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

[Smelly Squirrel]

If where her remains were found is not the original body disposal site, there may very well have been animal predation that occurred at that first location.

Indictment said there was a lack of animal predation on the bones.

 

[fcavanaugh]

Re. "...players SD, GD, and CC,..." - Post #45, supra. [Para. one, final sentence]

Please indulge this sweep of my cobwebs,
as well as a few humble opinions.
TIA
​

"CC" -> summoned for the Broomfield Wallibi by MG @ BM's direction and later reversed, never arrived at the site, nor stayed at the accommodations reserved for him nearby, presumably returning home.
In any & all events, iirc, is not CC deceased?

"GD" -> To paraphrase Benjamin Franklin, "Two may keep a secret, if one of them is dead."
But even His Brilliance may have appreciated the difficulties further homicides would present. Plus, unlike Suzanne's circumstance, killing an old friend would never be countenanced by his god.
IMO, only if Barry had something really, really BAD on GD, would he have risked enlisting him.

"SD" -> OMO, but Barry's abject disparagement of mere-need-fulfillers makes imparting any confidence of import relating to himself, to her, extremely unlikely.
As to time/place/event/corroboration/refutation, an "encouraged" SD could be helpful in building the case I should think.

RSBM from your post referring to my post:

"CC" -> summoned for the Broomfield Wallibi by MG @ BM's direction and later reversed, never arrived at the site, nor stayed at the accommodations reserved for him nearby, presumably returning home.
Correct CC didn’t stay at the hotel Sunday evening with MG and JP, but iirc CC did show up at the jobsite the next day on Monday to help MG and JP work on the wall. However, since BM didn’t bring/leave the correct tools for his workers to be able to do the work, and also since the materials needed to do the work never arrived at the site (because they were never ordered),
BM’s workers’ ended up leaving the site and headed home after waiting around for awhile for materials that never arrived and not being able to perform any work with incorrect tools!

In any & all events, iirc, is not CC deceased?
I do believe CC is still among the living, it is JP who’s unfortunately deceased. (RIP)


*Lauren Scharf did a deep dive and posted an excellent in depth breakdown on the Broomfield job details which can be found on the Media thread for anyone interested in a refresher. I’d post it except I’m on my mobile device which doesn’t cooperate sometimes when I try to post links and messes up quotes and my posts ugh.

**Your points about GD and SD are well taken thank you, and I agree SD could be helpful in building the case.


IMHOO

#JUSTICEFORSUZANNE

 

[DizzyB]

Where ever he put her, it's sure to be a wild story. There was that noise along the riverside tip (which is still weird), there were all kinds of rumors about how to account for his time the night of Mother's Day.

And then he goes to Broomfield, showers and sleeps, right?

Lot of land between Salida and Broomfield. Wherever the initial site was, Barry had to be able to get back to it. Would he have placed Suzanne in his own truck and driven some distance before hiding her the first time? Or was the first site accessed before he left for Broomfield, using another vehicle? Barry drove around at least two times with a dying or dead Suzanne. Where did he stash her biking clothes-with her or someplace else?

 

[Diddian]

Where ever he put her, it's sure to be a wild story. There was that noise along the riverside tip (which is still weird), there were all kinds of rumors about how to account for his time the night of Mother's Day.

And then he goes to Broomfield, showers and sleeps, right?

Add to that the missing telematics on his truck and the turning off of his phone for the beginning of that trip to Broomfield.

• SM's phone ceases all activity at 4:23 am.
• BM turns off his phone before leaving Puma Path residence at 4:32 am and it remains off until 5:37 am, when it is turned off near Johnson Village. (It takes 36 minutes to travel from Puma Path to Johnson Village, so 29 minutes are unaccounted for.)
• No telematics registered on BM's truck from 3:49 am to 8:10 am even though he was at Johnson Village by 5:37 am (so must have been driving the truck to get there). It takes roughly 3 hours to drive from the Puma Path residence to the Holiday Inn Express, Broomfield.
• Last telematics indicating truck activity before that was from 3:25 am to 3:49 am in the driveway of Puma Path residence.

SM's phone ceased all activity at 4:23 am (34 minutes after last truck activity in Puma Path driveway recorded by telematics and 9 minutes before BM turned his own phone off before leaving the Puma Path residence and heading toward Broomfield).

4:32 am to 5:37 am seems a very important time (much like the missing hours the night before, but a much more condensed time period so whatever happened during this time could be done quickly).

 

[GOBliaison]

I wonder where the foot bones are, and why they were not moved with the rest of her remains.

