Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #59 *ARREST*

[Seattle1]

I'm confused about the misdemeanor assault.

On Indiana case records for "Barry Morphew," there is one 2009 case between the State and BM, identified as an "infraction," that involves a CCS (... a criminal complaint and summons?... originally filed in Lawrence county) that was converted to an infraction and then dismissed. The summary information on the case records indicates you have to refer to the original CCS to see the original charge. Is that what you are referring to? Was that misdemeanor assault?

I'm also mystified why BM was not charged in the violent altercation that mason contractor, John Schmitz has reported occurred in May 2018. According to Schmitz, BM showed up 3 days early at the job site and started bullying Schimtz's workers to get out of his way and when Schmitz intervened to protect them, he and BM got into a physical fight. That assault appears on Schmitz's case records, but not BM's.

When John Schmitz appeared on Gray Hughes Investigates program, he confirmed the incident occurred Dec 2017 but for personal reasons, JS went to court over the incident which drug out the ordeal and the cost for him but stated BM signed a diversion. (Pretrial diversion (PDP) is a program created by the Indiana legislature that allows a person who makes a mistake to avoid having a criminal conviction on his/her record).

Pretrial Diversion Program | Hamilton County, IN

 

[Momofthreeboys]

When John Schmitz appeared on Gray Hughes Investigates program, he confirmed the incident occurred Dec 2017 but for personal reasons, JS went to court over the incident which drug out the ordeal and the cost for him but stated BM signed a diversion. (Pretrial diversion (PDP) is a program created by the Indiana legislature that allows a person who makes a mistake to avoid having a criminal conviction on his/her record).

Pretrial Diversion Program | Hamilton County, IN

That was my understanding also. Both men had pending charges relating to the altercation and Barry’s ended up being a diversion class. I don’t know if Schmitz’s charges were more serious or why he wasn’t offered the same deal. We have only heard Schmitz’s side of the story. I was unable to find any media on it and Schmitz went on for a failed run at a seat in the Indiana House of Representatives.

 

[DeDee]

well, if the judge set a wildly high amount that no bond agent could even sign on for, wouldn’t that be considered a violation of the 8th amendment - no excessive bail? His attorneys would have a field day if that were to happen.

I don't see anything that would prevent the Judge from setting a million dollar bail bond, if one is set at all. This is a highly emotional and horrific case met with extensive criminal charges by the DAs Office.

A million dollar cash bond is possible and reasonable given the criminal circumstances. BM would be released after posting $100,000-150,000 in cash of his own money without using a bond agency.

However, the flight risk may be deemed too high in order for the Judge to consider this option; therefore, a no bail bond may be issued. BM remaining jailed for the duration is optimal esp. when considering the flight risk and the protective order issued to Barry in regards to speaking to his daughters with "civil conduct."

Cost of a $1 Million Dollar Bail Bond
The premium is typically 10-15% in most states. This is the base fee that every bail bonds company will require you to pay. For a $1 million bail bond, this means $100,000 to $150,000 in costs that you need to pay if you want to use a bail bondsman. This amount is non-refundable and you will not be able to get this money back no matter what the outcome of the case is (dismissed, innocent, etc.).

The challenge with a million dollar bond is that you need collateral up to the full $1 million. This will need to be personal collateral or someone else willing to co-sign on the bond.

Not many bail companies are able to finance a $1,000,000 bailout. It takes a lot of coordination and paperwork to align the resources and collateral needed to make something like this happen.

The bail is set high to limit flight risk and to generally cause monetary discomfort and provide incentive for the person to attend all court dates.
https://bailbondsnetwork.com/1-million-dollar-bail-bond-cost-crimes-mean.html
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[Whiteorchids]

I don't see anything that would prevent the Judge from setting a million dollar bail bond, if one is set at all. This is a highly emotional and horrific case met with extensive criminal charges by the DAs Office.

