Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee Co, 10 May 2020 *Case dismissed w/o prejudice* *found in 2023* #111

[FromGermany1]

He was such a helpful husband (YEAH RIGHT! ugh).

Oh, yes, he was and is still.

 

[FromGermany1]

What's so odd about the spa being down for some time is Suzanne texted him to get spa chemicals. Something seems so off with that text and I don't know what it is. Then the fact the empty bottles are in her car too.. if it wasn't working then why the need for the chemicals and why such a need that she wanted him to stop and get them. IF they couldn't use them, then why?

To prove, what he was willing to do for her on the last meters of their marriage?? Idk.

 

[FromGermany1]

^^rsbm

Two things come to mind:

First, which I think is fairly significant, BM very early tells investigators that SM asked him on Saturday to take her bicycle out of her vehicle (RR cargo area).

IMO, the only purpose this served was to explain BM's prints on her bike. Reportedly, SM drove to her biking location and never ever biked from PP as her starting point. MM2's boyfriend said the same to investigators.

I think the empty spa chemical bottles on the floor of the RR could still be because they were headed to the community dumpster when SM next drove past. It could be as simple as BM leaving empties on the shelf, and this is how SM learned they needed "spa-stuff."

I don't think the spa was ever prepared for use on Sunday or Monday because BM knew there was not going to be any mother-daughter reunion or sleepover.

And if any spa chemicals were acquired days before 5/10/2020, I think BM had an alternate use for it to cover and/or conceal his crime. JMO

His excel list in his mind is very well maintained: Where did I leave finger prints? Which finger prints I have to explain afterwards?

 

[Megnut]

Long before the thunderstorm Iris came into the play, I had heard of scents, leading the dogs also to the river bank, which is known to me as the passage, where old, dead turkeys were assumed to be found by BM. Or am I confusing everything?

My impression:

Two different areas

AREA 1: Barry was behind the house when he was supposed to be sharing veggie stew with Suzanne, later claiming he was suddenly hungry for turkey carcass.

AREA 2: Below the staged bike. My impression-- the tracker dog was not tracking a scent but rather searching for one. Reached the creek -- did not pull toward or indicate a river crossing. As I understand it, this dog was brought up from the penitentiary -- trained to root out an escaped prisoner. Not a cadaver dog. Think bloodhound.

Bloodhound didn't find anything worth pursuing.

If there's any irony here, IMO is that the dog failing to find a scent to tail confirms what we know.

There never was anyone in the location of the bike! Not Suzanne. (She was in eternal slumber in a shallow grave in Moffat.) Not Barry. (He likely stood at road's edge, and like a bottomed out minor leaguer, pitched the bike poorly, all Topsy turvy down the hill.)

IE can spin it as she likes, but the truth of it, the dog finding no scent-trail is very bad for her hugbuddy client.

Mountain lions can't throw, bushy haired abductors don't need to.

Somebody's phone put him right at that spot.

Yrue crim aficionado? He managed to set up all the arrows to point right back at himself!

Geez, Barry.

JMO

 

[Auntie Cipation]

If I had fear to be alone with him, I wouldn't have thought about using the hot tub, never ever! <modsnip> Dangerous terrain all together. MOO

Agreed.

I did think of some other possible scenarios.

For some people a soak in the hot tub is a relaxing, almost meditative experience. If she'd been regularly soaking as self-care during a trying time then I could see wanting to continue (though probably when he wasn't home). But we hear the tub hadn't been used recently...

I could also envision a conversation about issues in their relationship, and him not paying attention to things that are important to her, and him agreeing to get the hot tub fixed/maintained arising as a part of that.

Without knowing if the tub was actually not functioning or whether it just needed maintenance makes it hard to narrow down ideas.

I'm inclined to think BM set up that conversation as a diversion from what he actually used the chemicals (either the newly-bought ones or what was already on hand to be replaced by new) for -- either to remove DNA from himself or to hide evidence on her body.

