Morgan Leppert Morgan was just 15 when in 2008 she along with her 22-year-old boyfriend Toby Lowry beat, stabbed, and suffocated 66-year-old disabled man James Stewart in 2008 and stole his truck. They intended to run away together to California but never got that far but were arrested in Texas after an amber alert was put out. Morgan was taken back to Putman County in Florida to face the music. After much questioning, she was charged with first degree murder. Her boyfriend at the time who was aged 22 testified against Morgan in order to avoid the death penalty which basically sealed Morgan's fate. What we do not know of this case are whether the investigating officer's asked Morgan's boyfriend why he did not take more responsibility for what occurred! It is all very well saying that Morgan did such and such but a so-called adult testifying against a minor in a relationship where he led her astray is rather pitiful in my book. This does raise a question of whet