Fifty-two bits, in toto => IMO, too hard to police... AND far better NONE than some @ gravesite(s), which could, if discovered, support corpse transport arguments.

Q: Was it Hansel or Gretel dropping the white/bleached pebbles along the path to 'some evil place'?

* * *

Anatomy of the foot

The foot is one of the most complex parts of the body. It is made up of 26 bones connected by many joints, muscles, tendons, and ligaments.​

Foot Pain and Problems | Johns Hopkins Medicine​

 

[DizzyB]

Fifty-two "bits", in toto => IMO, too hard to police; AND far better NONE than some @ gravesite(s), which could, if discovered, support corpse transport.

Q: Was it Hansel or Gretel dropping the white/bleached pebbles along the path to an evil place?

* * * ​

Number of Bones. How many bones are in the foot?

26 bones

Anatomy of the foot

The foot is one of the most complex parts of the body. It is made up of 26 bones connected by many joints, muscles, tendons, and ligaments. The foot is susceptible to many stresses.

Foot Pain and Problems | Johns Hopkins Medicine​

And not one of the 52 bones was at the Moffatt site.

 

[Smelly Squirrel]

Lot of land between Salida and Broomfield. Wherever the initial site was, Barry had to be able to get back to it. Would he have placed Suzanne in his own truck and driven some distance before hiding her the first time? Or was the first site accessed before he left for Broomfield, using another vehicle? Barry drove around at least two times with a dying or dead Suzanne. Where did he stash her biking clothes-with her or someplace else?

Since the telematics and phone data is missing during his drive to Broomfield, it was probably during that drive.

 

[Warwick7]

Or speculatively of course because I enjoy looking at both sides of a case always, that it was someone who knew Barry had BAM and stole it and killed his wife to hurt him. The idea that they researched it and who had it legally doesn't preclude that someone had it "illegally" direct from Barry's house.

SM said he had cameras everywhere. If true, BM would know if something was stolen from him.

I mean, when SM's brother came for the search, instead of helping them BM threatened everyone to stay off his property AND hung hunting cameras.

 

[Seattle1]

"....The Subject was Traffic Stopped"

https://twitter.com/x/status/1936484744281420188

 

[Cindizzi]

 

[Smelly Squirrel]

The speculations about what happened at the arrest are based on what Kelly said during the press conference when answering a question about it.

Kelly: "The question is what Mr. Morphew’s reaction was, and I can tell you that that's going to be part of the case and we look forward to presenting that in front of a jury."

But we also know LE said he was arrested "without incident."

 

[Megnut]

I too get thoughts like this. I also think he did something with the backhoe, just before he executed his plan for her murder.

Remember how we were discussing that he could have dug holes (and didn't he buy some trees that he said he was going to plant but didn't? Something like that). Anyway I'm hoping someone else remembers. But there had to be a reason for him to swap out the Bobcat scoop.

Could he have dug a hole somewhere on the back side of their property, smoothed the dirt over but left it to cover the cooler? The cooler would behave a lot like a barrel and chemicals could be put into it.

We're not allowed to cuss here (which is a good thing) or I would.

JMO

4 hours unaccounted for

Loose bolts in the Bobcat bucket

30 lost minutes iirc en route to Broomfield

The left turn

The bleach smell

The wet towels

The Saturday detour to look at equipment he had already declined

Where the Butte sweatshirt was while Suzanne's body decomposed

So many questions remain...

Perhaps he spend a frenetic night, moving her several times, trying to outthink LE. And for a minute remained a step ahead of them only because he had moved her.

My theory:

Cooler with chemicals
Attempted barry-all at beach property
Attempted barry-all at the development property.
Returned home and barried her behind PP, time consuming
Prior to selling and in conjunction with the $15M lawsuit, he moved her again, to Moffat.

And each time investigators got to one of the earlier sites, he had already moved her.

I can't account for her missing feet.

JMO

 

[Megnut]

I can't account for her missing feet.

I wonder if he can.

JMO

 

[Tragg]

Seems to me no opportunity for PEPG was addressed from the start -- BM was NOT denied bail by the Court.

If anything, the defense today might only argue for a reduction in bail set by Judge Hopkins. Good luck with that -- last year Aurora's James Craig, DDS, bail was set at $10M cash only.

Upon BM's return to Colorado, we should expect him to go right to the arraignment stage to enter a plea of either guilty or not guilty.

