Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee Co, 10 May 2020 *Case dismissed w/o Prejudice* #102

[Boxer]

BBM - I am in total agreement with you, especially in relation to your last point BBM. I am also curious how certain/exact cell data at PP is, bearing in mind lack of service.

There isn't just tower data, there is satellite data too.

 

[BeckyF]

Grusing didn't have to do anything or say anything that could be construed as harassment. Just seeing him in Salida would give BM a sense of dread - that Nemesis in human form is coming for him, relentless and inevitable. Just when he thought he could relax, go back to normal, and get a haircut in the old hometown.

Exactly. We don’t even know what was said. For all we know it was a simple greeting. Of course Iris is going to blow it out of proportion.

 

[Boxer]

My opinion on former Agent Cahill is based on what's public record and previously reported here.

To be clear, former Agent Cahill did not resign from CBI because he was injured during an accidental discharge of his weapon while at home. He resigned because he lied to internal affairs during their investigation of the alleged accidental discharge, and the actions he took to cover up the facts, i.e., agent resigned to avoid being terminated.

Pursuant to Cahill's investigation by internal affairs, CBI put DA Stanley on notice that Cahill had credibility issues. The December 2021 Brady Letter by the CBI Director was previously posted here as well as the MEDIA ONLY thread.

From earlier posts, we know that although Cahill had more than 20 years of experience working with US Army Counterintelligence (and still obligated to Army deployment, as he testified during the preliminary), Cahill was relatively new with the CBI. I don't recall any evidence or testimony that Cahill had worked a case in Chaffee County before.

Relative to Cahill's participation at the preliminary hearing, it's no secret that after the DA's office prepared Agent Cahill to testify at the hearing, his testimony was inconsistent with his instruction.

I'm not familiar with OP's recollection where Cahill went so far as to conflate internal affairs investigating his personal weapons incident with his opinion that BM was arrested too soon. If true, this sure appears to me as "don't look at me -- look over there" by Cahill."

(I thought Cahill blamed BM's early arrest after fielding calls from BM's defense attorney IE, and further feared BM's civil lawsuit for false arrest and defamation). MOO

EXCLUSIVE: Barry Morphew attorneys to sue case investigators for false arrest, defamation

Legal papers sent this week allege prosecutors purposefully kept the identity of a sex offender tied to evidence in a Chaffee County killing from murder suspect Barry Morphew’s defense team.

gazette.com

Well lets hear it. Was foolish by the DA if so.

 

[Boxer]

This post is just my opinion.

I think that if a tranquilizer gun was used, the article would have said that.

I think the usual route to administer a drug to incapacitate a person would be oral. Like when rapists put what are called "roofies" into the drink of a person and then sexually assault the victim while they are unconscious.

Some murders are committed via injections. Claus von Bulow injected his wife with insulin. Killer nurses can inject poison via an IV setup or via an injection. But in those cases the victim was already likely sedated and supine.

Some murderers, largely female as I recall, use poison to kill their victims. Such poison is usually administered orally, hidden in food.

I just have never ever heard of a single case where the murderer used an animal tranquilizing gun to fire a dart loaded with drugs into a heathy person, then wait for the 5 to 10 minutes it would take for the drug to take effect, and then murder the unconscious victim. It seems so unusual a method that I question the prosecution's theory that this is what happened. And the evidence is based on a needle sheath found in the dryer?

Further, I don't believe the prosecution had presented any evidence that BM had purchased incapacitating drugs that could be used in a tranquilizer gun. If the prosecution is correct and this is what indeed BM did, perhaps he purchased Fentanyl on the black market and used that?

Also I don't recall that LE seized BMs tranquilizing gun as evidence. Did they?

The idea that a man would use a tranquilizing gun for animals for the first time in the history of crime to commit a murder against his wife of 26 years, and the mother of his two children--it just doesn't seem likely to me.

Also, does anyone have any info on if BM has a history of arrests? For domestic abuse or for anything else? Seems difficult to believe a guy his age would chose murder of his wife as his first crime.

MOO

His wife of 26 years is asking for a divorce, eith the social negativity and financial problems that will initiate.
That request moves her from a low risk, suburban housewife to a high risk victim.

 

[waldojabba]

I hope the mountains of Maysville are crawling with LE! So much so you couldn't go anywhere without bumping into one.

All that heat, the snow's gotta melt.

JMO

Agree totally.
Hard to believe that two people cannot be in a public place at the same - so if anybody involved with the case walks in, that’s harassment too?
Maybe It was coincidence maybe not. Does not matter - what if it was in the supermarket and he passed him in the aisle. Maybe Barry needs to file for a restraining order against all LE and the 150 plus witness list. Has he sued them all individually yet? BooHoo Barry. Get over yourself BM. Keep looking over your shoulder.

