Still Missing CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee Co, 10 May 2020 *arrest* #87

[Seattle1]

Searched mixed bleach and anxious state and neither resulted in anything. I thought it was early on in AA with a LE/Barry conversation. Suggestions please? TIA. Maybe I am misremembering and it was in the PH but I don’t think so. Again thanks.

See AA pg 91/131:

Barry talked about meeting Suzanne, talking all night, falling in love and having children. He spoke of the 20 I 3 incident when Suzanne almost died from cleaning the shower with bleach and peroxide and the fumes interacted with the chemo and put her mind into "an anxiety mode."

 

[mom2chloe]

Found the bleach/hydrogen peroxide info on page 91 of the AA. Again will look at it further tomorrow because I don’t know how to link it but hubby and kids will tomorrow.

 

[mom2chloe]

See AA pg 91/131:

Barry talked about meeting Suzanne, talking all night, falling in love and having children. He spoke of the 20 I 3 incident when Suzanne almost died from cleaning the shower with bleach and peroxide and the fumes interacted with the chemo and put her mind into "an anxiety mode."

Thank you!

 

[sk716]

I’m predominantly on my iPhone. Thanks and I will search again tomorrow.

This might help.
How to do a Control-F search on an iPhone to find specific words or phrases in 3 different apps

 

[Auntie Cipation]

See AA pg 91/131:

Barry talked about meeting Suzanne, talking all night, falling in love and having children. He spoke of the 20 I 3 incident when Suzanne almost died from cleaning the shower with bleach and peroxide and the fumes interacted with the chemo and put her mind into "an anxiety mode."

In 2013 SM would not have been receiving any sort of chemo; it would have been close to 25 years since she had, given her first cancer was at age 19.

BM either thinks chemo chemicals stay in the body for decades, or he's making up at least some aspect of this story. Or both. IMO

 

[Megnut]

In 2013 SM would not have been receiving any sort of chemo; it would have been close to 25 years since she had, given her first cancer was at age 19.

BM either thinks chemo chemicals stay in the body for decades, or he's making up at least some aspect of this story. Or both. IMO

I don't think BM expects anyone to fact check him.

You're right, in 2013 or 2014, there wouldn't be any chemo in her system but of course that's not even how it works!

I think what we can pull from BM's statement is that, at some point, chemicals were mixed and Suzanne wasn't happy about it.

And once again, Barry summarily dismissing Suzanne's feelings.

Seems to be a pattern.

JMO

 

[Chelly]

Don't forget his phone goes out to where the bike is found, at a time when he told LE he was sleeping.

And that his truck turns the wrong way and goes up where the helmet was found.

Why did he lie to the police about being awake all night, as his phone records show?

Why did he reset the GPS in his truck? Why did that occur on the same day Suzanne disappeared?

Why does his phone show him moving all around the property right after Suzanne's last text message?

If means doesn't exist, then prosecution will probably go ahead and show motive (although that's not necessary, in this case, it would help).

Opportunity is obvious.

Guilty mind is going to play a role too, with the fibbing and lying to LE (he's actually charged with it), as well as his selling off of her stuff.

Yes, Yes, Yes. This post is a keeper.

 

[Chelly]

I don't think LE was hindered much not having SM's actual phone because they had both her iCloud backup, a record of phone and data usage from her mobile carrier Verizon, and the forensic analysis of the Morphew wifi activity which was very extensive given the lack of phone signal in Maysville.

I recall LE discovered the spy pen very quickly under search warrant after SO tipped them off that she purchased the device for SM. Although investigators had knowledge via the pen recording that SM was communicating with an unknown male, it wasn't until November that they were able to identify JL when they discovered SM's LinkedIn. I recall investigators identified JL via LinkedIn.

JL was probably the source for what apps SM/JL used to communicate with each other including when SM first reached out to him and the brief period they stopped communicating after JL's daughter discovered text messages from SM on her dad's phone.

As for what happened on 5/9, we know that SM was sunbathing outside. We know that she communicated with BM via text and offered to meet him but he told her that he was on his way home. Whether or not BM actually ate veggie stew for lunch with SM or instead crawled around outside disabling the game cameras, looking for the alleged dead turkey, we know that SM was aware that BM left PP again because she communicated to JL that she was "alone again." We know that BM changed the blade on the bobcat and called/texted SM nine times before returning to PP the second time.

I think BM arrived home in a fit because his calls to SM went unanswered. Seeing her vehicle still at home, I think BM moved rapidly around the house looking for SM. I agree the million-dollar question is where was SM when BM returned home from DSi!

I think SM had probably finished sunbathing and went to her closet to undress and perhaps wait for JL to connect with her on Whatsapp. Or she could have taken a shower. Whatever she was doing, I think she'd locked BM out of the bedroom and he broke it down to get to her.

