Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee Co, 10 May 2020 *Case dismissed w/o prejudice* *found in 2023* #110

[mrjitty]

I plotted out the chipmunk points. It all made perfect sense as a chase around the house. IE was BSing when she crafted her through walls narrative.

Shocker!

 

[Boxer]

Shocker!

Yes. And shocking a judge let her overrun the time limit with crapola.

 

[Love Never Fails]

I just listened to an excellent podcast episode. Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan was on Suzanne's case. Lots of general info about burying bodies, what to expect from a body that was out there this long as far as animal activity and so on. Nothing stated as facts in this case since nobody has that info, just general information about shallow buried bodies and what they can and can't tell, etc. Very informative.

What did he say?

 

[mrjitty]

Yes. And shocking a judge let her overrun the time limit with crapola.

One of IEs main tricks is to come up with a different explanation for some established facts/data, then claim her theory is exculpatory evidence.

Static drift is the perfect example. There is no evidence there ever was any static drift.

 

[justtrish]

What did he say?

Things that stood out:

The ground the remains were found was low growth brush, sparse, sandy, etc..

Grave was shallow.. that signifies someone being rushed.

You are in a rush and you might not have the tools needed to make a deep grave.

They call it a grave so a grave is outlined in earth and have margins.

Tools needed shovel and maybe a pick axe.. when you use shovel and a pick ax you will have tool strikes on the earth. They could have recovered rocks with tool marks on them that could prove helpful.

Shallow Grave does that mean there was a hump?

No, digging a hole and putting a body in it.. it will never be the same it was before and over time that area will be a sunken area and the vegetation will change over time. They would not have found a hump, they would have seen a depressed hole.

If there was a dismemberment, they can tell that based on the bones. They can tell what animals might have dispersed the remains by what marks are on the bones. They can tell the difference in animal activity and injury.

They ID'd her by her dental records and fairly quickly so that tells him they have one component of the skull.. (either top jaw or bottom or both) They wouldn't ID from one or two teeth, they'd want more than that. They would need something to compare the before and after and so he was hopeful they had a larger part of her skull that allowed them to compare the dental records well enough for an ID. The cancer port would be a secondary confirmation and since it's plastic it takes a long time to degrade.

He said he'd be surprised if there was any soft tissue left. In an ideal world they would have soft tissue to know what exactly happened. But, they can tell cause of death by the bones in many cases. Was the skull damaged, were any ribs damaged, or the sternum.. he'd be shocked if the hyoid bone was found, but that can also tell them a lot. He said the smaller bones are more likely to be gone. Scavenger animals carry things off and even back to their dens.

He said it's highly unlikely that body was moved. He said if the body was moved, then the final place would have been really deep and hidden to not be found. The shallow grave suggests it was hurried and rushed.



One that stood out was her being ID's very quickly says to him that it's likely a good portion of the head

 

[Seattle1]

Recalling how certain we were the Bobcat played a significant role only to learn authorities thought otherwise. IMO, evidence including the bucket blade left behind was well worn, and like the Broomfield job already in the mix, so was the tech at DSI changing the blade. MOO

From the AA, page 41/129:

 

[Lyanna]

Things that stood out:

The ground the remains were found was low growth brush, sparse, sandy, etc..

Grave was shallow.. that signifies someone being rushed.

You are in a rush and you might not have the tools needed to make a deep grave.

They call it a grave so a grave is outlined in earth and have margins.

Tools needed shovel and maybe a pick axe.. when you use shovel and a pick ax you will have tool strikes on the earth. They could have recovered rocks with tool marks on them that could prove helpful.

Shallow Grave does that mean there was a hump?

No, digging a hole and putting a body in it.. it will never be the same it was before and over time that area will be a sunken area and the vegetation will change over time. They would not have found a hump, they would have seen a depressed hole.

If there was a dismemberment, they can tell that based on the bones. They can tell what animals might have dispersed the remains by what marks are on the bones. They can tell the difference in animal activity and injury.