A million dollar cash bond is possible and reasonable given the criminal circumstances. BM would be released after posting $100,000-150,000 in cash of his own money without using a bond agency.

However, the flight risk may be deemed too high in order for the Judge to consider this option; therefore, a no bail bond may be issued. BM remaining jailed for the duration is optimal esp. when considering the flight risk and the protective order issued to Barry in regards to speaking to his daughters with "civil conduct."

Cost of a $1 Million Dollar Bail Bond
The premium is typically 10-15% in most states. This is the base fee that every bail bonds company will require you to pay. For a $1 million bail bond, this means $100,000 to $150,000 in costs that you need to pay if you want to use a bail bondsman. This amount is non-refundable and you will not be able to get this money back no matter what the outcome of the case is (dismissed, innocent, etc.).

The challenge with a million dollar bond is that you need collateral up to the full $1 million. This will need to be personal collateral or someone else willing to co-sign on the bond.

Not many bail companies are able to finance a $1,000,000 bailout. It takes a lot of coordination and paperwork to align the resources and collateral needed to make something like this happen.

The bail is set high to limit flight risk and to generally cause monetary discomfort and provide incentive for the person to attend all court dates.
https://bailbondsnetwork.com/1-million-dollar-bail-bond-cost-crimes-mean.html
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If he got bail he would probably move Suzanne’s body to another location hopefully he would be under 24/7 surveillance which could lead to Suzanne’s body which would be a good thing.

 

[mom2chloe]

PPP loans, as far as I can gather, started gathering applications in early April, 2020, a month before SM disappeared. He received an amount just shy of
$258, 000. We don't know when he applied for that loan; it could have been after Suzanne went missing. Who did he pay the money to? He was already on the outs with the 3 workers he hired sporadically. Perhaps Suzanne had asked the same questions.

Also, I wonder if Barry was trying to garner a large enough work crew that weekend to justify the loan? IMO Where did that money go? He sold and cashed in on everything he owned. Why? It’s an outrageous amount of money IMO and hopefully has been accounted for at least to some extent.

 

[ar3593]

"...Oh, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!..."

Sir Walter Scott, Marmion.

LOVE THIS QUOTE!!

 

[branmuffin]

RSBM
$258,000?????? source?

Wrong info - deleted

 

[LietKynes]

I changed it early this morning. Thank you. Yes, this one is much clearer. I couldn’t get the other one reduced in size & clear at the same time. I’m a rookie at those things. Very sweet of you!

Very nice !

 

[branmuffin]

RSBM
$258,000?????? source?

Having a hard time linking to the site. I'll try again.

https://www.federalpay.org/paycheck-protection-program/sunset-farms-llc-salida-co

Edited to add: the amount of 258K is based on submission of projected salary for nine employees.

 

[Error505]

Very nice !

Thank you @LietKynes I like this very sweet photo of SM. There’s so few ways to honor a person you’ve never met. May seem silly to some, but it’s a little thing I can do as a reminder of who we are here for. MOO

 

[ar3593]

RSBM
$258,000?????? source?

Murphy1950, you wouldn't believe the amounts of loans I have recently learned about (all legit in how they applied, no lying) yet these business owners were not in real bad shape by any means. Your head would spin... the above amount is peanuts compared to what I heardMillions of dollars! JMO

I was telling my husband: we are in the wrong line of business working for the big man! (we both work for large biopharma companies). MOO

 

[Momofthreeboys]

Having a hard time linking to the site. I'll try again.

https://www.federalpay.org/paycheck-protection-program/sunset-farms-llc-salida-co

Edited to add: the amount of 258K is based on submission of projected salary for nine employees.

Didn’t someone look this up? I swear I saw it pages and pages ago that these loan recipients and the amounts are published. I thought it was more like $60,000 or something like that. I will search and see if I can find the link.

 

[DizzyB]

Didn’t someone look this up? I swear I saw it pages and pages ago that these loan recipients and the amounts are published. I thought it was more like $60,000 or something like that. I will search and see if I can find the link.

