Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, did not return from bike ride, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #13

[Shiloh28]

JMO
If the bike was staged and if BM was involved in this then it means he needed someone to discover the bicycle before he needed to come home. I think as it got close to getting dark and as it got close to him needing to return home, I think he may have been the one to press the issue which could have raised red flags to LE.

Since the children were out of town and not home yet then I am thinking the most they may have done on their own is either tried to call or sent her a Happy Mothers Day greeting by phone text or message. But here is the thing. Even if the Mom did not reply, I dont think they would have done much more until they got home because they would have been busy themselves and they would have assumed she was busy with some other plans or something. They would have no reason to suspect something more other than her just not replying back yet. If they were on their way home then I think they would have waited till they got home to find out more about why Mom was so busy she did not reply back to their Happy Mothers Day greeting.

So I think what may have happened is BM may have started to get anxious that nobody made the discovery yet and I am guessing that he was the one that started to press the "discovery". Like he may have called his daughters to remind them to wish Mom a Happy Mothers Day. And then at some point either they called him or he called them back to find out she has not replied back yet. At that point he may have forced the issue into it being a concerning issue for everyone. Like oh no, time to call the neighbor then because something is definitely wrong.

To the kids, they would not make that jump right away unless they had been trying for a very long time to get ahold of her.

Anyway, Im starting to think that this sort of thing may have flagged LE that he was the one raising all the alarms and then low and behold her bicycle is found because he got everyone in an uproar about her not being there.

If the kids would have not been running late to get home then they would have likely discovered things on their own. But since they were still not home, then BM may have had to take control and force the missing person issue with everyone. And that would set off a big red flag to LE if it went down like that.

BBM: Ugh, can cellphone data show that BM spent Mother's Day checking his phone, checking his phone, checking his phone...?

 

[pocketaccent]

This is precisely why I think SM was gone days before. He knew the girls were going to get in touch with her on Mother's Day (we only have his word for it that they were to be seeing her on Mother's Day, as they don't live there) so he had to do something prior, if he did, in fact, do anything.

IMO

I do too. Gone days before.

But he can finally relax now that Suzanne is officially missing/abducted/presumed to be taken by wild animal. No longer anyone will ask him 'where is Suzanne'.
No more questions of 'what happened' directed to him.

He won't ask her abductor any questions either.

He doesn't like questions period.

 

[LietKynes]

Yes, head impact injuries that happened decades earlier in one's life can manifest terrible results in middle age. BM appears to me to have a cluster of possible issues that might explain some of his actions and some of his lack of actions.

Possible, yes.
Any meds BM was on; or did he use any protein/muscle 'enhancers' ?
Those are known to cause violent rages with no known triggers.

Speculation : It would be interesting to know if LE looked through BM's medicine cabinet whilst searching the house.
A search warrant (which LE acquired) would give a lot of leeway to do an in-depth search for anything relevant to the case.
And Suzanne's case was treated as a criminal investigation very early on.
Imo.

 

[marylamby]

I spoke with this Salida woman who is putting up ribbons in honor of #suzannemorphew at Riverside Park. Find out what she is encouraging her community to do tonight on @FOX21News at 9 p.m. Morphew has been a #MissingPerson since May 10.

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https://twitter.com/laurenscharftv/status/1270131419725983744?s=21

AND? What did she say for us non-locals?

 

[MassGuy]

AND? What did she say for us non-locals?

It doesn’t air for another 2 hours.

 

[jellybeanz]

bbm
This ^^^^^

seconded!

 

[Leigh80]

What was suspicious about it? It was maybe a Cadillac? A stretch limo?
Isn't this sighting on a Sunday up the road from a busy trailhead? With, like hundreds of bike riders in cars jostling for a parking spot? In that context, what could look suspicious? Dawdling? Peeing in the woods? Having a good look at every car? This is, like, normal at a trailhead.

I also wonder why it was suspicious. He doesn't give the slightest reason why, unless, maybe, he was told not to. My thought was it's a very nice neighborhood/area and the car was a crapper. But I guess if there's a trailhead there then there's all sorts of cars.