Ref Indictment pg 9/10

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James Craig

Good catch! I infer that Kelly stipulated the $3m bail amount when the indictment was issued, and will not seek to alter the order. If so, I think she made a smart move. There will be no PEPG hearing, no prelim, no opportunity for public posturing by Morphew's attorney: no opportunity for informal discovery and unexpected procedural issues. Kelly has a plan to keep the circus from opening its tents.

I wonder if Morphew will request discovery about the grand jury, with a view to a challenge like Bryan Kohberger raised in Idaho. That seems to be a trend in defense strategy. Any thoughts?

 

[Magic8Ball]

If you have a grudge, you go after the person you have a grudge against; you don't do someone like Barry a favor.

If you steal the BAM and then use it, then the body should be there.

She showed no sign of life after Barry arrived home that afternoon, and her phone went dark within minutes of his going dark- hers forever.

You cannot separate Barry from this on that alone, and that's ignoring everything else that would take me hundreds and hundreds of words to write.

I'm not going to use hundreds and hundreds of words, but I'll add a few more to what you just pointed out. Should #TeamBarry choose to go the alternate suspect route, here's what they have to prove about our mystery man, Person X, to make it even remotely plausible:

X knew Barry had BAM.
X knew where Barry kept his BAM.
X had access to Barry's BAM.
X knew Barry was going to Broomfield Sunday despite Barry having only made the decision at the last minute to go to Broomfield that day.
X knew MM was away that weekend.
X knew exactly what time MM was expected back home that day.
X staged the bike ride and planted the bike and helmet in broad daylight after killing her to make it look like a random abduction when it would have been much lower risk to murder and leave her at the house.
X took the risk of shooting Suzanne with BAM first vs. killing her in another way, despite the fact that there was no way of knowing if/how long the BAM would need to take affect and whether in fact it would be lethal.
X disposed of her somewhere and then returned to the site later on, retrieved her remains and then dumped them in Saguache County.

Occam says Person X is not some mysterious alternate suspect.
Occam says the simplest conclusion to reach is that Person X is Barry.

 

[Megnut]

The speculations about what happened at the arrest are based on what Kelly said during the press conference when answering a question about it.

Kelly: "The question is what Mr. Morphew’s reaction was, and I can tell you that that's going to be part of the case and we look forward to presenting that in front of a jury."

But we also know LE said he was arrested "without incident."

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As part of that arrest, perhaps his car was seized and with a warrant searched. Any findings IMO would be relayed to his arrest IMO. So maybe it's nothing he did or said but something they found.

Still, 'without incidence' doesn't necessarily mean he didn't say anything.

Instead of defiant, he may have been especially cooperative, tired or wiser.

If he said anything at all, it's not automatically proof of anything but it is evidence for the record.

Even just "you've got the wrong guy" is notable.

JMO

 

[Skigh]

As part of that arrest, perhaps his car was seized and with a warrant searched. Any findings IMO would be relayed to his arrest IMO. So maybe it's nothing he did or said but something they found.

Still, 'without incidence' doesn't necessarily mean he didn't say anything.

Instead of defiant, he may have been especially cooperative, tired or wiser.

If he said anything at all, it's not automatically proof of anything but it is evidence for the record.

Even just "you've got the wrong guy" is notable.

JMO

He might have given his name as Lee Moore.

 

[waldojabba]

Bbm.
Say what ???????

Agreed with looking at both --or all-- sides of a case, but not this one.
I highly doubt anyone 'stole' it from Barry to use on Suzanne.
I.e., unlikely.


I believe LE have Barry 'dead to rights', as they say.
From having followed other cases here at WS, sometimes there's a shocker, but in this case it doesn't sound as if Suzanne had any stalkers or enemies.
Imo.

Right?
There is speculation and then there is.... fantasy aka lalala land. This lands in the latter category.
Jeff Puckett (rip) was closer to reality when he said to the effect - "Well if it wasn't Barry then must have been aliens".
JMO

 

[Bethlamb16]

Motive, Means, Opportunity - SODDI.

That’s the only defense to be made, but how will they overcome the evidence that suggests the remains were relocated? If the perp was trying to frame Barry, why relocate the remains to a shallow grave, easily found?

What if they say she was held somewhere for a time before she was disposed of? I am not saying this is what happened but I am not sure if they can say how long she has been deceased. I think this could be an option for defense.

 

[Megnut]

I wonder if Lee Moore had any IDs.

Maybe Barry Morphew never planned to duck out of the US but Lee Moore did.

Alas, that is forever dashed.

Sorry, not sorry.

JMO