Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #54 *ARREST*

[Ontario Mom]

You are very welcome. I'm still here, reading through this thread every single day, I've just been quiet since it's been so ...quiet. Maybe you guys have noticed that I have all the notifications on for all things Suzanne Morphew. Waiting (not) so patiently for the day she's found or an arrest. And thank you all for your brilliant brain-storming. I think we all are fairly close to figuring out what happened that Mother's Day weekend (some of it, anyway), and now we wait for more answers to this horrific, puzzling case.

I for one am very thankful your notifications are on for Suzanne. I sure do appreciate your media updates as they come in.

 

[Knox]

I love me some Lauren Scharf! No new news or updates? Interview your co-worker and get Suzanne's name out there!! Brillant

 

[Trackergd]

One of the great mysteries of this case, which LE has chosen not to share with us. When I saw the sifting going on by the FBI at the Salida job site, I thought that, (in addition to SM), they might have been looking for a SIM card from her phone.

The SIM card is a very small piece of evidence and easily disposed of. Cut it into four pieces and dispose of in four different trash cans around town on trash day. Why go to the trouble of hiding it in a construction site that LE can tie directly to the actor? I can think of a few good ways to dispose of a cell phone so it will never see the light of day, at least not for a lifetime. With regard to hiding the remains, while I'm sure LE has gone through BM's cell phone, I am wondering about a hand held GPS? You can get them in the same store as the trail cams. Once the waypoints have been set, it does it's job in getting BM well out into the back 400 and back and is disposed of. I really don't think BM took SM very far, and he may have moved her once. We have another case here at WS where I was "boots on the ground" where the actor killed a local girl, took here to a spot along a rail right-of-way, buried her, then went back later, dug her up (leaving evidence) and re-buried her 42" down behind his place of employment along the same rail right-of-way. All just a few miles from where he lived. Appears to be more common than one would think. While the actor does want to quickly dispose of remains, they are just not going to schlep a body over their shoulder for long distances (as you have already noted). Wheelbarrows, carts, ATVs or even the small carts hunters use for moving large game have been employed for this task. Might have even used the Bobcat. Going back to the trail cams, I am wondering if BM had to go retrieve the SD cards each day, or if they were live feed ($300.00 each) to his cell, and where exactly they were located. I keep thinking of the old "I have a gun, a backhoe and an alibi", or in this case "a bobcat, 400 acres of nothing and a bunch of planted false leads".

 

[SteelCity91]

First time commenting on this thread but I’ve been following this case closely. I pray and hope Suzanne is found soon! This case has really bothered me in so many ways. Why hasn’t the LE put pressure on the person(s) who done something to her by coming out and doing a press conference. They don’t have to tell us anything to hurt the case but at least come out and say they are still working closely on finding Suzanne.

AND if my mother was ever missing.. you better believe I would be out there searching for her and trying to find any clues to help find her whereabouts. I would be putting up posters and speaking to the media for any information. I wouldn’t care if my sister/brother, FATHER or any family member say that is a bad idea and we have to stay quiet.

I wonder how many times her family & BM contact the sheriff’s office to see if there are any updates.

Knowing very little about this case has me troubled and asking so many questions! All MOO

 

[K9Enzo]

I don’t think it was based on that alone. They knew BM worked there. They knew he was prepping the soil for the concrete pour. He wouldn’t be the first person to hide a body in or under concrete.
I think that this information about the noise being heard on Friday night is huge. It tends to confirm MG’s story that BM worked at the dig site on Friday night. I think it helps narrow the timeline. Friday was May 8th, the first date that LE wanted area residents to check for anything unusual on their security footage. I think LE confirmed that SM was seen by the bike repair guy on Thursday 5/11 and possibly never seen again.
Now was that activity on Friday night indication of premeditation or was SM already dead?
MOO

Bodies have certainly been hidden in concrete. However, IIRC this was a residential project (?), with a owner that would be visible daily (assuming) when the project was complete and would notice a poor job and might have actual issues with it down the road. I have been told a body with concrete poured over it would not hold over time. Think about anything being put into wet concrete that shouldn't be there. Now, if you're doing this in your own back yard, basement, deck area, or wherever on your property, you might have a better chance of getting away with concealment.

Perhaps a poor example: if a person is buried, as the body decomposes over time, the abdominal cavity is a large area that caves eventually, which will cause empty space where more dirt will settle into. At ground level, you start to see a change on the surface. Wouldn't BM know a bad concrete pour would cause the work to be dug up eventually? I'm more confident saying he would, than not. If he's the guilty party, I don't think he would use this as a way to hide a body. Now, what LE was searching for, no clue and it could have been a body. I even think other evidence related to a crime would be better disposed of destroyed where people are not actively working or living is better concealed. It however appears they didn't find anything.

I remember LE asking for people to save any video from that date range. In addition to watching BM (which I think they were), I also think they were looking for SM (obviously) and anyone else who maybe matched a certain "tip" description or the activity of anyone that seemed out of place. Really the possibilities are endless here.

