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

[Ssschu]

That smile was creepy IMO, not a natural looking smile at all, very fake, more like baring teeth. JMO

Reminded me of a mountain lion. What a coincidence!

 

[Love Never Fails]

I just read the DM article once again on Suzanne being moved twice and it’s a rehash of previous articles but, as usual, never goes into how she was moved twice. DM seldom gets things right. They do get good pictures though.

 

[MassGuy]

Have you read the DM article this afternoon that’s says Suzanne’s body was moved TWICE?

I knew he buried her and then moved her to Moffat but they are saying she was moved two times?

How could that be?

They're referring to the indictment we've seen.

Suzanne was killed, and her body was moved to one location. Then at some point, it was moved to a second location.

So that makes 2 times, although I prefer to say she was moved once (from the initial site to the secondary one).

 

[Hilt]

I could envision Mr. Morphew's counsel using provocation in a closing where they ask for voluntary manslaughter or no more than a second degree conviction. Basically, asserting the State hasn’t proved the advance planning and intent elements (one or both). It will require some, shall we say, “creativity”, but past and current defense counsel have already demonstrated extraordinary capacity for proof-by-assertion ("Barry Morphew is innocent and he could not have killed his wife.”, “Barry maintains his innocence. The case has not changed, and the outcome will not either.”, blah, blah).

TRIGGER WARNING: The following suggested defense arguments for manslaughter/ second degree murder may induce waves of thundering nausea and possibly brain implosion. Read with caution (and keep Pepto Bismol handy).

• He was a dedicated family man who deeply loved his wife (playing up the support from his daughters, who could potentially testify in a manner supporting this)
• He acted in heat of passion/extreme duress when arriving home to find the woman to whom he had dedicated every fiber of his being, sending bikini pics to her lover (any evidence suggesting he didn’t know about affair was because he couldn’t psychologically admit it, was too embarrassed, didn’t want daughters to find out, it clashed with his perfect marriage fantasy, it supported his alibi for a crime he was deeply remorseful for, etc.. etc.……)
• He was a (self-proclaimed) Godly Man (recall picture of him reading Bible in living room and his 70 times 7 bible quote about forgiveness) and he never had any physical affairs (must admit I’m surprised LE wasn’t able to find much evidence of this) so the discovery of her “sinful” adultery set him over the edge.
• He just happened to have tranquilizer darts handy since a deer requiring antler extraction could show up at any moment (ignore that deer antlers aren’t fully grown till the end of July, but hey, advance preparation).
• He only intended to sedate her with darts but oops. This implies she died from the BAM, which at least at this point seems possible.
• Everything after this (staged bike abduction, trash runs, even moving body) was due to “panic” and fear his daughters would never forgive him and/or find out their mother was an adultress (he’s a “protector”).

Depending on how the defense sizes up the prosecution’s case I’m thinking they might admit to manslaughter or second-degree murder with the argument in point 4. Mr. Morphew could spin it to his daughters that he only wanted to sedate her so she wouldn’t leave, and he could at some point, patiently and lovingly explain to her that he would change his past unacceptable behaviors and forgive the 2-year affair so they could live happily ever after………. (excuse me while I locate a waste receptacle).

 

[Love Never Fails]

They're referring to the indictment we've seen.

Suzanne was killed, and her body was moved to one location. Then at some point, it was moved to a second location.

So that makes 2 times, although I prefer to say she was moved once (from the initial site to the secondary one).

Ah yes makes sense now. How creepy though.

Could you ever say you loved a person when you not only kill them and hide their body but go find the bones and bury the bones (body) once again? In a different location?

Even placing her clothes with the body, how cold is that? It’s not even like a passion killing. It’s more like the mind of a serial killer. No feeling to it. Just gotta do what you gotta do. Ugh.

I hope the DA brings that up repeatedly.

 

[Love Never Fails]

I could envision Mr. Morphew's counsel using provocation in a closing where they ask for voluntary manslaughter or no more than a second degree conviction. Basically, asserting the State hasn’t proved the advance planning and intent elements (one or both). It will require some, shall we say, “creativity”, but past and current defense counsel have already demonstrated extraordinary capacity for proof-by-assertion ("Barry Morphew is innocent and he could not have killed his wife.”, “Barry maintains his innocence. The case has not changed, and the outcome will not either.”, blah, blah).

TRIGGER WARNING: The following suggested defense arguments for manslaughter/ second degree murder may induce waves of thundering nausea and possibly brain implosion. Read with caution (and keep Pepto Bismol handy).

