Still Missing CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee Co, 10 May 2020 *arrest* #88

[MaisieBella]

Boy, Grusing was trying as hard as he could to allow Barry to narrow down where they should be looking.

Barry knows his mineshafts.

One does wonder how Barry knows the mine goes straight down - oh, and who “plugged” it?
Who is they?

 

[FromGermany1]

What if BM buried his "ANGEL" at a cemetery? So in his (evil) sense, he could imagine to have her buried adequately with no remorse.

Google Maps

 

[Megnut]

<modsnip> From the AA:

Additionally, it was noted by your affiant and other investigators that there was a Bobcat Skid Steer parked in a parking area/driveway, west of the Morphew residence. Next to the Skid Steer (south) was a flat-bed trailer. The trailer was in its tilt position. The trailer bed had some loose gravel and dirt on it. The trailer did not have a jack on it and the tongue of the trailer was lying on the ground. The Skid Steer was parked to the left side near the trailer tongue. The items were positioned such that the Skid Steer bucket appeared to have been used to un-hitch the trailer from a vehicle, most likely Barry’s truck, and set the trailer on the ground.​

No jack?????? That has to be significant!!!

Didn't the AA say there are no cameras from PP until Monarch? Did Barry go left twice? Just with a borrowed truck? Borrowed from neighbors (same as where he's now staying) (easily without their knowledge)... where'd that jack go???? Damaged and discarded? What mighty equipment could Barry have utilized? While evading cameras?

And exactly! How'd he know a blocked mine went straight down?

I hope, as time passes, and old satellite imagery gets published, it'll betray him.

Million to one I suppose, but wouldn't it be grand to enter in coordinates, and see him moving boulders?

(Is it possible Barry knew EXACTLY where the backhoe arm was and knew it had been left unattended? Borrowed it much earlier and the contact with the owner was deliberate staging? He didn't delete it. Maybe he did use it.)

Jmo

 

[steeltowngirl]

Barry and GD said they searched it but, again, anywhere Barry has ever pointed to, she's not. He pointed to Garfield, he pointed towards the reservoir, he pointed toward Fooses, it was all searched. He took a verbal swipe at the CCSO and the FBI for the amount of money spent to dig up the rock beach property, so she's not there.

He didn't point to that mountain. From the AA:

SA Grusing asked Barry what he did about searching difficult places, like mineshafts. He said, “We did. We searched every mineshaft in this area.”

SA Grusing asked if vertical shafts were in the area, and Barry replied, “Yeah, there’s one behind the house that’s on the very top, but it’s plugged by a boulder. They plugged it. It doesn’t go, I mean it goes straight down and they plugged it.” When asked if there were more, he added, “There’s another one, but it’s been blown up – by the house. I don’t know of anything open by the house. The ones in Garfield are open, the ones up 240 are open.”
​

I'd like to point out here that Barry says there are only two mines by his house. Also note that he does his verbal tell where he starts one sentence, changes his mind and restarts it.

He didn’t point to the mountain, so my mind goes straight to the mountain. He did initially suggest a mountain lion dragged her away. There may be a sliver of truth to each of his lies.

I can’t shake the thought of Barry dragging Suzanne up the mountain, leaving her unburied body in or near a wildlife den that he may have spotted while hunting. That way, if her body were found, it might be plausible that wildlife dragged her remains. Whereas, burying a body would have to have been done by a human. In this admittedly stomach-turning theory, wild animals (coyote, mountain lions) did get to the body before it was ever located.

Wouldn’t surprise me if he left dead chipmunks along the way to attract and lead wildlife to her body.

This article discusses mountain lion feeding behavior in May. Colorado mountain lion safety: Expert offers behavior insights

“We saw a shift in the mountain lions' diets starting around April and May toward smaller prey such as raccoons, pets and (hobby) livestock in those areas. Most were adult females who would come into those areas at night, make a kill and leave.”

