Still Missing CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee Co, 10 May 2020 *arrest* #97

[FromGermany1]

Had there been no tranquillizing of the victim I might consider it was “passion.” As Megnut also pointed out, he had to load the dart and then the gun. When did he do that? Immediately upon his arrival at PP the chase around the patios began. I believe without a doubt there was intent. You can believe as you wish.

Suzanne wasn't welcome in the garage, as she said, so BM may have deposited the loaded gun in the garage on Friday already, perhaps.

 

[Momofthreeboys]

Oh, you found a second account for Suzanne? I've missed more than a few pages here. Can you direct me to that information? TIA.
Since Barry was her ATM, well, that tells me she was reliant on his discretion.
He was also taking money out of their business accounts by both withdrawals and wiring. Did LE find what he was doing with those funds?
IMO

Here you go: Prosecutors Outline Barry And Suzanne Morphew's Movements On Days Around Her Disappearance

AUGUST 11, 2021

In September of 2019, Suzanne’s best friend, Shelia Oliver advised Suzanne that she should begin tucking away money to be able to live on her own. At some point, Suzanne set up a secret Green Dot bank account as well as an account with a fund management company, Compass Management. The FBI agent on the stand, Ken Harris, said he didn’t follow up on these accounts.

A few pages back I referenced the conversation from last week's motions hearing where CBI indicated that the timing of the arrest affected them as they had hoped to look more into the couple's finances. If there is more information about their joint accounts, personal accounts like Barry's Monex or Suzanne's Green Dot and Compass Management accounts it might come up at trial. All we know is that Suzanne knew about Barry's Monex account, we do not know if Barry know about Suzanne's two accounts and LE found their joint accounts and that Suzanne offered in one of the texts going back and forth to continue helping Barry with the bookkeeping.

 

[marylamby]

It has been posted and cited several times now by several people...but I will go get the two names of the accounts again for you.

Thank you. Last I knew was how you were unsure of the second account and if she actually took out those accounts herself. Could at least of them been attached to the Suzanne Morphew Foundation? I would think money had to go through 'some' account in order to transfer money to 'charities'. Whether she even knew of the Foundation or not has always puzzled me. Not one person has brought it up publicly, including LE. Maybe they don't even know about it.
The only thing I could find (again, through another member accounted for YTD balances. Has that been covered too? I'm trying to catch up now, but I know I won't be able fully do that.

 

[Warwick7]

Here you go: Prosecutors Outline Barry And Suzanne Morphew's Movements On Days Around Her Disappearance

AUGUST 11, 2021

In September of 2019, Suzanne’s best friend, Shelia Oliver advised Suzanne that she should begin tucking away money to be able to live on her own. At some point, Suzanne set up a secret Green Dot bank account as well as an account with a fund management company, Compass Management. The FBI agent on the stand, Ken Harris, said he didn’t follow up on these accounts.

A few pages back I referenced the conversation from last week's motions hearing where CBI indicated that the timing of the arrest affected them as they had hoped to look more into the couple's finances. If there is more information about their joint accounts, personal accounts like Barry's Monex or Suzanne's Green Dot and Compass Management accounts it might come up at trial. All we know is that Suzanne knew about Barry's Monex account, we do not know if Barry know about Suzanne's two accounts and LE found their joint accounts and that Suzanne offered in one of the texts going back and forth to continue helping Barry with the bookkeeping.

I don't believe it was bookkeeping. She offered to continue to do his invoices. In my line of work bookkeeping and writing out invoices are two different things.

MOO is BM wasn't letting her near his bookkeeping.

 

[marylamby]

Here you go: Prosecutors Outline Barry And Suzanne Morphew's Movements On Days Around Her Disappearance

AUGUST 11, 2021

In September of 2019, Suzanne’s best friend, Shelia Oliver advised Suzanne that she should begin tucking away money to be able to live on her own. At some point, Suzanne set up a secret Green Dot bank account as well as an account with a fund management company, Compass Management. The FBI agent on the stand, Ken Harris, said he didn’t follow up on these accounts.

