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

[mrjitty]

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Why did SM send a message "Get Hot Tub stuff" and later the Hot Tub stuff was discovered in her own RR? Doesn't make sense to me.

Agreed

So much weirdness

I so wish we had the RR telematics and her phone records

 

[FromGermany1]

The AA parallels LScharf's representation.

Barry went for pizza. Suzanne used the opportunity to message JL.

JMO

From which location did she message, remains the question.

 

[girlhasnoname]

It’s frustrating that there are 2 versions of the story and we don’t know which is correct.

What time it was would be quite important as well.

It was dark outside so in CO on May 8th 2020 the sunset was at 8:28 pm.

 

[10ofRods]

From which location did she message, remains the question.

It's my understanding that the message to JL said (per the PH) something like, "He's gone for a bit." This implies that Suzanne was at home and Barry has gone to get pizza.

IMO.

 

[FromGermany1]

It's my understanding that the message to JL said (per the PH) something like, "He's gone for a bit." This implies that Suzanne was at home and Barry has gone to get pizza.

IMO.

Exactly therefore she can't have taken a pic of him, standing in line at the Pizza place.

That Suzanne is waiting in a car, while BM in plain sight is getting Pizza (pre-ordered by phone?), and tells JL, that the husband is gone for a bit, would be strange also. It would be misleading for JL because of the very minimal time, they would have to communicate. - But who knows: maybe they both found it exciting to use even a few minutes?

 

[Diddian]

Below is the entire statement from Barry Morphew's attorney below:

The first and most important focus should be that the Morphews just learned that they lost their beautiful mother and wife after she disappeared 3 ½ years ago.

What appears to be the overriding focus is a finger pointing right back where it started 3 ½ years ago: a movement to blindly re-accuse Barry for Suzanne's death.

Here are the facts.

According to the authorities, Suzanne Morphew was NOT found anywhere in the vicinity of her home, the town nearby, or the county she lived in. She was found in Moffat, Colorado. Moffat is 45 miles south and a 45-minute drive away from the Morphew home located in Maysville, Colorado.

According to authorities who found Suzanne, her remains were found in a shallow grave in a dry desert field of sagebrush and natural grasses. Contrary to prior accusations, her remains were not found in a rocky mountainous region near her home, not in a location that was a "difficult spot" to get to, or near the home and impossible to get to due to being in a mine or under frozen tundra and buried under 6 feet of snow.

Barry was the most scrutinized, dissected, surveilled individual, minute by minute, hour by hour using law enforcement cameras posted by his home, phone taps and GPS devices placed on his car – all during the time frame of her disappearance and the years following.

At no time did the FBI, CBI, Chaffee County Sheriff's Office, or DA's Office pinpoint or even generally claim that Barry was in any area south of his home, near Moffat, or anywhere near Saguache County at any relevant time frame. It would be ludicrous for anyone to now try to fit the now-known facts to prior false assumptions and accusations.

It was the Saguache County Officials who fortunately stumbled onto Suzanne's remains last week while looking for another missing woman, Edna Quintana. Law enforcement officials that were supposedly looking for Suzanne, were never looking for Suzanne in the Moffat area or area South of Maysville, because they only focused in on Barry being the suspect. And, they knew Barry was not South of Maysville, and certainly not 45 miles South.

The authorities focused their search for Suzanne in the area near the Morphew home utilizing his phone and car forensics. The authorities pointed to the locations where Barry was May 9 and 10, 2020. Barry was in Salida (north of his home), or in or near his home, and then on May 10, 2020 at 5:00 a.m. drove to Broomfield, Colorado, a city 156 miles North of Maysville. He was never south of the house, and that is why they did not search that area. See FBI's map relied upon by the authorities about Barry's whereabouts on May 9 and 10, 2020.

The Morphew home, Barry's truck, Suzanne's and daughters' vehicles were immediately searched for evidence of human remains and Suzanne's blood using both forensics and dog sniff searches. There was no forensic evidence of Suzanne's deceased body or blood in any of the vehicles.

