Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #55 *ARREST*

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  • #581
One tidbit -- I believe that in some rural/remote areas, the same attorneys who serve as [contract] public defenders may also be hired to defend those who can afford to pay.

I'm almost certain that's how it works in my county (which is rural and remote but not in Colorado).

So we may not be able to determine simply by the name of the defending attorney whether BM is paying or whether he has [eventually] qualified for a public defender.

Maybe one of the locals knows whether this is a possibility in Chaffee County?
It's fairly easy to determine as one will be said to work for the Public Defender's Office and the other would be a court-appointed lawyer (private attorney accepting court-appointed cases). The latter usually the option when the PDO has a conflict of interest.
 
  • #582
I have always suspected BM of liquidating his assets to pay-off debt and probably form some sort of trust for the girls because he knew this day could possibly happen. He probably loves his girls very much and is trying to give them as much as he can in case this happened. Also planning for them all to leave the country in case he wasn't arrested. These girls have been pampered and protected their entire life. It will be difficult for them. I hope they are close to BM's Mom for their sake.
 
  • #583
He will never admit to anything.

I agree.
She’s gone to a better place .
Someone made sure there was no earthly trace left to mourn or bury.
Like I have said, that girl never took a bad picture.
She had a radiance about her that shined kind & beautiful on the inside too.
❤️


MOO
 
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  • #585
...I am hoping Lauren is able to address the mystery redhead rumors. I think she has been pretty widely identified, and I think the truth may lie somewhere between a confronting friend and Barry’s new squeeze. I am giving her the benefit of the doubt. Waiting for others to come out of the woodwork.
Chris McDonough mentioned Barry having two girlfriends at one time that he was playing against one another. One finally wised up, but the other one apparently stuck around. Both names have been mentioned on SM.

I watched Chris M. on "It's a Crime" Youtube episode last night. It was a very good segment, which kept me up way too late!

I want to watch Chris' segment on Barry and what makes him tick. He said that he is going to do another segment on Barry. I hope that the prosecutors are watching some of these YT segments.
 
  • #586
Q1. No, the neighbor did not see Suzanne leave on a bike trip. It was BM himself that implied if she's not there, and her car is, then surely she must be out on a bike ride. He is where that story came from - no one ever saw Suzanne on her bike on Mother's Day Sunday.

Q2. A friend and a relative of BM, (GD and TN) approached MG, a contractor that worked with BM, and suggested to her she didn't have to cooperate with LE on this.

BBM
Yes Barry set the bike ride narrative.
Also tried the mountain lion narrative ...
which was confusing when he opined the ransom plea ?

ETA:
“Oh Suzanne, if anyone is out there that can hear this, that has you, please, we’ll do whatever it takes to bring you back. … No questions asked. However much they want. “
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/05/06/barry-suzanne-morphew-murder-arrest/
MOO
 
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  • #587
And per the PE YouTube, one of his daughters is graduating from college this weekend. A joyous life event which is overshadowed by her father being arrested. MOO
So sad that their beloved mother can't be there to watch and celebrate this major accomplishment. I can see Suzanne being so proud of her daughter. I can see Barry attending with his girlfriend...

JMO.
 
  • #588
BBM
Yes Barry set the bike ride narrative.
Also tried the mountain lion narrative ...
which was confusing when he opined the ransom plea ?


MOO
Yeah, ransom plea stating how much he loved and missed Suzanne and would do anything to get her back all the while vehemently shaking his head, "No." That was very revealing. He couldn't even fake it for 26 seconds...
 
  • #589
At 43:48 Video time, Chris McDonough speaks about the daughters being in a safe place and he knows where they are and will never divulge where.

In between the court sessions breaking, Mr. McDonough says some very interesting things, and especially after the Court hearing is over.

There are facts and points in this case that he discusses that I didn't know about. Mr. McDonough certainly understands B.M.'s background.

I hadn't realized how swiftly B.M. sold everything off, bought new vehicles and was talking about moving to Arizona.

Mr. McDonough also speaks about B.M.'s girlfriend (without mentioning her name), with whom B.M.'s been with for almost seven months.

 
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  • #590
I think they should be protected, too. I was just responding to the article by the DM that stated one daughter was a minor. I thought it was reported last year at this time that the youngest was 17. And yes, I'm sure they are traumatized by the loss of their mother and their father's arrest. I hope they will eventually feel comfortable reaching out to Suzanne's family. They will need all the emotional support they can get.

I apologize. I did not mean to imply that you thought they didn't deserve protection. I just used your post as a jumping off point. I should have posted without the quote. Sorry about that.
 
  • #591
And per the PE YouTube, one of his daughters is graduating from college this weekend. A joyous life event which is overshadowed by her father being arrested. MOO
Not to mention no mom there with her.
 
  • #592
If you haven't already watched this, Mr. McDonough's investigation into Barry's background is very interesting:

 
  • #593
I agree.
She’s gone to a better place .
Someone made sure there was no earthly trace left to mourn or bury.
Like I have said, that girl never took a bad picture.
She had a radiance about her that shined kind & beautiful on the inside too.
❤️


MOO
I just hope there was no suffering and she had no idea what was happening..unlike some other CO cases where there was no body to be found.
 
