Still Missing CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee Co, 10 May 2020 *arrest* #85

[sk716]

If there is something on his old land that BM wants to retrieve, the SD package pickup could have been a reconnaissance mission. BM probably has been watching his old home for signs of habitation and he needed to know if the new owners have a security system. Now he also knows his ankle bracelet won’t pick him up if he goes creepy crawling around over there. He just has to stay out of view of the security cameras.
Attached map shows his former house, the house where he is now staying, (Cushman), the house where JR and MR reside and for whom BM has a no contact order, (Ritter), and in green, the S Arkansas River area along which BM walked on May 9 towards the Monarch Spur RV park.
He was allegedly turning off trail cams. What else may he have been doing back there that day before he murdered his wife? Did he dig a hidey hole for a certain diamond ring that he would like to get back?
Didn’t TD find him soaking wet crawling up from that very same river one afternoon?

I don't think there is anything on the former Morphew property or he wouldn't have sold it. Whatever he wants to keep an eye on is visible from where he lives. And I think he wants to make sure no one goes up that mountain and moves a boulder.

 

[sk716]

If not the ring, I believe Suzanne's phone may have gotten itself in the river, with help. Seemed to be eating him alive too, not knowing whether LE had found it.

Didn't he say LE messed up the crime scene? Was there additional staging that didn't play out as he intended?

Can someone help me to understand the helmet? Was it a work in progress? Didn't think of the mountain lion angle until after casting it a mile upstream on the road? Why would it be there? Do you have any idea how hard it is for Cat to unbuckle a helmet? No opposable thumbs and not much for patience either, and me, if I'm getting mauled by Cat, I'm not taking my helmet off. It might be the only protection I've got. Human abductor -- hmm, grabs middle aged woman off her bike, sets her down so he can launch her bike over the edge, ducks her into his vehicle, drives a pace, then orders her to hand over her helmet so he can chuck it at random out the window. Did imaginary abductor also make a u-turn at Garfield in order to better align with the helmet drop?

Those tire casts the didn't match anything -- did Barry have access to a different vehicle for his searches, all the mountains, 200 mile radius? Can we be certain the helmet wasn't placed there until after 5/10? After the Cat tale failed to wag?

It's not lost on me that Barry seems to be very comfortable on the adjoining property. 5/9.... all Barry had to do was lock up his truck for the night, load up his cooler or rucksack, throw it up on his shoulder firefighter-style and walk from one PP property to another. Might've had access to other vehicles, all wheel drive or all terrain, and off he goes. Off grid from roughly 11 pm to 3 am. Busy B. But why wait so long? Throw a couple journals on the fire and head out for a while. He may well have gone on that hike with Suzanne after all, earlier in the evening, long before plating his steak.

Only, he was hiking on foot and she? She was over his shoulder.

JMO

BBM. Lost it laughing, but I've watched my little chaos daemon pick up a treat with her paw and put it in her mouth. More than once.

Barry had access to a lot of vehicles, his F350 and an F250, the two Range Rovers, an ATV, and the Bobcat . But he didn't need to pull over to toss the helmet out of the window. I find the tire impressions hilarious. I have not yet found evidence that his truck door opened between the time he left Puma Path and arrived at the RTD bus stop to dump evidence. Sunday isn't on the telematics sheet pictured in the AA. But, I think if Dingle-Barry had pulled over and parked on his "elk scouting trip" Grusing would have mentioned it and asked for an explanation (I think I might want to join a Jonny Grusing Fan Club.).

Which begs the question, when did he stage the bike and how did he get it there?

 

[sk716]

If not the ring, I believe Suzanne's phone may have gotten itself in the river, with help. Seemed to be eating him alive too, not knowing whether LE had found it.

Didn't he say LE messed up the crime scene? Was there additional staging that didn't play out as he intended?