He got a loan f0r approx 54k, based on estimated payroll of 258k, for 9 employees. Who are the 9 employees, and did he fulfill the obligation of the PPP loan? If I had to guess, he owes the government 54k.

 

[LaineyJ]

I don't see anything that would prevent the Judge from setting a million dollar bail bond, if one is set at all. This is a highly emotional and horrific case met with extensive criminal charges by the DAs Office.

A million dollar cash bond is possible and reasonable given the criminal circumstances. BM would be released after posting $100,000-150,000 in cash of his own money without using a bond agency.

However, the flight risk may be deemed too high in order for the Judge to consider this option; therefore, a no bail bond may be issued. BM remaining jailed for the duration is optimal esp. when considering the flight risk and the protective order issued to Barry in regards to speaking to his daughters with "civil conduct."

Cost of a $1 Million Dollar Bail Bond
The premium is typically 10-15% in most states. This is the base fee that every bail bonds company will require you to pay. For a $1 million bail bond, this means $100,000 to $150,000 in costs that you need to pay if you want to use a bail bondsman. This amount is non-refundable and you will not be able to get this money back no matter what the outcome of the case is (dismissed, innocent, etc.).

The challenge with a million dollar bond is that you need collateral up to the full $1 million. This will need to be personal collateral or someone else willing to co-sign on the bond.

Not many bail companies are able to finance a $1,000,000 bailout. It takes a lot of coordination and paperwork to align the resources and collateral needed to make something like this happen.

The bail is set high to limit flight risk and to generally cause monetary discomfort and provide incentive for the person to attend all court dates.
https://bailbondsnetwork.com/1-million-dollar-bail-bond-cost-crimes-mean.html
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yes, but $1 million is quite common imo, for certain charges, and would not be considered excessive. Now a $50 million bond, for example, I personally think would be excessive as I don’t believe I’ve seen a murder charge with anything near that. I was just pointing out that if it was so high that not even a bondsman could sign for it, it would likely mean the bond is especially high and thus considered excessive in terms of the 8th amendment. While a defendant can use their own money without needing a bondsman, it doesn’t negate the fact that at some point the bail can reach the bar that would constitute “excessive”. I only pointed out the use of a bondsman because the poster I was replying to brought that up.

I would be slightly surprised if any m1 charge of this nature was given less than a $1 million bond (if at all). One of my other cases I’m following has the suspect held on a $5 million bond. Excessive is not at a set amount but I think certain numbers can start heading into that category.

 

[OldCop]

Yup. And if really was looking for a receipt, why not just say that is what he was doing. It furthers whatever false narrative he’d be pushing with finding a receipt. So why does he mention the helmet and clothes which at that point had not been found?

Total speculation; he could have been searching to see if SM’s phone that he disposed of in the trash can had been taken away yet.

But what if the receipt he was looking for hurt him instead of helped him i.e. a receipt for 20 gallons of bleach as opposed to a receipt for 2 sandwiches.

 

[Murphy1950]

Murphy1950, you wouldn't believe the amounts of loans I have recently learned about (all legit in how they applied, no lying) yet these business owners were not in real bad shape by any means. Your head would spin... the above amount is peanuts compared to what I heardMillions of dollars! JMO

I was telling my husband: we are in the wrong line of business working for the big man! (we both work for large biopharma companies). MOO

Great post AR...Ha! I would indeed...I have lived within 10 miles of Wash DC my entire life. Born in Wash DC, lot of friends and relatives are Feds. My head has been spinning since birth

 

[Murphy1950]

Having a hard time linking to the site. I'll try again.

https://www.federalpay.org/paycheck-protection-program/sunset-farms-llc-salida-co

Edited to add: the amount of 258K is based on submission of projected salary for nine employees.

Thanks Branmuffin....I can buy that and it will probably never have to be paid back, wouldn't surprise me. So it was a net of 58K... At most that money could represent a couple of employees.

