Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, did not return from bike ride, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #36

[Seattle1]

Permits for Muni, State, or Federal Project? RTD?
@Birmingplumb
Glad for all the knowledge of construction/contractors/builders shared here.

Just crossed my mind - for muni, st, or fed projects, would permit procedures be the same as for private or commercial projects, so the office which issues permits would have same/similar online records and inspections?
What about for the Reg'l Trans Dist?
Of course, ^ azz-umes BM's Broomfield area work was an actual job, not a figment of BM's imagination shared w three other ppl.
I've missed or forgotten who said RTD. Source/link, anyone?

The project owner, Denver Regional Transport District "RTD" was first defined by DM in the interview with JP.

Public Works agents are typically responsible for design, permits, etc.

Missing Suzanne Morphew’s husband Barry Morphew stayed at hotel the weekend she disappeared; room left full of towels and smelled of chlorine [REPORT]

Construction Engineering

 

[Seattle1]

Thanks for making me watch it---Morgan flippant- I question her not wanting to "bother " usual suspect because the brick did not arrive with a simple phone call. She seemed to be running things if true. IMO I also question just she and the usual suspect were scheduled to fix the wall initially in April. I wonder if she built the wall -very hard to figure her role out ..She seemed short on the rescheduling ...but she seems to talk that way, she even did some different voices at end and Barry seemed to have southern accent in one of his replies. Common to act out another character type and add color?

Deficient work (i.e., the wall) was first introduced by AM, not MG. BM allegedly told his brother-in-law that he was repairing work completed last fall (when SM disappeared). He blamed the deficient work on yet another druggy employee that he terminated.

 

[Boxer]

She doesn't actually say what day those two approached her or what day she turned over her phone to CBI (and I was hoping she did, because that would at least give us a solid point on the timeline):

04:49
gentile said she and puckett packed up
on tuesday and returned to salida
and the investigation into suzanne's
disappearance was well underway
she remembers being approached by two
men a friend of berries and one of his
family members who told her
we would give you your paycheck but we
don't want it to look like hush hush money
and like you have rights but you don't
have to give cbi your phone
gentile says she did cooperate with most
of what investigators asked she says she
interviewed with them five
times and turned over her phone but she
declined a polygraph

A pay check is hush money?
Did BM just see a way to get out paying for his stood up labor?

 

[Warwick7]

She doesn't actually say what day those two approached her or what day she turned over her phone to CBI (and I was hoping she did, because that would at least give us a solid point on the timeline):

04:49
gentile said she and puckett packed up
on tuesday and returned to salida
and the investigation into suzanne's
disappearance was well underway
she remembers being approached by two
men a friend of berries and one of his
family members who told her
we would give you your paycheck but we
don't want it to look like hush hush money
and like you have rights but you don't
have to give cbi your phone
gentile says she did cooperate with most
of what investigators asked she says she
interviewed with them five
times and turned over her phone but she
declined a polygraph

My take on listening to the video is listen to her voice. Each time I listen to it I am convinced these two men approaching her happened on Tuesday as soon as she got back to Salida.

Also LS "depicts" that 2 men approached her, not at her home in her livingroom but, approached her as she got out of her car.
MOO

 

[Hair of the Dog]

"I've heard" or "I read" without a link though, so we have no idea where this came from.
I'm fairly certain it wasn't MSM, or we'd have ALL been talking about it long before now.
I think we need to chalk this up to rumor, until or unless it's documented as fact with a source link to back it up.

I will go back through the media thread later this afternoon and see if I can find anything about the date of the camping trip being changed. Please amend my post as needed @Ontario Mom. So sorry for any confusion.

 

[Boxer]

My take on listening to the video is listen to her voice. Each time I listen to it I am convinced these two men approaching her happened on Tuesday as soon as she got back to Salida.

Also LS "depicts" that 2 men approached her, not at her home in her livingroom but, approached her as she got out of her car.
MOO

Amature heavies? MG should go to the labor board.

 

[kkdj]

Amature heavies? MG should go to the labor board.

But she wasn't an employee. She was a subcontractor. She could lien the job but it's probably too late now.
We pre lien all of our contracts. It's business, in the case one doesn't get paid.
moo

 

[Ontario Mom]

I will go back through the media thread later this afternoon and see if I can find anything about the date of the camping trip being changed. Please amend my post as needed @Ontario Mom. So sorry for any confusion.

No worries.

 

[lamlawindy]

But 99% of websleuthers are convinced and we don’t even know half of what LE knows. I don’t think BM and his attorney are going to be able to create enough doubt, but maybe I’m missing something. What’s BM got for a jury that he hasn’t shown us already?

JMO

Well, if Barry Morphew ever is charged with an offense, his attorneys will have plenty to work with. Remember: The TOS do not allow sleuthing of persons, including family members. Trial counsel will have no such restraint & will be able to try to impeach the credibility of the State's witnesses. S/He will also be able to introduce other theories about who may have harmed Suzanne using witness testimony, which -- again -- is something we cannot do here.

