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

[JosieMae]

I'm looking forward to hearing more about this.

I would also like to know more, but I don't believe opinions and speculations from the previous homeowners will be admissible at trial. At most, we can hope the couple will be interviewed on Dateline, 20/20, and 48 Hours after a verdict is reached.

 

[JosieMae]

I've obviously never heard of a case where a suspect talked to law enforcement this extensively, as it just doesn't happen. Even so, the amount of lies and inconsistencies is absolutely unbelievable.

I've never seen anything like it. I think the one thing we can all agree on, is that Barry is a pathological liar.

100%.

 

[nyvictoria]

No but in the AA page 73 , Barry drove his truck beside the Agents' car at about 5:03 PM and handed a weathered .22 caliber altered rifle with a newly mounted rifle scope to Agents. Begs the question, altered how (?)and why a new scope? Scopes aren't cheap.

The fact that Barry willingly handed the gun over tells me that this particular gun had nothing to do with the murder. I’d like to know which gun was kept in the case found under the bed.

 

[nyvictoria]

The arrest/complaint language is an estimated or inclusive period.

I recall BM complaining to Agent Grusing how he wanted his gun(s) back and why he wasn't cleared yet.

Wasn't his entire gun safe seized? I wish we had those search warrants already!

I don't know why BM ended up with the illegal short rifle in his possession after the search warrants were executed on PP so I think he must have had the gun elsewhere at the time???

Nonetheless, I think BM surrendered the short rifle because he was moving from PP and did not want to give LE a reason to search his new dwelling for the illegal, short rifle. MOO

IMO he may have given it to his daughter so she could keep it “safe” for him. I agree that he didn’t want LE to have any reason to show up at his new place with a search warrant in hand.

 

[Cindizzi]

Didn't he also delete calls? I thought he said a reason for that was "making space on his phone".. he deleted bad texts because he didn't want his girls to see them. Okay so did he ever delete any other tests or call logs other than those from Suzanne?

He deleted texts to and from SM, calls to SM and also calls to a bank and a contact “ Dan Monex”.
MG said that this was BM’s stock trader ( gold/silver?) and he spoke to him daily. Sounds like maybe BM had him on speaker phone if MG could hear the guy’s accent. JMO
Also Monex is listed in SM’s list of 50 grievances as BM had the account in his name only.
He was definitely trying to hide where the $$ was going from SM.Probably the source of arguments as SM said to him on the spy recording that 80% of their fights were about money. JMO

 

[DizzyB]

Been there Dizzy, just a year ago with my sister who was also my best friend. You are dead on...every detail, memory, when you saw them last, what you said, what you did and where you were when you received the untimely/devastating news never leaves you. And you stated it all perfectly...it haunts you and you want answers when things do not add up..JMO

So sorry that you are a member of this club. Me too.

 

[DeDee]

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.

Love, I've always suspected he planned her demise while in Indiana, esp., once Suzanne began receiving inheritance even when it was an unpopular theory here, att. It's called the Long Game. "British term for a long-term confidence trick, or con."

From personal experience, I knew, and know, that Barry was isolating Suzanne when he moved her to the small mountain town. He coerced her with that big, um, mansion, being near MM1 and offering an allowance. Surely, he influenced MM1 into attending college in the great state of Colorado by tempting her with big game hunts for Bears so they could have floor coverings.

Laura Richards calls it Coercive Control. A teenager in Aussie stuck by her dad after her mom went missing, after her body was found, and after he was arrested. She did not make a Victim's Impact statement in court. Instead, she spoke of what a terrific Dad she had. I fully expect Suzanne's children to do something similar. Hence, I've braced myself for they know not what he is.


"Domestic abuse is about power and control. It is a pattern of behaviour. There are many tools and tactics used by an abuser to control a victim and abuse is not always easy to spot.

Some behaviours are dressed up as pseudo-caring behaviour, for example, and some abusers can be very charming and manipulative.

51% of victims do not even know that they are being controlled, and if asked, they will defend the perpetrator. This is what is so dangerous and sophisticated about coercive control. It is tantamount to brain washing.
Domestic Abuse and Coercive Control

 

[Cindizzi]

A while back we discussed all the many times that BM brought up SM’s phone in his interviews. He repeatedly said “ I thought you guys had it” and seemed to be fishing to see what LE might say about the phone.

I pulled some screenshots from the AA where he said he figured the phone would have been “ between the bike and where the helmet was found”. He said numerous times that the phone might be in the river.

But I must have missed this . SM’s friend HW recorded some conversations between her and BM, first on her own and then later with help of the FBI.