Can someone help me to understand the helmet? Was it a work in progress? Didn't think of the mountain lion angle until after casting it a mile upstream on the road? Why would it be there? Do you have any idea how hard it is for Cat to unbuckle a helmet? No opposable thumbs and not much for patience either, and me, if I'm getting mauled by Cat, I'm not taking my helmet off. It might be the only protection I've got. Human abductor -- hmm, grabs middle aged woman off her bike, sets her down so he can launch her bike over the edge, ducks her into his vehicle, drives a pace, then orders her to hand over her helmet so he can chuck it at random out the window. Did imaginary abductor also make a u-turn at Garfield in order to better align with the helmet drop?

Those tire casts the didn't match anything -- did Barry have access to a different vehicle for his searches, all the mountains, 200 mile radius? Can we be certain the helmet wasn't placed there until after 5/10? After the Cat tale failed to wag?

It's not lost on me that Barry seems to be very comfortable on the adjoining property. 5/9.... all Barry had to do was lock up his truck for the night, load up his cooler or rucksack, throw it up on his shoulder firefighter-style and walk from one PP property to another. Might've had access to other vehicles, all wheel drive or all terrain, and off he goes. Off grid from roughly 11 pm to 3 am. Busy B. But why wait so long? Throw a couple journals on the fire and head out for a while. He may well have gone on that hike with Suzanne after all, earlier in the evening, long before plating his steak.

Only, he was hiking on foot and she? She was over his shoulder.

JMO

Also, I think you're right about the phone.

 

[DeDee]

I’m several pages behind trying to catch up, wanted to post a few more thoughts after the hearing the other day but work and real life kept getting in the way lol.
Here goes:
At the hearing when discussing the ankle monitor issue not tracking BM properly due to poor reception in Maysville, the Judge said that he can’t legally make BM move, that BM can continue living in Maysville and imposed the condition that he has to go to Poncha Springs every day so his ankle monitor can upload/pick up a signal. And if BM can’t/doesn’t comply with the PS condition, then he will have to move.
Those two statements sounded contradictory to me but after thinking more about it, wondering if it has something to do with two different rulings/court orders? As in, since the Judge’s initial order upon releasing BM on bond, stated that he had to stay/reside in Chaffee County, I assume because BM complied with the order by living in Maysville, the Judge can’t legally make him move since BM wasn’t considered in violation of the initial order. But If BM doesn’t comply with the new/amended order to go to PS every day, then the Judge can legally make him move since he’d be considered in violation of the new/amended order.
Is that correct?
On another note, I guess I don’t understand why the Judge couldn’t have ruled that in light of learning that BM’s GPS ankle monitor isn’t tracking him properly due to poor reception in Maysville, BM must relocate to somewhere else in CC that has better reception/signal.
I would have thought since the Judge wasn’t aware of the ankle monitor issue of not picking up signals/not tracking properly at the time of his initial ruling/order, that it would have been considered an acceptable qualifier (not sure if that’s the right word) for him to be able to legally order BM to move to a place with better reception. IANAL and admittedly, don’t know all the Colorado laws and couldn’t find anything pertaining or similar to this particular situation in my limited online research, so jmo and color me confused.

At any rate, I’m hoping that BM violates the new/amended order and is ordered to move out of Maysville/PP area to someplace with better reception, as the idea of him continuing to live there without 24/7 ‘real time’ monitoring, within yards of his former residence/crime scene and next to neighbors that there’s a no contact order in effect is imo, very unsettling and concerning, to say the least.

