Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee Co, 10 May 2020 *Case dismissed w/o prejudice* *found in 2023* #113

[Derph]

I'm seeing so many news reports and people still sticking with the bike abduction. She didn't go riding.


1. She usually attended virtual church on Sunday mornings. Any evidence she logged onto her computer to do that? No.

2. She was supposed to virtually attend one of her friend's daughter's wedding. She obviously didn't do that. Never contacted her friend before hand neither the afternoon the day before, night or morning of the wedding. OK, maybe she was not going to disturb her friend but is that normal? IDK. My male viewpoint may lead me to think that it may be a possibility but maybe some females can chime in here on what they think about that.

3. Suzanne was very active on social media and we know for a fact that NO ONE heard a peep from her from Sat afternoon after barry came home. She never woke up and contacted anyone in the morning. There was no action on any of her social media accounts EXCEPT the bizarre Facebook requests that were sent out the Sat night after barry came home. That's very abnormal in regards to her usual patterns.

4. Her camelback hydration pack was in her car. She went on a ride without it? According to those that know her and her riding habits, that is abnormal.

5. Some of her riding clothes were on the floor when the police entered the house with barry. I'm struggling to remember the colors of those clothes. Were they baby blue? barry was caught scrounging around a local restaurant's garbage cans and when asked what he was doing, he told them looking for " baby blue bike helmet, biking clothes ".

6. A grey sweatshirt was recovered with Suzanne's body. I don't know who rides with a sweatshirt on even if it's cold while going on a bike ride. From photos we've seen of her wearing the sweatshirt that matches the description of the Crested Butte sweatshirt recovered with the body, that does not look like a sweatshirt one would wear while exercising, but one that one would wear lounging around or putting on AFTER a bike ride. It's very loose fitting and oversized.

7. No evidence that of a struggle at the bike scene. In fact it looked like the bike had been purposefully ghost ridden or tossed over the hill.

8. It's Mother's Day. She hasn't contacted ANYONE that day. Her daughters called and texted IN THE MORNING to wish their mother a Happy Mother's Day. They were expecting their mother to be at the house IN THE MORNING when she was usually home, not while she was out possibly bike riding! The AA even states

that: ( redacted ) states: " Suzanne regularly mountain bikes IN THE AFTERNOON."
Page 6 of the AA.

They fully expected their mother to be home in the morning. So much so that one of the daughter's called the neighbor to go check on Suzanne after she didn't answer calls.That raised alarm bells very early on in the day. Why were they so concerned about Suzanne not answering in the morning? Why raise alarm bells after only a few hours? What spooked them? barry being home the day/night previous?

This whole narrative that Suzanne was abducted on a bike ride is false. She never made it out of the house once barry arrived home on Sat afternoon. The media needs to stop with that theory. It's ridiculous.

 

[carolmaria]

I'm seeing so many news reports and people still sticking with the bike abduction. She didn't go riding.


1. She usually attended virtual church on Sunday mornings. Any evidence she logged onto her computer to do that? No.

2. She was supposed to virtually attend one of her friend's daughter's wedding. She obviously didn't do that. Never contacted her friend before hand neither the afternoon the day before, night or morning of the wedding. OK, maybe she was not going to disturb her friend but is that normal? IDK. My male viewpoint may lead me to think that it may be a possibility but maybe some females can chime in here on what they think about that.

3. Suzanne was very active on social media and we know for a fact that NO ONE heard a peep from her from Sat afternoon after barry came home. She never woke up and contacted anyone in the morning. There was no action on any of her social media accounts EXCEPT the bizarre Facebook requests that were sent out the Sat night after barry came home. That's very abnormal in regards to her usual patterns.

4. Her camelback hydration pack was in her car. She went on a ride without it? According to those that know her and her riding habits, that is abnormal.

5. Some of her riding clothes were on the floor when the police entered the house with barry. I'm struggling to remember the colors of those clothes. Were they baby blue? barry was caught scrounging around a local restaurant's garbage cans and when asked what he was doing, he told them looking for " baby blue bike helmet, biking clothes ".

6. A grey sweatshirt was recovered with Suzanne's body. I don't know who rides with a sweatshirt on even if it's cold while going on a bike ride. From photos we've seen of her wearing the sweatshirt that matches the description of the Crested Butte sweatshirt recovered with the body, that does not look like a sweatshirt one would wear while exercising, but one that one would wear lounging around or putting on AFTER a bike ride. It's very loose fitting and oversized.

7. No evidence that of a struggle at the bike scene. In fact it looked like the bike had been purposefully ghost ridden or tossed over the hill.

8. It's Mother's Day. She hasn't contacted ANYONE that day. Her daughters called and texted IN THE MORNING to wish their mother a Happy Mother's Day. They were expecting their mother to be at the house IN THE MORNING when she was usually home, not while she was out possibly bike riding! The AA even states

that: ( redacted ) states: " Suzanne regularly mountain bikes IN THE AFTERNOON."
Page 6 of the AA.

They fully expected their mother to be home in the morning. So much so that one of the daughter's called the neighbor to go check on Suzanne after she didn't answer calls.That raised alarm bells very early on in the day. Why were they so concerned about Suzanne not answering in the morning? Why raise alarm bells after only a few hours? What spooked them? barry being home the day/night previous?

This whole narrative that Suzanne was abducted on a bike ride is false. She never made it out of the house once barry arrived home on Sat afternoon. The media needs to stop with that theory. It's ridiculous.

YES. AMEN. It was really bugging me today. I think it taints public perception and a potential jury. *This was intentional,* IMO. B told his neighbors this falsehood, and IE ran with it.

National media seems the worst. I contacted CNN a few hours ago, but wasn’t nearly as eloquent & thorough as you!

 

[fcavanaugh]

I realize we probably will never know the answer to this and I know the prosecution doesn’t have to prove it in court can only offer theories as to: WHY did BM choose to use BAM in his dastardly deed as neither they nor us were there nor can we know what was going on in BM’s head (scary place imo) unless he decides to confess and I personally do not see BM ever confessing. Not a chance imo. Anyway, inquiring minds/true crime aficionados (particularly me lol) want to know- WHY did BM use BAM on SM?

After all, he’s a fairly big guy and could easily overpower the tiny SM and kill her on his own/use his own hands without any help from BAM. Also, he had access to other guns/rifles and could have shot her with one of those (although I’m sure he knew shooting her at the house with one of those guns would be too messy). Anyway, my point is, he was much bigger and stronger than SM and even with SM putting up a fight/trying to get away, imo he was more than capable of overpowering her and beating and/or strangling her to death without any help from BAM. IMO.

My understanding is that in most settings BAM is administered in measured doses and used to immobilize wildlife for handling, and Veterinarians administer it to animals for sedation purposes before certain procedures. In higher doses and/or depending where/what body part it’s gets injected, it can kill an animal (or human) in a matter of minutes and btw, it is virtually unheard of for use in humans! Yet this imo non-human evil creep BM, used it on a human-his wife!!

Moving on, BM admittedly had access to BAM and had used it on animals (deer) and the autopsy confirmed it was a contributing factor in the commission of imo BM’s heinous crime. Now, getting back to my questions as to why he used it. I wonder if BM used BAM intending it to kill SM quickly as in 2-3 minutes after injection so he wouldn’t have to use his bare hands and possibly didn’t measure the dose correctly/not enough to kill quickly, OR was it his intention to use just enough to immobilize/incapacitate her for some reason prior to killing her.
In other words, sorry to be graphic- did he just get some sick thrill from terrorizing Suzanne, shooting her with the dart and chasing her down hunting his prey before going in for the kill, and/or did he possibly intend to rape (ugh) a semi conscious SM before killing her via imo strangling her to death? Possibly both? In any case, whatever his intention was, she was able to put up somewhat of a fight before succumbing due to the scratches and fingernail gauges on his left arm. My next question, what did he do with/where did he put her body from roughly 3pm to 10pm before transporting her under the cover of darkness to burial site in Moffat?

Now, some have theorized he used the BAM to incapacitate her with the intention of taking an unconscious SM to the gravesite and killing her there so as to leave no trace of decomp at the house.
I’m not a fan of this theory because wouldn’t he have to keep administering enough tranq in between to keep her in unconscious state over a 7 hour period (3pm-10pm). Or did he know how much of a dose to give to keep her unconscious for that long-7 hours?!?
Is that even possible???? (I haven’t read everything yet so I really don’t know but I know some here probably do and apologies if it’s already been discussed I’m a little behind still catching up on the thread/posts).
Anyway, in this scenario, again, what did he do with her/where did he put her for roughly 7 hours? Did he leave her on the floor or bed and check on her and dose her again and again until he was ready to move her, or did he put her on the trailer outside and she ended up dying there from an overdose of BAM (cadaver dog hits on trailer) and when BM realized this, panicked and had to shift gears/switch up his plans because he now has an already dead SM he needed to transport to Moffat and scrambling to figure out which non-family vehicle (no dog hits on any of the family vehicles) he had access to to transport her body??? Idk but for me, too many mental gymnastics to make this scenario work.

At any rate, whether he shot her outside with a tranq gun or whether he manually injected/stabbed her with the loaded syringe, and whether he expected the BAM to kill her shortly after getting shot or stabbed with the needle, or expected it to just incapacitate her for whatever reason (see above) before killing her with his own hands, or whether he intended to keep her unconscious and kill her at the gravesite, he had to do something with either an unconscious or already dead Suzanne from 3pm-10pm as imo there is no way BM would drive ANY vehicle with an unconscious or already dead Suzanne and kill (if unconscious), dig grave, and bury her, do all this in broad daylight. No way would he take that kind of risk imo, the fact that it doesn’t fit the timeline, notwithstanding.

One last thing and apologies for rambling post of my thoughts/questions scrambling around in my head. Since cadaver dogs hit on the trailer and seat of the bobcat, I theorize he got decomp on him after he realized she was dead on the trailer from possibly an unintended overdose of the BAM sedatives he’d been giving her to keep her unconscious for 7 hours (I need to read more about whether that’s even possible), or imo more likely got it on himself/his clothes after carrying an already dead Suzanne to put her on the trailer while he waited for nightfall to transport her, and went near or sat directly on the seat of the bobcat to do something/possibly retrieve something??? Or…or…or??? IMO that is why he washed his shorts to get rid of decomp forgetting about the needle sheath in his pocket. I’m sure that was a real gotcha moment for investigators. Lo and behold, investigators were right all along. BAM!!

Kudos to all LE involved!!!

Again, sorry for the long rambling post and thank you for your patience lol.

IMHOO

#JusticeForSuzanne

ETA-clarity

 

[Seattle1]

Preliminary hearing DAY 3 - August 23, 2021: Cap/Needle Sheath, Broomfield, Investigation.

Witnesses: FBI J Grusing, CBI Agent Derek Graham, Undersheriff Andy Rohrich, CBI Agent Kevin Coback.

Tweets are in chronological order from oldest to newest.
Hopefully, this is formatted in an easy to follow way

Tagging @Kemug @DizzyB

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
People started lining up at 3 a.m. outside the Chaffee County Courthouse for #BarryMorphew preliminary hearing
@FOX21News

Recap of previous prelim days by Lauren and Sara

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
#BarryMorphew attorneys have arrived at the Chaffee County Courthouse for Day 3 of the Preliminary Hearing.
@FOX21News

Stephanie (Butzer) Rose
@stephaniebutzer
Today is day three of #BarryMorphew's four-day preliminary hearing. He faces charges of first-degree murder, tampering with a deceased human body and more. #SuzanneMorphew Day 1 coverage: Barry Morphew preliminary hearing: Investigator confirms Suzanne was having a 2-year affair Day 2 coverage: Barry Morphew preliminary hearing: FBI agent testifies about movements surrounding wife's disappearance

FOX21 News
@FOX21News
It's a case that has rocked the state. Catch up on FOX21's previous coverage and get updated information about today's hearing here:
Day 3 Barry Morphew’s Preliminary Hearing
fox21news.com

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Got a seat inside the courtroom. Waiting for everyone to get their seats. Barry’s attorneys and the state attorneys are all present. Barry is not here yet. #BarryMorphew

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
I am seated in the courtroom. The defense is seated differently today, they have more people with them (Dru Nielsen, Iris Eytan +3). #BarryMorphew has not been seated yet. ALL 3 witnesses who have been called to testify already are seated behind the prosecution table.

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Barry walks in. Mask below nose. Nods at attorneys. Nielsen rubs his arm. Barry seems to be holding folders.
Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
#BarryMorphew just walked into the courtroom wearing a grey suit and was holding an orange envelope and other papers. NEW: A sign in the courtroom that reads, "There is to be no communication between the persons in the gallery (visitors in the courtroom) and defendants.

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
There’s a new sign hanging in the courtroom. On Barry’s side, printed on a regular piece of paper: “THERE IS TO BE NO COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE PERSONS IN THE GALLERY AND DEFENDANTS” #BarryMorphew

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Judge just walked in!... Here we go with Day 3 of #BarryMorphew Preliminary hearing.

Jamie Leary
@JamieALeary
Preliminary hearing for #BarryMorphew continues this morning- his family, including daughters and mother said a quick prayer just before he walked in carrying an arm full of documents. Testimony continues through Tuesday. @cbsenver #SuzanneMorphew

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Former Agent Johnny Grusing is taking the stand again. #BarryMorphew attorney Dru Nielsen is asking about him shooting chipmunks.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
We are back in court for the second half of the preliminary hearing for #BarryMorpehw. Testimony starts off with Johnathon Grusing. Follow this thread for updates on the day.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Feb. 28, 2021 interview: "When I'm home I walk around and shoot chipmunks." We are hearing audio from an interview with LE. Nielsen wanted to make it clear that #BarryMorphew didn't shoot 85 chipmunks all at once

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Dru Nielsen starts off asking about trash runs. You'll recall #BarryMorphew took 5 trash runs. Neilsen says he was just throwing away junk-- Grusing says yes he believes that's what Barry told them.
@KKTV11News
Stephanie (Butzer) Rose
@stephaniebutzer
Court has started with a continuation of the cross-examination of retired FBI Agent Jonny Grusin by Defense Attorney Dru Nielsen.
Nielsen asks about the five trash runs Barry allegedly made on Mother's Day 2020. (Prosecution brought this up previously: Barry Morphew preliminary hearing: FBI agent testifies about movements surrounding wife's disappearance)

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Nielsen says there isn't photo evidence of #BarryMorphew physically throwing away trash five different times at all locations, including the hotel.
@KKTV11News
#SuzanneMorphew

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Nielsen is talking about what #BarryMorphew allegedly threw away at the trash runs. Made it known there were no pictures or video of him throwing away things at the Broomfield bus stop

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Nielsen says #BarryMorphew told investigators he had old boots, old clothes, and trash in his truck that he could have thrown away during some of the runs as to clean out his truck.
@KKTV11News
#SuzanneMorphe

Stephanie (Butzer) Rose
@stephaniebutzer
Grusin confirms Barry threw away "junk" at first stop in Broomfield, which was at a bus stop. There are no photos/videos of Barry here. There are visible cameras

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Trash run #3 is the first time investigators have photos or video of #BarryMorphew throwing away items. "I am a tightwad and I don't want to pay for trash pick up." He allegedly told investigators. "I work so much where my truck becomes a trash truck

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
#BarryMorphew told investigators he works so much that "his truck becomes a trash truck" and any time he gets a chance to clean it he does. @KKTV11News



Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Barry walks across lobby carrying boots and a blue garment. He also has a backpack on.
Nielsen: If he was hiding something, he would have just put those in the backpack, right?

Stephanie (Butzer) Rose
@stephaniebutzer
Second stop was at a hotel. Grusin confirms Barry said he was waiting for somebody to let him in so he could get a free breakfast. The exit/entrance to the hotel has trash can near it. Barry never said he threw trash away here, Grusin confirms.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Investigators don't have photos or videos from the Men's Wearhouse trash run. The plastic tree pot #BarryMorphew allegedly threw away at the hotel is one similar to the one he buys at a nursery in Salida

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Nielsen asking about the trash runs. There is no video or photo from trash runs at RTD bus stop, McDonald’s, or Men’s Warehouse.
There are, however, dozens of cameras outside the hotel

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Nielsen says #BarryMorphew never remembered what he threw away because it was just junk in his truck. One of which investigators found to be a tree pot similar to ones purchased at a nursery in Salida.
@KKTV11News

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Nielsen: He drove evidence of a murder from rural Salida to Broomfield where he was going to stay for 2 days?
Grusing: well not necessarily

Stephanie (Butzer) Rose
@stephaniebutzer
Third stop: Barry said he was getting trash out of his truck at a McDonald's, but didn't eat there. Surveillance footage captured him throwing away trash here (first time we actually see him throw away anything), Nielsen says

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Nielsen says to Grusing: Your theory is that #BarryMorphew drove to Broomfield to dispose of evidence from a murder. Grusing says "yes" Nielsen fires back saying, "you think he did this in plain daylight, plain sight with surveillance cameras?"
@KKTV11News

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Nielsen is now wanting to compare data from the Cellebrite PDF report and the BERLA report. This is data from #BarryMorphew truck and cell phone

Stephanie (Butzer) Rose
@stephaniebutzer
Barry said he is a "tightwad" and doesn't want to pay to throw out trash.
He allegedly said, "I work so much that my truck becomes a trash truck and when I finally get a moment to throw some things away, I do that."

