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

[Nikynoo]

Per the indictment, it looks like he moved her body.

Lack of animal predation, lack of decomposition on the "biker clothing." They think he changed her clothes, too, in addition to the body being moved to that location.

So many questions about this! Where did he keep the body and how long before the body was found was it moved? Looks like he changed her clothing also?

 

[fcavanaugh]

Thoughts and prayers go out to Suzanne’s siblings, Andy, Melinda and David Moorman. They have been the epitome of strength, humbleness and absolute class throughout this whole five year ‘ordeal’.

Who can forget Andy Moorman’s massive search for Suzanne in September 2020, 4 months after she went ‘missing’ putting his life in Indiana on hold to come to Colorado to find his baby sister. He remained hopeful and strong, brought a huge team of volunteers with him and unlimited resources to aid in the search of the tough terrain of Colorado. Despite his and his team’s honorable, valuable, valiant efforts, he was devastated and Heartbroken to have to leave Colorado empty handed/without his Sister/her remains. I was absolutely heartbroken for him.

Who can also forget BM calling Andy’s search for HIS wife “a publicity stunt”, and BM patrolling the perimeter of his PP property with a rifle slung over his shoulder yelling and threatening Andy and his team of searchers to stay off his property while they were searching for HIS wife. What an absolute creep.

I really have to wonder now based on reading in the Affadavit posted above stating that he moved Suzanne after her body had turned into a skeleton/was skeletonized at a different location before being moved to Moffat, if BM had her stashed/hidden somewhere on the PP property or nearby property before he moved her to Moffat and why he was yelling at Andy and his team to stay off the property because he knew Andy was getting close to finding her. A lot of astute sluethers theorized at the time, they thought Suzanne was first buried somewhere on their property and why BM was protecting the property while Andy and his team were there, and then insisted on staying at the Cushman’s house in the same neighborhood after he got out on bond after his first arrest and short 4 month county jail stint, some sleuthers thought he wanted to stay at Cushman’s to be able to keep an eye on the PP property to watch over SM’s first holding place/burial site.

At any rate, thinking about the Moorman siblings and Morphew daughters with the news of BM’s second arrest. May they remain strong. I’m hopeful that the Morphew daughters will reach out to Suzanne’s family so they can all love, help, and support each other. The girls’ lost their Mother at (allegedly) their Father’s hands and if convicted (imo he will be), they will lose their Father to prison. They may still support him and that’s their right but I do so hope they eventually reconcile with Suzanne’s family as they will need lots of love and support to get through all of this. Finally, I hope Suzanne’s siblings’ are able to receive her remains whenever they get released (they may have to get the Daughters’ approval) so she can finally be buried respectfully next to her parents in Indiana.

IMHOO

#JUSTICEFORSUZANNE

ETA- Apologies for the similar somewhat duplicate post.
I didn’t think the first one posted due to issue with my device and so made another one. It’s too late to edit/delete the first one and I’m going to leave this one here because I added a couple extra thoughts in this post.

 

[MaisieBella]

TODAY IS THE DAY!!

Stunning new evidence as Barry Morphew is charged with wife's murder

Barry Morphew has now been charged with first-degree murder and was taken into custody in Arizona.

www.dailymail.co.uk

I’m so happy!! Thanks for sharing!!

 

[Trebor5591]

I wonder if they live in Colorado still and maybe their dad moving to Arizona gave them enough space from him that they could begin to see some things better. Then they found Suzanne and sometime later it was announced she had BAM in her body. Well that likely gave them pause. Maybe Barry's behavior became a bit more off after that announcement and I suspect they might have known at that point that he likely did it. It's hard to argue against that kind of information. Who else would kill her with BAM?

Did the BAM actually kill her? Or did it incapacitate her enough so that he could kill her another way--maybe asphyxiate her? JMO

 

[Nikynoo]

I am really floored that he moved her. It must have been a long time later that he did this if there was no evidence of decomposition in that area. So where did he put her and when did he move her? I need to read the document again to see the specifics on the phone now and the truck. It's saying he turned his phone off, not just airplane mode. Then the truck didn't register anything that morning.

I wonder if they are able to get his phone records for the days/months after she went missing to try to pin down when he moved her to that location.

I wonder if the move of body coincided with the Puma house sale?

 

[TheMom77]

I have never been so excited to see a headline! Of course I ran here to see all of the shared excitement!

 

[Magic8Ball]

Injecting her with BAM doesn’t seem like a heat of the moment thing. And I had the same thought about him moving her body, especially since decomposition would already have taken place. Thank goodness he’s behind bars, but I wish they would have set a higher bond.

Between the time it would have taken him to load the tranquilizer dart with BAM, his turning his phone off upon returning to the house the afternoon of the 9th, etc., the prosecution will easily be able to prove premeditation to the jury.

No worries re: bond. There's no way BM has access to 3 million dollars cash.

