Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee Co, 10 May 2020 *Case dismissed w/o prejudice* *found in 2023* #115

[Love Never Fails]

Alas, all this :
Yet while life and lives unfold:
- Societal urgency recedes, The Morphew Case being relegated to the inside pages;
- Resources diminish relative to multiplying demands;
- Earlier 'prospects' for juridical success mutate to 'hypotheses',
- and the practicability, vel non, of proceeding to trial becomes of paramount concern.

Walking free, IMO Barry holds all the cards he needs.

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Yes, unfortunately.
He should have been charged again and it is hard to believe charges will ever come.

 

[Knox]

Has Suzanne's family completely gone silent?

 

[Ontario Mom]

Has Suzanne's family completely gone silent?

I haven't seen anything from them in a very long time.

 

[girlhasnoname]

I am seriously getting concerned there will be no arrest

Nooooo, I'm still holding on firmly that BM will be in due time. Karma and divine intervention led to finding the remains of Suzanne IMO. The same will ultimately see that selfish, phony, egotistical wife killer behind bars.

JMO

 

[girlhasnoname]

Has Suzanne's family completely gone silent?

They have been, I do wonder if it is at the request of LE?

 

[Knox]

They have been, I do wonder if it is at the request of LE?

Hopefully that's the case.

 

[justtrish]

It is my hope at that as Barry has had these last 5 years as a free man (minus the time in the county jail), it's been of some benefit to his daughters. I can't imagine the impact on young girls to have their dad murder their mom so instantly both parents are gone. Maybe as wrong as it seems that justice has been delayed, maybe this delaying has helped Suzanne's daughters in some way to understand their dad really did do it. We know Barry can't help himself so I am sure he's given off signs and bad vibes since he's been released. They might outwardly support him, but I do think deep down one or both is questioning or even fully now knowing that he is guilty. Maybe this 5 years of freedom was what was needed for them to get closure on their mom and to come to terms with their dad being the killer. I hope for them that this is the case. They are both a bit older now and maybe just maybe they can also be counted on to testify if/when he is rearrested and goes to trial. I think neither would have been able to if it went to trial when he was arrested. Now? Maybe so? Part of their healing will be coming to terms with him and who he is and what he did to their mom. They both saw pieces of this monster and it's so hard to see at the time, but as one ages it does tend to become clear just what things were and I hope for them they can get there.

Just something I have been thinking about because no doubt they are both victims of him too.

 

[Tragg]

As of January 2025, The Wet Mountain Tribune reports that Linda Stanley filed a brief in her appeal to the Colorado Supreme Court, and the OARC filed a motion to strike it as improper. I have not heard anything since on this.

In a last bid to save her career and her net worth, Linda Stanley appeals disbarment to the Colorado Supreme Court​

 

[GOBliaison]

It is my hope at that as Barry has had these last 5 years as a free man (minus the time in the county jail), it's been of some benefit to his daughters. I can't imagine the impact on young girls to have their dad murder their mom so instantly both parents are gone.

Very respectfully abbreviated in part...

They are both a bit older now and maybe just maybe ... Part of their healing will be coming to terms with him and who he is and what he did to their mom. They both saw pieces of this monster and it's so hard to see at the time, but as one ages it does tend to become clear just what things were and I hope for them they can get there.

Just something I have been thinking about because no doubt they are both victims of him too.

Reality check:​

Both these young women shall have suiters; Nature should run its course. And then what ?

Daughters moving-on with their lives?
Ever?​

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How in the name of heaven are we to conjure Barry Morphew, in any context, allowing such diminution?

"By women, yet.
"And these... women of my own!
"Well, that's not happening!"​

______________________________________

"Yes, that's correct: It's 'friends and family of the bride' on the left; 'of the groom' on the right. That's facing the altar, of course. Just be sure your ushers know to ask the guest when they're received, OK?"
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OH!!
The Humanity!!
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[Love Never Fails]

As of January 2025, The Wet Mountain Tribune reports that Linda Stanley filed a brief in her appeal to the Colorado Supreme Court, and the OARC filed a motion to strike it as improper. I have not heard anything since on this.

In a last bid to save her career and her net worth, Linda Stanley appeals disbarment to the Colorado Supreme Court​

I had such hopes for LS in the beginning and it’s still hard for me to decide if she is guilty of all this or was set up. Either way, I’m hoping BM is charged and convicted as he should be.

