so much activity involving the tenth house. The Moon, the seventh house ruler, is within a few degrees of the midheaven with Pluto, a co dispositor of the Moon, inside the tenth. Mars, the other dispositor of the Moon, rules the tenth. This emphasis describes some specific traits. This is a person who has children of their own, who is a father or a mother. I am willing to say that this is most likely a man, due to the placement of Mars, but I cannot say this for absolute sure. The Moon on the seventh house cusp leaves the possibility that this was a female. And she would have been a mother, as well. This person no doubt had children. This person was also a supporter of the teams, either as a coach, a cheerleader, an equipment sponsor or supplier, etc... There was some public involvement in the games. This person was not a stranger to the people at the park that night. He had a public persona, either good or bad; they would know him if he were pointed out.
The next chart I created was for 11:15 pm, a half hour after Morgan was last seen. Here you see Mercury leaving the fifth and entering the fourth house. This shows us Morgan being taken from the ball park and away from the other children and into a home in a nearby neighborhood. The fourth house, the home, is ruled by Taurus and Venus is in the fourth house. This was the home of a woman or a home with females living in it. Venus in Taurus is extremely strong so the woman ran the home, was in charge, was a strong influence over the home life. Notice how the Sun is following after Mercury, with Leo now ruling the seventh house. He has presented the child to the woman and is bringing them altogether in the home. The Sun and Mercury are both in Gemini while Venus is in Taurus, which tells us that he is attached to Morgan and that the child is for HIM and not for her. She was not directly involved in this scheme. Now, I am safe saying this is a male. It is a man who took Morgan.
And then I move to midnight and draw the next chart. Here, you see Venus leaving the fourth house and moving into the third, telling us that the woman has left the house. The Sun, the seventh house ruler, is alone with Mercury in the fourth. This shows us the man alone with Morgan; the woman has left them alone. I wonder about this woman. Was this her husband and this was some "side affair" that she tolerated? She was obviously not involved with what happened to the child because she left the home but had he done this before? How many times had she allowed this? And why? It's interesting to note that as Venus leaves the fourth for the third, it enters Gemini at that same hour. This makes her complicit on the one hand but also shows that she left in car, on the other. I love how Astrology "kills two birds with one stone" all the time. She has left in a car, no doubt, but she is also complicit in whatever happens to Morgan, whether she stayed for the end of the story or not. Another thing I would like to propose. Since Venus rules the third house here it is telling us that this car is hers. So was there a car involved in the abduction? I return to the chart for 10:45, the time when she met her fate, to see if I see a car. The only link I can find here is that the Moon, his marker, is disposed of by Mars and Mars rules the third house. Although this is sort of "roundabout" and rather vague, I might suppose he was driving his own car, being that Mars is his marker and Venus is the marker for the woman in her own car. So let's take this supposition one step further and suggest that Mars in Virgo defines the car. This would mean that the car was small in size, utilitarian, perhaps used in his work. Mars, by tradition, describes a scarlet red or firey red color. Virgo, by tradition, would add black. So perhaps we are looking for a black and red car. Black paint with red interior? Red car with black interior? Or, perhaps, a red car with black piping? Any of these and any other combination are all possibilities. This supports the sighting given elsewhere for a red Ford seen at the park that night.
Let's take tradition one step further and try to pinpoint the direction they went after leaving the ball park. For this exercise, I am moving forward to the next chart, the 11:15 pm chart, to show where they were in relation from whence they came, which is shown by the 10:45 chart. At 11:15, the ball park is shown by the ninth house, where the Moon is placed. Mars, which represents the car, is placed in the chart's seventh house with is actually the eleventh house from the ninth, showing it's location from the ball park. The eleventh house gives a south by southeast direction, according to tradition. The ninth house ruler, Venus, is also the fourth house ruler and this obviously shows us that they left one place and went to another. In the chart for 11:15, Mars is separated from Venus by 22 degrees from angular houses. This may show that they actually traveled 22 minutes from the ball park. So consider that he must have traveled south by southeast for about 22 minutes to reach his destination.
