Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, did not return from bike ride, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #17

[gitana1]

BBM

IMO

3 thoughts:

1. As long as the investigators aren't having to stop and restart, that's most important.

2. Good thing investigators don't only believe the information they're given by those close to the victim, and they look for corroboration.

3. The speed at which someone is found is highly variable and has a lot to do with how thorough the perp was in their disposal along with what other evidence exists (like digital footprints as an example). Also, sometimes a perp will give up the location of their victim's remains in an interrogation with LE.

What date was Barry’s taped statement “Oh Suzanne...”?

And what date was his secretly recorded convo with the dude who asked him questions?

 

[Tate123]

Yes, LE never mentioned the home being cordoned off until May 19th when they made the statement about the search warrant and how it was standard procedure to start from the "inside," or something along those lines.

The DM didn't even give their usual vague, "source close to LE" as their source for the information so I've always thought of it as the reporter's opinion.

As far as Suzanne being seen on her bike ride on Sunday, we have two sources claiming conflicting information stating the opposite so as far as I know, we still don't have confirmation as to whether the bike ride occurred or not.

In my opinion, "MSM evidence" is not neccesarily an indication of the actual evidence LE has. Especially coming from a tabloid or a gossip and entertainment site.

I've always found some of the local news sources to be more accurate. There is still so much we don't know and I have always been amazed at the amount of information that is later revealed that we never would have imagined. I hope we find out soon what some of those details are.

Lauren Scharf, a local news source, mentioned that the house was "taped" off on the 10th in her interview with DWAP.

 

[al66pine]

Quickly Swerving from Generic 'MisPers' Case to 'Other Than MisPers' Case?
If (hypothetically) BM has/had special friend, and/or was (hypothetically) living separately from SM, and/or if
(hypothetically) his/M-fam vehicle was parked in friend's driveway during time when BM was supposedly 'prepping' at Denver jobsite, since evd of the ^ could have been discovered within a few or several hours of 911 call, then collectively that could have prompted LE to turn its case-steering-wheel from the Initially Bland & Generic MisPers lane to swerve sharply into the Peculiar & Very Suspicious Disappearance lane.
And if LE entered M fam home that evening & found something amiss there, that mos' def' could have changed investigation's direction. Just my 2 cts.

 

[susiQ]

I would think they would initially focus on the spouse and the last person to see Suzanne alive and then work their way out. Jmo

My take is that beginning on MD, LE quickly focused on the narrative they were given, and performed their due diligence to find a missing bike rider. However, it became evident very soon thereafter, that the story didn’t add up. Why, only they know. I think BM then became the focus of the investigation and that was early on. JMHO

 

[Seattle1]

What date was Barry’s taped statement “Oh Suzanne...”?

And what date was his secretly recorded convo with the dude who asked him questions?

May 17 and that video was also last official release by the family or update to the missing FB page. Only updates since then were to the GET money campaign.

Youtuber video was circulating around May 30-31 and removed from TD's channel by Monday, June 1.

 

[branmuffin]

Salida is a small town but the citizens don't live in a vacuum. Even though the town was under restrictions, some businesses were open. Here's a link to the revised adjustments effective May 1, 2020.

Initially Salida was going to reopen restaurants and eateries on May 16 but the governor didn't give the okay to open until May 27 so I presume the restaurants in Salida opened that day rather than May 16.

People in town have said that the Ms were gym goers but gyms were closed and didn't reopen until after SM went missing so she doesn't appear to have been visible either in restaurants or gyms for several weeks prior to her disappearance. Those are only the two areas where people have mentioned seeing her. That and their church which was already videotaping their sermons and Zooming IIRC but I haven't heard any verification she may have been in that session from that morning of May 10. And initially, news organizations were there on site after her disappearance, talking to people about her missing status yet not one news agency reported unequivocally that she had been seen recently. (I've heard she was seen at La Beca cafe on Friday but it hasn't been verified).

I would like to hear ONE verified report that someone, other than BM, saw her at least 3 or 4 days before she was reported missing and offered that information to neighbours and/or LE. It wouldn't be considered a rumour if LE verified with the person who saw her.

People talk, it's natural when an event like this happens but the silence is so strange and eerie, especially in a small town. BM would know if someone in town stated they'd seen her, but AFAIK, no one has. Which begs the question is BM the only person who'd actually seen Suzanne in the flesh for days?

