Still Missing CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee Co, 10 May 2020 *arrest* #94

[Momofthreeboys]

BM’s FF helmet

That truck just cracks me up. Looks like my husbands clothes, coat and trash, minus the firefighter helmet and plus a set of skis or a fishing pole or two and hip waders depending on the season. Too funny.

Someone posted earlier what the store employee saw and what was going on. I don't recall her saying he was digging through the trash but it is posted the store employee's words...Nancy Grace turned it into digging into the big green dumpster out back LOL....

 

[Megnut]

The thing is, if that was the helmet in the bag at the HIE, he had to have brought it back to PP with him to plant several days later off Hwy 50. Pretty risky business. And if he did, where did he stash it in the meantime?
Does anyone know if BM had a locker at the Fire Station in Maysville?

If he did have a locker, he didn't keep his ff helmet in it.

JMO

 

[Momofthreeboys]

Suzanne's phone pinged at 4.23am on 5/10 at a location other than the home. Yet BM states Suzanne was asleep...and he even heard her snoring at 5am, IIRC. How does BM explain Suzanne being home in bed and her cell phone somewhere several miles from home at the same time?

I believe the ping was from the cell tower in Poncha Springs that services their home and surrounding area and that is what is known. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[OldCop]

If he did have a locker, he didn't keep his ff helmet in it.

JMO

That’s cause it was full of evidence.

 

[Momofthreeboys]

Me neither. Not with that vast landscape available to him and his machines.

I don't think she is on the property and the nearby area called the "triangle" by some has been extensively searched by LE investigators and public searchers.

 

[NothingSurprisesAnymore]

Me neither. Not with that vast landscape available to him and his machines.

Agree about the vast landscape and machines available but then he has the problem of doing so without detection and the recording of telematics...

 

[CGray123]

I think Barry’s defense will be to cast doubt on prosecution’s speculation of the connection of Barry’s actions to the hours that prosecution is saying the crime occurred. I expect a vigorous cross exam of SD if prosecution calls her and a few other people that I might guess prosecution might call. I expect they will use the entire LE conversations that make it to trial to give context to snippets prosecutors focused on. If there is any weaknesses in telematics and data I expect defense to point those out. I think if prosecution hasn’t resolved the DNA investigation that will come up also by defense. For me the key to everything is what will and won’t be allowed at trial and what sanctions prosecution might get. Again another example came up the last hearing that Suzanne’s car and laptop data had not been turned over to defense. It is easier for me to speculate what defense will do than how prosecution can improve their case.

"Speculation": The forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence.

(Note: circumstantial evidence is "firm evidence", according to the Colorado jury instructions - equal in significance to direct evidence.

"D:01 DIRECT AND CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE—NO DISTINCTION

A fact may be proven by either direct or circumstantial evidence. Under the law, both are acceptable ways to prove something. Neither is necessarily more reliable than the other.")

"Inference": A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.

I leave it to others to evaluate who is speculating and who is drawing inferences among the various posters. The jury will be instructed that their job is to draw inferences from evidence - as to both the claims of the prosecution and the claims of the defense, if any are offered.

IMO, none of the potential exclusions of evidence affect the core case against BM. Prosecutors filed the Murder 1 charge knowing that some evidence in the AA would not be admitted in evidence. They will proceed to trial with what they have, which will be what they expected to have, and I am confident it will be enough.

The sanctions requested by the defense cannot be taken seriously. Most of the claimed violations are based on speculation not evidence. Prosecutors will either find what the judge ordered them to disclose - among the items already turned over - or explain why they are missing from the investigative record. Sanctions, if any, will not have any significant effect on the ultimate outcome IMO.

 

[Megnut]

What was he doing for those 3-4 hours? An hour by ATV... where does that get you?

Did he employ digging, burying, burning? Hunting....

If ever Suzanne's remains are found, will there be other bones nearby?

Wherever he went, he had to have known exactly where he was going.

Doubt he was searching for a suitable place. I suspect something close to a straight line.

Did he use a shovel?

4 hours is a long time.

JMO

 

[Love Never Fails]

That truck just cracks me up. Looks like my husbands clothes, coat and trash, minus the firefighter helmet and plus a set of skis or a fishing pole or two and hip waders depending on the season. Too funny.

Someone posted earlier what the store employee saw and what was going on. I don't recall her saying he was digging through the trash but it is posted the store employee's words...Nancy Grace turned it into digging into the big green dumpster out back LOL....

Ok without mincing words, if you saw him going through a trash dumpster, not putting trash in but looking for something to take out, what would your exact words be?

I think “digging” is what most would come up with.

Guess someone would find humor in the looks of Barry’s truck. But since we are discussing a murder case, I find no humor there at all. Just a grisly reminder that he used his truck to drive to trash cans a long way from home to discarded of evidence used in a murder.
Not funny at all.

 

[Momofthreeboys]

If he did have a locker, he didn't keep his ff helmet in it.

JMO

I would think volunteers would keep essentials in their vehicle so when the calls come in they can go directly to the location.

 

[Skigh]

What was he doing for those 3-4 hours? An hour by ATV... where does that get you?

Did he employ digging, burying, burning? Hunting....

If ever Suzanne's remains are found, will there be other bones nearby?

Wherever he went, he had to have known exactly where he was going.

Doubt he was searching for a suitable place. I suspect something close to a straight line.

Did he use a shovel?

4 hours is a long time.

