Morgan Metzer
Appearances
48 Hours
The "Batman" Intruder
I started my own interior design business and it took off, but I just didn't expect it to boom and blow up.
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The "Batman" Intruder
I guess we had gotten to an argument about something. That's the first night he beat me. Did you think, he hit me, I've got to get out of here? Yes, I had my dad come and get me.
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The "Batman" Intruder
What did he say? You're just out of control. You couldn't keep your temper. You were just wailing all over the place.
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The "Batman" Intruder
And I'm like, okay, well, maybe that's my fault. And my friend stopped talking to me then because he had no marks on him. It was all me.
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The "Batman" Intruder
He pretended I pushed him down the stairs. He literally rolled down the stairs. You know, he actually got hurt and said to the kids, look, mommy pushed me downstairs. Can you believe that?
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A lot of times he's very aggressive and wouldn't take the word no. And so now looking back on it, I guess he did sexually abuse me.
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The "Batman" Intruder
I mean, really kind of unheard of. Canton is just beautiful. You've got a lot of trees, tons of places to go hiking. So it's really cute.
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The "Batman" Intruder
When he said, you're going to miss your husband, I said, no, don't hurt my husband. I love him very much. And I don't know what made me do that. But at that exact moment is when the mood of the room changed. I knew I was going to live.
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The "Batman" Intruder
I was pregnant with my kids, my twins, and sometimes you have to get help out of the bed. The way he gently held me and got me out of bed, it was so familiar that I was like, this is him. I know it's 100% him.
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The "Batman" Intruder
I wasn't going to let him know that I knew it was him. Because if he did, then I didn't know what he was going to do.
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The "Batman" Intruder
He just called me and said, I've got pancreatic cancer. And so I rushed to go see him. I said, you're the father of my children. I'm here for you. He showed me doctor's notes and whatnot.
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The "Batman" Intruder
They've been sleeping on my sofa because he's been really freaked out and upset, obviously.
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The "Batman" Intruder
He kept begging me to get back together with me, just constantly haggling me.
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The "Batman" Intruder
He said, no, absolutely not. I'm not telling anybody. And that's when I was like, okay, get out.
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The "Batman" Intruder
You need to get back with me. I'll make enough money. You can quit your job right now.
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The "Batman" Intruder
Stay at my parents' house tonight. I'm turning my phone off. Like, give me some space.
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The "Batman" Intruder
And I just... melted. He heard me. I have not been heard in years. Nobody listened. Nobody heard me. And he heard me.
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The "Batman" Intruder
We're gonna stay there and watch the ball drop together. But I left early.
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The "Batman" Intruder
Watch them get arrested. walk to the car and be put in, it was kind of like, is this really happening? Was any part of you sad? No, not at the time.
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The "Batman" Intruder
I got home. I just didn't have any interest waiting up for the fireworks. Closed the house down and I went to bed.
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The "Batman" Intruder
He had sent me a picture of a check, and he's like, it's underneath your front porch.
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The "Batman" Intruder
I woke up because of fireworks. Because I can hear them in the distance. And I got down and kissed my dog. I was like, happy New Year's. And I go lay back in bed.
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The "Batman" Intruder
You should have all the money. You deserve everything, pretty much in a nutshell.
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The "Batman" Intruder
I opened my eyes. They flung open. And that's when I saw the shadow of a man's body standing there, you know, all in black and just lit up by the light in the background. He had a mask on. I screamed so loud. He pounced on me. He then hit me with a gun. Then he punched me.
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The "Batman" Intruder
As soon as I felt that gun right here in my head, I was like, all right, Jesus, I'm coming.
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The "Batman" Intruder
Yes, he said, you're going to regret this. You've done really wrong now. It was the sound of Batman's voice.
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The "Batman" Intruder
You thought you were going to die? Yep. I thought I was dead. But then also part of me was like, no, I'm not going to let myself die. I've got to fight for my kids.
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The "Batman" Intruder
He would keep continuing to hit me, pistol whip me. He strangled me a few times to the point of where I knew I was about to pass out.
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The "Batman" Intruder
Rod, not only will this statement be to my attacker, but it'll also be my last words to whom I thought was the love of my life. The last four years being married to you was like living with a monster that constantly tried to break me down and fence me in. It was a blessing in disguise. I can now walk with the confidence knowing the pain you have given me is turned into power.
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The "Batman" Intruder
I walked off that stand with a thousand pounds off of my shoulders. It felt so good. It felt empowering. And I got the last word.
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Everything happens for a reason. God has everything happen for a reason. And I'm starting to see that right now. There's just a lot of great things that are happening with us.
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The "Batman" Intruder
I'm trying to raise awareness for narcissism and gaslighting. I want to help women realize they're in a situation before it gets too bad.
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He's standing there like a soldier, like with his fists clenched, like he was ready to go.
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The "Batman" Intruder
But then... He ran at me and jumped on top of me. And that's when he started pistol whipping me.
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The "Batman" Intruder
Vulnerable, exposed. What is going to happen to my kids? I haven't done a will. I haven't talked to my family about who gets them. I was like, they're not going to have a mom.
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The "Batman" Intruder
It's the worst feeling in the world to think you're dying and you feel like you're going to be tortured beforehand.
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The "Batman" Intruder
Yes, you're going to miss your husband. And I said, no, don't hurt my husband.
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The "Batman" Intruder
I swear I, like, went through my whole life in my head. That's how my brain was just everywhere. I mean, 50,000 tabs opened up at one time in my brain.
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The "Batman" Intruder
Where's your jewelry? Where's, you know, all of your other nice stuff? And he's ripping out stuff out of my, you know, my drawers. And then... The attacker asked for my phone and the passcode to my phone.
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The "Batman" Intruder
I wasn't too sure what he was doing on my phone at the time until I heard a door lock open, which was for the back porch.
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He got me out of the bed, walked me out to the back porch. I was naked, still with my zip-tie handcuffs behind my back.
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Yes. What did he say as he left? He said, do not get up until you hear two car honks or I'll kill you.
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I just listened to the stream and tried to be as peaceful and calm as I could. 40 minutes passed.
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I hear them shuffling and walking, and they hit the stairs, and I knew they were at the top when he hit the first board, and it creaked really loud.
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Was it love at first sight? Yes, it was. It was scary how fast it was.
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It was everything I dreamed of. My dad gave me everything I could want, you know. It was just precious.
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What was marriage like in the very beginning? It was just awesome. It's just you two. You're mourning the loss of your wedding being over and your honeymoon, and it's like, I want to go again.
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We got pregnant with our son. Morgan says picking his name was easy. Kevin always wanted to be an uncle. He always talked about it, how much fun he would have.
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Probably about a year after they were born, which is right around the time that Rod lost his job, is when... it started going down south from there. What did Rod do for work? He had so many jobs. His main one when he lost all of his money was he was being a day trader for himself.