Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #71 *ARREST*

[DizzyB]

So I just had a thought:

According to yesterday’s testimony, Barry brought up the excuse of shooting chipmunks, to explain his phone movements around the time Suzanne is believed to have been murdered.

He waited an astounding 9 months to reveal this to investigators.

Now, we know a tranquilizer cap was found in the dryer, and one dart from a pack of 4 was missing (Carol McKinley tweet I posted earlier).

The FBI agent was interested in what weapon Barry was using to hunt chipmunks, as he knew that a 22 could fire those tranquilizers.

Interestingly, the “short rifle” charge is dated between May 9, and March 4 of the following year.

I think this tranquilizer shooting 22 rifle, may in fact be the “short rifle” in the weapons charge.

It’s interesting that the chipmunk story and weapon charge date is so close in time.

I like it. Btw what does a cap look like?

 

[clearskies1]

If he did it and it was well planned, then pre-digging may have occurred with the back hoe. If she was incapacitated, possible that she was buried alive. Horrendous possibility. JMO.

 

[Fireflize]

Can someone give me a quick take on why the sheets being off the bed is something significant? TIA

BM told LE that Suzanne had washed the linens from MM1's bedroom, because that's what she does if they expect visitors.

So naturally, our minds go to him lying to cover up why he washed the sheets. Hence speculation that Suzanne was on that bed after her assault.
I'm pretty sure he did at least one load of laundry, since the tranquilizer cap was found in the dryer. Moo

 

[kkdj]

BM told LE that Suzanne had washed the linens from MM1's bedroom, because that's what she does if they expect visitors.

So naturally, our minds go to him lying to cover up why he washed the sheets. Hence speculation that Suzanne was on that bed after her assault.
I'm pretty sure he did at least one load of laundry, since the tranquilizer cap was found in the dryer. Moo

And how sloppy of him!

 

[AnnaGrace]

So I just had a thought:

According to yesterday’s testimony, Barry brought up the excuse of shooting chipmunks, to explain his phone movements around the time Suzanne is believed to have been murdered.

He waited an astounding 9 months to reveal this to investigators.

Now, we know a tranquilizer cap was found in the dryer, and one dart from a pack of 4 was missing (Carol McKinley tweet I posted earlier).

The FBI agent was interested in what weapon Barry was using to hunt chipmunks, as he knew that a 22 could fire those tranquilizers.

Interestingly, the “short rifle” charge is dated between May 9, and March 4 of the following year.

I think this tranquilizer shooting 22 rifle, may in fact be the “short rifle” in the weapons charge.

It’s interesting that the chipmunk story and weapon charge date is so close in time.

Actually, I've been thinking about this too and wondered if it was possible.

 

[Fireflize]

And how sloppy of him!

LOL if he washed the sheets, you know he left them wrinkling. No way he remade the bed.
And Suzanne most certainly would have.

 

[bestill]

Barry really stepped in it answering the dart question, imo. I believe that his defense team probably could have explained it away without ole BM's tall tales. Wonder what else they have caught him in?

 

[Auntie Cipation]

https://twitter.com/LaurenScharfTV/status/1425188266081505286?s=20

"On May 9, phone is pinged near the river behind his home. Investigators asked why this..."

11:50am to 12:50pm

What was he doing?

BM left the home at 1:38 p.m. SM sends a message to Libler saying "Guess who is alone again?? at 2:03

I'm stumped on this. Any takers on what he was doing??

I don't mean looking for a dead turkey.
:0)

The creek by their home is the most direct (and private) route to where her bike was found. Did he maybe walk that way to decide where to drop the bike?

BM's truck was rebooted at 5:33pm 5/9.

To reboot, I suspect he disconnected and reconnected the truck's battery. I'm assuming this was the "mechanical thingy". Did the truck's data recorder have any time spans with no data? As in, the truck battery might have been used as a power source elsewhere?

Forgive me if this has been covered before, I am SO behind.

As I understand it, there are 12 hours of missing data on the truck.

I think the whole point of disconnecting it was to erase the data on the car's GPS/control motherboard. So far we know that the thing continued to record such events as doors opening and what gear the car was in (as opposed to recording GPS location). I get the feeling there's way, way more that is known from Barry's truck - but my worry is that since he backed the truck to the end of the driveway, he left room to get the old RR out of the garage.

And he may have left his phone at home during that phase.

I'm confused about the truck reboot. If not the door and gear data, what data did the reboot block?

All the times I mentioned above took place on 5/9, but there was "data" about the door openings less than an hour prior to the reboot. So where is the gap of missing data?

TIA for explanations.

 

[Cindizzi]

So I just had a thought:

According to yesterday’s testimony, Barry brought up the excuse of shooting chipmunks, to explain his phone movements around the time Suzanne is believed to have been murdered.

