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

[legalmomma]

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How do they know that he was the only person who had BAM?

It is being misreported that Barry was the only one to purchase BAM in the entire state of Colorado. In the indictment it states they searched BAM prescription records in the counties surrounding where the Morphew lived. Within these counties Barry was the only individual that purchased BAM (and he purchased it in Indiana) whereas the Parks services did and none were missing. I don’t know if there may be a BAM black market but I reckon Barry’s defense will find there is.

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

 

[waldojabba]

I don't know about the jacket but I forgot about the wedding ring. I can't imagine that BM would dispose of such a large diamond ring for nothing. I'm assuming that authorities are searching or have searched his most recent home, vehicles, storage units, etc. I really hope they find the ring! How would he explain that away?

Some of us, during the first go around, thought that he had the blue biking jacket in Broomfield in a stack of things he was holding that he may have brought out to the dumpster. The color was the same. The pic was outside the elevator inside the hotel.

As far as the ring - do we even know if it was real?
They lived way above their means and it would not surprise me if it was zirconia or the like
If it was valuable - it has long been pawned imo -
Factually though we really have no idea what happened to it or what its value was iirc
I wonder if even Suzanne knew if it was real or not
If she did maybe her best friend Sheila knew
Sheila must be overjoyed at the arrest but feeling so bittersweet missing her friend
JMO

 

[BlackholeSeason]

Do you have an opinion on the sun bleaching (if that is what meant)? Did that take place previously, or in the place the body was discovered?

I realize it could be either and is a difficult question to answer, just seeking further thoughts from you.

I believe her remains were recovered from a "shallow burial," but I don't know the actual depth. Shallow burials typically range from 1 to 3 feet or so (there is no agreed upon standard). Even at the shallowest depth of say a foot, as long as the remains are covered with soil they are not exposed to sunlight, and therefore they would not bleach (unless a scavenger dug them up and pulled some bones out of the grave and exposed them, for example).

So yes, everything else being equal, this implies that prior to burial, they were previously in a different environment/location where the sunlight and UV radiation bleached them, and then they were buried after those alterations to the bone had already taken place.

For those that are interested in these kinds of post-depositional changes to remains, you can find out more by looking up "forensic taphonomy," which is the field that investigates factors that modify human remains from the point of death to the moment of discovery, including animal, human, or environmental actions.

 

[Luna20]

It is being misreported that Barry was the only one to purchase BAM in the entire state of Colorado. In the indictment it states they searched BAM prescription records in the counties surrounding where the Morphew lived. Within these counties Barry was the only individual that purchased BAM (and he purchased it in Indiana) whereas the Parks services did and none were missing. I don’t know if there may be a BAM black market but I reckon Barry’s defense will find there is.

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

Thank you, I appreciate the details.

 

[MassGuy]

I believe her remains were recovered from a "shallow burial," but I don't know the actual depth. Shallow burials typically range from 1 to 3 feet or so (there is no agreed upon standard). Even at the shallowest depth of say a foot, as long as the remains are covered with soil they are not exposed to sunlight, and therefore they would not bleach (unless a scavenger dug them up and pulled some bones out of the grave and exposed them, for example).

So yes, everything else being equal, this implies that prior to burial, they were previously in a different environment/location where the sunlight and UV radiation bleached them, and then they were buried after those alterations to the bone had already taken place.

For those that are interested in these kinds of post-depositional changes to remains, you can find out more by looking up "forensic taphonomy," which is the field that investigates factors that modify human remains from the point of death to the moment of discovery, including animal, human, or environmental actions.

I was always a fan of this being a single burial, and it being a shallow grave because of the nature of the soil, and the timeframe he had to work with. I never imagined he'd move her body to a shallow grave, because generally, the whole point of moving a body is to ensure it isn't discovered.

So with what we know now, and with what you're saying, it appears this dumbass buried Suzanne in two shallow graves.

I've just got to believe he wanted her discovered, for one reason or another.

 

[Seattle1]

How do they know that he was the only person who had BAM?

There is only one manufacturer, and BAM is a controlled RX. From the Indictment, pg 6/10:

 

[Karin1974]

I don’t remember if bf mentioned the time of day, but he knew a lot about her biking habits. He said she would never hop on the bike at the house and set off for a ride. She would put her bike in the Range Rover and drive to a trailhead and park it.
Jmo

IMO - I remember the video of one of the daughter’s boyfriends’ at the time, he appeared to know more about Suzanne & her biking habits than her own husband. That alone rang alarm bells for me. MOO

 

[Smelly Squirrel]

It is being misreported that Barry was the only one to purchase BAM in the entire state of Colorado. In the indictment it states they searched BAM prescription records in the counties surrounding where the Morphew lived. Within these counties Barry was the only individual that purchased BAM (and he purchased it in Indiana) whereas the Parks services did and none were missing. I don’t know if there may be a BAM black market but I reckon Barry’s defense will find there is.

