Found Deceased CO - BARRY ARRESTED AGAIN - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee Co, 10 May 2020 *Case dismissed w/o prejudice* *found in 2023* #117

[Momofthreeboys]

So he raped her before using the BAM?

I ask because if she fought him and gave him those gauges, why wouldn’t he have just strangled her in his anger? Why use the BAM after?

And if he had used it before, she would have been unable to fight him or leave any gauges.

I don’t think we will hear about the scratches at trial from prosecution and I can’t imagine why they would bring them into trial if they do we will hear from defense experts that he got them from work or from looking for Suzanne in the brush.

 

[LovesPeace2]

Way back in the first PTH with Judge Murphy the State began by saying it was a case of Domestic Violence Homicide. I agree it was always about that.

I bet Lauren S, the great local reporter at the time that covered the case is thrilled. You know she has enough info. to write a real tell all book.

JMO

She went threw because of bm. I wonder if she will be a witness. I saw her FB post eugh fool with a phone popped up in her comments. I hope we get good news coverage . Soon bm will join pf and cw as a murderer jmvho

 

[Moon1871]

O.M.G.

I did say, maybe he did it that way because he wanted to. Dominance.

What you say makes perfect sense.

She was done with him, but he wasn't done with her.

A way to roofie her, in effect. Take back what was rightfully his. Dominate her over JL. THAT'S where the RAGE came from. (I think he witnessed/heard her/them on his trail cams/mini spy cam that morning and he was irate. Suzanne WAS HIS.)

It also accounts for the gouges.

And ended in DHV.

JMO

And just imagine... how much of that poisonous stuff Barry must have injected, for it to show up in Suzanne’s bone marrow.

The stuff he normally used to incapacitate large deer, for his creepy antler-collecting hobby.

He used the same substance to paralyze his wife - a petite woman. What a psycho - and that's an understatement.

MOO

 

[Sadi]

How we got here, from the first post ever made about this case, to Barry’s initial arrest, Suzanne being found, the autopsy results, and Friday’s second arrest.
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I know you’ll have the answer to my question. I honestly don’t know if the Grand Jury that indicted Barry recently is the same Jury as previous? Or maybe a new Jury? Thank you

 

[fcavanaugh]

After mulling things over about new info released in the indictment and discussed here the past few days and thinking about some of the details of the evidence in the 1st investigation and prosecutorial attempt, sometimes when new info gets released to the public, imo theories might need to be reconsidered or tweaked for lack of a better word, and though I am one who really didn’t ever think BM had any help/did everything himself alone, I now think it’s *possible* he did have some help and if so, we may see a star prosecution witness at future trial- someone who BM possibly confided in or that possibly assisted him in some way after the fact. If is the case, my top three guesses on whom it might be are case players SD, GD, and CC, leaning heavily to SD.

No idea if BM and SD are still together but if they aren’t and she dumped him and knows things about what he did or assisted in any way after the fact, which I think she at the very least knows things as she was caught deleting things off her phone in front of LE when they interviewed her during the first case’s investigation 4-5 years ago.

Anywho, if BM and SD have in fact broken up and this 2nd case in the 12th under DA Anne Kelly and team of investigators re-interviewed SD and she has intel or any incriminating information on BM, you know pillow talk and all, I hope she sang like a canary and told them all she knows and/or if aided/assisted in any way after the fact, was possibly offered immunity for any potential role she played, like for example letting him borrow her vehicle or something knowingly (meaning she knew what he wanted to use it for) i.e., to move SM’s remains, or…or… or, etc.
This applies to anyone who he may have confided in and know things and/or helped him in any way after the fact. It’s just that if is the case, my own personal top theory/person is SD.

After watching the video footage again a few times of BM’s appearance the other night regarding extradition with BM standing in the dock with hands in pockets before the chirpy sounding lady official, judging by his soft whispery answers to her questions, to me, he almost appeared to be resigned, or dare I say, defeated. With that posture and the angry looking mugshot, while it could mean any number of things, I think it’s *possible* he knows someone talked and he’s pi$$ed they turned on him and knows it’s over for him/the jig is definitely up. I think he pretty much knows the jig is up regardless if someone talked, or not. The evidence has always been strong against him and helllooo smoking gun BAM, even more of a smoking gun since the indictment release verifying he was the only private citizen that had it/access to it.

Can’t wait to see the totality of the case the 12th JD led by DA Anne Kelly brings against him. After watching her presser, I have every confidence AK is smart, articulates herself well/well spoken, capable, competent and confident in their case and amenable to asking for assistance/accepted help from the Denver DA M. Dougherty, appears to have a great prosecutorial team and LE investigators whom she very graciously mentioned and thanked several times at her presser.

IMO Anne Kelly and her team’s got this!! I look forward to hopefully being able to say bye, bye Barry! for good at the end of his future trial.


IMHOO

#JUSTICEFORSUZANNE

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[K9Enzo]

This prosecution team is different (thankfully). However, I anticipate BM’s defense *team being strong. Based on what we know, imo, this is the core foundation to stick to.

