Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, did not return from bike ride, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #31

[justtrish]

So what I think is odd is that BM used the term "family emergency". If my husband was missing I'd just plain say, hey I had to leave because my husband is missing and I need to speak with the police. The term " family emergency" is just weird. The only thing at that moment to me would be the facts not the way I explained it or hid it. I mean you have someone who you called/saw willing to help you out on a job and you can't be clear with your explanation? I have a small business. I just tell it like it is. A couple weeks back it was my hubby fell and had a brain bleed. I didn't say, hey, we're in the hospital with a "family emergency" I just said it like it was. moo

I do think men are more private with giving out info though. My husband would likely not say his wife was missing. He would say he had something urgent at home.. if he isn't involved, he really could have assumed they would find her before he even got back to town or something. Most people don't jump to the worst case senario off the bat. I do, but my husband definitely would not.

 

[LandManatee]

IMO - I think there is something we’re missing with BM having told AM about a wall job he was doing in Colorado Springs. The talk shifted to Broomfield because of JP and a government contracted job.

Could BM have had 2 jobs scheduled that weekend? Could he have put up another crew at a motel in Colorado Springs for the wall job and also rented the room in Broomfield for the job he had going there with company RTD, I believe?

Or is any job happening in Colorado Springs out of the picture at this point? Or are we to believe BM and/or AM were mistaken on the actual job location?

 

[TappaTappaTappa]

I get the feeling JP is leaving some things out of the story. There’s probably more to WHY the mail made him think “alibi.” JMO that he’s only telling the part he can to the DM.

I’m wondering if BM maybe left the mail on purpose, to make it look like JP took it from their house. That would certainly play into the alibi theory, IMO, to make it look like a disgruntled JP clearly broke into their house.

 

[enelram]

Yes that same possible scenario was mentioned a few times previously with the added possibility that some machine like a wood chipper could have been setup right near the river water with it's exit chute pointing right at the river.

Whether there at the Salida jobsite or whether some machines and equipment were removed to be used elsewhere are all possibilities. Being in the landscaping/hardscaping business, he did have access to multiple machines and tools.
JMO

...and possibly the noise that woke up the neighbor on the Salida site heard a wood chipper operating and NOT the bobcat. ??

 

[Fireflize]

I’m wondering if BM maybe left the mail on purpose, to make it look like JP took it from their house. That would certainly play into the alibi theory, IMO, to make it look like a disgruntled JP clearly broke into their house.

Man! That is an idea to chew on. I was really having trouble with why BM would bring his mail in. His reason for being there is to clean up tools, himself, alibi, and a place to hide out waiting for the phone call to come that sends him back home. The mail being left in the room is weird. It wasn't needed for establishing that he was there, if he checked at the front desk. Framing his employee is not something that I don't doubt that he would do if he could. I'm still not feeling he was that organized. But I will chew on it. Thx. Moo

 

[justtrish]

So what I think is odd is that BM used the term "family emergency". If my husband was missing I'd just plain say, hey I had to leave because my husband is missing and I need to speak with the police. The term " family emergency" is just weird. The only thing at that moment to me would be the facts not the way I explained it or hid it. I mean you have someone who you called/saw willing to help you out on a job and you can't be clear with your explanation? I have a small business. I just tell it like it is. A couple weeks back it was my hubby fell and had a brain bleed. I didn't say, hey, we're in the hospital with a "family emergency" I just said it like it was. moo

I do think men are more private with giving out info though. My husband would likely not say his wife was missing. He would say he had something urgent at home.. if he isn't involved, he really could have assumed they would find her before he even got back to town or something. Most people don't jump to the worst case senario off the bat. I do, but my husband definitely would not.

I find this whole motel/mail/JP thing totally confusing. I can't discern even one single reason why BM called JP and told him to come to Broomfield.

• BM didn't bring tools for JP to use.
• BM couldn't use JP as a witness that BM was in Broomfield because he left before JP got there.
• BM never talked to JP again and let him sit idle for 2 days in the hotel while there was a supposedly important job to be done.
• Why didn't JP call BM and say, "Hey, where are the tools, and where's the job, and what am I doing here exactly?"
• If you've done nefarious things in your hotel room, why didn't you rent another room for your employee so he wouldn't see or smell all your mess? At $92 a night, it's cheaper than having another witness, isn't it?
• If you've gotten JP to come to work, and you have no plan, no tools, no workplace and no work for him to do, you've just added another witness for the prosecution.

The only thing I can really think is:

1. he is just that dumb
2. something went wrong and this wasn't his plan or it didn't go as he had planned
3. JP is lying or embellishing things
4. BM has nothing to do with her disappearance and he was there for a job, took the tools back home with him in his hurry to leave, didn't call the employee because he got home and it really was bad and he was worried/frazzled/distraught/searching.

 

[Seattle1]

IMO, JP is probably not walking anything back. This is probably the fault of DM taking some liberties with his statements. Pretty terrible if that's what happened to this guy.

