Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #58 *ARREST*

[susiQ]

General question:

Are these the same?:

Working in Denver for weekend

In Broomfield on Sunday

There seems to be much confusion about where BM was and was supposed to be that weekend, and I submit to you that IMO the source of the confusion is BM himself.

I think he told different people different things, perhaps believing some people wouldn't talk to other people and some people wouldn't talk at all.

I'm most interested in knowing what SUZANNE's understanding was, that fateful weekend. Did SHE think Barry would be home, not at home, gone for a day, gone for the weekend, working locally, working in Broomfield, at fire fighter training in Denver or something else entirely?

When Barry talked about that Sunday to Lauren Scharf, he said that the daughters were late but that they had planned to be with Suzanne. To my ears, I noticed he did not include himself in those plans.

Did he have an overnight bag with him, as if he intended to spend the night in Broomfield, if not for misplacing his wife?

LE knows but I'D like to know where Barry's phone was charged every night in the week leading up to Mother's Day.

The truths will be revealed.

JMO

Great questions! Myself, I don’t think Suzanne knew anything about Denver/Broomfield, firefighter training/wall, whatever. I’m still sticking to my latest theory that she died sometime Friday, late afternoon/ early evening. I know it all hinges on when that conversation took place with her bff about the wedding plans, but until we see the AA and have a definite timeline, I’ll use what we do know and speculate on that .

Per MG, BM was working at the river front property Friday night. Why? Per MG, he was acting all weird about the beach Saturday morning, telling her to rake it out, flat, flat, flat. Then cuts work short. Needs chlorine? Was he anticipating murdering Suzanne or was he needing to clean up what happened Friday night? I wonder what that beach looked like Sunday morning. Did he put Suzanne there Friday night in a hurry and then realize with the spring melt off the river would rise and possibly wash away that sand/dirt and expose a cooler? Late Saturday night after clean up at PP, he hurriedly heads back to the property to retrieve the cooler?

It is still noteworthy, whether we trust the hit the dogs made during Andy’s search or not, that they did indicate at that location exactly where BM laid a bunch of rocks. LE didn’t engage much over that, maybe because the timeline already indicated he was there Friday night and Saturday night, and they already suspected that’s when he moved Suzanne. Hey, Letecia did it! I wonder where his cat Bob was during all that time. At the beach Friday night, leave it there for Saturday morning, then take it home and dig a hole close by, go back to the beach late Saturday night, retrieve the body, back to the pre dug hole somewhere closer to PP? Spends the afternoon in town buying chlorine and setting up his alibi for Sunday?

I know, I know, wild speculation but it works in my wild mind!

All MOO, naturally!

 

[Ontario Mom]

Early on, as I recall, the nephew was asked who was [living] at home at the time, and he stumbled over his tongue. Spoken interview obviously. My impression is that the truth was somehow unfavorable and his mouth didn't want to deliver it.

Putting that awkward fumble togther with the information we're piecing together, I can only wonder why that question didn't have an easy answer.

Hoping someone here can supply the interview!

JMO

Funny how you can follow a case from day 1 and miss details like this. I do recall hearing his interviews (I think he did 2, before he dropped off the radar) but don't recall him stumbling over his words. Maybe he did that because he wasn't sure about the girls and their schooling, who was living at home and who wasn't? My family is like that right now, with 2 kids in post-secondary, and I can guarantee my extended family might not be sure who's home and who's at residence at any given time.

I'd like to listen again so I'll see if I can find it.

ETA Going through the first couple of weeks of Suzanne being missing on the media thread, there are only 3 instances of TN audio interviews before he went silent (only 3 on the media thread that is). I did find this:

"Noel declined to comment if Suzanne had children or who she lived with. No further details were provided." Family offers $200k reward for missing woman’s ‘safe return, no questions asked’ | FOX21 News Colorado

But that was not in the audio portion of the video.

 

[JosieMae]

As far as the living arrangements, it was speculation.
@Megnut clarified it a bit better, thanks !
I am curious since LE seemed to be suspicious within hours despite the fact that they thoroughly scoured the area !
Did they get a whiff of something rotten in Maysville; because Suzanne was there that day alone and Barry was possibly temporarily living elsewhere ?
And thus he wasn't expected to go inside the house while Suzanne was there and she had assumed she'd be alone ?
Or was it something else that raised LE's interest ?
Imo.

