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

[ab01]

Yes. A daughter perhaps? Trying to call Mom with no success.

Very possible IMO. I would certainly expect a daughter that was away from their mother on Mothers day to at least reach out and try to talk to her. When she couldn't get in touch she may have raised the alarm to the neighbor....

 

[Wyle_E_Coyote]

Short news article with interesting comments.

Denver7

 

[borndem]

I change my mind every other minute, lol

Same here -- the discussions here are often so convincing, I'll think, Yep, that's it...then... Hmm, that's what happened... Good thinkers here!
She has got to be injured or worse by this time. Not good.

 

[Seattle1]

Well I mean they haven't been arrested and we don't know of a connected death, so yup they are out there somewhere.

I think the way they are investigating this has all the makings of a targeting.

I think they have key evidence pointing them to not need public help

Yes, I think LE has been pretty clear they don't need public help, and from his first statement, the Sheriff seems determined not to confirm or deny any detail of this missing person case-- even after SM missing 5 days. I expect this strategy will be made clear to us sooner than later. MOO

 

[GordianKnot]

Yes. A daughter perhaps? Trying to call Mom with no success.

Definitely a possibility.

That would not be my first guess, however.

I'm thinking another family member contacted the neighbor.

To be more specific, I'm thinking her husband contacted the neighbor.

JMO.

 

[LietKynes]

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Back to Suzanne... what was she wearing ?
What kind of bike ?
Her shoes ?

If anyone can think of questions that LE needs to answer so that she can be found.
Or at least in case someone has spotted her somewhere.

 

[LietKynes]

Short news article with interesting comments.

Denver7

^^^
Thanks for the refreshing msm link !

My eyes need to be washed out with bleach atm.

 

[mainemom376]

Yes, exactly. Would really like to know when she was actually last seen or heard from. (Oops- that was supposed to be in reference to GordianKnot)

 

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[Seattle1]

I haven't heard any description of what she was wearing, either. Didn't the neighbor see her leave and not return? Was it confirmed that the neighbor is a man?

Yes, I think LE has been pretty clear they don't need public help, and from his first statement, the Sheriff seems determined not to confirm or deny any detail of this missing person case-- even after SM missing 5 days. I expect this strategy will be made clear to us sooner than later. MOO

What you see here is all there is! Not a single detail released except for statement by SM's nephew that the bike was located on Sunday. (He left this message today with Denver Post).

 

[ab01]

Yes, I think LE has been pretty clear they don't need public help, and from his first statement, the Sheriff seems determined not to confirm or deny any detail of this missing person case-- even after SM missing 5 days. I expect this strategy will be made clear to us sooner than later. MOO

Yep I think we will have answers fairly quickly, I really don't think it's going to be as complicated and random as many might suspect

 

[GordianKnot]

Long-time lurker, first-time poster....I think after 4 days that there would be some investigative lead to share with the public if she had been abducted. EG Description of suspicious vehicles, or a request for camera surveillance. I think this is closer to home and a staged scene. JMO

Welcome to Websleuths, tge17!

Excellent first post!

Which is to say, I agree with your assessment completely.

JMO.

 

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[ab01]

<modsnip - part of this post was removed>
Back to Suzanne... what was she wearing ?
What kind of bike ?
Her shoes ?

If anyone can think of questions that LE needs to answer so that she can be found.
Or at least in case someone has spotted her somewhere.

Normally those would be the things LE would tell us to look for.

They aren't releasing any of that information in this case, that's usually one of the very first things they try to do.

There has to be a good reason we aren't being given that information.

By now they know what she was likely wearing, they just don't have a reason for telling the public

 

[MamaLizzyPI]

Per property records, she literally did go for a ride near her home.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/19057-Puma-Path-Salida-CO-81201/96847591_zpid/

خرائط ‪Google ‬‏‏

No updates yet

If you look at the satellite from the Zillow map, you notice that the nearest neighbor is very far away and the homes are fairly hidden by trees. I'm wondering if a neighbor saw her ride by earlier in the day but did not realize that she hadn't returned home. At some point maybe her husband or kids tried to call her and got scared when she didn't answer her phone. Maybe then, they called around to neighbors to see if they had seen her. Maybe one said they had seen her earlier in the day. OR, maybe they asked the neighbor to go check on her at their home when she didn't answer her phone and the neighbor noticed that her bike was gone. So many possibilities and nothing really to go on. I really think it is odd that LE hasn't really given much information for the public to go on if they want help finding her. It feels like they know a lot more than they are telling us.

 

[LietKynes]

Definitely a possibility.

That would not be my first guess, however.

I'm thinking another family member contacted the neighbor.

To be more specific, I'm thinking her husband, BM, may have contacted the neighbor.

JMO.

Good points.
Here's a question : How would the neighbor know if she arrived back home from her bike ride ?
I'm just saying.

When we get back from a bike ride we cut across our back yard area by the woods and put our bikes back in the garage smaller side door, which isn't viewable from the highway. (Rural area)

Unless they had ring doorbell or sec. cams and just looked at the footage.

 

[tge17]

Normally those would be the things LE would tell us to look for.

They aren't releasing any of that information in this case, normally that one of the first things they try to do.

There has to be a good reason we aren't being given that information.

By now they know what she was likely wearing, they just don't have a reason for telling the public

I was thinking that they were gym people so she may have an extensive workout wardrobe . maybe they really dont know what she had on.

 

[ab01]

Definitely a possibility.

That would not be my first guess, however.

I'm thinking another family member contacted the neighbor.

To be more specific, I'm thinking her husband, BM, may have contacted the neighbor.

JMO.

And it may have been via a rhetorical question....

 

[borndem]

It sounds to me like the neighbor saw her bike at County Road 225 and West Highway 50 but no sign of Suzanne. Police were called to that specific area instead of her house so it doesn't sound like the neighbor or family were just worried about her not returning from the bike ride. In that case they would have called the police to her house and started searching from there. I think the bike being found abandoned is very possibly what started the call to police and this whole investigation.

This still does not explain why the police haven't given a description of the bike, etc to see if there are any witnesses. Very strange to me!

Interesting about the bike...hmmm

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[GordianKnot]

Good points.
Here's a question : How would the neighbor know if she arrived back home from her bike ride ?
I'm just saying.

When we get back from a bike ride we cut across our back yard area by the woods and put our bikes back in the garage smaller side door, which isn't viewable from the highway. (Rural area)

Unless they had ring doorbell or sec. cams and just looked at the footage.

I don't believe for one red hot skinny minute that the neighbor noticed SM leaving for a bike ride on Sunday.

I sure as heck don't believe that the neighbor noticed around 5:46 that she hadn't arrived back home from her bike ride and became so overwhelmingly concerned that he/she contacted LE to report her missing.

Just to be clear:
I don't even believe that SM went for a bike ride on Sunday.

So there's that.