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

[otto]

So what is the possible 3.08 activity? It wouldn’t be WhatsApp because that’s an app and you don’t need a password. Possibly LinkedIn messaging if she accessed via the site and signed out everytime she used it. Even so, I would imagine that passwords would be stored on the phone. Or was the electronic activity on a laptop?

3:08 was password protected, but may have been accessed after she was injured.

pg 4, indictment

 

[DizzyB]

***The report says the medical examiner received Morphew’s remains in bags containing bones and clothing to include a sweatshirt reading “Crested Butte”, a Nike tank top, and Yeti shorts.***

WARNING, DISTURBING DETAILS: Autopsy reveals manner of death for missing Colorado mom Suzanne Morphew was homicide

As the search for answers continues into how a Colorado mother died, the autopsy for Suzanne Morphew has been completed.

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Would you consider those items “biking clothes”?

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

I assume that he took the clothing items found with Suzanne on the same day he took her out of the house. It would be wild if they found that one of the items buried with her was actually at Puma Path while the house was locked down. Do you think they inventory or film every inch including closets?

 

[Knox]

Posting the link to the 2021 affidavit to refresh our memory in this discussion.

https://www.courts.state.co.us/userfiles/file/Court_Probation/11th_Judicial_District/Chaffee/cases%20of%20interest/21CR78/21cr78%20Morphew%20Redacted%20Affidavit.pdf

 

[Florida_marlin]

One interesting thing is the fact that the investigators released the fact about the BAM discovery in the remains quite some time ago. They didn’t have to do that, I’m thinking. They could have waited to present to Grand Jury now. They made a decision to do that.

To see BM’s response, perhaps?

 

[debrat007]

Good question. We don’t know why or when he moved the remains to 2nd location Moffat, but I postulate he may have been spooked into moving them after the 11th JD stated in their April 2022 motion for dismissal that they believed they were close to finding SM’s remains but needed to wait until the snow melted off to conduct search in the area as they and LE believed the remains were located in a difficult area to get to/to be able to access. There were also some non-LE YouTuber peeps doing boots on the ground searches for SM’s remains around the area as well at the time and I believe BM knew about at least 1 or 2 of them as they’d spoken with him.

So given all of that, I tend to think he got spooked/scared LE or some of the independent searchers might find her in the first location which I’m just assuming was closer to their home or at least in the Salida/Maysville area based off where LE were searching and what the 11th JD said in their motion to dismiss, and he decided to move the remains further south to Moffat because in his mind probably thought no one would think to search for her down there. But alas, imo divine intervention stepped in and LE ended up stumbling upon SM’s remains when they were in Moffat working on another case and searching for a different missing woman. Sorry not sorry BM. And he apparently must have moved her remains to Moffat sometime while not under LE surveillance because well you know, they’d have obviously picked him up aka arrested him right then and there, so all I can figure is perhaps they scaled back surveillance on him after the 1st case was dismissed, didn’t have the manpower or resources to surveil him 24/7 after that? I suppose they had other cases they had to work on not just this one. Anywho, BM managed to get the remains to Moffat undetected and I would gather he likely did so under the cover of darkness when most people were sleeping overnight/wee a.m. hours I reckon is when he likely moved her.

IMHOO

#JUSTICEFORSUZANNE

Yesterday, MassGuy #188 mentioned one of Barry’s shady female friends - Shoshone, and wondered if she may have tipped LE to Moffat? It was suspicious that they were looking for another body and accidentally came up Suzanne’s. Any thoughts on this being a possibility?
Apologies for not knowing how to copy and paste his comment but it made me think last night. Excellent observation MassGuy!

 

[fcavanaugh]

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.

I agree with you and why I think he might have moved her out of desperation/fear that LE and/or the independent searchers etc. were getting too close to her first location. He didn’t move her too far but imo far enough away to where he might have thought no one would think to look and/or find her. He couldn’t be 100% sure no one would ever find her there and threw her biking clothes or what he thought were her biking clothes in with her for good measure/in case she was found to further the ‘my wife went missing on a bike ride’ narrative and ‘the abductors’ killed and dumped her in Moffat.
Fear of LE or independent searchers getting too close is just one theory as to why he moved her. IMO it’s impossible to know what someone as disturbed and deranged as BM was thinking and why he did the things he did unless he talks and is why sometimes, imo often, we never get answers as to the why deranged killers do what they do.

