[5] Shortly after the death of Morgan's father, she started to become interested in the church organisation Israel United in Christ after coming across it on the internet.

It was reported that after joining the church it became a big part of Morgan's life and she started to distance herself from her biological family.

Lead Prosecutor, Mark Fenhalls, stated that Morgan "was a mainstay of the congregation, worshipping regularly and helping run the children's group".

[9] On the 9 February, police arrested Shohfah-El Israel (born Ajibola Shogbamimu), a UK-based Nigerian man[10] who attended the same church as Morgan, on the M25 motorway.

[9] He later admitted he had in fact spent two nights alone with the University of Hertfordshire student in his Cricklewood flat, but claimed his lies were due to concerns about having broken church rules banning women from being alone with men other than their husbands.

Israel had spent time alone with Ms Morgan in December, breaching church rules which banned women from being with men other than their husbands.

Judge Soole expressed his frustration at Israel's "cruel and cowardly" refusal to reveal her whereabouts, despite several pleas from her family, which caused "continuing distress and suffering" to them.

[4] A dog walker found Morgan's remains wrapped in bin bags, bound with gaffer tape and covered with a mound of logs in Norton Green.

Hertfordshire Constabulary Detective Inspector Justine Jenkins stated that the body of Morgan "wasn't missed" during a previous search of the area by police.

Morgan's funeral was held at Lambeth Crematorium in November 2019, with a large number of people, including her family, in attendance.

The case pathologist could not rule out suffocation as a cause of death, potentially following milder blunt-force trauma to the head that may have rendered Morgan unconscious.