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

Yes, so the defense will also say anybody else could have done what BM did and bring it from out of state or another county. But it's still too much of a coincidence against BM for any reasonable person.

 

[MassGuy]

Yes, so the defense will say anybody else could have done what BM did and bring it from out of state or another county. Or there was a murderous parks services employee on the loose. But it's still too much of a coincidence against BM for any reasonable person.

The sheath in the dryer, Barry admitting to owning, recently using, and disposing of BAM. Almost certainly the only murder in history to involve this substance, and Barry had the prescription, the knowledge, and the motive, means, and opportunity to use it.

Good luck with that.

 

[BlackholeSeason]

I was always a fan of this being a single burial, and it being a shallow grave because of the nature of the soil, and the timeframe he had to work with. I never imagined he'd move her body to a shallow grave, because generally, the whole point of moving a body is to ensure it isn't discovered.

So with what we know now, and with what you're saying, it appears this dumbass buried Suzanne in two shallow graves.

I've just got to believe he wanted her discovered, for one reason or another.

I'm not sure about two shallow graves; it decomposed above-ground long enough to get bleached (depending on season, environment, and climate it can take many weeks to months to bleach), and then it was buried in a shallow grave after the bleaching already occurred. I don't know enough about the details of recovery to be able to say more than that, so if I have any details wrong please correct me. But I do agree that he seems like a dumbass.

 

[KBlackRabbit]

I was always a fan of this being a single burial, and it being a shallow grave because of the nature of the soil, and the timeframe he had to work with. I never imagined he'd move her body to a shallow grave, because generally, the whole point of moving a body is to ensure it isn't discovered.

So with what we know now, and with what you're saying, it appears this dumbass buried Suzanne in two shallow graves.

I've just got to believe he wanted her discovered, for one reason or another.

If he wanted her to disappear and stay gone, I think he would have disposed of her port and whatever he thought she was supposed to wear separately. He was able to do *some* sneaky stuff, getting rid of a port would be pretty easy, even for him.

It looked like he was running out of money. I bet he had an insurance policy out on her but couldn’t collect while she was missing and fingers were pointing at him, and/or enough time had passed that he thought they couldn’t get useful information from her remains.

Dumdum probably thought moving her to a different place and chucking in her chemo port and what he thought were biking clothes would remove suspicion from him. “See? She did go biking, got nabbed by some baddie and his pet puma, and was left there while I was building a shoddy retaining wall on a day I wasn’t supposed to be working. Can I have my fireman badge back, puhleeeeeze?”

 

[vls12345]

Yes, so the defense will also say anybody else could have done what BM did and bring it from out of state or another county. But it's still too much of a coincidence against BM for any reasonable person.

The sheath in the dryer, Barry admitting to owning, recently using, and disposing of BAM. Almost certainly the only murder in history to involve this substance, and Barry had the prescription, the knowledge, and the motive, means, and opportunity to use it.

Good luck with that.

Yep. Plus I don't think he was spending his free time pursuing finding the SODDI. (Not that there was a SODDI. But had he really been innocent, maybe he would have devoted some time and effort toward that rather than staying busy transferring assets and hitting on women in bars.) Jmo.

 

[Seattle1]

I was always a fan of this being a single burial, and it being a shallow grave because of the nature of the soil, and the timeframe he had to work with. I never imagined he'd move her body to a shallow grave, because generally, the whole point of moving a body is to ensure it isn't discovered.

So with what we know now, and with what you're saying, it appears this dumbass buried Suzanne in two shallow graves.

I've just got to believe he wanted her discovered, for one reason or another.

Alamosa, San Luis, Moffat, we're talking the stomping grounds of "Psycho" (Andre Baroz) and his posse who were all recently convicted under DA Kelly's watch.

Locals have long deemed the area where SM's remains were recovered as "the boneyard." I believe two bodies were found in the area shortly before SM was discovered -- and they were reportedly looking for missing Edna Quintana when they found SM!

IE made a big deal of this "boneyard" when the location was announced, and it follows that BM would choose this place to re-bury SM to promote alternate suspects theory (i.e., reasonable doubt) just as his defense did with the DNA in SM's glovebox.

I'm just waiting for BM to introduce the late Jeff P as SM's killer! MOO

 

[Knox]

I hope for their sake you are correct @Diddian especially since the finding of their Mom's body and the findings in the autopsy report.

I agree that Iris was very influential with SM's daughters - but I think in almost a Mom role. They were two lost girls who needed guidance - they had Shirley, Marci BM's sister, Iris and maybe Sho.

Imo what a nightmare - these women were all gaslighters and I'm sure perpetuated the myth that their Mom was a sinner bc of the affair and that their father was innocent and Godly.