Look what he told her in December 2020.
He’s pretty pretty sure.

 

[mom2chloe]

A while back we discussed all the many times that BM brought up SM’s phone in his interviews. He repeatedly said “ I thought you guys had it” and seemed to be fishing to see what LE might say about the phone.

I pulled some screenshots from the AA where he said he figured the phone would have been “ between the bike and where the helmet was found”. He said numerous times that the phone might be in the river.

But I must have missed this . SM’s friend HW recorded some conversations between her and BM, first on her own and then later with help of the FBI.

Look what he told her in December 2020.
He’s pretty pretty sure.

IMO this is another big Barry lie. He knows they don’t have the phone because he did something with it. The more he states he believes they have it the less it becomes believable. He texts the phone as if he misses Suzanne and claims it makes him feel better to do so but he was just testing out LEs knowledge of the cloud and what they can glean from that.
I almost understand his anger in getting rid of Suzanne’s journal in his raging anger but why the phone? He screwed up again IMO

 

[BDAJAG]

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

While I hasten to point out IANAPL {where "P"= "practicing"},
...to my way of thinking, an "inference" in the ascending hierarchy of strength of proof falls just beneath the "rebuttable presumption."
Matter?
Well, I think so.

For the opposing party to succeed in such a rebuttal - and thus thwart the attachment of an evidentiary presumption as to the issue at hand - I should think that that party should have to offer ... not speculation, not piggy-backed inference(s) #2, or #3, or #4 , not allegations of prosecutorial obfuscation, etc., etc., ad nauseum , BUT...wait for it...
... WAIT FOR IT...

Conspicuous / Compelling 'bits of reality'
​

Even the bittiest of such bits have escaped my notice in this whirling dervish defense.
Thus far, anyway...​

AAIMO

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[Cindizzi]

Love, I've always suspected he planned her demise while in Indiana, esp., once Suzanne began receiving inheritance even when it was an unpopular theory here, att. It's called the Long Game. "British term for a long-term confidence trick, or con."

From personal experience, I knew, and know, that Barry was isolating Suzanne when he moved her to the small mountain town. He coerced her with that big, um, mansion, being near MM1 and offering an allowance. Surely, he influenced MM1 into attending college in the great state of Colorado by tempting her with big game hunts for Bears so they could have floor coverings.

Laura Richards calls it Coercive Control. A teenager in Aussie stuck by her dad after her mom went missing, after her body was found, and after he was arrested. She did not make a Victim's Impact statement in court. Instead, she spoke of what a terrific Dad she had. I fully expect Suzanne's children to do something similar. Hence, I've braced myself for they know not what he is.


"Domestic abuse is about power and control. It is a pattern of behaviour. There are many tools and tactics used by an abuser to control a victim and abuse is not always easy to spot.

Some behaviours are dressed up as pseudo-caring behaviour, for example, and some abusers can be very charming and manipulative.

51% of victims do not even know that they are being controlled, and if asked, they will defend the perpetrator. This is what is so dangerous and sophisticated about coercive control. It is tantamount to brain washing.
Domestic Abuse and Coercive Control

Your excellent post made me go back and look at SM’s sister’s (MB) interview.
We all knew before the AA that SM had texted MB on Friday morning. MB said it was a LONG text and it was apparently the first time SM told her of physical abuse.

What I don’t remember ever seeing ( things keep jumping out to me tonight lol) is that MB said that SM had been telling her for 6 months that “ things were getting tense”.

I hope MB is a witness for the State.

I feel so bad for her and I can relate somewhat in that I have a sister who I’m extremely close with , we’ve lived apart in different States for 30 years but get together once or twice a year.
I didn’t know for YEARS the abuse my sister went through with her Ex.. I only knew the tip of the iceberg until after the divorce. She “ didn’t want to worry me”.
Thank God she got out and didn’t become another statistic.
IMHO

ETA that in no way do I equate any of my experiences with what MB has gone through with losing her dear sister.
Just that you can be very close to a loved one and not KNOW.

 

[DizzyB]

I’m feeling much better knowing that Barry’s statements to LE will be there for the jury to interpret. I have to hope that the prosecution is up to the task and finds justice for Suzanne.

 

[Murphy1950]

But I must have missed this . SM’s friend HW recorded some conversations between her and BM, first on her own and then later with help of the FBI.

Look what he told her in December 2020.

He’s pretty pretty sure.

RSBM

Thanks for so many great posts!
Dear Cindizzi...
Details, details, details.....lies, lies, lies...it is overwhelming isn't it? I never remember reading that either, but I know I did, more than once.

