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

[MassGuy]

Good to see you here @Cassady.

In OP's summation, I disagree on two points including the statements regarding the credibility of J. Cahill, former CBI Agent, and excluding jurors that are familiar or have knowledge of the AA.

The defense attorney's allegation that Cahill was terminated from the Morphew investigation because DA Stanely was unhappy with his performance during the PH is not fact, and no corroborating evidence was introduced to support this alleged rumor.

And it wouldn't be the first time the defense hurled an allegation in court that was not true. Most recently, the defense accused an individual by name of illegally recording a court hearing and broadcasting the same on YouTube. The allegation was patently false and resulted in the Court ordering very strict courtroom decorum that has severely crippled journalists of their tools to do their job.

It's also not as if former Agent Cahill was assigned to the mailroom following his transfer from this case. Public information indicates Cahill went on to assist in a serious investigation resulting in the conviction of two LE officers in connection with an excessive force incident (against an at-risk adult).

Relative to the AA, as you know, the jurors will never have access to the 125+ page document where extracted details from the document have been published across the globe. The court knows that in the digital media age, it's not reasonable to expect an entire jury pool to not have read or watched any news about this case. The real question is whether or not the juror candidate can set apart any information, listen to the evidence presented in court, and be reasonably fair as a juror. MOO

Besides that, Cahill always had a partner, and his interviews were audio/video recorded.

He's also a distant second to legendary FBI agent Grusing, who had the largest and most important involvement in this case.

 

[Seattle1]

I totally agree with this. There was no reason for BM to incriminate himself over and over again with all his contradictions. All he had to do was say I want a lawyer or refuse to talk at all. But instead he talked and changed his story every time LE said evidence shows it didn’t happen the way you said it did.

I have trouble understanding how a person could kill and disappear their spouse with no physical crime scene evidence, which would seem to take some sort of brains. Yet, still be so dumb as to to talk to LE every time they wanted, never lawyer up, never say I’m done talking, keep changing his story…

Can anyone who has listen to or read true crime possibly be so dumb, yet hide the crime scene and body so well neither is found? It kind of boggles my mind.

^^RSBM
Respectfully, we know from the testimony given under oath that CCSO and FBI Agent Grusing know that .22 caliber would fire the dart. If OP cites several experts who apparently contradict witness testimony, this should be linked per TOS.

ETA: add the link to the quoted PH testimony which is very long

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

@Pyrite. Let's use the post above as an example of why it's important to indicate that you are quoting an incomplete post, where you chose to include only a select portion of the author's actual thoughts.

In other words, please indicate to all that you are using my information out of context by designating you have snipped the quoted post using the designation RSBM or SBM (snipped by me).

It's part of WS TOS, and I also appreciate the courtesy.

 

[Cassady]

Good to see you here @Cassady.

In OP's summation, I disagree on two points including the statements regarding the credibility of J. Cahill, former CBI Agent, and excluding jurors that are familiar or have knowledge of the AA.

The defense attorney's allegation that Cahill was terminated from the Morphew investigation because DA Stanely was unhappy with his performance during the PH is not fact, and no corroborating evidence was introduced to support this alleged rumor.

And it wouldn't be the first time the defense hurled an allegation in court that was not true. Most recently, the defense accused an individual by name of illegally recording a court hearing and broadcasting the same on YouTube. The allegation was patently false and resulted in the Court ordering very strict courtroom decorum that has severely crippled journalists of their tools to do their job.

It's also not as if former Agent Cahill was assigned to the mailroom following his transfer from this case. Public information indicates Cahill went on to assist in a serious investigation resulting in the conviction of two LE officers in connection with an excessive force incident (against an at-risk adult).

