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

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  • #141
As to the first part, what with COVID lockdown, it doesn't surprise me that they girls weren't involved, but since it was being streamed, they could easily have watched from the road.

As for the second ... I wonder? I'd be curious to know if he historically made a big deal on Mother's Day.
At the beginning of this case, there was a picture of Barry, Suzanne, Barry's mother, MM1, MM2 and maybe somebody else at a restaurant on Mother's Day. I can't remember what year it was or if the person who posted it knew. The picture is here at WS at the very beginning of the case.

JMO
 
  • #142
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”
To believe Barry is innocent, one has to believe there was a bike ride. I vaguely remembered that last quote, but I forgot how strongly MH worded that. What a stupid error on Barry's part.

MH 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”
 
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  • #143
No argument from me. Is killing someone really easier than divorce to these guys? I think I'd rather pay the lawyers for a divorce than a murder rap.
He wasn't going to let her go, no how, no way. And, he wanted everything, including her inheritance. Why divorce and only get half, when he could kill her and get everything. So, he did. He can burn in hell forever.

JMO
 
  • #144
Why Suggest Restraining Order?
We do know that MM2 suggested that Suzanne get a restraining order. For what reason would she say that?
@rainbowshummingbird bbm
MM2 may not have had a strong logical or legal basis for making the suggestion. Perhaps heard/read of R/O's, passed along the idea? IDK.

Recent posts suggest that a friend's parent's divorce prompted MM2 to say this. But maybe more than just one friend w divorced/ing parents.

Other possibilities? MM2 seeing TV (whether drama, news, or other) w R/O's granted. On the web, a few keystrokes searching "CO divorce" lead to countless websites, blogs, vlogs, podcasts, discussing that & R/O's.

Any number of ways the R/O idea may have come to MM2's attention. my2ct.
 
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  • #145
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.
Don’t forget the 3 Snapchat messages from SO to SM on Saturday May 9th at 6:40 pm and 6:48 pm that SM never opened.
 

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  • #146
Even though it's too late for Suzanne, I think it's important to validate her experience.

She and Barry didn't have a quality marriage and grow apart. That happens. A lot. Divorce happens. A lot. Infidelity even happens. A lot. This wasn't that. This ended in the ultimate display of DV. We have to be willing to concede that the marriage itself may have been marred by it.

Suzanne said herself, never mind infidelity (Barry's presumably), it's was about character (Barry's absolutely), about who he was at his core (AA P. 13/15).

Again this wasn't about approaching an empty nest, having grown apart. This was about Suzanne gaining insight. Into what he was all along. Threatening to jump out of a moving car? Slamming on the brakes to prove a point? That is manipulation. That is abuse.

For her health, Suzanne needed to get out from under him. Physical health, mental health.

Look how right she was.

Her very life depended on getting away from him.

And he wasn't going to let that happen.

That photo of his arm, IMO, is her last proof of life photo.

She was trying to get away from him.

Take a minute to let that sink in.

Not the prosecution. Not the defense. Not whether a jury will convict. Just Suzanne. Two time cancer survivor. Mother of beautiful, miracle babies. Kind, human.

The very last thing she tried to do in this world-- she tried to get away from him.

And he stopped that from happening.

J M O

Colorado Judicial Branch - Chaffee - Cases of Interest - People of the State of Colorado v. Barry Lee Morphew
 
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  • #147
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

Did you read Suzanne’s texts where Barry left home after an argument (or if she confronted him) for days, even a week at a time? And that he would turn off his phone and she had no idea where he was? Did you see where she said every time she tried to talk to him he would not look her in the eyes? What an immature jerk he is! He didn’t love her. She was tired of it. And frankly, I don’t know why she didn’t kill him first! (Just kidding. Sort of)
I think six trips to meet JL over two years was not gallivanting. And apparently Barry went anywhere he wanted, anytime he wanted for days at a time and likely told people he was hunting. Yep I bet he was hunting alright, for hot young girls in Salida maybe?

I’m not defending Suzanne’s relationship with JL. Would not do that. But there is much you don’t yet know about Barry.

The one that gets to me the most is knowing she had cancer twice and threatening to stop paying her medical insurance. That’s a death wish right there.
He is scum.
 
  • #148
Why Suggest Restraining Order?
@rainbowshummingbird bbm
MM2 may not have had a strong logical or legal basis for making the suggestion. Perhaps heard/read of R/O's, passed along the idea? IDK.

Recent posts suggest that a friend's parent's divorce prompted MM2 to say this. But maybe more than just one friend w divorced/ing parents.

Other possibilities? MM2 seeing TV (whether drama, news, or other) w R/O's granted. On the web, a few keystrokes searching "CO divorce" lead to countless websites, blogs, vlogs, podcasts, discussing that & R/O's.

Any number of ways the R/O idea may have come to her attention. my2ct.
ITA.
16 year olds are not as sheltered from the real world as they may have been years ago. JMO
 
  • #149
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  • #150
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 or that they haven’t found evidence of it since.
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

WOW! Great post. You said it all so well. it’s not about hating or loving BM or getting worked up emotionally. It’s about hating murder. And seeing that person brought to Justice.
 
  • #151
They definitely are not fingernail scratches, IMO

And on what assumption are you basing your observation???

Enquiring minds want to know!

JMVHO.
 
  • #152
To believe Barry is innocent, one has to believe there was a bike ride. I vaguely remembered that last quote, but I forgot how strongly MH worded that. What a stupid error on Barry's part.

MH 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”
This is such a very simple way to see it. She wasn't riding her bike because she didn't have her water and never went that way on her bike. She was brand new to biking. Makes no sense unless she woke up and decided to do something she's never done before, while nobody is home to help her if she had trouble.