Just after midnight, in the chart for 12:30 am, you can see that the chart co ruler, the Moon, has moved into the eighth house along with the node. Here the plan comes to fruition. This is what the abduction was all about. He wanted to have sexual relations with a child. Especially when you note that Cancer is moving onto the fifth house cusp as well. Mars in the seventh shows us he is using force to get what he wants. Notice that Mars is disposed of by Mercury as well! This chart is amazingly clear, concise and to the point!
As far as the possibility of violence leading to murder, I have to note the presence of a T square. This T square involves Mercury opposing Jupiter with both square to Mars. Mars is on the short leg of the T. This shows an outlet of energy through physical action, which can include violence. Jupiter will eventually tell us when this happens. Why do I say that? Because Jupiter is the only benign planet in this configuration; it does not rule any angles, it does not dispose of any angular planets and it has no power in the chart except that it is in dignity, which means it will have tremendous influence when it does arrive on an angle or otherwise claims power in the chart. And what do we see? That it takes over the midheaven, an angular placement, just after midnight. This is line with the other aspects showing rape and physical violence through force. This position of Jupiter in opposition to Mercury from the angles with Mars sitting in the seventh house, also an angle, kicks the power of the T Square into action. Mars is the outlet. This is where the violence begins.
The child resists and he exerts the power of his adult masculinity (tenth house) in a flagrant display of physical prowess (Mars) over her, his "partner" (the seventh house). I must note one more time that this is underscored by the fact that Mars is disposed of by Mercury in the fourth house. She is trapped in his house, under his control, at the mercy of his demands. I do not wish to go into any more detail or conjecture than this, only going this far in the hopes of supporting my findings. So let's leave it at that. The charts show that he abducted her, molested her, assaulted her and probably killed her. So now it's our duty to locate the death pattern and that's what I will try to do. And then, from there, try to discover what he did with her body.
After going over all the charts for the rest of the morning, I believe that the 2 am chart is the time of death. The Moon is now the ruler of the fifth, the natural house of children and it is placed in the eighth. The eighth house ruler, Pluto, is in the eighth. Saturn has backed into the twelfth. Mercury rules the fourth. Here you have Mercury in the third, showing that he might have put her in a car and drove her somewhere. I believe, because Mercury moves into the third around 1 am, that he put her in a car at that time and took her somewhere alive and killed her elsewhere. Perhaps he did these to keep evidence out of the home. So, she was alive, it does appear, when she got into the car. This is shown by the chart for 1 am, where Mercury first moves into the third and, at the same time, takes over the seventh house. This makes Mercury the marker for the abductor as well as being the marker for the child. And as the planets move from the fourth house back towards the twelfth, it shows them traveling in a south by southeast direction. The third is the twelfth house from the fourth and it rotates back toward the east. So they are traveling south by southeast. One thing not to forget is that since Mercury has assumed the seventh house cusp and become a marker for the abductor, the chart displaces a lot of the child's energy to the Moon, which is the co ruler in every event chart. In this chart, as well as the one for 2 am, the Moon is still in the eighth house. The difference in the chart for 2 am is that Pluto has joined it there while taking rulership over the eighth house, the house of death. This creates an image of violence, rape and subsequent death. That just seems to be the pattern.
But we can see by comparing the charts for 1 am and 2 am that the child survived until after getting into the car. When Saturn enters the twelfth house, it usually describes the lifting of the soul from the mortal body. Saturn is the bones it leaves behind while the twelfth house shows the passage of spirit from this world. This occurs at just around 2 am. Saturn is disposed of by Neptune while Saturn and Neptune are in mutual reception from the twelfth to the eleventh houses. Since Neptune in Capricorn rules the twelfth, this will show the manner of death. Mercury in Gemini shows the actions of the killer. Both Mercury and Gemini rule the airways. Neptune rules the water and Pisces, the twelfth house ruler, also rules the water. Capricorn describes a bushy dark place close to the ground; it also defines the grave. So I think, from these directions, that she was drowned or suffocated somehow and also drowned. There is no doubt in my mind that she is in a body of water near lots of bushy growth that creates dark places and shadows and the water is shallow enough to be close to the ground rather than deepset into the earth like a big river. Saturn in Pisces describes the destruction of the flesh by water and fish and the bones being left in something wet. Neptune in Capricorn describes muddy ground. Capricorn also describes lumber and timbering operations so this may be in an area where trees are harvested. There may be a cemetary nearby or an old church with a graveyard. The graves may be mostly underwater or on muddy ground.
