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

[NoeticSoul]

I asked AI to explain a scenario where Suzanne’s bones could be bleached, not have animal activity, and make them easy to collect and transport to the second dump site:

If the body was contained at the original location, such as in a sealed container or wrapping, this would limit animal activity and insect access, explaining the lack of predation and minimal decomposition of clothing.

The bleaching of the bones could still occur if the container was partially exposed to sunlight—perhaps a translucent or degradable material—or if the remains were briefly left uncovered before being fully contained.

In a dry, sunny environment like Colorado, UV radiation could bleach the bones over time during this initial exposure. After containment, the process would halt, preserving the bleached state, and the remains could then be moved to the shallow grave, aligning with the forensic findings.

The missing cooler?

 

[KBlackRabbit]

It’s not just her feet that are missing, a number of her bones weren’t listed: the pelvis, the humeri, the bones of her hands, left scapula, left clavicle, and possibly some ribs and vertebrae.

As for the ex-girlfriend or whatever and any others that saw a $15M payday evaporate in front of their faces, they know what he is, they had the same access to information as the rest of us, they were free to move around wherever they wanted, they’re grown adults, they made their own decisions, and I have no patience for them.

 

[TKG]

October 2021.

Of course, I was wrong on my year via a typo. Thank you for the correction @Knox! Appreciate you.

 

[steeltowngirl]

I JUST LEARNED THE NEWS NOW!
The wait is over.. and a $3 million cash bond .. OMG

Finally, Justice may be coming for Suzanne!!

 

[katydid23]

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

I think the speculation was based upon two things:

---Barry told detectives that he and Suzanne were intimate after their one plate steak dinner that night.
Some speculate that he wanted to give a reason in case she was found to have his DNA showing intimacy between them?

The master bedroom door was possibly kicked in. If so, that might be where the physical attack began. If he was angry about his wife seeing someone else, SA-ing her could be his angry response.

 

[Knox]

I asked AI to explain a scenario where Suzanne’s bones could be bleached, not have animal activity, and make them easy to collect and transport to the second dump site:

If the body was contained at the original location, such as in a sealed container or wrapping, this would limit animal activity and insect access, explaining the lack of predation and minimal decomposition of clothing.

The bleaching of the bones could still occur if the container was partially exposed to sunlight—perhaps a translucent or degradable material—or if the remains were briefly left uncovered before being fully contained.

In a dry, sunny environment like Colorado, UV radiation could bleach the bones over time during this initial exposure. After containment, the process would halt, preserving the bleached state, and the remains could then be moved to the shallow grave, aligning with the forensic findings.

Interesting. I wonder if Barry had access to shrink wrap material? I know there’s an answer, just can’t find what ticks all the right boxes.

This would make so much more sense if the bleached effect were chemical and not from exposure to sunlight.

 

[fcavanaugh]

I JUST LEARNED THE NEWS NOW!
The wait is over.. and a $3 million cash bond .. OMG

Finally, Justice may be coming for Suzanne!!

Yes finally, justice for Suzanne hopefully coming soon!
Great to “see” you @steeltowngirl

IMHOO

#JUSTICEFORSUZANNE

 

[Knox]

One point of clarification--

While we know that Suzanne had been sunbathing, IMO she changed out of her bikini.

LE found it hanging up in her closet.

I've said it a couple of times here -- I don't think Barry knows how to operate a hanger. Therefore it was Suzanne who hung it up.

When JL wasn't available, I think she changed into daywear or into her bikewear, readying to ride, Saturday afternoon.

I'm with you @brissygirl2019 I hate thinking about the details of how Suzanne went from being very alive to very dead, all because Barry came home.

JMO

He said she was sunbathing when he returned home. I think that’s true.

There are likely hooks in the closet. He put the bathing suit there because she would have changed out of it that evening. They had dinner together she wouldn’t have worn her bikini.

