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

[NothingSurprisesAnymore]

Regarding Barry burying things...

Who does that?

He buried furniture. Why?
It would make something unwanted permanently present within valuable real estate.

Why not recycle or burn as firewood?
Better yet give it away!

There's an idiom "Dog in the manger" meaning a person who selfishly stops another from enjoying what he has no use for.

As I read AA and listen to interviews I see habits and character traits that at best are disconcerting.

 

[DizzyB]

Perhaps LE mislabeled the trash dumps, by starting with #1 in Broomfield.

I count the potential for FIVE before he even left town.

1. Ravine/Bike
2. (Speculation) campsite/clothes maybe
3. Helmet
4. (Speculation) Poncha Market
5. (Speculation) dumpster/trash in the neighborhood of MG's residence

That may be when he decided to throw everything else away in Broomfield.

I'd like to know the date and time Barry started deleting texts from his phone.

Busy Friday night down by the creek?

JMO

Interesting. Any telematics/phone data/cameras in the vicinity of MG’s home? Barry could be throwing more stuff against the wall, shading his worker because her past was imperfect and he could deflect suspicion off of him. I have to go back to street view and look for the nearest dumpster.

In regard to noisy trucks, my neighbor has one. He starts it before 5 am most mornings, and goes back into his home while it warms up. Even in the summer. In winter months it might be on for 20 minutes before he roars away. There are some days where I lie there and think about how to approach him (he’s an idiot) and I wonder about engine block heaters and such and if there is a solution. Mostly I want to scream. BUT other days I sleep right through it. I probably would have that MG reaction if I heard my neighbor’s truck. I would know it. Sure there are others, but that one is mine.

 

[Love Never Fails]

I'm leaning toward desperate man, desperate measures.

For all his love bombing, threats of suicide, spying on Suzanne, and erratic behavior I think he snapped.

His actions the week leading up to May 10th have the appearance of planning but for Barry it was what he had been doing for years. Suzanne said so.

He had a back pocket plan on how to kill and bury people and I think it was implemented relatively last minute hence the ridiculous alibi and staging.

JMO

I have always believed his premeditation goes back to Indiana. I believe Barry did something there to cause her so much grief and pain and he knew he had to get her away from there, make her believe they were starting over. Then she inherited the money for him to put his plan into action.

What better place than the wilderness of Salida, Colorado? He could convince her it’s a great place to hunt so he wouldn’t be traveling anymore. His hunts would be local and they would have time together to start over. (He had to incorporate his hunting into his story).

He ingratiates himself in the people of the small town, becomes a volunteer firefighter, has big hunting buddies. All the while, he is planning where to get rid of her body. He knows the jig is about up as she tries and tries to reach him emotionally but he cuts her off and disappears for days at a time.

He is convinced small town LE, his good ole buddies, will believe his stories. He didn’t realize they have a brain too.

Investigators can’t track his wheelings and dealings and affairs because he uses only cash.
Barry’s hoping the old Suzanne will show up someday and become his dutiful wife again but he knows better. She becomes distant. He suspects there’s someone else.

Finally yes, he snaps. He has to put his plans into action. He believes he has outsmarted LE and CBI. Though his actions appear sloppy and comical, only time will tell.

Whether Barry gets away with this will depend on the 12 jurors. I have little faith in the wrangling of the attorneys and the courts. It appears with enough money, you can buy your way out of anything. I’m praying this is one of the few cases where money won’t buy an acquittal. And remember, it is Suzanne’s money.

 

[eyeseestars]

The biggest thing is that this elk garbage only came up in March of 2021, months and countless interviews later (Page 73).

March 1, 2021) [In this interview, Barry again significantly altered his prior statements to adjust to evidence presented to him. He said he turned left on Highway 50 as he left the house on May 10th to see where elk were going, which put him in the direction of Suzanne's helmet.

The admission to SA Harris was the first time Barry admitted to turning left on Highway 50, away from the Broomfield route. This accounts for the missing mileage from his return to trip home from the Broomfield hotel -Barry's odometer registered a 183-mile trip to the hotel that morning, including about 2 miles of deviations, and a 167-mile trip on the same route home -for an approximate 14 extra miles.]

