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

[Megnut]

Barry backed the truck up but we really don't know why (to access another vehicle perhaps?) but I'm more interested in the Bobcat and trailer. When did they get where they got themselves to?

If Barry left PP on foot or in an ATV to take Suzanne on a "hike" after dark, I think he positioned them just prior to his morning departure from PP on 5/10.

I think, before showering or changing, he climbed up on the trailer, stepped onto the bucket of the Bobcat, and climbed into the cab. In order to park it alongside the trailer. Why he'd go to Broomfield for work without the Bobcat, I don't know. But I think that, by the time Barry parked the Bobcat, he was covered in cadaverine, and that's why the dogs hit where they hit.

JMO

 

[sk716]

@sk716 why do you think he changed the bucket on the bobcat?

That's the thing. Neither the bucket nor the blade would be very good at disappearing a body. I suppose you could use the blade to hack up a body but the mess would be impossible to clean up. The only attachments that would be really useful are the back hoe he asked TK about but never got, and the forks. The bucket could probably be used to manhandle a boulder but I'd go with the forks with boulders for placement finesse. Barry moves a lot of boulders, maybe he can do it with just a bucket.

 

[Momofthreeboys]

That's the thing. Neither the bucket nor the blade would be very good at disappearing a body. I suppose you could use the blade to hack up a body but the mess would be impossible to clean up. The only attachments that would be really useful are the back hoe he asked TK about but never got, and the forks. The bucket could probably be used to manhandle a boulder but I'd go with the forks with boulders for placement finesse. Barry moves a lot of boulders, maybe he can do it with just a bucket.

I agree and if he's moving boulders around using the bucket he's going to damage that blade fairly quickly "scooping" them to either shove or pick up and move I would think and changing the blade would be routine maintenance. LE has already eliminated the Bobcat in the documentation so unless they got some new evidence not released and defense would know also, the bobcat activity is not going to be part of the trial. You never know, but that's where it stands as far as knowledge "we" know.

 

[Whitneyh]

I just re watched Scott Peterson coverage and so many eerie similarities. They both ate a dinner after murdering someone and both failed to call their wives cellphone once they have been missing. Like ya think these people would learn. They both give me the creeps either way.

 

[Puzzles8]

I'm just going to throw a thought out there about SM's phone. I assume it was an I-Phone. I also assume most people have either a security code, thumb print, or facial recognition security on their I-Phones.

I don't think SM would let BM know the security code on her phone. That's why I don't think BM necessarily saw anything on SM's phone that afternoon that enraged him before he murdered SM. I think it was more her lack of response to his calls and texts that set him off. Probably the culmination of his mounting rage over the previous few days.

As always, JMO, MOO and etc.

 

[mom2chloe]

That's the thing. Neither the bucket nor the blade would be very good at disappearing a body. I suppose you could use the blade to hack up a body but the mess would be impossible to clean up. The only attachments that would be really useful are the back hoe he asked TK about but never got, and the forks. The bucket could probably be used to manhandle a boulder but I'd go with the forks with boulders for placement finesse. Barry moves a lot of boulders, maybe he can do it with just a bucket.

As much as I hate to say it if you doused someone with a combination of Hydrogen Peroxide and bleach it would have a dissolving effect. There would be nothing left. If he prepped an area and returned later to dump and dispose of a body in this manner one may never know. I’m confident the Bobcat whether his or someone else’s was used in this crime. I hope Fish and Wildlife checked out any areas where there are known cat dens. Also the mines. IMO

 

[mrjitty]

That's the thing. Neither the bucket nor the blade would be very good at disappearing a body. I suppose you could use the blade to hack up a body but the mess would be impossible to clean up. The only attachments that would be really useful are the back hoe he asked TK about but never got, and the forks. The bucket could probably be used to manhandle a boulder but I'd go with the forks with boulders for placement finesse. Barry moves a lot of boulders, maybe he can do it with just a bucket.

Intriguing isn't it.

I agree the backhoe would be much more use - and I do wonder if that was part of his plan, involving digging. I guess if you dig on stoney land, you could them obscure the signs enough that it wouldn't easily be found? That is my only thing with the digging. Whenever i have used a bobcat, it is really obvious where you dug!

I suspect like you say, she was dumped in a hole of some kind, and then he has scoped boulders on top - that might not leave any real sign.