 

[Love Never Fails]

It is my hope at that as Barry has had these last 5 years as a free man (minus the time in the county jail), it's been of some benefit to his daughters. I can't imagine the impact on young girls to have their dad murder their mom so instantly both parents are gone. Maybe as wrong as it seems that justice has been delayed, maybe this delaying has helped Suzanne's daughters in some way to understand their dad really did do it. We know Barry can't help himself so I am sure he's given off signs and bad vibes since he's been released. They might outwardly support him, but I do think deep down one or both is questioning or even fully now knowing that he is guilty. Maybe this 5 years of freedom was what was needed for them to get closure on their mom and to come to terms with their dad being the killer. I hope for them that this is the case. They are both a bit older now and maybe just maybe they can also be counted on to testify if/when he is rearrested and goes to trial. I think neither would have been able to if it went to trial when he was arrested. Now? Maybe so? Part of their healing will be coming to terms with him and who he is and what he did to their mom. They both saw pieces of this monster and it's so hard to see at the time, but as one ages it does tend to become clear just what things were and I hope for them they can get there.

Just something I have been thinking about because no doubt they are both victims of him too.

This is a good post and we can hope. I’m not feeling either daughter will ever see the truth. Facing up to that would destroy them and I am sure their heels are dug in.

 

[Seattle1]

According to court documents, in total Stanley must reimburse these counties $307,264.23. According to a lawsuit obtained by KRDO13 Investigates. The three counties accused Stanley of using taxpayer money to pay her own legal fees in an ethics trial.

^^rsbm

I guess reporting this $307,264.23 award as 'reimbursement' should be expected by KRDO.

The fact is the counties led by Fremont County Commissioner Kevin Grantham went for summary judgment on 3/21 and in addition to the actual legal expenses paid at about $111,971.35, requested double this amount for damages! Given LS is appealing the decision by OARC, a favorable decision by the Supreme Court would make the legal expenses paid by the county authorized and legal expenditures.

As for Fremont's Kevin Grantham, now he can boast how he really stuck it to LS-- a triple award against an individual who already lost her livelihood. MOO

Linda Stanley fails to respond to three-county lawsuit and faces a $111,971 loss

She also has failed to make payments on $20,000 owed to the Office of Attorney Regulation For the past few months, former District Attorney Linda Stanley has been desperately trying to save both her career and her net worth after being disbarred as an attorney in November due to her many ethical

wetmountaintribune.com

 

[Love Never Fails]

^^rsbm

I guess reporting this $307,264.23 award as 'reimbursement' should be expected by KRDO.

The fact is the counties led by Fremont County Commissioner Kevin Grantham went for summary judgment on 3/21 and in addition to the actual legal expenses paid at about $111,971.35, requested double this amount for damages! Given LS is appealing the decision by OARC, a favorable decision by the Supreme Court would make the legal expenses paid by the county authorized and legal expenditures.

As for Fremont's Kevin Grantham, now he can boast how he really stuck it to LS-- a triple award against an individual who already lost her livelihood. MOO

Linda Stanley fails to respond to three-county lawsuit and faces a $111,971 loss

She also has failed to make payments on $20,000 owed to the Office of Attorney Regulation For the past few months, former District Attorney Linda Stanley has been desperately trying to save both her career and her net worth after being disbarred as an attorney in November due to her many ethical

wetmountaintribune.com

Tank you seattle1.

 

[Seattle1]

I had such hopes for LS in the beginning and it’s still hard for me to decide if she is guilty of all this or was set up. Either way, I’m hoping BM is charged and convicted as he should be.

I've not seen or read LS's appeal filed with the Colorado Supreme Court but I did view the linked amended Opinion by OARC detailing the 7 ethics violations, and the Board's conclusions for disbarment which was not unanimous. See dissent by hearing board member Sherry Caloia -- DA of Ninth Judicial District, Glenwood Springs, CO. Hearing board member Harper is a public citizen and/or non-attorney, and per her appeal, LS alleges the third member, Presiding Disciplinary Judge Bryon Large was not impartial as he also presided over the only other complaint against LS when she was censured in 2017.

As to any testimony by the respondent, I can only comment on what I know to be true and this is referenced below where Judge Lama took a misrepresentation of the facts in a defense Motion by IE and restated them in his Order-- word for word, and where this Order has been repeated in BM's federal lawsuit and relied on in his appeals -- all the while based on false statements by the defense. To be clear, the Prosecution's response to the defense Motion was limited to a footnote by Judge Lama which essentially said the State's response was not considered in the Court's Order!

From the Amended Opinion:

"I can't even explain what my reaction was [to the order]," Respondent testified at the disciplinary hearing. She acknowledged that even though court orders occasionally contain inaccuracies, lawyers still must respect and comply with those orders. But she found "shocking" that, in her opinion, a whole paragraph in the order was incorrect. She also described Edwards's submission of a motion to correct the facts, but she said Judge Lama refused to reconsider his ruling. This episode, Respondent testified, was the beginning of a trend she resolved to keep an eye on.