The last thing he said he saw her wearing were the short white shorts and string type top. He likely placed those in the hamper or somewhere in the closet too. We suspect he grabbed the tank, sweatshirt and yeti shorts.

There is also speculation he dumped some other items of hers in the dumpster circle jerk in Broomfield and perhaps even at the store he showed up at that one evening.

He’s not great at staging, but evidently her clothing was at forefront for him. JMO.

 

[charminglane]

Interesting. I wonder if Barry had access to shrink wrap material? I know there’s an answer, just can’t find what ticks all the right boxes.

This would make so much more sense if the bleached effect were chemical and not from exposure to sunlight.

How about some Visqueen or landscape fabric?

 

[MassGuy]

Interesting. I wonder if Barry had access to shrink wrap material? I know there’s an answer, just can’t find what ticks all the right boxes.

This would make so much more sense if the bleached effect were chemical and not from exposure to sunlight.

A chemical really doesn't work for me based on the time he had to work with, so I've got to believe it's sunlight. Maybe she was put in a cooler without a top, I think that would tick all the boxes.

She'd be exposed to sunlight for the bleaching, she'd be somewhat protected from scavengers, and her remains would be contained enough for him to gather and transport them to the secondary dumpsite.

 

[Knox]

A chemical really doesn't work for me based on the time he had to work with, so I've got to believe it's sunlight. Maybe she was put in a cooler without a top, I think that would tick all the boxes.

She'd be exposed to sunlight for the bleaching, she'd be somewhat protected from scavengers, and her remains would be contained enough for him to gather and transport them to the secondary dumpsite.

Works I guess, why I suggested shrink wrap. No lid because it wouldn’t close, or was damaged and came off? That part doesn’t make a lot of sense.

 

[Charlot123]

This is a bit of a reach for me, as I don't generally posit theories that aren't rock solid. I'm posting this for posterity though:

Barry Morphew had gotten away with murder. Charges were dropped, any future case was unlikely without a body, and he had a 15 million dollar lawsuit pending against law enforcement, and those who prosecuted him.

Here's where things get interesting. The grand jury indictment contains evidence that Suzanne's body was moved, as evidence at her gravesite was not consistent with what the various experts expected to see.So why would Barry move a body that had remained undiscovered for (likely) over two years, and put it in a place that greatly increased the likelihood of discovery?

Money. It's always been about money. From the cons he ran to obtain wealth (selling worthless businesses), to not wanting to part with assets as a result of divorce, to liquidating assets shortly after her disappearance. It was a motive for murder, and I believe the reason he wanted Suzanne found.

With a body, Barry would be able to collect on life insurance (no 7 year wait). We don't have any proof that Suzanne did have a policy, but I do believe one exists.

It could have given him access to her share of the estate.

It could have bolstered his lawsuit, which is why he apparently redressed her body in biking clothes.

It could have all but guaranteed his freedom forever, because he could "prove" that Suzanne was in fact kidnapped on a bike ride.

This was one hell of a risk, but I believe the evidence shows that's exactly what happened. The discovery of Suzanne's body during a search that was ostensibly unrelated, has always bothered me. Edna Quintana disappeared in May of 2023, and the search that uncovered Suzanne's remains was over 4 months later. Why was CBI there? Why was CBI there then?

I think a few different scenarios are plausible:

Someone helped Barry move Suzanne and they cooperated.

Someone helped Barry move Suzanne and they told someone else.

Some sort of investigation into Barry's movements led them there.

Barry himself called in a tip (I've seen this happen in a couple cases).

What this absolute moron didn't count on, was Suzanne's body containing a smoking gun. The very chemical the previous investigation was based on, one that Barry admitted to owning, recently using, and disposing of, was found in her bones.

BAM.

Great post.

I forgot that when the case against BM was dismissed with prejudice, Suzanne was in a “disappeared” phase. Most of us didn’t believe the disappearance at all. However, logically, the evidence that she was murdered was circumstantial. She did discuss (with her friend) the possibility of moving to another country and buying insurance; they ultimately came to the conclusion that the plan was not viable. We were thinking of how Barry could get rid of the body, and shafts in Colorado were considered times and again.

