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

[Teche]

As to the question of whether friends and sister would keep texting after Suzanne let them know of her problems and her fear, I'm not so sure.

My controlling ex would have been asking "Why all the texts?" Even if everything was on silent, he'd have wondered why I was looking at my phone (and did in fact wonder that - I saw it in one of his journals after we split up - but by then, I had let a bunch of people know that if anything happened to me, well, I had shown them where I kept the only photographic proof of his abuse and where I kept my own journal).

Controlling husbands often resent any form of communication with someone who is not them - sometimes, even with a woman's own children (my ex resented attention given to our own children, and we had to arrange meal times so he ate before the kids got up or after they were in bed - he got too snippy with them and no one could digest properly, otherwise).
You are absolutely right.

And that would have been an obvious thing to say and consider. But he couldn't say it out loud, because no one voluntarily leaves Barry (and probably, no one does anything in that family without Barry's approval).

I'm guessing he's stuck with stranger abduction when he lied to the girls (and I bet he didn't bring the situation up very much after the first month of Suzanne's disappearance).

Thank you for sharing your personal experience of living under an oppressive spouse. I believe you are helping others living in similar conditions.

 

[Momofthreeboys]

I think that like everyone the family is looking for a motive. It could very well be there are several assumptions going through the family. It “feels” like the prosecution will need to at least hint at something they have evidence for...no body and no motive feels to me like a shaky case.

 

[MsBetsy]

Understandable. How could she leave such a “loving,” “Christian” man? Unthinkable, right? To admit that she might leave him would shatter the image he has of himself in the eyes of others. Ugh! JMHO

I think he also knew Suzanne's family would never believe she would leave her daughters and not tell anybody where she was for so long.

But yeah, I can see him avoiding any mention of her leaving, especially if she told him she was unhappy or wanted a divorce.

 

[nyvictoria]

So if he killed her and staged the bike, WHY would he ask her to check to see if the cars were there??? Hmm. And even make her go there and check.

IMO he had a plan in the works for Suzanne’s “disappearance” for a while but whatever happened that weekend messed up his plans for a clean alibi. I think he was scrambling to cover every possibility. He was probably hoping the neighbor would report back in a panic, having already called 911. Sending her back to see which cars were there would ramp up the anxiety and possibly offer an alternative to the bike ride, if needed. IMO he was winging it at that point.

JMO

 

[Momofthreeboys]

I've always thought she would have loved living there. On her FB she listed her hobbies as mountain biking and hiking. She was in the perfect place to enjoy the peace and beauty of the outdoors.

And then her husband took it all away from her.

I agree. I never believed the gossip that she was opposed to the move. Anyone would be nervous about packing up and going to a new place but that is not the same as not wanting to go.

 

[Momofthreeboys]

@Megnut, thank you so much for finding and posting!! I either missed this altogether and/or forgot after watching, reading, and listening to so much this past year.
Good to know.

Disgusting that Barry used so many people, most of whom probably trusted him, as his own personal tools (No pun intended).
Ughhhh.

You’re goin’ down Inmate Morphew.

IMHOO

#FindSuzanne
#BringSuzanneHome
#JusticeForSuzanne

Did he use them or were they friends who thought they were helping him. Hard to say with certainty.

 

[MsBetsy]

I think that like everyone the family is looking for a motive. It could very well be there are several assumptions going through the family. It “feels” like the prosecution will need to at least hint at something they have evidence for...no body and no motive feels to me like a shaky case.

The prosecution doesn't have to prove motive for murder but I have a feeling it was a combination of events that led him to kill her.

Jealousy, fear of abandonment, financial problems, greed, or rage are all possible motives for intimate- partner homicide. Imo

 

[ZoriahNZ]

Not wanting to go is not the same as embracing the place once you actually move there.

I totally believe the claim that SM did not want to uproot herself from her established life in Indiana. Isolating herself from all of her family and friends. Having to move far away from her cancer treatment health provider.

