Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee Co, 10 May 2020 #100 *Case dismissed w/o Prejudice*

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WingsOverTX said:
Talk about conducting a trial in the court of public opinion! IE does seem miffed that she didn't get to continue rewriting the evidence into a "if it doesn't fit, you must acquit" narrative that in this case if not only offensive, but a miscarriage of justicem
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She would have wanted to go to trial against the gutted prosecution case and claim the glory of acquittal.

Now nothing is resolved.
 
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mrjitty said:
BIB

I mean what the actual? She is tasked to defend her client, not stand there like a publicity agent claiming the charges were false ...

How is this appropriate?

If she is smart she will dump this client while the going is good.
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She won't dump him until his money is gone.

One of my questions is how much over his original retainer he has gone (I believe he spent that retainer plus some in all these legal maneuvers - and from his point of view, today, it truly paid off). But I don't think he spent a mere $500,000. At least $700,000. But even if the lawyers did all this work for a measly $500,000, my question is whether he will keep them on a retainer (probably not).

So, if charges are refiled, he'll have to fork over another $500,000 to go through another set of pre-trial motions. And it will cost more than this time did (another change of venue motion, more motions to dismiss evidence, a different AA for the re-arrest to read, etc).

And that refiling can be done at any point in his life, by any future DA of Chaffee County. New evidence is almost certain to appear, as it usually does in these cases. A new judge will look at the new arrest affadavit and make a ruling, and none of us knows how much "new information" would be needed to refile. I have a hunch that there are facts that haven't yet been placed into play, in this case, which will come in handy for a future prosecutor, if that prosecutor is eager and organized.
 
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Diddian said:
With this dismissal, what happens with the protection orders related to witnesses who consider BM a possible threat? And what about the orders restricting him from possessing firearms or ammunition? Do the orders still stand in relation to the "possession of disallowed weapon" charge which was severed from the murder/tampering charges?
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Those charges were not dismissed, so yes, they still stand. At least, that's my opinion. It was a good idea to sever those charges. Did the voter fraud charge ever get adjudicated? I can't remember.
 
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Diddian said:
With this dismissal, what happens with the protection orders related to witnesses who consider BM a possible threat? And what about the orders restricting him from possessing firearms or ammunition? Do the orders still stand in relation to the "possession of disallowed weapon" charge which was severed from the murder/tampering charges?
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Probably heading for a deer stand somewhere as we speak!
MOO
 
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mrjitty said:
It's possible he moved her later as well.
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Yes, it is.

I can't say why (perhaps it's those trees he purchased), but I do think he buried her that Mother's Day. But you are correct - it could be that he merely hid here someplace he could access and went back and moved her.

If that's true, there will likely be forensic evidence of that move. Blood cell patterns inside the long marrow bones should reveal something about her posture when rigor set in. He would have moved her after that.

The same bones *might* provide evidence of any tranquilizer use.
 
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10ofRods said:
Yes, it is.

I can't say why (perhaps it's those trees he purchased), but I do think he buried her that Mother's Day. But you are correct - it could be that he merely hid here someplace he could access and went back and moved her.

If that's true, there will likely be forensic evidence of that move. Blood cell patterns inside the long marrow bones should reveal something about her posture when rigor set in. He would have moved her after that.

The same bones *might* provide evidence of any tranquilizer use.
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I agree he most probably did it that day - but I am now wondering what lead they could have on the body after 2 years

What are the possibilities?

- Digital analysis of phones/bobcat?
- LIDAR?
- Human intel?
 
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rainbowshummingbird said:
I live in Colorado and any areas that remain shaded or are north facing (ugh like my driveway) take FOREVER to melt, even when outdoor temperatures are well over 32 degrees.
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May is snow melt month in the mountains of Colorado, when the creeks below run high. So perhaps the weather will aid in justice here sooner, rather than later.
 
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10ofRods said:
Well, if you believe (like I do) that it is highly likely Barry put a lot of thought into where to place Suzanne (and did this well before that weekend), then we have a puzzling scenario. The same ground that's under snow right now would have been under snow back then, I would think. Maybe not. Maybe this year has been more snowy. I don't have time to try and figure that out today, but if anyone has time to look at weather history, that would be interesting.

What I'm wondering is if they used something like LIDAR or at least sophisticated aerial photography to try and locate deformations in the landscape. They might have completed the analysis just recently (this is not easy stuff to do). In this scenario, the analysts found something promising sometime in the last 5-6 months and conditions have not been favorable (yet) to searching there.

I'm trying to stay optimistic.
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rainbowshummingbird said:
I live in Colorado and any areas that remain shaded or are north facing (ugh like my driveway) take FOREVER to melt, even when outdoor temperatures are well over 32 degrees.
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Find me a north-facing mine, still snowed in, near PP.

JMO
 
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I have not been keeping up with this case, so the fact that this was dismissed is shocking news to me! I'm sure there's so much I don't know, though.

It's reminding me of when the Moorers were let off the hook for the murder of Heather Elvis but then arrested and convicted of her kidnapping.
 
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I had to pop in when I read the headlines and am now watching BM's attorney. She sure is angry for someone whose "client is innocent", you would think that she would be elated that the body may have been found and her "innocent" client won't be charged and this will all go away. I think she's very worried now and I bet BM is too. How disrespectful to Suzanne that they are reacting to her body probably being found like this. Just very weird reaction all the way around. JMO
 
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