Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, did not return from bike ride, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #27

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"Missing in Colorado" Event Goes Virtual Aug. 22 - by Ark Valley Voice Staff - Ark Valley Voice

“MISSING IN COLORADO” EVENT GOES VIRTUAL AUG. 22
Posted by Ark Valley Voice Staff | Aug 19, 2020

For Families Whose Loved Ones Have Disappeared, the Wait Can be Years-long, If it Ever Comes

In the wake of the continued impacts of COVID-19, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI), with headquarters in Lakewood, Colorado has announced that it is shifting its annual “Missing in Colorado” event to an online session beginning at 10:00 a.m. August 22, 2020. There are currently a total of 1,340 missing persons in the State of Colorado. Of those, 579 have been missing for a year or more. In Chaffee County, Suzanne Morphew has been missing since Mothers’ Day.

A team of CBI victim advocates will be answering a dedicated phone line (303-239-4242) from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. on August 22.

“Missing in Colorado” gives families the opportunity to speak with other co-victims, victim advocates, and others as part of this important event, explain event organizers. The event also provides resources to family members as they face the unimaginable impacts of having someone they love go missing.

“Our team is dedicated to helping the families of the missing, and to ensure they have access to the latest information and tools to help them as they navigate through this devastating chapter in their lives,” said CBI Director John Camper. “We ask all Coloradans to aid in the effort to give a voice to the missing by reviewing the CBI Cold Case Database, the Missing Persons Resource Page, and the list of those missing in the state and share any information that may lead to resolution in these critically important cases.”
 
Boxer said:
Also untangles the DM about whether she heard the noise on Saturday night, according to that snip, she did. And talked to crew the day after SM went missing on Monday, The search just started at 5pm Sunday, so would be on late news, MOO she heard about missing Suzanne and went to site on Monday.
I think the DM reporter made the timeline error.

Can you point me to that clip?
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On the "vibrating windows" -i think different characteristic from loud decibel rating- (db) ---the vibration measurement would be seismic reading ? For sure not a compactor, or cement mixer , prob not even a bobcat- so what then? What vibrated her windows and what would vibrate a window x feet away in that soil? Would his bobcat even be "runnning" if it was the vibration during a mechanical thingy? There is the biggest clue IMO . 30 minute vibration.
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  1. relating to earthquakes or other vibrations of the earth and its crust.
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So on top of his wife disappearing...we now have an entire police force, CBI and FBI working in collusion to frame BM for murder... yeah that's believable.

Tate123
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Good point. It would be much easier to believe that a small town inexperienced Sheriff might get in over his head, and railroad a grieving husband, for his wife's murder.

But a retired Homicide detective, working with the CBI and the FBI? No, that narrative does not work as well with these circumstances. There is a high probability that these experienced professionals smelled a rat from the get-go. I think they are slowly documenting it, as they try to figure out where she is now. :(
 
10ofRods said:
My interpretation would be that "there was some noise audible to others," and that BM wants the others to think it was a repair of some kind - even though the actual forensics show no real repair.

He doesn't have to incriminate himself, he can be vague. But, if the desire to "not incriminate oneself" is really strong, it can result in stilted statements. Why BM doesn't just pay the $ and have a lawyer speak for him/or be at his side? Why is BM speaking to Lauren?

I think the innocent behave differently than the guilty - but if it is the case that BM sought legal advice, why is this going on? Has he already exhausted a retainer with his lawyer? Is now without representation? Or is defying his attorney (on whom, surely, he spent some money?)

Or is a friend representing him? I sure don't know. I just know that BM is pre-splaining and I don't get why he includes certain details.
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good questions about BM talking for himself....

You do realize, I'm sure, that sometimes attorneys fire their clients when they realize they can't manage them under certain circumstances. For a control freak like BM he
wants to do the talking himself- to control what's said. for many attys. this is a no go.

I suspect BM no longer has an atty rep because
he doesn't want to pay one. And his huge ego
tells himself, he's the best at it.

There may also be a trust issue w/ the former atty. Maybe they see BM as a loose cannon that may have killed his wife and don't want to
to put themselves in his line of fire when they cross him. Who knows how volatile these violent bullies can be? Or how they think when cornered.
 
Jumping off the bobcat & worksite neighbor discussion.