I also think the "want to hike" text exchanges we've seen are odd -- IIRC, first BM suggests a hike and SM says no or doesn't respond, then the conversation reverses and SM suggests a hike? This strikes me as fake somehow, although obviously it's possible.

I don't think of BM as sharp enough to do much techy misdirecting of texts, but if he had physical control of her phone when some of those messages were sent, it would explain a lot.

MOO

 

[tmar]

I believe he thought he had the perfect crime planned out. He needed Suzanne to "disappear" while he was gone to Broomfield. Then in his mind there would be no eyes on him. He would be the grieving husband who loved his wife so much he didn't even want to spend Mother's Day with her.. because it wasn't "husband's day"

Usually when someone tries to "plan" a crime so it points away from them, the opposite ends up happening. They over plan and thing aren't natural so it feels off.

She did bike ride so he got that right, but she didn't usually do it from the house and she wouldn't have done it and skipped church or her best friend's daughters wedding. She wouldn't have not checked in with her girls on Mother's Day morning before embarking on a bike ride either. They were traveling home that day and it was Mother's Day so zero communication that day suggests she was never awake or alive at all that day when he said he was home with her and left for Broomfield. If she did decide to deviate from her usual biking routes and instead leave from her house, well she didn't bring her camel back as it was still in the front seat of her car and she didn't bring her phone because it ceased to ping after 430am or so that morning.

So he tried to stage a scenario he just didn't know anything about because he didn't care enough to know or understand his wife and her biking habits. If he had cared enough to know he would have never staged that bike where he did and he would have made sure to stage her phone and camel back with the bike. Fortunately, those that actually loved and cared for Suzanne knew exactly where she biked, what she would bring, and why this "bike ride" was so suspect from day 1. That genuine reaction from her daughter's boyfriend always comes to mind because THAT is the emotion and reaction you see from someone that is genuinely worried and panicked that something has happened. He knew right away she wasn't biking where she usually did and he didn't understand why she would have biked where the bike was.. and then we have Barry... arriving home after all those lies to LE and the Ritter's to put on the most fake act about Cats... boohooo..

Oh and then I'm sure he did wish the body to be found far down south away from the direction he went that morning.. you know to show the police that he didn't do it, yet there was plenty of time for him to put here there and his truck and phone were doing all sorts of odd things that morning when he was "sleeping"

Absolutely, a great post.
Should be a summary the prosecution give.

 

[waldojabba]

All we have to do is look at the daughter's boyfriend. He is concerned.. he is trying to figure this out, he drove up and down the roads she could have been on.. told them where should would ride and wouldn't ride, what she would wear.. he was shocked when the bike was found where he knew she wouldn't have went. His emotions were genuine and his concern for her was real. That is what someone looks like when they have no clue what has happened, but they are telling LE the truth to try to figure it out.

One hundred percent !! The video from the police cam back at Puma Path really does tell the story doesn’t it. The juxtaposition between the behavior of the boyfriend and his Dad and the behavior and demeanor of The “husband” really paints a very clear picture. Two guys were genuinely concerned and striving to help/do all the right things and the other one ? Well the other one was The “Husband” who it seems was doing everything in his power to deflect attention away from himself onto the mountain lion.
BM is a terrible actor. Cunning and street smart but dumb as a post when it comes to self awareness.
I think they will definitely show this video at his upcoming trial. Date tbd. JMO

 

[Cindizzi]

District Attorney Linda Stanley denies numerous complaints that could lead to revoked law license
District Attorney Linda Stanley denies numerous complaints that could lead to revoked law license | KRDO

 

[girlhasnoname]

District Attorney Linda Stanley denies numerous complaints that could lead to revoked law license
District Attorney Linda Stanley denies numerous complaints that could lead to revoked law license | KRDO

I'm sorry but LS did herself or this case any favors by going on Profiling Evil and then making all of those "read between the lines" kind of statements to the media while the case was ongoing. I don't know if it rises to the level of revoking her law license, but I firmly believe she doesn't need to be anywhere near a new trial (hopefully soon) of BM.