Personally, I find it interesting that BM couldn’t move away from Maysville/PP fast enough stating that his daughters felt unsafe there (I’m sure they did after he told them a bad guy roaming the mountains took their Mother from them, but imo he used his daughters feeling unsafe as a convenient excuse, as IMO, the reality (for him) was he couldn’t wait to move out of PP as he thought he’d gotten away with his crimes, wanted to put it all behind him, just move on with his life AND with all Suzanne’s money), yet now that he’s been caught/arrested and going to trial for murdering Suzanne and tampering with deceased human body, his future freedom at stake, after getting bonded out could have chosen to live anywhere within CC, but chooses to go back to live in the very area he left/moved away from because his daughters felt unsafe. Why would he move back to where his daughters probably won’t come visit him because they don’t feel safe?! (Insert sarcasm and major eye roll). This guy is one big contradiction after another. IMO, basically, if BM’s lips are moving, he is lying.
BM really doesn’t care one flip about anyone else but himself, sadly, not even his daughters/their feelings. IMO, he chose to go back to living on PP within mere yards of his former residence/crime scene so he can watch over ‘things’ and ‘roam’ around the area doing gosh only knows what. And the thought that he’d have an approx. 24 hour head start on LE if he decides to misbehave i.e., tamper with more evidence, or tamper with the ankle monitor, or, or, or…..SMDH.
Having said that, hopefully LE is still keeping watchful eye/close tabs on him since imo, he might be feeling more confident/emboldened these days considering he was able to bond out (imo his bond was set too low considering the charges), gets to live where he wants, likely feeds his extreme arrogance. And since he probably love nothing more than to rub everything in LE’s face, imo no telling what he might attempt/do over these next many months while awaiting trial.

Who knows, perhaps he’ll restrain himself and behave thinking LE will probably have heavy ‘in real time’ surveillance on him. Honestly though, my bet is on Barry not being able to restrain himself and will eventually screw up at some point while out on bail because he’s, well, Barry- entitled, shameless, totally lacking in self awareness, thinks he’s above reproach, that laws and rules don’t apply to him etc, etc, etc.
Put another way, as long as Barry keeps on being Barry, odds of him screwing up while out on bail are high IMO, even under the watchful eye of LE because, well, again, he’s Barry and won’t be able to help himself, much to the chagrin of E&N, although perhaps not, (ka-ching, ka-ching, $$$$$).

Time will tell.

All of the above IMHOO

#FindSuzanne
#BringSuzanneHome
#JusticeForSuzanne

Well, as a sleuth would want to do, I dove straight into Mr. Matt Murphy and found him on his surfboard during the paddle out.

He tried a No Body case ... recently!

"Asked to recount his top cases, Murphy rattled off a lengthy list that included the trial of Edward Shin, who killed his business partner at their San Juan Capistrano office and posed as him for months by email to cover up the slaying."

Top Orange County homicide prosecutor to leave for private firm and television career – Orange County Register

A now-convicted man, ES, murdered then his business partner, CS, whose body has never been found.

DA Matt Murphy: “The way BMES could solve his problems, financially, business-wise, everything else, is murder CS, make him disappear and take all of his money.”

That's what Barry did to Suzanne, in my most humble opinion.

It took the jury less than an hour to reach the verdict of guilty - without a body.

Chris' story and the man who prosecuted his death, Mr. Matt Murphy
Convicted killer who posed as dead business partner: 'There's something bigger that I just can't talk about'

The crime scene techs did find copious blood evidence in CSs murder. How important will lack of blood evidence be for the Salida jury?

Can the prosecution put together the timeline of coincidences, lies, the ghost ridden bicycle, the busted bedroom door frame, the unspent shell, cell phone data, GPS data, telematics, trash runs, the dart cap, savvy real estate transactions, legal guardianship, 'cute' Salida girls search, Ashley Madison, etc in such a way that it irrefutably proves Barry murdered Suzanne?

RE: Ashley Madison search, etal: Hopefully the DA can prove only Barry could have made those searches by pinpointing the date, time and locations making it impossible for Suzanne to have been capable of doing it. IE, was she in the middle of a chemo treatment with her physician when those searches occurred?

DA LS may need to be introduced to former DA MM and vice versa.

Simply my own opinion written with great hopes of a conviction
#JusticeForSuzanne
.

 

[sk716]

SD and FB both reported a suspicious vehicle, not sure when they ended their engagement but for both to report they must have been out independently, otherwise why would they both call? That’s some odds, separately seeing a suspicious vehicle and both calling it in. For them both to call that had to be one attention getting vehicle. Surely, they could describe it. I would love to know if they gave matching descriptions.