• He was a dedicated family man who deeply loved his wife (playing up the support from his daughters, who could potentially testify in a manner supporting this)
• He acted in heat of passion/extreme duress when arriving home to find the woman to whom he had dedicated every fiber of his being, sending bikini pics to her lover (any evidence suggesting he didn’t know about affair was because he couldn’t psychologically admit it, was too embarrassed, didn’t want daughters to find out, it clashed with his perfect marriage fantasy, it supported his alibi for a crime he was deeply remorseful for, etc.. etc.……)
• He was a (self-proclaimed) Godly Man (recall picture of him reading Bible in living room and his 70 times 7 bible quote about forgiveness) and he never had any physical affairs (must admit I’m surprised LE wasn’t able to find much evidence of this) so the discovery of her “sinful” adultery set him over the edge.
• He just happened to have tranquilizer darts handy since a deer requiring antler extraction could show up at any moment (ignore that deer antlers aren’t fully grown till the end of July, but hey, advance preparation).
• He only intended to sedate her with darts but oops. This implies she died from the BAM, which at least at this point seems possible.
• Everything after this (staged bike abduction, trash runs, even moving body) was due to “panic” and fear his daughters would never forgive him and/or find out their mother was an adultress (he’s a “protector”).

Depending on how the defense sizes up the prosecution’s case I’m thinking they might admit to manslaughter or second-degree murder with the argument in point 4. Mr. Morphew could spin it to his daughters that he only wanted to sedate her so she wouldn’t leave, and he could at some point, patiently and lovingly explain to her that he would change his past unacceptable behaviors and forgive the 2-year affair so they could live happily ever after………. (excuse me while I locate a waste

It will be interesting for sure.

 

[fcavanaugh]

"48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant updates the case in "The Suzanne Morphew Case: Nothing is What It Seems," airing Saturday, July 5 at 9/8c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.

Suzanne Morphew's body was moved at least twice after she was murdered, according to new indictment

Husband Barry Morphew rearrested as authorities link him to animal tranquilizers found in wife Suzanne Morphew's bone marrow.

www.cbsnews.com

#JUSTICEFORSUZANNE

 

[WestGL]

Ah yes makes sense now. How creepy though.

Could you ever say you loved a person when you not only kill them and hide their body but go find the bones and bury the bones (body) once again? In a different location?

Even placing her clothes with the body, how cold is that? It’s not even like a passion killing. It’s more like the mind of a serial killer. No feeling to it. Just gotta do what you gotta do. Ugh.

I hope the DA brings that up repeatedly.

this is the most incredible thing that stood out to me in the indictment. At some point he actually reengaged with his wife’s decomposed corpse!! to use it as a PROP in more of his absurd ridiculous childish staging.

Years after all of his pathetically obvious initial staging, he gathered up her rotting skeleton and took her old bike clothes to a field an hour away and buried them. Actually hoping if they are found they would prove his bike ride abduction staged story!!!!

but they were the actual smoking gun that proved she had his rare animal tranquilizer in her system. And the bones clearly showed someone had put them their years later. Someone highly invested in the obviously fake and staged bike abduction story.

his crazy staging never stopped giving him away, to the very end!

 

[FromGermany1]

Yes, but supposedly BM did not know about the affair before he was told by LE.

The girls would know the answer to that question (did he already know or not). He completely won over the girls, it seems. One wonders, what arguments he used to do this. MOO

 

[Knox]

It looks like he has a big bump on his forehead.

I think it’s extra skull that appears that way, due to his very small brain?

 

[Synergizer Bunny]

@osu I agree I think its MM1 - Mal. She is the one that was in college in Colorado that they moved in part to be closer to. Her name is still on deed for the small condo that BM bought her In Gunnison. Her name is also on the house in Indiana where BM's mother Shirley lives and maybe her sister MM2 is there too. The records are up thread. My bet is her name is on everything of value related to BM. She was and assumingly is the Fave daughter.

These girls have been programed all their life that BM is the best Dad and a "godly"man. He ran the show. I don't think SM confronted him alot in front of the girls until they got to Colorado - so MM1 would have been aware then ( SM told Sheila MM1 was aware). I suspect the second bout of cancer and BM's behavior towards her while struggling with her health and treatment was a clear wake up call to Suzanne.

Lots of wives cover for their husbands and acquiesce to their ways to keep the peace in the house while the children are around. But while doing so, they unwittingly send a false signal to the kids that everything is cool with them and life is normal. It can take those kids once they become adults - years, if ever, to figure out what is" dysfunction" and what is "normal".

I bring up Dr Dirk Greineder a lot, who killed his wife May/Mabel In Massachusetts 20 ish years ago. I lived about a mile away from them at the time.
Dirk was the perfect father according to the kids while meanwhile the wife confided in her sister that if she ever ended up dead it was her husband who did it. But Mabel "kept up appearances" as my mother would have called it. She even worked at his medical practice.

