Still Missing CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee Co, 10 May 2020 *arrest* #96

[Kemug]

@Kemug. Are there any rats in the zoo? They can dine on dropped popcorn as we watch the big show, not this irritating one.
I missed the first 15 minutes of Dateline. I didn't miss much I guess. I would have been even more irritated.

Yes, actually we do already have rats. They are so cute, but not the male one. He thinks he is, but really he's not, he's pretty nasty underneath.

 

[Kemug]

Annnnnnd what parent, particularly a mother, is going to shut off communication when her two precious daughters are out of the state and traveling.
Nope Nope No mother is going to do that.

And on Mothers Day, of all days!

 

[Cassady]

RSBM. Last time I checked, the US Attorney was not helping to staff the prosecution of this case, which was my concern about resources. I don't believe the investigation suffered from lack of resources.

IMO the problems related to the state's lawyering in this case have nothing to do with funding.....perhaps litigation fundamentals, but not funding....IMO.

 

[nrbc4]

BM is such a typical narcissist. SM’s sister talks about how wonderful he was during SM’s first bout with cancer.
Even she didn’t understand that BM didn’t dote on SM, take care of her, carry her, because he was such a good person and loved her so much. BM carried her so he could say, “Look at me! Aren’t I wonderful?

I thought the exact same thing. More like he was carrying his "trophy" around. Look how wonderful I am...is exactly what he wanted everyone to think. I bet it was a different story behind closed doors even back then.

 

[Momofthreeboys]

I might be able to buy she wouldn’t communicate with JL with BM present, but have a much harder time buying that she wouldn’t have opened Sheila’s Snapchat messages Saturday night especially considering Sheila’s daughters wedding was the next day. What I absolutely do not buy is that Suzanne didn’t use her phone at all on Sunday, Mother’s Day, when she was all alone after BM left.

IMO after spending Saturday afternoon and all evening with BM having not communicated with a soul since 2:11pm, had she still been alive on Sunday, she most definitely would have used her phone, opened/checked/responded to messages probably right after awaking, as she’d be alone at that point and would have been looking forward to conversing with JL, and imo she would have also checked Sheila’s messages from the night before knowing Sheila’s daughter’s wedding which she was to attend virtually was that very day. IMO, SM wasn’t alive on Sunday because she was murdered the day before by BM after he arrived home at 2:44pm. IMO, the fact that SM’s digital footprint ceased when she was home alone in BM’s presence never speaking to a soul again, ever, is absolutely damning for BM.

If you believe BM to be innocent, I’d be interested in your thoughts about why BM left for Broomfield 12 hours earlier than originally planned to leave with MG? What do you think caused him to change those plans last minute? Why he lied and said he slept through the night and woke up at 4.30am when his truck telematics show he was up opening and closing doors in the 3am hour? Why he lied and said he was working all day at “the wall” without having a permit and not allowed to work on Sunday’s and digital evidence shows he only “worked” there for 11-15 mins? Why he didn’t bring the appropriate tools to actually be able to do the job? And why he lied about where he was when he got the emergency call from the Ritters?
TIA.

IMHOO

#FindSuzanne
#BringSuzanneHome
#JusticeForSuzanne

The only reasonable argument I can think of is they were fighting that night and Barry took off like he had before. I do think he planned to go to Broomfield and work on the wall just not Sunday. He would never admit they were fighting and now he really can’t admit that.

 

[Cindizzi]

BM is such a typical narcissist. SM’s sister talks about how wonderful he was during SM’s first bout with cancer.
Even she didn’t understand that BM didn’t dote on SM, take care of her, carry her, because he was such a good person and loved her so much. BM carried her so he could say, “Look at me! Aren’t I wonderful?

I remember SM’s sister MB telling this story almost a year ago to a YouTube channel ( an offshoot of PE that we cannot link here).
MB mentioned that SM is 13 years younger than her and was the only child still living at home with their Mother when she got Lymphoma the first time. SM’s parents had divorced so it was just SM and Mom.
MB talked about how grateful her Mom was to have BM’s help and that they all considered BM her hero.
I think MB being emotional today remembering that time is probably partly her thinking about how their Mom trusted BM.
JMO

 

[Love Never Fails]

Both the CBI and FBI assisted in this case. Both are more than adequately funded.

I have been involved in thousands of criminal cases. I have dealt with high quality county prosecutors and US attorneys across the U.S.

I have followed this case from day one and have read pretty much everything publically available. I have followed LS and other people who are reporting on this case.

IMO the state has not presented well and that is based on my training and experience...If you ask other legal observers...IMO...they would likely point to the same list of items I mentioned as misteps for the prosecution.

There have been many cases before where either the prosecution or defense does something and it leaves you scratching your head and wondering “What were they thinking?” SR has said as much many times. I am hoping the DA is this case really does have a plan to win. They have enough circumstantial evidence to bury him.

 

[Love Never Fails]

The only reasonable argument I can think of is they were fighting that night and Barry took off like he had before. I do think he planned to go to Broomfield and work on the wall just not Sunday. He would never admit they were fighting and now he really can’t admit that.

No. He was NOT planning to go work on the wall. The work had already been done and of course he did it wrong. I’m not even sure the contractor would allow BM to correct the work.

 

[DizzyB]

The only reasonable argument I can think of is they were fighting that night and Barry took off like he had before. I do think he planned to go to Broomfield and work on the wall just not Sunday. He would never admit they were fighting and now he really can’t admit that.

If they were fighting and he was true to form, he would have taken off Saturday. I can’t imagine that Suzanne would not have opened a Snapchat or texted someone or snuck in a LinkedIn message to JL while Barry was loading his truck on Saturday, the way he said he did. How many communications between Suzanne and JL before Barry came home? 50 something? Then zero?
I agree that I’m not thrilled with the prosecutions aw shucks look in the courtroom. The defense has seemed far more prepared.