In the scenario where he did murder SM & let’s assume it’s in the home. He’s leaving the home, with her body to dispose of it somewhere. Does he go to the worksite start to fiddle w/ the bobcat and put this story on the back burner if asked about it later? Does he think this will satisfy any questions about being seen out that night? “I had to fix something on the bobcat for the guys, had to get ready for the next job” Maybe not anticipating the swift response from LE where he thought he might just be dealing with the sheriff’s office but whoops, the FBI & CBI is asking questions, then he decides to ditch that story but too late, the neighbor heard it and you lied to LE.

To me this scenario sounds bananas but I also don’t think think this event was planned.

It’s also possible the bobcat in question was always at the home.

IMO
 
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TruthIsStranger said:
Every guilty partner in a domestic violence situation that I've encountered in true crime cases seems to say something to the effect of "You [the public] don't know the full story, or "Just wait until the full story comes out," and they always mention the fact that they can't talk about it "quite yet" since it's an open investigation. It's laughable how clueless these "smart" people are when it comes to pulling the wool over LE or the public's eyes. Even those of us with no LE training but with an interest in true crime can see right through everything they're doing. If the perpetrator has never been interested in true crime and has no law enforcement experience, they are so far out of their depth when it comes to staging a successful and believable crime.
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good post-
yes, isn't it amazing what we can learn from following the mistakes that these perps make?
It's like they've all read the same books like
"What to say and how to act after you've murdered someone."
that's why I said earlier, the cops here must be going "Here we go again, same ole, same ole."
After a while I'm sure experienced cops hear the same crap and the same behavior over and over and over.
BM thinks he's so smart. And those mean ole fingers pointing at him are just soooooo wrong
and they just don't believe me booo hooooooo.
Won't be long and those pointing fingers will be slapping cuffs on him and giving him a free ride in the paddy wagon.
 
K9Enzo said:
Jumping off the bobcat & worksite neighbor discussion.

In the scenario where he did murder SM & let’s assume it’s in the home. He’s leaving the home, with her body to dispose of it somewhere. Does he go to the worksite start to fiddle w/ the bobcat and put this story on the back burner if asked about it later? Does he think this will satisfy any questions about being seen out that night? “I had to fix something on the bobcat for the guys, had to get ready for the next job” Maybe not anticipating the swift response from LE where he thought he might just be dealing with the sheriff’s office but whoops, the FBI & CBI is asking questions, then he decides to ditch that story but too late, the neighbor heard it you and lied to LE.

To me this scenario sounds bananas but I also don’t think think this event was planned.

It’s also possible the bobcat in question was always at the home.

IMO
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good questions-
just a hunch but I think the bobcat will play an
important role once we know the real story.
Somehow LE is zeroing in on the bobcat so he's
trying to counter that.
Did he move her body in the shovel of the bobcat at some point? Was the bobcat at their home when he killed her? Did he try to bury her or temporarily bury her at the home job site? That bobcat is involved here somehow.
moo
 
enelram said:
disclaimer: I watch too many real crime TV shows-
LE almost always starts their investigation on
the closest person(s) in the victim's circle.
So the circle for SM would have BM right in the middle. LE focuses on this person first before they move out and find others who fit into that circle that should be looked at.
So, based on LE's actions, they never moved any farther out of that circle past BM.
Remember, follow the evidence. Don't move on to bears, cougars, abductions, boyfriends
UNTIL you have cleared the husband.
Nothing was jumping out at LE about the other
scenario's but some inconsistencies DID appear early on about the husband. Again, LE
never moved on in that circle because they could NOT clear BM. ie finger pointing.
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However, even if they hadn't cleared him at the start, they still had some parallel investigations going on. They still looked into a possible accident, by thoroughly searching the immediate area, using dogs and searchers, and even drones I believe. And they searched the water in that area, in case she fell in or did self harm.

They also collected and looked at a lot of video footage, hoping to see her on the bike, or see someone following her, or a suspicious car in the area.

And they interviewed everyone in her family and social circle, to see if any other possible scenarios would be uncovered. So they did not start with him as a suspect, and ignore all the other possibilities. Although I am sure we will hear his attorneys, claiming so, in his upcoming trial...:rolleyes:
 
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I want more info about the bike. Did LE find the bike, or did a buddy find the bike and direct LE to its whereabouts? It would be so intriguing if BM was involved in the finding of the bike, all the way from Denver. That would certainly raise a hinky eyebrow.
 
