Still Missing CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee Co, 10 May 2020 *arrest* #98

[Boxer]

I’ve wondered about this as well. Surely LE would have looked into it, no? MOO

Police are human and overlook things, especially if the core investigation is ostensibly about other reasons 3 hours away.
The Broomfield video collection was many weeks after 5/10.

 

[Seattle1]

Does anyone know exactly where the dumpster was located? Is it by chance in the direction of where Barry was "looking for the dead week old turkey his daughter shot"? Or when he was pinging down by the river Friday evening also is that near the dumpster?

Reader on another site took/posted a photo of the dumpster and said the dumpster was located on Puma Path Rd directly across from Morphew driveway. MOO

 

[Seattle1]

I've still got concerns about that helmet. LE said no scratches or dings which is hard to believe if you toss it from a moving vehicle and the telematics didn't show any vehicle activity or did I miss it. If you look at Google Earth there is almost a path from where the bike was to where the helmet was found and it isn't all that far if you are on foot. I think all I'm saying is I'm not wedded to it being tossed from a vehicle. It could easily have just been "put" there. Since the phone has never been found it could be anywhere...

I dunno -- SM had a pretty spendy bike and I don't see her scrimping on the helmet. Wouldn't be surprised if her helmet was above the standard. In other words, the hard shell is built to protect yet slide on impact.

The Ideal Bicycle Helmet

Standards in the US have evolved over more than two decades since the original ANSI Z90.4-1984 standard was adopted in 1984. ANSI let its standard lapse rather than update it, and the ASTM bicycle helmet standard took its place for some years. Now all helmets manufactured for the US market after 1999 must by law meet the Consumer Product Safety Commission's standard (CPSC). So you should be looking for a helmet with a sticker inside that says it meets the CPSC standard. There are also the Snell Foundation's bicycle helmet standards. Some manufacturers are still using Snell's older B-90 standard (introduced in 1990) which is comparable to CPSC. But Snell's newer B-95 standard is the most stringent standard in the market -- more difficult to meet than the ASTM or CPSC standards -- and ensures that the helmet has been certified by the independent Snell Foundation labs. We would prefer a Snell B-95 helmet, but we would not worry much about the differences between that and a CPSC helmet. And some day we would like to see the CPSC standard improved to require more coverage and a softer landing.

5. Outer Shell
In a crash you want an interface with the road that is smooth, hard, round and slick. That keeps your head from snagging, which can add to the severity of the impact and may even jerk your neck. The elongated "aero" style has a tail on the rear than could shove the helmet aside when you hit, leaving your head unprotected. Professor Hugh Hurt raised this question again, based on both testing problems and field reports of injury from helmets being pushed aside.
There are very few hard shell helmets like the 1970's models, primarily because they were so heavy and expensive to manufacture. Only one company makes them today in true ventilated bicycle styles, Hopus Technologies, and their updated models show what you can still do with ABS hard shells. The thin shells on today's market are nearly as good in sliding resistance, and some of them are evolving into slightly harder shells now as the manufacturers try to open up more vent area and rely more on the shell for impact strength. Vents are necessary, but must be smoothly faired into the helmet shell. We advise consumers to avoid any helmet with unnecessary fashion ridges on the outside, or protruding snaps for visors, or any other feature that could cause the shell to snag. This is an easy item for a consumer to assess, as long as you keep in mind that you want your head to slide on impact. We hope to amend the ASTM standard some day to add a requirement to measure sliding resistance of the shell. We have put up the lab study that established the value of a round, smooth, slick outer surface if you want to see the scientific data.

 

[justtrish]

I'll be interested to hear what Mrs Ritter has to say.

I sure hope the Ritter's have some support there. I imagine them being retired to this beautiful place. Sweet nice caring neighbors that look out for one another. Then something so awful happens and their other neighbors put up the murderer they now have a protection order against. I don't think I'd want to live there anymore. They didn't deserve this either. I really am still surprised the judge allowed him to live so close and surprised the Cushman's support him enough to allow them to stay there knowing it's so close to whatever happened and to people (I assume they also know - the Ritter's) that Barry isn't allow to have contact with. I genuinely am curious about their thoughts on it. Do they believe he is innocent? Do they more support the daughters and so by that support Barry or does Barry have a story to tell them that sounds believable? It's one thing to want to believe someone is innocent and another level of support to allow that person to stay in your home. I don't understand many things about this case and that is definitely one of them.

 

[justtrish]

Reader on another site took/posted a photo of the dumpster and said the dumpster was located on Puma Path Rd directly across from Morphew driveway. MOO

Thank you! So it's possible Barry could be wandering the woods directly by the house and really wandering down to the dumpster to meet up with someone. Interesting.

 

[Tumbleweed]

I am wondering if there IS more telematic or phone data to be had. Several people have indicated they think that the defense cherry picked a subset of the data that was available and submitted that subset to the court as exhibits. I was thinking this as well. If more data actually exists, and the prosecution needs to use it in court, wouldn't they need to submit that data to the court too? The have only submitted photos, texts, and maps with pins indicating time-stamped locations for the prelim. Would they need to submit it pre-trial or can they introduce it at trial? Thanks, I just don't know how this stuff works.

 

[justtrish]

I am wondering if there IS more telematic or phone data to be had. Several people have indicated they think that the defense cherry picked a subset of the data that was available and submitted that subset to the court as exhibits. I was thinking this as well. If more data actually exists, and the prosecution needs to use it in court, wouldn't they need to submit that data to the court too? The have only submitted photos, texts, and maps with pins indicating time-stamped locations for the prelim. Would they need to submit it pre-trial or can they introduce it at trial? Thanks, I just don't know how this stuff works.

