These cases of child murder, child abuse, child torture and child neglect bring out the anger in us.  We have to fight to keep that anger at a level of righteous indignation and not allow it to take us over.  If we fail in that battle, we become consumed with revenge…which is not justice.  Justice must be served for these innocent, defenseless victims.  If we forget that we risk falling into the same hate-filled, or violence-driven category as those who wantonly hurt others.  That’s why I don’t allow talk of systematic torture on my site.  While I allow someone to vent how they personally would like to wring someone’s neck, calls for torture are below us.  They must remain below us.

So while a certain level of anger comes with reading, analyzing and discussing these cases, rarely do I allow myself to dwell in that emotion.  Emotion clouds logic.  But there’s a couple of people who have really pissed me off.  And their names are Courtney Tressler (formerly Courtney Ettinger and maiden name Courtney Hughey) and her pathetic example of a husband Greg Tressler.  I have to admit they make me mad.

Let’s review a few things about Payton Ettinger’s death which have been covered here in a previous article.  The autopsy report for 4 year 8 month old Payton, who weighed only 12 pounds at the time of his death, states he was “obviously emaciated”.  It goes on to describe that “the skin of his face was drawn tightly against his skull and face bones with obvious emaciation.”  There is no getting out of the fact that the two adults in that house could not know that an almost 5 year old little boy was starving death – not when he looked like a Nazi concentration camp victim.

Let’s back up to the first 2 months of Payton’s life.  More details have come out about the abuse that led to his permanent brain damage leaving him unable to ever talk, walk or control motor skills.  What has been revealed is that this child was abused to death from the day he was born.  He was never NOT being either abused, or neglected.  Payton truly did not live a day…he only died for 4 years 8 months.  The medical records that were presented in the case against his biological father, Martin Ettinger, for the severe abuse that disabled Payton, revealed the following:

In his first two months of life, according to records from the 13th Judicial Circuit Court of Grand Traverse County (Mich.), Martin Ettinger repeatedly abused his infant son. Records from the case show Payton ‘had a fractured tibia that was not recent’ as well as ‘numerous rib fractures in at least two, possibly, three states of healing and ‘multiple abnormalities with various ages including a small right-sided subdural-like hematoma’ in his brain.

So the first question – which has basically been asked before, but I now ask with more reason behind it  – why was this child relinquished into the care of his mother, Courtney Hughey Ettinger Tressler after this extended period of abuse?  Are we to believe that with these type of repeated and severe injuries this baby incurred at the hands of his father that this abuse was committed with Courtney having no knowledge of it? How does your 1 week, 1 month or 2 month old baby have a broken tibia and you don’t know it?  How does your baby have “numerous rib fractures” and you not know it?  But, not only was she apparently charged with nothing over this repeated and severe abuse of Payton in the first 2 months of his life, she was given sole custody that apparently had no restrictions, no monitoring…just take your damaged baby and go home.

And home she went.  They had lived in Michigan during these first 2 months of Payton’s miserable little life.  After the trial Courtney packed up and moved to Indiana and eventually married Greg Tressler.  They have two children from their marriage.  Greg Tressler has had no charges in the extended, torturous starvation death of Payton Ettinger, even though the infant was slowly starved to death in Greg’s own home.

Now, let’s look at why these people really piss me off.  Payton died on May 17th.  On May 18th Decatur County investigators questioned Courtney and Greg.  As discussed previously, not only was Courtney caught in a lie that she had fed Payton that morning (the autopsy found no discernible food or water in Payton’s stomach or intestines), but she also was caught in a lie that she took him to a children’s clinic in Michigan in 2009.  The investigation revealed that the last medical care this severely disabled child had received was in 2006 when he was 1 year 1 month old.

In addition, Courtney claimed that she had wanted to take Payton to the ER on May 15th, two days before his death, but was financially unable to do so.  Apparently investigators asked her if she wasn’t receiving Medicaid assistance for Payton’s care.  Courtney told them she had twice applied for Medicaid and had been turned down.  The investigation revealed that Courtney had never applied for Medicaid.  Not only that, but on May 15th, the day Courtney claims she was so concerned about noticing that Payton “was losing weight” (I’m sorry but a 4 year 8 month child does not drop to 12 lbs in 2 days) investigators found that it appeared Courtney wasn’t all too concerned about Payton’s degenerating condition.  On May 15th Courtney posted on her Facebook that she was preparing to have friends over, grill out and have a picnic in the backyard.  She added,

My babies are getting so big so quick.

Apparently she was talking about the other two children.  You know…the ones that weren’t permanently brain damaged, were assumed to be healthy, normally functioning children that didn’t represent a burden on her as Payton had…a virtual 12 lb ball at the end of her chain.

