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

[thinker47]

Well I’s 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 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 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. 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 what he/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 as P/LE don’t release all the evidence they have against the suspect prior to trial. and 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.

IMHOO

#JUSTICEFORSUZANNE

Well, exactly. It was just tongue-in-cheek really, demonstrating that I don't believe there's a defence to be had within the realms of any possibility.

 

[I am not Sherlock H.]

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

Yes @Moon1871 ….. it does raise some questions. I am not a forensic pathologist or medical examiner, so IIUC it appeared that SM remains were enough to tell investigators that the BAM had been partly metabolized as breakdown products (or metabolites) were detected. (There was an earlier post IIRC from @MassGuy on this but I won’t be able to find it now.)

Anyway…… if there were detectable metabolites or byproducts of BAM detected in the remains, it sounds that any amount given was not lethal or fatal. So maybe it was deliberately used for incapacitation purposes? And if so unfortunately it raises IMO a question of whether or not the suspect had odd tendencies, such as necrophelia? He did have IIUC an apparent fascination with harvesting antlers and the like from hunted and gathered animals.

I also found it interesting that IIUC BM had purchased the BAM in the prior state before they moved to CO? So maybe he anticipated difficulty in obtaining it in his new state of residence? Or he found it simpler to have obtained it before moving. Almost wonder IMO if he intended it solely for animal or hunting purposes? Or, might there have been some other premeditation for its use perhaps? MOO and speculation only.

 

[Love Never Fails]

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

Thinking about how she died brings up horrible scenarios. To answer your last question about Barry regretting anything, my answer is a flat NO.

I’m old, been married to the best guy on earth (IMO) for forty years but my first marriage was not wonderful like this. I was young. He was a narcissist. i can relate to Suzanne in so many ways. He made me believe he was God’s gift to me. He could sweet talk any woman he met and he justified anything he did. Our relationship grew worse as I began to grow and stand up to him. I can tell you it doesn’t get better. That kind of person does not understand the word no. They’re always right.

I do believe he was angry and likely assaulted her. I do believe she left those marks on his arm. I do believe she was just a dead animal to him, not unlike a deer he had tranquillized.

The only question in my mind as a potential juror is how it all went down. It really doesn’t matter. She had BAM in her system. I just cannot imagine a man like him wanting to rape a woman who cant fight back (because of BAM). I rather think he would enjoy letting her fight, knowing she couldn’t win and I don’t believe it was the first time.

I believe is there is only one person on the jury who has ever known a narcissist on any level will know he is guilty as charged.

I don’t think it bothered him in the least to play up to his daughters goodwill and give them a line of stories about how wonderful he was. My concern for them now is how they will relate to other men. They are grown and ready to pursue their own interests and he has likely destroyed their abilities to know a good man from a bad one.

 

[Love Never Fails]

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.

Thats possible, but not likely, IMO. Whatever the reason, the gauges are there. And they are not just scratches. He will no doubt have a good attorney. But this time Kelly has a lot more to fight with. The defense will have nothing. Poor Barry, good father and doting husband? NOT likely.

 

[rainbowshummingbird]

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.

Barry told investigators that he and Suzanne had sex the night before she disappeared.

 

[K9Enzo]

Ahhh butttt…

This case is strong, but not without risk. The prosecution finally has real physical evidence (BAM, body/remains, body concealment), solid behavioral evidence (BM’s actions, movements, trash runs), and Suzanne’s own words (texts and conversations). That’s a very strong foundation.

But the defense is not empty-handed. Their strongest angle is what’s missing. No cause of death. No murder scene. No direct evidence tying BM physically to her death or the second body move. Those are real gaps, and any smart defense attorney will hammer them relentlessly. Their job is to create doubt .

The prosecution absolutely can convict BM. The jury will see a man who behaved exactly like someone trying to cover up a homicide. The BAM in Suzanne’s system may very well be the piece that closes the gap in the jury’s minds.

But the prosecution only wins if they stay laser-focused on what they can prove and avoid turning it into a messy, emotional sideshow like last time. The defense needs only one or two jurors to get uncomfortable with the unknowns.

(I do think BM can say goodbye to freedom for the record)

imo

 

[Nikynoo]

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.....

According to the indictment, BAM needs to be injected directly into to the blood stream or into muscle.

 

[Knox]

Yes @Moon1871 ….. it does raise some questions. I am not a forensic pathologist or medical examiner, so IIUC it appeared that SM remains were enough to tell investigators that the BAM had been partly metabolized as breakdown products (or metabolites) were detected. (There was an earlier post IIRC from @MassGuy on this but I won’t be able to find it now.)

Anyway…… if there were detectable metabolites or byproducts of BAM detected in the remains, it sounds that any amount given was not lethal or fatal. So maybe it was deliberately used for incapacitation purposes? And if so unfortunately it raises IMO a question of whether or not the suspect had odd tendencies, such as necrophelia? He did have IIUC an apparent fascination with harvesting antlers and the like from hunted and gathered animals.

I also found it interesting that IIUC BM had purchased the BAM in the prior state before they moved to CO? So maybe he anticipated difficulty in obtaining it in his new state of residence? Or he found it simpler to have obtained it before moving. Almost wonder IMO if he intended it solely for animal or hunting purposes? Or, might there have been some other premeditation for its use perhaps? MOO and speculation only.

Who knows what Barry anticipated using the BAM for after moving to Colorado. He’s an opportunistic guy, but I don’t think he bought it with a human use in mind.

But he for sure wouldn’t have the opportunity or reason to buy once he left Indiana. His “deer farm” was the reason he was able to obtain a vet prescription there.

