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

[Charlot123]

Sadly I see what you're painting but that surely would have resulted in fractures, yes?

He seems consistent with barrying ... from one site to the next ... clothes added later... so barried presumably unclothed originally... so how did some of her bones get left behind? That location must be awaiting discovery.... unless they've left it out of the PCA and held it back for trial.

Could LE have located additional remains from (an)other location(s) and been able to keep a lid on it?

Barry, where are her feet?

JMO

Remembering “a cat could have dragged her up the hill”, I think that she was on the top of some mountain with snow on it.,Maybe the bleach was just meant to prevent scavenger activity as no bird would be attracted by that smell. Not seeing birds = nothing lying there. The snow, cold and sun itself caused mummification with time. JMO. It may have been totally different from what I have in mind - but the guy is nuts. BAM, bleach, bones.

 

[Megnut]

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

Tuesday at 11:30 PM

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.

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Bringing this forward.... good reminder that quite a few bones are missing.

Why? How?

Is it possible he couldn't extract some of the bones because they were embedded in, say, ice, so he gathered what he could? Then dispersed some in the new location in an effort to give cause for missing bones?

Might I surmise that in at least one location prior to discovery, Suzanne's remains were not contained. Whether that's where her body decomposed, I can't say. But from this location, perhaps he was limited by time and medium (ice) and could only collect what he did.

Perhaps it's this location for which LE got late telematics/tracking and it wasn't from when he placed her in a location but from when he gathered much of her, a location at considerable altitude, where they remain, unless LE has since found them.

JMO

 

[Megnut]

IMO Barry has the unique capacity to be able to barry a body, never to be found, but this? This is chaotic, disorganized. Hidden, unhidden, hidden again. Eats scrambled brains for breakfast. When we get to see the evidence and hear the testimony for ourselves, I think we're going to be addled dumb to learn how crazy insane his decisions were, way more frenetic than we've imagined.

JMO

 

[FromGermany1]

Plus her chemoport was still on her. It was found with her in the shallow grave.

These ports are placed just under the skin usually on the upper chest. The fact that it was there means Suzanne’s body was not in advanced stage of decomposition or skeletal when she was transported to the Moffat location.

IF he wanted her found and identified one day, he maybe thought, he had to put the port there with her remains, IMO.

 

[Megnut]

The “distinct lack of bug activity” captures my interest. Do they mean no sign of bug activity in THAT grave or no sign of bug activity on the remains, period, including the very limited amount of desiccated soft tissue that remained on the bones?

Because if the latter, that seems to me to imply that SM’s body decomposed in a sealed container and perhaps with a chemical substance that would have killed any insects that might have managed to get inside before it was sealed.

A quick tour through gardening sites and I wonder about powdered lime. Seems to be a deterrent to garden pests. I wonder if it might play a role in decomposition and/or bleaching as well as scent masking?

Barry utilized what he knew and what he had on hand. Besides BAM, what other chemicals might he have had in his wheelhouse?

Every new detail points back to him.

JMO

 

[Tortoise]

The “distinct lack of bug activity” captures my interest. Do they mean no sign of bug activity in THAT grave or no sign of bug activity on the remains, period, including the very limited amount of desiccated soft tissue that remained on the bones?

Because if the latter, that seems to me to imply that SM’s body decomposed in a sealed container and perhaps with a chemical substance that would have killed any insects that might have managed to get inside before it was sealed.

Do you think there is anything in the wording of the indictment "original gravesite"? I think they might have said 'location' if they thought she hadn't been originally buried.

JMO

 

[Diddian]

Do you think there is anything in the wording of the indictment "original gravesite"? I think they might have said 'location' if they thought she hadn't been originally buried.

JMO

I don't know but am inclined to believe they would say original (or earlier) gravesite whether the remains were buried or not.

For example, if remains were dumped into a mine that would be considered an open grave, dumped into a waterway, that would be considered a watery grave. If SM's body was originally placed into a container and stored somewhere (whether that be an abandoned building, burned out and condemned building, crawl space of a seldom-occupied vacation home, or a storage unit rented under a false identity) known only by BM and possibly anyone he trusted with that information, I would still think that authorities would consider that location SM's "original gravesite."