Stephanie (Butzer) Rose
@stephaniebutzer
Fourth stop was a Men's Warehouse. Barry said to his knowledge, he didn't take anything to a dumpster there. There are no photos/videos from here of him throwing anything out, Grusin confirms.

Stephanie (Butzer) Rose
@stephaniebutzer
Fifth stop came after Barry had gone to his worksite, Nielsen says. He is seen slowly walking across a parking lot at a Holiday Inn past several visible surveillance cameras & signs about them. Enhanced photos show he threw out some items including a plastic tree pot

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Now talking about calls made from #BarryMorphew truck to several people- Mallory, #SuzanneMorphew, and Martin Riter. Prosecution asks if it's possible for Barry's bluetooth to pick up without being in his truck. Grusing says yes.

Stephanie (Butzer) Rose
@stephaniebutzer
Nielsen asks if Grusin's theory is that Barry drove from Salida to Broomfield carrying evidence of a murder.
"Yes," Grusin responds

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Nielsen is showing that #BarryMorphew was in his truck when he made numerous calls on Sunday, May 10 in Broomfield. The state is saying that his phone could still be synced to his truck when he isn't in the truck like when he was inside his hotel room & truck parked nearby
Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Now turning to the cap to a tranquilizer dart found in the dryer at the Morphew home. Nielsen pulls out a box of darts to show Agent Grusing. Nielsen pulls out a dart from the box and shows agent that the dart itself did not have a cap on it.
@KKTV11News
#suzannemorphew

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Tranquilizer DART CAP: It is the photo of what is found in the dryer. Nielsen is showing the courtroom brand new darts in a package unopened to Agent Grusing. He said it is the same but doesn't have a cap on it.

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Tranquilizer dart cap:
Photo of what was found in the dryer handed to Grusing
Nielsen pulls out a box of new darts. Grusing says they are the same as what is in the pictures
Nielsen: Does this have a cap on it?

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Grusing: it does not
Nielsen: the dart itself doesn’t have a cap on it?
Grusing: Not in that package, no

Stephanie (Butzer) Rose
@stephaniebutzer
They're going over calls Barry made from his car and comparing Cellebrite PDF report to BERLA (records car data).
His phone could have synced with his car if he was in a hotel and close enough to the vehicle, defense says

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Nielsen: (paraphrased) The needle is what is used to inject a dart with tranquilizer. A needle is not a tranquilizer dart. What was found in the dryer is not a tranquilizer dart cap. The one found in Barry’s garage was empty. The darts don’t come with any fluid in them

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Dart doesn't come with fluid or chemicals in them. You have to buy that separately. Nielsen is showing how someone has to inject into the dart the chemicals.
Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Nielsen argues the cap found in the dryer was not from a tranquilizer dart but from the needle used to inject the dart with chemicals. She asks Agent Grusing about this- he affirms that she is correct in saying they did not technically find a tranquilizer dart cap.
@KKTV11News

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
The language of the "tranquilizer dart cap" wasn't accurate. They are discussing this. Nielsen is going over the tranquilizer manual about how to fill the dart

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Nielsen now going through the instructions on how to fill the tranquilizer dart.
@KKTV11News
#BarryMorphew #SuzanneMorphew

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
She continues by saying LE found empty tranquilizer darts but no tranquilizer chemical at the house.
@KKTV11News #BarryMorphew #SuzanneMorphew

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
LE found empty tranquilizer darts but no chemicals or vials of the chemicals at the home. "I don't recall having any left," #BarryMorphew told investigators.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
The plastic cap wasn't found until May 19. Investigators don't know how the cap got into the
dryer and how long it had been there. There was 2 DNA mixture on the cap, #BarryMorphew DNA was excluded.

Jamie Leary
@JamieALeary
Defense team brings in box of tranquilizer darts- similar to dart kit found in garage of #BarryMorphew. She takes one out to show what it looks like, talking about how it was cap to needle of dart, w/ DNA mix of 2. Not one is BM. Says no tranq chemical found at house

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Agent Grusing says #BarryMorphew told him he could have thrown some chemical away but he does not remember. He says the cap in the dryer had nothing to do with him. The tranquilizer gun found in the garage did not work according to law enforcement.
@KKTV11News

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Empty darts-but no tranquilizer chemicals found by investigators. Barry said “I don’t recall
having any left”. Grusing asked Barry if tranquilizer could have been part of the work bench he cleaned off. Barry said he has no idea how the cap got in the dryer

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
The plastic cap was not found until May 19, 2020. Nielsen: you can’t say how many days it was in the dryer and how it got there.
Nielsen: Barry was excluded from DNA on the cap
No darts found inside the home, or outside the home. Only empty vessels found inside the garage

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Empty vessels of the tranquilizer darts were found in the garage. The tranquilizer gun didn't work, according to Nielsen.

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
NEW: Barry Morphew's attorney is attacking the trash runs and the tranquilizer cap found in the dryer of the Morphew home 9 days after #SuzanneMorphew went missing. We are in the 3rd day of a four day preliminary hearing/proof evident presumption great hearing. #BarryMorphew 's

Stephanie (Butzer) Rose
@stephaniebutzer
Nielsen brings up photo of a tranquilizer dart cap found in the dryer on May 19. Barry said he was not sure how long it had been there and it had nothing to do with him.
Court briefly discussed that calling it a tranquilizer dart "cap," wasn't totally accurate.

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
daughters, mom and sister are in the courtroom. Suzanne's family (at least brother and sister) is listening on Webex. More media here than before. Wraps up tomorrow, 8/24.
@ABC2020

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
NEW: Barry Morphew's attorney is attacking the trash runs and the tranquilizer cap found in the dryer of the Morphew home 9 days after #SuzanneMorphew went missing. We are in the 3rd day of a four day preliminary hearing/proof evident presumption great hearing. #BarryMorphew 's

Stephanie (Butzer) Rose
@stephaniebutzer
Nielsen asks Grusin: You can't say how long that cap had been in there?
Grusin says, "Correct." Barry was excluded with DNA from that cap.
(Reminder that all these notes are courtesy of
@CarolAMcKinley
being in the courtroom Raising hands)

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
#SuzanneMorphew had been at Gene Ritter's home (neighbor) for coffee from 9 a.m. -11 a.m. on May 6, 2020. During the time of "I'm done" text was sent to #BarryMorphew.

Stephanie (Butzer) Rose
@stephaniebutzer
Some empty vessels of the darts were found in the garage. A tranquilizer gun also in the garage did not work. There were no other darts found inside/outside the Morphew home, Nielsen said
Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Nielsen talking about text from #SuzanneMorphew on May 6th saying "I'm done." She says this text could have been Suzanne telling #BarryMorphew that she was done with coffee at neighbors. Nielsen says after this date there were several calls and texts between the two

Stephanie (Butzer) Rose
@stephaniebutzer
Now going to May 6, 2020.
This was the day Suzanne said her relationship with Barry was "done." She met with neighbor Jeanne Ritter for coffee 9-11 a.m. Ritter said Suzanne seemed "energetic" and "excited."

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Nielsen says the texts were about the two hanging out and what Nielsen calls "cordial" messages between the two after the "I'm done" texts.
@KKTV11News
#BarryMorphew #SuzanneMorphew

Stephanie (Butzer) Rose
@stephaniebutzer
Now going over some texts and calls between Suzanne and Barry on May 7 & 8.
May 8: Suzanne's phone received a notice about a Facebook reset code. She friended multiple men that night.
Defense brings up a few texts between Barry & Suzanne, and Suzanne & Jeff Libler from May 9.

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
Inside the courtroom, we are going over Suzanne's last moments.

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Nielsen is confirming the timeline again with Grusing. Judge asks to speed this up since this has already been determined. Barry sits as still in his seat the whole time so far.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Nielsen is going over the timeline of events with Grusing, according to text messages, FB messages, truck data. The state is telling the judge that Agent Grusing didn't go over the text messages between #barrymorphew and Suzanne. The judge allows the timeline to continue

Stephanie (Butzer) Rose
@stephaniebutzer
Suzanne and Jeff also messaged via LinkedIn, as we learned earlier in this hearing. The last LinkedIn message from Suzanne to him came at 2:07 p.m. May 9, Nielsen said. About 35 min later, Barry arrived home.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Nielsen turning to May 10that 3:58 am #BarryMorphew phone allegedly near where #SuzanneMorphew bike was found. But Nielsen says it is possible static drift interfered. She says this is when GPS measurements move when the phone is actually not moving. Grusing agrees.
@KKTV11News

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Jeff Lindsey :
What is your theory of the missing 18 miles
Barry turned left instead of right on highway 50 on May 10. Agents met with Barry and asked him which way he turned. Right - salida and Broomfield
Left - where the helmet would he dropped

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
March 2021 - Barry says he turned left. He said he saw elk/elk antlers and wanted to follow it.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
The prosecution is in re-direct now. Starting off with the morning of May 10th. #BarryMorphew was tracked turning left onto HWY 50 close to where #SuzanneMorphew helmet was found. He admitted turning left to agents. Right turn would take him to Broomfield and Salida.
@KKTV11News

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Grusing was asked about the 18-19 miles that were missing from #Barrymorphew odometer in his truck. Nielsen is talking about where Salida Stove and Spa is located and asked if it is a coincidence if the location to the spa is the same amount of missing miles, "No," Grusing said.

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
Talk now in redirect over whether #BarryMorphew turned right toward Salida or left toward the mountains on the morning of May 10th, 2020. Morphew said he turned left away from Salida to follow a bull elk to see when it sheds its horns.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
The state is redirecting questions. Agent Grusing says when they asked #BarryMorphew if he turned left or right on Hwy 50 when he left the morning of May 10, Barry allegedly said left in an interview in March 2021.

Stephanie (Butzer) Rose
@stephaniebutzer
Now we're on to the redirect with DA Jeff Lindsey.
May 10 morning: Barry turned left instead of right (right = direction of Salida & Broomfield) on Hwy 50.

Stephanie (Butzer) Rose
@stephaniebutzer
Grusing says Barry told him it was b/c he saw elk and wanted to see if they were shedding antlers. Barry said he went to Garfield turnaround and then onto Salida. Barry told Grusing this may have been around 4:30 a.m.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Grusing said if he turned right he would be heading towards Salida and Broomfield and if he turned left it would take him to where the helmet was found near Hwy 50 in Chaffee County.
#BarryMorphew prelim hearing day 3.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
#BarryMorphew also told investigators that he had seen a bull elk and a herd of elk crossing the street and wanted to see when they would be shedding their antlers (reason why he turned left, according to Grusing).

Stephanie (Butzer) Rose
@stephaniebutzer
Going left would have taken him in the direction of where Suzanne's helmet was found.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
12:02 a.m. and 12:17 a.m. incoming/outgoing calls the morning of May 10, 2020 on #SuzanneMorphew phone. Agent Grusing said according to Verizon there were no calls or text messages during this time. The LAST REGISTERED CALL from Suzanne phone was on May 9 in the afternoon

Jamie Leary
@JamieALeary
Prosecution: From May 9th into May 10th of 2020, the 6 hour period when phone of #BarryMorphew is in airplane mode, is that enough time to dispose of a body? Investigator: "Yes." @CBSDenver
Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Agent Grusing is talking about when #BarryMorphew could have had time to dispose of a body on May 9 into 10. He told the judge Morphew had six hours to dispose of a body which could mean at least a 3 hour round trip

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Back to the trash runs. Agent Grusing says #BarryMorphew never told them exactly what he threw away. Grusing says at the McDonalds run there possibly could have been two trash runs, but in photos you can not see what is thrown away.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Prosecution asks Grusing if it's possible #BarryMorphew was throwing away a vial of tranquilizer chemicals. Grusing says there's no telling because you can't see.

Jamie Leary
@JamieALeary
Investigator clarifies, in dryer, it was a needle sheath for a tranq dart gun- not a "dart cap". He says #BarryMorphew said he shoots deer w/ the tranq gun so he can gets their horns. Says he shot 2 deer, just for horns, in 4/2020. They wake up w/ no horns and run off.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Grusing is answering questions about #BarryMorphew talking about shooting chipmunks around the home on May 9. "I shoot chipmunks. So when I am home I go around the house and when I see another I’ll shoot it," Barry had said in an interview allegedly shot the chipmunks with a 22.

Stephanie (Butzer) Rose
@stephaniebutzer
DA Lindsey: A drive from Salida to Broomfield is ~3 hours. Barry's phone was in airplane mode from 10:17 p.m. May 9 - 4:30 a.m. May 10. Is that enough time to dispose of a body if driving from Puma Path to Broomfield?
"It is," Grusing says

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
#BarryMorphew allegedly told investigators that he last used his tranquilizer gun to shoot a deer in late April of 2020 to get their horn. "I’m telling you, telling you right now... to get horns. They go to sleep, I remove their horns. They go off with no horns on their head.”

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Allegedly shooting the deer with the tranquilizer gun either in the garage or breezeway.

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Is it possible Barry was tracking Suzanne?
Grusing: yes
Is it possible Barry texted Suzanne at 11am on May 9 that he was coming home and the texts were deleted?
Grusing: yes

Stephanie (Butzer) Rose
@stephaniebutzer
Regarding the trash runs, DA Lindsey confirms the "cap" found in the dryer was a needle sheath.
When asked about the dart, Barry said he shoots deer from his garage/breezeway. He said he last used it April 2020.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
From May 5-9, 2020 the FBI said they could NOT get everything off of #BarryMorphew phone that he had deleted. The state asked, "Is it possible if Barry could have been tracking Suzanne?" Agent Grusing said, "Yes."

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Barry is sitting forward with his arms resting on the table. He still looks relaxed though. He appears to have written something for a few seconds on a piece of paper and showed to one of the women with his attorneys

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
FBI Agent Jonny Grusing on the stand says #BarryMorphew would have had time to dispose of a human body on May 9th into the morning of the 10th while his phone was in airplane mode from 10:17-430 am. That is 6 hours

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
There’s 3 women with Eytan and Nielsen today.

Stephanie (Butzer) Rose
@stephaniebutzer
Between May 5 and 9, messages were deleted off Barry's phone. Some were not recovered, but the "I'm done" text was retrieved.
Grusing confirms that it is possible Barry was tracking Suzanne. There was an objection to this in court, but judge overruled.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
On May 8, #BarryMorphew allegedly brought up moving to Arizona. Grusing said this was the first time this was ever mentioned and Suzanne thought it was strange. She was looking at homes for sale in Salida, CO according to text messages.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Agents asked #BarryMorphew about tranquilizer needle sheath in dryer at Morphew residence. He again says it has nothing to do with him but he hates that it was found there because it "makes him look bad" and rumors are spreading in Chaffee County so "no wonder people hate me"

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Needle sheath (tranquilizer gun): Barry says: See, I think this makes me look bad. No wonder people in Chaffee county hate me. This makes me look so bad.
(This triggers a few groans and eye rolls from the public)

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
So the tranquilizer dart cap was actually a tranquilizer needle sheath found in the dryer which is a disposable needle recapping device. #BarryMorphew told investigators, "I don't know how that got there... it had nothing to do with me."

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
After so much discussion about a dart cap found in the dryer vent, it turns out it was a "needle sheath." Grusing's early mistake. When asked about it, #BarryMorphew said "‘I have no idea how it got there. It could have been in the wash but it’s got nothing to do with me...But ..

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
see i hate that beause you know that makes me look bad. But if it’s leaking from Chaffee county, it’s no wonder people in this town hate me. That’s just not right.”
Grusing is done. FBI Agent Ken Harris now on the stand. 3-4 more witnesses to go

Stephanie (Butzer) Rose
@stephaniebutzer
Regarding the needle sheath in the dryer, Barry told Grusing: "It could have been in the wash but it's got nothing to do with me... But see, I hate that because you know that makes me look bad. But if it's leaking from Chaffee Co., it's no wonder ppl in this town hate me."


Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
NEXT WITNESS: Derek Graham with Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He has been with them for 2 years. Before that he worked for Colorado Springs Police Department for 34 years.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Agent Grusing steps down from the stand. Next up is Derek Graham, Agent with CBI. He's a former CSPD officer. #BarryMorphew #SuzanneMorphew
@KKTV11News

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
see i hate that beause you know that makes me look bad. But if it’s leaking from Chaffee county, it’s no wonder people in this town hate me. That’s just not right.”
Grusing is done. CBI Agent Derek Graham now on the stand. He's the 4th overall witness.

Stephanie (Butzer) Rose
@stephaniebutzer
Grusing is done on the stand for now.
Next up is CBI Agent Derek Graham.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Bike Helmet: Found off of Hwy 50 between CR 225 and 226. The state is showing photos of where #SuzanneMorphew bike helmet was found to Agent Graham. He only saw photos, not the actual helmet. He said there was no indication of a crash

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Prosecution starts off with #SuzanneMorphew bike helmet found off of Hwy 50. Agent Graham is shown pictures of location where helmet was found. He says it was Suzanne's because it had contact info on the inside for her family. No evidence of a crash

Stephanie (Butzer) Rose
@stephaniebutzer
Prosecution brings up photo of Suzanne's helmet.
As discussed in earlier testimonies, Graham says the helmet had some minor scratches. Helmet was found westbound on Highway 50 half a mile west of County Road 225 on south side of hwy. This is btwn Morphew home and Garfield.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Now talking about #SuzanneMorphew 2015 Range Rover found in the garage and what was found inside the car. Empty hot tub bottles were found on the floorboard, camel back on the seat, and purse inside her car

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Agent says during search of #SuzanneMorphew car they found her Camelbak she used to take biking along with her purse that had her ID in it.
@KKTV11News

Stephanie (Butzer) Rose
@stephaniebutzer
In photos of Suzanne's vehicle in the garage, there is a Camelback water bladder, similar to the ones Suzanne would use when she'd go biking. Photos also show her her purse with her ID inside.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Exhibit 66: Photo of Mallory Morphew's bedroom. The bed was stripped. Pillows and comforter were on the ground/bed. The sheets were found downstairs.

Stephanie (Butzer) Rose
@stephaniebutzer
Now looking at photos of the house.
Photos of Mallory's bedroom (Morphew daughter) show the bedding was removed. Sheets were in the dryer. Comforter was halfway off the bed

Stephanie (Butzer) Rose
@stephaniebutzer
The spy pen was found in the master bedroom in a box of bras. Exhibit 67 is a photo of the pen

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
#SuzanneMorphew SPY PEN: Found in the master bedroom closet that was all female clothes. It was found in a box of bras. A picture of the pen was shown to Agent Graham.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Agent says during a search of the home they found sheets and clothing in the dryer along with the cap for the syringe for the tranquilizer darts.
@KKTV11News
#SuzanneMorphew #BarryMorphew
Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Pictures of the Laundry room and contents in the dyer: Clothing, sheets, a cap for a syringe for a dart were found inside the dryer. Agent Graham is confirming in #BarryMorphew Preliminary hearing day 3.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Agent Graham said there was one box of syringes inside the safe in the garage as well as several darts. Photo of the garage with safe open is shown to Graham. #BarryMorphew Attorney Iris Eytan will cross-examine Agent Graham now

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
The prosecution hands witness over to the Defense now. Defense taking a moment to get ready for cross.
@KKTV11News #BarryMorphew #SuzanneMorphew

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
Graham is testifying to 3 key places in the Morphew home which were searched by law enforcement: daughter Mallory's bedrm where sheets had been removed & were found in dryer, the garage, which held the safe with tranquilizer darts & laundry room where the dart sheath was found

Stephanie (Butzer) Rose
@stephaniebutzer
Now onto the cross-examination with defense attorney Iris Eytan.
Eytan starts with the tire track casings collected below Highway 50, around where Suzanne's helmet was found. Graham confirms tire casings were compared to Barry's truck and 2 Range Rovers. It was not a match

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
#SuzanneMorphew BIKE HELMET: DNA evidence from the helmet #Barrymorphew DNA was excluded. Tire casting was done on both range rovers and truck and was not a match to where the helmet was found

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Defense says tire castings were taken from the area near where #SuzanneMorphew helmet was found. Agent says #BarryMorphew car was excluded from those tracks. Defense also says his DNA was not found on outside of helmet.
@KKTV11News

Stephanie (Butzer) Rose
@stephaniebutzer
Also compared DNA on Suzanne's helmet to Barry's DNA. This was also not a match, Graham confirmed.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
SALIDA STOVE & SPA: Agent Graham said the owners had told him #BarryMorphew had been in the store acquiring to get his hot tub fixed on May 9 from 4-5:30 p.m. The investigator said the owner had told them that Morphew didn't buy anything either

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Defense talking about sheets from Mallory's bed that were found in the dryer. Defense says #SuzanneMorphew had a to-do list on the kitchen counter and on the list it said "Mal's sheets" @KKTV11News #BarryMorphew

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Agent Graham is being asked about Mallory Morphew sheets in the dryer. #SuzanneMorphew had a to-do list on the kitchen counter and one of the items said Mal sheets. Judge just reminded Eytan to keep the cross short cause the state only had 15 min with Graham

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
A lottttt of repetition going on. #BarryMorphew #preliminaryhearing

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Judge reminds Eytan that her crosses need to be more direct. Wrap it up in the next 5-10 minutes. Eytan: Ok I’ll move on
[from Salida Stove and Spa Rightwards arrow Mallory’s sheets in the dryer]

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
The sheets were taken from the dryer from May 11-15. It wasn't until May 19 when an investigator found the syringe for a dart. The state is redirecting now.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Re-direct happening now. Prosecution goes back over where #SuzanneMorphew helmet was found. Agent says about 10 yards off the road- would have been hard to see from road.
@KKTV11News

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Quick morning recess. We'll be back in about 15.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
No receipt was found for the hot tub chemicals from Salida Stove and Spa. Inside the dryer investigators also found Khaki-colored shorts that #BarryMorphew was wearing on May 9th, according to surveillance photos. BREAK NOW.

Stephanie (Butzer) Rose
@stephaniebutzer
DA Mark Hurlbert now doing redirect.
Hurlbert confirms with Graham that men's khaki shorts and other clothing were found in the dryer. It matches what Barry was seen wearing May 9 on surveillance video.
We're now on a break

Stephanie (Butzer) Rose
@stephaniebutzer
I'll tweet out our story once it's published, but this is the final update on this hearing for me for the week.
Running out the door for a much-needed, long-time-coming, no-cell-service kind of vacation. Stay up to date by following @DenverChannel & @CarolAMcKinley
Profiling Evil
@ProfilingEvil
Wondering about the cell phone drift #BarryMorphew defense team is arguing today? Check out my prediction and release before court began today:

#MissingPerson #SuzanneMorphew #LindaStanley #ChaffeeCounty #Murder #truecrime #GIS

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Back on record: NEW WITNESS takes the stand. Chaffee County Sheriff's Office Undersheriff Andy Rohrich. He has been the undersheriff for 3 years. He has been a police officer for 23 years. He worked as an animal control officer for 4 years. #BarryMorphew preliminary hearing.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Undersheriff Rohirck was called while off-duty around 8:14 p.m. May 10, 2020, about #SuzanneMorphew and got on scene around 8:52 p.m. #BarryMorphew drove to the scene 5 minutes before Rohrick got to the scene

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
Chaffee County Undersheriff Andy Rohrich, next witness, explains he got the report of a missing woman on May 10,2020. He was off duty and arrived on scene at 852. #BarryMorphew had arrived 5 min before. LE seized the truck right away. It was cluttered inside.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
We are back from break. Undersheriff with Chaffee County is on stand now discussing the moments he was pulled into the investigation.
@KKTV11News
#SuzanneMorphew #BarryMorphew

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Undersheriff Rohirck is looking at photos taken of #BarryMorphew truck. Describing the cab of the truck as dirty, dusty, clutter with some clothes and his bag he had taken to Broomfield.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Now looking at photos taken from #SuzanneMorphew range rover. Undersheriff Rohirck is looking at photos of her purse and the contents. medical card, driver's license, credit cards, cash. He is saying that she would need I-D to get anywhere in the country or out of the country.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
He's talking about when they found #SuzanneMorphew wallet in her car. He says it's significant she left her ID and cash because if she were leaving on her own she would likely take it

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Search of Morphew house:
Door frame in master bedroom Rohrich, Under Sheriff, said he saw damage to the door frame immediately. A crack in the door frame. Typically caused when a door frame is broken into from the outside in.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Undersheriff Rohirck said also mentioned that #SuzanneMorphew medical card would be needed for her scheduled maintenance treatment on May 10 that was left inside her purse in her car.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Undersheriff says as they searched the home they noticed that the door to the master bedroom had a crack in it which he says is consistent with forced entry. He says they also found a 22 caliber unspent shell next to the side of the bed #SuzanneMorphew slept on.
@KKTV11News

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Chaffee County Sheriff's Undersheriff said the door frame of the Master's Bedroom looked like there had been a forced entry from outside of the room. He also mentioned a 22 caliver unspent shell found on #SuzanneMorphew side of the bed

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
UndersheriffAgent Graham has spoken with the previous owners and they told CBI that it wasn't there when they moved.

Jamie Leary
@JamieALeary
Undersheriff on the stand, says he found signs of forced entry at door of master bedroom in Morphew home & unspent round, .22 caliber, next to bedside of #SuzanneMorphew
@CBSDenver #BarryMorphew

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
The undersheriff said this according to Agent Graham interview of the previous owners.

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
Lots going on. Searches of home found a live, unspent .22 caliber shell on Suzanne's side of the bed, her Bible and AlAnon book in the sitting room next to the Master BR. Her journal was missing, but some materials consistent with a journal found in fireplace

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
He says there was a fireplace inside the Morphew home that was searched. They found a piece of wood that was not fire wood, paper similar to wrapping paper, two long metal pieces, and something similar to bookbinding. #SuzanneMorphew #BarryMorphew
@KKTV11News

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Investigators were told to find three books that #SuzanneMorphew would have been together in the home. They found a bible, al anon book, but no journal. In the fireplace, investigators are describing pieces of material that could have been a journal burned

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
The undersheriff is describing what else was found in the fireplace. Piece of wood mostly burnt, papers. There was also a bundle of firewood next to the fireplace untouched

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
State asks Rohrich about the fireplace in the #Morphew house. Firewood was filled up, not used. There was paper material - wrapping paper, pieces not completely burned. Metal from folders in a file cabinet were found. A binding was also found. Suzanne’s journal was never found.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Undersheriff says while they were searching they found several books including #SuzanneMorphew bible, but they could not find her journal. @KKTV11News

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
We are about to watch exhibit 94 which is body cam video of #BarryMorphew entering the home identifying the clothes of #SuzanneMorphew. This is the one and only time he was allowed into the home after Suzanne was reported missing

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
The video starts on May 10 at 9:37 p.m. he starts in the driveway and walks down to the home with a deputy

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
#BarryMorphew is wearing a long sleeve red and blue flannel. This is the first time we are watching video of inside the Morphew home. He heads into the home and takes a left into a closet and points to clothing then Barry is seen going to the kitchen to get a plastic ziploc bag

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Bodycam being played from May 10th around 9:40pm of #BarryMorphew taking officers inside Morphew home to get something of #SuzanneMorphew to give to search dogs. He says shorts were taken. @KKTV11News

 

[Curiousobserver]

BTW- you don’t need a working dart gun to make a tranq dart work, you don’t even need the dart, you could just use the loading syringe to inject it directly.

 

[Seattle1]

Preliminary hearing DAY 3 - August 23, 2021: Cap/Needle Sheath, Broomfield, Investigation (cont).

Witnesses: FBI J Grusing, CBI Agent Derek Graham, Undersheriff Andy Rohrich, CBI Agent Kevin Coback.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
#BarryMorphew had pointed to black bicycle shorts which they put in a ziploc bag. The undersheriff also said there were riding gloves wadded up on the floor. Morphew is escorted out of the home. He was in the home from 9:37 p.m. until 9:40 p.m.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
The undersheriff said this was the first time #BarryMorphew was able to go into the home. He is not asking any questions or looking around in the home. He isn't trying to call #SuzanneMorphew phone. The last place he saw her alive and isn't asking questions or looking at the bed

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Undersheriff says #BarryMorphew never asked questions when they were in the house for the first time since #SuzanneMorphew went missing. He says it's notable that Barry didn't try to call Suzanne, he didn't ask questions, he didn't look at the bed which is last place he saw her.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
·The state is asking the undersheriff about hunting. Asking if he knows when elk shed their antlers. Undersheriff Rohrich said they typically shed their antlers before March and that Bulls and Cows aren't typically together in May. #BarryMorphew preliminary hearing

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Undersheriff Rohrich is now talking about tranquilizer darts and guns. He has used them for four years. Explaining how you use them putting the solution in the dart and then put it in the gun. He used them for vicious dogs when he was animal control officers.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
He said that more times than not he would have to chase after the dog after shooting it with a tranquilizer dart. Sometimes the dogs would be found in peoples yards later and he would be called. He would also catch cats.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
The undersheriff said deer would absolutely runoff. Didn't find any animal in the home that their antlers had been cut off. There were antlers in the home, but no cut antlers.

(WAY TO GO SUZANNE! .. my words)

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Now turning to May 13th, Undersheriff says photos of #BarryMorphew were taken. They included some injuries on his hands in various stages of healing, and on his left arm just below shoulder, there were fingernail marks.
@KKTV11News
#SuzanneMorphew

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
EXHIBIT 85-87: Photos of #BarryMorphew hands and arm with injuries. According to Undersheriff Rohrick, Upper left arm looks like there are fingernail injuries. 3 abrasions or cuts scabbing over. Outside of his hands were injuries in various stages of healing.

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
On May 13,2020, #BarryMorphew was photographed for injuries. Photos show various injuries in "various stages of healing" to the outside of his left and right hand & one on arm below his left shoulder looked like "fingernail injuries.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Exhibit 88-92: Surveillance photos from Highway 50 at a Shell Gas Station, Salida Auto Sales, and home near DSI

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
On 1:51 p.m. on May 9, 2020 the photo shows #BarryMorphew pulling his bobcat into DSI. He was wearing a blue t-shirt and khaki shorts

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
At 2:32 p.m. #BarryMorphew is seen in his truck on surveillance passing the Shell Gas Station which is east of Salida Spa and Stove. The truck wasn't seen again until 5:14 a.m. heading east

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Undersheriff is saying that #BarryMorphew turned around at the Garfield Mine after leaving the home Sunday morning.

Denver7 News
@DenverChannel
Much of the morning discussions on the morning of day three of Barry Morphew's four-day preliminary hearing centered around a needle sheath for a dart, which was found inside the Morpew's home. Latest here: Preliminary hearing for Barry Morphew continues into Day 3

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Exhibit 93, 94: Pictures of #SuzanneMorphew bike found off of CR225. Scott Banks was interviewed and is a bike mechanic. He had put new tires on Suzanne's bike on May 7, 2020

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Undersheriff says #SuzanneMorphew got new wheels on her bike on May 7th. When bike was found, the handles were turned almost 180- bike expert told deputies that happens when someone pushes the bike. He said there wasn't any sign of a crash.
@KKTV11News

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Handlebars were twisted 180 degrees. Can be called "ghost riding," this is seen with kids when they push a bike the tires want to turn. If the bike had been wrecked the mechanic said the handlebars and bike seat would not be centered but that wasn't the case here.


Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Defense now questioning the Undersheriff. She starts with asking him about what was seen on the bodycam of #BarryMorphew going inside the home. Defense says he was given instruction to go inside and go directly to something #SuzanneMorphew was wearing

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
They say he was given specific instructions to do that, and #BarryMorphew followed those instructions and did not look around or make a call. #SuzanneMorphew
@KKTV11News

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Eytan is now cross-examining Undersheriff Andy Rohrich. She is asking if #BarryMorphew followed the deputy task when he entered the home. He agreed he followed the directions to go into the home and find a place where she is wearing something and points out Suzanne's clothing

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Suzanne Morphew’s bike was found with handlebars twisted 180 degrees. “Ghost riding” - cable wraps around stem. Someone’s pushing the bike instead of riding it

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Now a cross from Eytan. Eytan: Barry was instructed ‘when we go inside, go directly to a place where Suzanne’s clothes would be.’
He was following a direction of the law enforcement. He is asked to get a plastic bag, he gets it, then they leave.


Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
May 10 evening: bike is found.
Eytan: Barry was ‘emotional’ when he arrived
Rohrich: I would disagree

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Attorney Eytan is reminding the undersheriff that #BarryMorphew when he was first contacted by deputies that he was very emotional



Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Defense says #BarryMorphew got to the scene of where #SuzanneMorphew bike found and was very emotional. Undersheriff says he disagrees. Defense says dispatch called him and when they called Barry he was very emotional. Undersheriff agrees.
@KKTV11News

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Now speaking about prescription drugs found in the #Morphew home and Walmart surveillance on May 6 at 12:30 p.m. of Suzanne picking up a white paper bag at the pharmacy but none found in the home for that date.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Now talking about the 2:03 p.m. sunbathing photo #SuzanneMorphew sent to Jeff Libler on May 9. The bikini was found in the master closet with other bathing suits. There was no blood on the bikini or tears, according to the defense

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Defense turning now to bikini #SuzanneMorphew was wearing in the picture she sent to Jeff Libler day before she went missing. Defense says it was found in the master closet and there was no blood on it.

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
Iris Eytan, Morphew's attorney, points out #suzannemorphew texted a selfie of her in a bikini to her lover, Jeffrey Libler, on Sat afternoon May 10th. One of her last texts. That bikini had no blood or tears on it when it was seen in the master BR closet the next night

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
The bikini wasn't collected as evidence. In the photo of #SuzanneMorphew sunbathing, you can only see a small portion of the bikini strap so can't tell if it had been torn or any of the photos from the closet, according to the undersheriff.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Defense asks Undersheriff about surveillance at a Loaf 'n Jug with car that looks like #SuzanneMorphew car. Undersheriff says he disagrees. Defense says he didn't put that in report. He says a different person did the report and he disagrees. Defense says he changed his mind.


Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
He continues to re-iterate that he did not write the report. She fights back saying he never put in his report that he disputed the claims of the deputy who did the report. She asks "did you change your mind because it doesn't line up with the murder timeline?"

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
correction : bikini selfie was May 9th. master closet search was late at night around 1030 May 10th. Sorry!!!

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Judge says she needs to re-ask question without the hyperbole of "murder timeline"
@KKTV11News

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Barry is slouching to the left, resting his hand on his face with his pointer finger pointing up. Any body language experts out there???

Stephanie (Butzer) Rose
@stephaniebutzer
Morning updates from day 3 of Barry Morphew’s four-day trial: Preliminary hearing for Barry Morphew continues into Day 3 #suzannemorphew

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
The undersheriff was fishing at Fooses Lake on Mother's Day with his wife around 12:02 p.m. He said it was crowded so they left. He confirmed no one reported the bike being ditched/found. LUNCH BREAK UNTIL 1:30 p.m.

Barry Morphew Prelim Day 3 Part 2

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
Defense and prosecution are both scoring points today. Morphew turns,smiles at family with eyes over his mask every chance he can. At times he & his attorneys exchange yellow sticky notes. Moonlight Pizza delivered food at lunch. That’s the place The Morphew’s liked to eat.

Denver7 News
@DenverChannel
The Chaffee County undersheriff said investigators found an unspent .22-caliber shell on Suzanne Morphew’s side of her bed, along with a Bible and other books. The third day of Barry Morphew’s preliminary hearing continues

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Back on the record: Undersheriff Andy Rohrich is on the stand. #BarryMorphew took off his suit jacket and rolled up his sleeves. He tucked in his shirt when the judge entered the courtroom

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Back from lunchbreak. We'll start off continuing with cross-examination of Undersheriff Rohrich. @KKTV11News #BarryMorphew #SuzanneMorphew

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Eytan is asking him about the sleeping bag found near #SuzanneMorphew bike. It wasn't tested for DNA. Undersheriff Rohrich suggested it could have flown out a bed of a truck.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Undersheriff says #BarryMorphew DNA was on the bike, but he was not sure where. Defense says Chaffee County Deputies had DNA on the bike too. Defense says only place Barry DNA was was on the bike seat. Undersheriff says he's not sure where it was found.
@KKTV11News

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
#SuzanneMorphew bike had DNA of #BarryMorphew but not on the handlebars. Rohrich keeps telling Eytan that he doesn't know where on the bike that Morphews DNA was located.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Eytan is showing the body cam video of #BarryMorphew touching the bike. She says he was touching the back of the bike near the seat and Rohrich is saying you can't see from this angle because there is another person in front of Barry.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Defense now asking about injuries on #BarryMorphew left arm. They're talking about three small cuts on his arm. Defense argues that there were only two marks and the third was a healing cut- the Undersheriff says he disagrees.
@KKTV11News

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
now they are discussing the marks on #BarryMorphew marks on his hands and arm. Eytan wants to know the measurements and Rohrich doesn't know because he said he didn't measure the three markings (fingernail injuries he had testified to).

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Afternoon starts with Eytan and Rohrich. Barry Morphew enters courtroom holding his suit jacket.

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Eytan wants to go over the 3 injuries on Barry’s left arm brought up by the state.
“3 parallel markings” - maybe scratching from nails?
Rodrich: I can’t make any conclusions I don’t know
Eytan is visibly annoyed

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Eytan said when people disappear they don't always use their identification so if #SuzanneMorphew disappeared she wouldn't use her ID. When referring to Suzanne leaving her purse in the car

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Suzanne's cell phone was not found in the investigation. Her phone charger was not at the home either which would have been at her bedside

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Defense asks Undersheriff about the unspent .22 shell found on the floor next to where #SuzanneMorphew slept. They say there was no blood in the room, on the bed, on any of the walls, or anywhere in the master bedroom.
@KKTV11News #BarryMorphew

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Eytan: you don’t know what was in the journal? Loving thoughts about Jeff?
Rohrich: I don’t....or it could have had hateful stuff about Barry

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
MISSING JOURNAL: Eytan asked, "Do you know if there were love notes about her lover Jeff Libler in the journal?" Rohrich said, "no or hateful stuff about Barry either."

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Defense shows Undersheriff a picture of a half-full coffee cup next to the kitchen sink. Defense says #SuzanneMorphew is an avid coffee drinker and that #BarryMorphew doesn't drink coffee. Undersheriff said he didn't investigate that.
@KKTV11News

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
A white coffee cup was sitting on the kitchen counter that was half-full next to the sink. The undersheriff said it was out of the ordinary because it wasn't clean

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
#SuzanneMorphew always had a cup of coffee in the morning. According to the defense, #BarryMorphew has never had a cup of coffee.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Garfield Mine round trip from the Morphew Home is 6.2 miles, not 18-19 miles missing from #BarryMorphew truck odometer

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Defense exhibit PP: is a picture of #BarryMorphew dart rifle in his gunsafe. Eytan is asking Undersheriff Rohrich how to load the dart gun as well as put serum in the dart


Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Undersheriff Rohrich watched most of the body cam video of his deputies for this case but hadn't seen one video that Eytan wanted to show so we didn't see it. Now the state is redirecting

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Re-direct happening now with the Undersheriff. Prosecution starts off going back to what #BarryMorphew demeanor was when he showed up at the scene. Undersheriff says they were "crocodile tears" that they were fake. Defense said otherwise

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Undersheriff Rohrich said when #BarryMorphew first got to the bike scene he had "crocodile tears like fake tears at the beginning."

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Undersheriff Rohrich is now looking at the last photo of #SuzanneMorphew sunbathing. She was laying on a brown towel that investigators never found

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Prosecution goes back to the cuts #BarryMorphew had on his left arm under his shoulder. Undersheriff said when asked Barry told investigators he got the cuts from a tree when he was looking for #SuzanneMorphew

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
He also confirmed that there are other roads off of Hwy 50, Garfield Mine, and where the helmet was found.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
NEW WITNESS: CBI Agent Kevin Coback. Field agent in Pueblo for 7 years. D.A. Linda Stanley is now asking him questions about #BarryMorphew employee Morgan Gentile.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
#BarryMorphew was supposed to pick Morgan Gentile up on Sunday night at 5:30 p.m. but didn't and called her around 11 a.m. to ask her to bring another worker to Broomfield

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Morgan Gentile stayed in room 228, Jeff Puckett stayed in room 225 (room that #BarryMorphew had stayed in). Judge is asking if the room had been cleaned before Puckett arrived, the investigator didn't know

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Prosecution calls Kevin Koback, a CBI field agent in the Pueblo regional office. He interviewed a coworker of #BarryMorphew. Coworker told them on May 10th she and another coworker were going to hotel in Broomfield. The other coworker was set to stay in Barry's room

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
The coworker says she walked into the room #BarryMorphew was staying in and it smelled strongly of chlorine, there were wet towels, and they found insurance documents under the pillow. It's not clear if room was cleaned by hotel before other worker stayed

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
Eytan suggests that just because #SuzanneMorphew's ID was in her purse, doesn't mean she didn't pull a "Gone Girl."
Eytan- Suzanne was unhappy in her marriage.
She wanted to leave.
Rohrich-Yes.
IE - When people want to disappear they don’t use their identity do they?

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Broomfield Holiday Inn: She had told the investigators when they opened the door to room 225 they were overcome by the smell, saw wet towels on the floor in the bathroom. Also an insurance document under a pillow that had been trashed.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Morgan Gentile had told investigators that #BarryMorphew was the first boss that respected her. She said that she heard Barry's truck around 4 a.m. Sunday morning and it was not a surprise to her that he left her.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
#BarryMorphew called Morgan at 11:18 a.m. May 10 asking her to get another worker and giving her details about the job, making sure that there was enough material to do the job in Broomfield. Barry didn't mention why he left her in Chaffee County.
Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
At 6:09 p.m. #BarryMorphew called Morgan Gentile saying that he needed to return to Salida for a family emergency but didn't mention Suzanne missing

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
This coworker was confronted about her relationship with #BarryMorphew, asked if they had an affair. Coworker said she respected Barry as a boss and that he never did anything to make her feel uncomfortable.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
At 7:30 a.m. on May 11, #BarryMorphew called Morgan Gentile referencing that Suzanne was missing and talked about a mountain lion then immediately turned his attention to the job in Broomfield.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
On May 15, CBI agents questions Morgan Gentile about her relationship with #BarryMorphew. She was confronted about being called a mistress. Gentile is concerned about what is being said on social media, her safety, and her children's safety.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Defense says #BarryMorphew called his coworker crying saying that his wife was missing and that they found her bike and he believed it was a mountain lion.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
After further investigation, it was confirmed that Morgan Gentile did NOT have an affair with #BarryMorphew. She described Barry as not an emotional guy and he called Gentile crying Monday morning. "My wife is missing, we found the bike, its gotta be a mountain lion or cougar."

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Eytan said #BarryMorphew didn't tell the front desk to get two cleanrooms for his workers and he didn't tell his workers not to come. Morgan Gentile and Jeff Puckett came to the hotel Sunday night

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Puckett found the insurance document under a pillow and ended up in the trash. Agent Coback said he hasn't read the affidavit. He knows what Morgan Gentile said but not of Jeff Puckett.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
CBI sent an email to the hotel on May 12 to preserve all surveillance videos. They picked up the thumb drive. Agents also got the logs of who was coming and going into the hotel. Agent Coback doesn't have information if the hotel room was swabbed for #SuzanneMorphew DNA

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Defense argues that the General Manager from the hotel told CBI that the room #BarryMorphew was staying in was right above the indoor pool and that it and another room had a strong smell of chlorine from the pool.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Another CBI agent went back to the hotel on Sept. 1, 2020 to take photographs after media attention about the chlorine smell in #BarryMorphew room. Eytan found an email from the hotel manager saying that room is above the pool area and still smells like chlorine 4 months later

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
D.A. redirected and asked if the pool was open during the time #BarryMorphew was there? Agent Coback didn't know.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Former FBI Agent Johnny Grusing is called back to the stand.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Exhibit 96,97: Photos of the "chipmunk gun" The barrel is 7.5 inches long. #BarryMorphew handed the gun to Agent Grusing through the window of his vehicle.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Agent Grusing is back on the stand for the prosecution.
@KKTV11News
#BarryMorphew #SuzanneMorphew

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
The state is asking Agent Grusing when he interviewed #BarryMorphew. Barry sat up in his chair and crossed his arm. Agent Grusing was called to help investigate Barry. The state is asking about Grusing strategy about interviewing Barry.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
#BarryMorphew told CBI on May 13 interview: "We had steak and sex on May 9, best night and there were no chemicals in Suzanne so they had a good night."

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Prosecutors ask about messages #BarryMorphew deleted from his phone. He allegedly told investigators he did that to hide them from his daughters. They also say he talked about #SuzanneMorphew in the past tense.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
CBI noted that #BarryMorphew used past tense when speaking about #SuzanneMorphew. "I just wished you knew her, how amazing she was." He told investigators that she was last wearing white shorts, and a string-type shirt.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
On June 2, 2020 #BarryMorphew said #SuzanneMorphew was abusing drugs and alcohol and they would fight about it. He told investigators Suzanne was "well" when they first moved to Salida area.
@KKTV11News

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
In an Interview with Agent Grusing on June 2 in the backyard of the Cushmans, #BarryMorphew mentioned that Suzanne was abusing drugs and alcohol. The last time she was doing well was the Summer of 2018.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
#BarryMorphew was also asked by Grusing what was the last image of #SuzanneMorphew and Barry didn't answer 3 times. Grusing then asked did you see a lump in the covers? Barry answered, "probably just the lump there, saw her breathing."


Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Barry told Grusing in an interview that Suzanne was ‘perfectly fine because she had no alcohol in her’.
As Grusing says this, Barry whispers a few words in Eytan’s ear.

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
This was on Saturday night - May 10, 2020.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
#BarryMorphew told investigators he and #SuzanneMorphew went for a hike the night of May 9th after dinner.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Grusing said that #BarryMorphew initially thought it was a mountain lion that #SuzanneMorphew was taken by. Then it was a man named CBD Tim who Barry said Suzanne was buying drugs from off the streets.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
#BarryMorphew allegedly came up with an "alternate suspect" when being questioned by investigators. He said #SuzanneMorphew was buying drugs from "CBD Tim" and he should be a suspect.
@KKTV11News

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Grusing asked #BarryMorphew if he remembered what he did in Broomfield. The agent said Barry could only remember going to the job site, McDonald's, and the hotel. He never said anything about Men's Warehouse, and RTD Bus Stop.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
#BarryMorphew said that as soon as the girls left for their road trip that #SuzanneMorphew mood got worse and she started drinking.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Agent Grusing asked #BarryMorphew about the suicide text after #SuzanneMorphew had sent a text saying, "I'm done." Barry told Grusing, "I was just trying to hurt her, that is all I was doing.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
FBI agents asked #BarryMorphew about the affair. He claims he wasn't aware of #SuzanneMorphew and Jeff Libler affair. Barry told the investigator, "Doesn't understand why God would take away my wife... Maybe in God's eye, this is the way of him resolving something."

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Exhibit 59: Proof of Life of #SuzanneMorphew sunbathing. Agent Grusing said that she sent the photo to her lover and #BarryMorphew responded "Well obviously she's drunk, look at her eyes. She has drunk eyes. Do you know what drunk eyes look like?" RECESS for 15 minutes.

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
There's been a lot of talk about #BarryMorphew's Broomfield hotel room having an overwhelming smell of chlorine. Turns out the hotel manager wrote a letter saying that room, 225, was over the pool. Prosecution notes during COVID was the pool filled? no one knows.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
#BarryMorphew phone went into airplane mode from 2:47 p.m. until 10:17 p.m. on May 9. The phone appears to be at the Morphew home from 10:17 p.m. until 3:25 a.m. the next day

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Left turn on Hwy 50 the morning of May 10. #BarryMorphew turned left cause he saw a bull elk.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
In an interview on March 5. #BarryMorphew told investigators that putting his phone on airplane mode was an accident if it happened.

Jamie Leary
@JamieALeary
During an interview w/ investigators, #BarryMorphew asked about immunity, "and what about immunity? Can you given me immunity if I just sit and open up my life to you?" #SuzanneMorphew


Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
According to investigators #BarryMorphew allegedly told investigators "Can you give me immunity if I sit and open my life to you?"
@KKTV11News

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
#BarryMorphew asked Agent Grusing if he could have immunity if he gave them his life up?

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Agent Grusing asked #BarryMorphew about the tranquilizer... when it was last fired? Nielsen is wanting on the record that the state should be asking questions and Agent Grusing should be answering, not the other way around.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Former FBI Agent Grusing said #BarryMorphew said it was last used in late April.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Talk about Divorce: Agent Grusing said #BarryMorphew would tell #SuzanneMoprhew "I'm not discussing this, cause it is never going to happen." The state said, "It never did."



Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Agent Grusing asked #BarryMorphew about him ever being physical with #Suzanne because one of the 50 grievances was just wrestled free. Barry said he never grabbed her or constricted her with his arms. She would brush up against her.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
April 22, 2021 interview with #BarryMorphew Agents said you were the last person to see #SuzanneMorphew alive and Barry agreed

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
#BarryMorphew met investigators in April 2021. They asked him about who saw #SuzanneMorphew alive last- he said it was him.
@KKTV11News


Jamie Leary
@JamieALeary
When investigators asked #BarryMorphew if he had ever been physical with #SuzanneMorphew, in arguments, he may have pushed up against her but never used his arms to restrain her. In a list of grievances written by Suzanne, one was, "just wrestled free".
@CBSDenver

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Agent Grusing said it appeared that on Saturday, May 9, 2020, that something either happened to Suzanne or her phone. #BarryMorphew agreed and asked is there any sign of anyone getting into the home? "No."

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
#BarryMorphew said if he would've known #SuzanneMorphew wanted a divorce he would have written her a check for half and let her go her own way

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Agent Grusing reached out to a Parks and Wildlife expert about tranquilizing an animal. He asked if an animal tranquilizer like BAM would be used on a female what would happen.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Investigators say after April interview they interview Parks and Wildlife vet Lisa Wolf asking what impacts a person would feel if they were shot with a tranquilizer dart. She said it would cause considerable hematoma and someone of #SuzanneMorphew size would be out in 8 min

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
If a person would be injected by BAM (serum for tranquilizer darts) the human would be in complete sedation within 2-3 minutes. The woman would likely run, then become wobbly and unstable before dozing off, according to the Parks and Wildlife expert

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Agent Grusing spoke with #BarryMorphew about burned file folders in the fireplace. Barry said they were getting rid of old files.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
"I don't recall," was a response #BarryMorphew told investigators more than 95 times. Questions FBI had asked Barry after an audit of the investigation.
Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
If you're trying to twist my words if I don't recall something... I don't recall it."


Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
According to investigators during the April 2021 interview with #BarryMorphew they questioned him a number of times and he answered "I don't recall" over 95 times. When asked if he shot tranquilizer gun on May 9th he said "absolutely not"
@KKTV11News

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Barry answers “I do not recall” to numerous questions Grusing and investigators’ questions
-initially, Grusing counted 95 “I don’t recalls” he said there’s probably more
- Barry has said before that liberals like Clinton and Jim Comey say I don’t recall when they are lying

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
#BarryMorphew told investigators that he voted in the 2020 election on #SuzanneMorphew behalf because he wanted Trump to win and said he knew the other guys were cheating.
@KKTV11News

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
According to Grusing, #BarryMorphew said all he had left in his life was hunting. Barry had hunted since he was 7-years-old. "If I have to live this life without her, at least I can hunt."

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Agent Grusing said #BarryMorphew mentioned multiple times during the investigation that "This is in God's hand. He allowed this whole thing to happen."

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Agent Grusing road in the back of the car when #BarryMorphew was arrested on May 5, 2021. Morphew said, "How could you do this to me? I trusted you."

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
On the day #BarryMorphew was arrested Grusing was in the back of the car with him and Barry allegedly said "how could you do this to me? I trusted you."

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
#BarryMorphew is sitting up in his chair with his arms on the table with his hands folded leaning in as the state asks Agent Grusing questions about the arrest.


Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Agent Grusing told #BarryMorphew in the car that they presented the audit to the District Attorney's Office and that there had been arrest warrant for murder.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
the lengthy "audit" interview with #BarryMorphew in Aprily2021 was presented to the DA office and from there Grusing says an arrest warrant was issued for murder.
@KKTV11News #SuzanneMorphew

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Agent Grusing and #BarryMorphew are just staring at each other as the state talks between themselves to figure out any more questions for Agent Grusing.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
One used plate was recovered from the dishwasher. Agent Grusing said in interviews with #BarryMorphew he had mentions eating steaks with #Suzanne Saturday night and in other interviews Barry said they shared one plate and ate off the one plate.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
#BarryMorphew asked for immunity if he just sat down and opened his life up to the FBI agents. Grusing believes Barry meant that if he disclosed things to agents, he wouldn’t be prosecuted for suzannes disappearance and death

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Agent Grusing now being cross examined by Dru Nielsen.
@KKTV11News

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
When she married #BarryMorphew it was a marriage for life, according to Barry.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Nielsen is now cross-examining Agent Grusing. From May until July 8: 13 interviews with #BarryMorphew which equaled 24 hours.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
#BarryMorphew said he was 100% faithful to #SuzanneMorphew during their marriage. No infidelity.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
June 2020 #BarryMorphew said because of #SuzanneMorphew relationship with God there is no way she would be unfaithful.
@KKTV11News

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Nielsen is saying that Agent Grusing introduced the subject of an intimate partner #SuzanneMorphew had to Barry on June 2. #BarryMorphew said no because of our relationship with the Lord, she is a very faithful person and of God. Didn't want to think that it was a possibility.

Denver7 News
@DenverChannel
This afternoon, the court learned that Barry Morphew had asked the FBI during an interview about immunity, asking an agent, “Can you give me immunity if I sit and just open up my life to you?”

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
July 8 interview with #BarryMorphew lasted 6 hours. This is the grilling steaks interview at the Morphew home. They included the CBI agents and said a prayer for them around a table.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
#BarryMorphew says investigators put doubt into his mind about #SuzanneMorphew having an affair.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
CBI agents asked #BarryMorphew about a possible affair in regards to #SuzanneMorphew. He never thought that. They asked Barry if he had searched dating sites like Bumble. Barry said I don't know what they are. He claim he had never searched for another woman.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
"She is the love of my life, I would lay down my life for that girl... I’m telling you right now, I was in shock for five days. If I left something out or a time period then it wasn’t on purpose." #BarryMorphew told investigators.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
#BarryMorphew was confused about the timing of the Skidsteer and what day he had visited Salida Stove and Spa. He wasn't confused about who he spoke to at Salida Stove and Spa.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
#BarryMorphew told investigators the night before #SuzanneMorphew went missing that they had a nice night and were intimate that night and then he went to bed.
@KKTV11News

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
I have to get ready for my LIVESHOT with
@FOX21News for the 5 o'clock news. I'll have another recap at 6:30 p.m.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
#BarryMorphew told investigators that if they believe he found out about the affair and did something that they were completely wrong.
@KKTV11News

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
#BarryMorphew told investigators during interview that after they told him about #SuzanneMorphew affair was that it blew his mind and thought they lied to him to get a reaction out of him @KKTV11News

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
Agent Grusing on stand grilled by #BarryMorphew atty Dru Nielsen. She says Barry told them repeatedly he didn't know about Suzanne's affair. But prosecutors believe he murdered her when he caught her texting her lover on May 9th. FBI Agent Ken Harris up tomorrow. 930 am start.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
#BarryMorphew told investigators it blew him away that #SuzanneMorphew pulled off an affair for 2 years because she was a good-hearted person and everyone knew it.
@KKTV11News

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
With that we will end out the day. Agent Grusing will be back on the stand tomorrow. We will be back at 9:00. I'll have a live update on
@KKTV11News
at 5:30pm tonight and a wrap up of the day at 10pm. #SuzanneMorphew #BarryMorphew

Preliminary hearing for Barry Morphew continues into Day 3

Much of the morning discussions at day three of Barry Morphew's four-day preliminary hearing centered around a needle sheath for a dart, which was found inside the Morpew's home.

www.denver7.com

Below is a round-up of day three of the multi-day preliminary hearing. Read about day one here and day two here.

PH Day 4 resumes on August 24, 2021

 

[kittythehare]

I realize we probably will never know the answer to this and I know the prosecution doesn’t have to prove it in court can only offer theories as to: WHY did BM choose to use BAM in his dastardly deed as neither they nor us were there nor can we know what was going on in BM’s head (scary place imo) unless he decides to confess and I personally do not see BM ever confessing. Not a chance imo. BUT still, inquiring minds/true crime aficionados (particularly me lol) want to know- WHY did BM use BAM on SM?

After all, he’s a fairly big guy and could easily overpower the tiny SM and kill her on his own/use his own hands without any help from BAM. Also, he had access to other guns/rifles and could have shot her with one of those)although I’m sure he knew shooting her at the house would be too messy). Anyway, my point is, he was much bigger and stronger than SM and even with SM putting up a fight/trying to get away, imo he was more than capable of overpowering her and beating and/or strangling her to death without any help from BAM. IMO.

My understanding is that in most settings BAM is administered in measured doses and used to immobilize wildlife for handling, and Veterinarians administer it to animals for sedation purposes before certain procedures. In higher doses and/or depending where/what body part it’s gets injected, it can kill an animal (or human) in a matter of minutes and btw, it is virtually unheard of for use in humans! Yet this imo non-human evil creep BM, used it on a human-his wife!!

Moving on, BM admittedly had access to BAM and had used it on animals (deer) and the autopsy confirmed it was a contributing factor in the commission of imo BM’s heinous crime. Now, getting back to my questions as to why he used it. I wonder if BM used BAM intending it to kill SM quickly as in 2-3 minutes after injection so he wouldn’t have to use his bare hands and possibly didn’t measure the dose correctly/not enough to kill quickly, OR was it his intention to use just enough to immobilize/incapacitate her for some reason prior to killing her.
In other words, sorry to be graphic- did he just get some sick thrill from terrorizing Suzanne, shooting her with the dart and chasing her down hunting his prey before going in for the kill, and/or did he possibly intend to rape (ugh) a semi conscious SM before killing her via imo strangling her to death? Possibly both? In any case, whatever his intention was, she was able to put up somewhat of a fight before succumbing due to the scratches and fingernail gauges on his left arm. My next question, what did he do with/where did he put her body from roughly 3pm to 10pm before transporting her under the cover of darkness to burial site in Moffat?

Now, some have theorized he used the BAM to incapacitate her with the intention of taking an unconscious SM to the gravesite and killing her there so as to leave no trace of decomp at the house.
I’m not a fan of this theory because wouldn’t he have to keep administering enough tranq in between to keep her in unconscious state over a 7 hour period (3pm-10pm). Or did he know how much of a dose to give to keep her unconscious for that long-7 hours?!?
Is that even possible???? (I haven’t read everything yet so I really don’t know but I know some here probably do and apologies if it’s already been discussed I’m a little behind still catching up on the thread/posts).
Anyway, in this scenario, again, what did he do with her/where did he put her for roughly 7 hours? Did he leave her on the floor or bed and check on her and dose her again and again until he was ready to move her, or did he put her on the trailer outside and she ended up dying there from an overdose of BAM (cadaver dog hits on trailer) and when BM realized this, panicked and had to shift gears/switch up his plans because he now has an already dead SM he needed to transport to Moffat and scrambling to figure out which non-family vehicle (no dog hits on any of the family vehicles) he had access to to transport her body??? Idk but for me, too many mental gymnastics to make this scenario work.

At any rate, whether he shot her outside with a tranq gun or whether he manually injected/stabbed her with the loaded syringe, and whether he expected the BAM to kill her shortly after getting shot or stabbed with the needle, or expected it to just incapacitate her for whatever reason (see above) before killing her with his own hands, or whether he intended to keep her unconscious and kill her at the gravesite, he had to do something with either an unconscious or already dead Suzanne from 3pm-10pm as imo there is no way BM would drive ANY vehicle with an unconscious or already dead Suzanne and kill (if unconscious), dig grave, and bury her, do all this in broad daylight. No way would he take that kind of risk imo, the fact that it doesn’t fit the timeline, notwithstanding.

One last thing and apologies for rambling post of my thoughts/questions scrambling around in my head. Since cadaver dogs hit on the trailer and seat of the bobcat, I theorize he got decomp on him after he realized she was dead on the trailer from possibly an unintended overdose of the BAM sedatives he’d been giving her to keep her unconscious for 7 hours (I need to read more about whether that’s even possible), or imo more likely got it on himself/his clothes after carrying an already dead Suzanne to put her on the trailer while he waited for nightfall to transport her, and went near or sat directly on the seat of the bobcat to do something/possibly retrieve something??? Or…or…or??? IMO that is why he washed his shorts to get rid of decomp forgetting about the needle sheath in his pocket. I’m sure that was a real gotcha moment for investigators. Lo and behold, investigators were right all along. BAM!!

Kudos to all LE involved!!!

Again, sorry for the long rambling post and thank you for your patience lol.

IMHOO

#JusticeForSuzanne

Great post and great questions.
My mind first went to a place where he wanted to assault her and torture her in every way he could before he killed her.. this was his last abuse and he knew it so prolonged it while she was sedated.. unable to struggle.. yet not dead..
Gruesome mind, I have..

 

[waldojabba]

I'm seeing so many news reports and people still sticking with the bike abduction. She didn't go riding.


1. She usually attended virtual church on Sunday mornings. Any evidence she logged onto her computer to do that? No.

2. She was supposed to virtually attend one of her friend's daughter's wedding. She obviously didn't do that. Never contacted her friend before hand neither the afternoon the day before, night or morning of the wedding. OK, maybe she was not going to disturb her friend but is that normal? IDK. My male viewpoint may lead me to think that it may be a possibility but maybe some females can chime in here on what they think about that.

3. Suzanne was very active on social media and we know for a fact that NO ONE heard a peep from her from Sat afternoon after barry came home. She never woke up and contacted anyone in the morning. There was no action on any of her social media accounts EXCEPT the bizarre Facebook requests that were sent out the Sat night after barry came home. That's very abnormal in regards to her usual patterns.

4. Her camelback hydration pack was in her car. She went on a ride without it? According to those that know her and her riding habits, that is abnormal.

5. Some of her riding clothes were on the floor when the police entered the house with barry. I'm struggling to remember the colors of those clothes. Were they baby blue? barry was caught scrounging around a local restaurant's garbage cans and when asked what he was doing, he told them looking for " baby blue bike helmet, biking clothes ".

6. A grey sweatshirt was recovered with Suzanne's body. I don't know who rides with a sweatshirt on even if it's cold while going on a bike ride. From photos we've seen of her wearing the sweatshirt that matches the description of the Crested Butte sweatshirt recovered with the body, that does not look like a sweatshirt one would wear while exercising, but one that one would wear lounging around or putting on AFTER a bike ride. It's very loose fitting and oversized.

7. No evidence that of a struggle at the bike scene. In fact it looked like the bike had been purposefully ghost ridden or tossed over the hill.

8. It's Mother's Day. She hasn't contacted ANYONE that day. Her daughters called and texted IN THE MORNING to wish their mother a Happy Mother's Day. They were expecting their mother to be at the house IN THE MORNING when she was usually home, not while she was out possibly bike riding! The AA even states

that: ( redacted ) states: " Suzanne regularly mountain bikes IN THE AFTERNOON."
Page 6 of the AA.

They fully expected their mother to be home in the morning. So much so that one of the daughter's called the neighbor to go check on Suzanne after she didn't answer calls.That raised alarm bells very early on in the day. Why were they so concerned about Suzanne not answering in the morning? Why raise alarm bells after only a few hours? What spooked them? barry being home the day/night previous?

This whole narrative that Suzanne was abducted on a bike ride is false. She never made it out of the house once barry arrived home on Sat afternoon. The media needs to stop with that theory. It's ridiculous.

I think we mostly all agree. Its preposterous.
It comes from the school of thought that if you repeat something enough times people will believe it. We see it happening everyday all around us.
Even Scott Reisch - who I personally loathe - but I went to his podcast on youtube to see what his spin was. I am not sure if I can put his link here but its easy to find. He is still hammering the sex offender dna, plus saying he doubts the case will ever be solved -spewing misinformation too numerous to call out but he has a lot of viewers who think he hits it on the nail. He slips in that maybe she was taking those drugs for her cancer thru her port. Big eyeroll.
Its a struggle - really hard to fight the war on misinformation !!
JMO

 

[I am not Sherlock H.]

I'm seeing so many news reports and people still sticking with the bike abduction. She didn't go riding.


1. She usually attended virtual church on Sunday mornings. Any evidence she logged onto her computer to do that? No.

2. She was supposed to virtually attend one of her friend's daughter's wedding. She obviously didn't do that. Never contacted her friend before hand neither the afternoon the day before, night or morning of the wedding. OK, maybe she was not going to disturb her friend but is that normal? IDK. My male viewpoint may lead me to think that it may be a possibility but maybe some females can chime in here on what they think about that.

3. Suzanne was very active on social media and we know for a fact that NO ONE heard a peep from her from Sat afternoon after barry came home. She never woke up and contacted anyone in the morning. There was no action on any of her social media accounts EXCEPT the bizarre Facebook requests that were sent out the Sat night after barry came home. That's very abnormal in regards to her usual patterns.

4. Her camelback hydration pack was in her car. She went on a ride without it? According to those that know her and her riding habits, that is abnormal.

5. Some of her riding clothes were on the floor when the police entered the house with barry. I'm struggling to remember the colors of those clothes. Were they baby blue? barry was caught scrounging around a local restaurant's garbage cans and when asked what he was doing, he told them looking for " baby blue bike helmet, biking clothes ".