 

[Error505]

I just got here. Lauren Scharf tweeted an article from news in.CO that Bam Bam Barry has been arrested. I am thrilled and I share in everyone’s joy to see this man brought to justice. It had to be God’s work that her body was even found, not diminishing the work of CBI. I am so thankful!

 

[Boxer]

Injecting her with BAM doesn’t seem like a heat of the moment thing. And I had the same thought about him moving her body, especially since decomposition would already have taken place. Thank goodness he’s behind bars, but I wish they would have set a higher bond.

MOO He is very familiar with killing, butchering and moving animals from his many canned hunts a year.

 

[Hazelnutty]

Holy Cats!!!

 

[Boxer]

Between the time it would have taken him to load the tranquilizer dart with BAM, his turning his phone off upon returning to the house the afternoon of the 9th, etc., the prosecution will easily be able to prove premeditation to the jury.

No worries re: bond. There's no way BM has access to 3 million dollars cash.

10% or $300,000 will get the bondsman loan.

 

[DizzyB]

Did the BAM actually kill her? Or did it incapacitate her enough so that he could kill her another way--maybe asphyxiate her? JMO

I don’t think that they are going that far to say that, unequivocally. Definitely incapacitated her, and it appears that it isn’t instantaneous, it takes time to work. I guess like a typical tranq dart, if you ever watch the zoo or vet shows where they have to tranq an animal to perform a medical exam or procedure. I don’t think the charges want to overstep anything they have to take back. Homicide by unspecified means in the setting of BAM intoxication.

 

[Boxer]

Hats off DA Lindsey. 7 months since you took the job.

 

[Synergizer Bunny]

I don’t think that they are going that far to say that, unequivocally. Definitely incapacitated her, and it appears that it isn’t instantaneous, it takes time to work. I guess like a typical tranq dart, if you ever watch the zoo or vet shows where they have to tranq an animal to perform a medical exam or procedure. I don’t think the charges want to overstep anything they have to take back. Homicide by unspecified means in the setting of BAM intoxication.

Wasn't BM supposedly chasing chipmunks and shooting at them in the yard? I always thought that he was chasing Suzanne with the tranquilizer gun and shot her. She then ran into the house and tried to lock herself in the MBR for protection. IIRC, the MBR door was damaged. BM probably broken open the door. When the tranquilizer set in, he strangled or smothered her. :'( Just my speculation.

JMO.

 

[Nikynoo]

Hats off DA Lindsey. 7 months since you took the job.

It’s not his district though, the document says Anne Kelly, 12th District.

 

[Cindizzi]

Did the BAM actually kill her? Or did it incapacitate her enough so that he could kill her another way--maybe asphyxiate her? JMO

Autopsy report say undetermined manner of death

[…]

An autopsy was conducted, and the manner of death is listed as "homicide by undetermined means in the setting of butorphanol, azaperone, and medetomidine intoxication," according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
[…]

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

 

[Amateurpi1]

Hallelujah!!!! So happy!! ETA: I was recently thinking of this case and sad, thinking they might decide they can't pursue it for some reason. So, so happy to see this!! Especially after the Karen Read verdict.

 

[waldojabba]

I am late to the party - SOOOO Happy to see this
What a beautiful way to start off the weekend
Do they have a firing squad in Colorado?
If not maybe Idaho would do the honors
WOOOOHOOOOOOO
jmo

 

[Twistinginthewind]

BBM:

Sure, Dave! Case hasn't changed one iota.

Aside from Suzanne's remains being found, analyzed, and the presence of prescription-only BAM being detected in her bones.

BAM which your client was known to have purchased.

BAM which only he was in possession of in that entire surrounding area of CO.

BAM which only he had motive to use on Suzanne.

But aside from all that, yes, Dave, we agree.

Nothing has changed.

Regarding the BAM, going waaay back (to his 1st trial, IIRC) was he claiming he had it to get rid of the <many> chipmunks around their house or other wildlife?

Or was he just claiming to be going on a shooting spree to kill the chipmunks on that fateful day?

Or was he trying to implicate Suzanne in "using" a tranquiluzer due to her cancer pain, re the syringe he said he found nearby?

Apologies, I can't keep his stories straight...

If the BAM is reserved for tranquilizing large animals to disable them, e.g., 90% of the time, hope this info he had some and only mentioned going after chipmunks around their property will be laughable.

JMO

 

[Cindizzi]

Also from the autopsy report:

[…]

An autopsy by the El Paso County Coroner’s Office found the presence of a combination of Butorphanol, Azaperone, and Medetomidine, also known as BAM. It was also found that Suzanne’s body had started to metabolize the drug, and her death was not immediate following BAM exposure.

[…]

https://www.fox21news.com/news/barry-morphew-arrested-indicted-on-murder-of-wife-suzanne-morphew/