Still Missing CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee Co, 10 May 2020 *arrest* #91

[Momofthreeboys]

I don't doubt BM planned to leave the area as soon as graduation was over and his daughters were settled but I never bought that BM was about ready to flee as the reason why he was arrested May 2021.

I believe that seed was falsely planted by the former CM/TIR citing "moving vans" outside his condo and his windows opened. I believe search warrants executed after BM's arrest probably revealed the vans served as storage for construction equipment and materials being used at Tailwind Village construction in process.
MOO

I think he planned to go to his daughter’s graduation and perhaps live in Gunnison where he could still work in the Salida area but get out of the spotlight. I think the “running” thing was started by You Tubers and local LE. He was “leaving” IMO but not “running”.

 

[Murphy1950]

I can't find any confirmation in the AA, just that Suzanne and Sheila had been in constant communication about it, and that communication suddenly stopped.

It defies belief that Barry wouldn't be aware of that, as it's not like the couple were eloping. This was a very big deal for Suzanne.

Yes it would defy, wedding was planned before this Covid mess. They were both invited I'm sure originally. Hmmm noticed the bride is on the witness list.

 

[Seattle1]

Thanks for the reminder and also the links to the transcripts. I didn't realise that Plunder was allowed here.

I read all of the AA when it was released . So, from the above, what we need is - What caused the front brake pad to seize? Was it the bikes journey down to near the ravine, or was it locked by other means?

^^rsbbm
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[Boxer]

I don't see that he lies consistently. I believe the majority of what he said. How can he be controlling when suzanne goes galavanting all over the country and then when he wants to meet her wherever she is, he's condemned. He's her "husband". I don't see one iota of control on his part. I have never seena marriage like this where the wife is going off to different areas of the country to meet JL. MOO

So, just a part of the lying part is that:

He said he was asleep the evening of 5/9 and woke up on the morning on 5/10.

 

[Murphy1950]

Is MM2's (then) boyfriend on the prosection's witness list?

Yes a bunch of Harvey's , must be other family members

 

[Seattle1]

Is MM2's (then) boyfriend on the prosection's witness list?

There are more than 500 on the list -- I'm sure he's one of them.

 

[sk716]

Is MM2's (then) boyfriend on the prosection's witness list?

He is.

 

[sk716]

Yes a bunch of Harvey's , must be other family members

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I think it's the Harvey pod. I think MM2 spent a lot of time there so the rest of the family would have been aware of the issues. MH1 is MH2's father and he was at Puma Path with MH2 on the 10th. Somewhere in the PH I got the idea that the whole Harvey family may have been at PP that night, looking for Suzanne.

 

[nyvictoria]

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[JosieMae]

They definitely are not fingernail scratches, IMO

They aren't scratches - they are gouges. The kind resulting from fingernails being dug into skin.

 

[al66pine]

SM Wanted BM Home More?

MOO
Barry left Suzanne in their marriage.
She cared where he was, wanted him home more. Instead he joined VFD so in addition to working and extended canned hunts, he added fire training and being on call....

@Boxer bbm sbm for focus. I've read multiple posts stating the bbm; it seems logical for ppl to say SM wanted him home more, but I'm curious about claim's origin.

What was the source? Did SM say this in those words?
Or did she hint at it (e.g., BM is so busy w VFD (or XYZ) these days)?
If so, in-person convo, phone convo, a text or email?
If so, when did she say it? To whom?
Did the person saying this say it directly to LE? If so, when?
And/or was it on SM's list of grievances?

Anyone? Thx in adv for a link.

 

[Megnut]

It's not even that Barry presented LE with a different version of events. He provided them an evolving version. And by evolving, I mean devolving. His story kept changing, to fit the question.

No cohesive version. More like imploding shrapnel of a storyline.

JMO

 

[Cindizzi]

I think it's the Harvey pod. I think MM2 spent a lot of time there so the rest of the family would have been aware of the issues. MH1 is MH2's father and he was at Puma Path with MH2 on the 10th. Somewhere in the PH I got the idea that the whole Harvey family may have been at PP that night, looking for Suzanne.