Having said that, Another possibility I thought of overnight as to why he moved her if he wanted her to be found is could he have been desperate for cash after spending most? all? of his money aka Suzanne’s money on his high priced attorney’s IE et al, and wanted her found if say SM had a life insurance policy that listed him and/or the daughters as beneficiaries to be paid out upon her legally declared death??? IMO he could easily persuade or manipulate his daughters into giving him the money if they were the sole beneficiaries of any life insurance SM may have had. I remember way back it was discussed on the threads wondering if SM had Life insurance and iirc no one seemed to know for sure if she did (how would we know?) or whether she would’ve even been eligible to obtain it given she had cancer diagnosed in her late teen years. I have not researched fully but have heard from acquaintances that there are some insurance providers that allow life insurance policies for people with serious illness but have no idea what the conditions are on such a policy but imagine the premiums would likely be costly given the risk.

Just my own speculation/thoughts on a couple possibilities as to why he decided to move SM’s remains.

IMHOO

#JUSTICEFORSUZANNE

 

[justtrish]

Recovering SM's body and the BAM in her body is new evidence. The charges were already dismissed when SM was discovered in Moffat in Sept 2023. This evidence was presented to the grand jury for the first time in 2025. Also, we learned from the Indictment that Moffat was not SM's original burial site-- her body was buried there later. No evidence of decomposition there.

Ref GJ Indictment-- Pg 6/10:

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Do you know if we have anyone here on WS that is an expert in any of these areas? I am curious exactly what this means. I understand basically it's saying she likely didn't decompose there, but I wonder what bug activity they would expect to see if she had decomposed there. If she was found 3 years after she went missing and all that was found were bones with a very small amount of desiccated soft tissue, then would bugs still be present?

I think I understand better the clothing not having decomposition on them. I get that. It is also bizarre that when he moved her, he would move the clothing also. As if he kept it or disposed of it where he put her the first time and then moved her and the clothing she wasn't wearing at the same time and put it at the new location.

I find it incredible they can even tell some of this stuff many years later. I'm sure Barry wasn't expecting experts to be able to tell he moved her body.

 

[vls12345]

My partner doesn't even work anywhere near Cave Creek and when he mentioned Cave Creek at work, everyone started talking about Harold's and asking if he knew that there was a guy who hung out there all the time who killed his wife, and how everyone talks about it all the time and bartenders warn women because he's always hitting on them.

Yikes. Thanks to the bartenders trying to keep women safe!

I'm guessing Barry will have plenty of "outside" girlfriends now that he's in jail. Some people seem to thrive on creating a "romance" with someone in jail, the one-sided type relationship. I just hope he doesn't sweet talk someone out of their money. I also hope his daughters ghost him now that he's locked up. They've been on a hard road & have more to face. They deserve to have a free life without him in it.

Jmo.

 

[cattlekate]

Remember the "pen taping" where she was so angry with him, how tired she was of him telling how to act, what she could and could not wear etc...? Yes she is going heard. Finally, loud and clear!

Don’t forget his snarking assertion she drank a bit of wine after her treatments ended, right before her murder. Yet now we find out he hung out at the neighborhood bar…. He was such a controlling F.

 

[cattlekate]

Do you know if we have anyone here on WS that is an expert in any of these areas? I am curious exactly what this means. I understand basically it's saying she likely didn't decompose there, but I wonder what bug activity they would expect to see if she had decomposed there. If she was found 3 years after she went missing and all that was found were bones with a very small amount of desiccated soft tissue, then would bugs still be present?

I think I understand better the clothing not having decomposition on them. I get that. It is also bizarre that when he moved her, he would move the clothing also. As if he kept it or disposed of it where he put her the first time and then moved her and the clothing she wasn't wearing at the same time and put it at the new location.

I find it incredible they can even tell some of this stuff many years later. I'm sure Barry wasn't expecting experts to be able to tell he moved her body.

Maybe he purchased new clothing?

 

[vls12345]

But who knows what he was thinking.

His brain probably looks like his garage.

Rsbm. And . So true.