IMO I think whatever happened to Suzanne happened at home where no-one was around days before her disappearance. We don't even know if BM was the only family member who entered the home after a supposed initial wellness check or after it was released to BM. My opinion is that the daughters haven't stepped foot in the house since their return from Idaho.

And someone earlier asked why BM didn't contact the police himself after the neighbour reported she wasn't there or if he called Suzanne's phone. If I was LE I would be very curious why a husband let a neighbour be the one to call 911 to report his wife missing. He wasn't in another country he was in another county. Was it because by calling 911 it would disclose he wasn't where he told LE he was and he didn't call SM's phone because it might have pinged in the same location as his. IMO

I get the impression that Suzanne isn't known as an individual but as a wonderful mother and wife. We keep asking "Where is Suzanne?" but I wonder "Who is Suzanne?"

 

[FelicityLemon]

I don't read anything into his use of the past-tense use of the word "had" in relation what happened in the past. Mother's Day is in the past. Their daughters were expected to be arriving.

It's not like he referred to his wife in the past tense - he was referring to the action. Even if he said "she had been expecting the girls to be home" - again, n0 alarm bells for me. He was describing a past event, not a past person. If he had said "SM was a beautiful woman and wonderful mother", etc. that would make my eyebrows go up.

 

[gitana1]

Quickly Swerving from Generic 'MisPers' Case to 'Other Than MisPers' Case?
If (hypothetically) BM has/had special friend, and/or was (hypothetically) living separately from SM, and/or if
(hypothetically) his/M-fam vehicle was parked in friend's driveway during time when BM was supposedly 'prepping' at Denver jobsite, since evd of the ^ could have been discovered within a few or several hours of 911 call, then collectively that could have prompted LE to turn its case-steering-wheel from the Initially Bland & Generic MisPers lane to swerve sharply into the Peculiar & Very Suspicious Disappearance lane.
And if LE entered M fam home that evening & found something amiss there, that mos' def' could have changed investigation's direction. Just my 2 cts.

The font you use makes it hard for me to read your posts!!

 

[gitana1]

May 17 and that video was also last official release by the family or update to the missing FB page. Only updates since then were to the GET money campaign.

Youtuber video was circulating around May 30-31 and removed from TD's channel by Monday, June 1.

Thank you. So the search of the house began after his “Oh Suzanne” statement, unless it really was on 5-10.

 

[Seattle1]

Oh I got that wrong. I read the title as that the home had been held since 5-10. Instead, it was held on 5-19, 8 days after the disappearance. Then three days later the worksite was excavated. Certainly shows they didn’t believe by that point that she had gone on a bike ride, IMO.

So the progression seems to show that as they progressed with the investigation, they became focused on BM. Not that they initially were, or initially were trying to rule him out, and then moved on.

Correct.

The only source implying the residence held since the date BM returned from Denver or May 10 is the DM, and OP presented that here as fact which I disagreed with. I think the earliest date the house was held is May 19. MOO

The DM provided the following with no source:

But DailyMail.com can now reveal that Morphew, 52, has not been allowed to enter the home he shared with Suzanne since he returned from his trip to Denver.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8349987/Cops-search-property-Colorado-evidence-mom-two-missing-Mothers-Day.html

 

[Moonchime]

Reading the transcript -- it's apparent that we had daughters, not any different than we had cars, or I had a job. For BM, if it happened yesterday, it's had...

Reposting the only WS approved youtube video of BM and Youtuber for obvious reasons but also because of the background music in the video posted by
@Moonchime detracts from the timestamp transcribed passage(s) posted upthread.

JUN 1, 2020

SEE IT: Husband of missing Colorado woman Suzanne Morphew shares details of wife’s disappearance in secret recording, suggesting she may have been kidnapped [VIDEO]