 

[CGray123]

It’s a tough choice for women in a DV situation. If they stay, they’re subject to more abuse but leaving is said to be the most dangerous time for a woman. Suzanne let Barry know she was done and wanted to be civil about separating. Barry wasn’t having it and made her disappear.

And what’s up with the girlfriend who evidently thinks Barry is good boyfriend material?

BBM.

I like to speculate she's reconsidering:

She must know that BM is quite capable of acquiring a ghost gun. She knows that her testimony could obliterate BM's defense strategies. If If she's got a working brain, she's terrified.

I hate to think she's being advised by a law firm that BM hired, whose named partner is married to his defense counsel DN. Worse than having no lawyer at all IMO. I feel sympathetic for her plight, almost.

 

[nyvictoria]

BBM.

I like to speculate she's reconsidering:

She must know that BM is quite capable of acquiring a ghost gun. She knows that her testimony could obliterate BM's defense strategies. If If she's got a working brain, she's terrified.

I hate to think she's being advised by a law firm that BM hired, whose named partner is married to his defense counsel DN. Worse than having no lawyer at all IMO. I feel sympathetic for her plight, almost.

She should be giving consideration to getting new counsel. It’s pretty ironic the defense is concerned about the judge’s ability to be impartial when they’re involved knee-deep with a witness.

 

[Momofthreeboys]

I don’t see a benefit to her switching legal counsel unless she thinks she is being set up in some way by prosecution but that seems like a long shot..that doesn’t fit prosecution theory and her current lawyers aren’t going to let her get into any dangerous territory.

 

[Love Never Fails]

Barry has two things that she wants, money, and notoriety. She gets a lot of attention when she's with him, and I'm sure she likes that.

It's gotta be killing her that she can't go to court with him.

The money and notariety got her attention. But IMO, SD wants Barry. I think some women aren’t smart enough to be afraid. She likely sees herself as someone who can keep his attention. She is not going to turn on him. I’m not sure if he has shared with her that he killed Suzanne but I think she knows. She, like Barry, probably thinks Suzanne deserved it. So she wants the trial to be over and she wants to be the next Mrs. Barry Morphew and will do anything to achieve that.

If BM walks, he will also walk away from her and then we might hear some rumblings from her but not now. In a way, she appears to be a user as much as he does.

 

[jakat]

BBM.

I like to speculate she's reconsidering:

She must know that BM is quite capable of acquiring a ghost gun. She knows that her testimony could obliterate BM's defense strategies. If If she's got a working brain, she's terrified.

I hate to think she's being advised by a law firm that BM hired, whose named partner is married to his defense counsel DN. Worse than having no lawyer at all IMO. I feel sympathetic for her plight, almost.

She's gotten herself in too deep with him. I hope she realizes that before it's too late to get out.

He used her to fetch a package off the porch at PP that was sent to HIM. Why didn't he go and get the package himself?

She never should have moved out of her own home. Moving in with him was one of the worst moves she's made. If she doesn't realize it yet, she will. And, she'll realize just what he is. No good. Guaranteed.

He's a narc and she's an object. A target. Get a new lawyer, pro bono. And, get out. Away from him. No matter what she's done, her life is worth something.

Poor Suzanne.

 

[Momofthreeboys]

She picked up the package because Barry knew he should not. And where did we learn she is living with him? My guess is they are not living together and it is another rumor circulating.

 

[Seattle1]

Does SD have access to a vehicle? Can we we know where it was from, say, noon of Saturday, May 9, 2020 through the following morning?

I remember vaguely this issue being discussed earlier. Is that so?

Seems to me that as far as LE is concerned, SD did not enter the picture until Sunday, May 10, when she allegedly reported there were strange vehicles in the Morphew neighborhood on that date. (It's believed she was cleaning a residence in the neighborhood on Sunday). MOO

 

[sk716]

I'd just like to remind everyone that CCSO and the FBI have shown themselves to be pretty darn capable in finding Barry movements. If he had access to a vehicle, it was checked. There are a LOT of cameras toward Poncha Springs and Salida. I feel confident that some poor interns spent days in a little room watching hours and hours of surveillance videos looking for Barry moving around in those days.