I never bought the idea that BM used his 22 shotgun as a tranq gun when he could easily overpower petite SM and inject her with the tranq dart. However, I wouldn't put it past BM to either threaten suicide or SM in the bedroom with the 22. I think he told SM marriage was for life and they were both going to die that day. And when SM didn't respond to his threats, BM made certain that SM was the one that would be dead. MOO

@Seattle1 This post...another keeper. Thanks.

 

[Momofthreeboys]

I don't think BM expects anyone to fact check him.

You're right, in 2013 or 2014, there wouldn't be any chemo in her system but of course that's not even how it works!

I think what we can pull from BM's statement is that, at some point, chemicals were mixed and Suzanne wasn't happy about it.

And once again, Barry summarily dismissing Suzanne's feelings.

Seems to be a pattern.

JMO

She may have been on maintenance drugs between her original cancer battle and the recurrence. Her drug history has never been released.

 

[Auntie Cipation]

She may have been on maintenance drugs between her original cancer battle and the recurrence. Her drug history has never been released.

True, we don't know the details. Would such maintenance drugs generally be called "chemo" though?

 

[Murphy1950]

She may have been on maintenance drugs between her original cancer battle and the recurrence. Her drug history has never been released.

True, we don't know the details. Would such maintenance drugs generally be called "chemo" though?

My apologies ahead of time and please let me know but I don't see the relevance of the story to the case or if it matters if she was or wasn't on chemo, (which I doubt at that time) sounds like Barry just babbling on, he can't stop. I think the point of that story is for the drama effect, sympathy and to show how they weathered all their hard times together. And by God, Barry hung in there. That combination (mistake)adding bleach and peroxide has been made by many and it can be deadly to anybody regardless of your health...if it happened at all.

 

[Auntie Cipation]

My apologies ahead of time and please let me know but I don't see the relevance of the story to the case or if it matters if she was or wasn't on chemo, (which I doubt at that time) sounds like Barry just babbling on, he can't stop. I think the point of that story is for the drama effect and to show how they weathered all their hard times together. And by God, Barry hung in there. That combination (mistake)adding bleach and peroxide has been made by many and it can be deadly to anybody regardless of your health...if it happened at all.

Yes I think the only point is that BM is a lying liar who lies.

 

[Scootie98]

What do y’all think about Suzanne & Barry looking at that home for sale in Salida? Was it for Suzanne? Barry? Investment? Was there more conversation between Suzanne & JL about what was really happening that week, but it isn’t in the AA? Will JL be testifying as to what Suzanne told him about where the marriage stood that week? JL would have been told if they truly were sleeping separately, I think. I’m not saying that Suzanne wouldn’t edit, but what JL was told might be corroborated by evidence found.

I am speculating, but I have thought about the house for sale in Salida as well. I think Suzanne wanted to downsize (since the daughters were moving out soon)...but more importantly, an 800k house is half the value of the Puma Path home...and would more than cover her inheritance (as reimbursement). I think Suzanne saw that house as an opportunity to create cash from the brick and mortar....to facilitate their split. Barry was wise to that, however....and, I think played along to string things out. JMO.

 

[Scootie98]

Excellent points. Yes, it appears they did go to great lengths to stay private.

Without Suzanne's actual phone, I wonder what digital information LE recovered and when. Somewhere they learned she'd been communicating by other means. Probably the deleted/recovered spy pen recording was the tip off. Still, I'd think they must've had a sense of her extensive data usage, right? Even if not preserved, wouldn't her log time be archived somewhere?

It's still bone-chilling that JL was messaging Suzanne at 2:46 just as Barry was allegedly hunting her down.

I can't help but to wonder if, that very day, guard down, Suzanne's unattended phone betrayed her. Always careful, maybe she left her phone out while she showered and some notification popped up ...

Otherwise why wouldn't Barry wait? Get Suzanne on a hike and carry his plan forward from there? If that door splintered on 5/9, I think that's clear and compelling evidence that his plan didn't go as planned.

I wonder why he didn't do it just as soon as the trail cams were down.

Do we know where Suzanne was (relative to the house/patio) during the veggie soup/turkey search?

I hope the Prosecution can lay this out to the minute.

JMO

SM in the shower is precisely the opportune window for BM to look at her phone. Its likely the only time it wasn't in her possession.....something BM would be fully aware of. I would go so far as to suggest that BM would be looking for her phone while she was in the shower. We don't know...but we do know that BM was very suspicious of SM's activities and communications. When else would he look at her phone unless she was asleep?