A few pages back I referenced the conversation from last week's motions hearing where CBI indicated that the timing of the arrest affected them as they had hoped to look more into the couple's finances. If there is more information about their joint accounts, personal accounts like Barry's Monex or Suzanne's Green Dot and Compass Management accounts it might come up at trial. All we know is that Suzanne knew about Barry's Monex account, we do not know if Barry know about Suzanne's two accounts and LE found their joint accounts and that Suzanne offered in one of the texts going back and forth to continue helping Barry with the bookkeeping.

Thanks. That leaves me with more questions than answers.
Did they have a forensic accountant look more deeply after the arrest? Surely they should/would have. The dates on when those accounts originated and who actually opened those accounts would make for interesting discovery.
I agree, it would've been wise for Suzanne to open a personal account for her inheritances as they were in her name and her name only.
IMO

 

[Warwick7]

Barry knowingly destroyed evidence that his relationship with Suzanne was deteriorating and that he was involved in her disappearance and homicide.

 

[Cindizzi]

Thank you. Last I knew was how you were unsure of the second account and if she actually took out those accounts herself. Could at least of them been attached to the Suzanne Morphew Foundation? I would think money had to go through 'some' account in order to transfer money to 'charities'. Whether she even knew of the Foundation or not has always puzzled me. Not one person has brought it up publicly, including LE. Maybe they don't even know about it.
The only thing I could find (again, through another member accounted for YTD balances. Has that been covered too? I'm trying to catch up now, but I know I won't be able fully do that.

Looks like there was an account at Collegiate Peaks bank for the SM Foundation.

Page 42

https://www.courts.state.co.us/userfiles/file/Court_Probation/11th_Judicial_District/Chaffee/cases of interest/21CR78/21cr78 Morphew Redacted Affidavit.pdf

 

[jakat]

I would like to know Barry’s everyday wardrobe habits. He sure had a lot of costume changes on Mother’s Day. Was that common for him? I also assume that LE checked if every single one of those shirts was in his truck when he returned from Broomfield. If not, why?

I doubt he kept the changes of clothing (shirts), but did they take his backpack?

 

[OldCop]

I am under the impression that not only was Suzanne's DNA on Barry, but Barry knew it. That is why he took multiple showers, and changed clothes multiple times in Broomfield...in addition to jettisoning incriminating articles. The scratch marks alone suggest that there was a tussle or confrontation to some degree prior to Suzanne going dark forever.

And the thing that is so dumb about doing that is that he said he slept in the same bed as her, he had sex with her that night. He’s married to her fgs! Except for scratches that shouldn’t be there, he should have plenty of SM’s dna all over him and his clothes.

 

[Iwondertoo]

Like this one, it's a good one:May 6, 2020 – 14:43 – From Barry to Suzanne: “I’m sorry if things went the way they did. I have a problem dealing with the way you accused me of hiding checks. If you think I’m as terrible of a person to hide our accounts and have ones you don’t know about you don’t know me.

All I do is for you and the girls. All. When I'm dead, which won't be long, you guys will be taken care of. Please stop being angry. If I can control my hurt heart I think I can overcome your distant unlovingness toward me. Honey, I swear it's the hardest thing I've had to do. I love you I always will.”

bbm
..... and after this message (!!) SM and BM made a peaceful evening walk to the dumpster in the vicinity, where they met by chance a cleaning lady, who threw away her stuff??? I can't imagine it. One of his many lies certainly.
Btw: What does BM mean, when he said "the hardest thing I've had to do"??

BBM

I think the hardest thing he's had to do is control his hurt heart and overcoming her distant unlovingness toward him. Her "distant unlovingness" toward him is Barry speak for SM not having sex with him on demand. Cause sex is all a man needs and that's the whole purpose of having a wife in his mind. The hardest thing he's ever done is to go without sex. Jmo.

 

[Seattle1]

A few pages back I referenced the conversation from last week's motions hearing where CBI indicated that the timing of the arrest affected them as they had hoped to look more into the couple's finances.

^^rsbm

I'm not finding these citations where CBI hoped extending the arrest would aid in researching the couple's finances. Can you please link, and thanks?

