Found Deceased CO - BARRY ARRESTED AGAIN - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee Co, 10 May 2020 *Case dismissed w/o prejudice* *found in 2023* #116

[Seattle1]

I wouldn't be at all surprised if this time he breaks down sobbing in the dock, admits his guilt, and says he is so so sorry. The past few years may have taken an emotional toll, not just a physical one.

Listening to him waive extradition late last night -- I was wondering the same!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1936316190600974345

 

[Megnut]

He had the ability and skillsets to disappear her permanently but outdumbed himself.

BAM, bleached bones, redressed, moved, 15 million dollar flawsuit.

Leopards don't change their spots but it's now stripes for life for BM.

JMO

 

[Florida_marlin]

Another thought, it takes a real sicko to MOVE a body. I knew he was sick and twisted already because of what he had done and tried to hide. I could see it being a heat of the moment thing if he found out she was talking to the guy, but going back later to move her body is really twisted.

Sick, and stupid. The idiot. Every time you interact with the body, you just create more evidence that you didn’t even realize at the time. Every crime show I’ve ever watched. From using the BAM, which he had to know was highly unusual and incriminating, to multiple body locations, this guy is just too stupid. But I will repeat. I wish he had been to stupid to actually kill her. The .

 

[Love Never Fails]

All true.
Suzanne was basically leaving him because he was/is non-reachable, had no serious side for her.
For instance she asked him to be home more when they moved to Colorado and instead he joined the volunteer fire department (which is super time demanding.)
The daughters, especially the older one know no other way a Dad is.

Suzanne also said he would leave for days at a time and his phone would be turned off. She never knew where he was. Who does that?!

 

[Florida_marlin]

Suzanne's family has talked. And I guess Iris is out.

Barry Morphew indicted on murder charges in the death of his wife Suzanne Morphew

A grand jury handed down a first-degree murder charge against Barry Morphew and he was arrested in Arizona on Friday.

denvergazette.com

"Federal, state and local law enforcement have never stopped working toward justice for Suzanne,” said Twelfth Judicial District Attorney Anne Kelly in the release. "The Twelfth Judicial District Attorney’s Office stands in solidarity with Suzanne’s family and the citizens of Chaffee and Saguache counties in pursuing the grand jury’s indictment."

Suzanne Morphew’s family had hoped that 2025 would bring an arrest in the murder case, which seemed doomed when it was dismissed in April 2023.

"I've been patient with the investigation and I have great confidence in Anne Kelly and the rest of the prosecutorial team," said Suzanne's sister, Melinda Moorman Balzer.

Balzer said Kelly called the family and informed them of the arrest before sending the news release.

Morphew's attorney, David Beller of Recht Kornfeld, told The Denver Gazette his client maintains his innocence.

New lawyer speaks….

"Yet again, the government allows their pre-determined conclusion to lead their search for evidence," Beller said. "Barry maintains his innocence. The case has not changed and the outcome will not either."

They didn’t have to search for this evidence. Once her body was found, the BAM was sitting there waiting for them.

 

[Love Never Fails]

Lololol


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https://www.9news.com/article/news/crime/barry-morphew-indictment-suzanne-morphew-death/73-7f02b7f6-d4cd-498a-aae6-37d8091889ee

Yeah sure, they’ve got ole Barry all wrong.

 

[Niner]

Can you believe this great news?!!

BM waived extradition late last night so this means Colorado has 30 days to collect him in AZ and transport him to Alamosa.

We are in for a bit of a learning curve because BM was Indicted by a GJ which means he's not entitled to a Preliminary Hearing. GJ Indictments are rare in Colorado -- most defendants are arrested/charged by Information & Complaint.

BM will probably be arraigned shortly after he arrives in Colorado, and this will probably start the 21-day discovery clock for the State to begin delivering the goods they have on BM to his defense attorney.

Also, be sure to check the MEDIA thread for links to the Court docs.

Yes - definitely great news!!

And I always look at the Media thread for your posts & court docs!

So in the next 30 days I will be looking in the Alamosa Court records to see if he is there yet! Unless of course someone posts an article and it says "when"!

 

[Florida_marlin]

Ah, good. The $3 million cash bond is only for Arizona if he had asked for an extradition hearing. So, when he get to Colorado, hopefully NO BOND!

 

[Boxer]

New lawyer speaks….

"Yet again, the government allows their pre-determined conclusion to lead their search for evidence," Beller said. "Barry maintains his innocence. The case has not changed and the outcome will not either."