6. A grey sweatshirt was recovered with Suzanne's body. I don't know who rides with a sweatshirt on even if it's cold while going on a bike ride. From photos we've seen of her wearing the sweatshirt that matches the description of the Crested Butte sweatshirt recovered with the body, that does not look like a sweatshirt one would wear while exercising, but one that one would wear lounging around or putting on AFTER a bike ride. It's very loose fitting and oversized.

7. No evidence that of a struggle at the bike scene. In fact it looked like the bike had been purposefully ghost ridden or tossed over the hill.

8. It's Mother's Day. She hasn't contacted ANYONE that day. Her daughters called and texted IN THE MORNING to wish their mother a Happy Mother's Day. They were expecting their mother to be at the house IN THE MORNING when she was usually home, not while she was out possibly bike riding! The AA even states

that: ( redacted ) states: " Suzanne regularly mountain bikes IN THE AFTERNOON."
Page 6 of the AA.

They fully expected their mother to be home in the morning. So much so that one of the daughter's called the neighbor to go check on Suzanne after she didn't answer calls.That raised alarm bells very early on in the day. Why were they so concerned about Suzanne not answering in the morning? Why raise alarm bells after only a few hours? What spooked them? barry being home the day/night previous?

This whole narrative that Suzanne was abducted on a bike ride is false. She never made it out of the house once barry arrived home on Sat afternoon. The media needs to stop with that theory. It's ridiculous.

Very nice summary Derph! Great work…… I have one additional thought or add, for those versed on this topic. If of interest or relevance.

IIRC, BM in I believe an early interview asks investigators to check to see ‘is her bike missing from the house?’ (Not is her bike there…….. but I believe he states is it missing? And that seemed to be the only thing he centers on….. It might have been in a written transcript or something?)

So how on earth would he just happen to know that? Struck me as very odd.

And I also agree, CNN keeps running articles saying that SM disappeared from a ‘bike ride’. Who on earth and how on earth does that get corrected? MOO

 

[justtrish]

I realize we probably will never know the answer to this and I know the prosecution doesn’t have to prove it in court can only offer theories as to: WHY did BM choose to use BAM in his dastardly deed as neither they nor us were there nor can we know what was going on in BM’s head (scary place imo) unless he decides to confess and I personally do not see BM ever confessing. Not a chance imo. BUT still, inquiring minds/true crime aficionados (particularly me lol) want to know- WHY did BM use BAM on SM?

After all, he’s a fairly big guy and could easily overpower the tiny SM and kill her on his own/use his own hands without any help from BAM. Also, he had access to other guns/rifles and could have shot her with one of those)although I’m sure he knew shooting her at the house would be too messy). Anyway, my point is, he was much bigger and stronger than SM and even with SM putting up a fight/trying to get away, imo he was more than capable of overpowering her and beating and/or strangling her to death without any help from BAM. IMO.

My understanding is that in most settings BAM is administered in measured doses and used to immobilize wildlife for handling, and Veterinarians administer it to animals for sedation purposes before certain procedures. In higher doses and/or depending where/what body part it’s gets injected, it can kill an animal (or human) in a matter of minutes and btw, it is virtually unheard of for use in humans! Yet this imo non-human evil creep BM, used it on a human-his wife!!

Moving on, BM admittedly had access to BAM and had used it on animals (deer) and the autopsy confirmed it was a contributing factor in the commission of imo BM’s heinous crime. Now, getting back to my questions as to why he used it. I wonder if BM used BAM intending it to kill SM quickly as in 2-3 minutes after injection so he wouldn’t have to use his bare hands and possibly didn’t measure the dose correctly/not enough to kill quickly, OR was it his intention to use just enough to immobilize/incapacitate her for some reason prior to killing her.
In other words, sorry to be graphic- did he just get some sick thrill from terrorizing Suzanne, shooting her with the dart and chasing her down hunting his prey before going in for the kill, and/or did he possibly intend to rape (ugh) a semi conscious SM before killing her via imo strangling her to death? Possibly both? In any case, whatever his intention was, she was able to put up somewhat of a fight before succumbing due to the scratches and fingernail gauges on his left arm. My next question, what did he do with/where did he put her body from roughly 3pm to 10pm before transporting her under the cover of darkness to burial site in Moffat?

Now, some have theorized he used the BAM to incapacitate her with the intention of taking an unconscious SM to the gravesite and killing her there so as to leave no trace of decomp at the house.
I’m not a fan of this theory because wouldn’t he have to keep administering enough tranq in between to keep her in unconscious state over a 7 hour period (3pm-10pm). Or did he know how much of a dose to give to keep her unconscious for that long-7 hours?!?
Is that even possible???? (I haven’t read everything yet so I really don’t know but I know some here probably do and apologies if it’s already been discussed I’m a little behind still catching up on the thread/posts).
Anyway, in this scenario, again, what did he do with her/where did he put her for roughly 7 hours? Did he leave her on the floor or bed and check on her and dose her again and again until he was ready to move her, or did he put her on the trailer outside and she ended up dying there from an overdose of BAM (cadaver dog hits on trailer) and when BM realized this, panicked and had to shift gears/switch up his plans because he now has an already dead SM he needed to transport to Moffat and scrambling to figure out which non-family vehicle (no dog hits on any of the family vehicles) he had access to to transport her body??? Idk but for me, too many mental gymnastics to make this scenario work.

At any rate, whether he shot her outside with a tranq gun or whether he manually injected/stabbed her with the loaded syringe, and whether he expected the BAM to kill her shortly after getting shot or stabbed with the needle, or expected it to just incapacitate her for whatever reason (see above) before killing her with his own hands, or whether he intended to keep her unconscious and kill her at the gravesite, he had to do something with either an unconscious or already dead Suzanne from 3pm-10pm as imo there is no way BM would drive ANY vehicle with an unconscious or already dead Suzanne and kill (if unconscious), dig grave, and bury her, do all this in broad daylight. No way would he take that kind of risk imo, the fact that it doesn’t fit the timeline, notwithstanding.

One last thing and apologies for rambling post of my thoughts/questions scrambling around in my head. Since cadaver dogs hit on the trailer and seat of the bobcat, I theorize he got decomp on him after he realized she was dead on the trailer from possibly an unintended overdose of the BAM sedatives he’d been giving her to keep her unconscious for 7 hours (I need to read more about whether that’s even possible), or imo more likely got it on himself/his clothes after carrying an already dead Suzanne to put her on the trailer while he waited for nightfall to transport her, and went near or sat directly on the seat of the bobcat to do something/possibly retrieve something??? Or…or…or??? IMO that is why he washed his shorts to get rid of decomp forgetting about the needle sheath in his pocket. I’m sure that was a real gotcha moment for investigators. Lo and behold, investigators were right all along. BAM!!

Kudos to all LE involved!!!

Again, sorry for the long rambling post and thank you for your patience lol.

IMHOO

#JusticeForSuzanne

I think he used that BAM because he had successfully used it on the deer and other wildlife. He knew it would incapacitate her and I think when he decided to use that BAM on her he knew his goal was to eventually kill her. No way he uses BAM just to silence her and then she wakes up and doesn't tell LE that he did that. Once he shot her with the BAM there was no turning back.

I think he laid her on that spare room/daughters room bed and he went about doing other things to get ready for moving her once it was darker.

His hunting coolers have been mentioned before and so have his 4 wheelers. I don't think he took a 4 wheeler down to the burial site, but it's possible he used a 4 wheeler to get her body maybe in a cooler to a different vehcile. It's also possible he just used one of the other 2 vehicles he had in the garage.

I think using the BAM and not killing her immediately allowed him to know cadaver dogs woudln't hit on the house. He didn't want to make a mess at the house. He listened to all those forensic files episodes and I think he was gathering ideas for weeks prior. Maybe not putting a solid plan in place, but the longer that Suzanne stayed firm in her decision to leave him, the more he fantasized about getting rid of her.

I think it comes down to Barry using what he had on hand and what he was comfortable with knowing it wouldn't be messy.

 

[Seattle1]

Preliminary hearing, final DAY 4 - August 24, 2021: Victimology, Domestic Violence, Foreign DNA and CODIS.

Witnesses: FBI J Grusing, CCSO Deputy Scott Himschoot, CBI Joseph Cahill.

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
A LOT of people lined up today. I think we’re all hoping for something big on the last day of the #BarryMorphew preliminary hearing. Might have to watch today from the fairgrounds

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
Big crowd for the final day of #BarryMorphew’s preliminary hearing in the Chaffee County courtroom. It’s a “share your theory morning. Around 2 dozen seats for public including 7 for press. Investigators on the stand today. #SuzanneMorphew #FindSuzanne

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
We are still waiting outside to go inside for the fourth day of #BarryMorphew preliminary hearing. @FOX21News

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
#BarryMorphew defense attorneys just walked into the Courthouse for the final day of his preliminary hearing.
@FOX21News

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
A lady waiting in line for #BarryMorphew preliminary hearing said, “Hey, let me show you something…” and did this. Multiple people waiting to get inside the courtroom are wearing #BringSuzanneHome shirts. #FindSuzanne
(My note: not sure how to add the picture, but it's a picture of a lady showing her "Find Suzanne" shirt)

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
Inside, there is a matter being discussed by the prosecution and defense. Both sides have been called outside. Now they’re back

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Finally seated inside the courtroom. Day 4 of 4. The prosecution and Barry’s defense attorneys exited the courtroom and went into a smaller room to discuss something.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Close call... but I am in the courtroom thanks to a certain someone who gave up her seat for me... you know who you are! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!


FOX21 News
@FOX21News
Tuesday marks the final day of Barry Morphew's four-day preliminary hearing. Morphew is accused of killing his wife, Suzanne, on Mother's Day weekend in 2020 in Chaffee County

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Barry is in a gray, maybe brown suit and the usual cowboy boots. Macy and Mallory are in attendance as well as Barry’s mother and sister.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Former Agent Johnny Grusing is back on the stand. #BarryMorphew attorney Dru Nielsen is asking him about the daily schedule that Mallory and Barry were asked about Suzanne's daily schedule.

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
We are back on. We don’t know what attorneys discussed outside. Former FBI Agent Grusing in stand. Nielsen asking about victimology questionnaire. First thing Mallory wrote was that her mom had coffee in the am.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Agent Grusing is back on stand this morning. Cross-examination is picking back up. #BarryMorphew #SuzanneMorphew
@KKTV11News

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Now being asked about the "chipmunk gun" #BarryMorphew voluntarily handed the investigators the gun. March 5th investigators talked with him about Suzanne's affair. He said her daughters would condone her.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Judge Patrick Murphy just reminded everyone in the courtroom no video is to be taken in the courtroom. #BarryMorphew turned around. He is in a lighter grey suit today.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Defense argues that investigators have no evidence that #BarryMorphew turned west on hwy 50 instead of east to go to Broomfield. Defense says investigators were the one to put that in his head.
@KKTV11News

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
There wasn't GPS data showing that #BarryMorphew turned left or heading west on Hwy 50 the morning of Sunday, May 10. Investigators asked him about his missing milage when this was discussed

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Grusing takes the stand again
Nielsen: on March 4, 2021 - Barry pulls up to Agent Harris and Grusing’s car and handed over the ‘chipmunk gun’ (voluntarily)
Grusing: Yes we asked a few days earlier if he could locate it for us
Nielsen: and he handed it over without you asking

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Defense says investigators did not know for sure if #BarryMorphew phone was in airplane mode the night of May 9th. Barry allegedly told them it was not in airplane mode and if it was it was probably an accident

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
When #BarryMorphew asked for immunity... Nielsen said that Barry mentioned to Agent Grusing on March 5, 2021 that he watched Youtube video that mentioned to not talk with investigators because they are going to use it against you.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Agent Grusing asked #BarryMorphew if he was carrying any guilt? Barry had mentioned that "he had taken Suzanne for granted and put all of his eggs into hunting and money. I loved her with all my heart."

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Agents Harris and Grusing asked Barry ‘Do you carry any guilt?’
Barry says he carries guilt of taking her [Suzanne] for granted, putting all his energy into hunting and making money.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
·Defense says #BarryMorphew only asked for immunity after he watched YouTube videos of people saying you shouldn't talk or they'll use it against him. He allegedly said he wanted immunity so he was not falsely accused

Jamie Leary
@JamieALeary
Bit of a late start for the court today but defense is now cross examining former FBI agent, John Grusing. Talking about missing cash from safe of #BarryMorphew
@CBSDenver

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
#Barrymorphew was aked about where Suzanne's helmet was found. Nielsen is suggesting when Barry responded is it up some drainage road? that wasn't near where the helmet was found allegedly.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Defense questioning Agent Grusing about money in #BarryMorphew safe. He allegedly told them that if the money wasn't in there and the police didn't have it then "she could have taken it." @KKTV11News

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
CHLORINE SMELL IN HOTEL ROOM: #Barrymorphew told Agent Grusing, "I have no idea, I had no bleach in my room." The room was above the pool.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Defense asks Agent Grusing if they ever saw #BarryMorphew on surveillance carry a body into the hotel room and when decomp dogs sniffed his truck they did not find anything.
@KKTV11News

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Defense says there is significant evidence that #BarryMorphew searched for #SuzanneMorphew for 3-5 months, covering 200 square miles. Agent Grusing agrees.
@KKTV11News

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
·#BarryMorphew searched for #SuzanneMorphew for 3-5 months. Agent Grusing asked him when would it be ok to stop searching? Morphew responded, "Never." Morphew claimed he searched 200 miles with George Davis

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
Points being made in court by defense include Barry’s search for Suzanne- he said he covered 200 sq miles. When investigators asked where she was he said “I think she left”. He said telling their daughters about Suzanne’s affair was hardest thing he had to do. #SuzanneMorphew

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
According to defense #BarryMorphew told investigators he believes #SuzanneMorphew left and he would be wrongly accused if the DA Office thought he made the county Sheriff's Office look bad.
@KKTV11News

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Nielsen: Barry was concerned people in Chaffee county hate him, that sheriffs department would be mad at him and blame him
Barry said, “who is going to raise my daughter if they lock me up for something I didn’t do?”
#BarryMorphew

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
#BarryMorphew told his daughters about #SuzanneMorphews affair. He allegedly told the girls that Suzanne was a good mother. Told them that her sin was no worse than any sins we do every day. One of the daughters wiped both of her eyes as she cried when this was said.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
#BarryMorphew told his daughters about their mother's alleged affair saying it was the hardest thing he had to do. Barry just wiped his eyes. I'm sitting behind him but it sounded like he was a bit emotional during that

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Re-direct happening now. Talking about Macey Morphew told her mom that she should get a divorce and even a restraining order if needed.
@KKTV11News #SuzanneMorphew #BarryMorphew




Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
#BarryMorphew told Agent Grusing that it took him a few weeks to get over the affair and to get over the anger. "We are all sinners, I got on my knees and forgave her. I still love her."

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
The judge just asked a friend of #BarryMorphews daughter to keep their mask on.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Judge stops court for a second to say he understands this is emotional testimony and may be hard to hear, but masks need to be worn during court

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
The Morphew girls are having a tough time today. On redirect Jeff Lindsey says #Suzannemorphew was texting her beat friend about her youngest daughter, writing that the child suggested a restraining order and even advised Suzanne to leave Barry without thing him. Nielsen objects

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Question from the state to Agent Grusing: Did Suzanne say something to sheila about Macy trying to pull her into problems in the marriage? Nielsen objected and said #SuzanneMorphew told Sheila lies. State: this is inappropriate... is she a human lie detector?

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
Nielsen says this is not information directly from the Morphew daughter - it’s texts from Suzanne interpreting their situation. “Suzanne lied to Sheila on several occasions”.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
In an interview with Agent Grusing #BarryMorphew said, “I don’t care about the evidence… if it has anything to do with me tying me into the evidence, than it is wrong.”

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Prosecution asks Agent Grusing if #BarryMorphew told them he was following #SuzanneMorphew phone. He told investigators Suzanne gave him her phone in Mexico to show him who he was talking to.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Was there any evidence that #BarryMorphew tracked Suzanne? Agent Grusing said, "Yes." When he was asked about the affair, Barry said "this is a surprise to me." He had never seen it on her phone... "How was he communicating?"

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Prosecution brings up a possible domestic situation between the two. Defense objects to this. Judge says we need to move things along because I'm getting objections every third question. @KKTV11News

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
A LOT OF OBJECTIONS this morning... The judge said there keeps being objections every three questions. "I need to get this hearing done."