The eleventh house, where Neptune resides, is where I believe he left her. The eleventh house is the eighth house from the fourth, showing where he took her after leaving his house and then after she died. The eighth house traditionally reads as west with a southernly lean and the sign Capricorn shows south. So I think they went southeast from his home until he realized where he wanted to take her and then they swung back west, still traveling south. So he drives her around from the time he put her in the car, which is first shown in the chart for 1 am, until he kills her, which is shown by the chart for 2 am. Since times in charts like these rarely correlate directly to real time, we have to extrapolate using degrees. Using the nadir as a guide, I can see that the nadir is placed at 15 degrees of Gemini at the time they got into the car. At the time when Saturn passed into the twelfth, at 2 am, the nadir inhabits 28 degrees of Gemini. This is a 13 degree difference within an angular placement. This means about 13 minutes in real time. So he traveled south and then southwest for a period of about 13 minutes, give or take a minute or two. Degrees are never exact in their translation to real time. But 13 to 15 minutes is a realistic guide.
Three eight-year-old boys - Steve Branch, Christopher Byers, and Michael Moore - were reported missing on May 5, 1993. The first report to the police was made by Byers' adoptive father, John Mark Byers, around 7:00 pm. The boys were last seen together entering Robin Hood Hills around 6:00 pm by a neighbor. Initial police searches made that night were limited. Friends and neighbors also conducted an impromptu but unsuccessful search that night, which included a cursory visit to the location where the bodies were ultimately found.
A more thorough police search for the children began around 8:00 am on the morning of May 6, aided by Crittenden County Search and Rescue personnel. Searchers canvassed all of West Memphis, but focused primarily on Robin Hood Hills, a frequent playground for children and the last location where the boys were reported seen. Despite a human chain making a shoulder-to-shoulder search of Robin Hood Hills, searchers found no sign of the missing boys. Search and Rescue personnel broke for lunch at 1:00 pm, but police and others continued searching.
Around 1:45 pm, Juvenile Parole Officer Steve Jones spotted a boy's black shoe floating in a muddy creek that led to a major drainage canal in Robin Hood Hills. A subsequent search of the ditch found the bodies of three boys. They were stripped naked and had been hogtied with their own shoelaces: their right ankles tied to their right wrists behind their backs, the same with their left limbs. Their clothing was found in the creek, some of it twisted around sticks that had been thrust into the muddy ditch bed. The clothing was mostly turned inside-out; two pairs of the boys' underwear were never recovered. All of the boys had been severely beaten on their heads and faces, and Byers had a fractured skull. He also had deep lacerations and injuries to his scrotum and penis.
The original autopsies were inconclusive as to time of death,[citation needed] but the Arkansas medical examiner determined that Byers died of blood loss, and Moore and Branch drowned.[6] A later review of the case by a medical examiner for the defense determined that the boys had been killed between 1:00 am and 5:00 am on May 6, 1993.
The official interpretation of the crime scene forensics for the case remains controversial. Prosecution experts claim Byers' wounds were the results of a knife attack and that he had been purposely castrated by the murderer; defense experts claim the injuries may have been the result of animal predation. Police suspected the boys had been raped or sodomized; later expert testimony disputed this finding despite trace amounts of sperm DNA found on a pair of pants recovered from the scene. Police believed the boys were assaulted and killed at the location they were found; critics argued that the assault, at least, was unlikely to have occurred at the creek.
And, then, from one of my readers:
Byers was the only victim with drugs in his system; he was prescribed Ritalin in January 1993, as part of an attention-deficit disorder treatment. (The initial autopsy report describes the drug as Carbamazepine.) The dosage was found to be at sub-therapeutic level, which is consistent with John Mark Byers' statement that Christopher Byers may not have taken his prescription on May 5, 1993
So far the best I can find is this. Take your time, I’m just curious on your take on this story.