They ID'd her by her dental records and fairly quickly so that tells him they have one component of the skull.. (either top jaw or bottom or both) They wouldn't ID from one or two teeth, they'd want more than that. They would need something to compare the before and after and so he was hopeful they had a larger part of her skull that allowed them to compare the dental records well enough for an ID. The cancer port would be a secondary confirmation and since it's plastic it takes a long time to degrade.

He said he'd be surprised if there was any soft tissue left. In an ideal world they would have soft tissue to know what exactly happened. But, they can tell cause of death by the bones in many cases. Was the skull damaged, were any ribs damaged, or the sternum.. he'd be shocked if the hyoid bone was found, but that can also tell them a lot. He said the smaller bones are more likely to be gone. Scavenger animals carry things off and even back to their dens.

He said it's highly unlikely that body was moved. He said if the body was moved, then the final place would have been really deep and hidden to not be found. The shallow grave suggests it was hurried and rushed.



One that stood out was her being ID's very quickly says to him that it's likely a good portion of the head

Struggling with the comparison of photographs of a living Suzanne pre May 9th 2020, to the mental image of her remains tbh.
Broken down to bones mixed with sandy earth. Discarded. Buried.

It's just overwhelmingly sad

Moo

 

[Momofthreeboys]

Yes. And shocking a judge let her overrun the time limit with crapola.

She didn’t run over I recall although I don’t recall if the judge called time. But prosecution had time left they didn’t use. Judge Murphy was keeping track.

 

[justtrish]

Recalling how certain we were the Bobcat played a significant role only to learn authorities thought otherwise. IMO, evidence including the bucket blade left behind was well worn, and like the Broomfield job already in the mix, so was the tech at DSI changing the blade. MOO

From the AA, page 41/129:

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I wonder if he had a plan to put her at the one job site where LE dug it up? Maybe he changed that blade before he killed her because he thought he was going to bury her over there, but the woman woke up and it spooked him. So essentially he did that for nothing in preparation. Then he had to take her and dump her down south.

I still wonder if he used the trailer with the dirt on it somehow. The dogs did alert there. I wonder if they kept that dirt? Ideally they could see if it matched the area of her burial. It all has bothered me.. the footprints in the bucket. Perhaps he took off his shoes before doing all that and it was his footprints, but I don't think it's normal to find footprints on machinery like that. Typically people have shoes on when working around machinery.

 

[justtrish]

Struggling with the comparison of photographs of a living Suzanne pre May 9th 2020, to the mental image of her remains tbh.
Broken down to bones mixed with sandy earth. Discarded. Buried.

It's just overwhelmingly sad

Moo

I am trying to think of it as Suzanne is speaking from the grave. She was speaking before she died and her words are powerful not matter how those that choose to believe Barry spin things, her voice still comes out loud and clear and I am hopeful that she will tell us what happened to her.. what is left will tell the story and I hope it's definitive and exact.

 

[charminglane]

If Suzanne was killed at home, BM had to carry her.
He knows not to let her body sit anywhere in or around the house or in the truck.
He must have used the bucket on the Bobcat as a holder outdoors for her. Further work with it would erase any scent/decomp.
BM rushes around doing whatever it is he does in prep work.
At some point the Bobcat gets up on the trailer, bucket down. This is the contact needed for the dogs to hit on the back of the flatbed. Suzanne does not have to be in the bucket for that to occur.

 

[justtrish]

Also guys here me out..

We are assuming he didn't shoot her based on not finding the evidence at the house, but we don't know that he didn't shoot her or beat her over the head, which would leave very clear evidence in her remains. He took her to the middle of nowhere and a gunshot there wouldn't have been noticed. He has her sedated and he's getting more and more mad about what she has done. He's reading her journal and he's more man than he's ever been. He can't shoot her at the house, that would be messy. He gets in her car.. maybe he's even going to leave her car somewhere as if she did go for a bike ride.. something is messed up though. He can't leave her where he planned too so now he's coming up with a new plan. He drives south and shooting her in the middle of nowhere wouldn't be heard.

