Diana Morse Gives Us Her Two Cents

Update: Diana Morse spews 7 more un-hinged, cruel, and misinformed emails at us, see comments] Email, Incoming, from Mrs. W. Mike Donovan and Morning Call freelancer, Diana Morse.

On Jan 5, 2011, at 8:20:58 PM, Diana Morse wrote:

"Your daughter CHOSE to turn over her keys to some guy when both were drunk [Editor's Note: My deceased daughter Sheena's keys, and her car, were parked at home. Sheena didn't turn over any car keys to anyone the night she was killed by Robert LaBarre] Where is here [sic] responsibility, and WHAT THE HELL are you avenging, that being the fact?" -Diana Morse is a "Counselor" (for now) w/ Great-West Retirement Services

Re: "WHAT THE HELL we're avenging," see: WHY WE FIGHT

Photo Credit: Mike Donovan

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Facts The Morning Call "newspaper" refused to cover: Killer Vacation in Belize

In August 2006, while out on unsecured ($0.00) bail for killing my daughter Sheena, Robert LaBarre was discovered to be Absent Without Official Leave (AWOL) in Belize, Central America.

It was I who discovered this AWOL irregularity, by way of an anonymous phone tip.

I immediately (and frantically) contacted The Morning Call "newspaper" ("reporter" Manny Gamiz) and DA Jim Martin's office wanting desperately to know ... was my daughter Sheena's killer a fugitive from justice?

I've subsequently been told by a former newspaper editor that, in his opinion, my gut- and heart-wrenching August 2006 discovery of my daughter Sheena's killer suddenly gone missing in Central America would have been an "above the fold" front page lead story in any other city in America.

Grieving Father Discovers Daughter's Killer AWOL in Belize

But The Morning Call "newspaper" in my hometown of Allentown PA refused to cover this story.

Turns out homicide defendant Robert LaBarre was on vacation in Belize, but we wouldn't know this until he returned, an agonizing and anxiety-filled (for us) week later.

Q. How was Robert LaBarre able to enjoy a 10-day vacation in sunny Belize Central America while out on bail for killing my daughter Sheena?

Q. Was this incompetence on someone's part?

Q. Was there any crooked colluding cronyism and favoritism involved here?

Lehigh County DA Jim Martin wouldn't tell me anything.

The bail setting District Magistrate (and now Judge) Michele Varricchio wouldn't tell me anything either.

Upon LaBarre's tanned and smirking return to Lehigh County Court, Judge Robert Steinberg soberly confiscated LaBarre's passport and mandated that LaBarre get permission to leave the state of Pennsylvania for even a day trip.

Q. Should the passport confiscation and travel restrictions have been applied before LaBarre's Belize vacation by bail setting Judge Michele Varricchio?

Q. After homicide defendant LaBarre returned, why didn't Judge Steinberg revoke LaBarre's bail and incarcerate him?

Q. What exactly is "standard procedure" in Lehigh County in a situation like this?

Q. Have any other Lehigh County homicide defendants left the United States without permission to go on vacation? Jodi L. Stephen from Pre-Trial Services told me that LaBarre did not have their permission, and they were charged w/ supervising LaBarre.

All excellent questions that deserved to be answered, right?

But curiously, The Morning Call "newspaper" was not interested in knowing the answers to any of these questions.

And they obviously didn't want you to know the answers either.

I wanted all of us to know, and I pleaded with the "newspaper" repeatedly to investigate and report on Robert LaBarre's AWOL Belize vacation.

But The Morning Call "newspaper" steadfastly refused to cover it.

FYI: Robert LaBarre's father is Allentown attorney Don LaBarre from the law firm of Gross McGinley (formerly Gross McGinley LaBarre & Eaton).

One of Gross McGinley's longtime clients is The Morning Call "newspaper."

Many attorneys from Gross McGinley contribute frequently and generously to the Committee to Reelect DA Jim Martin. [Source: Lehigh County Voter Registration Campaign Contribution Records]

[UpDate] In March 2011, when DA Jim Martin faced an unexpected ballot petition challenge, out of all the law firms in Lehigh County he could have chosen for his legal defense, who did DA Jim Martin tap? Malcolm J. Gross and Patrick J. Reilly from Gross McGinley.

So now you have some answers.

