Here's the text of David Moorman's letter to Anne Kelly:
August 21, 2025
Subject: Victim Impact Statement - Barry Morphew(25CR000128)
Dear Ms. Kelly,
As the oldest sibling of Suzanne Moorman Morphew, I have prepared the following statement for you and the court. I have no financial requests from the district or the citizens or Saguache County currently. Please contact me with any questions you may have and thank you for your continued service in the matters involving my sister's case.
To Whom It May Concern,
I have laid awake many nights pondering the last few minutes of my sister Suzanne’s life.
Once struck by the BAM ladened dart it is hard to imagine the terror she felt as she tried to escape. With every pounding heartbeat, the chemical quickened its pace into her system just Like it had on so many deer her now psychopathic partner had shot. The screams, the tears, the pain were the outward expressions as her physical body began to separate from her spirit and soul. One trying to hang on to the earthly realm, while the other in quiet resignation came to grips with the “tipping point” that had been reached.
As the chemical did its work the physical struggle would soon end, and her heart stopped. The separation was now complete, allowing her spirit to rise above the morbid stage. Her conscious human presence on earth was over. As she contemplated the marriage to this monster, her thoughts migrated to a question she repeated innumerable times in her life; “what was I thinking?" As she gazed at the limp corpse, her former body, and the last testament to her earthly presence, she now understood her death was a symbolic culmination of her marriage. One where she was nothing but a "live trophy” for public display by a cunning predator much like the animal trophies he had displayed on the walls. Her legacy will hopefully help others, men and women, avoid the fate she has suffered with her marriage to a heartless narcissist.
As she watched her killer frantically work to cover a crime he would never escape, she grasped the freedom from captivity she had not felt but for a few fleeting moments over the last 25 years. This new status as a roaming spirit allowed her powers far beyond anything she imagined on earth. Powers that see the future with the ability to guide actions. And it would be with these powers she would enjoy the last word. Regardless of how long it took or where her remains would come to rest she resolved to keep calling from the wilderness and cleverly guide her killer to "the corner.”
Her plan was to turn his egotistical narcissism and gaslighting into his personal soul consuming prison for both this life and his next
Suzanne's spirit has guided all of us down a torturous path to this point. The stage setting has changed and changed again, which has tested both hope and patience. An arrest, the hope of a trial, a release “without prejudice”, the images of a “gloating” killer, and the heart-breaking manipulation of her daughters she loved so much. She has disgustingly watched the scheming jackal from her perch, all with the satisfaction of knowing she would have the last word.
Through the seasons of over 3 years, 1231 days, a core group of tireless investigators moved along a trail that would start in Chaffee and end just off Highway 17 in Saguache County. A fateful rendezvous on the morning of September 22,2023, with a dedicated public servant who rose that day having no idea of the part they would play in my sister’s saga. The scattered remains on a premeditated stage provided a reward for the thousands of hours of work done on her case. The amazing forensic work would be the final push to a finish line where a seated grand jury could render a 18t degree murder indictment
We have all finally arrived at the point where Suzanne can receive justice. For all those who knew and loved her this is a very bittersweet moment, as we would love to see her smile, hear her laugh, and enjoy her wonderfully accepting personality. But we now must march forward to finish the journey which should never have begun. All involved, whether family, friends, investigators, followers, or citizens of Chaffee and Saguache County have paid a staggering emotional price in this saga.
The accused are offered their day in court but on my sister's behalf I am requesting the following:
1. The interim release of Barry Morphew should under no circumstances be granted. I am sure the grand jurors who indicted him would agree. He is a flight risk and serial psychopathic controller of all in the realm of his influence. He needs to remain imprisoned through the entire legal proceedings till a verdict is read.
2. While death by hanging is deserved for the nature and the premeditated planning of this crime, I am requesting a life sentence with no chance of parole. If the truth were acknowledged, Barry Morphew is a soulless, sadistic, amoral predator that has hunted or used those around him his entire life. There is no redemption here. Anyone believing such are just foolish lambs awaiting his/her potential slaughter. He is born killer, nurtured by those who sanctioned my sister's death.
Thank you for your service and I look forward to the trial.
Brother of Suzanne Moorman Morphew