(And, much as Suzanne being abducted or eloping seemed unlikely, there are known cases of dissociative fugue, or moving away forever, like the woman who disappeared in Catskills, NY, and was found in a nursing home in MA 42 years later. Her husband lived under the cloud of suspicion all his life, never remarried, and died without knowing that his wife was alive.)

So JMO: when the case against BM was dismissed, it was one “find Suzanne’s body” situation.

I would disagree with you, though, that finding Suzanne’s body would have bolstered BM’s lawsuit. I think, the opposite. Iris’s lawsuit was about violating BM’s constitutional rights. To me, it was very much based on the fact that Suzanne merely disappeared, without solid evidence of death. As Iris had said, “Barry was the most scrutinized, dissected, surveilled individual, minute by minute, hour by hour, using law enforcement cameras posted by his home, phone taps and GPS devices placed on his car – all during the timeframe of her disappearance and the years following”. So the lawsuit was in the context of Suzanne’s death being unproven.

I agree with the rest. That there (highly!) likely was life insurance, that Barry did not want to wait for seven years, that proving Suzanne’s death would have given him access to her share of the estate. Maybe he wanted to get married? (He seemed to have invested in his looks, somehow, whether successfully or not.)

I don’t perceive him as a stupid man, but he is an impulsive man who periodically erupts.

Did anyone help him move the body? A million-dollar-question. By nature, he is a lonely wolf, and is not prone to form teams. So my first inclination is to think that he worked alone but either blurted something out to a friend (he blabbed a lot to agent Grusing before) and “they” took notes, or maybe, indeed, he was on someone’s radar.

All MOO.

 

[MassGuy]

Works I guess, why I suggested shrink wrap. No lid because it wouldn’t close, or was damaged and came off? That part doesn’t make a lot of sense.

God knows. I'm just trying to account for the sunlight, lack of scavenger activity, and the fact that he was able to transport almost all of her body to the second dump site.

I just hope they have a theory, because this is going to drive me fricken crazy.

 

[MassGuy]

Just thinking about the bike clothes that hadn't deteriorated like they should have. Obviously he would have added these when he moved her. I can't imagine he had any of Suzanne's clothes still laying around, so he'd have to buy them.

There's likely no hope that they'll be able to track the purchase (online record, credit card, etc). Barry's cheap though; he probably would have bought that stuff at a thrift shop.

Maybe someone will remember him buying that stuff, especially if he bought it that part of Colorado, where he's recognizable.

 

[Ssschu]

With recent discussion about SD, I have to say I always found it more than a little sus the fact that she and her former paramour fiancé? FB, both called in to LE claiming to have seen a suspicious vehicle on Mother’s Day May 10th in the area where Suzanne was biking aka NOT BIKING. The only 2 people to call it in, one of whom-FB quickly dropped off the radar after giving a short local media interview about seeing the suspicious vehicle, and the other-SD, subsequently ends up meeting (dumpster) and dating the man of the missing woman 5 months later (Oct 2020).

I’m sorry but I have a realllyyyyy hard time believing it was just coincidence BM ends up with the lady who called in seeing a suspicious vehicle in the area that fateful Mother’s Day. It really has always given me pause that BM and SD knew each other way before he claimed to have met her for the first time at the Dumpster in October 2020 as in, knew each other before Suzanne was murdered, and have sometime wondered if FB and SD came into a little windfall aka $$$$ oh I don’t know, say sometime around Mother’s Day 2020, iykwim.

Yeah, really don’t think a suspicious vehicle ever existed.


IMHOO

#JUSTICEFORSUZANNE

I forgot all about this!! I agree that would be far too great of a coincidence. I'm so glad you reminded me of this crazy detail.

 

[Seattle1]

One thing that drove me crazy during the first go-round, is that we had no idea what was going on in the courtroom much of the time. We will not have that issue here, as the decorum order says that proceedings will be live streamed.