I personally have never found the neighbor's account credible, or the probability high it was connected to SM case. That's just me. My opinion on this has never gone over very well. For me, it was the noise stopping after being heard for around 30 minutes straight, then she turned her outside light on and it just stopped. With that, I was out. IMO

 

[EggSalad]

It seems unlikely that anything related to SM’s phone would have been disposed of at that site on Friday night seeing SM had communicating activity on Saturday which was most likely from a phone.

Jewelry and any wearable personal belongings could be more likely, and could also explain the sifting.

I’m pretty convinced that the noise heard at that job site Friday night is related, it’s just too coincidental to not be. But I don’t trust the neighbors 30 minute time frame and if the noise really was Friday, and not Saturday it makes figuring out the timeline pretty tricky.

 

[SteelCity91]

It seems unlikely that anything related to SM’s phone would have been disposed of at that site on Friday night seeing SM had communicating activity on Saturday which was most likely from a phone.

Jewelry and any wearable personal belongings could be more likely, and could also explain the sifting.

I’m pretty convinced that the noise heard at that job site Friday night is related, it’s just too coincidental to not be. But I don’t trust the neighbors 30 minute time frame and if the noise really was Friday, and not Saturday it makes figuring out the timeline pretty tricky.

I’m not sure if I missed something but I thought that elderly neighbor heard that machinery Saturday night into early Sunday morning. Did she later change her mind and said it was Friday night into early Saturday morning?

 

[OldCop]

The SIM card is a very small piece of evidence and easily disposed of. Cut it into four pieces and dispose of in four different trash cans around town on trash day. Why go to the trouble of hiding it in a construction site that LE can tie directly to the actor? I can think of a few good ways to dispose of a cell phone so it will never see the light of day, at least not for a lifetime. With regard to hiding the remains, while I'm sure LE has gone through BM's cell phone, I am wondering about a hand held GPS? You can get them in the same store as the trail cams. Once the waypoints have been set, it does it's job in getting BM well out into the back 400 and back and is disposed of. I really don't think BM took SM very far, and he may have moved her once. We have another case here at WS where I was "boots on the ground" where the actor killed a local girl, took here to a spot along a rail right-of-way, buried her, then went back later, dug her up (leaving evidence) and re-buried her 42" down behind his place of employment along the same rail right-of-way. All just a few miles from where he lived. Appears to be more common than one would think. While the actor does want to quickly dispose of remains, they are just not going to schlep a body over their shoulder for long distances (as you have already noted). Wheelbarrows, carts, ATVs or even the small carts hunters use for moving large game have been employed for this task. Might have even used the Bobcat. Going back to the trail cams, I am wondering if BM had to go retrieve the SD cards each day, or if they were live feed ($300.00 each) to his cell, and where exactly they were located. I keep thinking of the old "I have a gun, a backhoe and an alibi", or in this case "a bobcat, 400 acres of nothing and a bunch of planted false leads".

So happy that LS was found in that other case. At least her family will have some closure and that creep will go away for a long, long time.
Back to the SIM card, I agree it would have been simple to dispose of. However, I really think BM was frantic trying to make sure he covered everything. He knew that SIM cards are the things that trip up so many criminals. I think he felt like it was a bomb ready to explode in his pocket, or a hot potato in his hand. He just wanted to get rid of it.
It’s a moot point anyway, if the phone was found at the house. Which we don’t know.
I believe he disposed of SM’s body before he left for Broomfield on Sunday morning. You and I have been on the same page about the body being located in that wilderness area just south east of their home. I’ve said this before, all he had to do was leave his phone home with SM’s while he went out to bury the body and he was free to say he was home with his wife all night. (As long as he took her in a vehicle with no gps system.)
As far as the neighbor at the dig site, I have not discounted her statement. MG also said BM was over there on Friday night.

 

[OldCop]

I’m not sure if I missed something but I thought that elderly neighbor heard that machinery Saturday night into early Sunday morning. Did she later change her mind and said it was Friday night into early Saturday morning?

It seemed the woman was unsure which night it was, but knew it was Mother’s Day weekend. Early on her son said he went to visit her on Saturday and she told him about it. That was part of a news clip teaser that was later taken down by the station when they ran the full interview. The son was not incorporated into the full clip. She did tell reporter LS that it was Friday night. LS repeated this in her latest podcast yesterday.
If it was BM that the neighbor heard, it corroborates MG’s assertion that BM worked at the “beach area” at that job site on Friday night.
MOO

 

[StarrDetective]

The SIM card is a very small piece of evidence and easily disposed of. Cut it into four pieces and dispose of in four different trash cans around town on trash day. Why go to the trouble of hiding it in a construction site that LE can tie directly to the actor? I can think of a few good ways to dispose of a cell phone so it will never see the light of day, at least not for a lifetime. With regard to hiding the remains, while I'm sure LE has gone through BM's cell phone, I am wondering about a hand held GPS? You can get them in the same store as the trail cams. Once the waypoints have been set, it does it's job in getting BM well out into the back 400 and back and is disposed of. I really don't think BM took SM very far, and he may have moved her once. We have another case here at WS where I was "boots on the ground" where the actor killed a local girl, took here to a spot along a rail right-of-way, buried her, then went back later, dug her up (leaving evidence) and re-buried her 42" down behind his place of employment along the same rail right-of-way. All just a few miles from where he lived. Appears to be more common than one would think. While the actor does want to quickly dispose of remains, they are just not going to schlep a body over their shoulder for long distances (as you have already noted). Wheelbarrows, carts, ATVs or even the small carts hunters use for moving large game have been employed for this task. Might have even used the Bobcat. Going back to the trail cams, I am wondering if BM had to go retrieve the SD cards each day, or if they were live feed ($300.00 each) to his cell, and where exactly they were located. I keep thinking of the old "I have a gun, a backhoe and an alibi", or in this case "a bobcat, 400 acres of nothing and a bunch of planted false leads".