Dirk's three kids support their father's innocence until this day.

So, with Suzanne's girls so in tight with the father and his Barry worshiping family, I don't see the MM's getting any clarity about their father soon...if ever.

I-Team: Dirk Greineder Maintains His Innocence In Wife's Murder After 20 Years

Dirk Greineder has spent more than 20 years behind bars for a crime he says he didn't commit. He believes that because he cooperated with police, they focused only on him and didn't look for any other suspects.

www.cbsnews.com

Very good post. Echoes my sentiments, exactly. I actually think that the older daughter was always in tight with her father and he even took her hunting with him. The younger daughter was closer to her mother, IIRC. I believe that Barry was always manipulating the girls and always saying things cutting down Suzanne and setting up an atmosphere where the girls had to take sides.

I just hope that the younger girl, at the very least, sees her father for what he is. I don't see the older daughter ever admitting, at least out loud, that her father murdered her mother. Maybe, she'll eventually rationalize that her father could have done it in a fit of anger because he caught their mother cheating on him. Somehow, I'm afraid, that Suzanne will be blamed for her own death.

JMO.

 

[windrower]

So what is attorney Jane Fisher-Byrialsen’s stake with BM?

Upset that the $15 million suit is going away?

Besides knowing Iris, and being co-attorneys (or whatever they were) on the suit, are they friends?

Is Jane the reason there is a conflict with the public defender’s office?

Or is attorney David Beller the reason?

And how convenient, if either of them, because since there is a conflict, they’ve asked to be appointed BM’s “public defender” attorneys, at the state’s expense, since the public defender’s office cannot provide attorneys for this case.

Shades of Judge Murphy having to recuse himself from BM’s case the first time around because of witness SD (with help from Iris?) creating a conflict between Murphy and the lawyer she chose to represent her on the trespassing charge.

Is Iris still being a puppet master for BM?

Just all feels a bit too, um, choreographed, shall I say?

All my own random opinions and thoughts and questions. MOO

 

[Nikynoo]

In my opinion, one of his trail cameras was perfectly catching her outside chatting with someone in her bikini, happy and giggling, maybe even showing off her bikini or flashing some skin playfully.

So he raced home and grabbed his horrifying tranquilizer dart gun…

SBM - Now, this is a theory I can go with.

 

[Nikynoo]

Just to play devil's advocate, there is evidence yes that there were FB friend requests but no evidence so far "who" did this. Trail cameras are ubiquitous for people who own natural land acreage....some just because it's fascinating to see bears, cougars, bobcats, mountain lions in their natural habitat and for hunters to get to know the deer and elk and their movements for future hunts. There is no evidence yet in public public that backs up that trail cams were there to spy on Suzanne. The allegation that there was one in the home spying on Suzanne is also I do not believe proven (yet).

I do not believe that there was a camera in the house, but it is believable (to me) that there were cams outside. Could it be that IF there were cams this was the first time BM caught SM on camera acting (to him) suspiciously? Was this the first time that SM had been outside sunbathing and talking to JL?

 

[Nikynoo]

The girls would know the answer to that question (did he already know or not). He completely won over the girls, it seems. One wonders, what arguments he used to do this. MOO

Something like - “girls, your mom had an affair, I would never and the police support that I never etc etc etc’.

 

[rainbowshummingbird]

The girls would know the answer to that question (did he already know or not). He completely won over the girls, it seems. One wonders, what arguments he used to do this. MOO

I can take a stab at Barry’s proposed arguments to the daughters, “I loved your mother deeply and with all of my heart in the eyes of god but she sinned against god and the sanctity of our marriage and family. Her sinful behavior played a part in her death and I just couldn’t keep her safe from that.” Blah di blah di blah

 

[fcavanaugh]

The girls would know the answer to that question (did he already know or not). He completely won over the girls, it seems. One wonders, what arguments he used to do this. MOO

RBBM
Not sure if you’re familiar with Parental Alienation. I have a dear friend who she and her children were victims of PA by her narcissistic ex-husband. I witnessed it up close watching and supporting my friend through it, and imo it is brutal. Fortunately my friend got out of the marriage alive and now after divorce and much therapy she and her 2 adult children have recovered and thankfully have a much better relationship today. But it took years as the alienation started when their children were young teens when things started going downhill in the marriage due to her ex husband’s indiscretions and the two of them arguing after my friend found out, and continued throughout their kids’ college years and young adulthood after she divorced him!

