Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #75 *ARREST*

[SteelCity91]

19057 Puma Path, Salida, CO 81201 | Zillow

I was trying to pull it up on google maps to get a visual/direction of all the stops he made.

 

[MollyDDD]

Wow. Fingernail. Marks. Wow.

BINGO! We have a winner!

 

[Warwick7]

@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.

1:44 PM · Aug 23, 2021

This is new to me so I had to do a quick search:

It's called ghost riding: A person rides one bicycle while steering another, creating the appearance of a ghostly rider accompanying them while they travel.

 

[MollyDDD]

Wow. Fingernail. Marks. Wow.

BINGO! We have a winner!

Suddenly, the defense team welcomes "cute girls in Salida" search.

Omg, he didn’t really say that, did he?

 

[steeltowngirl]

Does anyone remember if this mine was on the search grids?

AWP mentions a mine but not sure where.

“One of the things that people keep coming back to is Barry, you know, he was very wet. He had the hotel room. There are three ponds that are near that. We’re also dealing with the mine shaft, also dealing with some of the hunting grounds.” shared Leisek.

SUZANNE MORPHEW MISSING: Private dive team comes to Colorado to search for Suzanne Morphew

 

[Wendyb1063]

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Why would he turn around at the Garfield Mine so early in the morning? It doesn't look like there is anything else in the area. Very curious about abandoned mines now: how accessible are they to search? Was that mine searched? Could it be searched?

 

[Scootie98]

Or, she was, and he shot her with the tranq dart, she ran into the house & to the bedroom and he forced his way in. At some point he removed her bathing suit and put it where she normally kept it. That's as far as I can bring myself to type. If the fingernail scratches are from her, I hope it hurt like hell.

jmo

If there was a scuffle...I would totally expect Barry to remove her bathing suit and

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: https://www.thedenverchannel.com/ne...-with-focus-on-darts-needle-sheath-trash-runs

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: https://thedenverchannel.com/news/l...-with-focus-on-darts-needle-sheath-trash-runs #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.

So...Barry was photoed wearing that blue "Nine Line" tee shirt? That really got my attention when saw him wearing it..."Nine Line" is a military reference to a medevac or evac request for a soldier that is injured or on the battlefield. It symbolizes not leaving a fallen comrad behind....that sort of thing. How ironic, if not offensive that he would wear that tee shirt.

 

[Tumbleweed]

I found a closer Garfield mine headed toward Monarch pass:

 

[crhedBngr]

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.

My speculation only:

Was Suzanne right-handed? Most people are; she may have been on her back when he sustained these injuries.

Ugh.

About 90 percent of people are right-handed, says Corballis.

The left brain knows what the right hand is doing.

 

[jakat]

I was trying to pull it up on google maps to get a visual/direction of all the stops he made.

You're right, there's nothing there. Sorry.

 

[Ontario Mom]

So Barry's whiney "rumors" and "now everyone hates me" comment about the tranq dart needle sheath found in his dryer...

This was not public knowledge until 2 weeks ago so... what the heck was he talking about?
Was he actually saying the CCSO has leaked this info and that's where the rumors were coming from?
And now that we know it's true, does anyone here know if this was actually a rumor?

 

[OldCop]

I am having a very hard time pulling up the PP house address on google maps. Is anyone else having a hard time or is it just me? It keeps telling me no search found.

Yeah, you have to go into satellite view and pin it. Someone managed to get Puma Path removed from google maps regular view. Too many poking around.

 

[Deleted member 222031]

Who's in charge of the ark or zoo? The crocodile needs to go in there.

Let me know any I've missed! TIA

 

[Tiff23fr]

This is new to me so I had to do a quick search:

It's called ghost riding: A person rides one bicycle while steering another, creating the appearance of a ghostly rider accompanying them while they travel.

I am a bit confused by this and what it means to the case (the handlebars and ghost riding). Is it suggesting someone else was there with a bike? Does this mean the bike was likely not just tossed?

Not a biker beyond the basics so it is pretty foreign

 

[MollyDDD]

Yep. Suzanne rocks.

Good girl! Poor thing.

 

[SteelCity91]

Why would he turn around at the Garfield Mine so early in the morning? It doesn't look like there is anything else in the area. Very curious about abandoned mines now: how accessible are they to search? Was that mine searched? Could it be searched?

I'd really like to see his truck activity during the turn around at the Garfield Mine. Maybe he went to go check on something?

 

[HongKongPhooey]

I am a bit confused by this and what it means to the case (the handlebars and ghost riding). Is it suggesting someone else was there with a bike? Does this mean the bike was likely not just tossed?

Not a biker beyond the basics so it is pretty foreign

I think it means it was pushed, rather than ridden. But I might be wrong.

 

[OldCop]

I am having a very hard time pulling up the PP house address on google maps. Is anyone else having a hard time or is it just me? It keeps telling me no search found.

 

[Knox]

Does anyone remember if this mine was on the search grids?

In the last hearing, it was said the searches for Suzanne continue, most recently a mine. Didn't say the location.

 

[MollyDDD]

Why would he turn around at the Garfield Mine so early in the morning? It doesn't look like there is anything else in the area. Very curious about abandoned mines now: how accessible are they to search? Was that mine searched? Could it be searched?

I swear, it seems that this guy took a little bit from Josh Powell, Chris Watts and Fotis Dulos!