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

[Hilt]

I presume Iris meant that Barry could not recall the exact conversation, not that he had no idea there had even been one. So that really doesn't excuse him not contacting her.

Perhaps the lack of contact was because whenever Mr. Morphew calls counsel the first sound he hears is Cha-Ching!!

 

[Hilt]

I do think she lied.
She knows more about Barry right now than anyone ever has, because his life and freedom rely on it.
She's known who and what he is and what he's done right from the off. The "human" in her would have known, remove the defence lawyer title and take away all the legal phrasing/technicalties.
You read that AA - he has done this. There's no other reasonable version, none. It's not the Twilight Zone, Bermuda Triangle, alternative reality or The X Files.

It really is that simple, husband murdered his wife who wanted to leave her abusive relationship and he couldn't accept that.

Jmo, moo, imo

I would suggest that the outrageousness of a defense counsel’s claims, theories and assertions are inversely proportional to the strength of their case.

In addition to a cornucopia of circumstantial evidence, Mr. Morphew’s counsel will have to scale a mountain of his false exculpatory statements documented in the Arrest Affidavit (like the bull elk sighting), which are flanked by an incredible amount of significant things related to the murder he could not recall. The demonstrably false statements, meant to deflect suspicion are powerful evidence of guilt. In the absence of any explanation that incorporates facts, the creative defense attorney must rely on a pretzel of rationalization, referred to in some contexts as a lie.

A recent case in the news exemplifies this well (Mo Wilson murder). A young woman from Texas kills a love rival (her gun is ballistically tied to the murder, car at the scene), she leaves the country on her sister’s passport and gets plastic surgery before being caught. Her attorney tells the press, as so many do, that she's looking forward to her day in court, and reiterates she “wants a trial!”

One wonders why with her anticipated time in the courtroom just two weeks away, she would bolt from custody today while out of her cell for a medical appointment. (caught in a matter of minutes)

I’m looking forward to a clear and convincing explanation from her counsel.

(He may be too stunned to recall).

 

[rainbowshummingbird]

“…The demonstrably false statements, meant to deflect suspicion are powerful evidence of guilt...”

RSBM
You have coalesced my thoughts on BM into one tidy sentence.

The IE propagandists keep yelling about the DNA of a person with a relative of a relative of a relative who has a third cousin whose brother’s great uncle was guilty of sexual assault. But the reality is very simple, no innocent person lies as much as BM and everyone knows it.

 

[Hilt]

RSBM
You have coalesced my thoughts on BM into one tidy sentence.

The IE propagandists keep yelling about the DNA of a person with a relative of a relative of a relative who has a third cousin whose brother’s great uncle was guilty of sexual assault. But the reality is very simple, no innocent person lies as much as BM and everyone knows it.

The explanations of Mr. Morphew and his attorney rival those of the Mexican UFO Mummies in terms of their obscurity of detail and scientific improbability.

 

[Eaglette]

Reminiscent of conversations with Suzanne he couldn't recall.

Like her wanting a divorce.

Or what they talked about over 3 day old veggie porridge stew.

Or anything she said after 2:47...

Worth reminding ourselves that if he did in fact go numb and didn't hear the part about where they found her -- or forgot to ask -- it's not like there was a sudden gap in the data in his brain.

I wonder what flashed through his head first:

Oh, Suzanne...

Oh, SD...

Oh, IE...

Oh, chit.

Or was it an image?

Prairie sagebrush...

Rigor mortis...

The cold air, his camo jacket...

Or did it go straight to dollar signs?

All so calculating, self-serving, ugly.

He left her there on Mother's Day morning.

Cruelty heaped upon cruelty.

JMO

Think his first thought would have been the Shaggy phrase...

"IT WASN'T ME"

2nd thought HOW DO I STAY OUT OF JAIL !

 

[Boxer]

I think there

RSBM
You have coalesced my thoughts on BM into one tidy sentence.

The IE propagandists keep yelling about the DNA of a person with a relative of a relative of a relative who has a third cousin whose brother’s great uncle was guilty of sexual assault. But the reality is very simple, no innocent person lies as much as BM and everyone knows it.

Someone here said a detective told them a lie is a form of confession.

 

[Seattle1]

I think there

Someone here said a detective told them a lie is a form of confession.