The 3 teens accused are:
Jessie Lloyd Misskelley Jr. - DOB 7/10/75- 18 yo
Charles Jason Baldwin - DOB 4/11/77 16 yo
Damien Wayne Echols (was born Wayne Michael Hutcheson) - DOB 12/11/74 19 yo
The 3 boys Stevie (not sure if it’s Steve or Steven) Branch, Christopher Byers(adopted last name), & Michael Moore were last seen by a neighbor going in the woods called Robin Hood Hills where they were later found around 6p on 5/5/93 and the 1st call to the police was at 7p. They weren’t found until the next day. Also on 5/5/93 at 8:42 pm, workers in the Bojangles' restaurant about a mile from the crime scene (a direct route through the bayou where the children were found) in Robin Hood Hills reported seeing an African American male "dazed and covered with blood and mud" inside the ladies' room of the restaurant. The man was bleeding from his arm and had brushed against the walls. The man had defecated on himself and on the floor. The police were called, but the man left the scene. Defense attorneys later referred to this man as “Mr. Bojangles”. The police never went inside the restaurant that night but went back the next day after finding the dead boys. They eventually lost the “Mr. Bojangles” evidence before it could be tested.
Basically on May 5th 1993, three 8 year old boys went missing, they were found the next day in a drainage ditch naked and tied up… They didn’t have much to go on and seemed to have botched the investigation. About a month later they arrested 3 teenagers now called the West Memphis 3. One of the teens has an IQ of 72 and confessed after something like12 hours of interrogation in which only a couple hours were recorded (no parent or lawyer present), he later recanted. His confession and “Satanic Panic” in the Bible belt because the teens wore Black and listened to heavy metal music seems to have sealed their fate. They said that the boys were mutilated in a cult ritual but later evidence suggests it was animal activity. There was a Black man covered in blood that ran into the Bojangles restaurant next to where the boys were found acting all weird but when they called the police the officer went through the drive thru rather than go inside. After they found the dead boys the police went back to the restaurant and collected some blood evidence but then later lost it. Jesse Misskelly (the one that confessed) and Jason Baldwin received life plus 40 years.. Damien Echols (Jason’s best friend and only adult (18)) was sentenced to death. They’ve been appealing for new trials and everything else with the development of new evidence and jury misconduct but the same judge keeps denying every attempt. A lot of careers were made from the case so it might have something to do with that as to why they won’t admit maybe they were wrong. I don’t think they did it but from everything I’ve read there is room for reasonable doubt..
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This is a really ugly crime that has grabbed the attentions of the country once again as the push is on to prove the boys who were convicted for it are actually innocent. Another man, an unnamed black man, has been the subject of intense concern in the matter and should be, although I don't believe he actually is, a person of interest. As far as the authorities are concerned, they have their killers, boys who were found guilty mostly by association. They wore black and listened to heavy metal so they must be satanists! Or so said the prosecution in this case and the local community went into what is now called a "satanic panic" and summarily persecuted these young men. This case really grabs me hard for a number of reasons. For one, there has been absolutely no single murder attributed to "satanism" ever proven to have occurred in the U.S. and this is never, not even once. There are no real cults of satanists in America although there are a few nutcases running around singing AC/DC songs like Night Stalker and committing crimes while on drugs. The real live Church of Satan, now known as the Church of Set, exists in California and it's credo does not include murder, blood sacrifice or even torture; they do get hinky with nude alter figures and naked women who like to dance on tables once in awhile but they have yet to hurt anyone. Besides all of this, people still persist in believing that there are such entities as the Devils minions running around doing his bidding after performing blood rituals in the dark. There is just no proof that this is true; it's been dismissed as urban legend.
Second, I am personally offended by the references to heavy metal because I, myself, am a heavy metal and hard rock fan. Now, I admit I don't care for the death metal stuff which is too fast for me and mostly about murder and mayhem but I love a lot of the music. I won't name bands, though. Just that I like fast, flashy guitars and lots of drums and bass and leave it at that. I am just not that judgmental to assume that because someone worships a certain way or likes a certain form of entertainment they are evil or bad or guilty of murder. That's Taliban type stuff and just not Democracy. I still believe that people are innocent until proven guilty however tempting it is to condemn someone out of hand simply because I don't like them. So I couldn't resist this case. The charts may tell me that these boys really did do this thing and that they don't deserve my consideration, but I am willing to take that chance.