I think BM's MO of routinely modifying his statements to match evidence should be stressed and noted. Anything that BM says in subsequent interviews that is different from his initial statement should be scrutinized under this lens. For example, I now wonder if the helmet was planted later in a weak attempt to bolster his "mountain lion" theory. I need to go back and look but I believe it was pointed out that a mountain lion attack would have left some clothing shreds, etc. and I want to say there was at least one "strip of cloth" found with the helmet. Maybe he initially thought the bike alone would be enough and then realized he should have staged more and attempted to rectify this oversight later. The mountain lion defense would have been the surest way to keep LE out of looking into motives.

 

[Megnut]

Dbm duplicate

 

[Megnut]

I doubt all of that. There is just nothing to indicate that he belittled his wife throughout their marriage or his kids. If anything Suzanne had a conversation somewhere down the line with her daughters about her cancer and if it had genetic implications for them. Just strikes me that she would be that kind of mother. We know during an argument he threw out the cost of her medical insurance, but there just isn't anything that indicates he spent their marriage belittling her. Plus generally if a couple is fighting/arguing all kinds of crap comes out. I'd bet my bottom dollar Suzanne's grievances came out in at least one fight as Barry said and I believe it, she'd become assertive.

Rbbm

I respectfully disagree.

From Suzanne's list of grievances:

Shame and guilt daily for not meeting expectations

If that's not belittling and if belittling daily isn't verbal abuse, I don't know what is.

We can't ask Suzanne -- because someone disappeared her within about 24 hours of her last update to her list. And since we can't ask her, I think we owe it to her to pay attention to every single word she left behind.

JMO


AA P. 12/14

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

 

[eyeseestars]

His Foresic Files podcasts he listened to.
I would start there, especially the one mentioned in the docs similar case.. person gone missing on bike ride.
JMO

and sorry if this has already been mentioned, just catching up and you all are moving real fast here.

The episode with the wood chipper by the river really bothered me as BM is a landscape guy.

 

[Lyanna]

I would really like to hear more from CS.

I would quite like to hear from DH and KS too, I would like to know why Barry gave their names when asked who he thought Suzanne was having an affair with

AA pg 61

 

[NothingSurprisesAnymore]

I have always believed his premeditation goes back to Indiana. I believe Barry did something there to cause her so much grief and pain and he knew he had to get her away from there, make her believe they were starting over. Then she inherited the money for him to put his plan into action.

What better place than the wilderness of Salida, Colorado? He could convince her it’s a great place to hunt so he wouldn’t be traveling anymore. His hunts would be local and they would have time together to start over. (He had to incorporate his hunting into his story).

He ingratiates himself in the people of the small town, becomes a volunteer firefighter, has big hunting buddies. All the while, he is planning where to get rid of her body. He knows the jig is about up as she tries and tries to reach him emotionally but he cuts her off and disappears for days at a time.

He is convinced small town LE, his good ole buddies, will believe his stories. He didn’t realize they have a brain too.

Investigators can’t track his wheelings and dealings and affairs because he uses only cash.
Barry’s hoping the old Suzanne will show up someday and become his dutiful wife again but he knows better. She becomes distant. He suspects there’s someone else.

Finally yes, he snaps. He has to put his plans into action. He believes he has outsmarted LE and CBI. Though his actions appear sloppy and comical, only time will tell.

Whether Barry gets away with this will depend on the 12 jurors. I have little faith in the wrangling of the attorneys and the courts. It appears with enough money, you can buy your way out of anything. I’m praying this is one of the few cases where money won’t buy an acquittal. And remember, it is Suzanne’s money.

This case is so intriguing.

I find it frustrating because Barry is no mastermind but he is cunning.

As he's said, he does two (three) things well, work and hunt (and bury bodies that can never be found) so here we are.

As with any trial jurors are key.

IMO there is enough evidence to convict and I without a doubt believe he is guilty.

Is the prosecution up to the task of weaving the yarn of details into the tapestry of M1?

We're soon to find out...

JMO

 

[Momofthreeboys]

The episode with the wood chipper by the river really bothered me as BM is a landscape guy.

What episode with a wood chipper? I don't recall any mention of a wood chipper so far in documents.

 

[Momofthreeboys]

This case is so intriguing.

I find it frustrating because Barry is no mastermind but he is cunning.

As he's said, he does two (three) things well, work and hunt (and bury bodies that can never be found) so here we are.

As with any trial jurors are key.

IMO there is enough evidence to convict and I without a doubt believe he is guilty.

Is the prosecution up to the task of weaving the yarn of details into the tapestry of M1?

We're soon to find out...

