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

[sk716]

IDK either. He had to have borrowed a car from somebody though, even if it was one of the daughters’.

Barry's parking data goes to the 15th with his truck at the CCSO owned property up 285. I'm pretty sure they took Suzanne's RR when they took Barry's truck, but wouldn't they have gone ahead and taken MM2's RR at the same time? Her's didn't have the computer data to download, so it could have been returned sooner. Probably not by the 12th, though.

I hate to say something like this and essentially lob a live grenade into a lot of wild speculation ... but do we know if the Cushman's leave a vehicle in Maysville year round?

I mention it because I've been the local in a seasonal/tourist town and a number of folks leave a car near their vacation home.

 

[sk716]

Posting this as it may be useful for sleuthing. Chaffee County Planning and Zoning site links to a property map of Chaffee County (and other counties) overlaid on earth view. You can zoom in on the parcel of interest and get information.

Link to CCPZ: Planning and Zoning

Link to Chaffee County property map: qPublic.net - Chaffee County, CO - Map

Link to property of interest to OP: qPublic.net - Chaffee County, CO - Report: R380504100032

Thanks for these. Going to link it on the Parking Data Spreadsheet.
Barry's Truck Events

 

[OldCop]

Barry's parking data goes to the 15th with his truck at the CCSO owned property up 285. I'm pretty sure they took Suzanne's RR when they took Barry's truck, but wouldn't they have gone ahead and taken MM2's RR at the same time? Her's didn't have the computer data to download, so it could have been returned sooner. Probably not by the 12th, though.

I hate to say something like this and essentially lob a live grenade into a lot of wild speculation ... but do we know if the Cushman's leave a vehicle in Maysville year round?

I mention it because I've been the local in a seasonal/tourist town and a number of folks leave a car near their vacation home.

I wouldn’t be at all surprised if the Cushmans left a vehicle there. Also, some of the out of town friends and relatives were staying at the home during those first days.

 

[OldCop]

I realize the times don’t exactly line up, but I also don’t believe in coincidences. Is it a coincidence that SM’s phone last pinged about 11.5 miles west of a cell tower in Poncha Springs and BM made his infamous uturn at Garfield on Highway 50 11.3 miles west of that same cell tower?

 

[Cindizzi]

TN spilling the beans about the bike being found.
May 14th.

Encouraging the Media and public to ask Chaffee County Sheriff about the “ condition of the bike “.

The way he was pushing the reward, I have to wonder if he was really convinced that the bike was staged and it had to be a kidnapping? Whether these were his assumptions or he was bamboozled by BM, did he really think it had to be an abduction ( random stranger or someone with a grudge against his Uncle?).

What else could he mean about the condition of the bike if he didn’t think it was staged?

So much weirdness in the first 5 days with TN being the spokesperson.

I feel sorry for the guy. I think he truly cared about SM.

Who really knows how close he was with SM and BM.
Maybe he just grew up “ idolizing “ his baseball playing Uncle like the Cousin who recently penned an article.
After all, this is his Mom’s baby brother .

TN was harassed online about the GoFund.
Some think he profited from it.
I don’t know what to think about that, but I don’t think he knows what happened to her.
JMO

 

[Aloe]

If it's not in the AA or PH, I don't have it memorized and even less so when it comes to SD.

The daughter and boyfriend of the cleaning lady that Barry accused wasn't SD's offspring, afaik. Which is what I was responding to originally.

Just to clarify:
In response to my original quote re being curious about BM's access to the Cushman's prior to the murder
@marylamby responded,
"Join the club. I'm pretty sure Shoshona was the housekeeper for that home".
IMO

And your response to @marylamby in post #746 was:

"Different woman altogether.

I do believe Barry had access to the Cushman home pretty much any the time. When you know and get along with your neighbors you usually leave a spare key with them. JR knew the code to get into the Morphew home, so it stands to reason that since the Cushmans lived elsewhere part of the year that the nearest neighbor knew how to access the house in case of emergency. Suzanne knew and trusted the Cushmans well enough to call them when Barry was stalking her and SO at PP."