From the body cam video shown at the PH:

https://twitter.com/laurenscharftv/status/1424743355112640523?s=21
Suzanne's Phone was last pinged at 4:23 a.m. on May 10, 2020, on the Poncha Springs tour. Miles Harvey was coming out of the garage when deputies arrived to the Morphew home.

https://twitter.com/laurenscharftv/status/1424743893288030209?s=21
Miles explains he is one of the daughter's boyfriends. He noticed that Suzanne's car was home, but bike was gone. He told deputies that Suzanne typically brings her car with her when she goes mountain biking. (Bodycam video)

https://twitter.com/laurenscharftv/status/1424744737140002822?s=21
Miles and his father describe places where Suzanne goes biking as well as what she typically wears. The deputy asked Miles what Barry and Suzanne's relationship was like, "They've had some problems in the past. They have talked about separating. I've known this through Macy."

https://twitter.com/carolamckinley/status/1424743729965912064?s=21
Last activity on Suzanne's phone was 423 am 5/10.Connected to the Poncha Springs tower. body cam interview with daughter's boyfriend.
Miles Harden says Suzanne hasn’t ever gone up that trail. “Gains are really hard. Out of character for her to do that. It’s a crazy climb”


https://twitter.com/laurenscharftv/status/1424744737140002822?s=21

 

[marylamby]

Probably inadmissable. It has no bearing on the murder charge.

Quote in response to @al66pine 's question regarding Barry's affairs...

First, SO is familiar with who BM had the affair with (at least one of them) in IN, as stated in the emails. Suzanne uses a name that looks incomplete to me but SO replied with an affirmation so she may know or have known this IN woman too along with the situation. This would confirm BM's insistence that he's only been with his wife IS A LIE and that he was unfaithful.

There's also a question as to whether BM was supporting/keeping another woman in CO, as Suzanne stated to SO in the emails. Where was all the money going that he 'supposedly' invested. There's been quite a bit of speculation as to when BM met Shoshona and for how long they've been together - along with questions about who she 'rented' from in Salida. Then there's his frequent 'trips' and getting extremely mad during arguments/questions about another woman only to run out of the house, sometimes not to return.
If it turns out that he had been involved with her (and/or someone else with all of his online 'dating/hookup' site profiles) before he murdered Suzanne, that would be YET another reason to get rid of her

How many men have killed their wives (and vise-versa) because of another woman even without greed and revenge entering into it? It's a trifecta of motive.

What's important to remember is that BM is still alive and enjoying his life with his girlfriend.
To think (as someone above inferred) that jurors will think 'boys will be boys' and women need to be above reproach is archaic and ridiculous.
Suzanne is DEAD at his hands. I don't care if motive isn't 'important'. To a jury and myself, it most certainly is.

 

[justtrish]

We have no confirmation from MM2 about anything she allegedly said or texted to anybody including LE. However, if you follow the text communications between SM and SO, it's easy to understand why MM2 would suggest her mother obtain a protection order from BM. She was obviously a witness to BM's rants and taking off for days at a time. She was also one of the parties that BM would pull into the arguments between the parents. BM admitted so to Agent Grusing.

AA pg 95/131

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I'm curious if she was home when he busted the door frame or if she knew after the fact that he busted the door frame. If it happened the weekend they were camping then surely she would know it was like that before they left for their trip. The master bedroom was downstairs so I would think she saw that busted door frame or could say for sure it wasn't there before they went camping.

 

[marylamby]

I thought it was brought up by Barry's attorney that it was a lie along with Macy saying she would get a job and move out with Suzanne something Suzanne told SO

It was pure speculation on the defense's part that it was a lie - this was when trying to get the emails between SM and SO out because she didn't tell SO about the affair - therefore everything Suzanne said must be a lie. Nice try.
IMO

 

[fcavanaugh]

So, I’m still waiting for someone to rise to the challenge and explain why BM lied and lied a lot and all his odd, bizarre behaviors on MDW 2020 and post SM “disappearance”, how all these BMism’s (for lack of better word) explains/adds up to someone else being responsible for harming SM/her demise.