-BAM in Suzanne’s system. Scientific. Undeniable.

-Condition of the remains. No trauma. No defensive injuries. Consistent with controlled killing.

-Barry’s post-murder behavior. Phone data, erratic movement, multiple trash disposals.

-SM’s own texts and conversations show she was unhappy, emotionally disengaged, and actively taking steps to leave the marriage, though fearful of BM’s reaction.

*edit: team

Imo

 

[Ghostwheel]

And just imagine... how much of that poisonous stuff Barry must have injected, for it to show up in Suzanne’s bone marrow.

The stuff he normally used to incapacitate large deer, for his creepy antler-collecting hobby.

He used the same substance to paralyze his wife - a petite woman. What a psycho - and that's an understatement.

MOO

What if he injected smaller amounts into the cancer port at various times while she was sleeping? In an attempt to keep her under control? Because after all, she was upset.....

 

[thinker47]

Where has all the talk of rape come from, please? Has there been something to point to that or is it pure speculation? Would that be added to the charges against him or does the murder charge negate anything done to Suzanne while she was alive? And how would anyone assume rape, given that there is no soft tissue in evidence?

 

[MassGuy]

I know you’ll have the answer to my question. I honestly don’t know if the Grand Jury that indicted Barry recently is the same Jury as previous? Or maybe a new Jury? Thank you

There was never a jury selected in the previous case because it never made it that far. If there had been jury selection, it still would have had nothing to do with this.

A grand jury is assembled for a certain amount of time, and typically hears multiple cases. Its job is simply to determine if there is probable cause to issue an indictment.

In the first case the DA’s office (Stanley), made that decision, and a judge signed off on it. Here, a grand jury was used.

 

[Skigh]

Where has all the talk of rape come from, please? Has there been something to point to that or is it pure speculation? Would that be added to the charges against him or does the murder charge negate anything done to Suzanne while she was alive? And how would anyone assume rape, given that there is no soft tissue in evidence?

It has been clear in posts that it is speculation about it being a possibility .No one has mentioned it as being a fact.

 

[GoJacks]

Do we think they are transporting him by van or plane? Only 10 hour drive but Colorado might have gave up on van transport after letecia's shenanigans....

 

[thinker47]

It has been clear in posts that it is speculation about it being a possibility .No one has mentioned it as being a fact.

Sorry @Skigh - not entirely clear to me that there wasn't some basis for the speculation, since I couldn't work out where it had come from, out of left field, and why. Thanks for making it clear.

 

[fcavanaugh]

If BM and his D team during future judicial proceedings and trial litigation think they’re going to be able to sell an abduction of SM to the court and/or future jury to raise reasonable doubt, good luck to them getting the court or jurors to accept/believe an abduction of SM
is still possible/viable.

IMO there is no way court or reasonable Jurors are going to accept or believe some random abductor(s) shot SM up with BAM, left her somewhere to decompose into a skeleton, and then moved her remains around to a different, final resting place location. IMO not only laughable but patently absurd if that is what their story aka strategy is going to be at future judicial proceedings/trial.
If is the case, I hope they’ll be prepared to not only lose, be laughed out of court.

IMHOO

#JUSTICEFORSUZANNE

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[TwinkieDefense]

June 21, 2025 article

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

The extent of Morphew's ties to the Valley isn't fully known, but there is reason to believe he moved here in 2022.

www.12news.com

[…]

Court records and property filings show that after the charges were dropped, Morphew relocated to Arizona, living in a trailer at Stardust Trailer Park in Cave Creek. The full extent of his ties to the Valley remains unclear. Arizona DPS would not provide an address where he was taken into custody in Gilbert.

[…]

Colorado prosecutors did not elaborate on why Morphew was in Gilbert at the time of his arrest but praised the swift cooperation between Arizona and Colorado law enforcement agencies.

[…]

 

[thinker47]

If BM and his D team during future judicial proceedings and litigation think they’re going to be able to sell an abduction of SM to the court and/or future jury to raise reasonable doubt, good luck to them getting the court or jurors to accept/believe an abduction is possible/viable.

IMO there is no way court or reasonable Jurors are going to accept or believe some random abductor(s) shot SM up with BAM and left her somewhere to decompose into a skeleton and then moved her around to a different, final resting place.
Not only laughable but patently absurd if that is what their story aka strategy is going to be at future judicial proceedings/trial, they will be laughed out of court imo.

IMHOO

#JUSTICEFORSUZANNE

I can't see that the presence of the BAM and the fact that he is the only person locally licensed to use it leaves much room for a defence of any description - beyond that she injected herself, or her abductor cased the place and fortuitously came across the BAM which they thought might come in useful. Or she attacked him and he killed her in self-defence while happening to be holding a syringe of BAM to stun a passing stag.....

 

[Wendyb1063]

Sorry @Skigh - not entirely clear to me that there wasn't some basis for the speculation, since I couldn't work out where it had come from, out of left field, and why. Thanks for making it clear.

