Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #65 *ARREST*

[girlhasnoname]

This puzzles me. I can't for the life of me understand what advantages BM (and now his attorneys) seeks from keeping his face off camera. My limited imagination struggles to see this, but I have a gut feeling it's important somehow.

1. Does BM have experience that has taught him his face is an open book, and without the ability physically to impose or at least distract the listener people will gain insight into his thoughts? Does the behavior say anything about his desire for - or obsession with - control?

2. Is BM so given to angry outbursts and physical violence when under stress that a video of him reacting to the events and statements made in court could provide evidence against him? Is this one reason a third member of the defense team had to be with him as he listened? To prevent him from turning the switch and interrupting?

3. Does BM have a history of avoiding public exposure?

4. Has anyone seen this behavior in another defendant?

5. Is it possible BM has an actual conscience, or the ability to feel shame?

This has been a good question from the beginning. Thanks to those of you who remind us.

1 yes, 2 yes, 3 yes, 4 no, with exception of Patrick Frazee, 5 hellz no

MOO

 

[Warwick7]

This puzzles me. I can't for the life of me understand what advantages BM (and now his attorneys) seeks from keeping his face off camera. My limited imagination struggles to see this, but I have a gut feeling it's important somehow.

1. Does BM have experience that has taught him his face is an open book, and without the ability physically to impose or at least distract the listener people will gain insight into his thoughts? Does the behavior say anything about his desire for - or obsession with - control?

2. Is BM so given to angry outbursts and physical violence when under stress that a video of him reacting to the events and statements made in court could provide evidence against him? Is this one reason a third member of the defense team had to be with him as he listened? To prevent him from turning the switch and interrupting?

3. Does BM have a history of avoiding public exposure?

4. Has anyone seen this behavior in another defendant?

5. Is it possible BM has an actual conscience, or the ability to feel shame?

This has been a good question from the beginning. Thanks to those of you who remind us.

What if he was on other sites, such as dating sites. I would imagine if he were wouldn't they have pictures?
Did he really have face work done?

 

[Warwick7]

My guess is, he has done things using aliases. Moo

Yes, I just said this.
:0)
This, I think is headed in the right direction.

 

[girlhasnoname]

I don't find accidentally forwarding a text to the wrong person unusual at all. Nor sending a response to the wrong person which reveals info one would not intentionally reveal. It's happened to me. Texting the wrong person is generally a benign event but the risk is always there in our trigger-happy fingers! MOO

Agree, also I am a notorious pocket dialer

 

[girlhasnoname]

What if he was on other sites, such as dating sites. I would imagine if he were wouldn't they have pictures?
Did he really have face work done?

I think he definitely had some face work done, especially in the eye area.

 

[Lilypad13]

Right now I'm still in hot water over a text I accidentally sent.

I had been texting with several people at one time. Without taking notice, when I went to fw information, my cell sent it to the last person I received a text from NOT the person I picked to send it to. It is a blasted mess even today.

So yes it can happen and very easily.

Well ok then I stand corrected. It seems quite a few of ya’ll have done this! Gosh I hope I’ve never accidentally forwarded something private and don’t even know it! Hmmm…that would explain why my sister isn’t speaking to me! (That’s just a joke! )

 

[Warwick7]

Its been brought out before but I really never put 2 and 2 together.

He refused for quite sometime to plead for SM's safe return.

He had a relative giving updates/interviews but only over the phone.

His plead for Suzanne was done over fb only (which isn't out in the populace).

Laurens interviews, weren't they by phone?

He has had face work done.

And now he doesn't want his face in court......

 

[Knox]

Lest we forget:
"The Friday before Mother's Day, my sister had sent me a text message that morning. It was very lengthy. It was very powerful. It was very revealing,' Melinda said. 'She had been ready to share some things close to her chest. She said she was scared."

