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

[Warwick7]

IMO - Considering that SM presumably, normally took her bike in the back of her car to go on bike rides, I believe this is a huge slip up on BM’s part, asking to check if her bike is there, because if her bike is not there & her car is there, then worse case scenario for the bike is that it has been stolen, not that SM has gone riding, but BM, not knowing SM’s bike riding habits, didn’t realise that her bike would not be gone without her car & immediately came up with an unbelievable ‘She went bike riding & a mountain lion got her’ story. MOO

Oh yes, we discussed this in depth. It's so logical.

 

[Nikynoo]

The part I read said “There was only a very small amount of desiccated soft tissue found on a few of the bones, and there was no hair mass located.” I don’t recall the indictment mentioning bleaching? imo

https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/sites/default/files/2025-06/Grand%20Jury%20Indictment.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Page 5 https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/sites/default/files/2025-06/Grand Jury Indictment.pdf

 

[elliefant]

It struck me this morning that if Iris had not been so intent on undermining the case and exposing its shambles pre-trial, and if she had held her fire until trial, Barry would quite likely have been tried & acquitted - never to be tried again under double jeopardy.

As it is she effectively derailed the prosecution pre-trial which enabled them to retreat, re-group, plug gaps, eliminate the shambles, find Suzanne, build a stronger case etc.

Iris will be pleased that she succeeded in getting the charges thrown out. She did her job.

She won the battle (and the fees) but not the war. I am very hopeful the war is lost forever now.

 

[Charlot123]

I think there are really only two options here:

The BAM itself killed her.
He strangled/smothered her

Barry strikes me as a strangler.

Could also have immobilized her and kept in a container where she suffocated.

 

[girlhasnoname]

Never will.

Agreed, he'll try and spin again, but it's not going to work this time. They've got Suzanne's remains and the BAM evidence. He's going down finally. I was thrilled when I saw the rearrest.

#Justice4Suzanne

JMO

 

[Charlot123]

You know, I don't know if he owned a bike. I saw him in pictures from bike week (a HUGE, HUGE thing here - people come from all over the country!) one year, but tons of people hang out that don't have one either.

He pretty much was hitting on people at the local places (some are truly biker bars, some a little more restaurant/bar-esque and not quite as...I don't know, trying not to denigrate the feel of some of the places he hung at!) and just drinking a lot.

If you look up Harold's Corral there was a recent story about (it's about 90 years old now!). It's not the ones his buddy owned, but it's the one he frequented most.

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.

Sometimes I wonder if he really was interested in dating that much. What I clearly see missing in his life is a close male friend; small wonder that he was in awe with the friend who served in Iraq. I think he had a problem with making and maintaining a solid friend group. It always surprised me how unnatural he looked in that early interview with TD, as if wanting to make a small talk but not knowing how to. I think Suzanne cultivated their circle of friends, and with her gone, he lost them all. Murder accusation has only half to do with it. You’d usually see at least some friends falling for the guy’s story. But I doubt that they, essentially, were “his” friends. More like family friends when there was a family.

 

[Miss Poovy]

Yeah ,but ,
What did the medical examiner say?

I believe he told the Police he used it to remove the deer antlers, which he acknowledged was illegal. All around swell guy.

 

[Boxer]

It struck me this morning that if Iris had not been so intent on undermining the case and exposing its shambles pre-trial, and if she had held her fire until trial, Barry would quite likely have been tried & acquitted - never to be tried again under double jeopardy.

As it is she effectively derailed the prosecution pre-trial which enabled them to retreat, re-group, plug gaps, eliminate the shambles, find Suzanne, build a stronger case etc.

Iris will be pleased that she succeeded in getting the charges thrown out. She did her job.

She won the battle (and the fees) but not the war. I am very hopeful the war is lost forever now.

Very true. And judge Lama seeing the mess that was the prosecution saved the case for another try.

 

[girlhasnoname]

Barry’s Perp Walk video clip from yesterday.

Barry Morphew arrested in Gilbert on Colorado indictment for allegedly murdering his wife

Oh Happy day, the clock was ticking for this murdering Narc, liar, swindler, religious hypocrite and overall bad news Barry.

Looks like time finally stopped for BM, Busted like I knew he would be eventually, even though we were all anxiously awaiting and wondering.

I do hope he had a recent touch up on his botox and highlights, you know how vain he is. The irony of him being held in a cage is not lost on me. He had everyone around him in an overbearing, possessive cage. A cage is what BK fears the most, no more freely roaming around and hunting which he said was the MOST important thing to him during his last arrest.

He's going down for good this time, I have no doubts. So very happy for Suzanne, her family, her daughters and loved ones. May Justice and Truth be served 1,000 fold and this sorry excuse of a 'man' spends the rest of his days behind bars.

P.S. - I hope we see Grusing back to testify even though I believe he retired.

#Justice4Suzanne

JMO

 

[NoSocks]

Wow, I take a few vacation days off and come back to the board with the thread blown up! My prayers on Mother's Day while in Moffat have been answered. Now for the TRIAL !

 

[girlhasnoname]

Absolutely. The most common size is 62-65 inches (Suzanne was 63/5'3 inches; and with bent knees, it would be easy to contain her - it was more than deep enough). However, deer hunters with big pick-ups often get ones that are 70-72 inches. Also, no need to lay her in there flat, she was thin.

Early on, it was reported that there were missing coolers (plural) from the garage, but I do not have the news article in front of me, so IMO that was the case.

Anyway, he could get someone Suzanne's size in an even smaller one than 60 inches. The thing is, I am believing more and more that he had to think about time of day, which cooler, etc (and so far, we don't know when he purchased it).

