This past weekend investigators from Reno Police Department who have been working the missing person case of Eric Preimesberger, 29-year-old husband, father and son who disappeared somewhere between April 20th and April 24th of this year from his Reno, Nevada home, located Eric’s body in Plumas National Park in California, just across the state line from Nevada. It had been a long, treacherous road for Eric’s mother, Kay Wilson, and the investigators who worked the case who finally made that trek from Reno to what should have been a tranquil park setting. Those investigators had to follow a trail of potential suspects from Reno, Nevada to Eugene, Oregon to Vancouver, Washington and ultimately to Roseville, Minnesota.
The Reno detectives may never have made the trip to Minnesota had it not been for Kristi Morgan Preimesberger, wife of Eric, and Timothy Wayne Morgan, brother of Kristi, getting busted on unrelated drug charges. The children, Ivy age 6 and Damien age 22 months, were found in the hotel room the siblings had been living in surrounded by drug paraphernalia, and drugs. Kristi was also charged with endangering her children and neglect. The Minnesota officers who arrested the two siblings quickly learned there were warrants out for them in connection with Eric’s disappearance. That’s because by the time the two were busted on drug charges, Reno PD had determined that Eric wasn’t just “disappeared” he was dead, and at least Tim had played a part in his death.
At this time this writer has found no one who can answer why Tim killed Eric. Whether it was over money, drugs, or just an argument that went terribly bad – or whether it was premeditated – is unknown. Kristi and Eric had planned to move to Eugene, Oregon where Tim lived so that Tim and Eric could start a new business building and selling yurts. Eric had expressed excitement about the opportunity ahead of him. But the couple were not supposed to move out of their rented home until the end of April and Eric was murdered as early as April 20th and no later than April 24th (according to Tim). Why was Tim in Reno so soon before the intended move? Was he there to just hang out and the three of them slowly pack for the move? Or was there a more sinister reason for him showing up early?
These questions can’t be answered at this time.
What is known is that Tim, for whatever reason, according to his own confession, beat Eric to death with a baseball bat. And let’s be clear on this, according to what this writer has been told, the coroner has examined Eric’s remains and Tim beat Eric severely with a baseball bat. This wasn’t just some short loss of anger control that led to a blow to the head during a heated argument. Eric, according to sources who have spoken with the coroner, was hit with multiple blows by a baseball bat. But he wasn’t dead yet when Tim finished beating him. And by the way, his wife, Kristi, witnessed the beating.
Eric’s battered body was dragged into the laundry room and left to die. No attention other than to get him out of the way was given him. His body was moved to the back of a vehicle where he was left to decompose while Tim tried to figure out what to do with the body. Tim finally came up with a solution; a commercial freezer. Tim rented a commercial freezer and stuffed Eric’s body in it. And then Kristi and Tim preceded to move the Preimesberger’s belongings and the children to Eugene. At some point (apparently BEFORE completing the move to Eugene, but this is not clear at this time) Tim rented a U-haul and moved the freezer into it.
According to this writer’s source, it was at this point that Tim headed to Plumas National Park. When he got there Tim unloaded Eric’s body from the freezer, and dumped him. He then traveled to a different location in the park and unloaded the freezer and set it on fire. Tim may have also discarded the Preimesbergers’ couch at this time (this has not been confirmed) – possibly because Eric may have bled on it during the altercation.
In Eugene, Oregon Tim wasn’t known as “Tim”. He called himself “Emmet” and he billed himself as a “spiritual guru”. Some sources state Kristi was also using an alias (possibly Mary). It appears Tim had envisioned himself as some type of new David Koresh, or maybe Jim Jones – or maybe even Charles Manson. But he seemed to be influencing vulnerable young people, in particular young men, to be his spiritual followers. But the tranquility of being “Emmet the spiritual guru” was interrupted by something….Reno homicide division detectives increasingly pressuring Kristi to tell them where she was, and pressuring her to come in and answer questions about her husband’s disappearance.
“Emmet and Mary” had to hit the road. The rest is history. Tim and Kristi were busted on the drug charges, and Kristi was charged with child neglect and endangerment charges in Minnesota. The two have just been extradited back to Washoe County Nevada in connection with Eric’s murder. Tim is charged with murder with a $1 million bail set, and Kristi is currently being held as a material witness with a $100,000 bail set. Their mug shots into the Washoe County jail are pictures of two drug addicts who have been through a few rough days of withdrawals. Kristi looks like a crack whore to be quite honest.
Oh, and another development…the Reno news stations who refused Kay Wilson’s pleas to cover the case of her missing son for 4 months – they are now breaking stories about his remains being found, because, well, death is more dramatic. From all the readers here at The Hinky Meter we give those stations a noncommittal and unimpressed *golf clap*.
The state of Nevada will be cremating Eric’s remains and will hopefully be able to return him to his mother in Farmington, New Mexico. Arrangements for Eric’s service have not yet been firmed up. The children are reported to be with Karen, Kristi’s mother. Kay has not been able to see her grandchildren as of this date.
One mother, Kay Wilson, who for four months just wanted to know what had happened to her son, through her own persistence and love, and through the help of dedicated detectives in multiple jurisdictions, has gotten most of her answers now. But there is one question she still hasn’t been provided any response to…
Why?
Eric Dee Preimesberger
1980 – 2010
Rest in Peace, Eric.
Valhall.
Related posts:
- Eric Preimesberger case: Kristi and Tim held in connection with murder
- Eric Preimesberger murder case: Tim Morgan pleads not guilty
- Eric Preimesberger case: Kristi chose Tim over Eric
- Eric Preimesberger case: Tim and Kristi Morgan in Washoe county jail
- Eric Preimesberger case: Kristi and the children remain unaccounted
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