Relative to the AA, as you know, the jurors will never have access to the 125+ page document where extracted details from the document have been published across the globe. The court knows that in the digital media age, it's not reasonable to expect an entire jury pool to not have read or watched any news about this case. The real question is whether or not the juror candidate can set apart any information, listen to the evidence presented in court, and be reasonably fair as a juror. MOO

It has been awhile since I listened to LS's review of the proceedings from that week, but the way she presented it sounded like the information about Cahill being taken off the case after the PH was from testimony, perhaps even Cahill himself? Regardless, if this conversation or discussion about the Brady letter rears its head in trial it will be bad for the state...IMO.

Also, this is a high profil murder case, so the judge will be very careful about what constitutes removal for cause and many things that might not ordinarily be cause will be in this case. However, jurors in most criminal cases would be subject to challenge for cause if they admitted to researching the case beyond what they might had heard in the media. For example, if they researched court filings and other documents about a case, they would likely be dismissed for cause as a juror on that case. No way would a judge in a high profile murder case let's someone who has read an AA full of inadmissible evidence and what two judges have already said was unprecedented in length, set on the jury.

IMO

Also, as a litigator and attorney in general, there is nothing more distracting than listening to someone text on their phone while you are trying to do your job. This is especially true in a court or deposition setting. I have practiced in jurisdictions were no electronically devices were allowed in the courtroom by anyone, except attorneys during trial. I like those jurisdictions...but cell phones annoy me.....IMO

 

[sk716]

I totally agree with this. There was no reason for BM to incriminate himself over and over again with all his contradictions. All he had to do was say I want a lawyer or refuse to talk at all. But instead he talked and changed his story every time LE said evidence shows it didn’t happen the way you said it did.

I have trouble understanding how a person could kill and disappear their spouse with no physical crime scene evidence, which would seem to take some sort of brains. Yet, still be so dumb as to to talk to LE every time they wanted, never lawyer up, never say I’m done talking, keep changing his story…

Can anyone who has listen to or read true crime possibly be so dumb, yet hide the crime scene and body so well neither is found? It kind of boggles my mind.

People always assume Barry is dumb. It's working to his advantage. He disappeared a human being without a single spatter of physical evidence. Barry's issue is hubris. He (mistakenly) thinks he's the smartest guy in the room.

 

[OldCop]

Barry just seems plain obsessed with hunting. It really seems to take over his life and consume his thoughts. That is not healthy even if he didn't harm Suzanne. It seems he had 2 modes. Work and hunting.

RSBM

 

[MassGuy]

RSBM
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A couple interesting things there:

Hunting is the most important thing in the world to him, and he seemed to forget he had daughters.

He wasn't concerned about being arrested, as he had big hunting plans.

He's now prohibited from hunting, so that's gotta sting.

Those cameras likely did give him the ability to monitor Suzanne when she was outside, as he says as much when describing their capability.

 

[Megnut]

Pg


There are pullouts and two other roads like 225 joining 50 before Garfield.
MOO he wanted to go where he was going.

So what was he really doing?????

He drove 14 miles.... and like a half hour is missing from the morning before his phone came out of airplane mode and his travel was picked back up by CCTV ...

If his window was open and stayed open...

Discarding other evidence?

Checking on something?

Passing something off to someone?

Who might've been within 6 miles of PP that morning?

He purposefully left his phone in airplane mode so it must've been really important -- a decision he made before turning left.

Where did he go???????

JMO

 

[Megnut]

RSBM
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What did 7 yr old Barry kill??????

 

[OldCop]

This is precisely why BM's lie about shooting deer with tranquilizer darts just a few weeks before, is so big.

In order for him to do that, he had to have a weapon that fired those projectiles. So if it's not the "chipmunk gun," and it's not that apparently inoperable dart gun they found, then what did he use?

Barry tells us that such a weapon exists, so if it hasn't been located, then that looks really bad.

The beauty is the defense claiming "he didn't even have a working dart gun," is rendered moot by Barry's own words.

Whoops.

Why did BM’s old rusty chipmunk gun that he handed over to Grusing and Harris have a newly mounted scope on it? Maybe there is another gun of the same vintage as the scope somewhere? Hmmm….