HMMM so what prompted the calls? Roughly what time did they see the suspicious vehicle? If early in the day because Suzanne usually rode from 8-9 AM well that doesn't work, Suzanne didn't ride in the morning, that's would only be to substantiate Barry's claim. Actually, adds another coincidence depending on when they say they saw this vehicle. (I can only hope the calls are (recorded/available) Suzanne didn't ride in the morning, seems everyone knew that but Barry.

Then when you consider that BM suggested early on in the investigation (Page 21 of the AA.)


"Barry initially identified the Cushman's "cleaning lady's daughter and boyfriend" as possible suspicious persons."

So how did Barry know she had a daughter if he didn't know her? I've posted before that I had read this in the past as "Daughter and her boyfriend" thinking the daughter's boyfriend...but now it's clear Barry means SD's boyfriend, FB.

What a trio indeed...

That's the type of info I hope we read about in the case file, to help make sense, and tie things together. When was this accusation by Barry made and why would he possibly think "this stranger's" college age daughter is involved, and why not the "cleaning lady herself"?

The stuff Dingle-Barry didn't know about his wife would just about fill the Grand Canyon.

I think the Cushman's cleaning lady and SD are not the same person, the AA says BM and SD met in July 2020 but they didn't independently confirm that.

It was his first interview with CBI on May 13th, he also named Cody Cox in that interview. It was also when Cahill noticed the scratches on Barry's arm.

 

[Megnut]

JMO

If you carry the woman you'll marry when she's sick from cancer, round 1, and you carry the woman you've married along the beach, I don't think it much matters how you've carried her if, after all that, you kill her and carry her away.

JMO

Barry Morphew Shares More Photos And Love Letter Nearly 5 Months After Wife, Suzanne, Disappears – CBS Denver

 

[Megnut]

That day in Broomfield, or anyday anytime anywhere, maybe Barry wasn't just throwing things into dumpsters. Maybe he was meeting more women.

JMO

 

[FromGermany1]

That day in Broomfield, or anyday anytime anywhere, maybe Barry wasn't just throwing things into dumpsters. Maybe he was meeting more women.

JMO

Wasn't he a little tired after the worst night of his life and another, second night of heavy work?

 

[gamma gal]

I am praying that Necrosearch finds Suzanne.

 

[Lyanna]

He had months after Suzanne went missing to do any clean up. I just don’t think there is anything close to his old home that he wants or is concerned about.

Maybe, maybe not.
There's a reason why he's there, imo, he had other alternatives, could have declined the offer. Why go to that particular area, so so near to the house that 'terrified' his daughters, to the point they all moved and sold the house real quick after Suzanne's disappearance?

 

[steeltowngirl]

I wish Dan May would consider pausing his retirement to replace Jeff L. and to help with one last case. He did such a tremendous job of putting Frazee behind bars for life for the murder of Kelsey Berreth.

https://www.koaa.com/news/covering-...da-dan-may-reflects-on-career-as-he-terms-out

District Attorney Dan May’s final thoughts to the community | FOX21 News Colorado

 

[OldCop]

I don't think there is anything on the former Morphew property or he wouldn't have sold it. Whatever he wants to keep an eye on is visible from where he lives. And I think he wants to make sure no one goes up that mountain and moves a boulder.

I agree that the place to look for SM’s body is up that south side mountain somewhere. But I also think that something very small like a diamond ring or something important like a cell phone could easily be hidden in those many acres of property he owned.

 

[Momofthreeboys]

Maybe, maybe not.
There's a reason why he's there, imo, he had other alternatives, could have declined the offer. Why go to that particular area, so so near to the house that 'terrified' his daughters, to the point they all moved and sold the house real quick after Suzanne's disappearance?

Free is a pretty difficult offer to say no to. Sure he could have rented something but free usually is tough to say no to.

