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

[Ontario Mom]

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I voted the same. She knows stuff she's never been able to share.

 

[Love Never Fails]

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

Didn’t know it is pro bono. Thanks.

 

[fcavanaugh]

Barry Lee Morphew
Scott Lee Peterson
Christoper Lee Watts

What a crew, SMDH. So glad numerous L.E.E. aka Law Enforcement Entities never gave up in pursuit of justice and 2 of the above currently incarcerated for LWOP, rightfully so imo. Peterson, who in recent years (2020 iirc) sentence was commuted from DP to LWOP, and Watts who pled guilty to avoid DP, along with numerous others, too many to list, who chose to end their partner and/or Spouse’s life, children’s lives’ (Watts), and unborn child’s life (Peterson, Watts) instead of doing what most rational, well adjusted people do, which is leave the crumbling, falling apart relationship or marriage and get a divorce.
KISS-Keep.It.Simple.Stupid.
and just leave/get a freaking divorce. But no, imo these selfish, malignant controlling narcissists to the core choose murder over leaving/divorce thinking it will solve all their problems and will get away with it. It’s as unhinged and stupid as it is sick/twisted.

IMO in due time, Barry Lee Morphew is about to join the ‘ranks’ of convicted Spouse murderer, sentenced to LWOP, never to see/know freedom again.

Yes imo, with the help of the 12th JD’s DA Anne Kelly, Suzanne WILL have the last word.

IMHOO

#JUSTICEFORSUZANNE

 

[justtrish]

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

Another thing to remember is his was during the beginning of COVID lockdowns. This was May 2020. The world was stopped. Who would suzanne encounter that would want to harm her other than Barry? He arrived home at a specific time and she never communicated with anyone else ever again from that moment on. He also promptlyl turned his phone off. Her digital foot print ceased when he arrived home. Her phone has never been found either. So how did her phone go silent the moment he arrives home if he didn't have something to do with it?

If she woke up Sunday to go biking, she would have used her phone and she didn't. It was Mother's Day and she didn't communicate with anyone at all that day or the night before.

 

[Knox]

Didn’t know it is pro bono. Thanks.

I read that somewhere but not seeing it in MSM. So please disregard my comment until I can source and link. I’m fighting with a terrible cold, so off kilter a bit.

 

[Love Never Fails]

I read that somewhere but not seeing it in MSM. So please disregard my comment until I can source and link. I’m fighting with a terrible cold, so off kilter a bit.

Hope you feel better soon Knox.

You might just be right about it being pro bono. Some lawyers take a case to make a name for themselves. It’s usually a case they can win i think. I don’t see how this could turn out well for any defense lawyer. But hey, remember Casey Anthony and OJ Simpson? My heart dropped to my feet at the end of those cases.

ETA: My daughter in law was a paralegal at a defense law firm in Texas when the OJ verdict was announced. Orange juice was passed around and everyone celebrated all because of a defensive win. I lost my appreciation for lawyers that day.

 

[Seattle1]

I've just remembered.... the DNA found in the glove box and elsewhere in SM's car. I know they tied it in with unidentified DNA found at other crime scenes. Does anyone know if any definitive identification ever came of this and could it still be a loophole through which BM and his lawyers might conceivably try to climb?

From pages 3-4/10 of the Indictment, it's evident that the State was able to satisfy the Grand Jury and this is not an issue on this date.

Unlike the 2021 preliminary hearing and the subsequent manipulation, seems the the party testifying before the GJ understood the subject!

Law enforcement investigated those three partial "matches" obtained from three separate out of state sources and found no connection to the case.

 

[I am not Sherlock H.]

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

Yes @fcavanaugh …. your post #746 in the prior thread makes perfect sense. And furthering that…… so if BM at first decides he doesn’t want the remains found hence the first secreted location. If he then decides that to either collect insurance or possibly mistaken belief to obtain that supposed $15M then realizes the remains need to be found for either or both purposes. (That and / or he was nervous that the remains would be found with items that didn’t match his version of events? And maybe those representing him didn’t have all the facts needed to assess?)