 

[Seattle1]

What did 7 yr old Barry kill??????

Wasn't it his pet raccoon?

 

[Megnut]

A couple interesting things there:

Hunting is the most important thing in the world to him, and he seemed to forget he had daughters.

He wasn't concerned about being arrested, as he had big hunting plans.

He's now prohibited from hunting, so that's gotta sting.

Those cameras likely did give him the ability to monitor Suzanne when she was outside, as he says as much when describing their capability.

Raise your hand if you think Barry is complying with the no kill clause.

He's killed his whole life.

$500,000 is a lot of money.... but this is Barry. Can he really resist the caress of a gun?

JMO

 

[MassGuy]

Raise your hand if you think Barry is complying with the no kill clause.

He's killed his whole life.

$500,000 is a lot of money.... but this is Barry. Can he really resist the caress of a gun?

JMO

His lawyers absolutely would have warned him about that, as they aren't stupid people. They know it would be very difficult for Barry not to hunt, especially with his penchant for ignoring all sorts of rules, laws, and regulations.

I hope he does go hunting, and gets caught.

 

[Kemug]

Barry said the last time he saw #SuzanneMorphew was May 10 at 5 a.m. He said they had had a great day and evening. He said she was "his angel" since they were 17 and they "love each other to death."

Ain't that the truth.

 

[mom2chloe]

What did 7 yr old Barry kill??????

He must have killed whatever with his dad. Would be interesting to know what his relationship was like with dad in the early years. I know PE had an episode where they focused on Barry’s years and although I watched it I still come away with more questions than answers. We know the women in his life have babied and covered for him forever. Made excuses, cleaned up his messes and defended his to the end regardless and we continue to see that only it has encompassed more women in his life.
I too would like to know what he was doing. If his truck telematics didn’t confirm he was there yet he finally admitted to Grusing that indeed he was I have to wonder whether Barry is again lying or if he was indeed in the area he claims to be minus his truck. How did he get there and wth was he doing so relatively quickly? IMO

 

[Puzzles8]

Barry thought he was smarter than the investigators. He thought he’d covered all of his bases. He was sure he could manage LE. If he’d admitted that he needed counsel, then his ego would’ve been injured.

There was a friend of Barry’s who said he would end up going along with Barry’s lies because Barry lied so much it just wasn’t worth the trouble to protest. I guess Barry was overconfident in thinking he could wear down the investigators in similar fashion.

Agree with you, but who was that friend of Barry's?

JMO

 

[al66pine]

1) All of BM's Guns? 2) Rifle Storage Case?

Do we know that LE is aware of every gun that Barry possessed? I doubt it. I wonder what was normally in the rifle storage case under the bed...

@DizzyB Thx for your post w interesting questions.

1) Is LE aware of all BM's guns? IDK, but as you said, doubtful. Seems like LE may check:
- Doc's related to PP homeowner's insurance, which may include a schedule of guns.*
- "General" soc. media, FB, Instagram, etc. Iirc, one of the M fam members posted pix of BM & MM1 on a hunt.
- Hunting & firearms forums & websites. Did BM post pix or comments re his specific guns & hunting trips/events?
- Hunting buddies in both CO. & IN.
- Even w a self-declared a cash-only dude, LE may still search his e-devices for gun purchases on ebay, Amazon, gun e-tailers.
- {ETA: W purchase thru FFL, fed. firearms license dealer, the fed. mandated National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Chaffee Co. Sheriff Office, which handles applications for permit required for concealed carry.** Whoops, not sure if applicant specifies any certain gun.}
-{ETA: CO state law. For private party transfers of firearms, seller must... must get approval of the transfer from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.**}
- {ETA: IN. state law. W only a quick read, I see IN county sheriffs handle applications for licenses for concealed handgun carry, but not seeing whether applicant must specify a specific gun? ***}
I'm prob'ly overlooking some sources of info re BM's gun ownership. @DizzyB I'm curious about what prompted your question, if you don't mind sharing.