I wonder if it was something as obvious as fresh cuts or bruises on BM?

 

[steeltowngirl]

I hadn't heard this before. Source?

I had this in my notes. Have always wondered what it meant.

“It is not clear who Suzanne was living with at the time of her disappearance.”

SEE IT: Husband of missing Colorado mom Suzanne Morphew speaks out for the first time since her Mother’s Day disappearance [VIDEO]

 

[Megnut]

Funny how you can follow a case from day 1 and miss details like this. I do recall hearing his interviews (I think he did 2, before he dropped off the radar) but don't recall him stumbling over his words. Maybe he did that because he wasn't sure about the girls and their schooling, who was living at home and who wasn't? My family is like that right now, with 2 kids in post-secondary, and I can guarantee my extended family might not be sure who's home and who's at residence at any given time.

I'd like to listen again so I'll see if I can find it.

Agreed. We don't know if there is significant to the pause. Or to his referring to Barry as The Husband. Or Barry's delay in making any kind of statement. Information was scarce for sure. Only now, in light of Suzanne's siblings' statements (her father's obituary included) and the arrest of The Husband, it's worth asking IMO just who was home and who wasn't and whether there's more to the marital story/timeline than what we first imagined. If there's no bike ride, there's no need for a bike on a hill, which leaves every statement he's made open to scrutiny.

JMO

 

[Boxer]

Good questions and welcome to Websleuths !

There has been speculation that Barry wasn't currently living there ?
As in they were already having some issues.
Imo.

If they were having troubles that public most every one close to Suzanne from Day 1 would have known that the likelihood of a random act of violence to her was infinitesimal.

 

[Cindizzi]

In this interview AM says that SM’s phone activity stopped at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday May 9th after texting with her friend and he thinks the phone was destroyed after that.

Brother of missing Indiana native Suzanne Morphew leading volunteer search expedition - WISH-TV | Indianapolis News | Indiana Weather | Indiana Traffic

 

[clearskies1]

As far as the living arrangements, it was speculation.
@Megnut clarified it a bit better, thanks !
I am curious since LE seemed to be suspicious within hours despite the fact that they thoroughly scoured the area !
Did they get a whiff of something rotten in Maysville; because Suzanne was there that day alone and Barry was possibly temporarily living elsewhere ?
And thus he wasn't expected to go inside the house while Suzanne was there and she had assumed she'd be alone ?
Or was it something else that raised LE's interest ?
Imo.

Powerful smell of bleach in the home? As I've posted earlier, I think BM may have consented to LE entering PP while he was in Broomfield. I don't think LE had a warrant that early and probably did not have cause to believe that SM was in danger in the home so as to allow them to enter without a warrant. All speculation. JMO.

 

[Cindizzi]

Another interview with AM from last September:

‘I’m afraid this is domestic abuse’; Suzanne Morhpew’s brother says husband not participating in search, carrying shotgun to keep people off property | FOX31 Denver


FOX31 and Channel 2 asked Moorman what he thought happened to Suzanne.

“I think that she was abducted. I don’t think she ever got on her bike. I think she probably died Saturday and she was hidden somewhere Saturday night and we’re pushing forward and that’s the theories that we have right now that seem to be correct,” shared Moorman.


FOX31 and Channel 2 asked Moorman if he thinks Barry Morphew was involved in Suzanne’s disappearance.

“I’m afraid this is domestic abuse,” shared Moorman.

Moorman said he learned while searching for Suzanne that she was “working with domestic abuse meetings.”

Moorman also said he believes police are trying to “fill their envelope before they seal it.”

 

[TIGER0822]

I have a horrible thought. What if he severed her, and a part of the body was found or washed up.

 

[Megnut]

I can't find the interview (has it been scrubbed?) where the nephew says he's willing to confirm that the bike was found. It's possibly in this same interview he encourages people to contact the sheriff's office to ask about the condition of the bike....

I can only find articles which refer to or quote the live/taped interview.

Anyone?

(All from my memory, which has merit only between my earrings.)

 

[steeltowngirl]

I can't find the interview (has it been scrubbed?) where the nephew says he's willing to confirm that the bike was found. It's possibly in this same interview he encourages people to contact the sheriff's office to ask about the condition of the bike....

I can only find articles which refer to or quote the surreal interview.

