I have followed this mystery since the third week of May, 2020, full time for over two years on multiple platforms, part time since. It finally falls into place.
In My Opinion:
The first big surprise was the haphazard way he disposed of her. A flat land desolate area? Shallow grave? That alone tells us it was NOT a planned murder! This was an unplanned rage killing, haphazardly carried out! MassGuy’s summary of Barry’s dumb mistakes and lies bears it out. Not premeditated but it hardly matters since if convicted, he will die in prison in either case.
She blew his socks off when she said “done”. Thursday and Friday, he went about his business grading the lot by the river, the seething rage likely had him thinking: “I’ll kill her!
But, Suzanne knew him well and she was smarter. She had put up with his childish macho crap for a long time. She wasn’t afraid so she picked a week when the girls were gone. She became amenable. “Let’s go to town and eat out!” “Let’s have lunch, I made soup!” They discussed the girls’ visitation and housing. She played him like a fiddle. Going into that fateful Saturday, Barry might have thought - “Maybe I can win her over?”
Coming back from town, Barry phoned her over and over. She was busy. She had been sexting with Jeff Libler. Paraphrasing: Jeff said “Let’s get naked”? She said let’s do it on a certain website. The FBI said this wasn’t the first time.
Let’s remember key related facts. The bedroom door had been forced open, breaking the trim. Barry’s hands and arms were gouged by her fingernails.
What makes sense is that Barry came into the house, angry about Suzanne ignoring his calls. He came to the locked bedroom door and something caused him to shoulder it open. Maybe she didn’t answer his knocks and after forcing the door, he saw her naked with her cell phone. Maybe he heard her sexting and recording “Oh Jeff baby”. Or something else. Once inside, Suzanne likely bolted for the bathroom and he caught her and strangled her. After all, he had a big torso and was push-up king at the gym. He didn’t need a dart, gun or knife. Any resultant bodily fluids on the tile floor would be easily cleaned up.
Then, Barry came up with a plan:
… “I’ll toss her bike in the ravine. I’ll toss her helmet off he US highway going west. Those stupid cops will think she was abducted and the bad guys are heading westbound.”
… “I’m going NorthEast!”
… “I’ll dump her body south! The cops will never find her.”
… “They’ll never figure it out!”
… And he was right. Her scattered remains were found by accident.
The FBI autopsy said she likely died from strangulation, just as I had surmised. I’m not sure how they could tell, since the hyoid bone is held in place by muscles and ligaments which would be long gone. Maybe the bone was damaged?
We shall see …….
(In my opinion)