 

[Diddian]

A quick tour through gardening sites and I wonder about powdered lime. Seems to be a deterrent to garden pests. I wonder if it might play a role in decomposition and/or bleaching as well as scent masking?

Barry utilized what he knew and what he had on hand. Besides BAM, what other chemicals might he have had in his wheelhouse?

Every new detail points back to him.

JMO

What BM had readily on hand was a hot tub full of chemically-treated water. And IIRC, one of BM's afternoon errands on May 9 was a trip to the store from which the Morphew's typically bought the chemicals for their hot tub. IIRC there was some early confusion about whether he visited that store that day or another based on the store's closing time or something like that.

BM also may have had on hand a barrel containing driveway salt (calcium chloride or sodium chloride), this being Colorado with winter snow and ice. I buy mine in gallon containers, but maybe BM bought it in larger.

 

[Knox]

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.

By pointing out the bleached effect on the bones, lack of insect activity/decompositional fluids, and ripped but fairly clean clothing. They’ve rang the bell, can’t leave it up to the defense or jury to decipher and answer those questions.

 

[girlhasnoname]

Might "#228, this thread" support your instinct(s)?
Trusting it may .

I don't know how I missed that. Yes, absolutely yes.

 

[Diddian]

From the 2021 Arrest Affidavit (page 51):

Note third line: Osswald came to Barry's house in 2019 to hunt in a preserve south of Salida.

I wonder where "south of Salida" that preserve is. And whether they were hunting deer or elk.

ETA: I see that the Baca National Wildlife Refuge a few miles SE of Moffat allows hunting for elk on a limited basis through their Refuge Access Permit (that program was implemented in 2025, but was there any earlier program?). Maybe there?

Hunting at Baca National Wildlife Refuge

www.fws.gov

ETA: State Trust Lands at Saguache Creek, with entry 2 miles S of Moffat also has leased 900,000 acres of land to Colorado Fish and Wildlife for hunting and fishing.

https://cpw.state.co.us/state-trust-lands/saguache-creek

 

[Curiousobserver]

MOO is that she was dumped in that location naked with her clothes tossed in there to look like she was raped and killed. I do not think there was a second site.

When Barry started chasing her she was most-likely dressed in sunbathing attire. She sent a picture of this to her paramour. He took that clothing off after incapacitating her.

It would have been very risky for Barry, who has been watched by police and the press, to have traveled to a remote dump site and removed a body to another location. Remember it must have been at least a year after for her to decay to bones and he had gotten away with it. It just doesn't make sense to me, he has been followed by the press on and off almost this whole time.

 

[Skigh]

MOO is that she was dumped in that location naked with her clothes tossed in there to look like she was raped and killed. I do not think there was a second site.

When Barry started chasing her she was most-likely dressed in sunbathing attire. She sent a picture of this to her paramour. He took that clothing off after incapacitating her.

It would have been very risky for Barry, who has been watched by police and the press, to have traveled to a remote dump site and removed a body to another location. Remember it must have been at least a year after for her to decay to bones and he had gotten away with it. It just doesn't make sense to me, he has been followed by the press on and off almost this whole time.

Have you read the autopsy report which clearly states that there is evidence to show Suzanne did not decompose in that site so must have been moved there ?

 

[nodamselindistress]

Thought this Surviving the Survivor was pretty good - some local CO attorneys weigh in

 

[New Penny]

Let me answer you this way:


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Barry Morphew seen out with new girlfriend for the first time

Barry Morphew was pictured with alleged girlfriend Shoshona Darke for the first time, as he loaded bins of men's clothing into the back of his truck at a Salida storage unit on Monday.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Court releases evidence from Barry Morphew’s preliminary hearing

CHAFFEE COUNTY, Colo. — For the first time since Barry Morphew’s arrest last year, the public is able to see in-color photos of evidence from the investigation into the murder of his wi…

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I don’t know how to attach a particular picture so I just brought them all forward. If you look closely at the Peoples Exhibit #68 of the attached photos in the garage over to the far right is a set of elk antlers paired with a bare skull, no skin, hair, tissue left. This is known as a European Mount and is achieved by boiling the body part in water and it would be a well-known technique for BM.

