Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #64 *ARREST*

[susiQ]

Haven’t had time to catch up but posting just in case it isn’t here yet Lauren reporting.

 

[DizzyB]

My overall impression of the defense activity Thursday is that they are setting the table for motion after motion to dismiss evidence. The prosecution case is circumstantial, in that, piece after piece of evidence is woven together by connecting dot after dot. What the defense will try to do is remove as many dots as possible, creating gaps where the reasonable doubt is currently "hiding". Poo Pooing and complaining yesterday is just the initial salvo...

Agree. Gut the case.

 

[MrsWatson]

Kindle has a note taking feature, does it not?

What a delicious place for Suzanne to hide a journal in plain sight!

JMO

I've wondered for a long time if Suzanne kept a journal and thought she may have done.

 

[Megnut]

If Suzanne hired a private investigator, she may have been speaking to him, as recorded on her 007 spy pen, during which she listened to messages that the PI uncovered, which may have confirmed whatever suspicions led to her getting a PI....

The star witness, one of them anyway, could very well be a PI.

Additionally Suzanne may have been looking for a rat... and insodoing discovered a sewerful....

That message to her sister, the day before, may have laid that out --

My heart is broken.

In addition to all things we've come to learn about Suzanne -- kind, beautiful -- we now learn she was <modsnip> smart.

She just needed more time.

Just one more thing he took away from her.

I wish I could have known her.

I'm sorry I ever even read his name.

May the DA use this new information judiciously. Closing statement written -- such that Suzanne herself gets the last word.

JMO

 

[Love Never Fails]

August 9th, 10th, 23rd, and 24th.

Thank you! That’s soon. My goodness, we will be discussing a lot of tweets between the 20th and 23rd. Hoping more media shows up for the preliminary.

Tons of misinformation. It’s insulting, actually. Any of us could have written it more accurately.

yep. Not surprised.

 

[girlhasnoname]

I am following up on my own post here because I vaguely recall that a late search warrant was served on BM’s sister’s house (TN’s mother’s property) in Indiana, not far from the Morphew’s former home in Arcadia. So, I wonder if the person the CCSO was reaching out to in that Nov 10 press release came forward, verified the conversation with SM documented by the spy pen recording (thus becoming a “consequential witness”) and provided further information that led LE to seek the warrant for that search.

WHAT could LE have expected to find in that late search in Indiana that would have been relevant to SM’s disappearance months earlier in Colorado? Did BM leave something with his sister when the Morphew’s moved to CO, or did he deliver something there after SM disappeared?

Good point, I've always said I think the scope of BM's shady dealings <financial. infidelity, abuse, etc.> started in IN and escalated in CO.

Seems like Suzanne suspected or had evidence so damning to him, he killed for it. I can't decide if it was illegal financial dealings, an affair, perhaps child abuse? I say child abuse because of the way the AA was written.

Spy pen recordings brings a whole new level of concern for me as to what might have been happening in that home behind closed doors.

JMO

 

[Love Never Fails]

If Suzanne purposely recorded conversations, with or about Barry, or both....this smacks of being in desperate and dire straits. Will be interested in at what point did these recordings begin...and what were the life struggles at that point in time? For a person to be in that place where recording is necessary is simply frightening.....imo.

Isn’t it? I can’t imagine recording someone or having them record me. It’s even weird to call a business and hear a voice say the call is being recorded. We are living in a dangerous world.

 

[Love Never Fails]

If Suzanne hired a private investigator, she may have been speaking to him, as recorded on her 007 spy pen, during which she listened to messages that the PI uncovered, which may have confirmed whatever suspicions led to her getting a PI....

The star witness, one of them anyway, could very well be a PI.

Additionally Suzanne may have been looking for a rat... and insodoing discovered a sewerful....

That message to her sister, the day before, may have laid that out --

My heart is broken.

In addition to all things we've come to learn about Suzanne -- kind, beautiful -- we now learn she was damn smart.

She just needed more time.

Just one more thing he took away from her.

I wish I could have known her.

I'm sorry I ever even read his name.

May the DA use this new information judiciously. Closing statement written -- such that Suzanne herself gets the last word.

JMO

Amen.

 

[SouthAussie]

If Suzanne hired a private investigator, she may have been speaking to him, as recorded on her 007 spy pen, during which she listened to messages that the PI uncovered, which may have confirmed whatever suspicions led to her getting a PI....

The star witness, one of them anyway, could very well be a PI.

I struggle to think that Suzanne had money for any independent enterprise, such as hiring a PI. Having been married to a purported control freak.

 

[Seattle1]

According to the article written by Lauren, the FBI presented Barry with 26 exhibits in April. April was when he admitted to felony forgery regarding the presidential ballot. Do you think that the 26 exhibits were regarding Suzanne’s murder, when they interviewed him in Franz Lake? 26 exhibits couldn’t just be about voting, right? It must have been some interview. It feels like 26 is a lot to show him. They really showed him the 26 things? I am curious what a professional would say, if it’s common to disclose that much to a suspect during an interview.

Reportedly, the ballot fraud meeting that took place at Franz Lake was on April 22, and the FBI interview with the 26 exhibits was on April 5, 2021.

Barry Morphew accused of using missing wife's ballot to vote for Donald Trump - KRDO

 

[K9Enzo]

Question for discussion.

