He wasn't thinking of Moffat when he was back behind the PP house however.
Did he barry her back there? One and done (until the Moffat move)?
She must not have been contained, because of the bones which I think were run off.
If Barry used 'techniques' (I'll leave it at that) like he would to preserve animal bones, did he in short order spread her bones there, staging his lion attack?
I distinctly remember him saying they drag their prey up the mountain. (And who doesn't not-wince when they refer to a missing lived one as wild game prey? Shoot, lion got her. See ya.)
The speculation gets pretty macabre but it's because of the facts as we know them --
Bleach/bleached bones
Missing bones/relocated
Decomposed elsewhere/moved
No shoes/no feet/no decomp on clothes
No sign of predation on bones/none on site/no bugs
Staging/re-staging/narrative-building
Did Barry accelerate skeletonization? In order to further a narrative?
He was awful protective of his land when the searchers were there. Just Barry being Barry? If they're was nothing on his property TO find, wouldn't he WELCOME searchers? Look hard, nothing to see here..... what was he guarding?
I have questions.
JMO
I agree with Tragg (Post #64) that the area toward Pahlone Peak would be a very logical spot for Mr. Morphew to have selected for disposing of Suzanne’s body. The Colorado Trail and two wide power line corridors along Fooses Creek provide a cleared access route for quad or snowmobile directly from the Puma Path house to heavily wooded areas and a number of old mines. Mr. Morphew would have been very familiar with this area and would only pass 3 houses (set back from road) to reach the Colorado Trail, a well-known snowmobiling/hiking route (only a half mile).
There was still a good amount of snow in this area in the May 8-12 timeframe: on the order of several feet up Fooses Creek (depending on elevation) and likely deeper in protected areas and north slopes. If Mr. Morphew had prepared in advance and taken advantage of the snow cover, the body would have been very difficult to find.
Significantly, a burial at high elevation (i.e. cold) and with snow cover may have contributed to some of the observations in the autopsy. Temperature is one of the most important variables affecting the rate at which decomposition occurs. Burial depth and types of coverings (snow, dirt, tarp, litter, etc.), or lack thereof, also have a significant effect on the decomposition process in cold weather conditions.
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https://www.researchgate.net/public..._of_cold_climate_on_the_decomposition_process)
Low temperatures and snow cover high up in the Fooses Drainage (elevations near 12,000 feet) could account for the lack of insects on the body, and together with snow depth (or containment, say in an ice chest) could limit the activity and access of vertebrate scavengers.
If in fact, the low temperatures at the initial burial location greatly slowed decomposition, it may also explain why there was still viable bone marrow to sample more than 3 years after Suzanne’s murder.
One final thought, the Colorado Trail extends south from Fooses Creek, passes Pahlone Peak and connects to roads that intersect Highway 285 about 34 miles north of Moffat at Mears Junction. ATVs are allowed on some sections of the CO Trail, though illegal use would also be something I could see Mr. Morphew doing. From Mears Junction there are also at least two utility corridors that would allow travel off road and only pass near a handful of residences. This route to Moffat from an initial burial site up Fooses Creek from the Morphew house would be about as good as one could hope for to avoid detection while transporting remains. Among other things it would bypass the cameras at Poncha Pass.
This scenario implies that (1) Mr. Morphew had carefully planned the initial burial site to avoid detection, and (2) law enforcement was not keeping track of Mr. Morphew for some period of time after charges were dropped and before the body was found.
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