This is just speculation, but Barry did make a point of stating when interviewed on May 13, 2020, that that he and Suzanne had had a romantic steak dinner and then had sex the night of May 9, 2020. It could be that he was worried that her body might be found relatively soon. So maybe (just speculation), he decided to preemptively explain the potential finding of biological evidence that might be consistent with a romantic evening but was actually the result of something far less romantic.

21cr78 Morphew Redacted Affidavit

www.documentcloud.org

 

[DizzyB]

I can't see that the presence of the BAM and the fact that he is the only person locally licensed to use it leaves much room for a defence of any description - beyond that she injected herself, or her abductor cased the place and fortuitously came across the BAM which they thought might come in useful. Or she attacked him and he killed her in self-defence while happening to be holding a syringe of BAM to stun a passing stag.....

Does the prosecution need a BAM expert or just a kick butt medical examiner to walk them through this?

 

[Megnut]

So he raped her before using the BAM?

I ask because if she fought him and gave him those gauges, why wouldn’t he have just strangled her in his anger? Why use the BAM after?

And if he had used it before, she would have been unable to fight him or leave any gauges.

Barry is the one who volunteered that they'd had sex (granted he was trying to portray a happy marriage, all good, nothing to see here) but now there is evidence that Suzanne was all the way done with him. If there was sex, she didn't agree to it. And Barry didn't volunteer that Suzanne wanted a divorce, that Suzanne was hooking up with someone. He pretended that was all news to him.

Given what we've learned, and the BAM and the metabolizing, it gives solid credence to Barry running around the house and blowing through walls. I think it was important to Barry to end his marriage on "God's term" (till death), only where Barry is playing god. He needed to dominate her and a SA fits with that. Chargeable? No. There's no way to prove that now, it just would fit with someone who is chasing his wife and filled her with tranquilizer. He may have breached that bedroom door just in time to stop her from calling 911, failed attempt to open her phone, and it could well have been with all the strength she had left that she clawed at his arm, in order to pull him away in order to (try to) breathe.

I do think that photo will be shown to the jury. And the jurors will decide what value to give it. Caused by branches or work? Or Suzanne's last communication before succumbing to sedation and death.

Barry had reason to lie about sex, we can't prove it now, if he assaulted her in that way, it's in keeping with philosophy of possession so it's not entire science fiction. It would be just one more act of dominance on his part. Either way, it is my strong opinion that before Suzanne could no longer fight him off, she tried. With her nails. It's all she had. And then he took, in the worst way possible, her breath away.

You (generic you) think even one time in the past five years Barry has regretted anything? Wished he could have been a better man, husband, father, nothing he could have done to be better? But I'll bet he wishes Suzanne would have laid off the chemo, laid off the IPAs, laid off the "drugs and alcohol". Been a good wife. On his terms. Regardless of what Suzanne wanted.

JMO

 

[Sadi]

There was never a jury selected in the previous case because it never made it that far. If there had been jury selection, it still would have had nothing to do with this.

A grand jury is assembled for a certain amount of time, and typically hears multiple cases. Its job is simply to determine if there is probable cause to issue an indictment.

In the first case the DA’s office (Stanley), made that decision, and a judge signed off on it. Here, a grand jury was used.

Thank you very much, I appreciate it.

 

[fcavanaugh]

I can't see that the presence of the BAM and the fact that he is the only person locally licensed to use it leaves much room for a defence of any description - beyond that she injected herself, or her abductor cased the place and fortuitously came across the BAM which they thought might come in useful. Or she attacked him and he killed her in self-defence while happening to be holding a syringe of BAM to stun a passing stag.....

Well I’d say the same to any of those scenarios- good luck with that. Again, random abductor(s) don’t typically shoot their victims up with BAM, nor go to the trouble of staging bikes, helmets and forcing the husband aka BM to do all the other incriminating things he did which if you’ve been following the case for 5 years you know the ‘list’ of things aka evidence and lies he did/said that would have to be chalked up to coincidences is extremely loonnnggg and frankly, not logical or believable. And SM shooting herself up with BAM, or BM killed her in Self Defense, yeah no imo.

Not that I don’t put it past BM or his D team to attempt to make him the victim and they could try to proffer a SM attacked BM while he was holding a syringe of BAM and killed her in self defense, will not fly due to the lengths he went to cover up the crime. Again, not logical or believable. IMO most people that kill someone in self defense don’t panic to that extent - plant bikes, helmets, move bodies around etc, etc, etc.

IMO regardless of whatever BM/his D attempt to proffer up, the guy is beyond cooked to most rational, logical, common sense people who’ve followed the case for years, know all the publicly released details and evidence, never mind what we don’t even know all of everything they have on him which is sure that they do have more as P/LE don’t release all the evidence they have against the suspect prior to trial.

At any rate, my hope is the future jury are comprised of same rational, reasonable, logical, common sense people that can follow the evidence and connect the dots to imo only logical conclusion, BM intentionally killed his wife and engaged in one of the most elaborate, absolutely laughable and unbelievable cover-ups in the annals of intimate partner homicide/spousal murder.

IMHOO

#JUSTICEFORSUZANNE

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