Possibilities MOO

That payment so recent May 2nd 2020... makes MG’s story line back then a little more interesting to me and opens some possibilities. It's possible he did owe her back pay, and was getting everything caught up. That could be why Barry thought it could be misconstrued as hush money if it came directly from him along with the request to please not give up her phone……and that’s how TN and GD got dragged in. I could see them concentrating and more comfortable about the money (which was clear in their minds, it was owed.) than the little request about the phone, which after all, you don’t by law have to turn it over, Barry’s been good to you... They were probably confident of no affair and the message from Barry was MG was emotional, always looking for attention, he (Barry) was too upset to deal with it at the moment.... and "we don't need this, can you help me?" It just never occurred to them, there might have been a 4am text/call that Barry wanted covered up.
I can just see that whole scenario happening.

 

[iQuill]

Well ... three more sleeps to Court ... and hopefully the AA.

 

[nyvictoria]

By all accounts, I do not believe there is any known history or evidence of physical abuse between BM and SM-- as also confirmed by her step-brother's interview.

To be clear, the domestic violence endorsement on BM's criminal complaint does not allege domestic violence of a physical nature, and is not a criminal charge. It's an enhancement for sentencing purposes.

IMO, we clearly witnessed BM's obsessive control over the finances watching his immediate filing of the guardianship. Financial control is also Domestic Violence under Colorado's definition.

Colorado Domestic Violence

Domestic violence is a pattern of controlling and abusive behavior involving two people who either are in an intimate relationship or were formerly in an intimate relationship. Domestic violence situations are often very emotional for those that are involved and to outsiders these situations appear very dramatic. One person is an aggressor, while the other is a victim. Domestic violence in Colorado is complex and can involve many different things.

It is not, in and of itself, a crime, but rather is an enhancement when another crime has been committed that carries certain extra considerations for sentencing if the aggressor is convicted and the requirement that the convicted offender be subjected to a domestic violence treatment program and a treatment evaluation. However, those offenders that are convicted of a domestic violence enhanced crime that serve prison time are not required to participate in a treatment program.

What Type Of Conduct Is Considered Domestic Violence In Colorado?

Domestic violence can cover a lot of different types of conduct, but primarily can be summed up in the following way:

An act of violence, a threat of violence, or any crime that is committed against a third party (e.g., the victim’s new significant other, or a family member or friend), animal, or property with the intention of causing fear or with the purpose of exercising control, coercion, intimidation, revenge or punishment, that is directed to the victim with which the aggressor had or has a relationship is domestic violence.

A number of actions can be considered to constitute domestic violence, including physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, or financial abuse (i.e., being controlling of money and finances), and can be overt or subtle.

https://www.justiceforcolorado.com/criminal/domestic-violence/

@Seattle1 always such a great source of information. I truly appreciate your posts!

 

[Bluebythec]

Thanks Branmuffin....I can buy that and it will probably never have to be paid back, wouldn't surprise me. So it was a net of 58K... At most that money could represent a couple of employees.

Possibilities MOO

That payment so recent May 2nd 2020... makes MG’s story line back then a little more interesting to me and opens some possibilities. It's possible he did owe her back pay, and was getting everything caught up. That could be why Barry thought it could be misconstrued as hush money if it came directly from him along with the request to please not give up her phone……and that’s how TN and GD got dragged in. I could see them concentrating and more comfortable about the money (which was clear in their minds, (it was owed.) than the little request about the phone, which after all, you don’t by law have to turn it over, Barry’s been good to you... They were probably confident of no affair and the message from Barry was MG was emotional, always looking for attention, he (Barry) was too upset to deal with it at the moment.... and "we don't need this, can you help me?" It just never occurred to them, there might have been a 4am text/call that Barry wanted covered up.
I can just see that whole scenario happening.

I've wondered if MG was a go-between for BM and someone else as far as getting messages from someone else so they didn't show on BM's phone and that's why he didn't want her to turn her phone over?