Readers, this is the first post in an upcoming series of LVS blog posts on "Facts The Morning Call "newspaper" refused to cover." See our right sidebar for more revelations.

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Facts The Morning Call "newspaper" refused to cover: Killer Vacation in Belize

In August 2006, while out on unsecured ($0.00) bail for killing my daughter Sheena, Robert LaBarre was discovered to be Absent Without Official Leave (AWOL) in Belize, Central America.

It was I who discovered this AWOL irregularity, by way of an anonymous phone tip.

I immediately (and frantically) contacted The Morning Call "newspaper" ("reporter" Manny Gamiz) and DA Jim Martin's office wanting desperately to know ... was my daughter Sheena's killer a fugitive from justice?

I've subsequently been told by a former newspaper editor that, in his opinion, my gut- and heart-wrenching August 2006 discovery of my daughter Sheena's killer suddenly gone missing in Central America would have been an "above the fold" front page lead story in any other city in America.

Grieving Father Discovers Daughter's Killer AWOL in Belize

But The Morning Call "newspaper" in my hometown of Allentown PA refused to cover this story.

Turns out homicide defendant Robert LaBarre was on vacation in Belize, but we wouldn't know this until he returned, an agonizing and anxiety-filled (for us) week later.

Q. How was Robert LaBarre able to enjoy a 10-day vacation in sunny Belize Central America while out on bail for killing my daughter Sheena?

Q. Was this incompetence on someone's part?

Q. Was there any crooked colluding cronyism and favoritism involved here?

Lehigh County DA Jim Martin wouldn't tell me anything.

The bail setting District Magistrate (and now Judge) Michele Varricchio wouldn't tell me anything either.

Upon LaBarre's tanned and smirking return to Lehigh County Court, Judge Robert Steinberg soberly confiscated LaBarre's passport and mandated that LaBarre get permission to leave the state of Pennsylvania for even a day trip.

Q. Should the passport confiscation and travel restrictions have been applied before LaBarre's Belize vacation by bail setting Judge Michele Varricchio?

Q. After homicide defendant LaBarre returned, why didn't Judge Steinberg revoke LaBarre's bail and incarcerate him?

Q. What exactly is "standard procedure" in Lehigh County in a situation like this?

Q. Have any other Lehigh County homicide defendants left the United States without permission to go on vacation? Jodi L. Stephen from Pre-Trial Services told me that LaBarre did not have their permission, and they were charged w/ supervising LaBarre.

All excellent questions that deserved to be answered, right?

But curiously, The Morning Call "newspaper" was not interested in knowing the answers to any of these questions.

And they obviously didn't want you to know the answers either.

I wanted all of us to know, and I pleaded with the "newspaper" repeatedly to investigate and report on Robert LaBarre's AWOL Belize vacation.

But The Morning Call "newspaper" steadfastly refused to cover it.

FYI: Robert LaBarre's father is Allentown attorney Don LaBarre from the law firm of Gross McGinley (formerly Gross McGinley LaBarre & Eaton).

One of Gross McGinley's longtime clients is The Morning Call "newspaper."

Many attorneys from Gross McGinley contribute frequently and generously to the Committee to Reelect DA Jim Martin. [Source: Lehigh County Voter Registration Campaign Contribution Records]

[UpDate] In March 2011, when DA Jim Martin faced an unexpected ballot petition challenge, out of all the law firms in Lehigh County he could have chosen for his legal defense, who did DA Jim Martin tap? Malcolm J. Gross and Patrick J. Reilly from Gross McGinley.

So now you have some answers.

Readers, this is the first post in an upcoming series of LVS blog posts on "Facts The Morning Call "newspaper" refused to cover." See our right sidebar for more revelations.

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Muhlenberg College Professor Jeff Pooley Enables Forum for Hate Speech & Libel

March 2010 marked the four year anniversary of the death of our daughter, Sheena.

For the entire month of March 2010, Allentown City Council Vice President and Cedar Crest College Ethics Professor W. Michael Donovan allowed and encouraged a hate speech and libel forum against Sheena's family at his blog, "Inclusion by Michael Donovan."

Among the hundreds of sadistically cruel and offensive comments published by Michael Donovan at his blog were these ...