I am however looking forward to LS interview with him. If she's reading here - we are counting on you to get this sorted out. lol

IMO

LS Fox 21 report is more clear than first reported by DM. It's not the mail that JP thought was the alibi but the hotel room rental. (See LS video at link)

^^sbm

LS already cleared the alibi reference up but unfortunately, I think it's going to take a fire hose to douse the mail in the trash version...

 

[Hatfield]

I am not that familiar either however, I watched a commercial wood chipper in action recently - the limb was large - bulky - and the bin was so deep that hardly any debris was spraying out of the top - and the chute was closed that it went into - completely - so in my horrifying imaginary mind - this same set up could be done near the river - in fact - if there is a natural edge the machine could be in the water (wheel height) - and then the river water could be used right there to clean off anything remaining and then commercial bleach could be poured into it.
sorry
I hope it isn't what happened of course. but we know it's been done before.
JMO

I had not thought about him maybe putting the machine right in the water. That is very doable with the smaller ones like this photo of one below.

The large chute is where you put what you want chipped up, and the small long exit chute is where the debri gets thrown out.

So if the wind was blowing toward the river and the machine itself was backed into the water itself, then it becomes more of a possiblity that hardly any evidence would remain so long as he hosed down the machine good.

Its a scary thought, isnt it. Flashbacks to the movie "Fargo" but in that movie it was on land where the perp used it and evidence was everywhere. If someone had put this machine in the water, that exit chute would easily blow most all remains in the water so long as wind going in same direction.
JMO

Power King PK0915-EH PowerKing 5-Inch 14HP Kohler Tow-Behind Electric Start Wood Chipper Shredder w/ Free Wheel Base Extension & 2 Blades

 

[ReckoningDay]

I had not thought about him maybe putting the machine right in the water. That is very doable with the smaller ones like this photo of one below.

The large chute is where you put what you want chipped up, and the small long exit chute is where the debri gets thrown out.

So if the wind was blowing toward the river and the machine itself was backed into the water itself, then it becomes more of a possiblity that hardly any evidence would remain so long as he hosed down the machine good.

Its a scary thought, isnt it. Flashbacks to the movie "Fargo" but in that movie it was on land where the perp used it and evidence was everywhere. If someone had put this machine in the water, that exit chute would easily blow most all remains in the water so long as wind going in same direction.
JMO

Power King PK0915-EH PowerKing 5-Inch 14HP Kohler Tow-Behind Electric Start Wood Chipper Shredder w/ Free Wheel Base Extension & 2 Blades

Too horrible to think about. I couldn't put my worst enemy through one of those.

 

[MrsWatson]

One of the earliest true crime books I read after Helter Skelter was the one about the husband in CT, a pilot, I think? Who put his wife in a woodchipper.

The whole thought of that is horrifying. Put a small one in a river, it would very effective, I think.

Gives me the willies.

 

[Seattle1]

IMO - I think there is something we’re missing with BM having told AM about a wall job he was doing in Colorado Springs. The talk shifted to Broomfield because of JP and a government contracted job.

Could BM have had 2 jobs scheduled that weekend? Could he have put up another crew at a motel in Colorado Springs for the wall job and also rented the room in Broomfield for the job he had going there with company RTD, I believe?

Or is any job happening in Colorado Springs out of the picture at this point? Or are we to believe BM and/or AM were mistaken on the actual job location?

I believe the wall job is correct except for the location, and Co Spgs is out of the equation. In LS/Fox21 latest report, she cites JP called by BM for the wall job in Broomfield.

(Unless there are two wall jobs)!

 

[K9Enzo]

^^sbm

LS already cleared the alibi reference up but unfortunately, I think it's going to take a fire hose to douse the mail in the trash version...

Thank you! See, I can see this guy (JP) reflecting back on this hotel trip/stay and thinking - was I just freaking used as part of a murder alibi for my boss? That makes sense, not the mail in the trash being the alibi. IMO

 

[Stripehaven]

Just thinking about what’s come out in the past 24 hours and past discussions about BM and speculations of DV and narcissism- do you think there is ANY scenario in which BM folds? It might be a naive thought (especially in light of past cases), but might be the only way SM is ever found.

Maybe if it gets to the point where LE convinces him it’s in his best interest to take a plea deal, contingent on his telling the truth. I dunno.

 

[Cindizzi]

I have stayed in a couple of hotels since Covid. I was told by both that there would be no maid service (essentially they would clean before my arrival, and after I left), and fresh towels were available upon request. Maybe Barry expected that the room would be cleaned daily, and it was not. He may have just done the regular thing (obvious through photos that he stayed at many hotels), and assumed that the towels and garbage would have been removed long before his worker arrived.
Edit to add: I also called the hotel and got an early check-in (9am) during Isaias when I was without power and needed a shower, WiFi and air conditioning.

When Barry spoke to Lauren, he made it sound like the only inconsistency in his statement was the timing of the bobcat fix. Either he was b-s-ing Lauren, or LE had not hit him hard, or he’s clueless. There are so many red flags.