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

00:00 my name's tyson draper from i'm from

00:02 arizona

00:04 um so what happened okay yeah

00:08 you might put that in here oh not a

00:09 problem no it's not on bro

00:13 we've had a lot of you here

00:29 it's never gonna hurt to to retrace dirt

00:32 so we've searched a 200 mile radius

00:36 what really all of the mountains have

00:38 been covered

00:39 so far but obviously we're gonna miss

00:42 things

00:43 right let me show you what happened

00:47 um and i do have a reward

00:51 there is a reward 210 000. um

01:00 the bike was found at the bottom of the

01:02 hill by that tree

01:03 where the peak was oh really um

01:06 the first night there was a mountain

01:08 lion the officer seen it walk by the car

01:11 so we thought maybe she got

01:12 attacked by a lion we thought maybe she

01:14 wrecked

01:16 coming down this hill car coming around

01:17 the corner fast and maybe was

01:19 disoriented and got in the river

01:21 we've covered all of this really good

01:24 this triangle with search and rescue

01:28 so we're pretty comfortable that

01:32 this is not in this triangle between the

01:34 rv park

01:35 your truck this road and then the next

01:39 road

01:41 but what seems to have happened

01:45 from the investigators and they don't

01:47 give much when i've got

01:49 private people working for me is maybe

01:52 she was abducted right here

01:54 and they found an article

01:58 going west of hers they won't tell us

02:01 what it is

02:02 so they sent another team after they

02:05 found the article

02:07 that covered this hillside all the way

02:09 down to the river

02:10 pretty good my concerns were

02:16 this way and that way if it was the cat

02:20 because the cats they dragged their prey

02:23 up

02:24 the mountain and out of people's

02:27 we can't find sign for the cat but we

02:28 got rain like right away yeah

02:31 washed away sign so they found our bike

02:34 just right against that tree down well

02:37 no he was on the ground

02:38 oh the wheel was facing and the uh

02:41 sheriff's department uh they screwed

02:44 everything up they shouldn't have

02:45 touched it

02:46 that's where it left it it's evidence

02:52 and we had cars over here well the

02:55 sheriff let everybody

02:56 drive through here covering all

02:59 or messing up all the evidence they were

03:02 walking all over this area

03:04 which if somebody abducted her they

03:06 would have had foot tracks

03:08 they would have fingerprints on the bike

03:10 and now they let ten other people touch

03:12 the bike

03:13 oh man i mean we was really upset that

03:15 first night

03:16 i was in denver so all you were i didn't

03:18 get here until nine o'clock that night

03:21 yeah and my friend's an army ranger and

03:24 he knows this stuff better than anybody

03:26 he did 400 tours in

03:27 iraq afghanistan

03:43 so you don't know where that article was

03:45 though was it by the road or

03:47 they won't even they won't say huh

03:51 well barry i'm glad you filled me in man

03:54 um

03:54 i was

04:04 i was hoping i'd run into you because

04:08 i can't even imagine

04:26 um

04:41 you because i mean you got to look at

04:43 especially in colorado there's been so

04:45 many cases

04:46 where like patrick frazee christopher

04:48 watts

04:49 you know these guys get on there and

04:51 they they act like

04:53 you know they didn't do anything and so

04:54 they i mean

04:56 naturally people are going to be

04:58 skeptical in the beginning

05:00 you know but you just came to help

05:04 yeah yeah i was in uh the pagosa springs

05:07 area and i i've been kind of hearing

05:09 about this and

05:10 so i thought i'd just come help man and

05:12 what can i do for you bro

05:14 um we've got a good group of friends and

05:16 stuff uh the best thing that you could

05:18 do

05:19 if you're a hiker and you're an

05:20 outdoorsman yeah just

05:22 get out there and cover something okay

05:24 yeah find something if you find anything

05:27 don't touch it take a picture of it give

05:29 it to the police

06:03 okay we've covered i had uh

06:06 school friends come the first few days

06:10 so we had a bunch of guys that covered

06:13 that

06:14 up from there up in there but the only

06:16 thing this is a tough one and

06:17 my friends

06:23 let me ask you a quick question so you

06:26 were in denver but how long

06:28 how long before somebody noticed that

06:31 she was gone and

06:32 well it was mother's day um

06:42 we had two daughters that were coming

06:43 home from the trip

06:46 and i had a job in denver that

06:50 i wanted to get started on on sunday set

06:52 it up for my work because my workers

06:53 were coming in sunday night works

06:56 monday but the owner i wanted to get

06:59 everything lined up so that

07:04 so i told my wife

07:29 and said listen this mother's day i'm a

07:32 little worried

07:33 and when you go check the house and your

07:35 neighbor wouldn't check the house

07:37 you saw that her car was there she

07:40 called me

07:40 and then said hey was this a little

07:57 man i can't imagine what you're going

07:58 through but it sounds like you got a

08:00 really good support system

08:01 yeah and uh do you want me to leave my