There were several other things that most likely led investigators to not believe Courtney’s excuse of lack of funds as the reason for not taking Payton for medical care.  For instance, in the days following Payton’s death Courtney took herself not once but twice to the Decatur County Memorial Hospital for treatment.  And then there are the activities, as confessed by Courtney and Greg on their Facebook accounts, of how they were “trying to reclaim their lives” after Payton died.  Because, after all, once you rid yourself of a crib-ridden “defective” child, you can start trying to achieve those freedoms and enjoyments in life that you were missing out on while you were starving said child to death.  These activities included:

• skydiving, and
• rock climbing.

Not to mention that when Courtney was finally arrested on charges of neglect of a dependent and reckless homicide, she was able to post $15,000 bond toward a $150,000 bail.

Then there’s Greg Tressler who wants to just blow this off as “just a misunderstanding”, a case of someone in a small town trying to make a big name for themselves by blowing the starvation of a child out of proportion.  Greg’s Facebook activity shows that 6 hours after Payton died Greg was on Facebook posting joking comments to a friend and playing games.

Apparently there have been people who have questioned Courtney and Greg Tressler’s accounts and their behavior and activity since Payton’s death.  And apparently those people started pushing back on Courtney on Facebook…asking questions, stating their doubts, maybe outright accusing them of lying or worse.  Here is what Courtney had to say to those who DARED question her story:

(W)ords of wisdom to those who need them; don’t mess with my family you will lose, don’t think you are sneeky (sic) when you clearly aren’t, quit being a s— disturber that’s how you run everyone off and end up with no one just wait it will happen.

Words of wisdom, Courtney.  Don’t mess with us.  Don’t think you are “sneeky”.  We’re watching, and you’re not near as smart as you convinced yourself you were.

So why isn’t Greg Tressler charged with negligence, enabling abuse, or something?  Why?  Is it possible that in this “small town” Greg has someone who has a little too much influence?   He sure is too cocky for my taste considering a child starved to death in his home.

Valhall.

Reference article:

http://greensburgdailynews.com/local/x332267296/Tressler-Accused-Of-Starving-Son-4-To-Death

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.

As previously discussed here at The Hinky Meter, I passed Dr. Jawitz’s report to a wetland expert and asked that he provide an analysis of the soundness of the water level analysis and its conclusions.  Brian McGowan, CWD, CCP agreed to review Dr. Jawitz’s report and has offered his learned opinion.   The following are his conclusions after spending several months looking over the available data obtained from the Stormwater Management office of Orange County.  (The same data Dr. Jawitz is assumed to have utilized in his analysis.)

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After reviewing the hydrological report assembled by Dr. James W. Jawitz and dated November 3, 2009, I have come to the following conclusions:

I believe that the methods that Dr. Jawitz employed to measure the groundwater fluctuation at the investigation site are sound and scientifically accurate.  I also believe that the data reflected in his report is a true measure of groundwater depth at the investigation site.  This data can be accurately extrapolated to measure the groundwater fluctuations at Area A (the site in which the remains were found).  Also, the topographic map that he uses on page 3 of his report was adapted from a recent survey dated January 30, 2009 which was conducted by Allen & company Professional Surveyors and Pampers.  This topographic data was measured in 1 foot contours which allow a high level of interpretation as to the topography of area A. 

 On page 3 of his report, Dr. Jawitz stated that he surveyed the elevation of his investigation site and found it to be 1.54 ft. below the elevation of Area A.  What is not stated in his report is the instrumentation that was used to survey the investigation site nor what intervals of contours he recorded (i.e. 1-ft, 2 ft., or 5-ft).  He most likely measured them in a 1-ft. interval but that is not stated in the report.  He also stated in his report that he surveyed the area on November 2, 2009 which is only one day prior to the date on this report (page 3, Paragraph 2).  Although Dr. Jawitz methods for measuring the fluctuation of groundwater at the investigation site and correlating that data to the fluctuation of groundwater in Area A is accurate and scientifically sound, he does not take into consideration other factors that could lead to the inundation of Area A that are independent from the Investigation site.  Furthermore, the topographic map listed on page 3 of Dr. Jawitz’s report shows a high level of detail for the topography of Area A but does not show any detail for the investigation site which is located approximately 68 ft. from Area A.  Without knowing what level of detail Dr. Jawitz used in his own topographic survey of the investigation site it is impossible to determine whether or not the site drains to a lower area.  By looking at the topographic map on page 3 of his report, Area A appears to be a poorly drained depressional area.

The remains of Caylee Anthony were found in a wetland or a swampy area as referred to by Dr. Jawitz on page 1, paragraph1 under Site Location of his report.  Wetlands can possess a very complicated hydrological regime.  For a wetland to exist, three criteria have to be met.  The first criteria is that hydric soils must be present.  Hydric soils are those soils that are capable of ponding water for at least seven days out of the growing period.  Soils are complex in themselves and an there can be many different soil types located in a small area.  The second criteria is that a wetland must possess hydrophytic vegetation.  This is vegetation that is dependant or can survive in wet or saturated soils.  The last criteria is hydrology.  This means that there must be a hydrologic regime that can support hydrophytic vegetation. 