But the truth is the chart was really hard to figure out. I wasn't sure how to read it. This involved three victims instead of one and involved a possible three killers instead of one. The victims were only 8 years old so do you read it for the parents, for the children or for a combination of friends and family? This means a debate between the first, fifth and third houses. Which one makes sense? It was really hard to determine so I studied the charts for a long time before deciding whether they are viable. Of course, no matter what, the Moon depicts our victims, no matter how many, so I started there. I saw, right away, that in the chart for 6 pm, when the boys were last seen, the Moon is in the first house. This shows the boys in control of their situation, alive and well and doing what they please. They were "directing their own show", so to speak. This tells me right away that perhaps the first house is the place to start. I also note that the Moon is in Scorpio and is disposed of by Mars in Leo in the tenth and that Mars, in turn, rules the seventh. And this pattern tells a clear story. The boys are heading out to meet with someone specific. Their purpose at this time is to find this person. Mars is in the tenth so they are doing this "out in the open", in an area where they were easily seen. And they were seen. So this is working.
And then I move on to study the seventh house and see that both the Sun and Mercury are positioned there. What does this tell me? That the person they are "about to meet" is a older man and a younger person. This is most likely a father and son or daughter combination because Sun in Taurus is in the same sign as Mercury, also in Taurus. But there is enough distance between them, 12 degrees, to imply they may be loosely related in some way such as by marriage. And, then again, even though it's a full 12 degrees, it's still close enough to be under the Sun's beams, which hints at danger. This child, however related, is in danger from the older man. There is a shadow here. And these boys are on the way to see these people, perhaps unaware of the current state of affairs. To top this off, the Moon opposes the Sun and Mars, which disposes of the Moon, is square the Sun and Mercury. There is a disagreement here. They are meeting up with these people to "set things straight", perhaps.. or, perhaps... "to duke it out"? That singular Mars in Leo is pivotal and it is disposed of by the Sun, so it was the older man who called this "meeting" of sorts; or, simply, asked the boys to come. The first house, which appears to be the central force in this chart, is ruled by Venus, which is placed in the sixth. By traditional readings, a child who is missing who is ruled by planets placed in the sixth, will "never be seen again". I think this is pretty true to what happened, don't you?
I agree that the sixth house has many meanings, all of which can be broken down in various ways, depending upon the aspects and placements in the chart. For instance, the subject could be sick, could be held captive, could be sold into slavery or held in servitude. But, generally speaking, I see it as describing a looming danger of sorts, the seriousness of which can be seen in other placements. But Venus here is again disposed of by that singular Mars in the tenth, so I can say that whatever outcome this danger has, it is dependent upon the activities of the boys in their meeting with this person. It really all boils down to that. So, from this, I must surmise that the boys did not die by accident, they did not come upon a stranger who snatched them and killed them, they set about going to meet someone they knew and that person or persons was the last person to see them alive and likely was responsible for the carnage that was discovered the next day.
And what does this chart tell us about the person or persons who did this? Well, Mars is the marker and it is placed in the tenth house. This tells me that the person was one in a position of power over the boys, an adult, for sure. The tenth house points at patriarchal figures like the police, the teachers in school, the father figure, the authority that dispenses punishment for breaking the rules. This would be someone the boys feared and respected, that they were afraid to defy. Notice will you that the Sun and Mercury are both in Taurus, which is disposed of by Venus in the sixth house, again the ruler of the first. This is quite a loop the planets are creating, from one to the other, in a kind of private circle, excluding all other planets from the configuration. So I believe I have cornered the placements and aspects in this chart that define the event. In this regard, I consider the chart to be viable.