I feel that there is very little chance that Barry went west past the Garfield turn, there is a camera not far past the turn Barry took that would have seen the any vehicle, which is how we know he turned around before that camera.

In many of the hours we don't know exactly where he was, any vehicle on a camera is going to stand out. Bear with me.

May 09, 16:44 – Barry parks his truck in the garage.
Barry claims to have been loading his truck and cleaning off his workbench.

May 09, 17:33 – Barry’s truck system manually rebooted
Power removal event.

May 09, 21:25 – Barry’s truck goes into reverse, backs 96.8 feet down driveway
Barry backs 96 feet out of the garage..​

I think this was to get the ATV out or maybe something else that was too big to get out with the truck in the way. It's really the only thing that makes sense. The Bobcat was parked over next to the trailer and whatever he needed to do in the garage required his truck to not be.

Barry isn't stupid, I don't think he would have tried to move the body during the daylight. I also don't think he left the area during the daylight. One thought I keep turning over and over in my head is the possibility that he used MM2's RR to pull the trailer with the bobcat around to the trail and used it before he moved the body. That doesn't help with how he might have resealed a mine, but I can't stop turning the dogs alerting on the bobcat seat and trailer over and over in my head.

 

[Seattle1]

No jack?????? That has to be significant!!!

^^rsbm

I don't think BM necessarily used a jack for the trailer (hitch) for a couple of reasons: to quote LS, we know that BM towed his trailer/bobcat around "like it was a purse." A jack is typically necessary to set the trailer hitch on blocks to level the trailer for long-term storage (protect the tires, etc) which we know was never an issue here. Second, BM built a special pad on his driveway specifically for his trailer/bobcat. It's seen in photos of PP not far from the driveway entrance -- secluded from the main house/garage behind a privacy wall of evergreens. MOO

ETA - add image with link

BM's trailer pad sits between the rock wall and evergreens where two investigator vehicles are parked opposite of the trees.

Shoshona Darke Arrested, Allegedly Trespassed At Former Home Of Suzanne And Barry Morphew

 

[Auntie Cipation]

What bothers me is the seeming mismatch of dogs alerting on the Bobcat while at the same time LE states they don't think the Bobcat was used in the crime.

 

[Momofthreeboys]

What bothers me is the seeming mismatch of dogs alerting on the Bobcat while at the same time LE states they don't think the Bobcat was used in the crime.

Well all kinds of dogs alerted whatever that means in several areas to no avail. The land he sold they dug up at the subdivision entry area because of a dog. LE isn’t going to throw anything out that would help their case so I am running with LE on this one. As practical as it seems he used the bobcat that night I think that might be ruled out unless something new we don’t know about came up.

 

[sk716]

What bothers me is the seeming mismatch of dogs alerting on the Bobcat while at the same time LE states they don't think the Bobcat was used in the crime.

Well all kinds of dogs alerted whatever that means in several areas to no avail. The land he sold they dug up at the subdivision entry area because of a dog. LE isn’t going to throw anything out that would help their case so I am running with LE on this one. As practical as it seems he used the bobcat that night I think that might be ruled out unless something new we don’t know about came up.

The Bobcat is a conundrum.

(Bobcat SIM removal)
On May 28, 2020, Deputy Randy Carricato with the assistance of FBI SA David Donati removed the SIM card (Subscriber Identity Module) from the Call Amp device. This is the device Agent Graham learned about that Barry had on his Bobcat Skid Steer. This device utilizes Verizonconnect services and is a GPS tracking device. SA Hoyland spoke with SA Donati and requested a search warrant be applied for to obtain what data this SIM card may contain. At present, Barry’s use of the Bobcat does not appear to be connected to Suzanne’s disappearance.
...
(K-9 search on May 23, 2020)
On May 23, 2020, search teams along with K-9s and K-9 handlers (Blood Hound Man Trackers NecroSearch) searched the 19507 Puma Path property. During this search, three different K-9s were used. Each of the three K-9s were ran blindly and individually during the search. On the west area of the driveway/parking area, where a flatbed trailer and Bobcat Skid Steer are parked, all three K-9s “trained final response” alerted (the K-9s used have been trained in a specific way to alert their handlers when they detect possible human decamp/remains) on the top of the trailer. It should be noted, on the bed of the trailer there is gravel and dirt. This is an area the K-9s alerted. All three K-9s again alerted on the Bobcat, and one of the K-9s jumped into the Bobcat and tried to lay down on the driver’s seat. The Bobcat located on the Morphew’s property is identified as a 2018 Bobcat Compact Skid Steer, Model# S590 and product identification number AR9Rl8813. The flatbed trailer and Bobcat Skid Steer are parked directly next to each other.​