This could be how Suzanne’s remains came to be found desiccated as such. (OMG this was so awkward and horrible to put into words.)

 

[osu]

dbm

 

[scapa]

The way he's holding his arms out there, pleading with the LEO to buy into his mountain lion narrative.

If I had popcorn in my hand, I'd be throwing it at the screen right now.

Classic Barry.

I sometimes imagine the BM-scripted version of this scene, in which the LEO dutifully squints, hitches up his dungarees, chews thoughtfully at the straw in the corner of his mug, and says, "Mountain lion? Yessir, gotta be. You go on your way, friend. We'll round up a posse and get on arfter that critter. You just go on and try live as best you can now...

EXIT LAWMAN

SUN BEGINS TO SET OVER OVER THE BRAVE BUT LONESOME FIGURE SILHOUETTED AGAINST A MOUNTAIN CRAG. HE SIGHS AND MUMBLES

BM: Oh, Suzanne...

ENTER THE REDOUBTABLE AVATAR OF JUSTICE, EYTAN. SHE TAKES OUR HERO'S HAND AND LEADS HIM DOWN THE MOUNTAIN TO WHERE HIS FAMILY AND TOWNSFOLK HAVE GATHERED TO COMFORT HIM.

SWELLING STRINGS, AND FROM THE FARAWAY HILLS THE SOUNDS OF HORSES AND THE SIMMERING HOWL OF A WRONGED AND OUTRAGED MOUNTAIN LION...

SCENE.

Yes, Barry and DT. T'was the cougar done it. And so the next chapter of our take of An Innocent (but actually guilty) Man begins.

Ending, hopefully, with the conviction he so richly deserves.

 

[Nikynoo]

Ok

I don't know that anyone has captured a pic of the RV he owned but the park seens to be more glamping than anything from images on the park website.

I think the pic is either at the end of the last thread or the beginning of this one. I agree it is more bijou than run down. Last I looked it had good reviews too.

 

[Nikynoo]

A quick tour through gardening sites and I wonder about powdered lime. Seems to be a deterrent to garden pests. I wonder if it might play a role in decomposition and/or bleaching as well as scent masking?

Barry utilized what he knew and what he had on hand. Besides BAM, what other chemicals might he have had in his wheelhouse?

Every new detail points back to him.

JMO

Cement powder, sharp sand, gravel, top soil, chippings.

 

[Skigh]

Classic Barry.

I sometimes imagine the BM-scripted version of this scene, in which the LEO dutifully squints, hitches up his dungarees, chews thoughtfully at the straw in the corner of his mug, and says, "Mountain lion? Yessir, gotta be. You go on your way, friend. We'll round up a posse and get on arfter that critter. You just go on and try live as best you can now...

EXIT LAWMAN

SUN BEGINS TO SET OVER OVER THE BRAVE BUT LONESOME FIGURE SILHOUETTED AGAINST A MOUNTAIN CRAG. HE SIGHS AND MUMBLES

BM: Oh, Suzanne...

ENTER THE REDOUBTABLE AVATAR OF JUSTICE, EYTAN. SHE TAKES OUR HERO'S HAND AND LEADS HIM DOWN THE MOUNTAIN TO WHERE HIS FAMILY AND TOWNSFOLK HAVE GATHERED TO COMFORT HIM.

SWELLING STRINGS, AND FROM THE FARAWAY HILLS THE SOUNDS OF HORSES AND THE SIMMERING HOWL OF A WRONGED AND OUTRAGED MOUNTAIN LION...

SCENE.

Yes, Barry and DT. T'was the cougar done it. And so the next chapter of our take of An Innocent (but actually guilty) Man begins.

Ending, hopefully, with the conviction he so richly deserves.

Actually I really think that is really how Barry expected it to play out and that he would be cossetted and comforted as the grieving husband and treated like a mate by the police.. I imagine he thought he would be going out with his guns to hunt for the mountain lion.

I do not think he expected not to be able to return to his house when he returned from Broomfield.