The oldest and BM were always tight - he would run to her after fights with Suzanne/ - the youngest we know knew of the troubles with her parents / I imagine if she thought it through she might feel enormous guilt for going with her sister on that trip - one of those IF ONLY thoughts.

I know the Mom Shirley will be there in Colorado if she isn't already and if she is healthy and able. So I have to bet the girls will follow suit ( jobs/living situations/boyfiends?) - and maybe they are in Gunnison still - didnt Barry buy Mallory a condo?

There are two things I am thankful for re this case
- Barry is behind bars and I believe he will never be free again
- Melinda and Suzanne's family will have another chance at a relationship with Suzanne's daughters - somehow some way - I know that is their fervent wish and I hope this arrest is the vessel that helps effectuate that

JMO

So much has happened in this case, so many twists and turns. How insulting to Suzanne’s family was it when he turned around and filed that lawsuit. Yet they remained silent through it all. Probably because as you hope, they one day want to have a relationship with Suzanne’s girls.

 

[Herat]

Indeed lots do. But just like other devices like breast implants, and rods in legs - it doesn’t mean the number is always recorded in patient records.
Again, I was asking not if they had serial numbers, but if that the port had been used to identify her by the serial number in her medical records. (NOT if the port was used to identify her. DNA identified her and dental.)

Nationwide regulations require that implant numbers for medical devices be part of the medical records so they are traceable. A port might not have serial number, as it is considered a venous access device, like a Heparin lock.

I’ve also had a replacement & they are considered part of the surgical team. I’m sure we signed/gave permission. I had rather a rep be in the OR because they know the replacement joint, provide technical advice & are very protective of how it is placed.

When you sign a consent for the surgery with an implanted device, you are also consenting to have the manufacturer's representative in the OR, depending on the kind of implant.

As each of us has a unique anatomy, specific implants, especially orthopedic implants may need some adjusting or manipulation needed to attain an optimum position. The manufacturer's representative is there to provide guidance to the surgeon and to provide additional parts or accessories that may facilitate the best configuration and placement for that surgery.

 

[Knox]

I believe her remains were recovered from a "shallow burial," but I don't know the actual depth. Shallow burials typically range from 1 to 3 feet or so (there is no agreed upon standard). Even at the shallowest depth of say a foot, as long as the remains are covered with soil they are not exposed to sunlight, and therefore they would not bleach (unless a scavenger dug them up and pulled some bones out of the grave and exposed them, for example).

So yes, everything else being equal, this implies that prior to burial, they were previously in a different environment/location where the sunlight and UV radiation bleached them, and then they were buried after those alterations to the bone had already taken place.

For those that are interested in these kinds of post-depositional changes to remains, you can find out more by looking up "forensic taphonomy," which is the field that investigates factors that modify human remains from the point of death to the moment of discovery, including animal, human, or environmental actions.

Thank you!! What i find confusing is - if the body was in a different location previously and exposed to sunlight/UV rays. How would they also not have been subjected to animal predation?

 

[crhedBngr]

Thank you!! What i find confusing is - if the body was in a different location previously and exposed to sunlight/UV rays. How would they also not have been subjected to animal predation?

That's the $1,000,000 question!

Enquiring minds want to know!

JMVHO.

 

[BlackholeSeason]

Thank you!! What i find confusing is - if the body was in a different location previously and exposed to sunlight/UV rays. How would they also not have been subjected to animal predation?

These are all just guesses for the sake of providing examples, but I suppose it could have been in a protected location (for example in a shed/barn/outbuilding with windows or open roofing) or in an open-lidded "container" (think barrel, box, etc), or it could have simply been in an outdoor area where scavengers weren't around (or they never found it). Hard to say without knowing actual recovery details, and these suppositions could change as more info becomes available. But I have worked many cases recovered from outdoor contexts that had no evidence of animal scavenging, even though you might have expected it.

 

[Soulmagent]

The cracked door frame….. (apologies if this ground has already been trod upon)

Below is exhibit 80 from the Preliminary Hearing, a picture of the master bedroom door jamb in Morphew home. Further below are images that popped up for a Google search of “door jamb crack from forced opening”. The longitudinal cracking at the striker plate is highly indicative of forcing a locked door open.
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I hope I never get murdered.
My house is a forensic nightmare.

They would never solve it.

 

[Seattle1]

Did the BAM kill her? The autopsy says method was unknown but lists BAM ingredients as being present. So I'm guessing they don't know, either. Certainly, there might be evidence if there had been a shooting or head trauma but otherwise.... I think chances are yes, but can't be proven.

JMO, obviously

From the AR, referencing the forensic anthropology report, we know there was no indication of perimortem trauma. SM died as a result of homicide by unspecified means in the setting of butorphanol, azaperone, and medetomidine intoxication.

Morphew, Suzanne No 23-1011

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