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

[Skigh]

Putting her bones together with her clothing and chemo port suggests that he wanted her body to be found and identified. He could have scattered those items in several places and she would never have been found. He saw some benefit to ensuring that her body was located, and I suspect it was related to the $15M lawsuit.

He alleged wrongful arrest. Discovery of the body within an hours drive of the house supported his theory that she was abducted, murdered and dumped on May 9/10.

He must have worried that BAM was present in soft tissue and hair, so he made sure that she was nothing but bones and specific identifiable items like the chemo port. His mistake was not knowing that BAM was in bone marrow.

Just thinking about this again. If Barry wanted Suzanne's remains to be found to try and make people think she had been kidnapped, if he actually had used bleach or other chemicals ,then even he must have known that forensics would easily discover that.
I can understand him not realising the bam would show in her bones ,but he would have surely known forensics would know if bones had been treated with chemicals after death.

 

[astheworldfallsdown]

Just thinking about this again. If Barry wanted Suzanne's remains to be found to try and make people think she had been kidnapped, if he actually had used bleach or other chemicals ,then even he must have known that forensics would easily discover that.
I can understand him not realising the bam would show in her bones ,but he would have surely known forensics would know if bones had been treated with chemicals after death.

He strikes me as cunning, devious, sly and manipulative but not very intelligent otherwise. JMO

 

[Knox]

That shows he owned a mobile home, not that he owned the mobile home park where it was parked. I imagine that's how Daily Mail got the idea he owned the whole park, though. I think it's actually an RV that was parked on a rented spot in that mobile home park.

There appear to be three or four bars quite close by. Interesting that at least one is a "biker bar." I have to wonder about Barry's income stream.

Of interest: the address he gave the assessor for the location of the RV is a gas station near the park. The billing address is back in Indiana. It's not the old family home, but a decent looking house not far from where they used to live.

Interesting, there are folks on one of the local groups who stated they saw him at the bar you mention. So the incognito name makes sense, obviously trying to escape his past. No woman would have anything to do with him if they knew his real identity, MOO.

That’s the home he bought his Mom, IMO.

 

[vls12345]

Just thinking about this again. If Barry wanted Suzanne's remains to be found to try and make people think she had been kidnapped, if he actually had used bleach or other chemicals ,then even he must have known that forensics would easily discover that.
I can understand him not realising the bam would show in her bones ,but he would have surely known forensics would know if bones had been treated with chemicals after death.

Maybe he thought bleach was a "safe" option. Because, you know, he uses it on his own hair all the time.

I am just so glad he has been rearrested & charged again. It's overdue.

 

[Knox]

He strikes me as cunning, devious, sly and manipulative but not very intelligent otherwise. JMO

Lol, we’ve been saying that for years!!

 

[Diddian]

Putting her bones together with her clothing and chemo port suggests that he wanted her body to be found and identified. He could have scattered those items in several places and she would never have been found. He saw some benefit to ensuring that her body was located, and I suspect it was related to the $15M lawsuit.

He alleged wrongful arrest. Discovery of the body within an hours drive of the house supported his theory that she was abducted, murdered and dumped on May 9/10.

He must have worried that BAM was present in soft tissue and hair, so he made sure that she was nothing but bones and specific identifiable items like the chemo port. His mistake was not knowing that BAM was in bone marrow.

I am conflicted about whether he wanted her remains to be found. I think it more likely that - with the criminal case dismissed and his $15 million civil suit against various authorities applying pressure against refiling of criminal charges - he thought he was in the clear and wanted to move her remains for other reasons. Maybe he was paying monthly storage fees and wanted to stop paying those and couldn't leave the cooler or lidded barrel or whatever he stored SM's body in for the facility owner to discover after he'd stopped paying.

He likely thought that, by placing the skeletonized remains of SM in a shallow grave in the middle of mostly nowhere, scavenging animals would scatter the bones such that they'd never be discovered. And it was by the grace of God that they were discovered in the search for those of someone else.

 

[Boxer]

Morgan Gentile. I really hope she is okay .

Probably much better since yesterday afternoon.

 

[Boxer]

Just thinking about this again. If Barry wanted Suzanne's remains to be found to try and make people think she had been kidnapped, if he actually had used bleach or other chemicals ,then even he must have known that forensics would easily discover that.
I can understand him not realising the bam would show in her bones ,but he would have surely known forensics would know if bones had been treated with chemicals after death.

MOO i thought they meant the bones are sun bleached.

 

[otto]

Actually... he discarded her biking clothes. And destroyed them before he moved her.

IMO she was in her biking clothes when he killed her.

She started her day in her Crest Butte sweatshirt. Maybe he grabbed it off the floor and took it so it wouldn't look out of place wherever she left it.

He really didn't know her well enough to get any details right.

Sad.

JMO

I'm not convinced that she was going for a bike ride. Barry said she was going biking. Barry told the neighbour to check the garage for her bike. Her bike and helmet were found off her biking trail near her house. Although she enjoyed biking, everything points to Barry concocting the scenario that she was abducted while biking.

Suzanne's last electronic activity was at 2:11 and 3:08 P.M. on May 9, 2020. Barry said that she was going biking on May 10, but she was most likely already dead.