 

[Knox]

According to the indictment, BAM needs to be injected directly into to the blood stream or into muscle.

Isn’t a cancer port a direct conduit to the bloodstream?

 

[Auntie Cipation]

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.....

Is there any chance he could claim she "accidentally" got a dose of BAM prior to her disappearance, in some bizarre household/hunting accident, but that it was reversed or otherwise didn't cause her lasting effects? Sounds ridiculous but he will be desperate to separate that BAM from her death in any way possible... MOO...

 

[Megnut]

Iirc the expert estimated it might as long as 8 minutes for BAM to reach sedation... lightly snoring, you know. But she wasn't a deer, she was a petite woman, he might have sedated her within inches of her life or depressed her nervous system to such a degree he euthanized her. Against her will. For some amount of that time, she would be able to run ... get to a phone.... thrash... gouge....

But this arrest resets the clock. We have a new attorney who will go all Iris, in his own way probably.

We are about to see motions for discovery, for hearings, for delays, for suppression, etc etc.

Maybe he'll get out in front of and say all the evidence is true, Barry did all the things, there's just a different explanation for what happened. Self-defense, suicude, assisted suicide. Barry was too embarrassed to [insert x] so he covered it up, to protect Suzanne from the angry gods or to protect the daughters from what Suzanne had done. As if.

He'll object, delay, delay, look for any opening to exploit. Sanctions are Barry's only path back to freedom and I think he already exploited that portal. No bonding out. Defense will have to get the whole case thrown out to get fresh air for Barr.

JMO

 

[Love Never Fails]

Iirc the expert estimated it might as long as 8 minutes for BAM to reach sedation... lightly snoring, you know. But she wasn't a deer, she was a petite woman, he might have sedated her within inches of her life or depressed her nervous system to such a degree he euthanized her. Against her will. For some amount of that time, she would be able to run ... get to a phone.... thrash... gouge....

But this arrest resets the clock. We have a new attorney who will go all Iris, in his own way probably.

We are about to see motions for discovery, for hearings, for delays, for suppression, etc etc.

Maybe he'll get out in front of and say all the evidence is true, Barry did all the things, there's just a different explanation for what happened. Self-defense, suicude, assisted suicide. Barry was too embarrassed to [insert x] so he covered it up, to protect Suzanne from the angry gods or to protect the daughters from what Suzanne had done. As if.

He'll object, delay, delay, look for any opening to exploit. Sanctions are Barry's only path back to freedom and I think he already exploited that portal. No bonding out. Defense will have to get the whole case thrown out to get fresh air for Barr.

JMO

That’s only if BM has the money for a good lawyer right?

I realize some court appointed attorneys are also very good at stalling. (Kohberger case)

In the end, I think it may go fast this time. Maybe not but it feels like Kelly is ready.

 

[Maat99]

Is there any chance he could claim she "accidentally" got a dose of BAM prior to her disappearance, in some bizarre household/hunting accident, but that it was reversed or otherwise didn't cause her lasting effects? Sounds ridiculous but he will be desperate to separate that BAM from her death in any way possible... MOO...

Sure. Killers come up with all kinds of crazy stories so he can claim whatever he wants. Doesn’t mean anyone will believe him though.

 

[brissygirl2019]

Totally, if he pleads innocent, the role of his defence lawyer is to craft a defence to be put up at trial & be heard in front of a jury.

That defence can be anything, accidental overdose, assisted suicide, self-defense, it wasn't him at all ... it was someone else who had accessed BAM on the black market etc

IMO

 

[Knox]

That’s only if BM has the money for a good lawyer right?

I realize some court appointed attorneys are also very good at stalling. (Kohberger case)

In the end, I think it may go fast this time. Maybe not but it feels like Kelly is ready.

He supposedly has a high profile attorney who is taking the case pro bono - David Beller.

Barry Morphew's link to sedatives detailed in new indictment accusing him of Suzanne Morphew's murder

 

[Momofthreeboys]

Ahhh butttt…

This case is strong, but not without risk. The prosecution finally has real physical evidence (BAM, body/remains, body concealment), solid behavioral evidence (BM’s actions, movements, trash runs), and Suzanne’s own words (texts and conversations). That’s a very strong foundation.

But the defense is not empty-handed. Their strongest angle is what’s missing. No cause of death. No murder scene. No direct evidence tying BM physically to her death or the second body move. Those are real gaps, and any smart defense attorney will hammer them relentlessly. Their job is to create doubt .

The prosecution absolutely can convict BM. The jury will see a man who behaved exactly like someone trying to cover up a homicide. The BAM in Suzanne’s system may very well be the piece that closes the gap in the jury’s minds.

But the prosecution only wins if they stay laser-focused on what they can prove and avoid turning it into a messy, emotional sideshow like last time. The defense needs only one or two jurors to get uncomfortable with the unknowns.

(I do think BM can say goodbye to freedom for the record)

imo

I totally agree with your thoughts. I do not think the prosecution will go off on many tangents for exactly the reasons you brought up. I never thought prosecution could get a conviction the first go round but I think they are better positioned now and know what to avoid or conversely what needs to be addressed.

 

[Smelly Squirrel]

Lauren S has a question.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1936941862754910650

 

[Cindizzi]

Lauren S has a question.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1936941862754910650

Percentage of votes so far

 

[DizzyB]

Lauren S has a question.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1936941862754910650

I wish Lauren could be standing outside whatever Colorado facility Barry is transported to, so he could catch a glimpse of her before he is locked inside.

 

[Ontario Mom]

Lauren S has a question.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1936941862754910650

I'd still love to know what the content of her interviews with BM was that she couldn't share at the time.