  • #594
Yes!!! I've been mystified about this from the beginning. I'm hoping something in the probable cause affidavit sheds some light on this.

From my own personal experience: I was 11 years-old when my mom beat me with a hot wheels race track piece because she didn't "like my attitude". Despite that, I begged and pleaded with her to forgive me, and told her how much I "loved" her. I also experienced many other moments of sexual abuse, physical abuse, and emotional abuse from others in my "family", but yet it wasn't until I was much, much older that I could see how destructive it was to me and my well-being. So now I have chronic PTSD that I have spent much time trying to heal from.

I guess that's a long way of saying that sometimes when "control" or in my case, also abuse, is the "norm" in a family, you just think that somehow that's just the way it is, and to love and be "loved" is to be controlled and manipulated. No, it's not normal and shouldn't be tolerated, but that's what happens some times when adults fail the children they should be protecting.

All MOO.
 
  • #595
I have always suspected BM of liquidating his assets to pay-off debt and probably form some sort of trust for the girls because he knew this day could possibly happen. He probably loves his girls very much and is trying to give them as much as he can in case this happened. Also planning for them all to leave the country in case he wasn't arrested. These girls have been pampered and protected their entire life. It will be difficult for them. I hope they are close to BM's Mom for their sake.
If Barry put all of his assets into a trust, would that prevent them from being counted as part of HIS assets and forcing him to pay for his own counsel?
 
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  • #596
From my own personal experience: I was 11 years-old when my mom beat me with a hot wheels race track piece because she didn't "like my attitude". Despite that, I begged and pleaded with her to forgive me, and told her how much I "loved" her. I also experienced many other moments of sexual abuse, physical abuse, and emotional abuse from others in my "family", but yet it wasn't until I was much, much older that I could see how destructive it was to me and my well-being. So now I have chronic PTSD that I have spent much time trying to heal from.

I guess that's a long way of saying that sometimes when "control" or in my case, also abuse, is the "norm" in a family, you just think that somehow that's just the way it is, and to love and be "loved" is to be controlled and manipulated. No, it's not normal and shouldn't be tolerated, but that's what happens some times when adults fail the children they should be protecting.

All MOO.
I'm so sorry for your horrible childhood experiences. I hope that you are now surrounded by loving people. My family was dysfunctional, too. It's sometimes hard to shake off what has been imprinted on one's slate so early in life.

I think that the girls have been conditioned just like their mother was. They say that we identify with our same sex parent. If Suzanne was afraid yet compliant with all of Barry's whims, then, that's what the girls saw and that's what they consider is normal.

It may take them a long time away from Barry's control to even see the truth for what it really is. I hope that they get counseling from someone who is neutral and can help them work through all of their issues.
 
  • #597
I have always suspected BM of liquidating his assets to pay-off debt and probably form some sort of trust for the girls because he knew this day could possibly happen. He probably loves his girls very much and is trying to give them as much as he can in case this happened. Also planning for them all to leave the country in case he wasn't arrested. These girls have been pampered and protected their entire life. It will be difficult for them. I hope they are close to BM's Mom for their sake.
Sadly, I think if he loved his girls at all he would not have taken their mother from them.
It's as if Barry feels those under his roof are his possessions and he is in charge of their well being and in Suzanne's case --her very life.
Selfish and cruel man.
Imo.
 
  • #598
I just hope there was no suffering and she had no idea what was happening..unlike some other CO cases where there was no body to be found.
On "It's a Crime" segment last night, Linda (the host) said that a criminologist told her that the crime scene was most likely being reenacted during the 11 days that the PP home was being held.

If this is the case, they had to have found some evidence of a crime, IMO. I believe that Chris M. (and, maybe, Mike King) have said more than once that "Suzanne never left the house."

JMO.
 
  • #599
On "It's a Crime" segment last night, Linda (the host) said that a criminologist told her that the crime scene was most likely being reenacted during the 11 days that the PP home was being held.

If this is the case, they had to have found some evidence of a crime, IMO. I believe that Chris M. and maybe Mike King have said more than once that "Suzanne never left the house."

JMO.
I hope it was swift, whatever happened.
It eats at me to think that Suzanne knew who was doing the unspeakable to her ! :mad:

I'm so sorry, Suzanne. You deserved better.
 
  • #600
I think there's a possibility there was a rift between SM and some of her immediate family members that had nothing to do with BM. I'm sure many of us have experienced that ourselves or seen it play out in someone's family we know. If the girls didn't have a strong relationship with every single family member in SM's immediate family, it's probably not going to happen now. Maybe I'm a jerk with the way I view things, but family dynamics are interesting and not always perfect.

I was invited to a friends family BBQ and when I arrived the uncle said "nice to meet you and welcome to our family's dysfunction". He was serious. lol

IMO

I completely agree. Suzanne came from a blended family with a lot of step siblings and parents. And money, land, and businesses. That gets messy with plenty of families. Who gets what? Who feels slighted/cheated? In addition to that, a spouse may help drive that wedge if he feels you didn’t get your fair share and pushes you to demand more. Who knows. Family dynamics, especially with wills and division of assets, can create a lot of tension. I know it did in my family, and we pretty much get along. My spouse still complains about the division of my family estate.
 
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