After LS interview with BM, she was asked some questions on her FB. A lot wondered if BM had been given her questions in advance and she replied “ there were some questions he did not want to answer but he did not know the questions beforehand “. She also said the entire interview was not aired.

I think BM admitted the discrepancy with his timeline because he was worried about what LE had told AM.

I’m looking forward to tonight when Lauren’s interview with JP airs. Not getting my hopes up for any bombshells but hoping at least it will clarify some of the Daily Mail story. MOO

 

[happyday]

^^sbm

LS already cleared the alibi reference up but unfortunately, I think it's going to take a fire hose to douse the mail in the trash version...

Well I do think the mail had something to do with why he felt he was being used for an alibi, but I agree it seems like he thought the whole hotel rental was the alibi. It was a bit clearer from LS’s story but really nothing is that clear.

 

[Ontario Mom]

My daughter uses it as well. She overdoes it. It just about kills me because of my strong sense of smell. I see nothing strange about the worker smelling this except that the hotel used too much cleaner. I have seen that happen many times.

Except for this:

"A manager at the $92-a-night property confirmed to DailyMail.com that they do not use chlorine to clean guest rooms" Husband of missing Colorado mom spent the night before her disappearance at cheap Denver hotel | Daily Mail Online

I can't see a single reason why the hotel manager would lie about something like that.

 

[enelram]

I had not thought about him maybe putting the machine right in the water. That is very doable with the smaller ones like this photo of one below.

The large chute is where you put what you want chipped up, and the small long exit chute is where the debri gets thrown out.

So if the wind was blowing toward the river and the machine itself was backed into the water itself, then it becomes more of a possiblity that hardly any evidence would remain so long as he hosed down the machine good.

Its a scary thought, isnt it. Flashbacks to the movie "Fargo" but in that movie it was on land where the perp used it and evidence was everywhere. If someone had put this machine in the water, that exit chute would easily blow most all remains in the water so long as wind going in same direction.
JMO

Power King PK0915-EH PowerKing 5-Inch 14HP Kohler Tow-Behind Electric Start Wood Chipper Shredder w/ Free Wheel Base Extension & 2 Blades

this could also be WHY LE sifted the site where
the concrete was poured. But they sure missed
a good portion of that area where they did not
cut and sift.

 

[skyvoyager]

I do think men are more private with giving out info though. My husband would likely not say his wife was missing. He would say he had something urgent at home.. if he isn't involved, he really could have assumed they would find her before he even got back to town or something. Most people don't jump to the worst case senario off the bat. I do, but my husband definitely would not.


The only thing I can really think is:

1. he is just that dumb
2. something went wrong and this wasn't his plan or it didn't go as he had planned
3. JP is lying or embellishing things
4. BM has nothing to do with her disappearance and he was there for a job, took the tools back home with him in his hurry to leave, didn't call the employee because he got home and it really was bad and he was worried/frazzled/distraught/searching.

i can see a combination of 1,2 and 3 all fitting together....#4, not so much

 

[Poedelini]

A statement from PE.

Good morning everyone… Thank you so much for your support and for all the comments. We are listening. I want to make mention of the news story yesterday about the hotel room in Broomfield Colorado. The article suggested that Barry checked into the hotel on May 9th, the day before Mother's Day. I don't know that it is confirmed.

We at Profiling Evil are certainly not prepared to theorize on it until we see some evidence. If anyone finds a receipt showing he checked in, that would be news. Please send it to us. There are some very interesting parts of the remainder of the story but again, we haven't seen evidence to support the days and times.

That's where the rubber will meet the road. Keep in mind that you can check in online at many hotels and never speak to someone at the counter. That is why the CCTV system is so important. Don't lose sight of the forest while you're focusing on a tree. It's so fun for us to watch the chats and hear what you are theorizing. Thanks for letting us be part of the journey and let's remain fair and balanced. Mike/Chris

 

[GordianKnot]

c'mon JP, don't walk back your story now. please. didn't the DM article say BM was indeed at the hotel on saturday? and definitely left on sunday before he got there?

"Puckett said he didn’t know the day Barry arrived in Broomfield and couldn’t be sure of the day he left, but did know the reason – a family emergency."

Suzanne Morphew’s husband left Denver hotel, contractor claims room was “reeking of chlorine” | FOX21 News Colorado

I don't think this is a walk-back to what JP said previously.

In the DM article, JP points out that BM had left the hotel by the time he got there on Sunday.

That isn't inconsistent with JP saying that he doesn't know what day BM arrived in Broomfield or what time he left Broomfield.

Both statements can be true.

For all JP knows, BM might have arrived in Broomfield earlier than Saturday.
There's no way for JP to know when exactly BM left the city of Broomfield.
He could have left the hotel Saturday night or on Sunday morning.
He could also have left the hotel, but stayed in Broomfield.

I don't see any inconsistencies or discrepancies there.

JMO