Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #63 *ARREST*

[Chelly]

Need to editorialize a bit to make a point:

Imagine you work at the Chaffee Co. Sheriff's office and the election commission brings it to your attention that that SOB that murdered and chopped up his wife in May had the AUDACITY to send in her ballot six months AFTER she disappeared!

Honestly, I can't see any sheriff letting that slide, regardless of politics.

Exactly! And... No innocent husband, grieving the disappearance of his wife and mother of his children, would mail-in a fraudulent ballot for missing wife. It is stupid! Murderers do stupid things before, during and after murdering. Sheriff knows this. The voter fraud charge will carry weight during the trial. Maybe goes to "state of mind". moo

 

[Chelly]

Need to editorialize a bit to make a point:

Imagine you work at the Chaffee Co. Sheriff's office and the election commission brings it to your attention that that SOB that murdered and chopped up his wife in May had the AUDACITY to send in her ballot six months AFTER she disappeared!

Honestly, I can't see any sheriff letting that slide, regardless of politics.

Exactly! And... No innocent husband, grieving the disappearance of his wife and mother of his children, would mail-in a fraudulent ballot for missing wife. It is stupid! Murderers do stupid things before, during and after murdering. Sheriff knows this. The voter fraud charge will carry weight during the trial. Maybe goes to "state of mind". moo

 

[Error505]

Interview room, very long but contains so much information from Melinda. From childhood to the family fracture to Barry to moving, do the “open transcript” and read it if you don’t have two hours. I always wondered which friend Melinda was referring to in the below dialogue. It also means that Melinda has spoken to at least one of Suzanne’s friends about Mother’s Day weekend.

85:49
another friend
of hers had a similar
85:51
experience on saturday night
85:53
and it is my belief that my sister went
85:56
on to be with the lord on saturday night
85:58
and um that's that's what i feel in my
86:02
heart

Yes, thank you so much for the link. I knew immediately which friend MM was referring to. Powerful interview with MM, definitely worth the time to listen. I’ve got it bookmarked on my YouTube account. BFF is the also the one who narrates the 50th BD video LS shared via Twitter which I linked in case some missed it. I can’t watch it without waterworks turning on. I hear the deep love and sadness in her voice. SM deserved so, so much more than life gave her. All my humble opinion.
Notice she ends the video with a *tictok*! She knew/knows!
https://twitter.com/laurenscharftv/status/1389289094191198210?s=21

“Friends and family of #suzannemorphew sent me this video to share to celebrate her 50th birthday Continue to #shinebrightforsuzanne #FindSuzanne”

 

[kkdj]

Exactly! And... No innocent husband, grieving the disappearance of his wife and mother of his children, would mail-in a fraudulent ballot for missing wife. It is stupid! Murderers do stupid things before, during and after murdering. Sheriff knows this. The voter fraud charge will carry weight during the trial. Maybe goes to "state of mind". moo

Well, imo he was done with her and tried to take any advantage he could. never seen anything like it!

 

[TIGER0822]

CO. Voting Offenses. Is Intent Needed?
“They don’t make really good criminal cases because it’s difficult to prove criminal intent, that there was a knowing violation of election law,” District Attorney John Newsome said.”* bbm (2005 MSM story, and not Chaffee Co. Dist Atty. Sorry, forgot who posted the link* to this, but TYVM)
Is “criminal intent” or “knowing violation” an element in either ballot offense BM is charged w., an element Chaffee Co. Dist Atty must prove?

Forgery:** "Any person who falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits any ballot before or after it has been cast,… or who forges the name of a registered elector to a voter's mail-in or mail ballot commits forgery… and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401, C.R.S." sbm
Offenses relating to mail ballots:*** "Any person …who destroys, defaces, mutilates, or tampers with such a ballot shall be punished by a fine ... dollars, or by imprisonment... months, or by both such fine and imprisonment." sbm

Many crim statutes spell out certain state of mind/mens rea as a necessary element for conviction, e.g., negligently, recklessly, knowingly, or purposely. If BM actually admitted marking the ballot, witnessing, etc. to FBI, would DA need to prove a given level of crim intent? Any thoughts?