I'm not sure of the context of the comment OP references but we've all experienced pathological liars here where there are often kernels of truth in their lies.

 

[mrjitty]

I think I asked earlier but I am curious what statements IE has made in court or in motions that are "lies". She's many adjectives depending on one's perception but I'm not so sure she's a "liar" in court.That would not be in her career interest or anybody she's defending to lie outright in court. As far as obfuscating I think both sides in the initial trial did abit of this and it's totally not uncommon as a defense tactic like it or not. There were holes you could walk an elephant through in the original case on the prosecution side I've always felt, and she saw, and she pounced. It's her job. I do not think she "lied".

Here is an obvious one where IE intentionally sought to deceive the Court.

She claimed in the prelim that the missing 18 miles is because BM went to the spa store on saturday afternoon and that the witnesses back this up.

However this trip is not in the telematics. Indeed it is not possible for the missing mileage to be a trip to the spa store because we have a telematics odometer read when the truck arrives in the driveway at 14:43 and it never leaves the driveway until 3.49am the next day.

IE knows this but never mentions it - but then makes the same claim in her civil suit.

Yet now she claims that Telematics/cellular also proves BM never went to the grave site because the truck was always in the driveway.

go figure.

 

[mrjitty]

Barry admits to it. You’re literally ignoring the most important aspect here. Please tell me you aren’t calling him a liar.

Right - this is so critical.

The data, on it's face shows movement. Hoyland's email makes clear there are multiple possible interpretations. He could be walking round the house, or round his property, or possibly the phone is indoors due to the phenomenon of static drift. That is why they ask him to confirm what he was doing - and he confirms he was moving around the house.

Only BM can now say he wasn't moving. Not IE. Nor is there anyway for IE to prove static drift was happening. That is just speculation on her part.

Can we conclude BM was moving around the house?

yes IMO

 

[mrjitty]

On Tuesday, Morphew's defense team attempted to poke holes in this theory saying it was purely speculation and that the cell phone pings showed Barry going through walls.

"Do you still believe you have evidence that he is most likely chasing Suzanne?" Barry's attorney, Dru Nielson asked.

"Yes," replied Grusing.

"What?" She asked exasperated, "Due to the chipmunk statement?"

"Yes," replied Grusing.

Prosecutors Outline Barry And Suzanne Morphew's Movements On Days Around Her Disappearance

In day two of Barry Morphew's preliminary hearing, prosecutors outlined his movements, and his wife's actions, in the days surrounding her disappearance.

www.cbsnews.com

RSBM

Right! This is how the defence team misleads.

The defence team, probably on the basis of their own expert analysis of the CAST report, claim it shows Barry going through walls and moving at 30MPH.

But they have never placed this analysis in evidence to my knowledge.

In other words, the 30MPH claim is wild speculation by Dru Nielson/IE. All power to the defence if they have expert analysis that can prove this claim, but we have never seen it.

But even that would not disprove BMs own admission that he was shooting chipmunks around the house at the time. It would merely show the location data was not entirely accurate.

 

[mrjitty]

It's interesting to dissect this talking point. Here is what the Civil suit claims

219. The above push pin map, if believed, would mean that Barry was moving 36.8 to 50 miles per hour from point to point, through the walls of his home.
220. If Barry was moving around the walls of his home he would have had to travel even faster than 50miles an hour.

I know others have dissected this in greater detail back in the day, and I hope they post their thoughts!

My 02c is nowhere does IE offer any evidence for her claim. But also she is ignoring the actual tolerance of the GPS data here. For instance i could run around my house vigorously and somewhat erratically and that would render a series of plots showing movement, but it would not be possible to accurately calculate my velocity from that, compared to when i go jogging with Garmin+GPS and the fact that I am jogging a set route in broadly straight lines over 30-60 mins enables a relatively accurate picture to be created in aggregate.

 

[Boxer]

It's interesting to dissect this talking point. Here is what the Civil suit claims

219. The above push pin map, if believed, would mean that Barry was moving 36.8 to 50 miles per hour from point to point, through the walls of his home.
220. If Barry was moving around the walls of his home he would have had to travel even faster than 50miles an hour.

I know others have dissected this in greater detail back in the day, and I hope they post their thoughts!