I think he put her in a cooler (with bleach perhaps?) and buried the entire cooler somewhere. Could explain the cadaver hit on the Bobcat. It's horrible to even think about, but I have seen other cases of murdered women folded in half and wheeled out of hotels in suitcases, put in ice chests and tossed at sea.

Suzanne was just a small thing, maybe 110 pounds, always kowtowing to BM in life. Not anymore, she is looming LARGER than life and is going to see Justice served. Karma, divine intervention...

Bye, Bye, Bar

JMO

 

[twall]

Do Americans do Rugby tackles?

No, it's TAZER! TAZER! TAZER! BAM! in the US if you resist arrest. If BM resisted I hope there is body cam footage and a tazer is involved!

 

[Megnut]

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 think what we're seeing is that he pivoted.

Remember how, in the Gannon case, the murderer moved his body but she was weeks ahead of LE because thru didn't yet have the vehicle data to see where she HAD been?

I think the same happened here. I think LE's investigation led them to at least one, maybe two places where BM had left SM's remains. But he had already moved her.

I think originally he did not want her found. I do think he used chemicals to decompose her, like we see in blue barrel cases, only BA used what he knew, a cooler. I think he had her in at least two different places. The first night. (I think he was certain his wallibi would hold and he would be cleared without a second look.)

I don't know when he moved her to Moffat but I think that's where he pivoted, maybe thinking that if she were found then, it would somehow support an abduction (which at this point he needed for his $15 million fraud case, always hustling). If that true, he's even dumber than we've given him credit for.

But also, his first hiding places weren't good. I believe LE found them, they were just too late in getting there.

I need to know from the anthropologist how long her bones could have been in Moffat.

To sum, I don't think SM decomposed naturally.

I think he moved her as many as three times.

I think his reasoning behind those locations may have shifted.

I think he was a step ahead of LE, not because he's in any way bright, but because it took them time to gather and analyze and investigate.

If her remains had been at Moffat for a verrrrrrry short time, then he was aware of the other missing person headline (Edna) and thought leaving SM there would support an abduction story, never thinking any chemicals would be detected.

As we know, LE doesn't usually trail suspects. They track them.

Hence, the delays in data to piece together where they've been. Iirc BM got a new truck (borrowed? bought? I can't recall now) when his truck was seized. He had freedom of movement in that one (until IMO LE could get a tracker on it or later analyze data from it).

My biggest two questions: how long was she at Moffat and where had she been from May, 2020 until he moved her remains to Moffat.

If he moved her from somewhere where LE would not have found her to Moffat where she could be found, thinking that would support his story, he's a whole season of America's Dumbest Criminals.

JMO

 

[girlhasnoname]

Someone posted this zoomed view of the mugshot. Chilling.

Evil, pure unadulterated evil IMO.

 

[Kittybunny]

I’m oh so late to this party, but celebrating just as hard as everyone else at the news of ol’ Barry finally, finally, finally re-arrested!!! Justice for Suzanne is closer than ever!

I knew it would happen eventually, but it was so discouraging and depressing to think about “Lee Moore” just going happily about his life in Arizona. And I do think in the period in between the case being dismissed, his lawsuit, and the discovery of her body he probably believed that not only had he gotten away with it, but he was going to get a sweet $15 million payout. But then…BAM! Suzanne was found, truly a miracle! And since then, his mugshot shows he knows he’s been living on borrowed time.

As for the daughters, I pray they will come to terms and find peace with it. I would not be surprised if the younger one has always had doubts about his innocence as she had a closer relationship with her mom, while the oldest seemed to be Barry’s golden child (hunting trips, etc).

Cannot wait for this trial! But hope Hurricane Iris stays far far away! I cannot stand listening to any of her nonsense!

 

[Megnut]

I think there are really only two options here:

The BAM itself killed her.
He strangled/smothered her

Barry strikes me as a strangler.

The gouges on his arms tell me you are right, reducing two options to one. He finished what the BAM started.

Which really raises the question of why the BAM at all? Strong guy, petite woman. Why on earth did he employ the intermediate action which will singularly convict him??????

It was unnecessary in achieving the same end. It makes no sense.

jmo

 

[girlhasnoname]

Hi sweetie! How are you today? Looks like our friends in Colorado would like for you to come back for a little legal matter. Let’s see, what is it? Oh, it’s a homicide. You can decide today to stay in our little jail and wait for them to come give you a free ride, or if you have 3 million in your pocket, you can go free today, but only if you pinkie promise to come back here on June 30. Otherwise, Maricopa County gets to keep the 3 million.

I don’t have 3 million, I gave all my money to a woman named Iris.

Great

 

[girlhasnoname]

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.

Bleach for the hot tub was talked about too, wasn't there an empty body found in Suzanne's floorboard?

 

[thinker47]

It struck me this morning that if Iris had not been so intent on undermining the case and exposing its shambles pre-trial, and if she had held her fire until trial, Barry would quite likely have been tried & acquitted - never to be tried again under double jeopardy.

As it is she effectively derailed the prosecution pre-trial which enabled them to retreat, re-group, plug gaps, eliminate the shambles, find Suzanne, build a stronger case etc.

Iris will be pleased that she succeeded in getting the charges thrown out. She did her job.

She won the battle (and the fees) but not the war. I am very hopeful the war is lost forever now.

I considered this myself and thought how grateful we should be that the charges were dismissed without prejudice, leaving them open to try again. Just supposing he'd been able to sit for the rest of his days with a smug grin...

 

[Megnut]

Bleach for the hot tub was talked about too, wasn't there an empty body found in Suzanne's floorboard?

^empty bottle

Three iirc.