JMO

The key is "weaving the yarn" for the jurors with admissible evidence in a way where there is no other plausible theory. I have my doubts, but we shall find out.

 

[Megnut]

It's an interesting bit of wizardry to ask to play all 3 30 interviews and simultaneously to have them thrown out.

Barry speaking for Barry is the most compelling evidence against Barry to date! However, no worries, even without that, the overlay of his actions both prior and post along with cellular date and telematics paralleled with the cessation of Suzanne's digital footprint and predictable behavior speaks even louder than he does.

Taken in part or in total, there remains no other reasonable explanation.

Guilty.

JMO

 

[mrjitty]

I think he'll be convicted based on the cellular evidence, the telematics, and his pre-trial statements

I never expected the propensity evidence to be admissible.

 

[mrjitty]

In regard to noisy trucks, my neighbor has one. He starts it before 5 am most mornings, and goes back into his home while it warms up. Even in the summer. In winter months it might be on for 20 minutes before he roars away.

RSBM/BBM

Wait what?

I mean I remember doing this in the late 80s with old cars (that were old in the 80s) - but in the year of our lord 2022? For what reason would you do this?

(he’s an idiot)

right?

 

[NothingSurprisesAnymore]

The episode with the wood chipper by the river really bothered me as BM is a landscape guy.

Wood chipper came to mind but it would leave too much evidence and the psychology of it doesn't fit.

If he tranquilized her this is a bloodless crime. Perfect, almost.

Not to demean Suzanne’s humanity but killing her in this way would be no different than tracking, hunting and tranquilizing any other warm blooded creature. He's done this his entire life,
either for pleasure or necessity.
This would be scarily easy for him.

The burial and concealing of a body plays to his strengths too.

His biggest obstacles imo are telematics and detection. In his need to escape these I think he placed her on, around, or near Puma Path.

I also think this case presents alot of red herrings...

Jmo

 

[Love Never Fails]

Rbbm

I respectfully disagree.

From Suzanne's list of grievances:

Shame and guilt daily for not meeting expectations

If that's not belittling and if belittling daily isn't verbal abuse, I don't know what is.

We can't ask Suzanne -- because someone disappeared her within about 24 hours of her last update to her list. And since we can't ask her, I think we owe it to her to pay attention to every single word she left behind.

JMO


AA P. 12/14

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

Thanks! I was getting ready to reply. You said it perfectly.
It appears the Op leaves out Suzanne’s own testimony quite often.

 

[Love Never Fails]

This case is so intriguing.

I find it frustrating because Barry is no mastermind but he is cunning.

As he's said, he does two (three) things well, work and hunt (and bury bodies that can never be found) so here we are.

As with any trial jurors are key.

IMO there is enough evidence to convict and I without a doubt believe he is guilty.

Is the prosecution up to the task of weaving the yarn of details into the tapestry of M1?

We're soon to find out...

JMO

As a juror, I would search our every bit of testimony and not pay much attention to the stories either the defense or DA want to weave. With that, I would vote guilty.

 

[NothingSurprisesAnymore]

It's an interesting bit of wizardry to ask to play all 3 30 interviews and simultaneously to have them thrown out.

Barry speaking for Barry is the most compelling evidence against Barry to date! However, no worries, even without that, the overlay of his actions both prior and post along with cellular date and telematics paralleled with the cessation of Suzanne's digital footprint and predictable behavior speaks even louder than he does.

Taken in part or in total, there remains no other reasonable explanation.

Guilty.

JMO

"It's an interesting bit of wizardry to ask to play all 3 30 interviews and simultaneously to have them thrown out."

It certainly is!
Those interviews are key.
If thrown out (they won't be) prosecution suffers.
If all 3 30 interviews are played
it would fatigue the jurors...
Motive accomplished.

 

[OldCop]

Or his first trash dump was near the RV camp?!!

JMO

He walked down towards there on Saturday afternoon. Was he looking for a good hidey hole?

 

[DizzyB]

RSBM/BBM

Wait what?

I mean I remember doing this in the late 80s with old cars (that were old in the 80s) - but in the year of our lord 2022? For what reason would you do this?



right?

It’s a diesel thing, like Barry’s truck. I have read extensively about necessary warm up times (maximum is 7 minutes in very cold temps), but I would imagine I would be met by a blank stare. And the same noise before 5 am next morning. And like Barry’s truck, I hear him daily whenever he leaves. No purse-like bobcats in my neighborhood though.