I think it makes sense that the move was pushed by BM due to financial issues starting to blow up. The 'burning his bridges' in IN idea. The info is coming from close family and friends (either directly or via CMs background work), so I trust it more than BMs claims.

SM seemed like the kind of person who would do her best to make good out of a less than ideal situation. The impression I get from the interviews with locals, is that SM was well liked and fit in, while BM did not acclimate as well, throwing his weight around town. JMO.

 

[genuineusa77]

Not wanting to go is not the same as embracing the place once you actually move there.

I totally believe the claim that SM did not want to uproot herself from her established life in Indiana. Isolating herself from all of her family and friends. Having to move far away from her cancer treatment health provider.

I think it makes sense that the move was pushed by BM due to financial issues starting to blow up. The 'burning his bridges' in IN idea. The info is coming from close family and friends (either directly or via CMs background work), so I trust it more than BMs claims.

SM seemed like the kind of person who would do her best to make good out of a less than ideal situation. The impression I get from the interviews with locals, is that SM was well liked and fit in, while BM did not acclimate as well, throwing his weight around town. JMO.

Someone posted she was excited about the move and she was getting her final treatment the Monday after MD.

 

[genuineusa77]

EVI = Electronic Vehicle Information - It is essentially a black box for your vehicle.
AM= I believe is 59

I read black boxes were put in all US made vehicles starting May 2018. Learned something new everyday!

 

[MsBetsy]

Did he use them or were they friends who thought they were helping him. Hard to say with certainty.

It was probably both. I think he definitely used his friend's account of LE handling the bike and trampling all over the crime scene as proof that they destroyed evidence and put the blame on him.

And the 200 or so square miles he claimed he and his friends searched? I bet some of them are pretty angry right now.

Although I wouldn't doubt some still believe he's innocent. He has a close friend in Indiana who seemed to be one of his biggest supporters. I think he was interviewed at some point. Skinner or something like that? Imo

 

[TKG]

Thank you. I did not know vehicles had a black box. I thought it was just planes.

They don't per se' but they EVI is analogous.

 

[DizzyB]

It was probably both. I think he definitely used his friend's account of LE handling the bike and trampling all over the crime scene as proof that they destroyed evidence and put the blame on him.

And the 200 or so square miles he claimed he and his friends searched? I bet some of them are pretty angry right now.

Although I wouldn't doubt some still believe he's innocent. He has a close friend in Indiana who seemed to be one of his biggest supporters. I think he was interviewed at some point. Skinner or something like that? Imo

Mr TS. He seemed to be the biggest online defender. He would comment on posts about how much Barry was doing to find Suzanne, and how everyone would be proven wrong when the truth came out. I was on the PE site before and went through the timeline and listened to the other TN phone interview about the searches. He seemed sincere, I think he really believed in Barry back then. He also had some trouble with the phone connection in the area while talking-but it wasn’t as if there was none. I’ve always found texting to work better in those spotty service situations, btw. It’s going to be a long couple of weeks for the AA.

 

[OCanada]

If SM sought out domestic violence support, would that be able to be used as evidence?

 

[Lyanna]

Like some others, I think he left her dead Sat morning. He was out establishing an alibi and narrative. Only stayed a few hours with Morgan. He had to go home and “ make the wife happy”. More like get home and finish the clean up and set the rest of the scene and narrative in motion.
Boy was he lucky no one stopped by the house and the kids did not decide to surprise everybody and arrive early.

I think Saturday too, but I think there may have been an altercation prior to BM going to work but Suzanne was alive, I think his comment about 'making the wife happy' was in reference to 'making things better' with Suzanne. I think Suzanne was getting ready to leave, but BM finished work early and found her, I don't think BM likes people leaving him, I imagine BM likes to bulldoze his way through life, calling the shots.