 

[marylamby]

No, it was on a site that rhymes with "edit". Don't want to violate TOS. He had a profile "Jim" on dating sites Bumble and FaceBook. It was 2019 and 2020 and it was reported to CBI.

JMO

Thanks. Could've sworn it was a document, or at least an article. I wasn't on edit back then.

 

[LandManatee]

I have been asking myself this question all along. How did he slip away from everybody 48 hours after SM disappeared without anyone asking, “Where’s Barry?” AM and several IN friends were in town, you had MM1 & MM2, GD, TN, the Ritters, etc, etc. No one noticed he was missing? What else did he do while he was out wandering alone???

Was that Tuesday also the day that BM slipped away to go lay down in the open field?

 

[Cindizzi]

I realize the times don’t exactly line up, but I also don’t believe in coincidences. Is it a coincidence that SM’s phone last pinged about 11.5 miles west of a cell tower in Poncha Springs and BM made his infamous uturn at Garfield on Highway 50 11.3 miles west of that same cell tower?

OldCop, what do you make of this?

 

[OldCop]

The I had to pick up so and so from the airport’s an excellent excuse IMO not saying he used it but definitely doable for him or anyone else for that matter . IMO

And I can see Agent Grusing saying, “I’m just going over my notes Barry. Who exactly did you pick up from the airport Tuesday night? Oh, and what time did the flight land?” “I’m just asking cause the lady over at the Poncha Market said you were there digging in the trash on Tuesday night.”

 

[OldCop]

OldCop, what do you make of this?

Well, the last ping was at 4:23 am. The phone was not found at the house. As @MassGuy would say: BM is a lying liar who lies.

 

[Aloe]

I realize the times don’t exactly line up, but I also don’t believe in coincidences. Is it a coincidence that SM’s phone last pinged about 11.5 miles west of a cell tower in Poncha Springs and BM made his infamous uturn at Garfield on Highway 50 11.3 miles west of that same cell tower?

I have felt strongly that the phone is somewhere between where the helmet was tossed and Garfield.

 

[marylamby]

Yikes!!! 100 posts later, that will teach me to take a day off. To answer your first question ML. I can’t explain that group. What’s with the cousin’s recent post? “I myself grew up in Hot Springs, Arkansas, where I lived with my mother, her husband, and their two children.

So, did he have a step father? This guy then goes on and on about idolizing Barry, and his dad idolizing Barry’s dad, begs the question how close are any of them? They didn’t even grow up in the same state, and I’m not sure this guy Jason even knows his own dad, (as a dad) .


But moving on…I do think Trevor was “drafted” as Barry wasn’t stepping up and the Morphew Matriarchy sensed a spokesman was desperately needed (rightfully so) I do think the G** page was Trevor’s idea, seems more his generation as was the video plea. The family realized someone needed to step up. Trevor lived in Colorado, natural choice.

I think Trevor realized pretty early on something was way off but his mom and grandmother couldn’t buy into it. Trevor didn’t only leave his uncle behind but his whole family, I don’t envy the position he was foisted into. My opinion!

Lastly the George/Trevor “shake down’. Not buying any of that was the intent. First off Barry had received 53K that very week for “employees’ regardless of how he pulled that off. I don’t think he would have a problem dividing it to cover his butt as to how it was obtained. 30 for me, BM owner, Sm bookkeeper, Probably both daus as workers and 23 for them. I think both CC and GM received a generous check, and that is what may have been explained, the timing was coincidental. This isn't a bribe...part of "business", don't ask questions.

It would be natural for the three of them discussing the situation, it was traumatic. In general discussion, I could see Morgan saying something like he was weird on Saturday, said he could easily hide a body…and a wince on their faces, keep that to yourself Morgan, Barry doesn’t’ need this. Or say in conversation GD slipped up, “ the bike looked planted” And Morgan jumping on that and GD regretting he opened his mouth……Don’t know what was said as we weren’t there!!! Don’t see GD or TN giving up their own life's integrity to lie for Barry, just my opinion.