We are still waiting for detailed info from the AA, but...

Would BM have been arrested a few months ago if he had a lawyer? Let's say he had retained the lawyers he has now. Did his own statements to LE really bury him?

 

[DizzyB]

Reportedly, the ballot fraud meeting that took place at Franz Lake was on April 22, and the FBI interview with the 26 exhibits was on April 5, 2021.

Barry Morphew accused of using missing wife's ballot to vote for Donald Trump - KRDO

Thanks for the clarification! Barry had a busy April with the FBI. No wonder he was making plans.

 

[jakat]

What'd he say? There's cameras everywhere. I didn't do anything wrong there.

Which means he probably did.

 

[Scootie98]

My overall impression of the defense activity Thursday is that they are setting the table for motion after motion to dismiss evidence. The prosecution case is circumstantial, in that, piece after piece of evidence is woven together by connecting dot after dot. What the defense will try to do is remove as many dots as possible, creating gaps where the reasonable doubt is currently "hiding". Poo Pooing and complaining yesterday is just the initial salvo...

My guess is that it couldn't be used?

But I am not sure that will happen in this case, because I hear the defense complaining that the search warrant was 'too broad' ... didn't limit the search enough to specific items.
(Which, I presume, means that the defense thinks that the police were allowed to go on a fishing expedition ... which shouldn't be allowed.)

"too broad" sounds like a garden variety, everyday use objection....almost as if the lawyer is remiss if not using it.

 

[Scootie98]

According to the article written by Lauren, the FBI presented Barry with 26 exhibits in April. April was when he admitted to felony forgery regarding the presidential ballot. Do you think that the 26 exhibits were regarding Suzanne’s murder, when they interviewed him in Franz Lake? 26 exhibits couldn’t just be about voting, right? It must have been some interview. It feels like 26 is a lot to show him. They really showed him the 26 things? I am curious what a professional would say, if it’s common to disclose that much to a suspect during an interview.

Columbo did this all the time....usually with a wrinkled up brown paper bag though...or stuffed in his pockets. I keed, of course....and its a good question.

 

[girlhasnoname]

Question for discussion.

We are still waiting for detailed info from the AA, but...

Would BM have been arrested a few months ago if he had a lawyer? Let's say he had retained the lawyers he has now. Did his own statements to LE really bury him?

What a good question. I don't think they had quite enough probable cause until he talked to them in depth when they showed him those 26 exhibits <April 5th IIRC>.

I'm sure he denied certain things they then showed proof of, which got him caught in outright lies. I believe that solidified the probable cause for them.

And I agree with @Error505, that he was planning on making a run for it afterwards. I'm sure we'll find out he was under surveillance, especially after that meeting.

MOO

 

[Knox]

My overall impression of the defense activity Thursday is that they are setting the table for motion after motion to dismiss evidence. The prosecution case is circumstantial, in that, piece after piece of evidence is woven together by connecting dot after dot. What the defense will try to do is remove as many dots as possible, creating gaps where the reasonable doubt is currently "hiding". Poo Pooing and complaining yesterday is just the initial salvo...
"too broad" sounds like a garden variety, everyday use objection....almost as if the lawyer is remiss if not using it.

I agree with your thoughts, but say it's still too early to discount a plea. IMO, the prosecution has built a solid case. The FBI was trying to see if Barry would break after seeing some of the evidence shown to him in April. He was still running on denial while free, after all they hadn't found Suzanne. But after being in jail for a while, he may lose some of his bravado.

 

[DetectiveFoyleWannabe]

Judge confirms THIS IS A CAPITAL CASE.

(i.e., capital case defendants are not released on bail).

Also good from standpoint of possibly finding her remains. If he is concerned about death penalty might be incentive to bargain.

 

[Scootie98]

What a good question. I don't think they had quite enough probable cause until he talked to them in depth when they showed him those 26 exhibits <April 5th IIRC>.

I'm sure he denied certain things they then showed proof of, which got him caught in outright lies. I believe that solidified the probable cause for them.

And I agree with @Error505, that he was planning on making a run for it afterwards. I'm sure we'll find out he was under surveillance, especially after that meeting.

MOO

I tend to think the surveillance started much earlier...say, May, 2020?

 

[MrsWatson]

Question for discussion.

We are still waiting for detailed info from the AA, but...

Would BM have been arrested a few months ago if he had a lawyer? Let's say he had retained the lawyers he has now. Did his own statements to LE really bury him?

I think BM was so very confident in himself, he thought he had this,no body, no crime, and didn't need an attorney. He probably also thought it would make him look guilty if he immediately lawyered up and had the attitude of prove I did it, I don't have to defend myself. I think the trip to MX was more than just a vacation. I think when he was shown all that evidence, he went into hyperdrive as far as getting the heck out of Dodge, or Salidas as the case may be. I think it was a surprise to him that he couldn't ask for bond during his first hearing with the Public Defenders. I think this was a steep learning curve for ole BM. I definitely think a lot of what he said during those 3-30 interviews with LE sunk him. I don't know if having legal representation would have prolonged his freedom or not, because I have a feeling BM does not take direction well and wouldn't have necessarily shut up in interviews with LE, attorney or not.

I bet he's a just a joy to work with.

All MOO

Good question, K9Enzo.

ETA: I also think had the same attitude of Patrick Frazee, I don't care, so why would anyone else?