It seems more likely that Barry had an entire scenario figured out where she would go biking, she was abducted, and her body - along with biking clothing - would be discovered later an hour away from the house.

pg 2,4 - indictment

 

[al66pine]

In vid* of initial appearance, at 3:40 mark judge asks - do you have any questions?

Can anyone else read BM's thought bubble, something like this?

"Yes, can my mommy come here & hold my hand? But not gonna ask (yet)."

______________________________________
* From post by @MassGuy Thanks for the X vid link.

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

 

[debrat007]

I think he's just arrogant enough thaat he might have been burning that no-one believed him so he thought discovery of her body with biking clothes, as he had maintained, would finally exonerate him. After all, he's not terribly bright, is he?

The only thing is - in that case why bury the body? It would have been found sooner and he “exonerated.” (I suspect it was a shallow grave only because it is rock and desert like.)
But, there is that fact you stated “he’s not terribly bright” so who can guess what he was thinking!

 

[Skigh]

I am conflicted about whether he wanted her remains to be found. I think it more likely that - with the criminal case dismissed and his $15 million civil suit against various authorities applying pressure against refiling of criminal charges - he thought he was in the clear and wanted to move her remains for other reasons. Maybe he was paying monthly storage fees and wanted to stop paying those and couldn't leave the cooler or lidded barrel or whatever he stored SM's body in for the facility owner to discover after he'd stopped paying.

He likely thought that, by placing the skeletonized remains of SM in a shallow grave in the middle of mostly nowhere, scavenging animals would scatter the bones such that they'd never be discovered. And it was by the grace of God that they were discovered in the search for those of someone else.

I have toyed with the thought that he paid a large amount of cash for one of his less reputable acquaintances to bury Suzanne's remains.

 

[Ontario Mom]

That shows he owned a mobile home, not that he owned the mobile home park where it was parked. I imagine that's how Daily Mail got the idea he owned the whole park, though. I think it's actually an RV that was parked on a rented spot in that mobile home park.

There appear to be three or four bars quite close by. Interesting that at least one is a "biker bar." I have to wonder about Barry's income stream.

Of interest: the address he gave the assessor for the location of the RV is a gas station near the park. The billing address is back in Indiana. It's not the old family home, but a decent looking house not far from where they used to live.

The Indiana mailing address is his mother's house.

 

[debrat007]

In vid* of initial appearance, at 3:40 mark judge asks - do you have any questions?

Can anyone else read BM's thought bubble, something like this?

"Yes, can my mommy come here & hold my hand? But not gonna ask (yet)."

______________________________________
* From post by @MassGuy Thanks for the X vid link.

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

Hahahaha

 

[Charlot123]

A few other people in the thread have pointed out that "bleached" maybe means using actual bleach (or similar) vs. "bleached" (by the sun).

I'm glad they posited that as I was also thinking of bleached by the sun/open exposure. To me, some form of chemical to bleach/destroy tissue makes more sense with the facts that we do know.

Jmo.

I am thinking now that he could have used something at hand. At hand means, something he used to process meat.

I don't know what hunters do, but they make dried and salted meat, jerkies. Then he had antlers - they'd too need preparation.

He could have had some special devices. I don't know what specifically but they exist. An acquaintance makes cold boiled pork in one such thing.

 

[Megnut]

I always suspected she was in her bathing suit still? She didn’t have time to change, was still on the patio talking to Jeff when he got home. But I can’t remember what was said to be found in the closet.

That swimsuit was hung up in the closet. Only a woman would do that, one who had worn it only briefly.

Redressed for biking...

So they clothes had to go.

Maybe her biking jacket and sweatshirt were in her car.....

Shocking that he hung on to a T and shorts and the sweatshirt for Moffat.

But who knows what he was thinking.

His brain probably looks like his garage.

JMO

 

[Diddian]

I am so relieved and pleased that Barry is back behind bars. Justice is due for Suzanne and her loved ones.

It is time to stop the lie that BM is innocent of killing Suzanne and that those who accused him have been unjustly persecuting him. That lie has been harmful to many, including SM's daughters and other family members who have continued to live in the unreality of Barryworld.

 

[debrat007]

Yes.
The indictment just says the bones were bleached, not necessarily by the sun, but like you, that was the first thing I thought of.
Chemically bleaching makes sense.

Would the autopsy show bleach?

 

[Knox]

I am conflicted about whether he wanted her remains to be found. I think it more likely that - with the criminal case dismissed and his $15 million civil suit against various authorities applying pressure against refiling of criminal charges - he thought he was in the clear and wanted to move her remains for other reasons. Maybe he was paying monthly storage fees and wanted to stop paying those and couldn't leave the cooler or lidded barrel or whatever he stored SM's body in for the facility owner to discover after he'd stopped paying.

He likely thought that, by placing the skeletonized remains of SM in a shallow grave in the middle of mostly nowhere, scavenging animals would scatter the bones such that they'd never be discovered. And it was by the grace of God that they were discovered in the search for those of someone else.

Is there some basis for the thought he kept her remains in a storage facility? That would be incredibly risky, IMO. He could be re-charged at any time.

Also what time period do you theorize this took place in? He placed her remains in let’s say a cooler after he murdered her. When did he take her to the spot she was found?

 

[otto]

MOO i thought they meant the bones are sun bleached.

The indictment says:

"The majority of her bones were recovered. Many of her bones were significantly bleached."

Bleached could be sun and exposure, or chemical. I suppose we'll learn more during trial.