Stranger would not stage her bike because why would that? If a stranger is unknown to anyone, then there would be zero reason to suspect them and no reason to stage anything and a stranger wouldn't even know she biked.

No other scenario really makes any sense.
 
  • #153
May 13 he said “ it’s not like it was husband’s day”.
May 21 he said he figured the girls would be with her by lunchtime.

RBBM

Nice. Classic Neanderthal-type statement.
 
  • #154
This is such a very simple way to see it. She wasn't riding her bike because she didn't have her water and never went that way on her bike. She was brand new to biking. Makes no sense unless she woke up and decided to do something she's never done before, while nobody is home to help her if she had trouble.

Stranger would not stage her bike because why would that? If a stranger is unknown to anyone, then there would be zero reason to suspect them and no reason to stage anything and a stranger wouldn't even know she biked.

No other scenario really makes any sense.
Exactly, and the other scenario (she took off), is even more problematic than that.

Because then you're talking about "Gone Girl," which is a solid movie, but an absolutely insane/unprecedented/impossible scenario in real life.

Especially with the specifics here, and all of the evidence against Barry (that he created).

All roads lead to Barry.
 
  • #155
Even though it's too late for Suzanne, I think it's important to validate her experience.

She and Barry didn't have a quality marriage and grow apart. That happens. A lot. Divorce happens. A lot. Infidelity even happens. A lot. This wasn't that. This ended in the ultimate display of DV. We have to be willing to concede that the marriage itself may have been marred by it.

Suzanne said herself, never mind infidelity (Barry's presumably), it's was about character (Barry's absolutely), about who he was at his core (AA P. 13/15).

Again this wasn't about approaching an empty nest, having grown apart. This was about Suzanne gaining insight. Into what he was all along. Threatening to jump out of a moving car? Slamming on the brakes to prove a point? That is manipulation. That is abuse.

For her health, Suzanne needed to get out from under him. Physical health, mental health.

Look how right she was.

Her very life depended on getting away from him.

And he wasn't going to let that happen.

That photo of his arm, IMO, is her last proof of life photo.

She was trying to get away from him.

Take a minute to let that sink in.

Not the prosecution. Not the defense. Not whether a jury will convict. Just Suzanne. Two time cancer survivor. Mother of beautiful, miracle babies. Kind, human.

The very last thing she tried to do in this world-- she tried to get away from him.

And he stopped that from happening.

J M O

Colorado Judicial Branch - Chaffee - Cases of Interest - People of the State of Colorado v. Barry Lee Morphew
Great post!
 
  • #156
Did you read Suzanne’s texts where Barry left home after an argument (or if she confronted him) for days, even a week at a time? And that he would turn off his phone and she had no idea where he was? Did you see where she said every time she tried to talk to him he would not look her in the eyes? What an immature jerk he is! He didn’t love her. She was tired of it. And frankly, I don’t know why she didn’t kill him first! (Just kidding. Sort of)
I think six trips to meet JL over two years was not gallivanting. And apparently Barry went anywhere he wanted, anytime he wanted for days at a time and likely told people he was hunting. Yep I bet he was hunting alright, for hot young girls in Salida maybe?

I’m not defending Suzanne’s relationship with JL. Would not do that. But there is much you don’t yet know about Barry.

The one that gets to me the most is knowing she had cancer twice and threatening to stop paying her medical insurance. That’s a death wish right there.
He is scum.

Yes, this!
I would never say cheating is okay. I don't believe it is. I also try to not see things as black and white and try to understand because situations do add context and understanding can explain vs just make blanket statements.

She was at a phase in life where her girls were almost grown. She gave her everything to them. We have heard zero reports that she was anything less than an amazing mother. She was about to be alone with Barry in the marriage/house. She beat cancer twice with the most recent one being in the previous 2 years. That has to make someone really consider their life, how short it is and wanting to make the most of what is left. She looked death in the face and that had to make her really feel like she didn't want to continue to live like that.

She tried leaving. It sounds like there was some financial control or abuse or manipulation going on. She knew about some shady business stuff. She knew he blew up and ignored her. She was isolated in Colorado and in the previous 2 months covid made that even more so.

I understand it. I don't think her cheating was trying to have her cake and eat it too. She was trying to leave Barry. She was trying to feel like she mattered to someone. She gained confidence from having someone show concern for her (even though it was an affair).

I do see this as somewhat different than someone having multiple affairs with anyone and everyone, always flirting or trying to get the attention of the opposite sex and just in general being disrespectful to their spouse. I think she tried and tried and tried and you can't be the only one trying. The way he speaks even after she was gone is awful. It sounds like he just wanted sex and that is all she was good for. He was the money supplier and she was the sex supplier.

Again, cheating is wrong, but there are very different motives involved and I can understand how what happened in her life lead to the one she was having.
 
  • #157
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
Wow, excellent post!
 
  • #158
He wasn't going to let her go, no how, no way. And, he wanted everything, including her inheritance. Why divorce and only get half, when he could kill her and get everything. So, he did. He can burn in hell forever.

JMO
Barry, being the God-loving guy he claims to be, has to know that’s exactly what’s going to happen.
 
  • #159
Exactly, and the other scenario (she took off), is even more problematic than that.

Because then you're talking about "Gone Girl," which is a solid movie, but an absolutely insane/unprecedented/impossible scenario in real life.

Especially with the specifics here, and all of the evidence against Barry (that he created).

All roads lead to Barry.

Right!!? If she ran away, why did he have all these crazy lies to tell? Why was his day so bizarre? She happened to run away knowing her daughters were almost home?
 
  • #160
They definitely are not fingernail scratches, IMO
Scratches are thought of as elongated, so I see what you're thinking. Gouging/trying to grab onto your assailant will leave the marks me see in the evidence photos. I guess 'scratches' was a poor choice of words.
 
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