Not so fast!

The Court is still governed by Chapter 38, Rule 3 of the Co Supreme Court Rules (no cameras in the courtroom) which restricts when EMC/live streaming may be considered.

The only addition I see in the Order for consideration for live streaming is for bond hearings, the preliminary hearing which is N/A, arraignment, pretrial conferences, motions hearings, opening & closing statements, reading of the verdict, and sentencing.

It appears that the Court will have a "Media Room" where reporters can use their electronic devices-- unlike parties located inside the Courtroom.

From the 6/20/25 ORDER PREEMPTIVELY GRANTING REQUESTS FOR EXPANDED MEDIA COVERAGE:

From the 6/20/25 STANDING ORDER ON DECORUM:

 

[Charlot123]

About her body.

Do you remember early reports of the smell of bleach? I think people working with Barry reported it, and then there was a lengthy discussion about the hotel room being under a swimming pool, and the pool being closed because of the leak? I never believed the “leak theory”, but I remember the report of the smell of bleach.

So unless no one entered the swimming pool for months and Barry kept the body in it overnight (not likely but who knows? Maybe she was meant to drown), I think that BM kept some household bleach at home (for antlers? Or something else?).

I just wonder what he did with the rest of the deers. In answer to my question: “While not a direct part of the primary tanning process itself,
bleaching can be used in leather production, usually as a preparatory or finishing step.“ There are different bleaches used including oxalic acid.

Did he ever sell deer leather or leather goods?

So given the bleach smell, I think it was the first thing he did - put the body in a bleaching solution.

After that, it was probably something that caused mummification. It could have been either hot and dry climate of Nevada or Arizona, or the opposite: any snowfield or “glacier” of Colorado. Dry and hot or dry and cold would do the same. It is what happened to Ötzi in the Alps.

I think we have to look at what artifacts BM sold from his deer farm… he didn’t reinvent the wheel.

 

[FromGermany1]

About her body.

Do you remember early reports of the smell of bleach? I think people working with Barry reported it, and then there was a lengthy discussion about the hotel room being under a swimming pool, and the pool being closed because of the leak? I never believed the “leak theory”, but I remember the report of the smell of bleach.

So unless no one entered the swimming pool for months and Barry kept the body in it overnight (not likely but who knows? Maybe she was meant to drown), I think that BM kept some household bleach at home (for antlers? Or something else?).

I just wonder what he did with the rest of the deers. In answer to my question: “While not a direct part of the primary tanning process itself,
bleaching can be used in leather production, usually as a preparatory or finishing step.“ There are different bleaches used including oxalic acid.

Did he ever sell deer leather or leather goods?

So given the bleach smell, I think it was the first thing he did - put the body in a bleaching solution.

After that, it was probably something that caused mummification. It could have been either hot and dry climate of Nevada or Arizona, or the opposite: any snowfield or “glacier” of Colorado. Dry and hot or dry and cold would do the same. It is what happened to Ötzi in the Alps.

I think we have to look at what artifacts BM sold from his deer farm… he didn’t reinvent the wheel.

His hunting buddies would have to know, how his cadaver handling was. Or a helper on his deer farm in MI would know it.
BM once even got a bear hunted (I saw a photo of him with his trophy) - what did he do with this animal afterwards? Which techniques did he use?
These special skills of him, which IMO aren't usual for the average man, need to be explored.

 

[Seattle1]

6/24/25

Extraditing Barry Morphew, What You Need to Know | Profiling Evil​

 

[Skigh]

6/24/25

Extraditing Barry Morphew, What You Need to Know | Profiling Evil​

At the beginning Ron says that one of Barry's daughters was living with him in Arizona.
He thinks Barry could be brought back to Colorado soon ,maybe by the end of the week. He says it will be done quietly away from press attention,though some hints maybe dropped so there are pictures of him entering Colorado jail.