He waited an astounding 9 months to reveal this to investigators.

Now, we know a tranquilizer cap was found in the dryer, and one dart from a pack of 4 was missing (Carol McKinley tweet I posted earlier).

The FBI agent was interested in what weapon Barry was using to hunt chipmunks, as he knew that a 22 could fire those tranquilizers.

Interestingly, the “short rifle” charge is dated between May 9, and March 4 of the following year.

I think this tranquilizer shooting 22 rifle, may in fact be the “short rifle” in the weapons charge.

It’s interesting that the chipmunk story and weapon charge date is so close in time.

Very interesting!
Buy why would the possession of the firearm end on March 4 ?
One day after the house sold.
Did they surveil him getting rid of it ?
Arrest was on May 5
Murder 1 , Tampering with Evidence
Attempt to influence public servants

Then on May 18 - 2 new charges
Possession of illegal short rifle
Tampering with deceased body

ok my heads spinning

 

[Gardenista]

Does anyone know how soon after BM stopped talking to LE that they arrested him? I'm just wondering if they held off so they could keep him talking.

 

[Puzzles8]

As I understand it, there are 12 hours of missing data on the truck.

I think the whole point of disconnecting it was to erase the data on the car's GPS/control motherboard. So far we know that the thing continued to record such events as doors opening and what gear the car was in (as opposed to recording GPS location). I get the feeling there's way, way more that is known from Barry's truck - but my worry is that since he backed the truck to the end of the driveway, he left room to get the old RR out of the garage.

And he may have left his phone at home during that phase.

Thank you. Do we know the stop and start of those 12 hours?

I also noticed how many times the truck's Passenger Door was opened. Hmm..

 

[10ofRods]

Can someone give me a quick take on why the sheets being off the bed is something significant? TIA

Something was likely used to wrap Suzanne's body. OTOH, it could just be that Suzanne was in the process of doing laundry, but the sheets from the guest room may be still missing, is what I took from it.

IOW, there is evidence in the house pertaining to a certain type of crime on the day the police entered and made note of conditions.

Be pretty cool if those sheets were found at one of his trash drops.

 

[bestill]

Very interesting!
Buy why would the possession of the firearm end on March 4 ?
One day after the house sold.
Did they surveil him getting rid of it ?
Arrest was on May 5
Murder 1 , Tampering with Evidence
Attempt to influence public servants

Then on May 18 - 2 new charges
Possession of illegal short rifle
Tampering with deceased body

ok my heads spinning

BBM Very good catch! His last chance to retrieve it before he wouldn't have access to the house. Interesting indeed. What else did he possibly tamper with those last few days before the house sale?

 

[TappaTappaTappa]

First, thank you to everyone who posted during the hearings! I finally caught up, & while my brain is still trying to sort through things, a thought popped in my head that I just couldn’t shake.

I grew up with a narcissistic mother. She wasn’t horrible to my brother & I at first, but that’s because she was too busy abusing my father & then calling the cops to get HIM removed from the house. This went on for 17years until they divorced, & then she started on us. She would throw herself against cabinets & walls so she would bruise, that way we couldn’t call the cops on her because she said she’d claim self-defense. My brother & I got tired of paying her mortgage/bills while she sat at home getting stoned, popping pills, & drinking (and, ya know, mentally/physically/emotionally abusing us). Even though we knew her insults were all projection, it still hurt because this is a person who is supposed to love us unconditionally. When she heard we were both looking to move out, she typed up a suicide note & decided not to call into work one day & sat in her car in the garage while it was running.

She knew someone at work would get concerned & call one of us—which they did. My brother was the one who found her. Now, she didn’t actually want to kill herself, she used it as a ploy to keep us around. She assumed if we were scared to leave her, she could continue living life the way she wanted. We eventually DID move out, & guess what? She’s still alive. It’s a miracle. Neither of us talk to her, nor does anyone in the family.

My point of this awkward story is this: A few people have mentioned that BM threatened suicide to keep SM around. I 150% back that up. Thing is, he realized his ruse wasn’t working—SM ultimately didn’t care what he did to himself because she was desperate to leave. He saw that. So he took care of that. We all can see he was financially motivated, as many narcs are. I just hope that the judge & jury see that, too. Suzanne didn’t deserve any of what happened to her, & after hearing everything we have the past 2 days, my heart breaks for her—& her daughters—more now than ever.

 

[Seattle1]

https://twitter.com/LaurenScharfTV/status/1425188266081505286?s=20

"On May 9, phone is pinged near the river behind his home. Investigators asked why this..."

11:50am to 12:50pm

What was he doing?

BM left the home at 1:38 p.m. SM sends a message to Libler saying "Guess who is alone again?? at 2:03

I'm stumped on this. Any takers on what he was doing??