 

[Ontario Mom]

I would never assume Grusing was there to get a haircut and if he tried to engage in conversation I think Iris would qualify that has harassment absolutely.

I mean, I don't know this former agent from Adam, but in my subjective, limited experience in following cases, it's generally not something former agents go around doing... publicly harassing murder suspects.

Or doing anything, that could negatively effect the course of the ongoing investigation.

It just strikes me as a bobcat load of doodoo.

jmo

 

[WingsOverTX]

Holy crap, I totally missed that. I think I've made it pretty apparent how much I respect this guy (Henthorn, Redwine, this), but I had no idea he had been hired as a "special investigator." This is awesome.

Jonny always gets his man..

This makes me so happy.

Barry can get his hair cut anywhere. Why is he still in Salida? Oh yeah, pending charges.

Next thing you know, they'll meet up in the peanut butter aisle.

Or maybe beside a melting snowbank near an old mine.

Grusing is clever that way.

MOO

 

[MassGuy]

His wife of 26 years is asking for a divorce, eith the social negativity and financial problems that will initiate.
That request moves her from a low risk, suburban housewife to a high risk victim.

Incredibly so. The divorce request changes everything, especially as he knew she was serious. Not only that, but he throws up the red flag to end all red flags; the threat of suicide.

I'm following a local case that doesn't have an arrest yet, but in this one the estranged husband also threatened suicide before this woman's mysterious death.

I can't even venture a guess as to how many times I've seen that occur before a domestic murder. It's that many.

 

[MassGuy]

This makes me so happy.

Barry can get his hair cut anywhere. Why is he still in Salida? Oh yeah, pending charges.

Next thing you know, they'll meet up in the peanut butter aisle.

Or maybe beside a melting snowbank near an old mine.

Grusing is clever that way.

MOO

For sure, whatever it was that happened, it had a purpose. This isn't some detective trying to rattle a suspect. This is an experienced profiler who surely had an angle here.

 

[Ontario Mom]

In my opinion, if the FBI showed up at the barber shop, asking questions in a public place, while BM is getting a haircut, and BM has already said "no comment" or "See my attorney", then I agree that would in fact constitute harassment. MOO

I mean, a lawman (retired or not) would know full well what constitutes harassment.
Maybe he did it on purpose?
Maybe the charge is baloney?

I have no idea. This case just gets weirder every time I check in.

 

[Seattle1]

When the hotel rooms were booked is a very important question. I actually don't think we ever got an answer.

As for the Chlorine smell, I'm not convinced it's related. We haven't heard a theory in that regard.

I previously posted the tweet answering this question during the PH: Defense attorney DN provided that BM did not book rooms in advance and he did not contact the employees and tell them not to come to Broomfield because he had an emergency -- his wife was missing. MOO

 

[MassGuy]

I previously posted the tweet answering this question during the PH: Defense attorney DN provided that BM did not book rooms in advance and he did not contact the employees and tell them not to come to Broomfield because he had an emergency -- his wife was missing. MOO

That's what I would expect. He wouldn't have thought to book a room right after the murder. He of course needed his employees to not only go there, but stay there, in order to sell his alibi.

Which is precisely why he didn't tell Morgan to come home after he told her Suzanne had been taken by a lion.

Basically, "this was a real job. My workers are there right now."

What a clown.

 

[WingsOverTX]

Not a murder case, but it could have been (well, manslaughter, maybe?)!

According to the Spanish newspaper La Opinión de Tenerife, a veterinarian who had not been informed about the drill spotted the man in the gorilla suit and shot him with a tranquilizer dart, believing a gorilla had actually escaped its enclosure and was running about the zoo.

The dart—meant to bring down a 400 pound gorilla—hit the man in the leg.
....
The New York Daily News reported that the man suffered an allergic reaction to the tranquilizer drug, and arrived at the hospital in serious condition.

Man shot with gorilla tranquilizer dart was not actually wearing a gorilla suit (updated)

The Spanish zoo employee was wearing a gorilla suit as part of an emergency escape drill, but not everyone was in the loop.

www.syracuse.com

 

[waldojabba]

HE cleaned his filing cabinets with taking his stuff to Broomfield to sort it out. He was late with it obviously.

This BM always comes up with an answer!

We saw a picture of BM in the affidavit carrying a folder stuffed full of disorganized paper items when going into the hotel. Some sheets looked to me imo that they may have been pages ripped out of her journal

 

[steeltowngirl]

a few examples ..

