Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee Co, 10 May 2020 *Case dismissed w/o prejudice* #105

[waldojabba]

Hope you're doing ok, too. I'm doing okay. I moved back to my home state of CT in September. My husband and I were living in SC, but then he passed away so I decided to move where I have family. I so wish I could be in SC now to attend the Murdaugh trial. I can still go I guess.

I'm hoping Suzanne is found and Barry is brought to trial and spends the rest of his life in prison. Seems fitting.

I am not sure where you are in CT, but its such a small state that hopefully you will soon be able to go to the Michelle Troconis and Kent Mawinney trials. There are still a lot of shenanigans happening with her lawyer Schoenberg etc but I have faith the trials are coming. If I business is not busy I am hoping to get down there myself. Enjoy CT it is also my home state.

 

[jakat]

Agree with you all. Such injustice for Suzanne should not stand. I always wish there was something tangible we could all do - but I come up empty handed. Esp when she has no close relatives/friends out there publicly advocating for her that I know of. I have felt all along that she was failed by many while alive and the same failure continues after death. I know that she was religious so perhaps most in her circle feel it is in God's hands. I am not sure. I am always of the opinion that God needs as much "help" as possible. I do wonder what Jonny Grusing is up to ? JMO

I wondered what he was doing now, too. LinkedIn says he's a freelance consultant with ABC news, and Director of Safety and Security Douglas County School District. I wonder if that is current, though.

Is anyone actively searching for Suzanne? IMO she was failed by two judges, and an overzealous defense attorney and that's putting it mildly. I still think there will be justice for her, though.

 

[waldojabba]

I wondered what he was doing now, too. LinkedIn says he's a freelance consultant with ABC news, and Director of Safety and Security Douglas County School District. I wonder if that is current, though.

Is anyone actively searching for Suzanne? IMO she was failed by two judges, and an overzealous defense attorney and that's putting it mildly. I still think there will be justice for her, though.

Thanks for bringing up LinkedIn
I went in and took a peek and I see him also have still listed on LinkedIn as :

Special Investigator
Chaffee County Sheriffs Office · Contract Chaffee County Sheriffs Office · Contract Oct 2021 - Present .......
Special Investigator for current homicide matter and other investigations as needed for CCSO.

So hopefully he is still involved in justice for Suzanne ? - I will keep my fingers crossed -

We will keep the faith

 

[Lyanna]

Hope you're doing ok, too. I'm doing okay. I moved back to my home state of CT in September. My husband and I were living in SC, but then he passed away so I decided to move where I have family. I so wish I could be in SC now to attend the Murdaugh trial. I can still go I guess.

I'm hoping Suzanne is found and Barry is brought to trial and spends the rest of his life in prison. Seems fitting.

Good to hear you're doing OK @jakat

Crossing my fingers, toes, limbs and eyes that Barry is brought to trial. Not everything stays secret forever, and am sure Barry has plenty that can be unburied. One of which, I believe, is Suzanne.

moo

 

[Lyanna]

@jakat @Lyanna I read your posts, glad you touched base here.
It is strange. After all the time invested in the thread you do feel like you knew her personally, an old friend. I imagine Sheila and Suzanne's siblings and others will never get over their sudden loss. I check this thread daily, probably always will. Would love to see justice for her, I hope it's not considered a cold case.

Hey @Murphy1950

Agree, does feel like you know her after spending so much time reading and learning about her. Kinda miss the thread and everyone whose posted on it

Check in regularly, always look for updates on Suzanne, updates on Barry and check NAMUS - always with hope that she's been found and then left feeling sad for her friends and family who still have no answers

I believe Suzanne will get Justice one day x

 

[jakat]

I am not sure where you are in CT, but its such a small state that hopefully you will soon be able to go to the Michelle Troconis and Kent Mawinney trials. There are still a lot of shenanigans happening with her lawyer Schoenberg etc but I have faith the trials are coming. If I business is not busy I am hoping to get down there myself. Enjoy CT it is also my home state.

Is it really? I live in Brookfield. I lived here for 39 years, before then Redding. I'll try to make it to both trials if they ever happen!

I'm thinking I want to go to the Murdaugh trial before it's over. My husband and I lived in Summerville, SC which is a hop, skip and jump from the courthouse in Walterboro. I have a few good friends there, one who watches that trial every day.

The weather in CT has been great. I don't remember it being this mild, ever.

 

[MissTilly]

Every time that I receive a breaking news alert from WS, I am hopeful that it will be either news that SM’s remains have been located or that BM is being bought to trial.