82:05
so that that i'm i'm so grateful for um
82:09
but that morning that text was was so
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transparent
82:13
it was raw uh there was there
82:16
was not a cry for help there was no uh
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i'm in danger there was none of that
82:21
you know i would have immediately gone
82:24
into action
82:25
but it was it was a very transparent
82:28
text
82:28
which told me and and has told the
82:31
authorities her state of mind
82:33
that morning it's very clear uh it's a
82:37
powerful text
82:38
and it was so powerful at the time
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that this was going to sound funny but
82:45
i have accidentally in the past
82:47
forwarded the wrong text to the wrong
82:48
person have you ever done that
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thinking you're forwarding this to that
82:52
person and it goes to the wrong person
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you should see me drive we are okay okay
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so
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so that was the one of the first things
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i thought of i thought
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oh i i can't leave this on my phone
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i could accidentally text that to the
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wrong person
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and i don't want that to fall in the
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wrong hands so it went into my heart
83:14
and i decided i would delete that text
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and but
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before i did i had texted her
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immediately back
83:21
and i had said to her i need to pray
83:23
about this because i want to respond
83:25
correctly
83:26
it wasn't going to be shoot from the hip
83:28
big sister it was going to be
83:30
you need some real wisdom here you know
83:33
on how to
83:34
help her navigate and like i said it
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wasn't wasn't she wasn't in danger
83:40
that would have been easy to do but i
83:42
wanted to be thoughtful in my
83:44
response to her and and respectful of
83:47
who she is
83:49
so um she's she said i'll read you the
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last text she sent me because i still
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have it on my phone
83:56
her response back to me just a minute i
83:58
want to say it exactly i don't
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i don't want to what time did the text
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come in that morning if you remember
84:07
just a minute i'll tell you because i've
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got the um
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her response um
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i responded to her at 11 35 a.m
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that was tennessee time and uh
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it came she immediately came back um
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i told her i said i'm going to pray
84:25
before responding further i care
84:28
and she responded immediately within one
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minute she said i appreciate your love
84:33
and transparency always and that was the
84:36
last thing
84:37
my sister ever said to me

 

[10ofRods]

Good Lord @10ofRods that could have very well happened.

He could have been watching in real time...oh crap!

Remember how MG said he was on his phone at the beach and then left abruptly? He was likely watching Suzanne, who was facebooking with her friend.

This is the guy who came into the room when Suzanne was planning that Florida trip some years back and said, "You're not going anywhere." She went, and he booked his own flight and showed up when he ought to have been home. This was reported on Profiling Evil and, I think Chris has mentioned it on TIR as well.

I suspect he did a lot of this. I wonder, in fact, if he basically banned her from social media (given that she went from a high social media presence in 2018 to virtually nothing by end of 2019, early 2020). I realize there are many reasons for this, but she clearly enjoyed sharing pictures of her daughters and I think she was a friendly person.

At any rate, I bet he scrutinized her social media. Given that they apparently didn't even have a landline phone, whatever internet connection she was using...was her only contact with the world? Or maybe there was a sweet spot in or around the house where she could use cellular data.

This puzzles me. I can't for the life of me understand what advantages BM (and now his attorneys) seeks from keeping his face off camera. My limited imagination struggles to see this, but I have a gut feeling it's important somehow.

1. Does BM have experience that has taught him his face is an open book, and without the ability physically to impose or at least distract the listener people will gain insight into his thoughts? Does the behavior say anything about his desire for - or obsession with - control?

2. Is BM so given to angry outbursts and physical violence when under stress that a video of him reacting to the events and statements made in court could provide evidence against him? Is this one reason a third member of the defense team had to be with him as he listened? To prevent him from turning the switch and interrupting?

3. Does BM have a history of avoiding public exposure?

4. Has anyone seen this behavior in another defendant?

5. Is it possible BM has an actual conscience, or the ability to feel shame?

This has been a good question from the beginning. Thanks to those of you who remind us.

I think all your points/questions are excellent but I vote for 2. And yes, I've seen some of this behavior in inmates.

My view is that by now Barry is a walking bomb of aggression and lack of self-control, because he has never been cornered, and he uses physical activity and being in the Great Outdoors as his ways of coping. All he can do now is push-ups in his cell.

I think his attorneys are hearing him rant and rave every time they speak to him. He hired them to "GET ME OUT." He may be absolutely incapable of understanding the legal reasons why he can't have bail. He may think his lawyers aren't good enough.

They mollified him by telling him to calm down - they'd get some pretext for an expedited hearing and they'd bring up bail (and reduced charges) and he might get out! So he became cooperative, but they knew he was going to go ballistic when the Judge denied those requests (which the attorneys had to know the Judge would do). We could hear the attorney whispering about whether a certain person (referred to as "she") was with him as he attended court (I would expect one of the attorneys would have gone to the jail to sit with him - he has a right to consult with counsel during any proceeding).

In addition to being denied the gym and the Great Outdoors, Barry (probably for the first time in his life) really has time to reflect on how stupid he was/is. It's hard for people like him to get angry at themselves and they're used to taking it out on others.

With all those long hours alone, many of them at night, he gets to think about what is in the AA and all the various places he screwed up. I think he's the type that might want to bang his head against the wall, but...well, we don't know his jail circumstances.

Maybe they have one padded cell (many jails do). I bet he wishes he had used less bleach. Or left the windows open at home and at the hotel.

