Still Missing CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee Co, 10 May 2020 *arrest* #95

[Cindizzi]

DATELINE FRIDAY PREVIEW: Echoes in the Canyons

We asked some Coloradans to tell us about the city of Salida where Friday’s story takes place.
One of the residents said, “If anything happens, we come together no matter what.”
Something did happen. And we’ll tell you all about it Friday at 10/9c…
https://twitter.com/datelinenbc/status/1496632213055569922?s=21

So that’s who KW is.

 

[K9Enzo]

I’m hoping with a huge show like Dateline featuring this case we hear a few new things. IMO

Keith Morrison telling a story gives me chills like Robert Stack did. I couldn’t wait to watch Unsolved Mysteries after school but would be terrified. lol

 

[jakat]

Didn't Barry blame those searches - the ashley madison, hot girls in salida etc - on his daughter? Of course he made them.
I could swear I saw in a document that he had profiles on a couple of dating sites. Maybe I dreamed I was reading a document? Anything's possible as my dreams are very vivid, I fully admit that. I wish someone would chime in if they read it too.
Suzanne's text allude to an affair Barry had in IN. She used some sort of 'nick name' or abbreviation for the woman's name. Her sister also said how he'd had an affair and that was the reason for a 'fresh start' in CO. It's not just gossip.

"super duper" cracked me up, thanks!

He did. He used the name "Jim".

JMO

 

[al66pine]

Wait Just a Sec. The Judge & I Are Both Lost

Here's the whole schizophrenic mess....

A Harris: Correct.
Q Eytan: On May 7th, there’s a text between the two of them saying how magical the last two days were, correct? Between Mr. Morphew and Mr. Libler. Do you recall that text?
THE COURT: I’m sorry I’m lost....
​

@sk716 bbm rbm sbm for focus. Thanks for posting the C-X like this, a long string hammering the nail home that Hurricane Iris is on the job.​

BTW, musta dozed off, because just like the judge, I missed the magical days Mr. Morphew & Mr. Libler had.

 

[Diddian]

Didn't Barry blame those searches - the ashley madison, hot girls in salida etc - on his daughter? Of course he made them.
I could swear I saw in a document that he had profiles on a couple of dating sites. Maybe I dreamed I was reading a document? Anything's possible as my dreams are very vivid, I fully admit that. I wish someone would chime in if they read it too.
Suzanne's text allude to an affair Barry had in IN. She used some sort of 'nick name' or abbreviation for the woman's name. Her sister also said how he'd had an affair and that was the reason for a 'fresh start' in CO. It's not just gossip.

"super duper" cracked me up, thanks!

This Denver 7 "The Denver Channel" story addresses prosecutors claims about BM using Ashley Madison (and similar searches) when looking for other women to date:

Harris, the other FBI agent who testified earlier Tuesday, said the phone and credit card records for the man Suzanne was having an affair with show he was in Michigan on the day she disappeared. Prosecutors argued Tuesday they believe that Barry Morphew was also looking for other women to date, saying he had deleted web history that included Ashley Madison searches and a search for “cute girls” in the Salida area.​

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/ne...out-movements-surrounding-wifes-disappearance

ETA: Harris also gave testimony that BM's search history included searches for the website "Celebrity Jihad:"

Harris, the FBI agent, also testified that deleted search history on Barry's phone revealed visits to the dating website Ashley Madison, as well as Celebrity Jihad, which describes itself as a celebrity website run by purported Islamic extremists...​

Barry Morphew texted wife about suicide days before she disappeared: ‘Going to see my savior’

 

[Megnut]

Friday night, Barry by the creek. Maybe he was hunting. For a deer. Maybe that's when he lucked upon an elk. Maybe he couldn't resist -- had to keep the rack.

Everything I'm reading says mature bulls shed their rack in March, younger ones in April. May 8th.... could there be a really young bull with his antlers still?

He had a rack up by the house. Not a natural shed because it had scalp attached.

Wish we could see it. Fresh scalp? How? What animal still had its antlers in May? Old? From March or April? That's not the impression I got.

If Suzanne's body was disposed of beneath a larger animal, even if LE discovered it, they'd maybe say, look, a deer, and move on. Even many years later. Unless they started counting leg bones.