BBM.

As of the date of the AA, the Bobcat data either hadn't come back or the SIM was blank.

I also feel the need to add that the Bobcat was parked as if he just used it to unhook the trailer from his truck. Where ever he had her on that trailer, he parked the Bobcat when he parked the trailer. Meaning he didn't use the Bobcat alone to remove Suzanne from the property.

Like I said, it's a conundrum.

 

[waldojabba]

The money and notariety got her attention. But IMO, SD wants Barry. I think some women aren’t smart enough to be afraid. She likely sees herself as someone who can keep his attention. She is not going to turn on him. I’m not sure if he has shared with her that he killed Suzanne but I think she knows. She, like Barry, probably thinks Suzanne deserved it. So she wants the trial to be over and she wants to be the next Mrs. Barry Morphew and will do anything to achieve that.

If BM walks, he will also walk away from her and then we might hear some rumblings from her but not now. In a way, she appears to be a user as much as he does.[/QUOTE]

BBM Totally agree! These two are cut out of the same cloth. In my head, given the right circumstances, I believe they are both equally dangerous and amoral. IMO

 

[Seattle1]

What bothers me is the seeming mismatch of dogs alerting on the Bobcat while at the same time LE states they don't think the Bobcat was used in the crime.

Well all kinds of dogs alerted whatever that means in several areas to no avail. The land he sold they dug up at the subdivision entry area because of a dog. LE isn’t going to throw anything out that would help their case so I am running with LE on this one. As practical as it seems he used the bobcat that night I think that might be ruled out unless something new we don’t know about came up.

I mentioned earlier that I don't believe BM is a stranger to poaching prey out of season where he could have easily used both the trailer and bobcat bucket to transport the evidence (carcass) for disposal. Take note only the blade on the Bocat was replaced -- not the bucket.

Although well-trained cadaver dogs do not typically flag a live human or animals, possible scents include two byproducts of decomposition: putrescine and cadaverine where putrescine includes smelling compounds produced when amino acids decompose in decaying animals.

IMO, BM should be considered the extreme example of a hunter-- by day or night, legal or illegal. As we know, lies often contain a bit of the truth and BM's statements about following deer on Sunday and/or shooting deer from the breezeway of PP could very well be the memory of a fairly recent (illegal) kill. I also recall where Andy mentioned evidence of an alleged fresh kill drying outside the house. MOO

 

[JosieMae]

He used her to fetch a package off the porch at PP that was sent to HIM. Why didn't he go and get the package himself?

If BM had done the trespassing, his bail would have been revoked.

 

[Megnut]

This may be immaterial but when Suzanne said they needed to divorce civilly, do you think she meant "politely" or "legally"? Struck me this morning because I always assumed the former -- handle it maturely, for the sake of everyone -- but perhaps Suzanne was trying to find a way still to accommodate Barry -- divorce civilly so he could stay married in "God's eyes" -- then once they got that far, she be able to move on physically --

Probably not significant either way -- but thought I'd raise the question.

I just can't imagine what she was going through, trying to extricate herself from the general toxicity/imbalance of the marriage --

She said she'd still do his invoices, IMO she was helping to find him a comeasurate house to move to (so they could divide up resources fairly)....

Yeah, he probably doesn't *do* fair.

JMO