MOO

 

[waldojabba]

District Attorney Linda Stanley denies numerous complaints that could lead to revoked law license
District Attorney Linda Stanley denies numerous complaints that could lead to revoked law license | KRDO

The response was about what I would have expected. I did not see her actual legal filing linked to this KRDO article. Did I miss it or maybe someone can point me in the right direction to find and post it !!
JMO

 

[al66pine]

Stanley, Wearing What? A Mic. & On Camera?

In a July 2023 interview w Col. Spgs. TV stn, talking about an infant's death & the murder case filed against William Jacobs, Stanley said "Jacobs was with the baby's mother... so that he could "get laid." " Well, plus more.

"...The OARC claims Stanley violated the rules because she knew that her comments..." would be publicly disemminated & likely prejudice a future proceeding. sbm

Tho admitting making those statements, she claimed they violated an "agreement that the statements were off the record.“
"Despite wearing a microphone and being on-camera, Stanley claimed she didn't know her statements would be made public..."

IOW, Stanley was a victim of MSM reporter ENTRAPMENT??? Or something like that??? Regardless, not her fault, beyond her control???

Sorry, not buying it, Ms Stanley. jmo
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District Attorney Linda Stanley denies numerous complaints that could lead to revoked law license

A live TV news station covering breaking news and traffic for Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and Southern Colorado with a strong investigative team

krdo.com

 

[waldojabba]

Stanley, Wearing What? A Mic. & On Camera?

In a July 2023 interview w Col. Spgs. TV stn, talking about an infant's death & the murder case filed against William Jacobs, Stanley said "Jacobs was with the baby's mother... so that he could "get laid." " Well, plus more.

"...The OARC claims Stanley violated the rules because she knew that her comments..." would be publicly disemminated & likely prejudice a future proceeding. sbm

Tho admitting making those statements, she claimed they violated an "agreement that the statements were off the record.“
"Despite wearing a microphone and being on-camera, Stanley claimed she didn't know her statements would be made public..."

IOW, Stanley was a victim of MSM reporter ENTRAPMENT??? Or something like that??? Regardless, not her fault, beyond her control???

Sorry, not buying it, Ms Stanley. jmo
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District Attorney Linda Stanley denies numerous complaints that could lead to revoked law license

A live TV news station covering breaking news and traffic for Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and Southern Colorado with a strong investigative team

krdo.com

I actually can see this happening. The interview with Mr “Gotcha” from KRDO is basically over.
He asks Linda a question and she says are we are off the record now okay? Cameras off? Maybe he nods or says nothing and she assumes ( in her Linda Stanley way -totally not careful, does not seem to get the games being played and she still has a live mic on) that it’s cool to now talk candidly.
Did we ever actually see the total interview?
I don’t recall honestly -I just recall the clip about the guy wanting to just “get laid”.
And the interviewer seeming very very pleased with himself bc he knew he had “gold”. Another Linda screwup.
She has made the right decision to not run for re-election. She is just not one who should ever be in public office. Not ever.

Just my opinion

 

[al66pine]

Discipline for Stanley?

I actually can see this happening. The interview with Mr “Gotcha” from KRDO is basically over.
He asks Linda a question and she says are we are off the record now okay? Cameras off? Maybe he nods or says nothing and she assumes ( in her Linda Stanley way -totally not careful, does not seem to get the games being played and she still has a live mic on) that it’s cool to now talk candidly.
Did we ever actually see the total interview?
I don’t recall honestly -I just recall the clip about the guy wanting to just “get laid”.
And the interviewer seeming very very pleased with himself bc he knew he had “gold”. Another Linda screwup.
She has made the right decision to not run for re-election. She is just not one who should ever be in public office. Not ever.
Just my opinion

@waldojabba Yes, I can see the interview happening just as you described.
Have not seen entire interview or even vid clips. Maybe the whole vid interview is available online, IDK.

Per krdo article* in one interview Stanley said pre-trial, defendant accused of infant murder was babysitting woman's infant only so he could "get laid."

Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct bar attorneys from making "out of court" statements about an ongoing criminal case that could influence public opinion and affect court proceedings.