So I start rolling the charts forward. At 7 pm, things change a little but the picture remains clear. Mars, still ruling the first, has moved into the ninth house. Sun in Taurus remains in the seventh, but Mercury has moved into the sixth. Venus, the dispositor of the Sun, has moved into the fifth. The older man is waiting for the boys. The younger child, who had been with him earlier, has been set aside. This child is no longer present but I cannot say what has happened here. Mercury is in accidental exaltation in the sixth house. I believe this other child is safe, regardless of the stress of the sixth house; perhaps he or she has been set aside, held captive elsewhere? Locked in a bedroom? Hidden in the attic? It's hard to tell. But the real omen for me is the entrance of Pluto into the first house. I know that not many Astrologers consider Pluto in important force in event charts but I am one of the few who still do. The planet, or comet, or meteor, or whatever they are now saying it is, creates patterns in charts that are easily read and are proven accurate time and again. And if it is a meteor or a comet or a planetoid or whatever, just that fact alone indicates to me that other meteors or comets or planetoids or whatever must have a role to play as well. I am first and foremost a scientist and this regard I trust the results of my experiments and it is only through those experiments that I find things to be true. So far, Pluto has proven true to itself in too many experiments to be ignored. So bear with me.
Pluto arrives in the first house at around 7 pm, just in time for the death of these boys. It is in dignity if you are willing to credit it with partial rulership of Scorpio. Otherwise, it is merely ascendant, which is powerful enough for an event chart. The Moon is dexter and moving away from it, as well as being dexter to the square with Mars and moving away from that, so read this to say that the boys were not looking for a fight. But the Moon is sinister to an opposition with the Sun, which is the dispositor for Mars. Mars is no longer angular so the outcome of this is variable. But Mars does still rule the first house so it's placement matters. Here it has moved into the ninth, so it looks like the boys are going into the woods. The Moon, Mars and the Sun are loosely connected in a T Square, with Mars as the short leg. It is the connector that brings the first house and seventh house together. As the Moon ticks swiftly to an exact opposition with the Sun, I believe the boys are about to confront the man who has either agreed or demanded to meet with them. And this is happening out in the woods. Does this seem strange to you? That an adult male would insist on meeting three young boys in the woods? Remember that the originating chart had his rulership in the tenth, showing that he has authority over these boys and they would be hard pressed to ignore him. Remember that the Sun in Taurus, his marker, is disposed of by Venus and notice that Venus has moved into the fifth house. He is currently, at the 7:00 hour, preparing to meet with "children", as the fifth house denotes. Venus, in turn, is disposed of by that singular Mars, now in the ninth. He is preparing to meet them in the woods. And it doesn't look like there is more than one man; it also doesn't look to me that this man was a stranger.
Fixed stars also stand out for me. Caput Algol and the Pleiades both sit in the seventh house during the event. Pluto, in fact, is exactly opposite to Caput Algol. This a very strong indicator of violence and bloodshed. In fact, I would say, from personal experience with this placement, that this was a horrific event. The fixed star Miram is nearby which means that this man may have lied to the boys to get them to come to the woods. Mars is close to Asellus Austral which may mean that this man is a criminal type, someone who is ued to lying and cheating to get his way and may be known by many as sort of "sleazy". Pluto is also directly square to the fixed star Alfard so it may well be that one or more of the boys died by drowning. Refer to my teaching site and read the post on fixed stars for clarification on this.
This is a fascinating chart but it is pretty clear. These boys went to meet his man, someone they knew but perhaps not well, in the woods and they were killed there. I suspect the other child, the one that was sequestered earlier, was a girl. His daughter.. or stepdaughter.. perhaps? I suspect the meeting was about this girl. The childs' marker, Mercury, is in the first decan of Taurus, which is ruled by Venus, which describes a girl. She perhaps had already been punished for whatever caused this uproar and he was ready to fix the boys up as well. But he went way too far with the boys. Crazed violence. The fixed star Polis is near to Pluto in the first so the fire may have been fueled with alcohol. This man may have been very drunk or high on drugs. Whether this man was the same as the man they now call "bojangles" is not clear. However, it would be possible if this man had a daughter that these boys knew or that, at the very least, they were aware of the black man in their daily life and considered him an authority enough to demand their appearance there in the woods. Consider the authority or paternal figures in the boys life. Their teachers, their guardians, the parents of their friends.. anyone who would assert this kind of power over the boys. From there, you will find this man.