 

[Feistyomi]

It's typical in Colorado to call in the CBI and the FBI immediately. The Chaffee County Sheriff's Department has very limited detective capabilities, and it is the CBI's responsibility to provide support, expertise and assistance in such cases. It is CBI case 2020-109, Investigator Kevin Koback. Many on this thread might remember him from the Watts murder case. The FBI appears to have only assisted in search efforts. IMO
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

@Dave F. would you pls pm me, I had an issue opening one of those other links

 

[Leigh80]

What was suspicious about it? It was maybe a Cadillac? A stretch limo?
Isn't this sighting on a Sunday up the road from a busy trailhead? With, like hundreds of bike riders in cars jostling for a parking spot? In that context, what could look suspicious? Dawdling? Peeing in the woods? Having a good look at every car? This is, like, normal at a trailhead.

I also wonder why it was suspicious. He doesn't give the slightest reason why, unless, maybe, he was told not to. My thought was it's a very nice neighborhood/area and the car was a crapper. But I guess if there's a trailhead there then there's all sorts of cars.

 

[Lilypad13]

I do wonder if the family tracks each other’s locations-my kids do it, but my SO wouldn’t have a clue to how to figure out where anyone is. My kids (young adults) are constantly checking their friends locations. Can you imagine if Mom’s phone was showing up in Denver? Maybe someone continued to text as SM to mess with the timeline, yet the location was hinky? Probably not because I would assume child would not be signing off on guardianship if that was the case. So many possibilities as to why LE knew. Who said what...

If Suzanne had Life 360 to keep track of her daughters then they would also be able to trace her location as long as she had her phone with her. I haven’t heard that they had Life 360 but a lot of parents with teens get it. How funny (not ha ha funny but ironic funny) would it be if they had it and BM didn’t know about it! My daughter and I have it on our phones but not my husband. I’m the worrier and he isn’t into personal apps because his cell phone is a work phone. That would sure explain LE jumping right in if they had a record of every move he made. Probably just wishful thinking. He couldn’t be that stupid. Could he??? Lol

 

[LietKynes]

If Suzanne had Life 360 to keep track of her daughters then they would also be able to trace her location as long as she had her phone with her. I haven’t heard that they had Life 360 but a lot of parents with teens get it. How funny (not ha ha funny but ironic funny) would it be if they had it and BM didn’t know about it! My daughter and I have it on our phones but not my husband. I’m the worrier and he isn’t into personal apps because his cell phone is a work phone. That would sure explain LE jumping right in if they had a record of every move he made. Probably just wishful thinking. He couldn’t be that stupid. Could he??? Lol

bbm
Heh, heh, heh....Your post cheered me up !
Some great ideas.

We don't know what LE have discovered, but they have something significant.
Imo.
They seemed to know that very day of the 911 call and maybe within hours that this wasn't a 'missing' case.

 

[Dave F.]

Thank you for that indepth response, a combination of a Regional Program Specialist, the appropriate law enforcement agency and whoever it was that reported the bike ride to SM's neighbor, (daughters, isn't it?) In all it is just an assumed bike ride for now. Don't mean to be picky, but I would really like to see just one word added to NamUs...."reported"

The person who entered the information into NaMUS is listed as the Case Owner in the Contact section. In this case, that is Claudette Hysjulien, Detective Sergeant for the Chaffee County Sheriff's Office. The Case Owner may also designate an alternate contact, which Sgt. Hysjulien has done. She listed Special Agent Kevin Koback of the CBI.
Normally, if the Case Owner retires or moves on, a new contact within the LE office that originated it will be named as a Case Contributor, but the original listing for case owner will remain. The NaMUS case number is 4925.
In answer to the actual question, the information on NaMUS all originated with Detective Sergeant C. Hysjulien, who has the case responsibility within the CCSO. IMO
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[osu]

Same theory as always, I think someone grabbed her and threw her bike down into the ravine.

Just a thought..but I’ve wondered if there could’ve been an argument (or perhaps a DV situation) between BM and SM. SM ran out of the house, hopped on her bike and took off down the road headed to the neighbors.
BM went after her in his truck. Maybe the “car” that BM described to TD that “came down the road and around the curve real fast” was actually him?

JMO

 

[Seattle1]

I think it would be very hard to stage a bicycle--and fool LE as to what happened to the bicycle and the rider. Simply throwing a bicycle into a brush ravine or down a roadside ditch or riding the bicycle off the road wouldn't damage the bicycle the same way a vehicle hitting the bicycle from any direction would. And if the bicycle was found with serious damage--then there should have been evidence of the rider's physical injuries left on the ground (blood, torn hair, etc.) or on rocks, tree and brush limbs. Perhaps, it was clear to LE investigators that there was only one plausible explanation for the condition of the bicycle and where it was found...and only one reasonable line of investigation to pursue.