Iiuc the rule was designed to prevent atty's from trying their cases by BLABBERMOUTHING in the media, instead of trying cases in court, that is, by examining witnesses under oath, and where opposing side can object, and a judge can determine admissibility based on the RULES of EVIDENCE.
imo.

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* District Attorney Linda Stanley denies numerous complaints that could lead to revoked law license | KRDO

 

[mrjitty]

It’s not uncommon for the journalist to continue to transcribe off record elements of the discussion. Eg lots of these things happen over the phone.

iMO the issue is whether such statements should be made in the first place.

 

[waldojabba]

It’s not uncommon for the journalist to continue to transcribe off record elements of the discussion. Eg lots of these things happen over the phone.

iMO the issue is whether such statements should be made in the first place.

The easy and in Stanley’s case, the prudent thing to do is obviously not speak inappropriately on or off the record. Especially if you are a public official. But well Linda is Linda.

Imo in general, out and about with these people does speaking off the record happen? Absolutely. Does leaking things to the press happen? Absolutely.
There’s the letter of the law, the spirit of the law and then what happens in real time.

Imo all this press on Linda - it’s a side show. A concerted effort to distract from Justice for Suzanne and throw shade on the entire prosecutions case by tar and feathering Linda. I feel IE in all of it - Just my opinion

I wonder if KRDO’ reporter has heard anything from others off the record and them publicized it. I would venture to guess he has heard plenty off the record from his “sources” and others and the info has never seen daylight. The old boys network I am sure is alive and doing well.

Bottom line. I sense a concerted effort to take this woman “out” and ruin her. She has obviously given people plenty of ammunition and her troubles are pretty self inflicted imo.
But the efforts to magnify every misstep of Linda to me are glaring and agenda driven.

Should she get fined or suspended for her behavior? Imo probably. Disbarred? I am a hard no on that. Just my opinion

 

[GOBliaison]

When was the text about "getting spa stuff"? Someone suggested maybe it was BM using SM's phone to make a fake request? But he didn't have access to her phone until after 2-3pm on Saturday, right?

One thing that's odd to me about it, if it WAS Suzanne, is that she was focused on leaving the marriage -- soaking in the hot tub, especially if it hadn't been used recently, would not be a high priority for her.

The only likely exception to this I can think of, is if she wanted the hot tub working for the girls when they returned from their trip.

If it was actually not working, ie malfunctioning, then either she thought it was about to be repaired, or BM sent that text as a part of his attempted alibi.

MOO

Good morning! ...& I do believe that! [Post #312 of 12-16, this thread, refers.]

Earnest best wishes for a peaceful, reflective Christmas,
from a f/ (Navy) liaison to the Government of Bermuda.

 

[GOBliaison]

What's so odd about the spa being down for some time is Suzanne texted him to get spa chemicals. Something seems so off with that text and I don't know what it is. Then the fact the empty bottles are in her car too.. if it wasn't working then why the need for the chemicals and why such a need that she wanted him to stop and get them. IF they couldn't use them, then why?

Good morning! ...& I do believe that! [Post #312 of 12-16, this thread, refers.]
Earnest best wishes for a peaceful, reflective Christmas,
from a f/ (Navy) liaison to the Government of Bermuda.

 

[GOBliaison]

^^rsbm

Two things come to mind:

First, which I think is fairly significant, BM very early tells investigators that SM asked him on Saturday to take her bicycle out of her vehicle (RR cargo area).

IMO, the only purpose this served was to explain BM's prints on her bike. Reportedly, SM drove to her biking location and never ever biked from PP as her starting point. MM2's boyfriend said the same to investigators.

I think the empty spa chemical bottles on the floor of the RR could still be because they were headed to the community dumpster when SM next drove past. It could be as simple as BM leaving empties on the shelf, and this is how SM learned they needed "spa-stuff."

I don't think the spa was ever prepared for use on Sunday or Monday because BM knew there was not going to be any mother-daughter reunion or sleepover.