IMO Barry knew about the affair (maybe not the name until the end) and wanted that phone found, he planted it.

Ironically Holly is the one friend who he took liberties with and her husband is named Jeff. Hmmmm, was Barry suspect?

Barry is such a piece of work, gets tiresome.

 

[MassGuy]

IMO this is another big Barry lie. He knows they don’t have the phone because he did something with it. The more he states he believes they have it the less it becomes believable. He texts the phone as if he misses Suzanne and claims it makes him feel better to do so but he was just testing out LEs knowledge of the cloud and what they can glean from that.
I almost understand his anger in getting rid of Suzanne’s journal in his raging anger but why the phone? He screwed up again IMO

I think he had to get rid of her phone, as it had things on there he didn't want LE to find. I don't think he counted on the cloud, or their ability to recover deleted items from his phone.

I think he also had to disappear it in order to sell the bike ride, as she always took it.

The problem was the complete lack of activity on Saturday afternoon onward, and her phone being powered down as he was leaving the house on Sunday.

And of course Suzanne going on a bike ride without ever turning her phone on, which is absolutely laughable.

Because her daughters are coming home, it's Mother's Day, her best friends daughter's wedding, and she always texted her lover good morning.

And who doesn't check their phone in the morning?

His focus on the phone is weird too, because finding it doesn't mean you're any closer to finding Suzanne.

He somehow thought proclaiming law enforcement had it, served him in some way.

That thing is along the route of that left turn, or in a landfill. I'm leaning towards the former.

Phones that are powered down aren't able to be tracked, but psychologically, I think he'd want to get rid of it as soon as possible.

 

[Cindizzi]

So, I plugged some of the other evidence photos into relevant sections of the AA. And some folks mentioned looking for something in the AA, but they didn't have the right keywords and now its in the previous pages, but it's a really good idea to plug a keyword in where it's hard to find. Like the details of stalking SO and Suzanne, so I added a helper.

Ex:

A plastic hypodermic cover (Item 41), collected from the dryer, was tested by CBI for DNA. A low-level partial DNA mixture of two people was recovered, with Suzanne and REDACTED being possible contributors. Barry was excluded as a contributor. [Added by webmaster, Keyword: needle sheath]​

Barry Morphew Redacted Arrest Affidavit – Find Suzanne Morphew

So, lets work up a quick list of these items and the keywords we need to find them so I can make this thing even easier to find the data.

Oh wow @sk716 this is the first time I’ve looked at what you’ve created here. Thank you for all your efforts and time!

Forgive my ignorance, but are you saying that your version here of the AA is “ searchable “ ? Or that you are working on making it searchable?
If you are asking for search terms or keywords to help find things, one thing I can think of off the top of my head would be SHEETS or BEDDING.
That subject comes up all over the place in the AA in so many interviews and so many bizarre statements IMO.
Thanks!

 

[mom2chloe]

RSBM

Thanks for so many great posts!
Dear Cindizzi...
Details, details, details.....lies, lies, lies...it is overwhelming isn't it? I never remember reading that either, but I know I did, more than once.

IMO Barry knew about the affair (maybe not the name until the end) and wanted that phone found, he planted it.

Ironically Holly is the one friend who he took liberties with and her husband's is named Jeff. Hmmmm, was Barry suspect?
Barry is such a piece of work, gets tiresome.

I have suspected the same regarding the name Jeff. In Barry’s mind he was entitled. Such a pig!

 

[swedeheart]

Oh wow @sk716 this is the first time I’ve looked at what you’ve created here. Thank you for all your efforts and time!

Forgive my ignorance, but are you saying that your version here of the AA is “ searchable “ ? Or that you are working on making it searchable?
If you are asking for search terms or keywords to help find things, one thing I can think of off the top of my head would be SHEETS or BEDDING.
That subject comes up all over the place in the AA in so many interviews and so many bizarre statements IMO.
Thanks!

Yes! You could also add : RIVER, LION, PHONE, and I DON'T RECALL - could be interesting.

 

[Cindizzi]

Yes! You could also add : RIVER, LION, PHONE, and I DON'T RECALL - could be interesting.

I DON’T RECALL would crash the website!

 

[Kemug]

I’m sorry.. I didn’t realize I was supposed to indicate that it wasn’t a complete post I was quoting. In the future I will add the RSBM.

Oh dear, I hate to think how many times I have transgressed! Sorry everyone!

 

[LandManatee]

MOO IMO

I wonder if MG cooperated with LE in trying to record BM in the same way SO did.