Anyway, I suspect this may have been going on/a factor in the M family dynamic with BM as the instigator of PA with goal of damaging/fracturing the relationship between SM and their daughters’ MM1 & MM2. Unfortunately and sadly, it’s more common than people realize and can happen in both intact and divorced families. It’s considered a form of abuse and it’s insidious and very damaging to the alienated parent and children.

I suspect BM influenced/manipulated MM1 to his side so to speak fairly easily (imo she adored him and they seemed to share a strong bond/same interests i.e, shooting/ hunting), and MM2 stuck up for/sided with SM moreso up until her death at the hands of BM, after which BM manipulated MM2/fully alienated her from SM/memory of SM to his side and she acquiesced as he’s her only remaining parent. My hope is as they continue to mature and BM hopefully locked up for life, MM1 and MM2 re-establish a relationship with SM’s family and get much loving support for all the trauma they’ve endured.

Narcissistic Parental Alienation: Signs To Watch Out For

If you had a relationship with a narcissistic partner, your child may be the victim of parental alienation. Learn more here.

hellodivorce.com

IMHOO

#JUSTiCEFORSUZANNE

ETA-clarity

 

[Seattle1]

So what is attorney Jane Fisher-Byrialsen’s stake with BM?

Upset that the $15 million suit is going away?

Besides knowing Iris, and being co-attorneys (or whatever they were) on the suit, are they friends?

Is Jane the reason there is a conflict with the public defender’s office?

Or is attorney David Beller the reason?

And how convenient, if either of them, because since there is a conflict, they’ve asked to be appointed BM’s “public defender” attorneys, at the state’s expense, since the public defender’s office cannot provide attorneys for this case.

Shades of Judge Murphy having to recuse himself from BM’s case the first time around because of witness SD (with help from Iris?) creating a conflict between Murphy and the lawyer she chose to represent her on the trespassing charge.

Is Iris still being a puppet master for BM?

Just all feels a bit too, um, choreographed, shall I say?

All my own random opinions and thoughts and questions. MOO

IMO, your instincts here are spot on @windrower !

Impossible for Iris not to have her thumbprint on the scale!

Don't have to go further than IE's former defense practice website-- that converts to PEP-- where she announces how BM's case caused her to cease her criminal law practice for her non-profit endeavor. Click on the "Board Members" tab and surprise (no surprise), you'll find Jane-- cited as the co-founder of PEP, along with board member Iris.

In the high-profile case, People v. Barry Morphew, Iris and her team uncovered egregious prosecutorial misconduct that resulted in the dismissal of Mr. Morphew’s first-degree murder charges. It was after this case in 2022, that Iris decided to cease her criminal law practice and found PEP, in the hopes of ending the rampant prosecutorial misconduct she witnessed throughout her career.

Since then, PEP has worked to bring reforms to the criminal justice system. Following an investigation of the prosecutors involved in the Morphew case, former Elected DA Stanley was disbarred and two other DAs suffered public censure.

Iris Eytan | Protect Ethical Prosecutors

Iris Eytan is a founding board member and CEO of PEP. As a criminal defense lawyer, she’s represented thousands of defendants and obtained numerous acquittals in high-profile cases and murder trials. She has been a fierce advocate for a just criminal legal system for nearly 30 years.

protectethicalprosecutors.org

Moving on to defense attorney Davide Beller, he and his firm conveniently have a connection to the Office of Alternative Defense Counsel (OADC) -- the organization the state public defender's office turns to when their office has an ethical conflict of interest and can't represent the defendant.

Public FAQs

www.coloradoadc.org

From David Beller's Bio:

David served as President of the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar, proudly serving 1000 criminal defense lawyers, paralegals and investigators. He is a frequent guest lecturer at the University of Denver College of Law and at Metropolitan State University. He is a faculty member of Colorado Alternate Defense Counsel and National Criminal Defense College, teaching trial skills to Colorado criminal defense lawyers.

David Beller — Recht Kornfeld PC

www.rklawpc.com

 

[Synergizer Bunny]

How would they weave that in there without it coming off as them saying she had an affair so he murdered her?

Exactly. I actually think the prosecution will explain it; and it is a big motive. I just hope that the prosecution has a good handle on the finances and what exactly was Suzanne's money and what Barry stood to lose if she divorced him.

JMO.

 

[Synergizer Bunny]

Yes, but supposedly BM did not know about the affair before he was told by LE.

I personally don't believe that Barry didn't suspect something. That's why they were using LinkedIn to communicate. Didn't her girlfriend tell of incidents where Barry called her nonstop when she was away from home and when he barged into a home where they were having a girls' gathering? Those things are examples of a controlling, jealous husband.

JMO.