I'm very curious since there's zero illusion to this in the 120+pg AA which included more than will be admissible as evidence.

 

[marylamby]

Looks like there was an account at Collegiate Peaks bank for the SM Foundation.

Page 42

https://www.courts.state.co.us/userfiles/file/Court_Probation/11th_Judicial_District/Chaffee/cases of interest/21CR78/21cr78 Morphew Redacted Affidavit.pdf

I love you guys! Thanks
Only problem with that is the foundation had been active (I should say 'in effect') for years - I have it somewhere (or maybe I don't since it's been dissolved?), I'll look.
So, it appears the account was at one point closed then reopened in March - over a month before Suzanne's demise. Hmmm....
IMO

ETA: Please see my second reply to @Cindizzi regarding this matter.

 

[Momofthreeboys]

Thanks. That leaves me with more questions than answers.
Did they have a forensic accountant look more deeply after the arrest? Surely they should/would have. The dates on when those accounts originated and who actually opened those accounts would make for interesting discovery.
I agree, it would've been wise for Suzanne to open a personal account for her inheritances as they were in her name and her name only.
IMO

All we know is that CBI wished for more time prior to the arrest and one of the reasons was more time to explore the financials. They all claimed they felt there was probable cause but wished there would have been more time to continue speaking with Barry etc.

 

[Megnut]

IMO Barry staged the inoperable dart gun.

Then he got rid of all materials pointing toward recent use.

Staging.

Nothing to see here. Consistent with his first version -- that he'd never used tranq materials in Colorado. Giving the appearance that he hadn't touched tranq materials in at least two years, so much the fact he didn't even have the tranq materials one would need.

And he might've gotten away with that explanation too, except for the recovered sheath.

So he admitted to having tranq chemicals, tranq darts and an operable delivery system, couched in the ridiculous story of tranqueing deer from the breezeway -- with the added touch of waking them back up after sawing off their antlers. (I wonder if LE recovered the waking-up agent.)

Barry admitted to tranquilizing two deer.

I suspect that LE was brilliant in sharing what they knew, what they discovered in minute amounts to which Barry provided new versions to each!

So two deer....

Did they tell him what they found or just that they found it? Was he trying to recall what he may have left behind? In the yard? In the house? In the garage? In the breezeway. You might find two?

I wonder how many variations he gave before they showed him the sheath and told him exactly where they found it.

There was no abductor because an abductor would have no way to stage a sterile workbench (bereft of workable tranq materials) and get Barry to do it for him.

Barry went to great lengths to stage a marriage without issues, a garage without tranq materials, a house without activity and an artificial crime scene away from the home. Not to mention a truck, a phone and a Bobcat to appear unmoved.

And those things, taken together, confirm his means, his motive and his opportunity. Beyond any reasonable doubt.

Those efforts will convict him.

JMO

 

[Sillybilly]

ADMIN NOTE:

This thread has become derailed with off topic posts about prayer, BLM, the opioid crisis and the war on drugs, and all sorts of frivolity.

Please get back to discussing the facts of THIS case. Off topic posts ARE a violation of TOS. If we have to remove more OT posts, thread bans or Time Outs will be issued.

 

[marylamby]

Looks like there was an account at Collegiate Peaks bank for the SM Foundation.

Page 42

https://www.courts.state.co.us/userfiles/file/Court_Probation/11th_Judicial_District/Chaffee/cases of interest/21CR78/21cr78 Morphew Redacted Affidavit.pdf

I have proof of the foundation in existence since 2018 through 2019 but I'm unsure if I'm allowed to post financial documents? I also don't see a bank listed where funds were kept. I'll assume banks may have been changed, otherwise why close and then reopen.
IMO
Upon taking a better look at one of the docs, the foundation goes back to 2015.

