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

[MonteCarlo]

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 ?

correct....

I read on a thread somewhere that there was a different type of soil/ dirt at the scene? I cannot find that anywhere in the GJ indictment.... did I dream that?

 

[Skigh]

correct....

I read on a thread somewhere that there was a different type of soil/ dirt at the scene? I cannot find that anywhere in the GJ indictment.... did I dream that?

No,you did not dream it. It was definitely stated.

 

[Megnut]

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.)

I've been reading up on this technique as well as powdered lime, the body farm, dissolving bodies and bleaching bones.

Y'all are going to have to vouch for my good character when my morning search history gets flagged.

It almost has to be the case that he used consecutive gravesites and multiple methods to destroy evidence.

I think he did most of it, whatever it was and wherever it was, the first night, before anyone knew Suzanne was missing. Two, three locations wouldn't surprise me now.

Then he gambled. He moved her again, after her body was skeletonized. He risked getting caught doing it, that's the craziest part. Fear of re-arrest and fit of greed (to the scale of $15M) muddy have fueled him. He knew they'd hunt him for life if he didn't give ac way to take the heat off him. So he apparently doubled down on the bike/abduction story which no one believed in the first place.

Shows his state of mind if he thinks he can stage an abduction this late in the game and that Moffat would somehow release him from suspicion. Better odds had he planted her bones in JL's backyard. Better odds, but bad odds all around.

Unbarrying her, it beggars belief. But here we are.

A long series of sloppy and impulsive moves --

Executive malfunction.

JMO

 

[Megnut]

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. He would also 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.

Oh, for sure that. And he'd be getting the mountain lion too, he'd been gunning for it for years. Mount it like he had avenged his beloved's death.

That he thought anyone would believe him -- collective head shake.

JMO

 

[scapa]

Have already suggested vomit emoji, along with the eye-roll emoji.

Agreed, though, that this particular case-- the vomit emoji is essential. I haven't followed this case except in the most general terms, but even on those most general and vague terms-- he's guilty. REALLY guilty.

PROFOUNDLY guilty, jmo. I'm amazed he's been trotting around free as long as he has, quite frankly.

This is EXACTLY what you'd be looking for to just ice him completely. I'm seeing articles claiming he was a great dad. Great dads don't kill someone's mom. This guy's amazing in the worst way possible. Murdering husbands (convicted and alleged)-- they seem to sometimes be the stuff of absolutely the most twisted, bizarre cases you'll ever see legally. It's like nobody wants to believe it.

RIP Suzanne.

(And good luck in prison, Barry.)

This.

And they especially don't murder the mother of the daughters they're busy being a great dad to. In fact, I'd put "Don't kill Mum" as pretty much Rule #1 of the longish list of Dad Rules -- or Person Rules, really.

I don't see BM as being particularly virtuous in his parenting. He didn't hate his daughters -- only Suzanne. I'd also expect that he's done his level best to parent any traces of SM out of her daughters, or foreground them in order to hone the pleasurable edges of his guilt, I suppose.

He just ain't good, or deep or interesting -- as both he and SM have told us over and over again.

 

[Diddian]

@Megnut -

Can I get in on that vouching of search history this morning? (Liquid "cremation"...).

And I have more than a few books in my personal library about serial killers and some written by former FBI agents/analysts as well. (Although the dust accumulated on at least some of them should serve to prove that many haven't been opened in a few years.). I think of those every time I read articles indicating an alleged murderer reportedly owned a similar title/author...

 

[MassGuy]

Last night I watched the Forensic Files episode on Michelle Wallace, a 25 year old woman who had been living in Gunnison when she disappeared.

The episode featured forensic anthropologist Diane France, who was involved in this case. She has worked with Necrosearch international for decades now, and they were involved heavily in the search for Suzanne early on (dog hits on the bobcat, that beach site, etc).

I found a news article that explains her work, and the work of a forensic botanist who was pivotal in locating Michelle's remains. As we know, a botanist was involved here as well. I think we'll learn that these experts are again all Necrosearch, and efforts have been made to find the original grave site. Of note, the bleaching of Michelle's hair and the pine needles found in it, were key to finding her:

The group, which would evolve into NecroSearch International, agreed to assist Young and take on the case. They'd visited several possible sites of hidden graves in their brief existence, but had never before found a body they were seeking in conjunction with a criminal probe.

The key breakthrough provided by NecroSearch came from forensic botanist Vickey Trammell, a charter member of the group who remains very active in training, research and investigations to this day, despite the physical challenges posed by age and illness.

Trammell examined the braids that had been found by a hiker. She found they had been bleached by the sun, indicating that they had never been buried, and therefore the rest of Wallace's remains probably had been above ground since she went missing 18 years earlier.