As a wetland scientist, I have been involved in many wetland investigations in which an area can change from a wetland supporting all three of these conditions to an area that only supports 1 or none of these criteria.  To get an accurate picture of whether there are other factors involved in the hydrology of Area A that are independent of the investigation site, a wetland delineation and determination has to be conducted at Area A and the investigation site.  At a minimum, the soils at Area A and Dr. Jawitz’s site should be identified and analyzed to determine how the sites drain.  It is my professional opinion that Dr. Jawitz’s report dated November 3rd, 2009 lacks data that could be crucial in determining the accurate hydrological characteristics of Area A.  Measuring the ground water fluctuations alone cannot give an accurate depiction of an areas hydrologic regime.  Although Dr. Jawitz’s investigation site is located approximately 68ft. away from Area A and is also located in a wetland area, this does not mean that the hydrologic characteristics of the two sites are the same even if the groundwater fluctuations are.

Brian McGowan, CWD, CCP

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I would like to say how very grateful I am to Mr. McGowan for agreeing to do this as a personal favor and professional courtesy.  In addition to his heavy workload and responsibilities in his own career, he voluntarily spent his personal time to review Dr. Jawitz’s report, analyze the data and provide his experienced opinion on this matter.

Valhall.

Brian McGowan’s bio

Dr. Jawitz’s water level analysis report

The old thread is beginning to load much too slow, so I thought I would create a new one for random discussions on the Casey Anthony case. You may read the old thread here.

Valhall.

The extradition of Tim and Kristi Morgan from Minnesota, where they were originally arrested on drug charges, to Nevada on charges related to the murder of Eric Preimesberger, has been completed.  Yesterday evening Tim Morgan was booked into the Washoe County jail on murder charges with bail set at $1 million.  Later in the evening Kristi Morgan, who is Tim’s sister and the wife of Eric at the time of his murder, was booked in as  Material Witness with bail set at $100,000.

It has previously been reported that Tim beat Eric to death with a baseball bat in the Preimesberger home in Reno, Nevada, in April of this year.  Kristi has been accused of witnessing the beating and then failing to seek medical assistance for Eric after he suffered injuries in the altercation.  She is also being accused of assisting Tim in hiding the body of Eric after he died.

The investigation into the details of Eric’s murder continues, and has been described by investigators as being at a “critical stage” at this point.   Information will be provided as law enforcement allows.

Valhall.

Chit chat and such.

Valhall.

The old thread is beginning to load much too slow, so I thought I would create a new one for random discussions on the Casey Anthony case. You may read the old thread here.

Valhall.

Couple of letters from Cindy to Casey in Jail added:

Letter 04/25/10

Card sent in May 2010 (this is the one that is contraband and Cindy marked as being from Baez.)

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I’m needing your help.  There are a significant number of links to discovery that have gone dead in my timeline.  I have located a site that has an extensive list of discovery, so I can fix the problem, but what I need is for people to start posting the name of the links (as listed in my timeline) that are broken.  This requires someone to go through and try every single hyperlink and list the ones broken.

I can’t do this by myself, so any assistance on this will be greatly appreciated.  I’ll most likely only be able to work on it on weekends, so if a list is compiled during the week, I can start working through it on weekends.

Thank you in advance to anyone who is willing to assist.

Valhall.

The Affidavit for Arrest of Denise Wolf has been released to the public and gives insight both into what is reported to have occurred in the murder of 12-year-old Cheyenne Wolf, as well as what led authorities to learn of Cheyenne’s remains.  On June 16, 2009 Denise Wolf’s brother, Edward Davis, who lives in Oregon, spoke with police detective Ruben Garcia of the Ardmore, Oklahoma police department.  He told Garcia that his sister, Denise, had told him of the death of Cheyenne Wolf and how she, her husband Abel (Cheyenne’s sperm-donor) and Able’s two other children and disposed of Cheyenne’s body.  He also told Detective Garcia Cheyenne’s death had occurred while the family lived in Bryan County in Bokchito, Oklahoma near Durant.

Detective Garcia (who is in Love County) then contacted the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office to pass on the information.  Detective Garcia continued to work the case in conjunction with Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigations (OSBI) agent David Houston.  Learning that a possible murder involving interstate movement may have occurred, the FBI became involved.  FBI agent Justin Noble, on July 2, 2009, contacted Abel Wolf to inquire about the welfare and whereabouts of his daughter, Cheyenne Wolf.  At first Abel continued the lie.  He told Agent Noble that Cheyenne had been taken from the family by the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS).  But as Agent Noble continued the questioning Abel broke and said he was tired of “running and hiding” and wanted to tell the truth.  (Of course, that would be Abel’s version of the truth.)
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