They didn’t have to search for this evidence. Once her body was found, the BAM was sitting there waiting for them.

Right. So they aren't supposed to do every test that they can on her remains?
It's only a problem because you looked at it.

 

[Warwick7]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1936318065899454734

You can see the video is no longer there. Someone was super close to Barry when he was arrested. Pulled over and taken from his truck.

 

[legalmomma]

So how do you erase telematics from a vehicle and/or would “irregular gaps” be a common thing?

https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/sites/default/files/2025-06/Grand%20Jury%20Indictment.pdf

 

[Boxer]

I hope they'll be able to conduct more analysis of his phone to show when it was conspicuously turned off overnight since they last monitored him.

Great news!! The indictment is laser focused, imo.

Is he in the same county atm as Lori Daybell?

MOO Geeky and effective DA in the 12th, all in to bring this horrible person to justice.

He could he have thought of a more terrifying end for his poor wife. She only wanted to leave their public marriage that he had already vacated in private.

 

[Megnut]

Ah, good. The $3 million cash bond is only for Arizona if he had asked for an extradition hearing. So, when he get to Colorado, hopefully NO BOND!

You're right!

And now, unlike last time, Colorado has NO BAIL for murder.

Amendment I: No bail for first degree murder in Colorado, explained

This amendment would allow judges to order defendants in first-degree murder cases to be held without bail until their trial.

www.cpr.org

 

[Megnut]

So how do you erase telematics from a vehicle and/or would “irregular gaps” be a common thing?

https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/sites/default/files/2025-06/Grand%20Jury%20Indictment.pdf

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I don't know the answer but I have wondered if he availed himself a snowbird neighbor's long parked vehicle, which might have had a dead battery. If Barry switched batteries and switched them back, maybe that would create some glitches?

I can't imagine he's a got any real technosavvy.

JMO

 

[Niner]

Ah, good. The $3 million cash bond is only for Arizona if he had asked for an extradition hearing. So, when he get to Colorado, hopefully NO BOND!

Are you sure?

 

[Goldenseal]

He was an avid hunter, known for slinging deer carcasses over his shoulder and transporting them. He was familiar with killing living beings, and then "processing" them. I think it was premeditated. It worked pretty well, really - he got extra years of freedom. He's too stupid for his own good, though, as the body itself led investigators to these conclusions.

The metabolized BAM in her long bones (I'm assuming long bones) is the smoking gun.

If I'm understanding properly, he moved her almost immediately after tranquilizing her. He messed with the truck's telemetrics somehow? Or used that other available vehicle?

That part of it is still cloudy to me - any insight from anyone would be appreciated.

Yeah -- to him, she was just another carcass at this point. But letting the mother of his children decompose somewhere and then move the remains?? How detached and monstrous do you have to be to do such a thing? Aaaaack.

 

[Kemug]

I wouldn't be at all surprised if this time he breaks down sobbing in the dock, admits his guilt, and says he is so so sorry. The past few years may have taken an emotional toll, not just a physical one.

Plus it may be his only hope to get his daughters to forgive him.

 

[House of Holden]

Good morning, so I'm jumping to this case fresh-off from the Karen Read victory! I know very little about this case - is there a good book/podcast/tv show that can lay some groundwork for me about the basic facts in this case? With four kids and a full-time job I just do not have time to read through all the posts here at WS.... Thank you in advance!

 

[PaulaDC]

After putting the BAM in his hands, the key point seems to be demonstrating that she was injected while alive. That is proven because her body had begun to metabolize the drug.
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What exactly happened? He murdered her and hid her body, but then for some unknown reason decided that her body should be found wearing biking clothing. Was he afraid that BAM would be detected in soft tissue or hair so he waited until she was nothing but bones, not realizing that BAM would be found in her bone marrow? Did he assume that locating her body in biking clothing would clear him? Did he assume that investigators would speculate that animals took her hair?

Did he put her body near her house because he wanted it to be found and so the children could move on?
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pg 6-7, arrest warrant

What if she had no hair due to her cancer and wore a wig. Just a thought, either way both are missing.

 

[PaulaDC]

Logically you’d think the timing may have been connected to the house sale, but I can’t believe they wouldn’t have found her if so before that.

I can’t get past him presumably dressing her skeleton remains in her biking clothes. That would be utterly depraved.

JMO

Did it state she was dressed or just that her clothing was found with her? Maybe she wasn't wearing anything when he killed her. Maybe he just tossed the missing bike clothing in with her body. Maybe she never even had it on. What if the clothing is that teal colored item that he may have been spotted with at the hotel.