JMO

I agree it is somewhere he knew . He had only lived at Puma Path for a couple of years so it is not as though he had the knowledge of a local who had been exploring the area since childhood. Quite a few months of the year there is snow so I do wonder how extensive his knowledge of the area he really has.

 

[Love Never Fails]

"Speculation": The forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence.

(Note: circumstantial evidence is "firm evidence", according to the Colorado jury instructions - equal in significance to direct evidence.

"D:01 DIRECT AND CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE—NO DISTINCTION

A fact may be proven by either direct or circumstantial evidence. Under the law, both are acceptable ways to prove something. Neither is necessarily more reliable than the other.")

"Inference": A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.

I leave it to others to evaluate who is speculating and who is drawing inferences among the various posters. The jury will be instructed that their job is to draw inferences from evidence - as to both the claims of the prosecution and the claims of the defense, if any are offered.

IMO, none of the potential exclusions of evidence affect the core case against BM. Prosecutors filed the Murder 1 charge knowing that some evidence in the AA would not be admitted in evidence. They will proceed to trial with what they have, which will be what they expected to have, and I am confident it will be enough.

The sanctions requested by the defense cannot be taken seriously. Most of the claimed violations are based on speculation not evidence. Prosecutors will either find what the judge ordered them to disclose - among the items already turned over - or explain why they are missing from the investigative record. Sanctions, if any, will not have any significant effect on the ultimate outcome IMO.

Great post. Thank you. I would like to make an inference that Barry Morphew is guilty and will be sentenced accordingly.

 

[HongKongPhooey]

Agree about the vast landscape and machines available but then he has the problem of doing so without detection and the recording of telematics...

What was it he said? I did something to my machine…

 

[Love Never Fails]

He also had to have a reason to have his fresh prints on the bike in case he missed any when he was wiping it off.

Is it possible when detecting fingerprints (his specifically) on the bike to determine how he held the bike and that he could have (and did) discard it?
Sorry if I’m not clear.

 

[MrsWatson]

What was he doing for those 3-4 hours? An hour by ATV... where does that get you?

Did he employ digging, burying, burning? Hunting....

If ever Suzanne's remains are found, will there be other bones nearby?

Wherever he went, he had to have known exactly where he was going.

Doubt he was searching for a suitable place. I suspect something close to a straight line.

Did he use a shovel?

4 hours is a long time.

JMO

I think part of that time was spent when he reflected upon just what he had done, all the while blaming Suzanne, of course. I wonder if he said a prayer for her, since he considers himself such a Godly man.

MOO

 

[justtrish]

SODDI defense-some other dude did it. Everything hinges on the smoke and mirrors of that glove box DNA that is a partial match related in some way to a person wanted for sexual assaults.

What gets me is if (BIG IF) an outside person came in and took her, why stage the bike? If she was taken from a bike ride, why didn't she take her camelback and her sunglasses? If she was riding her bike at say 8 or 9 and was taken, why didn't she check her phone at all that morning on Mother's Day? If someone came into the house, where is evidence that they were there? If they didn't have gloves on because they got DNA on the car glovebox, then why isn't that DNA anywhere else in the house? Why is there zero signs of a struggle? Why didn't they take her purse, money, credit cards, etc.? That theory has so many holes.. way more than Barry doing it does.

 

[DellaC]

The thing is, if that was the helmet in the bag at the HIE, he had to have brought it back to PP with him to plant several days later off Hwy 50. Pretty risky business. And if he did, where did he stash it in the meantime?
Does anyone know if BM had a locker at the Fire Station in Maysville?

If BM had the bicycle helmet with him, he'd have to store it in or between Broomfield and Puma Path. Is there a record that he stopped anywhere on the way home from Broomfield? Could he have handed anything off to a "friend" before he reached Puma Path? His truck was not seized until May 11 (per AA pg 6). Would he have dared to have such an item in the truck with him upon arrival at the bicycle scene?

 

[Love Never Fails]

What gets me is if (BIG IF) an outside person came in and took her, why stage the bike? If she was taken from a bike ride, why didn't she take her camelback and her sunglasses? If she was riding her bike at say 8 or 9 and was taken, why didn't she check her phone at all that morning on Mother's Day? If someone came into the house, where is evidence that they were there? If they didn't have gloves on because they got DNA on the car glovebox, then why isn't that DNA anywhere else in the house? Why is there zero signs of a struggle? Why didn't they take her purse, money, credit cards, etc.? That theory has so many holes.. way more than Barry doing it does.

Everything you said points right back to Barry Morphew. Good post.

 

[MassGuy]

I wonder if Barry and SD are spending Valentines Day together again this year.

I think it's lovely that she's been helping him get over the loss of his wife, and I think he was being completely truthful when he claimed that there was nothing sexual going on.

I mean, who doesn't spend a couple days holed up with another woman in a hotel room?

And shut their phone off.

And buy them a big bouquet of flowers.


Nothing to see here...

This is one of my favorite Barry lines: "Well, I just, I'll tell you right now, that she is a special person in my life and it's, I've told you before she is a, a dear friend. There is nothing sexual going on with her and I..."

Sure Barry. Page 93.

 

[justtrish]

But do your guys take their discarded boots on a trip with them, carry them into their hotel room, just to recycle their laces? I don't see any prudent man/woman going to such an extreme. I trust jurors will recognize just the boot incident as actions of somebody with something to hide.

So odd!! removing laces takes like 1 minutes max.. why not do that in the truck? It doesn't require any equipment or special skill.. just take them out. It is so odd.