I don't mean looking for a dead turkey.
:0)

I want to say stashing the tranquilizer gun for his return a few minutes later but I was watching the drone video of pp, and the area where SM was sunbathing on the backside of the house with lounge chairs, hot tub, etc. is pretty self-contained with the rockery landscape.

Nonetheless, I don't think I'm sold yet on the prosecution's theory that BM just got out of the truck with a 22 rifle equipped with a tranquilizer and chased her down behind the house, zig-zagging for 3 minutes, where he found her sunbathing. That sounds crazy to me and too much effort when BM could easily overpower SM and inject her. I definitely need more data here!

 

[Cindizzi]

Does anyone know how soon after BM stopped talking to LE that they arrested him? I'm just wondering if they held off so they could keep him talking.

Arrested May 5th
FBI showed him 26 exhibits on April 5
FBI talked to him April 22 about the forgery/ ballot fraud

I might have those April days backwards

MOO

 

[NuttMegg]

Something was likely used to wrap Suzanne's body. OTOH, it could just be that Suzanne was in the process of doing laundry, but the sheets from the guest room may be still missing, is what I took from it.

IOW, there is evidence in the house pertaining to a certain type of crime on the day the police entered and made note of conditions.

Be pretty cool if those sheets were found at one of his trash drops.

Thanks, 10ofRods

 

[Fireflize]

At 4:44 p.m., BM’s truck door opened and closed. At 5:25 p.m., the gear shift went from park to reverse and moved backward in the driveway 95 feet-At 10:17 p.m. on May 9, BM's phone was taken off airplane mode and it was home.

I think he used a second vehicle to take her somewhere and his phone was in airplane mode the whole time until he returned home at 10:17pm

SM's phone made an outgoing call at 2:53am of May 10. That was a half an hour before the door event occurred on BM's truck.

Curious who the phone called? Was it a mistake - did they have similar phones ?

At 3:25 a.m. May 10, BM’s truck doors were opened and closed. The phone moved toward the location where the bike was found, according to Grusing.

I think he was planting the bike during this time - however, MH said it was very steep so that seems dangerous in the dark?

At 4:31 a.m. May 10, BM's phone went back into airplane mode. His phone came back online and he traveled toward Broomfield. Agent Grusing pointed out that GPS can still be tracked when a phone is on airplane mode.

Walker said the last activity on Suzanne’s phone was from 4:23 a.m. on May 10, 2020. Her phone pinged from a cell tower in Poncha Springs - Around 5:37 a.m., BM was heading towards Buena Vista, driving through Johnson Village.

I think the phone is between that cell tower in Poncha Springs and Broomfield - was he dumb enough to put the cell phone in a public trash can? Poncha Market on May 12 together with the note?
And a store manager at the Poncha Market described an encounter with Suzanne’s husband, a few days after Suzanne’s disappearance was publicized.

“Somebody knocked on the window and it was Barry Morphew,” Tiffany Butala said.

The note left by Barry, Courtesy of Poncha Market
Butala is a store manager at the market and watched Barry on May 12th around 8 p.m. write the note on the back of a receipt.
‘People don’t know the truth’: Suzanne Morphew’s husband breaks silence after three months | FOX21 News Colorado

so many theories we had about what he was doing, why and where - and to only get pieces of the timeline (knowing the AA is full of details) is frustrating.
ETA - the note was written on may 12 so he didn't put that in the trash on May 10 - i just can't believe he would put the phone in the trash in the first place.

Bumping this most excellent post by @oviedo.

 

[10ofRods]

Actually, I've been thinking about this too and wondered if it was possible.

It makes a lot of sense, caliber wise - also, it's supposed to be used for "up close" shooting. Easy to conceal under a jacket. Would be lovely if there were traces of tranquilizer chemicals in it.

Indeed, there has to be a reason that the gun was mentioned in a separate chart. Barry probably thought they couldn't trace it because, um, he had changed states. While he's cagey, he's smart only in the opportunistic way of an antisocial person (which often overlaps with narcissism). He doesn't read and study and know things.

 

[Seattle1]

BM's truck was rebooted at 5:33pm 5/9.

To reboot, I suspect he disconnected and reconnected the truck's battery. I'm assuming this was the "mechanical thingy". Did the truck's data recorder have any time spans with no data? As in, the truck battery might have been used as a power source elsewhere?

Forgive me if this has been covered before, I am SO behind.

The reboot is supposed to have happened after BM returned home -- most likely wiping out where he traveled after allegedly shooting her behind the house with the tranquilizer. I believe the truck does not leave again until after 3 AM.

I know disconnecting the battery to be true in my own vehicle as this will require me to reprogram my seats, radio, etc.. I haven't checked but the F-350 is pretty powerful and may even have two battery power sources (and probably two gas tanks). MOO