While I understand why LS was resolved to keep an eye on Lama following this Order, I don't condone her later actions in seeking to have him investigated for DV. MOO

Colorado

research.coloradojudicial.gov

 

[MassGuy]

Another case handled by former prosecutor Linda Stanley lacked oversight, new DA says

The district attorney whose discovery violations in part led to charges being dismissed in two high-profile murder trials, including the doomed Barry Morphew case, is now being questioned in a 2023 triple murder. Linda Stanley was disbarred by the Colorado Supreme Court last November for...

denvergazette.com

The district attorney whose discovery violations in part led to charges being dismissed in two high-profile murder trials, including the doomed Barry Morphew case, is now being questioned in a 2023 triple murder.

The Colorado Supreme Court disbarred Linda Stanley in November for ethical violations and misconduct, much of that shadowed by her handling of the investigation into the 2020 death of Suzanne Morphew.

Stanley testified that finding and retaining staff in rural jurisdictions with few resources was a challenge.

Her former Assistant District Attorney Jeff Lindsey, who was elected in November, has taken over the flailing prosecution of Hanme Clark, after a year-and-a-half of motions that could have spelled the end of the prosecution's case.

Clark is a former MMA fighter who allegedly shot three people to death and wounded another in a property dispute in an area northeast of Westcliffe.

In court last week, Lindsey acknowledged that the case could be salvaged.

“This is the type of case that requires significant oversight and that didn’t happen,” he said, according to the Wet Mountain Tribune. “If this case had proceeded it could have been another Morphew.”
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"It's like getting blood from a turnip"​

Though it appears that Lindsey has righted the four-county judicial district after Stanley’s mistake-riddled reign, trouble still follows her.

Last week, Judge Swan ordered Stanley to pay Fremont, Chaffee, and Custer counties more than $307,000 after each county’s Board of County Commissioners sued her for using taxpayers’ money to pay for her defense in the Colorado Supreme Court ethics investigation. The amount is three times the money she spent, inflated for damages.

The fourth county in the 11th, Park County, is the only entity that did not join in the lawsuit.

So far, Stanley has not complied with the order and Fremont County Commissioner Kevin Grantham is not hopeful she will pay up.

“It’s like getting blood from a turnip,” he said.

When the saga first started, it took nine days to serve the lawsuit because Stanley was living in a remote cabin in Guffey, according to an affidavit obtained by The Denver Gazette. When processors located her in December, she denied who she was and threw the paperwork into the dirt.

A second attempt to contact Stanley through a registered letter was marked "rejected" and returned.

“It’s a debacle which defies logic,” Grantham said.

Stanley did not respond to a request for comment by The Denver Gazette.

 

[fcavanaugh]

It is so frustrating and sad that all the side show crap surrounding this case (sorry I’m at a loss for how else to describe it at this point) has delayed Justice for beautiful Suzanne.
I’m truly starting to wonder if BM planned all along to murder her in Colorado under the pretense of encouraging her for them to move out there to be closer to their daughter because he knew he’d never get away with it in Indiana. This guy’s been playing the long game imo and so far it’s been working for him, unfortunately.

Having said all that, I’m still holding on to faith and hope that Suzanne WILL have the last word and that BM held accountable for his evil deed aka recharged, arrested, and convictedby the 12th JD where his beautiful wife’s remains were dumped.

Hope you’re still looking over your shoulder every day and Suzanne’s spirit’s haunting you every time you look into your daughters’ eyes, especially Macy as imo she is the spitting image of your beautiful wife who you took away from her and your oldest, your 2 beautiful daughters’. So sad for them.

Carry on living the lie BM, it’s just a matter of time before they come for you again. Tick tock…

IMHOO

#JUSTICEFORSUZANNE

 

[Ontario Mom]

It is so frustrating and sad that all the side show crap surrounding this case (sorry I’m at a loss for how else to describe it at this point) has delayed Justice for beautiful Suzanne.
I’m truly starting to wonder if BM planned all along to murder her in Colorado under the pretense of encouraging her for them to move out there to be closer to their daughter because he knew he’d never get away with it in Indiana. This guy’s been playing the long game imo and so far it’s been working for him, unfortunately.

Having said all that, I’m still holding on to faith and hope that Suzanne WILL have the last word and that BM held accountable for his evil deed aka recharged, arrested, and convictedby the 12th JD where his beautiful wife’s remains were dumped.

Hope you’re still looking over your shoulder every day and Suzanne’s spirit’s haunting you every time you look into your daughters’ eyes, especially Macy as imo she is the spitting image of your beautiful wife who you took away from her and your oldest, your 2 beautiful daughters’. So sad for them.

Carry on living the lie BM, it’s just a matter of time before they come for you again. Tick tock…

IMHOO

#JUSTICEFORSUZANNE

Honestly, I don't think he planned to murder her at all. I never did think it was premeditated. I think it was a spur of the moment rage/jealousy thing & she ended up dead. From all the evidence that's come to light, that's when he started making all his stupid plans, the wall-alibi, etc.