And if any spa chemicals were acquired days before 5/10/2020, I think BM had an alternate use for it to cover and/or conceal his crime. JMO

Good afternoon @Seattle1 !

Needing help here, 'cause I'm trying to figure why it is that from early-on I've envisioned Suzanne transported her bike on her vehicle's rear-mounted bike rack. Perhaps some remark by MM2's boyfriend?

- which bike rack Barry would have never chanced to note because,
- Barry never cared about his wife's biking,
- nor could he have "recalled" said accessory because for certain he never installed it,
- nor could he have realized that no one who transports and rides their bike as a matter of course schlepps it horizontally, dirty tires, mud, grease, horizontal fixtures, etc., etc.,
- into and out of the cargo area of their vehicle,
- and that this is true forever and ever, from the very point of purchase,
- which it now is perfectly clear he took no part or interest in,
- perhaps other than reminding Suzanne beforehand to make it a "top-shelf" model,
- for the townsfolk to duly note.
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"Sorry not, my dearest {w/whom I'm done} : No help is needed unstrapping and lifting my bike from its rack. You see, everything I can accomplish by my lonesome - particularly since my return here a ways back with a taste for real ale - are matters in which I now take great joy!"
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Oh. And PS.
This "helping wifey" offering to the rube Grusing, when factually none would have been needed, keeps those guilty- mind and credibility needles moving in the consistent direction. Geez.

All IMO
subject to earnest disgust, which is personal.
Edit for grammar. Oy!

 

[dlk1949]

The easy and in Stanley’s case, the prudent thing to do is obviously not speak inappropriately on or off the record. Especially if you are a public official. But well Linda is Linda.

Imo in general, out and about with these people does speaking off the record happen? Absolutely. Does leaking things to the press happen? Absolutely.
There’s the letter of the law, the spirit of the law and then what happens in real time.

Imo all this press on Linda - it’s a side show. A concerted effort to distract from Justice for Suzanne and throw shade on the entire prosecutions case by tar and feathering Linda. I feel IE in all of it - Just my opinion

I wonder if KRDO’ reporter has heard anything from others off the record and them publicized it. I would venture to guess he has heard plenty off the record from his “sources” and others and the info has never seen daylight. The old boys network I am sure is alive and doing well.

Bottom line. I sense a concerted effort to take this woman “out” and ruin her. She has obviously given people plenty of ammunition and her troubles are pretty self inflicted imo.
But the efforts to magnify every misstep of Linda to me are glaring and agenda driven.

Should she get fined or suspended for her behavior? Imo probably. Disbarred? I am a hard no on that. Just my opinion

I totally agree Waldojabba, Linda Stanley sounds fed up with the whole "bike ride/anduction/buried in Moffat scenario. It's hard to stay quiet after we're almost into 2024!

 

[Boxer]

There

The easy and in Stanley’s case, the prudent thing to do is obviously not speak inappropriately on or off the record. Especially if you are a public official. But well Linda is Linda.

Imo in general, out and about with these people does speaking off the record happen? Absolutely. Does leaking things to the press happen? Absolutely.
There’s the letter of the law, the spirit of the law and then what happens in real time.

Imo all this press on Linda - it’s a side show. A concerted effort to distract from Justice for Suzanne and throw shade on the entire prosecutions case by tar and feathering Linda. I feel IE in all of it - Just my opinion

I wonder if KRDO’ reporter has heard anything from others off the record and them publicized it. I would venture to guess he has heard plenty off the record from his “sources” and others and the info has never seen daylight. The old boys network I am sure is alive and doing well.

Bottom line. I sense a concerted effort to take this woman “out” and ruin her. She has obviously given people plenty of ammunition and her troubles are pretty self inflicted imo.
But the efforts to magnify every misstep of Linda to me are glaring and agenda driven.

Should she get fined or suspended for her behavior? Imo probably. Disbarred? I am a hard no on that. Just my opinion

There were plenty of red flags about LS before her election. Enough people of the 11th district voted for her anyway. I hoped she was would do better. IE must have thanked her lucky stars drew LS as a prosecutor.