2) Rifle storage case under the bed. Did I skip right past this? Where? When? Did BM mention this, or was it recorded by LE body-worn cams or _? Anyone? TiA.

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* For "contents coverage" insurers may pay only, say, $500 for ea. piece of certain types of property, such guns, jewelry, etc., but may offfer an endorsement* (aka rider) for scheduled property. BM may have submitted a schedule/inventory of guns w other ins co.-required documentation of existence & ownership of guns & their value, such as photos & serial #s of ea. gun, appraisals by accredited appraiser, receipts of purchase, etc. Oh yeah, and a higher $$$ premium. No idea of whether BM had such coverage. Based only on chipmunk gun appearance, not sure we can draw conclusions about all his guns. IDK.
** CO. For private party transfers of firearms, seller must request licensed dealer perform a background check of buyer, & must get approval of the transfer from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.
Gun laws in Colorado - Wikipedia
*** IN. Gun laws in Indiana - Wikipedia
IC 35-47-2-3Application for license to carry a handgun; procedure

 

[mom2chloe]

What Causes Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma?

According to this article Hodgkin’s Lymphoma is not directly hereditary but if you have a parent who suffers from it, especially if you’re a female your risk of acquiring it increases. Additionally a female’s risk of acquiring an autoimmune disorder increases with a family history of both AI and HL. We know AI disorders are more prevalent in females and that certain stressors can contribute to this. Wasn’t Suzanne diagnosed with HL shortly after her parent’s divorce? Likely a highly stressful time for her as any teenager. And she later blamed her recurrence on stress and it’s leading to an unhealthy lifestyle?
If Barry knew anything about Suzanne’s diagnosis why would he risk this scenario endangering both daughters health? Selfish as can be. They are enduring an ultimate stress that thankfully most of us are not well acquainted with. He is endangering not only their safety and health but possibly contributing to their own lack of peace and risking their future health at a minimum.
When if ever has Barry ever put anyone’s needs above his own?

 

[Kemug]

11/3/20 CBI Agent Graham spoke with Cara and Steve Marshall previous homeowners of Puma Path.
Cara and Steve separately said they suspected Barry killed Suzanne after hearing the news of her disappearance based upon multiple observations they made of Barry during and after the sale of the house.
AA page 128

I'm looking forward to hearing more about this.

 

[BDAJAG]

I don't recall a mine with that name in the immediate vicinity. Most of them only have numbers on the map I used.

https://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html
Select Basemap, scroll to the bottom, USA Topo Maps

There is a map of Colorado mines out there somewhere, but it doesn't have a lot of abandoned shafts the USGS marked. If you compare the Topo above to Google satellite views and you can see many of the "sealed" shafts pretty easily. The mountains around Maysville had a big mining boom then crash in the late 1800s. It's likely that many of the shafts in the area aren't on the mining registry because they haven't been active since long before the advent of the database.

[very respectfully abbrev. by BDAJAG]

I noted on the USGS, too, prospect / prospector/prospecting symbology.
Good grief! There are undoubtedly thousands of these hopeful /futile scratchings near our posited crime scene.
Where? Well, ancient 'tailings' of prospector- sorted bric-a-brac would bear witness to these innumerable, shallow scars in the terrain. Rest assured, BM had an grey-celled inventory of scads of these.
Plus, many would be easily excavated using simple hand tools, as they would have in most cases been initially prospected by hand. Further, they could/might serve any number of functions, short or long-term, in Prospector Barr's master plan.
And covered/landscaped quickly/purposely with the original tailings/native brush, I'm thinking such a selected shallow burial site would be virtually indiscernible ...alas

 

[Seattle1]

Agree with you, but who was that friend of Barry's?

JMO

AA pg 57. George W.

ETA: They first met in 1998-99.