 

[atomicsciencegal]

Do you know if we have anyone here on WS that is an expert in any of these areas? I am curious exactly what this means. I understand basically it's saying she likely didn't decompose there, but I wonder what bug activity they would expect to see if she had decomposed there. If she was found 3 years after she went missing and all that was found were bones with a very small amount of desiccated soft tissue, then would bugs still be present?

I think I understand better the clothing not having decomposition on them. I get that. It is also bizarre that when he moved her, he would move the clothing also. As if he kept it or disposed of it where he put her the first time and then moved her and the clothing she wasn't wearing at the same time and put it at the new location.

I find it incredible they can even tell some of this stuff many years later. I'm sure Barry wasn't expecting experts to be able to tell he moved her body.

There wouldnt necessarily be evidence of insects, but when animal material decomposes it releases fatty acids into the ground below. This is something they can take soil samples for, to look for those acids- especially if LE suspected it wasnt the decomp site.

Additionally, I wonder if the bones, besides being ‘bleached’, were simply too clean to have laid there exposed to a shallow burial and the elements the entire time she was missing.

I’m looking forwards to the full autopsy release with diagrams and the one million pieces of additional testing paperwork for clarity. I’m eager to know what exactly ‘bleached’ means to them in context here.

 

[Megnut]

OY ! !
AGAIN !
HANDS !
ALWAYS IN THE POCKETS !
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... regretting I don't have the skill to refresh my post years ago relating to what this small boy behavior commonly signals.

Ask and ye shall receive.

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[Chimera]

Oh my. He cheated on her in Indiana. He cheated with SD before he killed Suzanne. LE knows he was on dating websites while marries. They just haven’t had anyone speak up..yet.

You give him a lot of credit for a guy who killed his wife. He didn’t kill her over some affair. He couldn’t control her thoughts and emotions anymore. Oh and don’t forget he was physically abusive!

Agreed. ^^^

Then, there is the money aspect of it as well which I think Barry was concerned about ?
Not that he had any right to Suzanne's inheritance or any other assets that belonged solely to her.
Omo.

 

[GoJacks]

maybe this has been said but remember when CBI (believe it was them?) said they said they believed her body was in a hard-to-reach mountainous area that was covered in snow at the time. Were they correct and this spooked him? The only problem with this theory is then he went and moved the body to an easy to find location, but perhaps he thought there would be no attachment to him in this area/location.

my other theory is barry moved the body for financial gain....easy to find area. He seems very financially motivated in almost everything he does, do we know if he was able to collect on life insurance after the body was found?

Also I still question that they found her looking for Edna Quintana, I need to look back but I seem to remember thinking the area didn't really match up of where she went missing.

 

[Soulmagent]

BBM - I believe that pool chemicals and bleach would speed up the decomp process. I wonder if he had her in a cooler with chemicals? (Horrible thoughts to post) Recalling the hotel room was in disarray and smelled of bleach. All JMO

It mainly turnS the frogs in my pool to mummy frogs. They are cold blooded though so maybe?

 

[bmacmillan1]

I wonder if his daughters Are out of the house and living on their own now? How old will they both be now?

 

[Diddian]

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?

The basis for my theory that he might have kept her remains in a storage facility:

• Dogs supposedly did not hit on cadaverine at the Puma Path residence (although there were some conflicting reports about this). This suggests BM was careful to ensure that SM died offsite.
• LE suggested that coolers such as those used for hunting were missing from the Puma Path home (they were asking family members whether the Morphews had any as none were found and LE expected that - Barry being a hunter - they'd have some).
• BM threw away a large tree "pot" at the dumpster in Broomfield. Why? IMO, that item could have been used to carry a large cooler or a lidded barrel to keep such from directly touching his pickup bed.
• BM had easy access to a hot tub full of chemically treated water and could buy more of those same chemicals from the place where he typically purchased them for the hot tub.
• BM used BAM to tranquilize SM. She'd likely be tranquilized long enough that he could take her offsite before killing her so cadaverine would not be detectable at Puma Path.
• Once tranquilized, BM could likely easily drown SM in a cooler or barrel full of chemically treated water and then seal the cooler or barrel. He could prep the cooler or barrel and wait to put SM inside and seal it until he was away from the Puma Path residence.
• There is a period of time unaccounted for shortly after BM left the Puma Path residence on the way to Broomfield.
• BM did not turn his phone back on until he was near Johnson Village. (Why not immediately after he set off for Broomfield? Or, if he turned left and tossed out the helmet, why not immediately when he was back on track for heading to Broomfield?)
• There are several storage unit facilities in the Buena Vista and Johnson Village areas, so it may have been that the reason BM did not turn his phone on until he departed those areas is that he didn't want it traced to a particular location.
• Once discovered, the skeletonized remains appeared "bleached" - although it is not described by LE whether that would be from being left in the sun for an extended period or from some other element or a chemical substance. If the remains were contained with a chemical liquid or water containing a chemical, that might have caused the bleaching.
• BM's hotel room later taken by a worker smelled like bleach and others have reported that there was a "bleach" smell at the house (the bleach small at the hotel may have been due to proximity to the pool, although the workers found the smell overwhelming which seems like more than one would expect in normal circumstances; the bleach smell at the home may be unreliable - it may be a misremembering by those who heard of the bleach smell at the hotel).
• BM changed his clothes repeatedly after arriving at the hotel, as documented by hotel cameras. (Did they smell like hot tub chemicals or bleach? Did he throw them away, assuming possible contact with cadaverine?)
• BM used multiple bath towels after arriving at the hotel. His worker later found them, soaking wet, on the floor. (Was he trying to shower off the smell of hot tub or other chemicals? Did his shower at home before leaving not adequately remove a chemical smell? ETA: Did he shower at home after filling a container with treated water, but then become exposed again to the smell when he put SM in the container AFTER leaving Puma Path but before getting to the hotel?)
• SM's remains were "somewhere" first. LE searches did not discover them and a search organized by SM's brother did not find them. Dogs did not hit upon them at many of the potential places BM would have had access to. (This does not mean they were not in the larger area surrounding Puma Path as there are many ravines, mines, etc.)
• Renting a storage unit is simple and requires minimal information (a signed contract without verification of identity, an email address, a cellphone number, a credit card on file for automatic monthly charges). All of those items can be obtained without giving one's real name. BM could have rented the unit months before using a false identity, a burner phone, and a prepaid credit card. Alternatively, given that he was subcontracting the wall work in Broomfield from another subcontractor, perhaps that subcontractor kept a storage unit in the area or perhaps BM rented one in that subcontractor's name. Many storage facilities have 24-hour access with no one on site to manage.
• Access to a storage unit - to put things into storage and to take things out - is easy. If BM used a large sealed cooler or a sealed barrel to conceal SM's remains, storage of a cooler or barrel seen on cameras at the storage facility would not raise concerns.
• The indictment document says that forensics of the remains and the site where they were ultimately found indicate that the remains did not decompose at the site where they were found (so they were moved from somewhere to that location). Note that the document does not indicate whether there were any indicators of the place from which they were moved - i.e. soil or other substances from another location, soil contaminated in that location by pouring a chemical liquid out with the remains.

BM didn't have to utilize a storage unit. It is also possible that he contained her remains to conceal them and used a piece of heavy equipment to bury the container (and later used heavy equipment again to retrieve the container). But then, why the large tree pot he threw away in Broomfield? Why not just toss it in the hole too? I think the tree pot was a barrier to separate his truck bed from the container concealing SM's remains (so his truck bed wouldn't have contact with cadaverine) and he didn't want anything other than the sealed cooler or lidded barrel in the storage unit as a cooler or barrel is a typical item one might find stored.

(ETA: I am not locked into the storage unit theory. We just learned new evidence from the indictment and I am theorizing basing on that what that new evidence combined with evidence we already knew could mean. I could be totally wrong.)

I have no idea when BM would have removed SM's remains from where he originally placed them to the spot where they were ultimately found.

 

[Birmingplumb]

Woke up to news....read everything posted last couple days....talk about slow.......guess never too late....pray for the daughters comes to top of my list......and for those who serve. Pray for family and those here following ....and of course websleuths...Motown

 

[Smelly Squirrel]

This very damning telematics data gap is new, at least to us. I checked the AA and that information is not in there. All it says close to this is:

They must have known about the gap then. Big miss not to include it.