I think it depends on who is doing the staging. I'll use the abduction theory as an example. If the abductor did the staging of the bicycle in the ravine, the abductor is most likely planting a bike without worrying so much about any mechanical, accident recreation analysis. The captor is basically trying to buy some time while also distracting investigators from the residence where perhaps the real crime occurred. Where the real evidence is.

I recall the nephew being very vocal about how reporters and the public should almost demand to learn of the bike condition from the Sheriff's office. I'm thinking that maybe team BM wanted to prove a point.

Speculating here but what if there was a known pre-existing condition such as inoperable brakes that was known only to insiders, and would make it impossible for SM to ride her bike to the location it was found. Would it be more plausible that a captor would plant a broken bike off in a ravine to try and distract investigators to believe that SM went on a bike ride, or would you believe that SM road her broken bike to the area it was recovered from, and must have fallen victim to a bike crash or wild animal or both?

It becomes such a sticky issue when one is pushing too many narratives of what happened while hoping that the best one (or most favorable to the perp) will eventually stick. MOO

 

[Feistyomi]

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Same theory as always, I think someone grabbed her and threw her bike down into the ravine.

I TOTALLY AGREE

 

[Feistyomi]

I also wonder why it was suspicious. He doesn't give the slightest reason why, unless, maybe, he was told not to. My thought was it's a very nice neighborhood/area and the car was a crapper. But I guess if there's a trailhead there then there's all sorts of cars.

Whell tho, I am overage statistically for abduction, I could probably relax, but it’s second nature.sure would be nice to know more?!

 

[katydid23]

If there's no bike at all (meaning no bike ride, no staging of the bike), then we have BM on camera talking first hand about finding the bike as well as an email to his church (which seems most likely to have originated from him) saying the same thing. BM is on the record stating the bike recovery as a fact and if that's completely untrue, then I think he just made the whodunnit question really, really easy to answer. That would be fascinating if its indeed the case.

But how can anyone prove it never happened? The only way I can think of is if someone saw the bike being staged. I don't think that happened though...arrests would have already happened. IMO

 

[CronesEye]

If Suzanne had Life 360 to keep track of her daughters then they would also be able to trace her location as long as she had her phone with her. I haven’t heard that they had Life 360 but a lot of parents with teens get it. How funny (not ha ha funny but ironic funny) would it be if they had it and BM didn’t know about it! My daughter and I have it on our phones but not my husband. I’m the worrier and he isn’t into personal apps because his cell phone is a work phone. That would sure explain LE jumping right in if they had a record of every move he made. Probably just wishful thinking. He couldn’t be that stupid. Could he??? Lol

This is a valuable post we need to retain on websleuths, Lilypad, I'm new but I think you need to post SM instead of her first name so it passes muster. This is a good post to be able to come back to later, don't want to possibly lose it. I saw it said no complete names just initials. You can edit it to SM. (I made that mistake many times)

 

[RickshawFan]

If there's no bike at all (meaning no bike ride, no staging of the bike), then we have BM on camera talking first hand about finding the bike as well as an email to his church (which seems most likely to have originated from him) saying the same thing. BM is on the record stating the bike recovery as a fact and if that's completely untrue, then I think he just made the whodunnit question really, really easy to answer. That would be fascinating if its indeed the case.

This is the only explanation that makes sense to me. Since the whole bike conundrum is creating pretzels out of speculation, maybe KISS is the way to go? Often the simplest explanation explains everything, makes everything fit.
Is it possible that the reason LE focused on "no abduction" early was they had already searched the area and found no bike. They went back a second time and found a bike. Then, you have BM following up in the TD video with "LE made a big mess and contaminated evidence when they found the bike". I'll bet LE caught him out with something that had to do with a bike.

 

[Hoosierfan72]

The person who entered the information into NaMUS is listed as the Case Owner in the Contact section. In this case, that is Claudette Hysjulien, Detective Sergeant for the Chaffee County Sheriff's Office. The Case Owner may also designate an alternate contact, which Sgt. Hysjulien has done. She listed Special Agent Kevin Koback of the CBI.
Normally, if the Case Owner retires or moves on, a new contact within the LE office that originated it will be named as a Case Contributor, but the original listing for case owner will remain. The NaMUS case number is 4925.
In answer to the actual question, the information on NaMUS all originated with Detective Sergeant C. Hysjulien, who has the case responsibility within the CCSO. IMO
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

That does make the wording (specifically that the CCSO doesn't use the word reportedly when referencing the bike ride) a bit more interesting.... .... thanks for catching this.