 

[MrsWatson]

I keep hoping to hear some news about progress on the case. Of any kind.

 

[MountainDad]

What did Cahill and IE talk about on the phone the night before his testimony in the PH?

War of words in Morphew case as attorneys squabble over disgraced detective's opinion

Barry Morphew’s attorneys want his first-degree murder case dismissed and they’re fighting for it by using the words of one of the lead detectives who had a major part in

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IMO IE introduced the soddi defense to Cahill in the form of partial single DNA marker found in SM glove box. A partial DNA profile non match. Judge Murphy gullibly fell for it. Bail, recused himself, change of venue.

DNA Found On Suzanne Morphew's Glove Box Was Linked To Partial Profiles In 3 Unsolved Sexual Assault Cases, Investigator Says | Oxygen Official Site

DNA found on Suzanne Morphew’s glovebox was linked to partial profiles in three unsolved sexual assault cases, according to testimony on the final day of Barry Morphew’s preliminary hearing.

www.oxygen.com

 

[Boxer]

Colorado's statute governing discovery has a clear deadline that was not violated. I disagree that missing discovery dates at months before trial, pursued by the defense and agreed to by the prosecutor, would ever affect a verdict.

The sanctions imposed by Lama in fact terminated the case.

At the entry of the not guilty plea, the court shall set a deadline for such disclosure. In no case shall such disclosure be less than 35 days before trial for a felony trial, or 7 days before trial for a non-felony trial, except for good cause shown.

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So, in this case these were court imposed deadlines. If the judge’s rulings were wrong, which I do think is true, shouldn’t LS have appealed?
And why didn’t she, and instead drop the case?

 

[waldojabba]

Is it really? I live in Brookfield. I lived here for 39 years, before then Redding. I'll try to make it to both trials if they ever happen!

I'm thinking I want to go to the Murdaugh trial before it's over. My husband and I lived in Summerville, SC which is a hop, skip and jump from the courthouse in Walterboro. I have a few good friends there, one who watches that trial every day.

The weather in CT has been great. I don't remember it being this mild, ever.

I sent you a pm

 

[jakat]

I sent you a pm

Got it!

 

[Seattle1]

From the latest notification on SM's Guardianship case:

Parties Involved

Attorneys	Parties
	Morphew, Barry L[Petitioner] 5539 Buck Dr. Noblesville, IN 46062
	Morphew, Barry L[Guardian] 5539 Buck Dr. Noblesville, IN 46062
	Morphew, Suzanne R[Incapacitated Adult/Child] 19057 Puma Path Salida, CO 81201

Minute Entries
(Most recent at top)

01/05/2023
02/14/2023
02/15/2023
Input Date:	Unavailable
Type:	Automated Paper Notice Issued to Parties
Order Granting Motion to Terminate Guardianship ---- 2/14/2023 : Suzanne R Morphew;Barry L Morphew
Input Date:	Unavailable
Type:	Order Granting Motion to Terminate Guardianship
the guardianship is no longer necessary for reasons stated in the Petition for Termination. Issued by: MR Michael Casati, Judge Order Signed: 02/13/2023
Input Date:	Unavailable
Type:	Order Approving Report
Order Approving Biennial Report entered. Copy to Guardian via first class mail. jp Order Signed: 01/05/2023

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[Megnut]

From the latest notification on SM's Guardianship case:

Parties Involved

Attorneys	Parties
	Morphew, Barry L[Petitioner] 5539 Buck Dr. Noblesville, IN 46062
	Morphew, Barry L[Guardian] 5539 Buck Dr. Noblesville, IN 46062
	Morphew, Suzanne R[Incapacitated Adult/Child] 19057 Puma Path Salida, CO 81201

Minute Entries
(Most recent at top)

02/15/2023
02/14/2023
01/05/2023
Input Date:	Unavailable
Type:	Automated Paper Notice Issued to Parties
Order Granting Motion to Terminate Guardianship ---- 2/14/2023 : Suzanne R Morphew;Barry L Morphew
Input Date:	Unavailable
Type:	Order Granting Motion to Terminate Guardianship
the guardianship is no longer necessary for reasons stated in the Petition for Termination. Issued by: MR Michael Casati, Judge Order Signed: 02/13/2023
Input Date:	Unavailable
Type:	Order Approving Report
Order Approving Biennial Report entered. Copy to Guardian via first class mail. jp Order Signed: 01/05/2023

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Approved, motion to terminate?

Why?

It makes me sad that Suzanne didn't get to speak for herself.

JMO

 

[Seattle1]

Approved, motion to terminate?