The most important bit of evidence that Trammell had gleaned came in the form of spruce needles that had become ensnared in the braids. Trammell recognized the overwhelming majority of the needles as those produced by the Engelmann spruce, which is at home on steep, mostly shady, north-facing slopes.

So it was those types of locales in the vast mountains of Colorado's Western Slope where the search for Wallace began on Aug. 6, 1992.

Three days into the search, NecroSearch members had no developments to report, until one member broke from the pack to take a bathroom break.

On a steep, mostly shady, north-facing slope, just like Trammell had suggested, the searcher on break spied what she believed was a huge mushroom. Closer inspection revealed it was a human skull, complete with the same gold molar that searchers were told to look for in Wallace's cranium. Dental records confirmed she had been found.

State case with a local link made NecroSearch famous

DOUGLAS COUNTY - Long before NecroSearch International had taken its place among the most respected investigative groups in the world, the foundation for its link to the Pueblo Police Department alre…

www.chieftain.com

 

[Love Never Fails]

Wow, I wonder if that is true?

Why would a young woman want to live in a broken down trailer in a rundown trailer park behind a 7/11 in the desert? And with her father?

Maybe she lived in Gilbert? very nice homes there.

 

[Seattle1]

Wow, I wonder if that is true?

Why would a young woman want to live in a broken down trailer in a rundown trailer park behind a 7/11 in the desert? And with her father?

MK is usually good with the details but his opening was definitely incorrect! For example, BM was arrested by traffic stop in Gilbert, AZ, and not Cave Creek as he reported. IMO, the daughter most likely lived near the University and returned to IN after graduation. Not to say she didn't "visit" BM at his trailer but I'd wager $$ she didn't ever "live" there! JMO

 

[Love Never Fails]

Can someone help me remeber MM1 And MM2. Which is Mallory and which is Macy?

 

[Diddian]

Can someone help me remeber MM1 And MM2. Which is Mallory and which is Macy?

Mallory is the older daughter. Macy was still living at home at the time SM disappeared and it was Macy's boyfriend who we see on LE body cam in the driveway of the Morphew residence around the time LE found SM's bike. He was asked about where SM typically biked, what she wore, and the state of the Morphew marriage, as far as he knew.

 

[Skigh]

Can someone help me remeber MM1 And MM2. Which is Mallory and which is Macy?

I think it is Macy wearing black.

 

[Love Never Fails]

Thinking about the biking clothes found with Suzanne’s body. Does anyone else recall that Barry packed Suzanne’s things and got rid of them right away? I seem to remember reading that in the threads.
I have always believed there was some pre-planning on his part. Not detailed, obviously, because he really made mistakes. But if he had a place prepared to bury her and intended to move her later then why not save some biking clothes to match his story for when she was found?

 

[Love Never Fails]

Mallory is the older daughter. Macy was still living at home at the time SM disappeared and it was Macy's boyfriend who we see on LE body cam in the driveway of the Morphew residence around the time LE found SM's bike. He was asked about where SM typically biked, what she wore, and the state of the Morphew marriage, as far as he knew.

Thanks.

 

[Love Never Fails]

I think it is Macy wearing black.

Ok thanks.

 

[Teche]

Jonny G.

Oh, Barry.

Can't wait for Jonny’s testimony.

 

[Love Never Fails]

Ok thanks.

Macy knew they were having problems. She lied right there in that video. Also, Suzanne said Barry always got Mallory on his side, as a narcissist tends to do.

 

[Skigh]

Thinking about the biking clothes found with Suzanne’s body. Does anyone else recall that Barry packed Suzanne’s things and got rid of them right away? I seem to remember reading that in the threads.
I have always believed there was some pre-planning on his part. Not detailed, obviously, because he really made mistakes. But if he had a place prepared to bury her and intended to move her later then why not save some biking clothes to match his story for when she was found?

I think Barry might have had thoughts and fantasized about killing Suzanne,but I now do not think he had anything preplanned. I do not think Barry plans much, he is far too disorganised. I do not think he initially thought about moving her,it was reactionary.

 

[Love Never Fails]

Mallory is the older daughter. Macy was still living at home at the time SM disappeared and it was Macy's boyfriend who we see on LE body cam in the driveway of the Morphew residence around the time LE found SM's bike. He was asked about where SM typically biked, what she wore, and the state of the Morphew marriage, as far as he knew.

Even Macy’s boyfriend said she texted him about hating to come home to the middle of her parents arguments. I hurt for those girls. Can they believe their moms infidelity is as bad as their dads murder of their mom? I don’t think sp.

 

[Skigh]

Even Macy’s boyfriend said she texted him about hating to come home to the middle of her parents arguments. I hurt for those girls. Can they believe their moms infidelity is as bad as their dads murder of their mom? I don’t think sp.

She must have seen the video clip of her boyfriend telling the police about the state of the marriage.