Still Missing CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee Co, 10 May 2020 *arrest* #89

[mrjitty]

Which could be any person in America that has a family member that has committed a crime! Geez, it's so crazy that this was allowed to be introduced in a confusing way. I sure hope at trial this can be explained very quickly and get it off the table as the narrative that some sex offender had ever been in her car.

I really hope the trial judge take a tight line on this.

The sex offender aspect is ridiculous.

 

[Megnut]

Suzanne doesn't help at all.

Q Eytan: And Ms. Morphew’s next report about Barry being between the report about Barry to Mr. Libler is on May 9th at 8L21 am, the next report about Barry where she says to Mr. Libler after he asked her how her night was and she said, “I had a fine, quiet night. Picked up pizza and looked around town at houses for sale. Still talk of Arizona.” Correct?

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I think that, for Suzanne, Barry talking about Arizona gave her the sense that he was forward thinking, not suicidal, and willing to move on. I think it tempered her sense of fear -- as long as he was talking about Arizona, she probably felt safe.

Which is how he wanted her to feel. Just like all those deer. Safe. While he lined 'em up in the scope.

Think I'm being melodramatic? HE'S the one who admitted his .22 was loaded, with scope mounted.

Suzanne probably wanted him to keep talking about Arizona.

Instead, he brought a tranquilizer dart to the conversation.

JMO

 

[Boxer]

Then why oh why did the guy lawyer up? I know it is the smart thing to do but if he hadn’t been anywhere near Salida and could prove it why spend the money to lawyer up after the first phone call? There is still missing pieces to this DNA story in my opinion and I cannot just dismiss it to being the Jiffy Lube’s cousin two times removed

Sorry what guy lawyered up?

 

[MassGuy]

Something we discovered on the McStay case is there is an emerging industry of taking partial or degraded DNA, and then pretending that must be the DNA of the "real killer", even where there is no proof it is related to the case, and isn't linked to any tangible suspect.

It's kind of like the reverse of the latest science to match degraded or mixed samples to a known suspect but here you link it to no one in particular

In the Berreth case, foreign DNA was found in the living room in which she was murdered. The defense obviously tried to use this to their advantage, but the jury knew that unknown DNA didn't cancel out the evidence against Frazee.

Likewise, foreign DNA found in a vehicle that has no relation to this crime, shouldn't fool them.

 

[fcavanaugh]

A good question is how would any male DNA be on the glove compartment?

Loading the bicycle in the car at the bike mechanics.
Car wash.
Car maintenance. Then there is the plant business that they apparently had.
Did a worker load things in her car?

Did Barry transfer touch DNA from the Pizza box while sitting in the front seat?

Did she loan the car in the last weeks?

Yes it could be any of those things or any other number of ways it arrived there. More importantly, there is not a shred of corroborating evidence this glovebox DNA contributor/“suspect” was anywhere at the scene nor touched the bike or helmet. You can bet three agencies of LE did their due diligence and this rando glovebox DNA was found nowhere else, otherwise we’d have heard about it if it were, as E&N would have been shouting from the highest Colorado Rocky Mountaintop if that same DNA showed up all over the scene and/or anywhere else at or near the scene, i.e., somewhere else in SM’s vehicle, in and/or around the home, on bike, on helmet etc, etc.

Also, no one to this day can explain how some rando abductor/crazed killer is responsible and also forced BM to tell lie after lie after lie, after….you get the gist. The two simply do not add up nor can they be reconciled by anyone with even a modicum of common sense and deductive reasoning abilities. IMO, no random abductor or serial killer rapist is responsible for what happened to SM. There is no evidence of such, and something else happening (someone other than BM responsible) doesn't explain all the inconsistent statements and lies BM told nor refutes the digital forensics (SM/BM phones, BM truck telematics, etc). Digital forensics don’t lie and innocent people with nothing to hide, hide nothing. Period.

IMHOO

#FindSuzanne
#BringSuzanneHome
#JusticeForSuzanne

eta-clarity

 

[Megnut]

Let's think about this.

Self proclaimed hunter.

Skilled with the tranquilizer.

Just how confident was he? A one-shot wonder?

