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

[Deleted member 222031]

I thought she volunteered there to help victims.

I have wondered about the DV connection. Can anyone provide a source/thread for discussion of the volunteer work? Maybe it was a cover for what was going on in her personal life? MOO

 

[TKG]

I have wondered about the DV connection. Can anyone provide a source/thread for discussion of the volunteer work? Maybe it was a cover for what was going on in her personal life? MOO

In a September interview with Fox 31 Denver, Morphew's brother Andrew Moorman said he had learned his sister was “working with domestic abuse meetings.”

https://www.foxnews.com/us/suzanne-morphew-presumed-dead-in-her-fathers-obituary

It does not specify in what capacity. Whether she was supporting or seeking support.

 

[Megnut]

Andy said Suzanne was "working with domestic abuse meetings".

‘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

 

[RickshawFan]

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.

To confirm that SM actually was on the bike, per his fake story. If her car was there, she "must" be on her bike.

 

[Error505]

Andy said Suzanne was "working with domestic abuse meetings".

‘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

Thank you @Megnut I love sources

 

[TKG]

Did anyone ever find more information on the TN comment regarding who was living at home or Suzanne's living arrangement when she went missing?

I found that comment to be quite perplexing.

"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

 

[Puzzles8]

In a September interview with Fox 31 Denver, Morphew's brother Andrew Moorman said he had learned his sister was “working with domestic abuse meetings.”

Missing mom Suzanne Morphew presumed dead in her father's obituary

It does not specify in what capacity. Whether she was supporting or seeking support.

IMO, I suspect those that generously offer support to those that are being abused, have been abused themselves.

It is a strong sisterhood.

JMO, MOO

ETA - if you need help, google Domestic Violence/Abuse Hotline. They will direct you to a safe place in your area.

 

[Boxer]

Did anyone ever find more information on the TN comment regarding who was living at home or Suzanne's living arrangement when she went missing?

I found that comment to be quite perplexing.

"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

One at college, check.

 

[Hoosierfan72]

Interesting.

That was AMs theory. He says directly that it is his theory.
He also says Suzanne was seen in town at 4pm on Saturday.

His theory is she was killed after 4pm, then BM fooled around with FB and friend requested men in an older group than her, that she was hidden between midnight and 4am, when he says BM called MG.

The only EDR he cites is a location at 4am. He does not say what location that is.
AM then says that the 4am EDR makes seeing SM at 5am impossible.

Which would mean AM does not think BM was in Maysville at 4am when calling MG, because Maysville is only a few minutes from Puma Path.

Well stated.

I do think the AA will lay out a pretty compelling timeline, with both BM and SMs phone locations and BM's vehicles' (my guess is maybe he disabled the bobcat GPS?) GPS locations that is going to expose a giant hole in his "alibi". I'd also bet a donut that BM's phone was turned off Saturday evening (and it's probably the only day his phone had been turned off for that length of time in over a year).... JMO, MOO

 

[steeltowngirl]

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).

You raise a good point about whether Suzanne’s friends or sister would continue texting her once they knew she was scared and possibly in danger.

Barry was probably reading her texts, as the messages would have either stayed on her phone, or he could have been reading them on other devices linked to that phone. If he was tracking her communications, she may have found out that he knew she was alerting people, and she then switched to a secret messaging app.

That could explain why CCSO was asking anyone who had communicated with Suzanne via secret message apps like WhatsApp, to come forward.

jmo

 

[Hoosierfan72]

I'm a bit behind on the thread, so I'm sure this was already discussed here but want to put a plug in for Mike King's interview with SM's step-brother:

There's not any big ah-ha's, but it will really give you some insight into what a beautiful human being SM was. The more we learn about BM and SM, on the surface it's hard to figure these two as a couple as they are such opposites. But I also believe that only someone as incredible as SM could have/would have put up with BM for as long as she did.

 

[JDough]

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.”

"Working with domestic abuse meetings"

What do you suppose that means? She was attending meetings of some sort? She had contacted a hotline for help? She was helping to organize a domestic abuse shelter or safe haven?

 

[MsBetsy]

You raise a good point about whether Suzanne’s friends or sister would continue texting her once they knew she was scared and possibly in danger.

Barry was probably reading her texts, as the messages would have either stayed on her phone, or he could have been reading them on other devices linked to that phone. If he was tracking her communications, she may have found out that he knew she was alerting people, and she then switched to a secret messaging app.

That could explain why CCSO was asking anyone who had communicated with Suzanne via secret message apps like WhatsApp, to come forward.

jmo

I wonder if the reason Barry left the jobsite so early on Saturday was because he knew Suzanne was texting with her friend and wanted to get home to "interrogate" her.

He probably would have been furious if he found out she had been communicating in secret. Imo

 

[MsBetsy]

"Working with domestic abuse meetings"

What do you suppose that means? She was attending meetings of some sort? She had contacted a hotline for help? She was helping to organize a domestic abuse shelter or safe haven?

I think any of those things are possible. It's hard to say without knowing the source for his information.

 

[TKG]

I think any of those things are possible. It's hard to say without knowing the source for his information.

MOO BM may have walked in while she was on the phone with them, overheard something and then he went into a rage filled rampage.

ETA: maybe she reached out to the crisis line.

 

[Whiteorchids]

Not sure if Spezze was there, but there were 7 LE vehicles. Slow the playback down to .25 you can see them easier.

Is Barry the one with the white cap if not where is he

 

[Error505]

Is Barry the one with the white cap if not where is he

Yes, the white hat on, there’s one officer that can be seen standing next to Barry.

 

[Hoosierfan72]

MOO BM may have walked in while she was on the phone with them, overheard something and then he went into a rage filled rampage.

ETA: maybe she reached out to the crisis line.

If this is how it played out, could they still charge him with premeditated murder? That sounds like a rage killing to me. Or do you think maybe he discovered something that weekend, but didn't act on it right away, but started planning?

 

[Whiteorchids]

Yes, the white hat on, there’s one officer that can be seen standing next to Barry.

He doesn’t look cuffed there. I wonder if they read him his Miranda rights there or waited until they got to the station.

 

[Whiteorchids]

If this is how it played out, could they still charge him with premeditated murder? That sounds like a rage killing to me. Or do you think maybe he discovered something that weekend, but didn't act on it right away, but started planning?

I don’t know but taking a year to finally arrest him leads me to believe someone must have rolled on him for them to finally go forward on the arrest because you know they had DNA results back long before a year unless newly found evidence was discovered but my guess is someone decided to talk