 

[Warwick7]

82:05
so that that i'm i'm so grateful for um
82:09
but that morning that text was was so
82:12
transparent
82:13
it was raw uh there was there
82:16
was not a cry for help there was no uh
82:19
i'm in danger there was none of that
82:21
you know i would have immediately gone
82:24
into action
82:25
but it was it was a very transparent
82:28
text
82:28
which told me and and has told the
82:31
authorities her state of mind
82:33
that morning it's very clear uh it's a
82:37
powerful text
82:38
and it was so powerful at the time
82:41
that this was going to sound funny but
82:45
i have accidentally in the past
82:47
forwarded the wrong text to the wrong
82:48
person have you ever done that
82:50
thinking you're forwarding this to that
82:52
person and it goes to the wrong person
82:55
you should see me drive we are okay okay
82:58
so
82:58
so that was the one of the first things
83:00
i thought of i thought
83:02
oh i i can't leave this on my phone
83:06
i could accidentally text that to the
83:09
wrong person
83:10
and i don't want that to fall in the
83:11
wrong hands so it went into my heart
83:14
and i decided i would delete that text
83:17
and but
83:18
before i did i had texted her
83:20
immediately back
83:21
and i had said to her i need to pray
83:23
about this because i want to respond
83:25
correctly
83:26
it wasn't going to be shoot from the hip
83:28
big sister it was going to be
83:30
you need some real wisdom here you know
83:33
on how to
83:34
help her navigate and like i said it
83:37
wasn't wasn't she wasn't in danger
83:40
that would have been easy to do but i
83:42
wanted to be thoughtful in my
83:44
response to her and and respectful of
83:47
who she is
83:49
so um she's she said i'll read you the
83:53
last text she sent me because i still
83:54
have it on my phone
83:56
her response back to me just a minute i
83:58
want to say it exactly i don't
84:00
i don't want to what time did the text
84:04
come in that morning if you remember
84:07
just a minute i'll tell you because i've
84:08
got the um
84:10
her response um
84:14
i responded to her at 11 35 a.m
84:17
that was tennessee time and uh
84:20
it came she immediately came back um
84:24
i told her i said i'm going to pray
84:25
before responding further i care
84:28
and she responded immediately within one
84:31
minute she said i appreciate your love
84:33
and transparency always and that was the
84:36
last thing
84:37
my sister ever said to me

Thank you @Knox that's just what I was asking for earlier.
:0)

 

[Knox]

79:59
it was friday
80:03
may the 8th um suzanne
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that morning had sent me a very lengthy
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text
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i won't go into the content that is um
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given
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over to the authorities but i can give
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you a general sense
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of um the text and and what it said to
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me
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uh it was a very lengthy text you know
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when it comes in those chunks and it
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just keeps rolling
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and it was significant i
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uh it was it kind of came as a surprise
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um because there was nothing of our
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conversations that led up to this so it
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was just
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kind of like boom and uh i read the text
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that morning
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and i was um
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i wasn't shocked i've always known i
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mean suzanne and i
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let's let's just say this
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let's say it this way i'll use my
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mother's words
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my mother used to say over the many
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years
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she'd say i'd never believe i'd have
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two daughters who would marry men who
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were so much alike
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i'll just leave it at that okay so
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suzanne and i
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had a a journeys together
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we had intuitive journeys we had
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unspoken journeys
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um we identified a lot
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we identified a lot that morning i got
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this
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text and
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[Music]
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i was i was not surprised because i felt
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the secrecy the the quietness the
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isolation i could see these things
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developing

 

[Knox]

my sister loved him
92:25
she loved barry morphew
92:29
she was deeply committed to her marriage
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and her two daughters there is no one
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more committed than suzanne was
92:41
she was becoming weary of the challenges
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that were not changing
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in her marriage i know that she was
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becoming weary
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i believe that suzanne was
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not wanting to destroy her marriage but
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i believe she was becoming very weary
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of the challenges that she kept facing
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that weren't changing
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and there was no change in barry morpheu
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and my sister i think was coming to
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terms with the fact that she was growing
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she was getting stronger in her faith
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and that her life might have taken a
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different
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turn which would have provided her i
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think a lot more serenity and
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and peace and freedom and the ability to
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be
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honest my sister wanted that
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transparency that she saw she wanted to
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be
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transparent with her life with her
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with god with herself and with other
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people
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that's what she wanted there's a great
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freedom in that
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unashamed unashamed and i think that
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suzanne hid
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a lot of things in order to protect
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barry's
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doings and i think she was very wary of
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that
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i think she was very tired of that and
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she wanted she wanted something
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different
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she loved her girls that would never
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change those girls are her heart and
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soul
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yeah she she loved malory and macy and i
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would say that barry morphew
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for all the years he was married sat
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across from the greatest gift he ever
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got
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yeah and and the greatest capacity to
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heal him
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sat across right right across the table
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from him every day
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and unfortunately he couldn't receive
94:27
the gift

 