Hesitating to question ^ CO. Dist. Atty’s interpretation of CO voting law, but there have been extensive changes in CO voting laws since 2005, so maybe crim intent was a required element when he commented. my2ct.
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* Hundreds in Colorado investigated for voter fraud
** Forgery. Section . Section 1-13-106 –Section 1-13-106 - Forgery, Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-106 | Casetext Search + Citator.
*** Offenses relating to mail ballots. Section 1-13-112 -- Section 1-13-112 - Offenses relating to mail ballots, Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-112 | Casetext Search + Citator

 

[TIGER0822]

Of course he knew she couldn't vote - but that would not be a legal certainty. She could have (if alive) have changed her voting address (but she didn't). Or she could have called him on the phone and said "vote for me" (which is what he should have said if he wanted to maintain she was alive).

He's just so...uneducated about voting...I don't know what to say. It would have been way better for him, legally, to either attempt a forgery of her signature (which probably wouldn't have been caught, quite honestly) OR just not to do it at all.

He's so ignorant that he thought sending in her ballot "witnessed" by him (after filing for a Conservatorship in Indiana based on the fact that she was legally missing) but not signed by the voter was a good way of casting a vote. As if no one checks. As if the broader government/Clerk of Records and Elections doesn't exist. As if he had very little interaction with, say, mortgages and property records.

Maybe Suzanne did all of that - but seriously, he did a really dumb thing there (almost taunting the local authorities).

He was dumber than dumb. If you are trying to evade authorities you do not draw attention to yourself. This will also be very helpful in backing up the prosecutors claim of BM being dishonest.

 

[Murphy1950]

CO. Voting Offenses. Is Intent Needed?
“They don’t make really good criminal cases because it’s difficult to prove criminal intent, that there was a knowing violation of election law,” District Attorney John Newsome said.”* bbm (2005 MSM story, and not Chaffee Co. Dist Atty. Sorry, forgot who posted the link* to this, but TYVM)
Is “criminal intent” or “knowing violation” an element in either ballot offense BM is charged w., an element Chaffee Co. Dist Atty must prove?
Many crim statutes spell out certain state of mind/mens rea as a necessary element for conviction, e.g., negligently, recklessly, knowingly, or purposely. If BM actually admitted marking the ballot, witnessing, etc. to FBI, would DA need to prove a given level of crim intent? Any thoughts?

RSBM
Barry handed them "intent" IMO
During an audio-recorded interview with the FBI and Morphew on April 22, they asked him why he submitted his missing wife’s Presidential election voter ballot. According to the arrest warrant, Morphew replied, “just because I wanted Trump to win.” Morphew added, “to give him (referring to President Trump) another vote, I figured all these other guys are cheating, IOW All these other guys...so why not me?

 

[Error505]

RSBM
Barry handed them "intent" IMO
During an audio-recorded interview with the FBI and Morphew on April 22, they asked him why he submitted his missing wife’s Presidential election voter ballot. According to the arrest warrant, Morphew replied, “just because I wanted Trump to win.” Morphew added, “to give him (referring to President Trump) another vote, I figured all these other guys are cheating, IOW All these other guys...so why not me?

Great point! Why would BM not be prosecuted for voter fraud? He admitted to 2FBI agents he did it and gave them the reason why. Absolute Proof was the Evidence of the voting records turned in to Spezze’s office along with a taped confession. No brainer to prosecute an easy case like the voter fraud which also speaks to BM’s character and his knowing SM couldn’t turn in a ballot bc he had killed her which could end up as evidence in his murder trial. MOO

 

[al66pine]

Ballot Offense. Intent?

RSBM
Barry handed them "intent" IMO
During an audio-recorded interview with the FBI and Morphew on April 22, they asked him why he submitted his missing wife’s Presidential election voter ballot. According to the arrest warrant, Morphew replied, “just because I wanted Trump to win.” Morphew added, “to give him (referring to President Trump) another vote, I figured all these other guys are cheating, IOW All these other guys...so why not me?

@Murphy1950 Thanks for the quote. Yes, yes, yes. I'd forgotten that.
Good catch. my2ct.

 

[Chelly]

He was dumber than dumb. If you are trying to evade authorities you do not draw attention to yourself. This will also be very helpful in backing up the prosecutors claim of BM being dishonest.

His dumb logic was...she voted, so folks will think she's alive!

 

[marylamby]

His dumb logic was...she voted, so folks will think she's alive!

This made me lol!

 

[Momofthreeboys]

He was dumber than dumb. If you are trying to evade authorities you do not draw attention to yourself. This will also be very helpful in backing up the prosecutors claim of BM being dishonest.

Since they are two separate cases I wonder if legally one can be used as part of the second.

 

[SouthAussie]

Since they are two separate cases I wonder if legally one can be used as part of the second.

I guess there is the remote possibility that it can introduced somehow. Perhaps due to the fact that the agents found BM at Frantz Lake. IF (and only if) there is something else regarding Suzanne's disappearance connected to Frantz Lake.