Coolers were oddly missing from his house. A hunter that goes on hunting trips and brings his kill back.. has coolers. Did he use a cooler or two? Maybe because there was blood. He had hours and hours and hours to clean up and he threw away a lot of trash.. bags full of trash. If he strangled her and just needed to toss her phone or her outfit.. what else was he throwing away? Makes me wonder. I am starting to wonder if something was messy, but just not at the house. He is a hunter.. it's awful to consider, but my mind does go there.

IF he did shoot her, a bullet would be there also. Perhaps a bullet that matches that one found on the bedroom floor.

Not saying I think this is what happened, but we can't rule out something like this. With her being found so far away in the middle of nowhere.. with all that trash being tossed. Maybe just maybe he needed to clean up in that hotel room because he did make a mess. Threw away his boots so no dirt from those boots show where he really was.

 

[Love Never Fails]

Things that stood out:

The ground the remains were found was low growth brush, sparse, sandy, etc..

Grave was shallow.. that signifies someone being rushed.

You are in a rush and you might not have the tools needed to make a deep grave.

They call it a grave so a grave is outlined in earth and have margins.

Tools needed shovel and maybe a pick axe.. when you use shovel and a pick ax you will have tool strikes on the earth. They could have recovered rocks with tool marks on them that could prove helpful.

Shallow Grave does that mean there was a hump?

No, digging a hole and putting a body in it.. it will never be the same it was before and over time that area will be a sunken area and the vegetation will change over time. They would not have found a hump, they would have seen a depressed hole.

If there was a dismemberment, they can tell that based on the bones. They can tell what animals might have dispersed the remains by what marks are on the bones. They can tell the difference in animal activity and injury.

They ID'd her by her dental records and fairly quickly so that tells him they have one component of the skull.. (either top jaw or bottom or both) They wouldn't ID from one or two teeth, they'd want more than that. They would need something to compare the before and after and so he was hopeful they had a larger part of her skull that allowed them to compare the dental records well enough for an ID. The cancer port would be a secondary confirmation and since it's plastic it takes a long time to degrade.

He said he'd be surprised if there was any soft tissue left. In an ideal world they would have soft tissue to know what exactly happened. But, they can tell cause of death by the bones in many cases. Was the skull damaged, were any ribs damaged, or the sternum.. he'd be shocked if the hyoid bone was found, but that can also tell them a lot. He said the smaller bones are more likely to be gone. Scavenger animals carry things off and even back to their dens.

He said it's highly unlikely that body was moved. He said if the body was moved, then the final place would have been really deep and hidden to not be found. The shallow grave suggests it was hurried and rushed.



One that stood out was her being ID's very quickly says to him that it's likely a good portion of the head

Great news overall. Thanks so much!

 

[Seattle1]

Almost no one suggested/guessed that he drove out to the middle of a vast Sagebrush desert, and once he got to a point where there was no lights around, drove a little off the highway and tried to hand shovel and chip through rocky hard soil and only manage to barely bury her 2 feet deep.

^^rsbm

It's important to recognize that although close in miles to Chaffee County and its "rock river" gravely loam soil, the soils of the Moffat area of Saguache County are mainly sagebrush and native range soil of sandy loam mixed with clay loam in the subsurface soil. This is the salt flats area of the State-- less than an hour from the Great Sand Dunes National Park. This isn't "rocky hard soil" where SM was buried.

Soil Survey Manual | Natural Resources Conservation Service

The Soil Survey Manual (USDA, Agriculture Handbook No. 18) provides the major principles and practices needed for making and using soil surveys and for assembling and using related data.

www.nrcs.usda.gov

 

[Megnut]

If Suzanne was killed at home, BM had to carry her.
He knows not to let her body sit anywhere in or around the house or in the truck.
He must have used the bucket on the Bobcat as a holder outdoors for her. Further work with it would erase any scent/decomp.
BM rushes around doing whatever it is he does in prep work.
At some point the Bobcat gets up on the trailer, bucket down. This is the contact needed for the dogs to hit on the back of the flatbed. Suzanne does not have to be in the bucket for that to occur.