What needs to be done instead of pointing fingers at Barry Morphew, is asking the officials about the number of missing people and the number of human remains that have been recovered in or from Saguache County in the recent past.

Whatever happened to Krystal Reisinger, Edna Quintana, Suzanne, the man whose remains were found by Saguache County Sheriff's office in the foothills on July 26, 2023, or the remains of the person found in another area in Saguache County last weekend (more info to come from authorities tomorrow). What were the circumstances of their disappearances, what is the cause and manner of death of the remains found in the area, what happened to them, are they looking for other remains in this area?

The public should demand answers about these five people who suspiciously went missing or were found dead in this area.

The Morphew family and legal team believe that CBI, local law enforcement, and the local DA's office have a conflict of interest and should not be involved in the future investigation of Suzanne's death. An objective and unbiased examination of Suzanne's death can only be conducted by an outside and independent team of investigators.

When law enforcement focuses in on one person and refuses to review evidence objectively and fairly, it is a disservice to the community and creates exactly what has come to light… years of unsolved murders.

Iris Eytan

Jane Byrialsen

Morphew Family and Civil Rights Attorneys

What's next for a possible criminal case now that Suzanne Morphew's remains have been found?

A frequent question we have seen pop up since Suzanne Morphew's body was found last Friday and confirmed Wednesday surrounds her estranged husband Barry Morphew and the possibility of his arrest for her murder.

www.cbsnews.com

The fastest route from the Morphew's former Puma Path address to the address of IE's former law office (Eytan Nielsen, LLC) is 149 miles, just around 3 hours drive. That drive was not too long to make when circumstances called for it.

The shortest route to Broomfield was 159 miles and around 3 hours 15 minutes drive. That drive was not too long to make (twice in one day) when circumstances called for it.

45 miles is less than one third the distance to either of those locations and 45 minutes is only 25% of the travel time. I think it is ridiculous to characterize that 45 mile/45 minute drive as "outside the vicinity of SM's home, the town nearby, or the county she lived in." The purpose of burying a murdered body is to conceal that evidence. 45 miles distance additionally serves that purpose and is clearly not outside the realm of distances BM travels when circumstances call for it.

 

[10ofRods]

Exactly therefore she can't have taken a pic of him, standing in line at the Pizza place.

That Suzanne is waiting in a car, while BM in plain sight is getting Pizza (pre-ordered by phone?), and tells JL, that the husband is gone for a bit, would be strange also. It would be misleading for JL because of the very minimal time, they would have to communicate. - But who knows: maybe they both found it exciting to use even a few minutes?

Good points, as usual. It's possible the picture was taken from a car/truck, for sure. It's also possible that Suzanne had gotten into the habit of communicating via LinkedIn chat with JL on a more or less continuous basis. That's what scared women who are checking out of abusive relationships may do (and I suppose, others do it too). Barry admits to LE that he had "clocked" Suzanne "on the nose." (Translation: he hit her in the face).

It's entirely possible that there was thrill and excitement as Suzanne thought she saw light at the end of the tunnel, and was getting bolder about communicating with JL (while fooling Barry; tricking Barry would have its own delights, IMO).

 

[Megnut]

I think IE spun a tale. To support the idea that Barry and Suzanne were happily married, all-American date night, nothing to see here, Folks.

Just, anything but.

JMO

 

[Megnut]

The biggest clue? Barry couldn't recall how or where that pizza got eaten.

Jmo

 

[GOBliaison]

I think you are correct - he picked her up on Friday not Saturday

But still the same issue - how did Barry get to the job site on Saturday morning to start work at 7.30am?

Yes!
... and {iirc} he did so while she waited for him @ her fitness centre...
...where she chose/BM suggested she was to leave her car 'in back' for the day...
...and to which he returned her after work - {a bit earlier than usual was it not?}...
...while on this shuttle dropping his most cunningly[not] deliberate and remarkable utterance:

"Oh-by-the-way:
I could bury someone..yada-yada-yada..so they'd never be found!"​

Yada, indeed

 

[charminglane]

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[Knox]

• • Aug 10, 2021
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• The girls were in Utah.
  It was Barry at the pizza place in Salida.
  Suzanne sent the pic, so Barry must have sent it to her, first.

