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I have read two different things regarding husband being out of town. Was he gone because of fire fighting conference or because of landscaping business? Have not seen much information on conflicting alibi.
I think this story about the husband's whereabouts on Mother's Day really evolved on its own without any verification. Since firefighter training during the pandemic made no sense to me, I'm inclined to believe that if in fact, the husband was in Denver, it was for personal reasons including landscaping work:
On May 13, three days after his wife reported missing, the family announced (by nephew spokesperson TN) that the husband, still unnamed, was offering a $100,000 reward for the safe return of his wife, with no questions asked.
They also announced a separate campaign to raise money for search efforts to locate SM. On this date, the only information about the husband came from the family:
Family says her husband was out of town on a trip to Denver at the time of the neighbor reporting her missing.
On the same date, the Chaffee County Sheriff John Spezze was cited as telling The New York Post that the search is being treated as 'an open criminal investigation,' and he did not disclose whether Morphew's husband, Barry, was cooperating with police.
On May 14, the family spokesperson TN spoke with Fox21 to announce an increase in the reward for the safe return of SM at $200,000. He also confirmed that SM's bike was recovered on Sunday (although CCSO has not confirmed this information). TN declined to comment if SM had children or who she lived with. No further details were provided.
Friday, May 15, CCS Spezzee held a press conference and confirmed that a personal item believed to belong to SM was recovered during their search but provided no details. He also confirmed that the husband was cooperating and that he hoped he'd continue to do so.
May 17, the husband made a FB video plea for the safe return of his wife.
May 19, CCSO PIO confirmed to Fox 21 that the home was being held for the open investigation and that they are looking at all possibilities. PIO provided they were not searching the home.
May 20, On the same day CSI was seen taking evidence from the residence, Daily Mail reported for the first time that the husband was away at firefighter training when SM vanished:
Barry Morphew, 52, has said he was away on a training course for his job as a volunteer firefighter in Denver, Colorado, when she vanished. The 52-year-old is currently staying at a property close to the marital home and has been joined by friends who have flown in from his native Indiana. Morphew was pictured leaving the property along with Davis shortly before the CSI investigators arrived to search his home on Tuesday.
Given no evidence that BM has talked to anybody, it doesn't follow that the husband or family would tell DM his whereabouts on Sunday.
It seems to me that after ten days of consistently hearing only that the husband was in Denver, somebody took creative license to add that the husband was attending firefighter training on Mother's Day -- without verification.
CCSO has never commented on the husband's location on Mother's Day.
May 20, local Denver CBS continues to report only that the husband was in Denver when SM went missing:
Morphew’s husband was in Denver, her family says, and a neighbor reported her missing when she didn’t return from her bike ride. Morphew’s bicycle was recovered but investigators have not said anything about its condition. Investigators are now following up on tips — and holding her home.
May 21, Crimeonline reached Fire Chief Bob Bertram to confirm whether BM was attending firefighter training on Mother's Day -- this news was a first for him:
“Due to [the coronavirus pandemic], our firefighters have not been attending any trainings sponsored by us,” Bertram said, adding that sometimes firefighters will pay for training courses on their own. The fire chief said he had heard, rather, that Morphew had been working a landscaping job in Denver on May 10.
If the Fire Chief believes the husband was doing landscaping versus firefighter training in Denver, I'll take his word for it over the DM.
MOO
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