The whole bobcat/vibration /neighbor issue- could it have been a diversion ? If he wanted his presence hidden -easy-why turn on vibrating whatever? "Yes I forgot thats where I was doing a mechanical thingy " then they fall for bait and search for 3 days ..but is it possible this guy playing so dumb is smart? Knowing they would find out he made the noise and supporting his alibi . ?imo
 
enelram said:
good questions-
just a hunch but I think the bobcat will play an
important role once we know the real story.
Somehow LE is zeroing in on the bobcat so he's
trying to counter that.
Did he move her body in the shovel of the bobcat at some point? Was the bobcat at their home when he killed her? Did he try to bury her or temporarily bury her at the home job site? That bobcat is involved here somehow.
moo
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MOO the bobcat was at the Salida property. Believe he went and trailered it 5/9 for the next day to give himself a reason to leave home.
Once at the property in east Salida 50 south is accessible, undeveloped, isolated and looks like it's without cameras.

The family said there was discrepancy about truck info, not Bobcat.
Maybe Bobcat was hitched at the time.
 
I don’t think BM did anything to a bob cat gps. The reason being is that he apparently did not have the knowledge or his trucks gps. So I think all the tracking data will ply a big role when all is said and done.

IMO, the mechanical thing he did to his bobcat is telling in that it’s at least 1 inconsistency he’s told law enforcement and probably a big thing.

It’s likely that he neglected to tell LE anything about a bob cat, and then his truck GPS data places him where the bobcat was located and BM quickly changes his story that ‘I was grieving and my memory was not clear. Now I remember that I had to do a mechanical thing to my bob cat at 11:30pm the night of 5/9 to get ready for my Denver job the next day’.

Kind of a big detail to screw up right at the same time your wife goes missing.

I think GPS data is huge in this case. I also think there is another person and vehicle that once they can pin down, will provide the additional gps data to complete the case/story.
 
Birmingplumb said:
The whole bobcat/vibration /neighbor issue- could it have been a diversion ? If he wanted his presence hidden -easy-why turn on vibrating whatever? "Yes I forgot thats where I was doing a mechanical thingy " then they fall for bait and search for 3 days ..but is it possible this guy playing so dumb is smart? Knowing they would find out he made the noise and supporting his alibi . ?imo
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now you have me scratching my head too on the vibration/noise.
What would vibrate the ground and windows?
gonna go search this out.
 
“It was only because I didn’t know the time that I did something, a mechanical thing, to my bobcat...” he said.

At the risk of taking him for his word, could this mean that all other aspects of his story/timeline are LE-verifiable but for this single inconsistency? 5 am, Denver for worksite prep, etc. Did he tell them about this mechanical thing, but just messed up the “time” it happened, whether on purpose or because it was all a blur in a panic (wasn’t really checking the watch then)?

I just feel like the whole trip to Denver aspect should be squeaky-clean if planned as an alibi. All other “things” completed by 5 am Sunday. Not too ideal to be spotted stopping along the way, captured on camera slowly making progress, or just being seen doing anything but driving straight to Denver (in the daylight?). Saturday night is smack in the middle of timeline, as people have said here before. That search was awfully public, unlike many others. Something important sure seems to center around there, the darkness, and the timeline. IMO.
 
Good reading on how construction equipment
causes vibrations on close by homes. And how
compactors or using a blade of some equipment
can cause vibration enough to rattle windows.
Tracks on the equipment rather than tires causes more vibration.
Was BM tamping (compacting) soil over something he buried and then later removed to
another spot?

Vibration Potential
 
Fireflize said:
Moo
No doubt that BM thinks every mistake he's ever made was the other guy's fault. It's the way he's made. Self pity, misunderstood, mistreated, jealousy, greed, rule his actions. He just can't bear not having his will obeyed. If people would just listen to him and do what he wants, everything would be hunky dory.
So unfair. No doubt he expects all to be forgiven, with no effort for contrition on his part. Cause he's not to blame, she just wouldn't listen. Moo
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^^^THIS^^^All of this^^^! :mad:
 
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