Also AM's statement ' I'm afraid this was domestic violence' - imo there's 2 ways to look at this ' I'm afraid ' as in I'm scared, or ' I'm afraid' as in confirming something eg. ' I'm afraid I have to tell you...' ( does that make sense?)

Suzanne, shining brightly in the shadow cast by BM, bet he couldn't stand that she was so much more than he ever could hope to be. Its just heart breaking.

 

[Lyanna]

Tricksy.

Yes my precious

 

[MsBetsy]

Mr TS. He seemed to be the biggest online defender. He would comment on posts about how much Barry was doing to find Suzanne, and how everyone would be proven wrong when the truth came out. I was on the PE site before and went through the timeline and listened to the other TN phone interview about the searches. He seemed sincere, I think he really believed in Barry back then. He also had some trouble with the phone connection in the area while talking-but it wasn’t as if there was none. I’ve always found texting to work better in those spotty service situations, btw. It’s going to be a long couple of weeks for the AA.

Thanks! I knew I heard the name somewhere. I wonder what they are all thinking now. They may be holding off judgement until they see the AA.

 

[fcavanaugh]

Did he use them or were they friends who thought they were helping him. Hard to say with certainty.

So these are friends that agreed to willingly “help” Barry cover up a crime he’s the obvious suspect in his beautiful wife’s “disappearance”. Or, took it upon themselves to approach Barry’s worker telling her they’d give her her paycheck but didn’t want it to look like hush-hush money, and insinuate that she obstruct justice and not hand her phone over to the authorities. I don’t know about you, but I don’t have a lot of friends who would take it upon themselves to help cover up in such a serious set of circumstances with a Spouse missing and I’m the obvious suspect.

Sorry if I’m misunderstanding your post, but if you mean Barry outright asked TN and GD to help cover up his wife’s murder, they’d be considered accomplices after the fact. According to LE and the DA, no more arrests are expected as of their PC after BM was arrested. So doesn’t sound to me like GD or TN are “willing” accomplices here as LE has known about the GD, TN info about approaching Morgan from their early interviews with her. IMO, GD and TN would’ve been arrested by now if they were willing accomplices either before or after the fact.

Regardless, the point of my post was though they may have thought they were helping Barry, it was because Barry manipulated them into doing something after he spun some fictional story, i. e., I’m being framed!, because he’s a lying liar who lies and they didn’t realize they were being used by Barry for his evil deeds of trying to cover up his beautiful wife’s murder. Hence why I said he used them as “tools”. He fed them some BS story and used them by sending them to do his dirty work.

IMHOO

#FindSuzanne
#BringSuzanneHome
#JusticeForSuzanne

 

[Synergizer Bunny]

I'd like to reiterate what I said on my last post. When Barry called the neighbor to check on Suzanne, why did he first ask her to check to see if the cars were there?! If he killed her and did that bike scenario, why would he ask that???

Why call an elderly neighbor to check on Suzanne? I never understood this. If I were truly concerned about my wife, I would call the police and ask them to do a welfare check, explaining that nobody has been able to get in touch with my spouse.

I mean, Suzanne was by herself and could have fallen, had a heart attack, been hurt by an intruder. Barry was out of town. Contact with police first and then drive home. Wasn't he just a few hours away? If everything proved to be fine, he could drive back to the workplace.

None of it made sense to me.

JMO.

 

[Boxer]

Mr TS. He seemed to be the biggest online defender. He would comment on posts about how much Barry was doing to find Suzanne, and how everyone would be proven wrong when the truth came out. I was on the PE site before and went through the timeline and listened to the other TN phone interview about the searches. He seemed sincere, I think he really believed in Barry back then. He also had some trouble with the phone connection in the area while talking-but it wasn’t as if there was none. I’ve always found texting to work better in those spotty service situations, btw. It’s going to be a long couple of weeks for the AA.

TN immediately was gung ho, he was going for what he knows caring families do. Hire detectives, build community awareness, keep a constant search going, and within a week he fell silent.