  Wasn't this photo of Barry standing outside Moonlight Pizza waiting for pizza on the 8th? Why wouldn't SM still have her phone on Friday the 8th?
  IMO
  ETA:ON May 8, #SuzanneMorphew sent a picture of #Barrymorphew standing outside Moonlight Pizza waiting for pizza to the girls. The girls are in Utah on a roadtrip.
  https://twitter.com/LaurenScharfTV?s=09
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  Found the first part we were looking for:
  
  Q (Lindsey): What did she say?
  
  A (Grusing): Suzanne’s texts said she’s studying, she’s going to take a bike ride, and asked why. Then eventually from tracking her phone and even finding her Range Rover she went out to meet Barry near that 105 work site. They actually didn’t meet there though. It looks like they met at the Tailwind site, and then they got into Suzanne’s Range Rover and drove to the store and then to Moonlight Pizza.
  Suzanne went to Moonlight Pizza. One thing confirmed, will update timeline accordingly.
  
  It may be in one of the sections I'm missing, but I can't find where the text to the girls with the pic of Barry standing outside of Moonlight Pizza is entered into evidence.
  
  This is LS's Tweet:
  
  #SuzanneMorphew sent a picture of #Barrymorphew standing outside Moonlight Pizza waiting for pizza to the girls. The girls are in Utah on a roadtrip. Aug 10, 2021
  
  
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  Search results for query: moonlight pizza

  www.websleuths.com

 

[FromGermany1]

Yes!
... and {iirc} he did so while she waited for him @ her fitness centre...
...where she chose/BM suggested she was to leave her car 'in back' for the day...
...and to which he returned her after work - {a bit earlier than usual was it not?}...
...while on this shuttle dropping his most cunningly[not] deliberate and remarkable utterance:

"Oh-by-the-way:
I could bury someone..yada-yada-yada..so they'd never be found!"​

Yada, indeed

WHY I would pick up my subcontractor/employee at her gym, take her to the workplace and bring her back, if she has her own car, I don't understand at all.
If MG is a smoker and BM didn't like smoke in his truck (as he said re the tour to Broomfield), I especially don't understand it.
Friday or Saturday - I just atm am confused and don't know.

 

[Megnut]

Do the telematics of Barry's truck support the work sites and pizza run?

I'm thinking Suzanne never went. He drove her RR.

JMO

 

[GOBliaison]

CiefEven worse, all of the people in that lawsuit know the entire case. They have information and details that have been kept under wraps. However, since they would be entitled to defend themselves in any way their own lawyers advise, they would definitely spend a *lot* of time in depositions addressing why Barry remained a suspect and why there was no violation of his civil rights.

They would get on record, in sworn statements, everything each of them knows about the case - and it might make it very hard to avoid an almost immediate set of charges against Barry, when those sworn statements wound their way over to the DA's office. In my opinion, it would likely be worse than having had the experts at trial (in terms of what the various civil defendants might say they knew or noticed). I assume they would be asked about both their official observations and capacity (in the course of their employment, dutifully doing what LEO's are supposed to do) and their personal knowledge, which could include all manner of things not allowable as evidence in the criminal case. It's not against the law for LEO's to talk to various people (and basically obtain hearsay evidence), they just can't use it in criminal court. But in civil court, it's very different.

This is why i think IE really blew it and her overweening pride got the best of her. Now she has to backtrack and subtract those incriminating witnesses from the civil trial. Not a good look for the civil judgment. To put it another way, she knows only enough civil procedure to get her and her client thoroughly in trouble. Especially if new evidence turned up - which it has. I suppose IE thought that BM was a criminal mastermind and had hidden the body where no one would ever find her. I don't believe for a second that IE thinks or thought that BM didn't do it. She could not flat out ask him "Where'd you put the body?" because she's not stupid and knows that a good criminal defense attorney would never ask that question. But a civil plaintiff's attorney very well might ask that question - right away, and expect an answer.

House of cards moment.