Anyone?

(All from my memory, which has merit only between my earrings.)

Reference to Trevor confirming the bike was found in here.
Missing Colorado mother Suzanne Morphew’s bicycle has been found, family says

Noel says her bike was found that evening, but Morphew was nowhere to be found. Sheriff John Spezze has told CBS4 it was “probably not” animals. Noel urged people to question the sheriff about the condition of the bike.
'We Want Her Back': $200,000 Reward Offered In Search For Suzanne Morphew

ETA: I realize now it’s the audio interview that’s being searched for. Still looking.. at 56 seconds in the video clip in the article above, Trevor says on audio that the bike was found.

 

[Megnut]

So which is it, Inmate Morphew, were you out of town Mother's Day weekend or were you working and shopping in Salida on Saturday and tiptoeing out of the house on Sunday morning?

It's not a lying lion that lies.

JMO

 

[Error505]

I had this in my notes. Have always wondered what it meant.

“It is not clear who Suzanne was living with at the time of her disappearance.”

SEE IT: Husband of missing Colorado mom Suzanne Morphew speaks out for the first time since her Mother’s Day disappearance [VIDEO]

Very nice catch! Thank you @steeltowngirl

 

[Mintyer]

Great questions! Myself, I don’t think Suzanne knew anything about Denver/Broomfield, firefighter training/wall, whatever. I’m still sticking to my latest theory that she died sometime Friday, late afternoon/ early evening. I know it all hinges on when that conversation took place with her bff about the wedding plans, but until we see the AA and have a definite timeline, I’ll use what we do know and speculate on that .

Per MG, BM was working at the river front property Friday night. Why? Per MG, he was acting all weird about the beach Saturday morning, telling her to rake it out, flat, flat, flat. Then cuts work short. Needs chlorine? Was he anticipating murdering Suzanne or was he needing to clean up what happened Friday night? I wonder what that beach looked like Sunday morning. Did he put Suzanne there Friday night in a hurry and then realize with the spring melt off the river would rise and possibly wash away that sand/dirt and expose a cooler? Late Saturday night after clean up at PP, he hurriedly heads back to the property to retrieve the cooler?

It is still noteworthy, whether we trust the hit the dogs made during Andy’s search or not, that they did indicate at that location exactly where BM laid a bunch of rocks. LE didn’t engage much over that, maybe because the timeline already indicated he was there Friday night and Saturday night, and they already suspected that’s when he moved Suzanne. Hey, Letecia did it! I wonder where his cat Bob was during all that time. At the beach Friday night, leave it there for Saturday morning, then take it home and dig a hole close by, go back to the beach late Saturday night, retrieve the body, back to the pre dug hole somewhere closer to PP? Spends the afternoon in town buying chlorine and setting up his alibi for Sunday?

I know, I know, wild speculation but it works in my wild mind!

All MOO, naturally!

Thx Susie, it could be so.
Like many others, for me, its not a question of if he murdered her, only when. I go back and forth, Friday or Saturday?

If your speculation turns out to be accurate, then I'm wondering this:
Is there camera footage, from a business in Salida, that shows him driving to the beach front home on Friday evening with a cooler, then back home without that cooler. Also footage showing him driving to the beach front home on Saturday evening without a cooler, then driving off with it.

LE took a lot of criticism for not asking people to save their camera video footage immediately. I firmly believe that they already had retrieved damning footage by day 2.

They would have known about his beach front job on their first interview with BM. He told them all about it, but he lied about what time he did that "machical thing" to his bobcat. Crime solving 101, they must verify his story. Easily they go straight to the businesses that have cameras showing traffic going to and from. Bingo.

But they do not have her body. BM was careful to use a means to hide her the second time that did not involve camera footage or gps. Did he use a hunting bike to drive her into the wilderness? LE searched around her Puma Path home for days. They seemed to think she could be near Puma Path.

We learn much by observing LE's actions.
They knew there was no abduction.
They knew there was no bike ride.
They knew there was no cougar.
They knew there was no need to ask the public to save video footage?
Because they already had footage that showed all his movements in Salida?

All speculation.

 

[Synergizer Bunny]

Great questions! Myself, I don’t think Suzanne knew anything about Denver/Broomfield, firefighter training/wall, whatever. I’m still sticking to my latest theory that she died sometime Friday, late afternoon/ early evening. I know it all hinges on when that conversation took place with her bff about the wedding plans, but until we see the AA and have a definite timeline, I’ll use what we do know and speculate on that .