ETA @Kemug FYI MLamby is our side, no space needed. These M people are tough,@marylamby [USER=232749]@Megnut[/USER] ,@MassGuy @Momofthreeboys

IMO, Barry did not give his employees any more than agreed upon pay. I'd love to see how many people BM told the government worked for him. I also doubt SM had any paid position. Don't know about his daughters, never heard they worked for him.
If there was nothing to the TN and GD 'supposed' incident, why did Barry fire her? And why not pay her by check in the mail? She didn't work with TN or GD, don't even think she knew them the way she described the encounter.
Why tell her she didn't have to give up her phone. They made a point of it. It wasn't casual conversation.
Are you thinking MG is just a hysterical drama queen? If Barry decided to suspend any jobs due to SM being missing (if he'd had any), why not just say so to MG. What's with firing her? When CBI asked for her phone - she did the responsible, law abiding thing. An innocent man would want her to. There was definitely something or things Barry didn't want divulged which were on MGs phone. Obviously, TN and GD did too. Just by Barry asking them to do that told them so.
I look forward to her testimony.

I also noted what Jason said about living with his mother and step-father. He didn't say 'from the time I was born'.
That also doesn't mean he wasn't close to father or not or if he idolized Barry as a young boy/man and then spent the rest of his school years with his mother and her family. The family/cousins probably kept in touch.
Not sure what you're getting at here.

IMO

 

[Aloe]

Factual info from SD's Arrest Affidavit.
"During the investigation of Suzanne Morphew, investigators learned Shoshona Darke was employed by Pinion Real Estate Group since 2018 as a housekeeper and cleaned the Cushman's homes frequently."
https://www.fox21news.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/37/2021/09/21M351-Darke-Redacted-Affidavit.pdf

 

[Aloe]

IMO, Barry did not give his employees any more than agreed upon pay. I'd love to see how many people BM told the government worked for him. I also doubt SM had any paid position. Don't know about his daughters, never heard they worked for him.
If there was nothing to the TN and GD 'supposed' incident, why did Barry fire her? And why not pay her by check in the mail? She didn't work with TN or GD, don't even think she knew them the way she described the encounter.
Why tell her she didn't have to give up her phone. They made a point of it. It wasn't casual conversation.
Are you thinking MG is just a hysterical drama queen? If Barry decided to suspend any jobs due to SM being missing (if he'd had any), why not just say so to MG. What's with firing her? When CBI asked for her phone - she did the responsible, law abiding thing. An innocent man would want her to. There was definitely something or things Barry didn't want divulged which were on MGs phone. Obviously, TN and GD did too. Just by Barry asking them to do that told them so.
I look forward to her testimony.

I also noted what Jason said about living with his mother and step-father. He didn't say 'from the time I was born'.
That also doesn't mean he wasn't close to father or not or if he idolized Barry as a young boy/man and then spent the rest of his school years with his mother and her family. The family/cousins probably kept in touch.
Not sure what you're getting at here.

IMO

I have wondered if MG had a burner phone...

 

[marylamby]

True, but I wouldn’t think that good friends or close relatives would leave the husband of the missing wife alone during such an emotional time. Also, since it was only Tuesday, in that timeframe I would call it “slipping away”.
ETA I also refer back to the dates of 5/8 - 5/12 the period that LE asked residents to check for anything unusual on security videos. Something made them zero in on those particular dates.

Maybe someone drove him. Just throwing that in there.

 

[marylamby]

I realize the times don’t exactly line up, but I also don’t believe in coincidences. Is it a coincidence that SM’s phone last pinged about 11.5 miles west of a cell tower in Poncha Springs and BM made his infamous uturn at Garfield on Highway 50 11.3 miles west of that same cell tower?

Nope. No coincidence. Very nice, @OldCop!