Why?

It makes me sad that Suzanne didn't get to speak for herself.

JMO

Can't see the petition.

I suppose BM will eventually work on declaring SM deceased. Maybe he has a huge life insurance policy on SM and to be safe, Iris helped him change the beneficiaries to the daughters.

We know BM alluded to having a big payout for himself when he would threaten SM that she and the girls would be fine (when he killed himself).
MOO

 

[mrjitty]

I think SM will be found sooner or later.

 

[WingsOverTX]

From the latest notification on SM's Guardianship case:

Parties Involved

Attorneys	Parties
	Morphew, Barry L[Petitioner] 5539 Buck Dr. Noblesville, IN 46062
	Morphew, Barry L[Guardian] 5539 Buck Dr. Noblesville, IN 46062
	Morphew, Suzanne R[Incapacitated Adult/Child] 19057 Puma Path Salida, CO 81201

Minute Entries
(Most recent at top)

02/15/2023
02/14/2023
01/05/2023
Input Date:	Unavailable
Type:	Automated Paper Notice Issued to Parties
Order Granting Motion to Terminate Guardianship ---- 2/14/2023 : Suzanne R Morphew;Barry L Morphew
Input Date:	Unavailable
Type:	Order Granting Motion to Terminate Guardianship
the guardianship is no longer necessary for reasons stated in the Petition for Termination. Issued by: MR Michael Casati, Judge Order Signed: 02/13/2023
Input Date:	Unavailable
Type:	Order Approving Report
Order Approving Biennial Report entered. Copy to Guardian via first class mail. jp Order Signed: 01/05/2023

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What could this mean?

Has SM been declared dead by a court & we missed it?

Remarriage imminent? A Google search shows SB living at this address (Fast People Search).

 

[steeltowngirl]

What could this mean?

Has SM been declared dead by a court & we missed it?

Remarriage imminent? A Google search shows SB living at this address (Fast People Search).

Great. BM may be working on having SM declared dead.
Note the date of the petition: 2/14/23.
Valentine’s Day gift to Sho?
Was the Antlers Motel all booked up this year?

 

[Seattle1]

So, in this case these were court imposed deadlines. If the judge’s rulings were wrong, which I do think is true, shouldn’t LS have appealed?
And why didn’t she, and instead drop the case?

I think @CGray123 provided a good response to this question in the link below.

CO - CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee Co, 10 May 2020 *Case dismissed w/o Prejudice* #103

Could that have been what Barry was doing when he claimed he was hunting a dead turkey -- picking up spent casings from a gun he planned to rid himself of? A metal detector and a solid hour... You wouldn't want to call attention to a missing wespon by leaving the spent casings all over the...

www.websleuths.com

Personally, I think the appellate route would have been a waste of time where the conclusion would be the district court essentially dismissed the case (a drastic remedy) by imposing discretionary sanctions that were more restrictive than favored by the courts, and return the case to the lower court for resolution since the appellate does not like to render decisions about another court's use of discretion. Here, I think LS made the right decision to preserve the opportunity to seek justice for SM. MOO

From Rule 16(d). Crim. P. Rule 16(e), (f).

Law on Violations/Sanctions for Discovery Violations

If at any time during the course of the proceedings it is brought to the attention of the court that a party has failed to comply with this rule or with an order issued pursuant to this rule the court may:

Order such party to permit the discovery or inspection of materials not previously disclosed;

Grant a continuance;

Prohibit the party from introducing in evidence the material not disclosed;

or

Enter such other order as it deems just under the circumstances.

The least restrictive sanction is favored by the courts. “Similarly, in serving the purpose of deterrence, we have stated that ‘the court should impose the least severe sanction that will ensure that there is full compliance with the court’s discovery orders.'”

Dismissal is considered a drastic remedy. “In fashioning a sanction to achieve the goal of eliminating the due process violation, a court must strive to restore as nearly as possible the level playing field that existed before the discovery violation. Only when that goal cannot be achieved is dismissal required as a remedy for the violation of due process.”

Colorado Criminal Law – The Rules of Discovery in Colorado – Getting The Information You Need To Defend Your Clients

Colorado Criminal Law - The Rules of Discovery in Colorado - Getting The Information You Need To Defend Your Clients Introduction - Discovery in the Colorado courts is governed by Colorado [...]

www.criminal-lawyer-colorado.com

 

[Murphy1950]

Bizarro World...I didn't put her name in at all, because I couldn't remember how to spell it. If you just Google the address 5539 Buck Noblesville you get...