[Fireflize]

my sister loved him
92:25
she loved barry morphew
92:29
she was deeply committed to her marriage
92:34
and her two daughters there is no one
92:37
more committed than suzanne was
92:41
she was becoming weary of the challenges
92:44
that were not changing
92:45
in her marriage i know that she was
92:48
becoming weary
92:51
i believe that suzanne was
92:55
not wanting to destroy her marriage but
92:58
i believe she was becoming very weary
93:01
of the challenges that she kept facing
93:03
that weren't changing
93:05
and there was no change in barry morpheu
93:08
and my sister i think was coming to
93:11
terms with the fact that she was growing
93:14
she was getting stronger in her faith
93:17
and that her life might have taken a
93:18
different
93:19
turn which would have provided her i
93:22
think a lot more serenity and
93:24
and peace and freedom and the ability to
93:27
be
93:28
honest my sister wanted that
93:31
transparency that she saw she wanted to
93:35
be
93:35
transparent with her life with her
93:39
with god with herself and with other
93:42
people
93:43
that's what she wanted there's a great
93:45
freedom in that
93:46
unashamed unashamed and i think that
93:49
suzanne hid
93:50
a lot of things in order to protect
93:53
barry's
93:54
doings and i think she was very wary of
93:57
that
93:58
i think she was very tired of that and
94:00
she wanted she wanted something
94:02
different
94:03
she loved her girls that would never
94:05
change those girls are her heart and
94:06
soul
94:07
yeah she she loved malory and macy and i
94:10
would say that barry morphew
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for all the years he was married sat
94:15
across from the greatest gift he ever
94:17
got
94:18
yeah and and the greatest capacity to
94:21
heal him
94:22
sat across right right across the table
94:24
from him every day
94:25
and unfortunately he couldn't receive
94:27
the gift

Thank you Knox
Just wow!
It was so good to read Malinda's words again.

 

[Knox]

Thank you Knox
Just wow!
It was so good to read Malinda's words again.

Sorry for bombing the page. But as I re-read the transcript, a few more things came into focus. Malinda gave us many clues.

 

[Barry]

From the beginning of this case, it has seemed like BM has taken an inordinate amount of effort to minimize not only his face exposure but his voice as well. Really no good answers as to why, but it could be important. MOO.

 

[Ontario Mom]

What if he was on other sites, such as dating sites. I would imagine if he were wouldn't they have pictures?
Did he really have face work done?

Well there has to be some reason he most definitely did not want his face in the media, so dating sites makes as much sense to me as anything else. I'm confident that if that's the case, LE uncovered that stuff long ago, and has already spoken at length, to anyone he would have communicated with online.

As for having "work" done on his face, some folks think he had some eyelid work and some veneers for his teeth. I don't see what others are seeing so maybe he did, who knows.

 

[al66pine]

No Physical Evidence of Death?

....something to the effect of “there is no physical evidence that proves Suzanne is dead..." Kelsey Berreth case... Blood was found, but it was not in the quantity that on its own, proved Kelsey was dead...So physical evidence that proves death is very different than “no physical evidence.”

@MassGuy sbm bbm Re bbm, exactly.
In trial* for Kelsey's death witness KK testified. Many pieces of circumstantial evidence (elec. trail of texts & calls, borrowed car, surv. cam vid. at grocery & from neighbor, etc) corroborated her testimony which helped prove the fact of death (& manner of death, iirc).
Despite no body.

Is there a witness "out there somewhere" who could testify about convo's w BM? And similar circumstantial evd? A Sleuther can always hope?

___________________________________________________
* In def. Patrick Frazee's CO. trial, witness KK testified about her convo's over a period of months, before Kelsey went 'missing' in which def asked KK multiple times to kill Kelsey, After she went 'missing' def asked KK to clean up Kelsey's bloody home, asked KK to be help/be present when he moved & burned something consistent in size & weight w human remains.

 

[Ontario Mom]

Remember how MG said he was on his phone at the beach and then left abruptly?

RSBM

I can't seem to locate a link that says MG says BM was on his phone just before he left the beach job site. Do you have one?

 

[DizzyB]

Well there has to be some reason he most definitely did not want his face in the media, so dating sites makes as much sense to me as anything else. I'm confident that if that's the case, LE uncovered that stuff long ago, and has already spoken at length, to anyone he would have communicated with online.

As for having "work" done on his face, some folks think he had some eyelid work and some veneers for his teeth. I don't see what others are seeing so maybe he did, who knows.

I think Barry doesn’t like the way he looks in stripes. The less people that remember him in jail garb, the better for him.

 

[MassGuy]

Well there has to be some reason he most definitely did not want his face in the media, so dating sites makes as much sense to me as anything else. I'm confident that if that's the case, LE uncovered that stuff long ago, and has already spoken at length, to anyone he would have communicated with online.

As for having "work" done on his face, some folks think he had some eyelid work and some veneers for his teeth. I don't see what others are seeing so maybe he did, who knows.

I’m not sure about the eyes, but I have little doubt he’s had veneers put on.



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