 

[Niner]

Thursday, February 24th:
*Motions Hearing (@ 9am) - CO – Suzanne Renee Moorman Morphew (49) (missing May 10, 2020, did not return from bike ride (supposedly), Maysville, Chaffee County, not found) - *Barry Lee Morphew (53/now 54) arrested & charged (5/5/21) with 1st degree murder after deliberation, tampering with physical evidence & attempting to influence public servants. And additional charges (5/18/21) of tampering with a deceased human body & possession of a dangerous weapon (short rifle) & amended (5/18/21) to add domestic violence as sentencing enhancement. Plead not guilty. $500K Cash only bond. Bonded out on 9/20/21.
Trial set to begin on 4/29/22 with jury selection & was moved from Chaffee County to Fremont County. Trial thru 6/3/22.
*Charged (5/13/21) with felony forgery of public records & misdemeanor elections-mail ballot offense. $1K Bond.
Missing info, Barry’s PP loan & court info from 5/10/21 thru 2/11/22 reference post #232 here:
Still Missing - CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee Co, 10 May 2020 *arrest* #93
2/9/22: Order re: Motion request for expanded Media coverage. Discussion/Analysis: The petitioner seeks expanded media coverage in this case for the jury trial of the defendant set to commence on May 3, 2022. May 3'd is day one of trial and the Court will be conducting voir dire. Even if the Court found expanded media coverage should be permitted, which it does not, the rule expressly prohibits expanded media coverage for this day of the proceeding. After consideration of the three factors listed above, and in consideration of the prohibition of expanded media coverage for voir dire, the request is DENIED by Judge Lama. Motion: Standing decorum order for motions & pretrial hearings. No LIVE reporting from the Justice Center. No photography, or audio, or video recording of any kind is permitted within the courtroom or in the Justice Center. No admittance will be permitted while the Court is in session or re-entrance permitted until the next recess is called. No cell phones or live tweeting will be allowed.
2/10/22 Update: This morning: judge ruled prosecutors must hand over evidence from the system inside Suzanne's Range Rover. It was listed in an email between pros & agents as "helpful" but was never handed over to defense. Prosecutors are also ordered to hand over anything found on Suzanne Morphew's iCloud. Her phone was never found. This was previously ordered to be turned over by Judge Murphy, but apparently wasn't. Prosecutors have 14 days to get defense both. Prosecutors asked to use evidence in the trial from comments Sheila Oliver made regarding what she says Suzanne explained as Morphew being "physically violent". Judge ruled prosecutors can not use any statements Sheila made. Basically, Sheila told investigators Suzanne made comments about Barry being abusive. No concrete evidence to prove this like texts or what not. So technically this would be hearsay. Prosecutors are NOT allowed to use this. She is still allowed to be called as a witness. The judge changed Morphew’s trial date. It’s now set for 4/29/22 to 6/3/22. Next court date is for motions hearing on 2/24/22. And motions hearing on 3/4/22, hearing on 4/7/22 pretrial readiness conference hearing on 4/8/22 & jury selection with a motions hearing on 4/29/22. Trial will continue thru 6/3/22.

 

[marylamby]

Just to clarify:
In response to my original quote re being curious about BM's access to the Cushman's prior to the murder
@marylamby responded,
"Join the club. I'm pretty sure Shoshona was the housekeeper for that home".
IMO

And your response to @marylamby in post #746 was:

"Different woman altogether.

I do believe Barry had access to the Cushman home pretty much any the time. When you know and get along with your neighbors you usually leave a spare key with them. JR knew the code to get into the Morphew home, so it stands to reason that since the Cushmans lived elsewhere part of the year that the nearest neighbor knew how to access the house in case of emergency. Suzanne knew and trusted the Cushmans well enough to call them when Barry was stalking her and SO at PP."

I'm not getting the confusion. I still think SD was the housekeeper at the Cushman residence. SD WAS NOT (<- not yelling, just emphasis) the housekeeper BM and supposedly SM encountered at the dumpster during the evening stroll.

 

[marylamby]

Factual info from SD's Arrest Affidavit.
"During the investigation of Suzanne Morphew, investigators learned Shoshona Darke was employed by Pinion Real Estate Group since 2018 as a housekeeper and cleaned the Cushman's homes frequently."
https://www.fox21news.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/37/2021/09/21M351-Darke-Redacted-Affidavit.pdf

Aaah, finally. Thanks so much, @Aloe
I bow to your greatness!