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

[StarrDetective]

Why is it horrific? Is it the info or the way it was written?

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

 

[StarrDetective]

Dbm

 

[MrsWatson]

What if Suzanne was talking to a divorce attorney on the Spy Pen? That was my first thought. My second thought was that it was BM himself and he was threatening to kill her.

(I just have to add, I am absolutely chuffed that our girl had a Spy Pen!)

The Kindle: Could Suzanne have loads of books relating to whatever else nefarious BM may have been involved in? Say, she thought he was involved in arms dealing (far fetched, just using as an example) so she had downloaded a bunch of books dealing with that? I think there is something that BM just did not want coming out, very damaging and criminal. My guess is financial, I've always thought the money was funny. We know he doesn't think fraud is a big deal.

Knowing that there were all those pieces of evidence, laid out in front of BM, warms my dark heart.

As far as the defense not being able to access the evidence turned over, I wholeheartedly agree with the prosecution, that it's not the State's problem. Hey, the defense is getting the big bucks, they should hire a better tech crew. End of.

All MOO

 

[SouthAussie]

<RSBM>

The Kindle: Could Suzanne have loads of books relating to whatever else nefarious BM may have been involved in? Say, she thought he was involved in arms dealing (far fetched, just using as an example) so she had downloaded a bunch of books dealing with that? I think there is something that BM just did not want coming out, very damaging and criminal. My guess is financial, I've always thought the money was funny. We know he doesn't think fraud is a big deal.

All MOO

Without discounting that Suzanne's reading history may be very useful, a kindle can also be used for a few other things that may pertain to this case - with the investigators wanting to check closely in case these features were used by Suzanne.

One of the things is that you can browse the internet on a kindle, additionally you can save screenshots.

Another thing is that you can upload and store photos on a kindle.

(There are other features as well ... play games, play music)

Your Kindle Is More Than an eReader: 5 Hidden Kindle Features

A kindle could be a good place to hide photos and/or browsed items if someone checked your other technology for what you had been doing/saving, and did not realise that a kindle has these included features.

 

[Scootie98]

She may have known she was recording messages on her pen.

She may not have known she was recording messages on her pen.

It sounds like the pen was at some remove from the phone device, if it was so faint as to be hard to make out.

I remain highly skeptical this was Suzanne recording herself, but time will tell.

Either way, it's likely going to prove hugely damning to Barry, and that's all that matters here.

JMO.

If the prosecution knows where the pen came from, that will carry alot of weight, I would think.

 

[Scootie98]

Thinking about this pen.

I don’t think this is something Suzanne would go out and buy herself, rather, I think this is something that someone would suggest she use, and perhaps supply her with.

I could see this coming from a member of her support group, or from a close friend with experience with this sort of thing (marital strife, abuse, divorce).

I just don’t think most people would think to do that in a similar situation, nor do I see her having this thing delivered to the house (defeats the purpose).

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.

 

[Scootie98]

Spy pen, surveillance video, cell phone data discussed in Barry Morphew hearing | FOX21 News Colorado

CHAFFEE COUNTY, Colo. — For the first time in the murder trial of Barry Morphew, lawyers openly discussed evidence related to his wife, Suzanne, who was reported missing from her Chaffee County home over Mother’s Day weekend in 2020.

Morphew stands accused of Suzanne’s murder and is currently in custody in Chaffee County and awaiting trial. His defense attorneys, Iris Eytan and Dru Neilsen, asked the judge Thursday for a bond and a lesser charge, but Judge Patrick Murphy denied both requests.

At the hearing Thursday, prosecutors and Morphew’s attorneys discussed some of the evidence that will be presented at trial, including data from a spy pen, laptops, iPhones, surveillance video, and an Amazon Kindle. There is so much evidence that Morphew’s attorneys say they are having a difficult time accessing it all.

Eytan and Neilsen said they haven’t seen all of the available evidence, though the judge ordered it to be handed over in June. Additionally, Eytan said their investigators made multiple attempts to look at the data from the hard drive given to them by the state, but kept getting an error message.

The prosecution argued they tried to help the defense fix the issues they were having with the technology. Senior District Attorney Jeff Lindsay said it wasn’t up to them to show the defense how to open each file.