 

[marylamby]

As always, I agree with you.
The tranq dart sheath in the dryer and his admission he'd been using a gun to tranquilize deer recently, the shooting of chipmunks and having admittedly disposed of tranquilizers or darts on his trash dumps are all HUGE.
As for the tranquilizer, 1) he could've administered the injection without the use of a dart; 2) he could've 'fixed' the gun to be 'broken'; 3) he could've had another tranq gun which he disposed of.
Just because that particular tranq gun was inoperable means very little.
IMO

Ugh, too late to edit: *I meant the tranq needle sheath in the dryer...

 

[Diddian]

I have proof of the foundation in existence since 2018 through 2019 but I'm unsure if I'm allowed to post financial documents? I also don't see a bank listed where funds were kept. I'll assume banks may have been changed, otherwise why close and then reopen.
IMO

That was for the state of Colorado. The foundation was created on 8/5/12 in the state of Indiana and reports were filed in early August of 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2018 before it was administratively dissolved in Indiana on 2/5/2019. (SOURCE: INBiz linked from Indiana Secretary of State website, Business Search by registered agent "Morphew")

 

[Seattle1]

That was for the state of Colorado. The foundation was created on 8/5/12 in the state of Indiana and reports were filed in early August of 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2018 before it was administratively dissolved in Indiana on 2/5/2019. (SOURCE: INBiz linked from Indiana Secretary of State website, Business Search by registered agent "Morphew")

Thanks for the confirmation @Diddian.

Take note that the foundation is a separate legal entity-- just as BM's business LLC and where the financials of each would not typically be admissible as evidence.

 

[Cindizzi]

^^rsbm

I'm not finding these citations where CBI hoped extending the arrest would aid in researching the couple's finances. Can you please link, and thanks?

I'm very curious since there's zero illusion to this in the 120+pg AA which included more than will be admissible as evidence.

From around 15:00 to 17:00

From Cahill testimony explaining what he meant about about wanting more time, sounds to me like he felt they needed more time to “ review and digest” what they already had from the search warrants. Not that they were waiting on more evidence. Just my interpretation.
JMO

 

[BDAJAG]

That is the current charge, but given the lack of information about the 9th and 10th, I've often wonder if it would have been an easier sell to jurors to say he killed him in what in Colorado is known as "heat of passion". In Colorado it used to be classified as manslaughter but now is classified as second degree murder. IMO it is the "intent" piece that is the most difficult for prosecution as I'm unsure how they will prove deliberation and malice when they do not have a time of murder or a method of murder. How do they prove it wasn't a crime of passion for the jury and I don't know if the judge is going to allow the jury to find guilty to a lessor charge. From a strategy perspective it "might" help prosecution if some of Barry's anger traits don't come into the trial...those support crime of passion better than Murder 1 in my opinion as does his tendency as expressed by Suzanne to run away from their conflicts.

B-b-but...
... unless there is some means under the CRCP whereby an accused may compel the judge to charge the jury that, as a matter of law, they must:

• unanimously find this accused guilty of murder I, or
• unanimously find him not guilty of murder I, or
• ultimately be unable to reach either of the two, and only these two, verdicts.

Out of the gate, imo, the answer must be NO!
No way. And for an indeterminate host of reasons, which need not be fleshed-out further now.

Developing this a bit further, I have to wonder if D& I have even touched upon the subject/possibilities of LIO's with their client. [Ethically, again out of the gate, I'm of the mind that they must do so. I'll qualify this only by opining that counsel may accomplish this at a time of their own choosing.]
Whether Barry has told his team that his going to prison is not an option, we'll not know until the book appears. Likely he has, but his lawyers have heard this opening bluster from most if not all of their clients.
But what D&I may not grasp is that Barry very well may be - may I say it? I think I will.- deadly serious.

In earnest, Barry according to Barry does not include ever again going behind bars:.
- not for concealing evidence;
- not for attempting to influence or mislead witnesses;
- not for a short-gun;
- and most certainly not for any rubbishy LIO , such as some bogus degree of Manslaughter, that just happens to be subsumed within the elements of Murder I.

AlphaBarryAxiomPrime

I will never stand in jeopardy of,
let alone agree to,
the imposition of any forms restraint
upon my earthly liberty*.
For ever, and ever.
Amen.

* {You may read, "license", in lieu of "liberty".Your call...}​