08:04 number or anything and

08:05 in case you need me i'll be here for the

08:06 next

08:08 and then give me your number

08:11 write it down because my phone's

08:12 charging in the truck but um

08:16 just very give me yeah yeah text me your

08:20 number and then if i find anything i

08:21 will uh

08:23 i'll let you know 4-8-0

08:27 4-3-1 5-3

08:31 4-4

08:35 t-y tier

08:46 i can't imagine that are you grandma are

08:48 you out there

08:49 very mom oh barry i i feel for you man

08:52 i appreciate it yeah and if you're

08:54 getting in and what you're doing here

08:56 i appreciate it yeah you person

09:00 oh no no no

09:06 yeah oh they they will barry they will

09:08 and probably the

09:10 the worst is yet to come i hate to say

09:12 that but just ride the storm out man and

09:13 the truth always comes out in the end

09:15 bro

09:15 so hey good to meet you guys take care

09:44 okay well as you can see ladies and

09:45 gentlemen i just had a long conversation

09:49 with barry morphy he told me the whole

09:50 story

09:52 and i met his mom

09:55 and he if you i hope this camera picked

09:57 it up but i got his whole story he told

09:59 me that the bike was discovered right

10:01 over here

10:02 he walked me up this hill and

10:06 he made a little threat there at the end

10:08 i don't know if the camera picked it up

10:09 or not but he said if i'm with the news

10:11 media he's going to come after me

10:14 wow stay tuned everybody this has gotten

10:17 really creepy

Thank you for transcribing this. I really wonder why BM speaks about his daughters in the past tense? That's really bizarre.

 

[darring21]

Except 11 days after the baby and Heidi went missing, the focus wasn’t clearly on the boyfriend. Instead, six days after the disappearance they had zeroed in on Mēgan Fieramusca based on surveillance video and a witness in the complex. 8 days after the disappearance they had found the baby and Heidi and arrested the weirdo.

In this case, AFTER the initial, preliminary search for her, they took control of the family home and held it, pursuant to a warrant. They held the home for a long period.

And 3 days after first holding the home per a search warrant, LE began excavating BM’s worksite.

Different cases.

The similarities for me is that everyone on the Brussard thread piled on the boyfriend even after LE had shifted the focus of their investigation. Nobody on the thread knew the focus of the investigation and the unproven accusations were rampant. That may be exactly where we are in this thread so why would I want to contribute to that. I've learned that there is nothing to be gained by making unproven accusations even if I have suspicions.

 

[MsBetsy]

Lauren Scharf, a local news source, mentioned that the house was "taped" off on the 10th in her interview with DWAP.

Yes, but that was before LE obtained a search warrant and the statement was made about the family not being allowed to enter the house. I doubt LE told her they were prevented from entering the home in the first four or five hours after the searches began. I don't see how they can legally prevent the family from getting some of their belongings, since they apparently were staying with a friend and might need basic supplies.

I would think the home was within the search area, since that's where SM was believed to have left from before she was reported missing. One of the items was reportedly found not far from the home, so it makes sense that they would tape off certain areas.

It's possible that the crime began before she ever left the home, so I would expect it to be part of the investigation. There could be valuable clues and important evidence to be found.

 

[kkdj]

Thank you for transcribing this. I really wonder why BM speaks about his daughters in the past tense? That's really bizarre.

I've thought about this so much. He still has his daughters so it made no sense. Except they don't have 2 daughters anymore. They had 2 daughters, now only he does.
Unless he meant they gave birth to 2 daughters. They had 2 daughters. idk. Strange.

 

[LietKynes]

Do we know BM's regular speech habits? I ask because I read aloud well and am a good public speaker when I have notes or have rehearsed. By contrast, when I speak in a conversation I frequently pause mid-sentence and start my thought all over again. My mom did the same thing. My family always jokes about me not finishing sentences. Maybe what we hear is just BM's normal way of talking. My take on his hyperbole is that he does not choose his words with precision, but rather to get the sense of scale/reach across. One of my neighbors talks just like BM does in the video.

In his video plea on the FB page, he sounded fairly lucid and rehearsed.
Or to clarify-- well practiced.
If his regular speech habits need brushing up --he may have had to do several 'takes' and that is understandable.

In the spontaneous clip he seemed to be 'catching' himself and pausing, as if he knew he'd slipped up.
Imo.

Of more significance was the fact that he started describing the bike and where it was found, and in what condition as far as the wheel --- since LE haven't mentioned this, where did he get his information ?
The "...Let me tell (show) you what happened..." , is very disconcerting.
No one knows what happened; as far as we know.