 

[Kemug]

I've been absent from here for several weeks, because of one thing and another. And I am most impressed with how you have all been moving things forward with various brilliant and logical arguments. BTW one of the things which has been distracting me lately is the case of missing couple Carol Clay and Russell Hill in Australia. I don't know if any of you are following, or have ever followed that? In any case, things have really been moving in the last couple of weeks - someone has been arrested and charged with their murders, and now it seems that their bodies have been found. It also seems possible that the alleged perp may even be a serial killer! So there is much excitement here in Oz, and much more to find out.

 

[Kemug]

And yes, I am the Zookeeper. So in reply to a couple of you, I believe we do already have bears in our Zoo, but we didn't have coyotes, so I have just added them.

 

[Kemug]

Also - I am seriously considering forming our animal friends at the Zoo into a choir. Starting in the new year, I think I will start training them to sing the "Hallelujah Chorus", in anticipation of a favourable (to us) verdict at the upcoming trial. Does anyone have a suggestion for what to call our choir?

 

[Skigh]

Also - I am seriously considering forming our animal friends at the Zoo into a choir. Starting in the new year, I think I will start training them to sing the "Hallelujah Chorus", in anticipation of a favourable (to us) verdict at the upcoming trial. Does anyone have a suggestion for what to call our choir?

Websleuth Wailers. Suzanne's Singers.

 

[Kemug]

Websleuth Wailers. Suzanne's Singers.

Very good! Or how about the Salida Singers, or the Colorado Critters Choir. Once we have a few more suggestions, we'd better take a vote.

 

[Kingsley]

Also - I am seriously considering forming our animal friends at the Zoo into a choir. Starting in the new year, I think I will start training them to sing the "Hallelujah Chorus", in anticipation of a favourable (to us) verdict at the upcoming trial. Does anyone have a suggestion for what to call our choir?

Retribution Chorale.

 

[sk716]

Stumbled onto this while looking into the mines in the area. Don't know that it'll be useful for anything, but I thought it was cool.
Historic Map - Maysville, CO - 1882

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

I've been absent from here for several weeks, because of one thing and another. And I am most impressed with how you have all been moving things forward with various brilliant and logical arguments. BTW one of the things which has been distracting me lately is the case of missing couple Carol Clay and Russell Hill in Australia. I don't know if any of you are following, or have ever followed that? In any case, things have really been moving in the last couple of weeks - someone has been arrested and charged with their murders, and now it seems that their bodies have been found. It also seems possible that the alleged perp may even be a serial killer! So there is much excitement here in Oz, and much more to find out.

hey thanks for the heads up. I haven’t been on the Clay/Hill thread for a few days so I’m heading over there to catch up!

 

[Cindizzi]

This new article mentions the suppressed documents in this case. It’s been one month since the Judge ordered them released to the public and they are still not showing on the COCourt website.

Despite reform, some Colorado court records are still blocked from public view without explanation

In Chaffee County, a large number of documents in the case of Barry Morphew, who is accused of killing his wife, were filed by attorneys as suppressed until the Post asked for the judge’s written order justifying the suppression, after which Chief Judge Patrick Murphy ordered the documents be made public.

“The court believes that the parties were under the misconception that the court had ordered that pleadings in the case needed to be filed as suppressed,” a minute order read. “The court did not issue such an order.”

 

[Momofthreeboys]

This new article mentions the suppressed documents in this case. It’s been one month since the Judge ordered them released to the public and they are still not showing on the COCourt website.

Despite reform, some Colorado court records are still blocked from public view without explanation

In Chaffee County, a large number of documents in the case of Barry Morphew, who is accused of killing his wife, were filed by attorneys as suppressed until the Post asked for the judge’s written order justifying the suppression, after which Chief Judge Patrick Murphy ordered the documents be made public.

“The court believes that the parties were under the misconception that the court had ordered that pleadings in the case needed to be filed as suppressed,” a minute order read. “The court did not issue such an order.”

Are the only records missing the motions hearing requests and the search warrants? Does anyone know if those fall under the new laws?

 

[sk716]

In preparation for Barry's upcoming court appearance I want to get the timeline finessed out.

Can some of you give this a once over and see what glaring omissions there are?

Find Suzanne Morphew – #JusticeForSuzanne

 

[sk716]

Are the only records missing the motions hearing requests and the search warrants? Does anyone know if those fall under the new laws?

I can't remember who around here is an Atty in CO, but @Seattle1 might have a previous post on the topic.

 

[Monty Ma]

In preparation for Barry's upcoming court appearance I want to get the timeline finessed out.

Can some of you give this a once over and see what glaring omissions there are?

Find Suzanne Morphew – #JusticeForSuzanne

I wasn’t able to review the whole timeline yet but March 3, 2020 sale of Puma Path should be 2021 instead. Nice work! I will put more time into when I have the chance.