All the side show crap since, has just delayed justice, but justice IS coming.

jmo

 

[rainbowshummingbird]

Honestly, I don't think he planned to murder her at all. I never did think it was premeditated. I think it was a spur of the moment rage/jealousy thing & she ended up dead. From all the evidence that's come to light, that's when he started making all his stupid plans, the wall-alibi, etc.

All the side show crap since, has just delayed justice, but justice IS coming.

jmo

The BAM injection is such an intentional act that would need to be prepared. One would have to locate the vial, draw the tranquilizer into the syringe, find their victim and inject them with the loaded syringe.

 

[fcavanaugh]

I personally am one who thinks BM thought/fantasized about SM’s demise starting around the time her cancer returned for second time, he started seeing $$$$$’s and waiting/hoping? to see if the cancer was going to take her life and he’d become a rich man inheriting her moneyhaving all their assets to himself. Lo and behold, our dear Suzanne beat cancer a second time. She rec’d the news iirc around fall 2019 that her cancer was in remission and started on preventative/maintenance treatment at that time. BM wasn’t even going to the treatments with her and within 6 months after starting maintenance treatments, he murdered her.

As I said, I think the guy’s been playing the long game for awhile.
(and still is). IMO it was the perfect storm that weekend and the few days leading up to SM’s murder.
The girls were gone and Suzanne sent the “I’m done” text on 5/6/20, that pushed BM over the edge and then SM was gone forever aka BM murdered her a few days later.

I do think he thought he might be able to talk her out of leaving and schmoozed/tried to placate her for a couple days, but that Saturday 5/9/20 after imo spying on her and seeing her chatting to her lover JL when he was down near the river looking for a long dead turkey aka spying on her earlier that afternoon when he came home for ‘veggie soup’. He was livid she was talking to JL. Left the house, went back into town and then on his way back home sent SM the “did you leave??” text message cuz she wasn’t answering his calls. He was po’d by her not answering his calls or his did you leave text and started getting frantic i.e., she’s not leaving me and taking all the $$$$$$!!!!! and knew he was going to kill her when he pulled into their driveway at 2:43pm on Saturday, jumped out of his truck didn’t even shut the truck door, grabbed the BAM tranquilizers, filled the needle and injected poor Suzanne. And here we are.

BM had every opportunity to talk himself out of it on the drive home that afternoon and stop/not fill that needle and inject her but he didn’t, went through with it and intentionally shot her up with BAM knowing she’d die. The time driving home, filling the needle and injecting her and especially if was chafing her around the house would all take a few/more than a few minutes where he had opportunity to stop and didn’t.
He was in a rage when he did but had time to stop before sticking the needle into her but he didn’t.
This is intentional Premeditated murder.

BM needs to pay/be held accountable which imo he will and hopefully sooner than later.

IMHOO

#JUSTICEFORSUZANNE

 

[Tragg]

With much respect for the members previously posting and with shared feelings that justice has been unduly delayed, I would say:

The prosecutorial malfeasance and misconduct that led to dismissal of the case against Barry Morphew and disciplinary action against members of the 11th Judicial District Attorney's Office is not a sideshow. It's a central part of the story why Suzanne has not had justice.

It is important and healthy that disciplinary action has been taken against the public officials responsible for that misconduct, by the agencies responsible for regulating professional misbehavior.

It seems necessary to parse Morphew's civil claims against prosecutors and investigators, in order to show the public that they are fallacious and deceitful allegations, and to satisfy those who inquire here that the defense of immunity has not yielded an unjust result in the civil case.

If more evidence is needed to demonstrate that Linda Stanley lacked the integrity to serve as a prosecutor let alone an elected official, three counties successfully sued her in civil court for criminal theft of taxpayer funds. She and her friends should be grateful that she didn't face criminal charges. Instead it seems, some think it's enough punishment that she's been disbarred.

My understanding is that Stanley's chief argument to the CSC is that the presiding judge on the disciplinary hearing panel in her case worked as an OARC staff member during the successful prosecution of her previous public censure case. She argues that he was "one of the team" of OARC prosecutors in that case, but it is unclear from the information available what role, if any, he played in that case and whether it would call into question his ability to be impartial in the disbarment proceeding. Also, there is nothing in the public record to suggest that Stanley raised it to the panel during the disciplinary proceedings, which is usually a prerequisite to appellate jurisdiction.

In any event, it seems unlikely that Stanley will be exonerated. The panel found unanimously that she had violated the rules of professional conduct, based on substantial evidence including the expert testimony of a well respected former Colorado Attorney General. The lone dissent from the majority decision argued only that a lengthy suspension from practice would have been her preferred sanction. In the circumstances, the civil judgment against Stanley is likely to stand - contrary to the speculation in some news coverage.

Again, this is not a sideshow. Barry Morphew is a free man today because the people of the 11th District knowingly elected an unethical incompetent to public office, and that story deserves to be told.