My 02c is nowhere does IE offer any evidence for her claim. But also she is ignoring the actual tolerance of the GPS data here. For instance i could run around my house vigorously and somewhat erratically and that would render a series of plots showing movement, but it would not be possible to accurately calculate my velocity from that, compared to when i go jogging with Garmin+GPS and the fact that I am jogging a set route in broadly straight lines over 30-60 mins enables a relatively accurate picture to be created in aggregate.

I did plot out the data and it was cometely reasonable speeds and path.

 

[mrjitty]

I did plot out the data and it was cometely reasonable speeds and path.

Ah yes I remember you saying this now!

Do you still have the analysis?

Did you plot it from the pushpin or is there some underlying data exhibit for this?

 

[HongKongPhooey]

A you please give me one hole “you could walk an elephant through?” Just one.

The only elephant related issue is the huge one in the room.

Barry did it - and we know everyone must know it.

JMO

 

[MassGuy]

The only elephant related issue is the huge one in the room.

Barry did it - and we know everyone must know it.

JMO

I think we should add that elephant to Barry’s zoo.

 

[mrjitty]

In light of the discovery of the SM's remains, I tried to read the civil complaint with an open mind, and wondering could IE be correct?

The furtherest I can get with it, is maybe LE really believed BM was guilty, but overegged some stuff at the prelim, that they could not back up at trial. Then as showtime approached, everything fell apart and now with the body being found where they didn't expect IE is in poll position.

In this scenario, BMs guilt or innocence is not the point - rather whether there are 'dark secrets' at the heart of the prosecution case that they sought to conceal

But here is my problem with it.

IE's civil case makes clear that they have all the discovery. Especially the critical digital evidence and related expert reports. They've had it a long time before the trial.

Indeed the whole "they arrested too soon" starts to fall apart when you read the civil claim and realise the FBI CAST report is dated 14 June 2020. It references the BERLA report (telematics). So actually these things were all completed before BM was arrested - which makes sense. Indeed this is what the motion / response to sanctions says. The defence had this stuff many many months before trial, if not before for the prelim.

So in the end i keep coming back to the simpler explanation which is plain old bureaucratic SNAFU culture, and a judge who got played to some extent.

my 02c

 

[Seattle1]

RSBM

Right! This is how the defence team misleads.

The defence team, probably on the basis of their own expert analysis of the CAST report, claim it shows Barry going through walls and moving at 30MPH.

But they have never placed this analysis in evidence to my knowledge.

In other words, the 30MPH claim is wild speculation by Dru Nielson/IE. All power to the defence if they have expert analysis that can prove this claim, but we have never seen it.

But even that would not disprove BMs own admission that he was shooting chipmunks around the house at the time. It would merely show the location data was not entirely accurate.

My favorite part of this exaggeration by the defense was FBI's Grusing's calm, confident, response to his examination by BM's attorney:

"Do you still believe you have evidence that he is most likely chasing Suzanne?" Barry's attorney, Dru Nielson asked.

"Yes," replied Grusing.

"What?" She asked exasperated, "Due to the chipmunk statement?"

"Yes," replied Grusing.

^^rsbm

 

[MassGuy]

My favorite part of this exaggeration by the defense was FBI's Grusing's calm, confident, response to his examination by BM's attorney:

^^rsbm

I’ve heard him speak so many times now that when I read it, I hear his voice saying it.

 

[mrjitty]

My favorite part of this exaggeration by the defense was FBI's Grusing's calm, confident, response to his examination by BM's attorney:

^^rsbm

It's kind of remarkable how the 30MPH/running through walls stuff gets repeated even though the defence never produced any evidence or exhibit for this claim.

 

[Seattle1]

So in the end i keep coming back to the simpler explanation which is plain old bureaucratic SNAFU culture, and a judge who got played to some extent.

^^rsbm

Yes, the defense had all the discovery!

The defense played the same game when they attacked the prosecution over the discovery allegations about the expert witnesses and their reports! We'd long known that Prosecutor Mark Hurlbert filed the State's Notice of Endorsement of Witnesses (31 pages) on 10/29/21. The Defense had the names and obviously the history of these experts (it's a small world) for months before the defense essentially bullied the Judge into striking them from testifying. JMO