Michael Donovan said...I am just going to let all comments run. They are fun to read … March 12, 2010 2:25 PM

Anonymous said...Villa, You are the professional Asshole. You have set a bar so high no one can dream to touch it. Be Proud, Asshole of Assholes … you stand for just being an ASSHOLE. March 2, 2010 7:53 PM

Anonymous said...
Dear Villa,

Go crawl back in your hole. You have done nothing good for Allentown. I'll repeat that: you have done nothing good for Allentown. The Chen Arts Group has been a positive and is only successful b/c the people there ignore you and your crazy wife. 
 October 5, 2009 2:49 PM

Chris Casey said...
villa is no hero … Heroes don't profit from the loss of a child … And Heroes don't get barred from buildings like the Morning Call for sending threats of violence to the employees there … March 26, 2010 5:36 AM

Pussilanimous Galore said...
The Villas are like having a reality Snuff Show on the Internet! March 14, 2010 4:40 PM

Anonymous said...
necrophilia is a mental illness where patients have odd attitudes towards the dead. In Allentown we have a man who pimps a dead woman’s memory to extort pity for himself. The first ever case of NECROVILLIA. April 3, 2010 5:28 PM

RUPAUL said...

Well, wee willie, what is the good of playing your "grieving father role" if you can't do it in public?

Why don't you drag your dumb ass and your vibrator down to City Council tonight and speak at courtesy of the floor?

I would show up to watch. You could do your Bill/Willa routine

Are you a man or a woman? I know I'm confused. You better leave the robot at home, it would be embarassing if her chip blew a circuit during your presentation. March 17, 2010 10:51 AM

RUPAUL said...
Hey Bill, where in manhattan do you work? Can we post the phone number and address of your clients ... March 16, 2010 8:29 AM

Chris Casey said...
I think it is entirely appropriate for citizens to petition the sponsors of Mayfair to remove Burqa Bill and the Villains from the acts at Mayfair. 

March 14, 2010 11:31 AM

I'm a little Teapot said...
Hey Bill and Osama Angie Obama Bin Laden ALI VILLA ... How do you say the things you do about the district ATTorney and not go to jail? Isn't that Terrorisc threats or sumthin'? March 15, 2010 9:43 AM

RUPAUL said...
Villa … Morning Call … Are you still barred from entering all their buildings? Threatening to kill people will make that happen huh, dumbass?!

 March 18, 2010 10:16 AM

Was it Chris Casey who said...

[Villa] "You are one sick Mother. What do you do, keep your daughter's dead body in the basement so you can whore it around like a trophy? You oughta call this the How I whore my dead daughter blog. I bet you masterbate on her everytime you mention the name of one of your enemies. You and your wife are two of the sickest fucks I have ever read. Get some help." March 14, 2010 8:48 PM

Chris Casey said...
You know Bill, Quentin Tarantino has two great Movies, Kill Bill Vol 1 and kill Bill Vol 2
… April 5, 2010 6:04 AM

Anonymous said...
Don't worry Bill, I'm sure you and your Significant other will be together in Hell. March 23, 2010 2:48 PM

Michael Donovan said...
I am just going to let all comments run. They are fun to read … March 12, 2010 2:25 PM

On April 30, 2010, we filed a complaint against Michael Donovan with the Allentown Ethics Board.

On June 2, 2010, the Allentown Ethics Board concluded that Michael Donovan had not violated any of Allentown's ethics codes-- watch TV coverage by 69 News.

On June 3, 2010, and June 5, 2010, Morning Call reporters Jarrett Renshaw and Bill White both quoted several of the perpetrator participants in Donovan's hate speech and libel forum against the Villas as testimonial character witnesses for Donovan-- not mentioning the vile nature of the commentary that was published at the blog of their fellow Morning Call blogger Michael Donovan. Morning Call reporter/columnist Bill White is also an adjunct professor of journalism at Lehigh University in Bethlehem PA.

In mid-June 2010, after several 69 News-televised confrontations at Allentown City Council, Michael Donovan finally deleted all of his anti-Villas blog filth but he resolutely refused to apologize to the Villa family.

In December 2010, Michael Donovan re-activated the version of his blog that had contained all the previously deleted material-- that is, Donovan put everything back up on the internet.

Also in December 2010, Muhlenberg College media and communication professor Jeff Pooley PhD activated a right sidebar link at his blog, "Allentown Afterthoughts," to Donovan's blog, "Inclusion by Michael Donovan," thus enabling his blog readers easy access to Michael Donovan's re-activated hate speech and libel forum against the Villa family.