now that you mention it, wouldn’t schlepping her body where he schlepped her bike have been a better idea than the cockamamie story he came up with??? hate to give murderers ideas, but...

 

[StarrDetective]

now that you mention it, wouldn’t schlepping her body where he schlepped her bike have been a better idea than the cockamamie story he came up with??? hate to give murderers ideas, but...

not to mention he can’t change cause of death.. if he schlepped her body into the ditch you’d expect she was stabbed or shot.

 

[DizzyB]

I want to know what the mechanical thing Barry did to the bobcat was. More importantly, I want to know when he actually did it vs. when he said he did it on his initial go-round with LE. Location would be nice as well, if I’m making a wish list.

 

[PaulaDC]

I want to know what the mechanical thing Barry did to the bobcat was. More importantly, I want to know when he actually did it vs. when he said he did it on his initial go-round with LE. Location would be nice as well, if I’m making a wish list.

I wonder where gps would be located on a bobcat. I also wonder if it came with gps or if it was aftermarket. If it was aftermarket could it have been attached to the part removed when he did that mechanical thingie? Or could he have "accidentally" removed a wire to the gps while switching parts out while doing said mechanical thing and reattached it later? Obviously they, LE know something that BM felt the need to partially correct his "forgetfulness" of that evening. How would LE know unless someone saw and told or it was gps? moo

 

[Janeumayer]

It seems unlikely that anything related to SM’s phone would have been disposed of at that site on Friday night seeing SM had communicating activity on Saturday which was most likely from a phone.

Jewelry and any wearable personal belongings could be more likely, and could also explain the sifting.

I’m pretty convinced that the noise heard at that job site Friday night is related, it’s just too coincidental to not be. But I don’t trust the neighbors 30 minute time frame and if the noise really was Friday, and not Saturday it makes figuring out the timeline pretty tricky.

The noise could have been BM exchanging the Bobcat’s part. Maybe the Bobcat at the job site was not BM’s and he came over to “borrow” the part so he could attach it to his Bobcat...

I can clearly see him driving his truck towing his Bobcat over to the job site Friday night. Exchanging the parts, making all the noise, waking the old lady and driving out of the site with his Bobcat’s new attachment to wherever his destination was.

MOO

 

[OldCop]

now that you mention it, wouldn’t schlepping her body where he schlepped her bike have been a better idea than the cockamamie story he came up with??? hate to give murderers ideas, but...

Maybe. Depends on the cause of death. If he drowned her in the hot tub that wouldn’t cut it.

 

[Boxer]

now that you mention it, wouldn’t schlepping her body where he schlepped her bike have been a better idea than the cockamamie story he came up with??? hate to give murderers ideas, but...

Unfortunately if he did commit foul play, it is working so far.
Its his actions that are most suspicious.

Some people plan things to a T, but forget it is hard to fake caring.
Police who have experience with genuinely distraught people, are particularly sensitive to off key responses.

 

[Boxer]

So happy that LS was found in that other case. At least her family will have some closure and that creep will go away for a long, long time.
Back to the SIM card, I agree it would have been simple to dispose of. However, I really think BM was frantic trying to make sure he covered everything. He knew that SIM cards are the things that trip up so many criminals. I think he felt like it was a bomb ready to explode in his pocket, or a hot potato in his hand. He just wanted to get rid of it.
It’s a moot point anyway, if the phone was found at the house. Which we don’t know.
I believe he disposed of SM’s body before he left for Broomfield on Sunday morning. You and I have been on the same page about the body being located in that wilderness area just south east of their home. I’ve said this before, all he had to do was leave his phone home with SM’s while he went out to bury the body and he was free to say he was home with his wife all night. (As long as he took her in a vehicle with no gps system.)
As far as the neighbor at the dig site, I have not discounted her statement. MG also said BM was over there on Friday night.

Can you tell.me where MG said BM was at work site on Friday night? That is something I never heard before.

 

[swedeheart]

https://twitter.com/LaurenScharfTV/status/1387236545430687779

As we approach Suzanne's Birthday, a statue that reads "In Memory of a Loving Mother" is positioned near the area where #SuzanneMorphew bike was found in Chaffee County. #FindSuzanne

 

[swedeheart]

Can you tell.me where MG said BM was at work site on Friday night? That is something I never heard before.

That was in Lauren's interview with Morgan.

"And so Barry had started working that beach on Friday evening."

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[Boxer]

That was in Lauren's interview with Morgan.

"And so Barry had started working that beach on Friday evening."

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