And maybe the suspect didn’t acknowledge the use of BAM to those that needed to know? At least not soon enough? Hence the plea to find any possible sources, users, veterinarians, etc. of it. And once discovered with the remains, that had to be an ‘oh boy’ moment. And now knowing metabolites of BAM were found in the remains another game changer.

Granted it is getting late and I am way behind on this BM thread. So could be confused. Seems will be interesting if things are further laid out in a trial. MOO

 

[Seattle1]

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.

IMO, BM received the scratch wounds when SM was desperately fighting him off as he injected her with BAM.

 

[10ofRods]

LE statement was that the arrest was made without incident.

Not exactly. A couple of sources (upthread) mention how the context of the arrest will be an issue at trial.

IMO.

 

[10ofRods]

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

Such good questions. Really made me think. I can think of two things (and others may think of more).
1) the BAM hadn't kicked in yet and so she fought with him after she was "stung"

or

2) When it came down to it, he had planned on using a dart and not his hands - that he wasn't able, psychologically to strangler her. Also he might have thought that grabbing her neck would leave forensic evidence.

But yeah, as many studies show, the "rage" killing is often strangulation.

So maybe this was a much more planned, calculated thing. As if BM thought he was right in so doing, or that God was on his side (as he says to the FBI agent, Grusing - God is the ultimate cause of Suzanne's death). Did LE edit Barry to make him say that? Or did he say it?

We await the trial.

 

[10ofRods]

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

ETA-added couple words, sentence, fixed paragraph spacing

Amazing summary, from my point of view. Really insightful. If you are not already a journalist (or similar), I wish you would be.

 

[Seattle1]

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...

He can certainly throw that at the wall! Others may recall talk of an incident where SM was cleaning the bathroom and mixed bathroom cleaners -- causing a medical reaction. MOO

 

[waldojabba]

I've just remembered.... the DNA found in the glove box and elsewhere in SM's car. I know they tied it in with unidentified DNA found at other crime scenes. Does anyone know if any definitive identification ever came of this and could it still be a loophole through which BM and his lawyers might conceivably try to climb?

It’s mentioned in the arrest affidavit
JMO

 

[waldojabba]

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

AFAIK there is no black market for BAM.
It’s not like horse tranquilizer that gets mixed /cut with fentanyl for street drugs for humans.
There is a black market for that.
JMO.

 

[brissygirl2019]

AFAIK there is no black market for BAM.
It’s not like horse tranquilizer that gets mixed /cut with fentanyl for street drugs for humans.
There is a black market for that.
JMO.

Thanks, I am relieved to know that

 

[Moon1871]

He can certainly throw that at the wall! Others may recall talk of an incident where SM was cleaning the bathroom and mixed bathroom cleaners -- causing a medical reaction. MOO

I’m sure Barry’s lawyer is already looking up the compounds of BAM to check if he can somehow blame Suzanne’s chemotherapy.

Well, he can forget about that. This mixture of chemicals is very specific. But yeah, he’ll probably throw anything at the wall to see what sticks.

JMO

 

[FromGermany1]

Suzanne Morphew Vanished 5 Years Ago. Inside Her Disappearance — and Why Prosecutors Claimed She Was ‘Hunted’ By Her Husband

Colorado mom Suzanne Morphew vanished during a bike ride on Mother’s Day in 2020. Here's everything to know about her disappearance and what her husband was charged with.

people.com

Nicely detailed ....

 

[FromGermany1]

Barry's lawyers also told the outlet that a bullet and Suzanne’s biking clothes were found with her remains, though it was not clear if the bullet had been used, and that her foot bones and shoes were not in the shallow grave.

If I ever knew, I've forgotten this part. Why were these bones plus shoes missing?

Suzanne Morphew Vanished 5 Years Ago. Inside Her Disappearance — and Why Prosecutors Claimed She Was ‘Hunted’ By Her Husband

Colorado mom Suzanne Morphew vanished during a bike ride on Mother’s Day in 2020. Here's everything to know about her disappearance and what her husband was charged with.

people.com

 

[Nikynoo]

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

looking at the indictment, I think they were ruling out the port. In any case, he would need to subdue her to be able to administer the BAM. I think its more likely that Suzanne was injected with it, either by hand or by dart gun (which IIRC was not operational when found by LE). imo.

ETA question - how long would it take for the BAM to metabolise?