 

[Momofthreeboys]

I am speculating, but I have thought about the house for sale in Salida as well. I think Suzanne wanted to downsize (since the daughters were moving out soon)...but more importantly, an 800k house is half the value of the Puma Path home...and would more than cover her inheritance (as reimbursement). I think Suzanne saw that house as an opportunity to create cash from the brick and mortar....to facilitate their split. Barry was wise to that, however....and, I think played along to string things out. JMO.

I don't disagree with that thinking the only issue for me is there is no evidence that he was reluctant to downsize and get equity out of the PP house to separate Suzanne's inheritance which if I recall in the documentation he had said he would pay her back to someone either Suzanne or in one of his conversations with LE. Bottom line is prosecution is not required to prove why a defendant committed crime, but whether the defendant committed the crime. Discussion tends to focus on why because most people gravitate toward wanting to understand the why, but with this case it is more about whether Barry committed the crime and the underlying proof of that.

 

[Megnut]

Barry texted he was coming home.... but did Suzanne know that?

I think there were a batch she missed...

JMO

 

[Seattle1]

I am speculating, but I have thought about the house for sale in Salida as well. I think Suzanne wanted to downsize (since the daughters were moving out soon)...but more importantly, an 800k house is half the value of the Puma Path home...and would more than cover her inheritance (as reimbursement). I think Suzanne saw that house as an opportunity to create cash from the brick and mortar....to facilitate their split. Barry was wise to that, however....and, I think played along to string things out. JMO.

I also think SM was thinking about the IN residence pay-off escrow taking place in early June and she was anxious to commit the monies to her own property before BM could invest the money in his own interest and/or project as he was known to do. In this case, I believe BM wanted to use the IN sale proceeds for new construction in Longhorn Ranch which SM was probably opposed to. And after SM was out of the picture, we know that's exactly what BM did -- he purchased building lot 8 at Longhorn Ranch on June 25, 2020 -- only weeks after SM was missing.

 

[Scootie98]

Excellent points. Yes, it appears they did go to great lengths to stay private.

Without Suzanne's actual phone, I wonder what digital information LE recovered and when. Somewhere they learned she'd been communicating by other means. Probably the deleted/recovered spy pen recording was the tip off. Still, I'd think they must've had a sense of her extensive data usage, right? Even if not preserved, wouldn't her log time be archived somewhere?

It's still bone-chilling that JL was messaging Suzanne at 2:46 just as Barry was allegedly hunting her down.

I can't help but to wonder if, that very day, guard down, Suzanne's unattended phone betrayed her. Always careful, maybe she left her phone out while she showered and some notification popped up ...

Otherwise why wouldn't Barry wait? Get Suzanne on a hike and carry his plan forward from there? If that door splintered on 5/9, I think that's clear and compelling evidence that his plan didn't go as planned.

I wonder why he didn't do it just as soon as the trail cams were down.

Do we know where Suzanne was (relative to the house/patio) during the veggie soup/turkey search?

I hope the Prosecution can lay this out to the minute.

JMO

SM in the shower is precisely the opportune window for BM to look at her phone. Its likely the only time it wasn't in her possession.....something BM would be fully aware of. I would go so far as to suggest that BM would be looking for her phone while she was in the shower. We don't know...but we do know that BM was very suspicious of SM's activities and communications. When else would he look at her phone unless she was asleep?

I also think SM was thinking about the IN residence pay-off escrow taking place in early June and she was anxious to commit the monies to her own property before BM could invest the money in his own interest and/or project as he was known to do. In this case, I believe BM wanted to use the IN sale proceeds for new construction in Longhorn Ranch which SM was probably opposed to. And after SM was out of the picture, we know that's exactly what BM did -- he purchased building lot 8 at Longhorn Ranch on June 25, 2020 -- only weeks after SM was missing.

The fact that SM initiated the conversation with BM about that home for sale in Salida is important. Purchasing an 800k house is no small thing. Besides, any evidence or documentation which points to an eventual split is germane to this case. There's a reason she was interested in this....hopefully LE can shed some light on it.

 

[MrsWatson]

So what is BM up to lately? Preparing for the holidays with his new lady friend? Busy meeting with his legal team? Snow plowing to make money?

I must admit, I'm a little surprised the Daily Mail or another tabloid hasn't had any pics of him recently. (at least not that I've seen)

 

[Momofthreeboys]

So what is BM up to lately? Preparing for the holidays with his new lady friend? Busy meeting with his legal team? Snow plowing to make money?

I must admit, I'm a little surprised the Daily Mail or another tabloid hasn't had any pics of him recently. (at least not that I've seen)

Probably nothing for DM paparazzi to catch or see. Barry isn't going to risk anything at this point IMO. My money is on him keeping a very low profile for the next 4-5 months as he has been since he got out on bail. Plus there is really no where papazaai can "camp out" and it's getting cold to be hanging out in bushes hoping to get a glimpse of his truck heading for his daily download of data.