 

[genuineusa77]

The only reasonable argument I can think of is they were fighting that night and Barry took off like he had before. I do think he planned to go to Broomfield and work on the wall just not Sunday. He would never admit they were fighting and now he really can’t admit that.

That's what I was thinking. They were fighting and she didn't feel like calling her friend about something joyous!

 

[genuineusa77]

She has never communicated with anyone from the moment Barry arrived home.

Barry's phone tells the truth, that he was the last one around her and now any communication from her is dead.

Do you think they had a fight and he broke her phone!

 

[marylamby]

I am not a fan of the current DA and I agree that she has had an adverse impact on this prosecution from the very beginning. I hope she limits her role to making sure her prosecutors have the resources they need for a successful prosecution.

However, I question your belief that in this case, the government has all the resources necessary to assure a successful prosecution.

In fact, limitations on the resources available to law enforcement in the sparsely populated 11th Judicial District of Colorado may play a larger role than we will be able to know.

The 11th Judicial District's tax base consists of a population of less than 90,000 and a small struggling business community that gets more Than it gives in terms of public resources. These resources must serve four counties comprising tens of thousands of square miles, trying cases in four county seats that are a minimum of an hour's drive from the DA's office in Canon City. The last time I checked, the DA's staff consisted of 11 attorneys, a couple of paralegals and a few administrative assistants.

In this context, I suspect that counsel for both sides are frequently late arriving in court, since they are stretched thin. I am not inclined to judge their individual performance as lacking on this basis.

Aside from this observation, which may be based on urban expectations, I don't understand the basis for your observation that the prosecution does not seem well organized. Have you attended the hearings? Have you read the transcripts? If you have, please support your insights with specific examples.

This is such an insightful comment. And so true. I too, not sure if "too" is appropriate but.., sometimes look at the state of the DA in urban terms. However, even NY has it's limitations and no carte blanche financial availability, especially when it comes to 'experts', court costs etc and whether a trial is 'winnable' is definitely always a consideration, unfortunately.
Barry's still got plenty of dough and there's no comparison between their access to funds.
Do I want and expect more from the DA regardless? Yes. For Suzanne's sake, yes. I hope they knock it out of the park with a grand slam.

 

[Cindizzi]

That's what I was thinking. They were fighting and she didn't feel like calling her friend about something joyous!

SM wouldn’t have ignored 3 Snapchat messages from her friend Saturday evening. She wouldn’t worry her friend by ignoring them.
She didn’t open them because she was probably incapacitated or deceased by them IMO.

jmo

 

[marylamby]

Right mid afternoon I recall and her last text was around 15-20 minutes before he got home if I recall and she was going to switch from LinkedIn to WA but never connected with JL. I did find that gap odd also since her plan was to continue chatting with JL. If she was going to go take a shower why not just say to JL “heading for the shower talk to you later” she definitely did not plan that to be the end of the conversation. So there is that strange gap before Barry got there.

No, that's when he got there as his truck telematics proved. He was on the property. Did he miss the mountain lion and/or the abductors? He's a hunter, I think he would've noticed something amiss - like his wife screaming for her life.
IMO

 

[MrsWatson]

Do you think they had a fight and he broke her phone!

If her phone was broken during a fight, why wasn't the phone, or whatever was left of it, found at the home?

 

[Skigh]

If her phone was broken during a fight, why wasn't the phone, or whatever was left of it, found at the home?

Surely Barry would have told LE that her broken phone was why Suzanne did not contact anyone . Not sure what happened to her lap top or ipad which stopped her contacting anyone to tell them her phone was broken.

 

[fcavanaugh]

The only reasonable argument I can think of is they were fighting that night and Barry took off like he had before. I do think he planned to go to Broomfield and work on the wall just not Sunday. He would never admit they were fighting and now he really can’t admit that.

I don’t know that I’d call that reasonable, to leave in the wee hours of morning and driving 150 miles away after fighting/arguing the previous afternoon/evening with your Spouse. Go all that way and visit 5 trash receptacles/dumpsters and hole up in a hotel all day just killing time? That doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface or explain why he told a plethora of other elaborate lies and kept changing his stories, and all the other things that happened that week/weekend that one would have to believe were just a coincidence to believe BM innocent.

In addition to all that, is the glaring fact that a normally socially active SM didn’t use her phone at all on Sunday when her daughter’s were traveling, didn’t respond to her best friend whose daughter’s wedding was that very day, and no communication at all with JL. All of it, every bit of it, imo defies all logic and reason.

Staged bike, staged helmet, staged alibi.

Staged disappearance.

IMHOO

#FindSuzanne
#BringSuzanneHome
#JusticeForSuzanne

 

[marylamby]

Do you think they had a fight and he broke her phone!

I'm sure you used an exclamation point in error. No, I don't think they had a fight and he broke her phone. I know he murdered her, took her phone for a ride and disposed of it.
IMO

 

[ar3593]

Yup, just added a barracuda - only one, we don't want them to eat each other!

Thank you Kemug and Jakat !!

 

[marylamby]

The only reasonable argument I can think of is they were fighting that night and Barry took off like he had before. I do think he planned to go to Broomfield and work on the wall just not Sunday. He would never admit they were fighting and now he really can’t admit that.

He had NO WORK ORDER, he had NO EQUIPMENT to do the job and he NEVER ORDERED the bricks etc necessary to do the job. Take that out of your argument. It doesn't exist.
How would you know that he "would never admit they were fighting"? That's so beyond yours or our scope of knowledge. If it's simply your opinion, where do you see any evidence that could be the case? I just don't follow your line of thinking.