I don't think we would see it until after the trial or during, depending on what type of coverage we get. The defense of course has it all already. I believe that is the only required thing before trail is the defense has all the evidence/info that the prosecution has. Then they each can do as they wish with it to present it. We only see what the defense wanted to share with the court. I believe it's cherry picked because specific days/times are missing.

 

[JosieMae]

I sure hope the Ritter's have some support there. I imagine them being retired to this beautiful place. Sweet nice caring neighbors that look out for one another. Then something so awful happens and their other neighbors put up the murderer they now have a protection order against. I don't think I'd want to live there anymore. They didn't deserve this either. I really am still surprised the judge allowed him to live so close and surprised the Cushman's support him enough to allow them to stay there knowing it's so close to whatever happened and to people (I assume they also know - the Ritter's) that Barry isn't allow to have contact with. I genuinely am curious about their thoughts on it. Do they believe he is innocent? Do they more support the daughters and so by that support Barry or does Barry have a story to tell them that sounds believable? It's one thing to want to believe someone is innocent and another level of support to allow that person to stay in your home. I don't understand many things about this case and that is definitely one of them.

Agree. So many people hurt by this narcissistic wrecking ball.

 

[Seattle1]

A couple things I've been thinking about. I try to reread some things every few weeks to see what pops out as new/different.

Barry texted Suzanne to call him when she gets a chance that Mother's Day morning. Why didn't he just call her? Instead he texts for her to call him. How many times did we see him call her the previous week? Sometimes over and over again. Interesting he didn't do that this day and instead said for her to call him. I'm curious on his phone records how many times, if ever he texted her to call him instead of him just calling her.

^^rsbbm

I recall we had many discussions about the phone issue at Puma Path residence very early. There is no cell signal at the residence but Apple iMessages/texts transmit via data (wifi connection) and no cellular signal required. Texts were the first choice when one user was at home. SM's brother AM also mentioned how he would phone BM because he was typically away from home and had cell reception and he would leave messages for SM with BM. JMO

 

[MassGuy]

I heard a rumor that there's some Morphew news today. I messaged Ashley and she said she did a report at 4:30, and there's more coming at 5:30. Here's the link.

Watch Live

 

[MassGuy]

Ashley report recap:

Court documents dated early March. Defense alleges there is a 4th CODIS hit that we haven't heard about that allegedly comes out of Maryland. CBI said that it would remain unresolved.

I'd love to see the prosecution response!

 

[Tumbleweed]

Ashley report recap:

Court documents dated early March. Defense alleges there is a 4th CODIS hit that we haven't heard about that allegedly comes out of Maryland. CBI said that it would remain unresolved.

I'd love to see the prosecution response!

Where can we get these emails and texts between LE and prosecutors and defense? I don't see it on the website. I guess that's par for the course...

I thought Ashley also said that the defense said they were not given this information of a CODIS hit out of Maryland? She didn't say where this sample was recovered, did she? They will just keep blowing this horn. Sigh...

 

[Megnut]

Oh, fer Soddi's brother Pete's sake, how desperate are they? Another partial match that is so loosely associated with a person who was never at PP it can't even be developed as a lead but thr defense is going to try put pants and a shirt on it. Ha!

It gives me great confidence, however, in the conviction ahead. The defense has nothing.

Laughable.

In the saddest, unlaughing way.

JMO

 

[MassGuy]

Where can we get these emails and texts between LE and prosecutors and defense? I don't see it on the website. I guess that's par for the course...

I thought Ashley also said that the defense said they were not given this information of a CODIS hit out of Maryland? She didn't say where this sample was recovered, did she? They will just keep blowing this horn. Sigh...

We can't, as this court treats transparency like some sort of authoritarian regime.

Very limited information there. Hopefully they put a story on their website.

 

[Megnut]

I think I recall touch (partial) DNA on Suzanne's bike and from near a daughter's bed.

Probably a match to Any Friend of Barry's who stayed at the house! Even if it was a full DNA sequence, it probably wouldn't get a hit!!! Unless the Morphew's friends were hit criminals!

LE doesn't get DNA swabs from everybody!

Could well belong to friends --

JMO

 

[MassGuy]

I think I recall touch (partial) DNA on Suzanne's bike and from near a daughter's bed.

Probably a match to Any Friend of Barry's who stayed at the house! Even if it was a full DNA sequence, it probably wouldn't get a hit!!! Unless the Morphew's friends were hit criminals!

LE doesn't get DNA swabs from everybody!

Could well belong to friends --

JMO

I'm not sure those were partial profiles, but they were unknown. Exactly what you'd expect to find though.

 

[K9Enzo]

Exact wording matters (IMO). CODIS hit- convicted offender?

What does it mean that the CBI said it will remain unresolved?

 

[susiQ]

Oh, fer Soddi's brother Pete's sake, how desperate are they? Another partial match that is so loosely associated with a person who was never at PP it can't even be developed as a lead but thr defense is going to try put pants and a shirt on it. Ha!

It gives me great confidence, however, in the conviction ahead. The defense has nothing.

Laughable.

In the saddest, unlaughing way.

JMO

Smells of DESPERATION! That horse is DEAD and they’re still beating it!

@Kemug - Do we have a horse in our zoo?

 

[Momofthreeboys]

Smells of DESPERATION! That horse is DEAD and they’re still beating it!

@Kemug - Do we have a horse in our zoo?

I am no longer sure which side is more desperate.

 

[MemPat]

Smells of DESPERATION! That horse is DEAD and they’re still beating it!

@Kemug - Do we have a horse in our zoo?

Are there dead horses in our Morphew Zoo? We may need a large pen.