Last summer, and into autumn, communicating w/ Cedar Crest College Provost Betty Powell PhD, we tried politely, and repeatedly, to secure an in-person meeting w/ Cedar Crest College President Carmen Twillie Ambar to discuss the shameful, and ongoing, Michael Donovan cyber ethics debacle w/ her. But lawyers for Cedar Crest College told us that no one from the college was interested in meeting with us ... and that no disciplinary action would be taken against Cedar Crest College ethics professor W. Michael Donovan.

Currently, polite outreaches to Wally Trimble, Chair of the Journalism Department at Lehigh University, Lehigh University Provost Patrick V. Farrell, and President Peyton R. Helm at Muhlenberg College are being similarly ignored.

We give area college professors Michael Donovan ...

Bill White ...

and Jeff Pooley ...

an F.

And an F.U.

We also believe that Cedar Crest College, Lehigh University, and Muhlenberg College should give their respective professors Donovan, White, and Pooley the boot.

Post Update > Judge Steinberg: The Threats Begin Again

Read > Related Story on Karen Beck Pooley

UpDate: Pooley changes Donovan link; no apology. Readers, we interpret Muhlenberg College President Peyton R. Helm's silence on this disturbing issue, and his ignoring of our polite e-requests to meet w/ him to mean that President Helm approves of and probably enjoys Professor Pooley's, Professor Donovan's, and Professor White's reprehensible, un-ethical, and vile actions against the Villa family. Same goes for Cedar Crest College President Carmen Twillie Ambar and Lehigh University President Alice P. Gast. All three college presidents obviously approve of Morning Call-affiliated cyber bullying cruelty and sadistic emotional torture perpetrated against an already grief-stricken and upstanding Allentown family. Academia has really changed.

Essential Reading > WHY WE FIGHT

Muhlenberg College Professor Jeff Pooley Enables Forum for Hate Speech & Libel

March 2010 marked the four year anniversary of the death of our daughter, Sheena.

For the entire month of March 2010, Allentown City Council Vice President and Cedar Crest College Ethics Professor W. Michael Donovan allowed and encouraged a hate speech and libel forum against Sheena's family at his blog, "Inclusion by Michael Donovan."

Among the hundreds of sadistically cruel and offensive comments published by Michael Donovan at his blog were these ...

Michael Donovan said...I am just going to let all comments run. They are fun to read … March 12, 2010 2:25 PM

Anonymous said...Villa, You are the professional Asshole. You have set a bar so high no one can dream to touch it. Be Proud, Asshole of Assholes … you stand for just being an ASSHOLE. March 2, 2010 7:53 PM

Anonymous said...
Dear Villa,

Go crawl back in your hole. You have done nothing good for Allentown. I'll repeat that: you have done nothing good for Allentown. The Chen Arts Group has been a positive and is only successful b/c the people there ignore you and your crazy wife. 
 October 5, 2009 2:49 PM

Chris Casey said...
villa is no hero … Heroes don't profit from the loss of a child … And Heroes don't get barred from buildings like the Morning Call for sending threats of violence to the employees there … March 26, 2010 5:36 AM

Pussilanimous Galore said...
The Villas are like having a reality Snuff Show on the Internet! March 14, 2010 4:40 PM

Anonymous said...
necrophilia is a mental illness where patients have odd attitudes towards the dead. In Allentown we have a man who pimps a dead woman’s memory to extort pity for himself. The first ever case of NECROVILLIA. April 3, 2010 5:28 PM

RUPAUL said...

Well, wee willie, what is the good of playing your "grieving father role" if you can't do it in public?

Why don't you drag your dumb ass and your vibrator down to City Council tonight and speak at courtesy of the floor?

I would show up to watch. You could do your Bill/Willa routine

Are you a man or a woman? I know I'm confused. You better leave the robot at home, it would be embarassing if her chip blew a circuit during your presentation. March 17, 2010 10:51 AM

RUPAUL said...
Hey Bill, where in manhattan do you work? Can we post the phone number and address of your clients ... March 16, 2010 8:29 AM

Chris Casey said...
I think it is entirely appropriate for citizens to petition the sponsors of Mayfair to remove Burqa Bill and the Villains from the acts at Mayfair. 