IMO. I am really appreciating reading this thread this morning - lots of details I had forgotten and excellent speculation/analysis.

But...but...

I have little...no! strike that! NO doubt that there will be 'inconsistencies', 'can''t recall now's', 'but you did recall back then's', 'mis-remembrances', 'on-second-thought's', etc., etc. over the volumes of depositions collected and the testimony elicited by Iris de Torquemada over the ensuing weeks and months...
...which evidence, in belabored and tortuous fashion, she will brand and pronounce "Lies" and "Falsehoods"...

...And then, with naught but recourse to that ancient saw at Common Law...

"FALSUS IN UNO, FALSUS IN OMNIBUS" *
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...each and every "conscript in these battalions of law enforcement which moved against Mr. MasinmurderMorphew shall be purged of their illicit defenses and, in consequence, adjudged joint and severally liable in the amount preyed ... er, excuse ... prayed for, to wit: some-millions-in-the-teens ...
...with additional allowances for compensatory and punitive damages; costs, and attorney's fees.
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*Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus is a Latin maxim meaning "false in one thing, false in everything".
At common law, it is the legal principle that a witness who testifies falsely about one matter is not credible to testify about any matter.
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[10ofRods]

The biggest clue? Barry couldn't recall how or where that pizza got eaten.

Jmo

Oh thank you - I was going to lie awake tonight wondering if this was known or I had dreamed it.

 

[SteelCity91]

I am not sure if DailyMail is an approved website but nothing new here..just an opinion by a forensic specialist.

Suzanne Morphew's remains make it 'very hard' for spouse to clear name

But I do have a question about that one picture with the FBI standing around. It's labeled " A group of investigators search near where Suzanne Morphew's remains were found in late September". Is that an old picture? I can't seem to figure out where they are standing at with those vehicles in the background.

 

[GOBliaison]

WHY I would pick up my subcontractor/employee at her gym, take her to the workplace and bring her back, if she has her own car, I don't understand at all.
If MG is a smoker and BM didn't like smoke in his truck (as he said re the tour to Broomfield), I especially don't understand it.
Friday or Saturday - I just atm am confused and don't know.

I believe the concern was vehicle congestion/obstruction at the site, the result of their being no alternate/available off-road parking for POV's.
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Re. passive smoke?
- V., very brief drive, gym-to-site-to-gym; hardly time to light-up I'd imagine;

- Essential [imo] for Barry to get his 'I could bury/never be found' remark seeded thru "some alone time" with MG, and to do so just before she exits for the day...so no probing questions likely; this because he cunningly - correct his time! - expects that LE would hear it straight-away from her, which they did!; misdirection benefits him, & markedly it turns out;
- as well, in contexts-to-come, he'd would soon be bad-mouthing as "methheads", most all of his workers, and "thus unworthy of belief" by his "trusted" new friends in law enforcement!

 

[Megnut]

I am not sure if DailyMail is an approved website but nothing new here..just an opinion by a forensic specialist.

Suzanne Morphew's remains make it 'very hard' for spouse to clear name

But I do have a question about that one picture with the FBI standing around. It's labeled " A group of investigators search near where Suzanne Morphew's remains were found in late September". Is that an old picture? I can't seem to figure out where they are standing at with those vehicles in the background.

Here's an older article, from the timeframe of the search led by Suzanne's brother. At the end of the article is a video of a LE search, with dogs, identical to the photo in the article you cited. I think the DM carried the old footage forward.

JMO

 

[GOBliaison]

I remember the pizza place photo as well. The one Suzanne took and sent to her daughters.

Recalling(?), myself, now some very early posts relating to :
- SM & BM going from the work site to the pizza emporium in 'her' RR;
- Husband was safely/for safety(?) consigned by wife to the rear seat (ostensively?) because of his grime/aura;
- Some pizza eaten in car which was thereupon driven around to show the deceitful husband a house or two SM had found listed;
- then, at some point thereafter, SM sent photos, [one being a 'radiant' selfie(imo) to M1, M2, and to JL, ' n'est-ce pas??]

No veracity warrantees here; reader recall solicited.​