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
"I think it is well established that #SuzanneMorphew was not happy in the marriage," Judge Patrick Murphy said.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Prosecution asks Agent Grusing about domestic situation. He says #BarryMorphew told investigators there was a time when he accidentally clipped #SuzanneMorphew nose with his hand. @KKTV11News

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Agent Grusing was asked if #BarryMorphew ever struck #SuzanneMorphew and Barry allegedly told CBI agents "that it was an accident, he clipped the side of her nose with his hands."

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Judge- I’m getting an objection every other question [from Nielsen - beyond the scope] and I want to finish this hearing
Judge- Suzanne being unhappy in the marriage has been established. These questions you [Lindsey] are asking, are not helping my decision

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Agent Grusing said that Gene Ritter told investigators to search for the bike after #BarryMorphew told her to look for #SuzanneMorphew bike.


Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Lots of tension in the room between prosecutors and defense right now

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
DA Jeff Lindsey - When did law enforcement know when to first start looking for Suzanne Morphew's bicycle?
JG - When Jeanne Ritter called. She was told by Barry to look for the bicycle.
Grusing is excused.

Jamie Leary
@JamieALeary
Prosecution asks former FBI agent Grusing, if #BarryMorphew was questioned about any instances of physical abuse- BM told CBI that he accidentally clipped the side of Suzanne's nose once with his hand. #SuzanneMorphew
@CBSDenver

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
#BREAKING: with that last witness the prosecution has presented their evidence and hands it off to the defense

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
The Defense is going to call Deputy Scott Himschoot to the stand on the fourth day of #BarryMorphew preliminary hearing.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Defense calls first witness- Deputy Scot Himshoot with the Chaffee County Sheriff's Office. He aided with the search of th

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
W/a question about how police knew to search for #SuzanneMorphew' s bicycle, the people have rested in the preliminary hearing of BarryMorphew. Defense call sheriff's deputy Scott Himshoot to the stand. Discussion about the gun safe - empty tranquilizer darts & dart gun insidee Morphew home. #SuzanneMorphew #BarryMorphew
Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Nielsen and Eytan call Deputy Scott Himchoot
He participated in search of Morphew home
-Itemized the contents of the gun safe
-Also searched the laundry room

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Chaffee County Deputy Himschoot helped in the search and inspection of the Morphew home and looked at the gun safe and laundry room. We are about to watch body cam video of the photographs that were taken of the dryer and laundry room.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
The photographer is wearing black gloves as they photograph the top of the washer and inside as well as the dryer. #BarryMorphew defense team is having difficulty with audio.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Defense showing body camera video of the search of the Morphew home. They're searching the laundry room. Deputy Himshoot says they did not see anything in the dryer at the time they went into the home.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Defense says the Deputy swabbed the dryer for blood, but when this Deputy was looking inside the dryer he saw the cap for the needle for the tranquilizer dart. It was missed by a deputy taking pictures the first time around.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
The dryer and washer were empty. Deputy Himschoot was assigned to swab the dryer. Now we are watching body cam video. Audio: "Did you see what was inside the dryer? You might want to look inside the dryer? There might be something of interest..."

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
In the video you can see the deputy pick up the cap and hear him put it back down. Defenses says he did not put it in the report that he picked it up to look at it before asking someone to come take pictures of it.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
It was the cap for the tranquilizer needle sheath inside the dryer. Another deputy then took photos. Nielsen asked Deputy Himschoot what was that clunking noise? Himschoot said I picked up the item and then put it back down. He didn't file that in his report.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
In body camera video you hear Deputy Himshoot say that when he found the gun it did not even work properly. He says that it hadn't been fired recently.
@KKTV11News #BarryMorphew #SuzanneMorphew

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Prosecutions takes over. They flat out ask Deputy Himshoot if he placed the cap of the needle inside the dryer. He says no. Pros says "are you 100%?" He says yes.
@KKTV11News #BarryMorphew #SuzanneMorphew

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
We just saw the body cam video of sheriffs deputies opening the Morphew dryer where the tranquilizer dart "cap" was found.Nielsen-“can you hear the sound of a clunk when your hand is in the dryer? What was that?
Himshoot "That would be me picking something up and placing it ...

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
...back down maam." On redirect, LIndsey asks "Did you put that cap in there?
No sir
100%?
100%.
You told the CBI guys this is something we are interested in.
Himshoot -"Yes sir."

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Deputy Himschoot also was talking in the garage about the dart gun and how it didn't function and didn't seem to have been fired in a very long time... so finding the tranquilizer needle sheath cap in the dryer was odd

Jamie Leary
@JamieALeary
Defense team is suggesting Sheriff's Deputy who swabbed the morphew dryer, planted the needle sheath to the dart gun. On cross examination, he tells prosecution he did not but he did pick it up and put it back which he didn't mention in his reports
Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Deputy Himschoot said that he is not a certified fire-arm examiner but knows a lot about guns.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Prosecution asks if the gun was ever examined by a firearm expert. Deputy says no it was not. Defense fires back saying that he may not be a firearm expert but he was familiar with guns and he made determinations with familiarity with firearms that it did not appear to work

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
Body cam video is played where we hear Himshoot say the dart gun did not appear to work. "You know the thing that’s really weird about the cover is the gun has not been fired. It doesn’t function appropriately. It doesn’t engage.”

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Nielsen- did you hear a ‘plunk’ when you pulled the object out of the dryer?
Himchoot- no?
(He picked up what he saw, then placed it back down) - this wasn’t noted on the report

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Lindsey- did you put the hypodermic needle cap inside the dryer?
Himchoot - no
Lindsey- 100%?
Himchoot- I did not put it there

Jamie Leary
@JamieALeary
Deputy Himshoot confirms to defense the dart gun did not appear to work and it did not appear it had been fired in a long time
@CBSDenver #BarryMorphew #SuzanneMorphew

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
The defense has called CBI Agent Joseph Cahill to the stand. He is being asked about the DNA swabbed from #SuzanneMorphew's glove box from #BarryMorphew attorney Iris Eytan.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Agent Cahill claims he hasn't seen the final version of the arrest affidavit that was submitted to the court for the arrest of #BarryMorphew.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
We're back from a quick break. Defense calls CBI Agent Joseph Cahill. He testifies that he collected DNA. There was unknown DNA from a male found on #SuzanneMorphew glove box in her car. @KKTV11News

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
New witness: CBI Agent Joe Cahill, who investigated the case extensively. He acknowledges that Suzanne's Ranger Rover glove box had unknown DNA on it, which did not belong to Barry Morphew. @ABC2020

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Cahill said that #BarryMorphew was excluded from the DNA on #SuzanneMorphew glovebox. Now Eytan is asking about the DNA on the handlebars of Suzanne's bike. Cahill can't remember so Eytan is showing him the affidavit to refresh his memory, he can't remember.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Agent Cahill says #BarryMorphew was excluded from the DNA in the car. Defense is working to refresh Agent Cahill's memory with several documents, but the agent continues to say that he does not recall the affidavit he reviewed and does not remember the DNA portion.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Cahill said that he was on military leave and only got to review/edit until page 19 of the 126 pages of the affidavit so he didn't get through the rest of the pages

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Defense says there was also unknown male DNA on the bike grips of #SuzanneMorphew bike. They say #BarryMorphew was excluded. Same goes for apparent unknown male DNA on the rear cushion in Suzanne's car

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
Eytan from the lab report: The bike breaks and handlebars also had unknown male DNA on the bike grips and there was also unknown male DNA on the rear cushion of Suzanne's Range Rover.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Cahill is being asked by #BarryMorphew attorney Eytan if he was aware/taking into consideration the unknown male DNA found on the bike grips, #SuzanneMorphew car rear cushion, and glove box

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Agent Cahill says the report shows that DNA from the glovebox came back to matches of investigative leads that show the partial profile came back to unsolved sexual assault cases. #SuzanneMorphew #BarryMorphew
@KKTV11News

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
Eytan reading from the lab report says the prison DNA data system,
CODIS, returned 3 confirmed matches from the glove box to other unsolved sexual assaults. Cahill says it's true if it was in the report.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
A letter from Agent Duge addressed to Cahill sent on May 19, 2021, refers to the partial profile DNA from #SuzanneMorphew glove box that had 3 confirmed matches to unsolved sexual assaults.

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
One of the sexual assaults occurred outside of a convenience store in Tempe. Judge overrules an objection reminding courtroom that the defense is allowed to question further in a proof evident presumption great hearing. Cahill then agrees the assault happened outside a conv store

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Defense says the DNA profile matches that from an unsolved sexual assault case was from Tempe, Arizona outside a convenience store. DNA was uncovered to see who the suspect was in that case and to see if it had any relation to the disappearance of #SuzanneMorphew


Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
The matches are from Pheonix, Chicago, and Tempe, Arizona. Tempe case was looked into in Dec. 2020. Cahill contacted the investigator in charge of the attempted sexual assault outside a local convenience store. However, the Tempe case had two suspects.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
The judge is lost... many in the courtroom are also confused so he is trying to get clarification. "It is my understanding that the partial did not match the two primary suspects from the Tempe case according to another detective," Agent Cahill said.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
There is no scientific proof that there isn't a match. Eytan is giving Agent Cahill multiple reports to review.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Forensic Scientist confirmed to Cahill it was a potential lead, not a perfect match, Cahill explained. Now they are talking about another CODIS match from #SuzanneMorphew glove box that matched in Pheonix from a sperm sample. He wasn't aware of a letter sent in Nov. about it.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
CBI was notified that there was another DNA profile match to an unsolved sexual assault case in Pheonix Arizona from the DNA found on #SuzanneMorphew glovebox. In April 2021 Defense says there was another match from an unsolved sex assault case, this time in Chicago @KKTV11News

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
Eytan pounds on the fact that there was a match between an unsolved sexual assault and DNA found on Suzanne's glove box. Now she brings up another match with the glove box DNA and an unsolved sexual assault in Chicago.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Now Eytan is speaking about the CODIS match from #SuzanneMorphew glove box that matched in Chicago, Illinois. CBI Agent Cahill said he wasn't aware until he got a call from Det. Burgis when he returned from military leave in May of 2021.

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
Cahill explains he didn't know about these findings when they came in because he was on military leave from March to May 10th.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
The judge asked Cahill, what do you know about this Chicago case? Cahill said that Det. Burgis said he would be following up. CBI Agent Cahill said he was on Military leave from March 8 until around May 10 of 2021.

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Agent Joseph Cahill called by defense. Eytan has been asking about possible DNA matches from Suzanne’s glovebox to 3 separate sexual assault cases. Cahill was on military leave and did not follow up on these. He had a coworker who would follow up.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
The state is now cross-examining CBI Agent Joseph Cahill.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
The defense wrapped up this witness and hands it over to the prosecution. They are discussing that #BarryMorphew DNA might have been in #SuzanneMorphew car and on her bike. Agent says he needs to refer to the report. @KKTV11News

Carol McKinley
@CarolAMcKinley
On redirect, prosecutor Mark Hurlbert reminds the court that Barry Morphew's DNA was found on the bike seat and in Suzanne's car. He's shifting gears from where Morphew's DNA was NOT found to where it WAS found.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Agent Cahill looks at the report and says it's not clear which car they are referencing in the report because three cars were swabbed. #SuzanneMorphew #BarryMorphew
@KKTV11News

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Agent Cahill is being shown a DNA report from June of 2020. Explaining CODIS which is a nationwide DNA database. Typically people who have been convicted of a felony or at the request of law enforcement. Knowns and unknowns get put into CODIS.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Explaining that you can't just put any DNA into CODIS. The judge is reminding the defense to let the state have the entire question out before they object.

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
LUNCH BREAK... will be addressed at 1:30 p.m.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
We are taking a lunchbreak and will be back at 1:30pm #SuzanneMorphew #BarryMorphew
@KKTV11News

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Lunch break until 1:30 pm mountain time

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
The judge is asking the defense how much time they will need. Eytan said this is their last witness.

Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
@CrimeTalkPod
Eytan says Cahill is their last witness. Only needs time to redirect. Judge says we’ll come back at 1:30 and discuss evidence and schedule from there.

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
Defense noted before we took the break that Agent Cahill is set to be their last witness.
@KKTV11News
#SuzanneMorphew #BarryMorphew

Next hearing Sept 17, 2021 for Judge's ruling on probable cause and Bond.

Barry Morphew Hearing: Prosecution Continues To Present Evidence In Suzanne Morphew Murder Case

3 unknown DNA matches found on glove box of Suzanne Morphew's vehicle, defense says

The judge in the preliminary hearing for Barry Morphew did not issue a ruling Tuesday on whether Morphew should stand trial in his wife's murder.

www.9news.com

 

[Megnut]

I realize we probably will never know the answer to this and I know the prosecution doesn’t have to prove it in court can only offer theories as to: WHY did BM choose to use BAM in his dastardly deed as neither they nor us were there nor can we know what was going on in BM’s head (scary place imo) unless he decides to confess and I personally do not see BM ever confessing. Not a chance imo. BUT still, inquiring minds/true crime aficionados (particularly me lol) want to know- WHY did BM use BAM on SM?

After all, he’s a fairly big guy and could easily overpower the tiny SM and kill her on his own/use his own hands without any help from BAM. Also, he had access to other guns/rifles and could have shot her with one of those)although I’m sure he knew shooting her at the house would be too messy). Anyway, my point is, he was much bigger and stronger than SM and even with SM putting up a fight/trying to get away, imo he was more than capable of overpowering her and beating and/or strangling her to death without any help from BAM. IMO.

My understanding is that in most settings BAM is administered in measured doses and used to immobilize wildlife for handling, and Veterinarians administer it to animals for sedation purposes before certain procedures. In higher doses and/or depending where/what body part it’s gets injected, it can kill an animal (or human) in a matter of minutes and btw, it is virtually unheard of for use in humans! Yet this imo non-human evil creep BM, used it on a human-his wife!!

Moving on, BM admittedly had access to BAM and had used it on animals (deer) and the autopsy confirmed it was a contributing factor in the commission of imo BM’s heinous crime. Now, getting back to my questions as to why he used it. I wonder if BM used BAM intending it to kill SM quickly as in 2-3 minutes after injection so he wouldn’t have to use his bare hands and possibly didn’t measure the dose correctly/not enough to kill quickly, OR was it his intention to use just enough to immobilize/incapacitate her for some reason prior to killing her.
In other words, sorry to be graphic- did he just get some sick thrill from terrorizing Suzanne, shooting her with the dart and chasing her down hunting his prey before going in for the kill, and/or did he possibly intend to rape (ugh) a semi conscious SM before killing her via imo strangling her to death? Possibly both? In any case, whatever his intention was, she was able to put up somewhat of a fight before succumbing due to the scratches and fingernail gauges on his left arm. My next question, what did he do with/where did he put her body from roughly 3pm to 10pm before transporting her under the cover of darkness to burial site in Moffat?

Now, some have theorized he used the BAM to incapacitate her with the intention of taking an unconscious SM to the gravesite and killing her there so as to leave no trace of decomp at the house.
I’m not a fan of this theory because wouldn’t he have to keep administering enough tranq in between to keep her in unconscious state over a 7 hour period (3pm-10pm). Or did he know how much of a dose to give to keep her unconscious for that long-7 hours?!?
Is that even possible???? (I haven’t read everything yet so I really don’t know but I know some here probably do and apologies if it’s already been discussed I’m a little behind still catching up on the thread/posts).
Anyway, in this scenario, again, what did he do with her/where did he put her for roughly 7 hours? Did he leave her on the floor or bed and check on her and dose her again and again until he was ready to move her, or did he put her on the trailer outside and she ended up dying there from an overdose of BAM (cadaver dog hits on trailer) and when BM realized this, panicked and had to shift gears/switch up his plans because he now has an already dead SM he needed to transport to Moffat and scrambling to figure out which non-family vehicle (no dog hits on any of the family vehicles) he had access to to transport her body??? Idk but for me, too many mental gymnastics to make this scenario work.

At any rate, whether he shot her outside with a tranq gun or whether he manually injected/stabbed her with the loaded syringe, and whether he expected the BAM to kill her shortly after getting shot or stabbed with the needle, or expected it to just incapacitate her for whatever reason (see above) before killing her with his own hands, or whether he intended to keep her unconscious and kill her at the gravesite, he had to do something with either an unconscious or already dead Suzanne from 3pm-10pm as imo there is no way BM would drive ANY vehicle with an unconscious or already dead Suzanne and kill (if unconscious), dig grave, and bury her, do all this in broad daylight. No way would he take that kind of risk imo, the fact that it doesn’t fit the timeline, notwithstanding.