If he wasn't able to get a shot in with the .22, I'd say the odds are pretty good he had a second syringe. Would he have a second dart prepared? Is it a one-step or a two-step process? Vial of sedative, insert syringe, fill. Is that now the dart? Or does the syringe then fill the dart?

If a dart missed and entered a wall, I wonder what sort of insult it'd leave. I wonder if every surface was scanned for just such a blemish.

I can't help but wonder if Barry hadn't planned a backyard blitz attack, coming up from the creek, catching sunbathing Suzanne unaware at noon.

Maybe he couldn't line her up. So he aborted the mission, headed into town for his errands and regrouped for Round 2.

If he had a dart in the gun, would he have had a second dart in his pocket?

If he caught up to her on the other side of the bedroom door, spun her into a choke hold, he could've manually sedated her while she tried to pull free.

If Suzanne was on her phone all morning and planned to go for her afternoon bike ride later, she'd want a full charge. If she made it as far as her phone, he would've yanked it from her cord and all. This missing cord tells a story. It would be a weird staging maneuver to dispose of her phone and track down her cord to toss too. Makes more sense to me that, the phone and the cord were together at 2:47 and were ripped from the wall as a collective item.

Those last minutes had to be frenzied and horrifying.

JMO

 

[Murphy1950]

A good question is how would any male DNA be on the glove compartment?

Loading the bicycle in the car at the bike mechanics.
Car wash.
Car maintenance. Then there is the plant business that they apparently had.
Did a worker load things in her car?

Did Barry transfer touch DNA from the Pizza box while sitting in the front seat?

Did she loan the car in the last weeks?

On May 9, Text messages:

9:50 BM: Wanna go on a hike?
9:52 SM: where? (no response) Later on, asking about summer tires on range rover?

They were all about "Appearances" Could you see Barry changing tires on 3 different vehicles(?), me either. Suzanne strikes me as someone who would have the car detailed on occasion, even if Barry couldn't dump trash.

Suzanne texted about switching the tires. That had to be at least twice a year. Where does one keep their wheel lock? Often the glove box. Some RR's have them as standard issue. And that would only be one reason for someone to be in the car. We don't know if it was new when they bought it, or how many service calls were done over the years. I imagine the tires were done at least twice in 2018, 2019 once in 2020. 5 reasons right there for strange DNA.

 

[DizzyB]

Apologies in advance cause I’m sure it’s been covered-can one discharge the syringe contents directly into flesh without the use of a dart gun or other weapon? I would not be surprised if Barry had several unmentioned dart guns from his Indiana days, and one is somewhere with all of the other things he got rid of.

 

[Boxer]

Yes it could be any of those things or any other number of ways it arrived there. More importantly, there is not a shred of corroborating evidence this glovebox DNA contributor/“suspect” was anywhere at the scene nor touched the bike or helmet. You can bet three agencies of LE did their due diligence and this rando glovebox DNA was found nowhere else, otherwise we’d have heard about it if it were, as E&N would have been shouting from the highest Colorado Rocky Mountaintop if that DNA showed up all over the scene and/or anywhere else, i.e., anywhere else in SM’s vehicle, in and/or around the home, on bike, on helmet etc, etc.

Also, no one to this day can explain how some rando abductor/crazed killer is responsible and forced BM to tell lie after lie after lie, after….you get the gist. The two simply do not add up nor can they be reconciled by anyone with even a modicum of common sense or deductive reasoning abilities. No random abductor or serial killer rapist exists in this case, there is no evidence of such and nothing else happening explains all the inconsistent statements and lies BM told or refutes the digital forensics (SM/BM phones, BM truck telematics, etc) in this case. Digital forensics don’t lie and innocent people with nothing to hide, hide nothing. Period.

IMHOO

#FindSuzanne
#BringSuzanneHome
#JusticeForSuzanne

True.
Someone here said this:
"Lies are a form of confession."
Exactly true.

 

[Momofthreeboys]

Sorry what guy lawyered up?

The dna guy. I can’t recall if that was in the letter of intent or one of the motions…I will see if I can find it and cite it. Regardless it was after the preliminary at some point.

 

[crhedBngr]

She texted about switching the tires. That had to be at least twice a year. Where does one keep their wheel lock? Often the glove box. Some RR's have them as standard issue. And that would only be one reason for someone to be in the car. We don't know if it was new when they bought it, or how many service calls were done over the years. I imagine the tires were done at least twice in 2018, 2019 once in 2020. 5 reasons right there for strange DNA.