 

[sk716]

That day in Broomfield, or anyday anytime anywhere, maybe Barry wasn't just throwing things into dumpsters. Maybe he was meeting more women.

JMO

We know exactly where Barry was every second he was in Broomfield on the 10th.

 

[Momofthreeboys]

Well, as a sleuth would want to do, I dove straight into Mr. Matt Murphy and found him on his surfboard during the paddle out.

He tried a No Body case ... recently!

"Asked to recount his top cases, Murphy rattled off a lengthy list that included the trial of Edward Shin, who killed his business partner at their San Juan Capistrano office and posed as him for months by email to cover up the slaying."

Top Orange County homicide prosecutor to leave for private firm and television career – Orange County Register

A now-convicted man, ES, murdered then his business partner, CS, whose body has never been found.

DA Matt Murphy: “The way BMES could solve his problems, financially, business-wise, everything else, is murder CS, make him disappear and take all of his money.”

That's what Barry did to Suzanne, in my most humble opinion.

It took the jury less than an hour to reach the verdict of guilty - without a body.

Chris' story and the man who prosecuted his death, Mr. Matt Murphy
Convicted killer who posed as dead business partner: 'There's something bigger that I just can't talk about'

The crime scene techs did find copious blood evidence in CSs murder. How important will lack of blood evidence be for the Salida jury?

Can the prosecution put together the timeline of coincidences, lies, the ghost ridden bicycle, the busted bedroom door frame, the unspent shell, cell phone data, GPS data, telematics, trash runs, the dart cap, savvy real estate transactions, legal guardianship, 'cute' Salida girls search, Ashley Madison, etc in such a way that it irrefutably proves Barry murdered Suzanne?

RE: Ashley Madison search, etal: Hopefully the DA can prove only Barry could have made those searches by pinpointing the date, time and locations making it impossible for Suzanne to have been capable of doing it. IE, was she in the middle of a chemo treatment with her physician when those searches occurred?

DA LS may need to be introduced to former DA MM and vice versa.

Simply my own opinion written with great hopes of a conviction
#JusticeForSuzanne
.

Evidence does make a different. Some of the no body cases that get cited have stronger evidence that a murder occurred. While it is less of a leap that Suzanne is deceased based on no activity even though there is no hard evidence of a death the larger leap is to prove that Barry alone murdered her and if he did where, when and how. Not all of which is needed necessarily but what jurors will be listening for intently to reach without doubt.

 

[Cindizzi]

We know exactly where Barry was every second he was in Broomfield on the 10th.

I think Meg is maybe alluding to the story of BM and SD first meeting by a dumpster? JMO

And how weird is it that BM stated “ I first met her in person on October 25” ???

 

[sk716]

I wish Dan May would consider pausing his retirement to replace Jeff L. and to help with one last case. He did such a tremendous job of putting Frazee behind bars for life for the murder of Kelsey Berreth.

https://www.koaa.com/news/covering-...da-dan-may-reflects-on-career-as-he-terms-out

District Attorney Dan May’s final thoughts to the community | FOX21 News Colorado

I feel like this crowd would be super into Murder Case Prosecutor Trading Cards. Conviction stats on the back. Best line from summations.

 

[sk716]

I agree that the place to look for SM’s body is up that south side mountain somewhere. But I also think that something very small like a diamond ring or something important like a cell phone could easily be hidden in those many acres of property he owned.

Maybe not hidden so much as lost? Maybe he dropped the ring back there somewhere on the trip up or the trip back down? Wherever her phone ended up, he put it there and he wanted it found.

 

[sk716]

Free is a pretty difficult offer to say no to. Sure he could have rented something but free usually is tough to say no to.

Yeah, but he's paying rent in Salida. Killers return to the scene, but this is some epic level guilt projection.

 

[sk716]

I think Meg is maybe alluding to the story of BM and SD first meeting by a dumpster? JMO

And how weird is it that BM stated “ I first met her in person on October 25” ???

That would be a d'oh. I get literal when I read other threads. Forgot where I was, we got jokes.