One last thing and apologies for rambling post of my thoughts/questions scrambling around in my head. Since cadaver dogs hit on the trailer and seat of the bobcat, I theorize he got decomp on him after he realized she was dead on the trailer from possibly an unintended overdose of the BAM sedatives he’d been giving her to keep her unconscious for 7 hours (I need to read more about whether that’s even possible), or imo more likely got it on himself/his clothes after carrying an already dead Suzanne to put her on the trailer while he waited for nightfall to transport her, and went near or sat directly on the seat of the bobcat to do something/possibly retrieve something??? Or…or…or??? IMO that is why he washed his shorts to get rid of decomp forgetting about the needle sheath in his pocket. I’m sure that was a real gotcha moment for investigators. Lo and behold, investigators were right all along. BAM!!

Kudos to all LE involved!!!

Again, sorry for the long rambling post and thank you for your patience lol.

IMHOO

#JusticeForSuzanne

Because he's a coward? Wanted to dart her without her knowledge? I can't help but think all that time searching for the decadent turkey was actually Barry in camo trying to get a straight shot.

Left for the blade replacement, returned home but this time she saw him. I think he may have fired a dart that missed and then it was fury -- Suzanne running for her life, Barry hellbent on taking it from her.

I don't think he intended to close in on her originally but fear + BAM + human being = unpredictable changed the equation. It didn't go like he thought it would. It was a battle to the death. He watched her light go out. He forced it out. Manually.

IMO if he used a cooler, he did so immediately. Pretty remote home so not a mecca for spontaneous guests but I think he probably protected himself from discovery as best he could. Hid her quickly, waited until nightfall for barry-all.

I don't suppose the position of her remaining bones could suggest whether rigor played a role unfortunately.

If he brought a cooler back to PP, maybe the dogs alerted to where he set it after the fact....

To me it all comes down to this ugly reality -- he valued his ego more than her life. Nobody leaves Barry.

Pathetic.

jmo

 

[arielilane]

Suzanne Morphew’s friend Tisha Leewaye still believes Barry Morphew killed her, although murder charges against him were dismissed without prejudice. And she gives CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace her theory of how it went down.

“I think she was in the backyard. [Barry Morphew] may have seen her on the phone with Jeff Libler,” Leewaye said on CrimeStories. “And I think that’s where he shot her with a tranquilizer gun. I think she got up. I think she ran. I think that that’s all that pinging was, you know, her running and him chasing her. I think she ran up to Mallory’s room.”

...

Suzanne Morphew’s Friend Tells Nancy Grace She’s Not Surprised by Animal Tranquilizer Found in Autopsy

Suzanne Morphew’s friend Tisha Leewaye still believes Barry Morphew killed her, although murder charges against him were dismissed without prejudice. And she gives CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace her theory of how it went down. “I think she was in the backyard. [Barry Morphew] may have seen her on the...

www.crimeonline.com

https://twitter.com/NancyGrace

Friend of #SuzanneMorphew speaks out on #CrimeStories. Listen now!
https://link.chtbl.com/jl0hZ_nR

https://twitter.com/x/status/1785771675839001050

 

[TristanP]

I realize we probably will never know the answer to this and I know the prosecution doesn’t have to prove it in court can only offer theories as to: WHY did BM choose to use BAM in his dastardly deed as neither they nor us were there nor can we know what was going on in BM’s head (scary place imo) unless he decides to confess and I personally do not see BM ever confessing. Not a chance imo. Anyway, inquiring minds/true crime aficionados (particularly me lol) want to know- WHY did BM use BAM on SM?

After all, he’s a fairly big guy and could easily overpower the tiny SM and kill her on his own/use his own hands without any help from BAM. Also, he had access to other guns/rifles and could have shot her with one of those) although I’m sure he knew shooting her at the house with one of those guns would be too messy). Anyway, my point is, he was much bigger and stronger than SM and even with SM putting up a fight/trying to get away, imo he was more than capable of overpowering her and beating and/or strangling her to death without any help from BAM. IMO.

My understanding is that in most settings BAM is administered in measured doses and used to immobilize wildlife for handling, and Veterinarians administer it to animals for sedation purposes before certain procedures. In higher doses and/or depending where/what body part it’s gets injected, it can kill an animal (or human) in a matter of minutes and btw, it is virtually unheard of for use in humans! Yet this imo non-human evil creep BM, used it on a human-his wife!!

Moving on, BM admittedly had access to BAM and had used it on animals (deer) and the autopsy confirmed it was a contributing factor in the commission of imo BM’s heinous crime. Now, getting back to my questions as to why he used it. I wonder if BM used BAM intending it to kill SM quickly as in 2-3 minutes after injection so he wouldn’t have to use his bare hands and possibly didn’t measure the dose correctly/not enough to kill quickly, OR was it his intention to use just enough to immobilize/incapacitate her for some reason prior to killing her.
In other words, sorry to be graphic- did he just get some sick thrill from terrorizing Suzanne, shooting her with the dart and chasing her down hunting his prey before going in for the kill, and/or did he possibly intend to rape (ugh) a semi conscious SM before killing her via imo strangling her to death? Possibly both? In any case, whatever his intention was, she was able to put up somewhat of a fight before succumbing due to the scratches and fingernail gauges on his left arm. My next question, what did he do with/where did he put her body from roughly 3pm to 10pm before transporting her under the cover of darkness to burial site in Moffat?

Now, some have theorized he used the BAM to incapacitate her with the intention of taking an unconscious SM to the gravesite and killing her there so as to leave no trace of decomp at the house.
I’m not a fan of this theory because wouldn’t he have to keep administering enough tranq in between to keep her in unconscious state over a 7 hour period (3pm-10pm). Or did he know how much of a dose to give to keep her unconscious for that long-7 hours?!?
Is that even possible???? (I haven’t read everything yet so I really don’t know but I know some here probably do and apologies if it’s already been discussed I’m a little behind still catching up on the thread/posts).
Anyway, in this scenario, again, what did he do with her/where did he put her for roughly 7 hours? Did he leave her on the floor or bed and check on her and dose her again and again until he was ready to move her, or did he put her on the trailer outside and she ended up dying there from an overdose of BAM (cadaver dog hits on trailer) and when BM realized this, panicked and had to shift gears/switch up his plans because he now has an already dead SM he needed to transport to Moffat and scrambling to figure out which non-family vehicle (no dog hits on any of the family vehicles) he had access to to transport her body??? Idk but for me, too many mental gymnastics to make this scenario work.

At any rate, whether he shot her outside with a tranq gun or whether he manually injected/stabbed her with the loaded syringe, and whether he expected the BAM to kill her shortly after getting shot or stabbed with the needle, or expected it to just incapacitate her for whatever reason (see above) before killing her with his own hands, or whether he intended to keep her unconscious and kill her at the gravesite, he had to do something with either an unconscious or already dead Suzanne from 3pm-10pm as imo there is no way BM would drive ANY vehicle with an unconscious or already dead Suzanne and kill (if unconscious), dig grave, and bury her, do all this in broad daylight. No way would he take that kind of risk imo, the fact that it doesn’t fit the timeline, notwithstanding.

One last thing and apologies for rambling post of my thoughts/questions scrambling around in my head. Since cadaver dogs hit on the trailer and seat of the bobcat, I theorize he got decomp on him after he realized she was dead on the trailer from possibly an unintended overdose of the BAM sedatives he’d been giving her to keep her unconscious for 7 hours (I need to read more about whether that’s even possible), or imo more likely got it on himself/his clothes after carrying an already dead Suzanne to put her on the trailer while he waited for nightfall to transport her, and went near or sat directly on the seat of the bobcat to do something/possibly retrieve something??? Or…or…or??? IMO that is why he washed his shorts to get rid of decomp forgetting about the needle sheath in his pocket. I’m sure that was a real gotcha moment for investigators. Lo and behold, investigators were right all along. BAM!!

Kudos to all LE involved!!!

Again, sorry for the long rambling post and thank you for your patience lol.

IMHOO

#JusticeForSuzanne

ETA-clarity

Perhaps he was thinking that her death would be blamed on a hunter who accidentally hit her while she was on her bike ride, or that someone who lived in the area used the tranq to abduct her.

 

[Warwick7]

I think he used that BAM because he had successfully used it on the deer and other wildlife. He knew it would incapacitate her and I think when he decided to use that BAM on her he knew his goal was to eventually kill her. No way he uses BAM just to silence her and then she wakes up and doesn't tell LE that he did that. Once he shot her with the BAM there was no turning back.

I think he laid her on that spare room/daughters room bed and he went about doing other things to get ready for moving her once it was darker.

His hunting coolers have been mentioned before and so have his 4 wheelers. I don't think he took a 4 wheeler down to the burial site, but it's possible he used a 4 wheeler to get her body maybe in a cooler to a different vehcile. It's also possible he just used one of the other 2 vehicles he had in the garage.

I think using the BAM and not killing her immediately allowed him to know cadaver dogs woudln't hit on the house. He didn't want to make a mess at the house. He listened to all those forensic files episodes and I think he was gathering ideas for weeks prior. Maybe not putting a solid plan in place, but the longer that Suzanne stayed firm in her decision to leave him, the more he fantasized about getting rid of her.

I think it comes down to Barry using what he had on hand and what he was comfortable with knowing it wouldn't be messy.

BBM
He knew it.
He did it.
He followed through.
He didn't want decomp at the house.

 

[Warwick7]

Perhaps he was thinking that her death would be blamed on a hunter who accidentally hit her while she was on her bike ride, or that someone who lived in the area used the tranq to abduct her.

I think he was crazed with jealousy. I think it was him earlier in the day on his own property watching his wife. I feel he wanted to catch her in the act of being unfaithful. I don't think he really thought a lot of things through. That's why when someone brought up mountain lion attack he jumped on it right away that night.

 

[Derph]

Very nice summary Derph! Great work…… I have one additional thought or add, for those versed on this topic. If of interest or relevance.

IIRC, BM in I believe an early interview asks investigators to check to see ‘is her bike missing from the house?’ (Not is her bike there…….. but I believe he states is it missing? And that seemed to be the only thing he centers on….. It might have been in a written transcript or something?)

So how on earth would he just happen to know that? Struck me as very odd.

And I also agree, CNN keeps running articles saying that SM disappeared from a ‘bike ride’. Who on earth and how on earth does that get corrected? MOO

Thank you! And thank you for adding that part about the bike. Initially I wrote that I thought bM had actually asked the neighbor to go back over to the house and more specifically to the garage to look for her bike, however I was pressed for time as I had a Dr appointment and I didn't have time to go thru the entire AA to find it. So I decided to leave that part out. But I seem to recall that very early on he was pressing forward a theory of a bike ride ( and of course the Mountain Lion) from the start. That to me is shady. That's just another weird coincidence in a pile of them.

 

[rainbowshummingbird]

I realize we probably will never know the answer to this and I know the prosecution doesn’t have to prove it in court can only offer theories as to: WHY did BM choose to use BAM in his dastardly deed as neither they nor us were there nor can we know what was going on in BM’s head (scary place imo) unless he decides to confess and I personally do not see BM ever confessing. Not a chance imo. Anyway, inquiring minds/true crime aficionados (particularly me lol) want to know- WHY did BM use BAM on SM?

After all, he’s a fairly big guy and could easily overpower the tiny SM and kill her on his own/use his own hands without any help from BAM. Also, he had access to other guns/rifles and could have shot her with one of those) although I’m sure he knew shooting her at the house with one of those guns would be too messy). Anyway, my point is, he was much bigger and stronger than SM and even with SM putting up a fight/trying to get away, imo he was more than capable of overpowering her and beating and/or strangling her to death without any help from BAM. IMO.

My understanding is that in most settings BAM is administered in measured doses and used to immobilize wildlife for handling, and Veterinarians administer it to animals for sedation purposes before certain procedures. In higher doses and/or depending where/what body part it’s gets injected, it can kill an animal (or human) in a matter of minutes and btw, it is virtually unheard of for use in humans! Yet this imo non-human evil creep BM, used it on a human-his wife!!

Moving on, BM admittedly had access to BAM and had used it on animals (deer) and the autopsy confirmed it was a contributing factor in the commission of imo BM’s heinous crime. Now, getting back to my questions as to why he used it. I wonder if BM used BAM intending it to kill SM quickly as in 2-3 minutes after injection so he wouldn’t have to use his bare hands and possibly didn’t measure the dose correctly/not enough to kill quickly, OR was it his intention to use just enough to immobilize/incapacitate her for some reason prior to killing her.
In other words, sorry to be graphic- did he just get some sick thrill from terrorizing Suzanne, shooting her with the dart and chasing her down hunting his prey before going in for the kill, and/or did he possibly intend to rape (ugh) a semi conscious SM before killing her via imo strangling her to death? Possibly both? In any case, whatever his intention was, she was able to put up somewhat of a fight before succumbing due to the scratches and fingernail gauges on his left arm. My next question, what did he do with/where did he put her body from roughly 3pm to 10pm before transporting her under the cover of darkness to burial site in Moffat?

Now, some have theorized he used the BAM to incapacitate her with the intention of taking an unconscious SM to the gravesite and killing her there so as to leave no trace of decomp at the house.
I’m not a fan of this theory because wouldn’t he have to keep administering enough tranq in between to keep her in unconscious state over a 7 hour period (3pm-10pm). Or did he know how much of a dose to give to keep her unconscious for that long-7 hours?!?
Is that even possible???? (I haven’t read everything yet so I really don’t know but I know some here probably do and apologies if it’s already been discussed I’m a little behind still catching up on the thread/posts).
Anyway, in this scenario, again, what did he do with her/where did he put her for roughly 7 hours? Did he leave her on the floor or bed and check on her and dose her again and again until he was ready to move her, or did he put her on the trailer outside and she ended up dying there from an overdose of BAM (cadaver dog hits on trailer) and when BM realized this, panicked and had to shift gears/switch up his plans because he now has an already dead SM he needed to transport to Moffat and scrambling to figure out which non-family vehicle (no dog hits on any of the family vehicles) he had access to to transport her body??? Idk but for me, too many mental gymnastics to make this scenario work.

At any rate, whether he shot her outside with a tranq gun or whether he manually injected/stabbed her with the loaded syringe, and whether he expected the BAM to kill her shortly after getting shot or stabbed with the needle, or expected it to just incapacitate her for whatever reason (see above) before killing her with his own hands, or whether he intended to keep her unconscious and kill her at the gravesite, he had to do something with either an unconscious or already dead Suzanne from 3pm-10pm as imo there is no way BM would drive ANY vehicle with an unconscious or already dead Suzanne and kill (if unconscious), dig grave, and bury her, do all this in broad daylight. No way would he take that kind of risk imo, the fact that it doesn’t fit the timeline, notwithstanding.

One last thing and apologies for rambling post of my thoughts/questions scrambling around in my head. Since cadaver dogs hit on the trailer and seat of the bobcat, I theorize he got decomp on him after he realized she was dead on the trailer from possibly an unintended overdose of the BAM sedatives he’d been giving her to keep her unconscious for 7 hours (I need to read more about whether that’s even possible), or imo more likely got it on himself/his clothes after carrying an already dead Suzanne to put her on the trailer while he waited for nightfall to transport her, and went near or sat directly on the seat of the bobcat to do something/possibly retrieve something??? Or…or…or??? IMO that is why he washed his shorts to get rid of decomp forgetting about the needle sheath in his pocket. I’m sure that was a real gotcha moment for investigators. Lo and behold, investigators were right all along. BAM!!

Kudos to all LE involved!!!

Again, sorry for the long rambling post and thank you for your patience lol.

IMHOO

#JusticeForSuzanne

ETA-clarity

That’s a really good question. I think he tranquilized and incapacitated her so that he had 100% control over the scene and her death. He could keep her alive, but sedated, while he gathered the tools needed to dispose of her remains and wait for the right time to make the drive to Moffat.

Depending on how malignant he is, he might have enjoyed the leisurely pace of keeping her alive until the moment of his choosing.

 

[Seattle1]

I realize we probably will never know the answer to this and I know the prosecution doesn’t have to prove it in court can only offer theories as to: WHY did BM choose to use BAM in his dastardly deed as neither they nor us were there nor can we know what was going on in BM’s head (scary place imo) unless he decides to confess and I personally do not see BM ever confessing. Not a chance imo. Anyway, inquiring minds/true crime aficionados (particularly me lol) want to know- WHY did BM use BAM on SM?

^^rsbm

BM loved hunting (and his Bobcat) more than anything including his wife, SM.

I've long believed that by using BAM to sedate SM, BM does not believe he murdered SM but "put her to sleep." SM was his trophy. He 'took her down' because he's skilled at this.

IMO, BM was also able to justify his actions here by using his bizarre take on religion whereby preventing SM from adultery and/or divorcing him, he's somehow saved her from damnation.

And if/when BM is convicted, he will be the poster of martyrdom. I think he truly believes that he's 'saved' both himself and SM. MOO

ETA: AA, pg 2

 

[imstilla.grandma]