Barry said he might pile his shot chipmunks for wildlife to eat. I think that's not unusual for him. Poaching for antlers. Shooting for hides. That means, to me, he either had a place to dump all his spoilt carcasses or he had a place where he set out the wildlife buffet -- and knew just how quickly the circle of life could disappear a doe.

I'm sticking a pin in it. The elk rack --

Where's the rest of it?

Solve for x.

JMO

 

[Momofthreeboys]

On whom is your money, pray tell?

I have tossed around in my mind several possibilities but nothing has any strong fiber. There are a number of outlier characters in this story. Most interesting to me are two of Barry’s workers and a couple of people that seemed to insert them into the situation. But I am one who early on said I think prosecution pulled the arrest trigger too soon and IMO now have to live with a case that has weaknesses and will no leave us with questions when all is said and done.

 

[mom2chloe]

Friday night, Barry by the creek. Maybe he was hunting. For a deer. Maybe that's when he lucked upon an elk. Maybe he couldn't resist -- had to keep the rack.

Everything I'm reading says mature bulls shed their rack in March, younger ones in April. May 8th.... could there be a really young bull with his antlers still?

He had a rack up by the house. Not a natural shed because it had scalp attached.

Wish we could see it. Fresh scalp? How? What animal still had its antlers in May? Old? From March or April? That's not the impression I got.

If Suzanne's body was disposed of beneath a larger animal, even if LE discovered it, they'd maybe say, look, a deer, and move on. Even many years later. Unless they started counting leg bones.

Barry said he might pile his shot chipmunks for wildlife to eat. I think that's not unusual for him. Poaching for antlers. Shooting for hides. That means, to me, he either had a place to dump all his spoilt carcasses or he had a place where he set out the wildlife buffet -- and knew just how quickly the circle of life could disappear a doe.

I'm sticking a pin in it. The elk rack --

Where's the rest of it?

Solve for x.

JMO

I too would like to know where the rest of the elk is and any video from the Cushman’s video cams during the dates in question. IMO

 

[Auntie Cipation]

One sign references construction on US 50.

The other is a commercial billboard for Colorado real estate.

Peculiar building. Peculiar vehicle in the shed. Peculiar vehicles all around.

JMO

Vehicle in the shed appears to be a Sno-Cat with a narrow plow blade, which would be a reasonable thing for CCSO to have.

I also see what appears to be several snowmobiles (also reasonable things for CCSO to own), an ATV, plus a regular pickup truck.

Some other stuff I can't recognize, and something that looks like a pull-behind asphalt roller, which would more likely belong to the county transportation dept.

This could be a county yard for vehicles shared by multiple departments?

There are a couple smaller white signs on the post of the gate across the drive into the property, but it isn't possible on my maps app or on Google Earth to zoom in close enough to read either of them.

Are there any Websleuthers who reside in the area who might be driving by that area anytime soon...?

Using the confirmation bias that I already think it's probably a county yard, I believe (based only on the lengths of the words) that the upper sign says Authorized Vehicles Only. I can't see anything to give me hints about the lower sign but it might likely give the vehicle code for trespassing as similar paired signs often do.

MOO

 

[BeckyF]

Did we ever find out who volunteered the additional 100,000 to the reward fund? Was it GW?

TIA

 

[nyvictoria]

Recall when Barry made the comment to Grusing and his partner..."we three have alot in common"? or words to that effect. He actually thought some male bonding was going on there...akin to that which you would find at the fire station.

Yes. That’s the narcissism on display.

 

[marylamby]

He did. He used the name "Jim".

JMO

Do you remember where we saw that? PH or AA?

 

[sk716]

Wait Just a Sec. The Judge & I Are Both Lost

@sk716 bbm rbm sbm for focus. Thanks for posting the C-X like this, a long string hammering the nail home that Hurricane Iris is on the job.​

BTW, musta dozed off, because just like the judge, I missed the magical days Mr. Morphew & Mr. Libler had.

There are moments in the PH where I was transcribing and thought I must have missed a section,but nope, just IE.