Spot on!

 

[Lyanna]

This 'partial DNA' - didnt Agent Cahill say it was something along the lines of it being a potential lead not a match? Or am I imagining that?

 

[sk716]

Respectfully, all the texts here would be admitted into evidence as Exhibits. I'm sure the agent that introduced this specific message by SM during the PH had the exhibit to reference-- allowing both sides to follow along.

If you have the PH transcript, take note LS tweet about the same was during the PH testimony on 8/10 -- after lunchtime MST.

Found the first part we were looking for:

Q (Lindsey): What did she say?


A (Grusing): Suzanne’s texts said she’s studying, she’s going to take a bike ride, and asked why. Then eventually from tracking her phone and even finding her Range Rover she went out to meet Barry near that 105 work site. They actually didn’t meet there though. It looks like they met at the Tailwind site, and then they got into Suzanne’s Range Rover and drove to the store and then to Moonlight Pizza.
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Suzanne went to Moonlight Pizza. One thing confirmed, will update timeline accordingly.

It may be in one of the sections I'm missing, but I can't find where the text to the girls with the pic of Barry standing outside of Moonlight Pizza is entered into evidence.

This is LS's Tweet:

#SuzanneMorphew sent a picture of #Barrymorphew standing outside Moonlight Pizza waiting for pizza to the girls. The girls are in Utah on a roadtrip. Aug 10, 2021

 

[MassGuy]

A bit more detail on that glove box DNA:

Cahill says a forensic scientist told him in December that the glove box sample had "limited genetic data." Cahill says he didn't clarify with the scientist what that means.

https://twitter.com/jenniferchicks/status/1430256279428210689?s=21

 

[K9Enzo]

I’m still of the opinion if the jury has to become experts in DNA to understand what’s being presented, that’s a concern.

 

[Monty Ma]

AA p 22 "Barry said on Friday "I think we jumped in her car and went to Moonlight (pizza). Got a pizza and a salad." He said that they ate the pizza in the car and brought it home or brought it home to eat. "Maybe ate some of the um, some of the pizza on the way home and ate the salads."

Sorry, I was confused because I thought it was established they ate the pizza in the RR. I now see that Barry couldn't figure out what the right lie was to tell.

 

[genuineusa77]

Some dryers have the vent open to the drum of the dryer. Mine personally pulls out, but I have had dryers in the past that the lint trap thing was open to the dryer and I could just reach in and scrape the lint out without pulling anything out. I am wondering if that is how this dryer was and it was found just laying on top of the lint in that area?

But that would suck your clothes out! LOL

 

[genuineusa77]

Then why oh why did the guy lawyer up? I know it is the smart thing to do but if he hadn’t been anywhere near Salida and could prove it why spend the money to lawyer up after the first phone call? There is still missing pieces to this DNA story in my opinion and I cannot just dismiss it to being the Jiffy Lube’s cousin two times removed

BBM: THAT's what I say! If he was innocent, why lawyer up?!

 

[Seattle1]

AA p 22 "Barry said on Friday "I think we jumped in her car and went to Moonlight (pizza). Got a pizza and a salad." He said that they ate the pizza in the car and brought it home or brought it home to eat. "Maybe ate some of the um, some of the pizza on the way home and ate the salads."

Sorry, I was confused because I thought it was established they ate the pizza in the RR. I now see that Barry couldn't figure out what the right lie was to tell.

From the transcript of the PH (obtained by YT blogger):

Q (Lindsey): What did she say?


A (Grusing): Suzanne’s texts said she’s studying, she’s going to take a bike ride, and asked why. Then eventually from tracking her phone and even finding her Range Rover she went out to meet Barry near that 105 work site. They actually didn’t meet there though. It looks like they met at the Tailwind site, and then they got into Suzanne’s Range Rover and drove to the store and then to Moonlight Pizza.

 

[MassGuy]

I’m still of the opinion if the jury has to become experts in DNA to understand what’s being presented, that’s a concern.

I don't think they will have to.

It's probable that all the prosecution has to do is point out that the sample is so limited, that it's going to match millions of people on earth (or whatever it is).

Some of those partial matches are statistically going to be convicted criminals.