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Eytan also reported having experienced issues with the cell phone data of the Morphews’ two daughters, Morphew, a witness nicknamed “MG phone”, and audio from a spy pen. She also claimed they never received 26 exhibits that Barry was given by the FBI in April, or surveillance footage and photos from a hotel.

Eytan said they have the original audio of the spy pen, which she said was very hard to hear, instead of the FBI-enhanced versions. Eytan said in one recording, Suzanne can be heard talking to a man on the phone, and noted there are other recorded messages from the same individual, which she said were extremely critical to the case.

Bit of sarcastic irony here......but the defense whining about the faulty evidence sounds about like Barry's claim about the sheriffs dept screwing up the bicycle scene. When they got you dead to rights...just claim the evidence is damaged?

 

[Scootie98]

I agree the Spy Pen recordings may not be meant to behoove Suzanne since the Defense so desperately wants a decent copy of the recordings. Why would Suzanne record matters that could harm her yet would help exculpate Barry in any fashion?

A few weeks ago, I predicted not everything in the investigation will be favorable to SM bc she's human to err as all of us can do. Why would there be a Spy Pen found with recordings of Suzanne and a male - who's not her husband - that the Defense seems eager to determine from decent video copies? What a wicked twist this Spy Pen may be.

This could be a matter of the defense documenting as asterisk* next to the recordings evidence...for future use in challenging its admittance. They might refer back to this raised issue at trial...as in "we brought this up before"... It just looks like a tactic to challenge admission of evidence. They are going to need to do that, since its a circumstantial case....no?

 

[SouthAussie]

MK of PE was listening to the hearing and giving a “ play by play “.

At 58:00 you can hear IE speaking about spy pen.

Finally getting to listen to this ... listening to what the DA is actually saying while MK is sitting quietly.

The DA is saying that they do not have to turn over anything that is not discoverable (won't be used as evidence) therefore they are not turning over the entire master copy ... (around the 37min mark in the video). Some of the things on the master copy are outside the limits of the search warrants, and won't be used at trial.

Just thought I would mention that here, as it was one of the questions I had a little further back.

 

[Barry]

Was it the FBI themselves, who presented the evidence to BM? That in itself would be interesting if so. MOO.

 

[Skigh]

Finally getting to listen to this ... listening to what the DA is actually saying while MK is sitting quietly.

The DA is saying that they do not have to turn over anything that is not discoverable (won't be used as evidence) therefore they are not turning over the entire master copy ... (around the 37min mark in the video). Some of the things on the master copy are outside the limits of the search warrants, and won't be used at trial.

Just thought I would mention that here, as it was one of the questions I had a little further back.

What we happen if they found evidence which was outside the limits of the search warrant,but was later found to be highly significant?

 

[SouthAussie]

What we happen if they found evidence which was outside the limits of the search warrant,but was later found to be highly significant?

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.)

 

[Momofthreeboys]

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.)

That was my interpretation.

 

[Skigh]

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.)

I think the evidence against BM is so overwhelming that the only strategy those fancy and expensive pair of lawyers have is to nit pick everything they possibly can.

I hope I am correct in thinking the judge has the measure of them and is wise to their game playing.

 

[SouthAussie]

What we happen if they found evidence which was outside the limits of the search warrant,but was later found to be highly significant?

Just to mention something else about this ^^^^. I recall (now retired) Det Insp Gary Jubelin stating that sometimes the police find out things through ways they shouldn't, then they seek out legitimate ways to 'discover' that evidence so that it can be used at trial.

 

[SouthAussie]

I think the evidence against BM is so overwhelming that the only strategy those fancy and expensive pair of lawyers have is to nit pick everything they possibly can.

I hope I am correct in thinking the judge has the measure of them and is wise to their game playing.

Well, I liked the way the judge said very sensibly that why couldn't the defense expert talk to the prosecution expert and find out how to open the files. Which programs are needed to open the files.

Which I was wondering, too. Seems like a big waste of court time. Just talk to the prosecution expert, and ask them how to open the files. The DA gave the name of someone who could help them.

 

[minusfour]

A spy pen? With recordings that are described as crucial? How wonderful! Respect

 

[DizzyB]

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.

 

[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...

 

[Megnut]

Kindle has a note taking feature, does it not?

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

JMO