 

[Feistyomi]

But she wasn't an employee. She was a subcontractor. She could lien the job but it's probably too late now.
We pre lien all of our contracts. It's business, in the case one doesn't get paid.
moo

So if she was a subcontractor, technically she can’t be “fired”? he may have told her he wasn’t going to use her again, after the non working weekend. I’m not sure of technical terms, and I’m not sure if it matters.
I am pretty sure if I had a regularly used subcontractor unable to handle things during a crisis, I’d be looking for a more reliable one for future jobs. You bring valuable insight into these issues.
I’m not sure I would ever accept a disgruntled employee or subcontractor’s info as evidence without the proverbial grain of salt.
Reliability is key component in hiring process, sometimes beating out the bids, IME

 

[Warwick7]

Well, if Barry Morphew ever is charged with an offense, his attorneys will have plenty to work with. Remember: The TOS do not allow sleuthing of persons, including family members. Trial counsel will have no such restraint & will be able to try to impeach the credibility of the State's witnesses. S/He will also be able to introduce other theories about who may have harmed Suzanne using witness testimony, which -- again -- is something we cannot do here.

BBM

You mean, destroy their credibility.

I'm glad at times this doesnt work.

In the kidnapping trial of Tammy Moorer, her cousin, Donald Demarino, testified about a photo he allegedly saw of Heather Elvis. Demarino said he saw the photo while at a family BBQ smoking a cigarette with Sidney.

When asked if he believed anyone would hear from Elvis after seeing the photo, he said 'no'.

The defense asked Demarino about his past use of drugs and his criminal record.

The defense tried and failed to destroy his credibility. Tammy Morrer was sentenced to 30 years.

 

[Warwick7]

So if she was a subcontractor, technically she can’t be “fired”? he may have told her he wasn’t going to use her again, after the non working weekend. I’m not sure of technical terms, and I’m not sure if it matters.
I am pretty sure if I had a regularly used subcontractor unable to handle things during a crisis, I’d be looking for a more reliable one for future jobs. You bring valuable insight into these issues.
I’m not sure I would ever accept a disgruntled employee or subcontractor’s info as evidence without the proverbial grain of salt.
Reliability is key component in hiring process, sometimes beating out the bids, IME

I have subcontractors.
I also subcontract for others.
Yes being "fired" is a term that is used in letting a subcontractor go.

 

[MassGuy]

BBM

You mean, destroy their credibility.

I'm glad at times this doesnt work.

In the kidnapping trial of Tammy Moorer, her cousin, Donald Demarino, testified about a photo he allegedly saw of Heather Elvis. Demarino said he saw the photo while at a family BBQ smoking a cigarette with Sidney.

When asked if he believed anyone would hear from Elvis after seeing the photo, he said 'no'.

The defense asked Demarino about his past use of drugs and his criminal record.

The defense tried and failed to destroy his credibility. Tammy Morrer was sentenced to 30 years.

In the Kelsey Berreth case, the defense tried to do the same with Krystal Kenney, the prosecution’s star witness.

They had a lot to work with, as she had been solicited 3 times, attempted to carry out murder on multiple occasions, cleaned the crime scene, tried to mislead authorities, and lied to the FBI.

Fortunately, everything she testified to was supported by the evidence. If the facts align, the defense is in trouble.

 

[Synergizer Bunny]

But she wasn't an employee. She was a subcontractor. She could lien the job but it's probably too late now.
We pre lien all of our contracts. It's business, in the case one doesn't get paid.
moo

Small claims court is the route that I would take.

 

[Dalgliesh]

But 99% of websleuthers are convinced and we don’t even know half of what LE knows. I don’t think BM and his attorney are going to be able to create enough doubt, but maybe I’m missing something. What’s BM got for a jury that he hasn’t shown us already?

JMO

I think it's important to keep in mind that the defendant in a criminal trial has no burden to prove anything. S/he is presumed to be innocent and need not even present evidence.

The People of the State of Colorado must prove each element of the charge beyond a reasonable doubt.

For murder in the first degree (after deliberation) here are the elements:

1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. after deliberation (which requires some appreciable length of time elapsed), and
4. with the intent (i.e. conscious objective),
5. to cause the death of a person other than himself [herself],
6. caused the death of that person or of another person.

The burden of proof is not impossible. A reasonable doubt is a doubt based on reason and common sense applied to the evidence, that would cause a reasonable person to hesitate in a matter of personal importance. It isn't based on speculation or extreme thinking of any kind. And most cases are proved by circumstantial evidence.

Colorado Model Jury Instructions - Criminal

 

[Boxer]

But she wasn't an employee. She was a subcontractor. She could lien the job but it's probably too late now.
We pre lien all of our contracts. It's business, in the case one doesn't get paid.
moo

Taking the opportunity of your wife's disappearance to stiff a long term sub contractor? Great.

 

[Boxer]

Small claims court is the route that I would take.

She probably doesn't want any contact with him which that would involve.

 

[Puzzles8]

We know BM was out of sorts Saturday am at the jobsite. IMO the die had been cast at that point in time and he had things to do.

Maybe the title company advised them that the sale of their IN home was on track to close and that started a discussion about where the proceeds would be going and things went south from there.

MOO

This is just a hunch, but it wouldn't surprise me if BM's life "go to" was his temper and mood. I suspect SM might agree with me.

Years ago I figured out there were two ways to lead/control others.

Respect or Fear. I'll just leave it there.....

 

[Puzzles8]

She probably doesn't want any contact with him which that would involve.

Taking him to court might also get her blackballed from the industry.

 

[TexLil]

A pay check is hush money?
Did BM just see a way to get out paying for his stood up labor?

This statement really stood out to me too. How does she normally get paid? Who pays her and when?