Speculation : Does BM have inside information about the bike, and if it was staged ?
If he'd tell LE everything and hold a press conference it would go a long way towards improving his image.
If he feels people may be giving him the side eye it's all in his head; as far as his current daily life.
Because people in Salida/Mayville do not seem to be talking about it at all; and BM isn't privy to the discussion here and other forums unless he has a friend online.
And even then it's just theories and speculation.

I am curious about the relationships between BM and Suzanne's family.
Are they talking and coordinating together ?
Planning a presser ?
Saying that theoretically, as we don't know if that will ever happen.
But it would be good to get a valid and accurate update from LE.
Imo.

 

[Moonchime]

What date was Barry’s taped statement “Oh Suzanne...”?

And what date was his secretly recorded convo with the dude who asked him questions?

Original--May 17th
TD interview--June 1st.

 

[kkdj]

Original--May 17th
TD interview--June 1st.

7 days after she disappeared? Doesn't that seem like a long time? It does to me. Way too long imo.

 

[LietKynes]

7 days after she disappeared? Doesn't that seem like a long time? It does to me. Way too long imo.

Agreed.
BM was asked to give a statement or coordinate with LE early on but he said it was "Too soon", according to the media.

What's hard to understand at this point is that if a person is kidnapped (BM alluded to this by posting a reward and his video plea), you don't wait.
You get the word out via presser or talking to reporters asap.

In his video with TD , BM mentioned a mountain lion or that she swerved off the road and ended up the the creek --and was maybe washed away.
Wouldn't it make sense to speak to LE or reporters and get the word out that Suzanne could be alive and injured ?

The same with a kidnapping -- but to date we've not heard if there was a ransom demand and tbh it's doubtful.
We can speculate and theorize about what happened.

After watching and listening to what LE have to say and more importantly are not saying-- it would appear that Suzanne is the only victim at this time.
Her family has to be devastated.
She is still missing and thus far there has not been one LE presser pleading for her safe return.
We know from photos that she's attractive with a warm smile.
But little else.
And that's sad.
MOO

 

[Madeleine74]

7 days after she disappeared? Doesn't that seem like a long time? It does to me. Way too long imo.

According to what BM allegedly said, before was "too soon."

 

[Moonchime]

Salida is a small town but the citizens don't live in a vacuum. Even though the town was under restrictions, some businesses were open. Here's a link to the revised adjustments effective May 1, 2020.

Initially Salida was going to reopen restaurants and eateries on May 16 but the governor didn't give the okay to open until May 27 so I presume the restaurants in Salida opened that day rather than May 16.

People in town have said that the Ms were gym goers but gyms were closed and didn't reopen until after SM went missing so she doesn't appear to have been visible either in restaurants or gyms for several weeks prior to her disappearance. Those are only the two areas where people have mentioned seeing her. That and their church which was already videotaping their sermons and Zooming IIRC but I haven't heard any verification she may have been in that session from that morning of May 10. And initially, news organizations were there on site after her disappearance, talking to people about her missing status yet not one news agency reported unequivocally that she had been seen recently. (I've heard she was seen at La Beca cafe on Friday but it hasn't been verified).

I would like to hear ONE verified report that someone, other than BM, saw her at least 3 or 4 days before she was reported missing and offered that information to neighbours and/or LE. It wouldn't be considered a rumour if LE verified with the person who saw her.

People talk, it's natural when an event like this happens but the silence is so strange and eerie, especially in a small town. BM would know if someone in town stated they'd seen her, but AFAIK, no one has. Which begs the question is BM the only person who'd actually seen Suzanne in the flesh for days?

IMO I think whatever happened to Suzanne happened at home where no-one was around days before her disappearance. We don't even know if BM was the only family member who entered the home after a supposed initial wellness check or after it was released to BM. My opinion is that the daughters haven't stepped foot in the house since their return from Idaho.

And someone earlier asked why BM didn't contact the police himself after the neighbour reported she wasn't there or if he called Suzanne's phone. If I was LE I would be very curious why a husband let a neighbour be the one to call 911 to report his wife missing. He wasn't in another country he was in another county. Was it because by calling 911 it would disclose he wasn't where he told LE he was and he didn't call SM's phone because it might have pinged in the same location as his. IMO

I get the impression that Suzanne isn't known as an individual but as a wonderful mother and wife. We keep asking "Where is Suzanne?" but I wonder "Who is Suzanne?"

Wow! You've provided much food for thought.

What a very good question. Who is Suzanne? All we know is as you've stated, she is a wonderful mother and wife. But, really, who is she? Where are her siblings? Where's her best friend? Who is her best friend? There is so much we just don't know. MOO