I see people opining doubting the strength of the prosecution’s case before we even know all of what the prosecution has or what’s been gathered since BM’s arrest, and before hearing directly from witnesses, and some ever so subtly insinuating that Suzanne must be a liar because she didn’t tell SO about JL and was a terrible person for having an affair, deserved what she got, making excuses for BM but can’t explain why he lied if he had nothing to do with what happened to SM. Anyway, every time this question is posed, it is ignored. Noone has been able to put forth a theory of someone else being responsible that also adds up/explains all BM’s lies and other extremely odd behaviors. Why? Because imo, there is no rational or logical theory that explains someone else being responsible and explains all BM’s lies, odd behaviors etc. Simply put, it doesn’t add add up and most rational, logical, critically thinking person with a modicum of deductive reasoning ability knows BM is guilty as sin (just like his lawyers do imo), but for some reason it seems like some people would like nothing more than to see the prosecution fall flat on their face, lose at trial and see a murderer set free because imo they are either being deliberately obtuse, haven’t studied or read all the facts and evidence in this case and/or have such disdain for SM all the while feigning that they want justice for her while seemingly defending and making excuses for her obvious murderer, doubting the strength of prosecutions case before it even gets to court, and ever so subtly or in some cases not so subtly insinuating BM should not be held to account for what he did because SM deserved what she got for being an ‘awful person’ for ‘lying’ and having an affair. We are all imperfect humans and yes it is more than clear the M marriage was in shambles, ineffective communication (imo based on her texts to SO sounds like at least SM tried to communicate her feelings to BM and BM dismissed her stormed out leaving for days at a time?? shutting his phone off?? telling her oh yeah my battery will prob die while I’m gone?? Wtaf?? Who was he seeing because I don’t believe for a second he wasn’t involved with other/s either one day/night hookups or longer term dalliances, obviously all trust shot/lost. Just because LE hadn’t found any evidence YET (as of the writing of the AA) of BM dalliances, doesn’t mean he didn’t engage in any or that LE haven’t found evidence of it since the writing of the AA.
SM at least admitted to feeling partly responsible for the breakdown of the marriage, meanwhile BM told the FBI agents paraphrased, “she made me into a monster.” Typical N abuser not taking accountability and blaming someone else, typically their victim, for their bad choices/behaviors. Regardless of the troubled marriage, last I checked BM is alive and SM is the missing presumed deceased spouse who 3 days prior told BM she was done and whose footprint ceased within mere minutes of BM arriving home Saturday May 9, 2020, never to be heard from or seen again.

If BM “walks” as some seem to think he will and worse imo some also want him to, it would be one of the biggest, greatest travesties of justice I’ve ever seen, and may cause me to lose all faith in the US justice system. Lastly, shame on anyone claiming to be here for justice for Suzanne when clearly, just read between the lines and see that that is not the reason they are here at all. And before someone says it’s because people hate BM, no it has nothing to do with hating BM and everything to do with the fact that most people don’t like murderers and most rational, logical, critically thinking people that have followed this case since day one, followed the facts of the case can see via logical deduction that all roads and totality of evidence leads to one person and one person only who had the motive, means, and opportunity and something to gain from SM’s murder- the person whose initials suit him so well as he’s swimming in it, the one and only BM.

IMHOO

#FindSuzanne
#BringSuzanneHome
#JusticeForSuzanne

 

[justtrish]

They aren't scratches - they are gouges. The kind resulting from fingernails being dug into skin.

It seems to me like she was dug in trying to pull his arm off of her.

 

[marylamby]

I thought it was brought up by Barry's attorney that it was a lie along with Macy saying she would get a job and move out with Suzanne something Suzanne told SO

It was pure speculation on the defense's part that it was a lie - this was when trying to get the emails between SM and SO out because she didn't tell SO about the affair - therefore everything Suzanne said must be a lie. Nice try.
IMO

 

[nyvictoria]

Im afraid her friend SO will not be much help. Like you pointed out she can recall and show what SM told her only. I’m not sure if she was an eye witness to anything substantial against BM. I don’t believe the girls will testify against their dad. Will they back up those statements where their mentioned in those texts? The defense is going to say SM lied to her own father about the reason she had to cut her visit short with him (she left to see JL), the defense already called out the friendship between SM & SO - IIRC something like “Suzanne lied to Shelia”.

I’m looking forward to watching any released LE interviews with BM. I want to see this dude just talking and get a feel for him myself.

I never have to be right on Webslueths but don’t share the same confidence in this case as the majority. I’m good with being wrong. IMO

I’m also looking forward to to seeing the LE interviews with Barry. Aside from his, “Oh Suzanne…” and the TD video, he’s said next to nothing publicly.

IMO SO will be a good witness for the state. She can testify that Suzanne was a no show for the wedding. An occasion that she was looking forward to being a part of and one that she wouldn’t miss, unless she was physically unable to watch. That set off alarm bells for SO. She’ll be able to add context to all of their text exchanges.

SO can testify about Barry sneaking up on the house when SO was staying with Suzanne. Barry’s excuse. that he was smelly from hunting and wanted to get in there to shower before anyone saw/smelled him, was feeble at best. She can also attest to Barry getting all worked up when he couldn’t reach Suzanne for a few minutes. She was using the rest room. Both incidents are evidence of his stalker-like behavior. He’d have to testify to explain away this behavior. I’m pretty sure his attorneys won’t want him testifying. Maybe he’ll insist?

I’m very interested in seeing whether the girls are called to testify for either side. It won’t serve the defense to call them and open them up to cross. The state probably won’t call them because, at this point, it’s looking doubtful that they’ll be cooperative. It also can come across as harassing the victims.