March 14, 2010 11:31 AM

I'm a little Teapot said...
Hey Bill and Osama Angie Obama Bin Laden ALI VILLA ... How do you say the things you do about the district ATTorney and not go to jail? Isn't that Terrorisc threats or sumthin'? March 15, 2010 9:43 AM

RUPAUL said...
Villa … Morning Call … Are you still barred from entering all their buildings? Threatening to kill people will make that happen huh, dumbass?!

 March 18, 2010 10:16 AM

Was it Chris Casey who said...

[Villa] "You are one sick Mother. What do you do, keep your daughter's dead body in the basement so you can whore it around like a trophy? You oughta call this the How I whore my dead daughter blog. I bet you masterbate on her everytime you mention the name of one of your enemies. You and your wife are two of the sickest fucks I have ever read. Get some help." March 14, 2010 8:48 PM

Chris Casey said...
You know Bill, Quentin Tarantino has two great Movies, Kill Bill Vol 1 and kill Bill Vol 2
… April 5, 2010 6:04 AM

Anonymous said...
Don't worry Bill, I'm sure you and your Significant other will be together in Hell. March 23, 2010 2:48 PM

Michael Donovan said...
I am just going to let all comments run. They are fun to read … March 12, 2010 2:25 PM

On April 30, 2010, we filed a complaint against Michael Donovan with the Allentown Ethics Board.

On June 2, 2010, the Allentown Ethics Board concluded that Michael Donovan had not violated any of Allentown's ethics codes-- watch TV coverage by 69 News.

On June 3, 2010, and June 5, 2010, Morning Call reporters Jarrett Renshaw and Bill White both quoted several of the perpetrator participants in Donovan's hate speech and libel forum against the Villas as testimonial character witnesses for Donovan-- not mentioning the vile nature of the commentary that was published at the blog of their fellow Morning Call blogger Michael Donovan. Morning Call reporter/columnist Bill White is also an adjunct professor of journalism at Lehigh University in Bethlehem PA.

In mid-June 2010, after several 69 News-televised confrontations at Allentown City Council, Michael Donovan finally deleted all of his anti-Villas blog filth but he resolutely refused to apologize to the Villa family.

In December 2010, Michael Donovan re-activated the version of his blog that had contained all the previously deleted material-- that is, Donovan put everything back up on the internet.

Also in December 2010, Muhlenberg College media and communication professor Jeff Pooley PhD activated a right sidebar link at his blog, "Allentown Afterthoughts," to Donovan's blog, "Inclusion by Michael Donovan," thus enabling his blog readers easy access to Michael Donovan's re-activated hate speech and libel forum against the Villa family.

Last summer, and into autumn, communicating w/ Cedar Crest College Provost Betty Powell PhD, we tried politely, and repeatedly, to secure an in-person meeting w/ Cedar Crest College President Carmen Twillie Ambar to discuss the shameful, and ongoing, Michael Donovan cyber ethics debacle w/ her. But lawyers for Cedar Crest College told us that no one from the college was interested in meeting with us ... and that no disciplinary action would be taken against Cedar Crest College ethics professor W. Michael Donovan.

Currently, polite outreaches to Wally Trimble, Chair of the Journalism Department at Lehigh University, Lehigh University Provost Patrick V. Farrell, and President Peyton R. Helm at Muhlenberg College are being similarly ignored.

We give area college professors Michael Donovan ...

Bill White ...

and Jeff Pooley ...

an F.

And an F.U.

We also believe that Cedar Crest College, Lehigh University, and Muhlenberg College should give their respective professors Donovan, White, and Pooley the boot.

Post Update > Judge Steinberg: The Threats Begin Again

Read > Related Story on Karen Beck Pooley

UpDate: Pooley changes Donovan link; no apology. Readers, we interpret Muhlenberg College President Peyton R. Helm's silence on this disturbing issue, and his ignoring of our polite e-requests to meet w/ him to mean that President Helm approves of and probably enjoys Professor Pooley's, Professor Donovan's, and Professor White's reprehensible, un-ethical, and vile actions against the Villa family. Same goes for Cedar Crest College President Carmen Twillie Ambar and Lehigh University President Alice P. Gast. All three college presidents obviously approve of Morning Call-affiliated cyber bullying cruelty and sadistic emotional torture perpetrated against an already grief-stricken and upstanding Allentown family. Academia has really changed.

Essential Reading > WHY WE FIGHT