Per MG, BM was working at the river front property Friday night. Why? Per MG, he was acting all weird about the beach Saturday morning, telling her to rake it out, flat, flat, flat. Then cuts work short. Needs chlorine? Was he anticipating murdering Suzanne or was he needing to clean up what happened Friday night? I wonder what that beach looked like Sunday morning. Did he put Suzanne there Friday night in a hurry and then realize with the spring melt off the river would rise and possibly wash away that sand/dirt and expose a cooler? Late Saturday night after clean up at PP, he hurriedly heads back to the property to retrieve the cooler?

It is still noteworthy, whether we trust the hit the dogs made during Andy’s search or not, that they did indicate at that location exactly where BM laid a bunch of rocks. LE didn’t engage much over that, maybe because the timeline already indicated he was there Friday night and Saturday night, and they already suspected that’s when he moved Suzanne. Hey, Letecia did it! I wonder where his cat Bob was during all that time. At the beach Friday night, leave it there for Saturday morning, then take it home and dig a hole close by, go back to the beach late Saturday night, retrieve the body, back to the pre dug hole somewhere closer to PP? Spends the afternoon in town buying chlorine and setting up his alibi for Sunday?

I know, I know, wild speculation but it works in my wild mind!

All MOO, naturally!

Sounds good to me. I am inclined to think that the murder happened Friday night, too.

JMO.

 

[Error505]

I wonder if it was something as obvious as fresh cuts or bruises on BM?

TD interview video of Inmate Morphew which was approved to discuss, a person took screenshots of BM hand from the video. There were what looked like visible injuries to BMs right hand, swelling & a cut. If someone on WS has the capability to do frame by frame, might see injuries. TD interview was about 3 weeks after Suzanne went missing. Healing would have taken place during 3 weeks. Swelling can be seen. My opinion when viewing video

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[Diddian]

Reference to Trevor confirming the bike was found in here.
Missing Colorado mother Suzanne Morphew’s bicycle has been found, family says

Noel says her bike was found that evening, but Morphew was nowhere to be found. Sheriff John Spezze has told CBS4 it was “probably not” animals. Noel urged people to question the sheriff about the condition of the bike.
'We Want Her Back': $200,000 Reward Offered In Search For Suzanne Morphew

ETA: I realize now it’s the audio interview that’s being searched for. Still looking.. at 56 seconds in the video clip in the article above, Trevor says on audio that the bike was found.

Perhaps I'm wrong, but I'm inclined to believe that BM was manipulating his nephew and the things TN said or suggested people should ask about were coming indirectly through him from BM. IMO, BM had infected TN with the idea about an abduction as well as skepticism about LE's competence or the purity of their intentions.

(The one thing that doesn't quite fit that is the report of TN accompanying GD when they go together to intimidate MG. Either GD was duped as well and TN & GD became confederates in acting against LE in the belief that LE was corrupt and helping them would work against getting SM back, or BM and GD were confederates in using TN to try to make that story fly with others like MG so they'd stop cooperating. There was clearly some chaos here; someone using others' unfamiliarity with the area and with LE in the area to sow distrust against LE.)

One thing I remember noticing about the phone interviews the press had with TN at that time is that TN sounded urgent and like he wanted to do the interview quickly and get back out there searching. It had the same quality to me that AM's interviews with press did - almost like the interview takes place while TN's/AM's feet are moving and their bodies are leaning forward into action. Urgent, eager to get back out looking, but aware that information must be shared to make others aware so they will join in the search or at least share in the belief the continuing search is essential.

 

[Boxer]

MOO He is a landscpaper. He goes on expensive canned hunts, as well as takes family vacations to Mexico.
Both he has done before Suzanne was even gone a year.
She may have said "no, this money stays in a home. My family scrimpted, saved and worked for it."
And the "Christian" head of the family wasn't going to take that for an answer.
So he didn't, and he was prepared as to how to can opener that money out of the housewith her gone.

 

[Error505]

If they were having troubles that public most every one close to Suzanne from Day 1 would have known that the likelihood of a random act of violence to her was infinitesimal.

BBM emphasis
Maybe that’s why everyone was so silent in the beginning?
They KNEW!