Ah....

The coolers.

Cadaverine takes time.

Theory: by 3 pm his dastardly act was done.

He retrieved a cooler which became a makeshift coffin.

He spent the rest of the afternoon reading and burning her diary, gathering files...

Around 11pm, he left PP on foot or by ATV/vehicle.... I think he did go to the beach site and intended to bury her below the foundation but was interrupted by the neighbor.

From that point it was about distance, as far from Broomfield as he could get.

Dug a fast grave and buried his wife... at about 2:30am IMO.... within cadaverine range...

And then he returned to PP with the empty cooler, rank with invisible cadaverine....

Which he set on the trailer or bobcat... himself, covered in cadaverine, climbing into the cab to drive the bobcat to where it was found. I think he was undressed because he was already trying to put distance between the crime and his skin.

JMO

 

[Seattle1]

One that stood out was her being ID's very quickly says to him that it's likely a good portion of the head

^^rsbm

Investigators say Morphew's remains were found in a shallow grave and identified through dental records, sources told Scripps News Denver. The Friday afternoon release from CBI was scant on other information, but the Scripps News Denver crew on the ground gathered some exclusive details about the search.

Hours-long search where Morphew remains were found: What we know

Authorities conducted an extensive search where Suzanne Morphew’s remains were found and determined through dental records.

www.courttv.com

 

[justtrish]

^^rsbm

Investigators say Morphew's remains were found in a shallow grave and identified through dental records, sources told Scripps News Denver. The Friday afternoon release from CBI was scant on other information, but the Scripps News Denver crew on the ground gathered some exclusive details about the search.

Hours-long search where Morphew remains were found: What we know

Authorities conducted an extensive search where Suzanne Morphew’s remains were found and determined through dental records.

www.courttv.com

When I said a good portion of the head, I meant intact jaw which would be great. He said they don't usually use individual teeth to ID with dental records so he said chances are they had either the upper or low jaw which would mean a portion of the head was intact. That can say a lot about cause of death if he hit her or shot her, etc.

 

[Seattle1]

She didn’t run over I recall although I don’t recall if the judge called time. But prosecution had time left they didn’t use. Judge Murphy was keeping track.

We must not have watched the same hearing(s), and I also think Judge Murphy would disagree with OP. I recently posted days of live tweets that also negate that IE understands designated time limits!

 

[Seattle1]

When I said a good portion of the head, I meant intact jaw which would be great. He said they don't usually use individual teeth to ID with dental records so he said chances are they had either the upper or low jaw which would mean a portion of the head was intact. That can say a lot about cause of death if he hit her or shot her, etc.

I interrupted finding a good portion of the head as they recovered SM's intact skull. In this location, I can't think of any reason SM's skull missing or severely fractured.

 

[Seattle1]

I wonder if he had a plan to put her at the one job site where LE dug it up? Maybe he changed that blade before he killed her because he thought he was going to bury her over there, but the woman woke up and it spooked him. So essentially he did that for nothing in preparation. Then he had to take her and dump her down south.

I still wonder if he used the trailer with the dirt on it somehow. The dogs did alert there. I wonder if they kept that dirt? Ideally they could see if it matched the area of her burial. It all has bothered me.. the footprints in the bucket. Perhaps he took off his shoes before doing all that and it was his footprints, but I don't think it's normal to find footprints on machinery like that. Typically people have shoes on when working around machinery.

Searching the river house site was a logical choice: BM had access and knowledge the pour was scheduled for the following week.

Yes, having located footprint(s) in the bucket, I found it odd the bucket was not tested for DNA! Maybe our assumption of bare feet is incorrect and the author really meant shoe/boot print.