Something like (big hypothetical, perhaps not possible) "So you were found at Frantz Lake for your arrest in voter fraud. We also found this evidence with your DNA on it at Frantz Lake the week prior. Were you there checking that the evidence still remained hidden?"

 

[DeDee]

RE: Wedding Reading

I think I may have been the one to originally suggest Suzanne might have been doing a reading for the wedding. That is only an opinion I had, maybe I didn't make that clear, for which I apologize.

I think Suzanne's absence during the wedding is going to springboard to all kinds of information. No matter if Suzanne was giving a reading or not, she had a been a part of the planning and likely support for her friend. Suzanne suddenly going dark would be glaring.

And BFFs know things.

All MOO

Thanks for telling us the "reading at the wedding" was a hypothesis that was never true.

<>Their Saturday's conversation about the wedding pertained more to the style of the tuxedos, the color of the bridesmaids gowns, the bridal bouquet and wedding flowers - is my understanding, for which I do not provide a link. It's merely an opinion based on the stories hovering in the beginning.

<>

 

[Puzzles8]

I guess there is the remote possibility that it can introduced somehow. Perhaps due to the fact that the agents found BM at Frantz Lake. IF (and only if) there is something else regarding Suzanne's disappearance connected to Frantz Lake.

Something like (big hypothetical, perhaps not possible) "So you were found at Frantz Lake for your arrest in voter fraud. We also found this evidence with your DNA on it at Frantz Lake the week prior. Were you there checking that the evidence still remained hidden?"

ITA - I don't think it was any coincidence the agents met BM at Frantz Lake. I'm still not clear though, did the agents arrange to meet him there, or did they surprise him by showing up there?

JMO, MOO

 

[Puzzles8]

His dumb logic was...she voted, so folks will think she's alive!

Even dumber, BM signed the ballot. There was no signature from Suzanne.

JMO, MOO

 

[steeltowngirl]

IOW, he quickly started looking like a man who had thrown himself into adjusting to...jail. Fortunately for him, he won't be speaking in Court (most likely) and will get coached by his defense team on how to look less...guilty and mean. Jurors spend a lot of time watching the defendant during testimony. Of course, that's way down the road.

If by then he can manage to look older, weak and frail, that certainly won't hurt him.

Great post @10ofRods and ^^RSABBM

I’m not at all worried that Barry will win over a jury with a coached “innocent look”. Jodi Arias downplayed her looks by going plain-jane with glasses in court, but it didn’t help. Life behind bars for her. Nor do I expect Barry to garner jury sympathy with a weak look. Harvey Weinstein rolled into court in a wheelchair, and still landed in prison for 23 years.

Barry won’t fool anyone. Except maybe himself.

jmo

 

[Error505]

Just Posted Today - New Video from Lauren Scharf. Starts out discussing the neighbor’s call to LE (non-emergency number) for a “welfare check” regarding SM on Mother’s Day.
EBM clarification
Behind the Lens Part 2: Face to face with Barry Morphew

 

[Megnut]

Just Posted Today - New Video from Lauren Scharf. Starts out discussing the neighbor’s call to LE (non-emergency number) for a “welfare check” regarding SM on Mother’s Day.
EBM clarification
Behind the Lens Part 2: Face to face with Barry Morphew

Well, that shows a side of Barry.

I suspect it's his only side.

Uses his daughter as a shield, then blames the reporters for the scene he set up.

Not impressed.

JMO

 

[Error505]

Well, that shows a side of Barry.

I suspect it's his only side.

Uses his daughter as a shield, then blames the reporters for the scene he set up.

Not impressed.

JMO

I agree about the “only side” of Barry! Unfortunately, I wasn’t a huge fan of the setting of this particular video, but I give LS 100% kudos and credit for keeping SM’s name and case in the public for the last 13 months.

Yes, BM setup his daughters more than once to handle his dirty business, being the ones to raise awareness their mom was missing MD, and setting this daughter up regarding the confrontation with LS. The 17 yr old one, no less. BM is just as I suspected, a callous, self-serving individual willing to use anyone and everyone (including his children along with murdering his wife). Speaks volumes as to his complete lack of decency or character. He wasn’t a loving hubby who went into a sudden rage. He’s a cold blooded killer just like Scott Peterson, Chris Watts, Patrick Frazee, Drew Peterson, etc, etc. Good luck to the defense team selling this as a LE setup to “get their guy.” I apologize for the rant. Of course all my view point and MOO