The 8 pm chart is very clear, as well. The Moon has moved into the twelfth and Pluto is right on the Ascendant. At that same time, the Sun has moved into the sixth. The boys are dead or dieing as a result of extreme violence (Pluto with Caput Algol) and the man who did this is in bad shape. He is injured. Killing these boys took the wind out of his sails and nearly killed him as well. The Moon is exactly opposed to the Sun, a full moon night, showing that the fight was hard and vicious and deadly; the boys did not go easily. And perhaps he had not intended to go this far, to merely beat them senseless, but the energies present this night pushed him over the edge. This was not a senseless, random crime. This man called out these boys and beat them to death out of rage over something. And I think it involved the girl; his daughter, his sister, his stepdaughter, somehow related. But is this man the same man as "bojangles"? Or was it someone they haven't ever considered? It is obvious to me, at this point, that the chart is not describing the boys they have convicted for this crime. Please remember that this is not my opinion or the result of a psychic reading. This blog is about Astrology and it is the simple reading of Astrology charts that renders this information. If you give credence to Astrology, then this result deserves consideration; however, you are free to dismiss it if it doesn't work for you.
Looking at the chart for the time when this man was seen in the restaurant, it is not clear if this man was related to the crime. I can say that it is possible. The seventh house ruler is still Venus and it has moved into the fourth house, which can be read as a restaurant. However, it can also be read as the man's home so the killer may have simply gone home and the man in the restaurant was the victim of a different drunken row. The marker for me is the Sun in the sixth, showing the killer to be in very bad shape, which is consistent with the man in the restaurant. It is interesting that both the Moon and Pluto in the twelfth house are in the sign Scorpio on this full Moon night; this shows the boys being in water, near a sewer most likely and in a place where they would not be readily seen or found. The twelfth house shows the grave and in Scorpio, the grave would be water but with Pluto also there, something stinking and rotten like a sewer or a drainpipe, which is close to where they were. I realize that the reports have said that two of them drowned but I had to point out how the fixed stars showed that in the chart. As I said, you can go to my teaching chart at http://theforensicastrologer.today.com and read the post on fixed stars to see that Miram has this effect. It is interesting learning.
I think the chart is successful in showing that a single man was responsible for the beating of these boys and not the group of men they have convicted. This saddens me greatly. I hate it when the system fails because without that system what do we have? The cops are dealing with matters that are far too important, far too grave, to take their jobs lightly and make such huge mistakes. To have simply overlooked this man in the restaurant is a gross miscarriage of justice; he could well have been their killer. However, of this I cannot be sure. The killer here is defined by the Sun in Taurus. This does not mean he is a Taurus or that he has planets in Taurus but that he is defined by those elements that are created by the Suns placement in the sign Taurus. This means that he is probably rather athletic; thick, short and strong. He is unlikely to be tall, skinny and lean. He probably does physical labor that keeps him in fine shape. He may also have artistic leanings but he would not be a fine artist but more of an artisan, making things with wood or stone. Traditionally this would give a broad or Roman shaped nose with a wide mouth. It might also give dimples. It also tends to a darker complexion rather than a fairer one but this does not restrict race. Many whites are dark skinned as well as many blacks are light skinned. But whatever race, this person would have a darker complexion than others of the same race.
This position gives a "do or die" temperament, with great resolve and stubbornness. This person does exactly what he says he will, he is pretty straight forward. He has a roaring temper, quite like an angry Bull, and tends to go all the way. Slow to anger, slow to quiet. This man may have been in many disputes in his neighborhood or workplace. He is hard to placate once ired. Disputes get him going and he will never admit he is wrong. He can be very mean and is often vengeful; he believes in an "eye for an eye" and it is likely that he felt wronged by these boys. Perhaps he believed that they had done something unkind to his daughter. Perhaps he was defending her honor. I realize the boys were only eight years old but teasing and bullying goes on at all ages and it would not take much to anger a man with a temper like this. Especially one who is strong and manly and loves to fight. This man is all about honor. He would be known for this sort of thing; he would not have hidden it.
After reading the charts, I am pretty sure that the boys they arrested are not the ones that did this. This is a sad truth about our system; it sometimes fails. It will be up to powers much greater than you or I to make sure this case is reopened and investigated again. Thanks to big names like actor Johnny Depp the case is getting more exposure and under the bright light of scrutiny, some Judge may decide to readdress it. But until that happens, there is nothing much any of us can do. But this was an interesting read none the less and a clear demonstration of how Forensic Astrology works.
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