Homicide by Sch from a syringe-like dart ejected by a compound crossbow​

Homicide by Sch from a syringe-like dart ejected by a compound crossbow - PubMed

The compound crossbow can be used to eject syringe-like dart loaded with poisonous solution. Succinylcholine (Sch) is a short-acting neuromuscular blocker medically used to achieve complete relaxation of muscle for a good intubation condition. Without the help of an artificial respirator...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Conspiracy to commit murder - tranq gun​

Police: Missing mom, son had tranquilizer darts, machetes in bizarre murder plot

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (June 8, 2015) — A mother and son on the run from police are accused of concocting a bizarre plot to murder an attorney. The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department issue…

fox59.com

In the movie “I Care a Lot”​

A woman is shot in the thigh with a tranquilizer dart, falls unconscious, is loaded into a car trunk and the scene cuts to the woman tied with zip ties into a chair by a river; a man pulls a plastic bag over her head tightly as she awakens and gasps…

 

[justtrish]

I previously posted the tweet answering this question during the PH: Defense attorney DN provided that BM did not book rooms in advance and he did not contact the employees and tell them not to come to Broomfield because he had an emergency -- his wife was missing. MOO

I really dislike saying things that make Barry seem innocent (because I believe he 100% is the one and only person with motive, means, and opportunity to murder his wife), but for the hotel, I think with COVID closing everything and very few people traveling, getting a reservation ahead of time likely wasn't necessary to secure a room. It could be he didn't know where he wanted to stay until he got up there. I think having a reservation way ahead or maybe booking the hotel the day he agreed to the job or the day he solidified his dates would help his case for innocence. Do we even have a date when he agreed to this job or when it was decided when he would do this job? Wasn't the dates/timing moved a few times?

I also find it odd that he showed up without the tools and he did call MG to tell her he had to leave and he had to know by then that he in fact didn't have all the tools so why not have her bring something else up if he legit just forgot some things or didn't have it all in order? The reason he went early was to get eyes on the job and get things set for the workers for Monday, yet he didn't do that and with all that time he had surely he realized he didn't have the right things?? He could have easily had her bring other things with her, but he didn't. He allowed them to drive up and sit in the hotel for 2 days.

 

[Seattle1]

Further, I don't believe the prosecution had presented any evidence that BM had purchased incapacitating drugs that could be used in a tranquilizer gun. If the prosecution is correct and this is what indeed BM did, perhaps he purchased Fentanyl on the black market and used that?

Also I don't recall that LE seized BMs tranquilizing gun as evidence. Did they? ^^ rsbbm

Please see the published Defense Exhibits for details on the Rx animal tranquilizer that BM acquired in Indiana. (The lot number of Rx located in the garage was traced to an Indiana Vet).

The AA provides that BM had tranquilizer gun(s), also located in the garage -- one of which was tinkered with by a CCSO investigator and believed inoperable.

AA provides that an investigator opined his belief that a 22 could be modified to shoot tranquilizer darts.

AA provides that BM further told investigators his last use of the tranquilizer was two days prior to SM reported missing.

 

[Seattle1]

I really dislike saying things that make Barry seem innocent (because I believe he 100% is the one and only person with motive, means, and opportunity to murder his wife), but for the hotel, I think with COVID closing everything and very few people traveling, getting a reservation ahead of time likely wasn't necessary to secure a room. It could be he didn't know where he wanted to stay until he got up there. I think having a reservation way ahead or maybe booking the hotel the day he agreed to the job or the day he solidified his dates would help his case for innocence. Do we even have a date when he agreed to this job or when it was decided when he would do this job? Wasn't the dates/timing moved a few times?

I also find it odd that he showed up without the tools and he did call MG to tell her he had to leave and he had to know by then that he in fact didn't have all the tools so why not have her bring something else up if he legit just forgot some things or didn't have it all in order? The reason he went early was to get eyes on the job and get things set for the workers for Monday, yet he didn't do that and with all that time he had surely he realized he didn't have the right things?? He could have easily had her bring other things with her, but he didn't. He allowed them to drive up and sit in the hotel for 2 days.

I disagree that BM not booking a room can be construed as innocence on his part! MG provided that the wall repair work in Broomfield was going to be completed by BM and MG later in May until he contacted her on Sunday -- requesting she get a crew together to arrive in Broomfield on Sunday evening.

Take note that BM worked with MG on Saturday morning with no plans or mention of the wall when they departed company around noon. IMO, the only reason to advance the Broomfield job to Sunday-- and bring a crew, was that SM was deceased, and BM knew in advance that he would be leaving Broomfield and headed back to Salida on Sunday.

 

[Seattle1]

Exactly. We don’t even know what was said. For all we know it was a simple greeting. Of course Iris is going to blow it out of proportion.

I think it bears repeating: There's the truth, and there's Iris's version of the truth. JMO

 

[Puzzles8]

I mean, a lawman (retired or not) would know full well what constitutes harassment.
Maybe he did it on purpose?
Maybe the charge is baloney?

I have no idea. This case just gets weirder every time I check in.

IMO, if the harassment charge had legs, it would have been filed already.

I'm pretty certain Grusing knows what he is doing and would not risk the successful prosecution of this case.

JMO