 

[sk716]

This Denver 7 "The Denver Channel" story addresses prosecutors claims about BM using Ashley Madison (and similar searches) when looking for other women to date:

Harris, the other FBI agent who testified earlier Tuesday, said the phone and credit card records for the man Suzanne was having an affair with show he was in Michigan on the day she disappeared. Prosecutors argued Tuesday they believe that Barry Morphew was also looking for other women to date, saying he had deleted web history that included Ashley Madison searches and a search for “cute girls” in the Salida area.​

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/ne...out-movements-surrounding-wifes-disappearance

ETA: Harris also gave testimony that BM's search history included searches for the website "Celebrity Jihad:"

Harris, the FBI agent, also testified that deleted search history on Barry's phone revealed visits to the dating website Ashley Madison, as well as Celebrity Jihad, which describes itself as a celebrity website run by purported Islamic extremists...​

Barry Morphew texted wife about suicide days before she disappeared: ‘Going to see my savior’

According to IE, that was MM2.

 

[magicforest]

Barry's nephew (TN) handled this whole thing as incompetently and bizarrely as anything I've ever seen.

He gave out very little information, refused to go on camera, made bizarre requests of the media, had that strangely worded crowd funding campaign (at the time called it an obvious scam), and appeared to use distancing language at one point. Then he dropped off the map, never to be heard from again.

I've thought all along that he must have had some reservations, but I think the encounter with Morgan (and George) was the straw that broke the camel's back.

Because that whole situation does sound like attempted witness tampering, and I imagine law enforcement called him on that and it scared him to death.

Then he went dark.

I hope to hear from him at trial.

Same.

So, from get go it seems TN had major, if not then quick, massive reservations...about his Uncle Barry.

I think then, ol Uncle Barry...the bulldozer, I mean bobcat, I mean murderer, psychologically (said some strong words and probably included 'smooth talking scripture and Suzanne' in the sentences) and verbally strong armed him, kinda like the alter ego of Popeye.

In my opinion, TN smelled a skunk (in the zoo). And went silent. And has probably been scared and freaked out ever since.

 

[sk716]

Barry's nephew (TN) handled this whole thing as incompetently and bizarrely as anything I've ever seen.

He gave out very little information, refused to go on camera, made bizarre requests of the media, had that strangely worded crowd funding campaign (at the time called it an obvious scam), and appeared to use distancing language at one point. Then he dropped off the map, never to be heard from again.

I've thought all along that he must have had some reservations, but I think the encounter with Morgan (and George) was the straw that broke the camel's back.

Because that whole situation does sound like attempted witness tampering, and I imagine law enforcement called him on that and it scared him to death.

Then he went dark.

I hope to hear from him at trial.

Is TN's mom that one that told Lauren Scharf she was ruining their lives during the PH?

 

[MassGuy]

Is TN's mom that one that told Lauren Scharf she was ruining their lives during the PH?

Barry has a big family, so I'm not sure if it was his mom or another sister.

 

[Aloe]

I don't know about that. I know there's another housekeeper in the area - the one who thought she saw SM with BM at the singles dumpster (I still think she could've been mistaken, never having seen SM before, but that's beside the point) but I've been under the impression that Sho also worked as a housekeeper and was hired by the real estate office who handles some vacation properties, the Cushman's particularly.
I could be wrong, tho.

And sure, could be Barry had a key. Didn't know Suzanne called the Cushmans about Barry that time.

BBM. Same. I thought that the cleaner that claimed to have spoken to BM and SM at the dumpster (and later interviewed by LS?) was not Cushman's housekeeper...thought SD was working for the Cushman's and that it was her daughter and daughter's fiance that BM referenced as possible suspects to LE. MOO Edit adding this question: Is there a 3rd housekeeper or ?? @sk716

 

[mom2chloe]

Do you remember where we saw that? PH or AA?

Does anyone recall if Barry’s middle name is James? It’s bothering me to some extent although the other sane half of me believes it it Barry Lee? BLM landscaping or whatever his former LLC was under. NM I’m pretty sure it was Barry Lee

He did. He used the name "Jim".

JMO

although I don’t disagree I’m somewhat surprised Barry didn’t just go with Jeff.

 

[Momofthreeboys]

Is TN's mom that one that told Lauren Scharf she was ruining their lives during the PH?

I believe Lauren said his sister.