Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #72 *ARREST*

[genuineusa77]

I think it was later on that evening, around midnight that the strange activity occurred on Suzanne's FB. JL may have been concerned, but I doubt it was about whether or not Suzanne had met someone else after not hearing from her for two days. I wish he had called police.

Who JL? How would need now something was wrong?

 

[Minordetails]

He’s a jerk and he’s mad because she “ made him do it “.
Oh, Suzanne.

Wonder if investigators just showed him the pic and said
This is the last selfie taken on your wife’s phone.

Or did they say Your wife texted this pic of herself to the man she was involved with.

Doesn’t matter. He’s a jerk.

JMO

He is by all appearances a jerk, and it’s going to become more and more evident that he’s a guilty jerk.

So if you are the prosecution, what kind of deal would you do for her body? He knows what happened and where she is. It’s the only leverage BM has. So what’s that information worth? Would you be willing to let BM off a with 20 year sentence in exchange for the truth and her body?

 

[genuineusa77]

Maybe others had thoughts on this and I missed it. I’m trying to understand why, knowing abusive people in my past, she texted her sister on the 8th that she was tired of BMs instability and verbal/ physical abuse. At some point she tells him that they are done. Yet on the 9th he asks her about going on a hike. She asks where and he doesn’t respond. In my mind leave it at that…”thank god I don’t have to spend time with him”. Yet she texts again and asks if he wants to meet up. He says no that he is coming home. I thought maybe she wanted things to appear normal but the daughters were not there….no audience to appear normal for. So why even entertain the idea?

Maybe others had thoughts on this and I missed it. I’m trying to understand why, knowing abusive people in my past, she texted her sister on the 8th that she was tired of BMs instability and verbal/ physical abuse. At some point she tells him that they are done. Yet on the 9th he asks her about going on a hike. She asks where and he doesn’t respond. In my mind leave it at that…”thank god I don’t have to spend time with him”. Yet she texts again and asks if he wants to meet up. He says no that he is coming home. I thought maybe she wanted things to appear normal but the daughters were not there….no audience to appear normal for. So why even entertain the idea?

I know. I question that too. I have alot of doubt in my mind about everything. Also, her sister made it sound like Suzanne was scared because of their finances. If it was abuse, I assume she would have helped her ASAP.

 

[kshultz06082]

This is where all the confusion is coming from on the issue of the incoming and outgoing call:

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Now Neilsen is going over phone data of #SuzanneMorphew and #BarryMorphew. According to the CAST REPORT, an incoming call at 12:02 a.m. and an outgoing 2:17 a.m. on May 9. Barry doesn't have a call until a little after 6 a.m.

 

[Deleted member 222031]

Had some time with my thoughts while the thread paused.

I’m so disappointed that JL didn’t come forward. But folks here are right, she was torn, by her own admission. I don’t need to like JL. He was Suzanne’s choice, and if he gave her some happiness, I’m going to have to be good with that too.

I really want to see that final picture, sitting in the sun, feeling loved, feeling hope.

I’d like to hope that that the ending of her life was quick, and that she was feeling some joy up on that mountain in her last living moments.

I’m reminded of the lyrics of one of my favorite songs, Roll Me Away by Bob Seger:

Stood alone on a mountain top
Starin' out at the Great Divide
I could go East, I could go West
It was all up to me to decide
Just then I saw a young hawk flyin'
And my soul began to rise
And pretty soon
My heart was singin'
Roll, roll me away
I'm gonna roll me away tonight
Gotta keep rollin', gotta keep ridin'
Keep searching 'til I find what's right
And as the sunset faded, I spoke
To the faintest first starlight
And I said next time
Next time
We'll get it right

So poignant. Thank you for sharing these thoughts.

 

[EggSalad]

Maybe others had thoughts on this and I missed it. I’m trying to understand why, knowing abusive people in my past, she texted her sister on the 8th that she was tired of BMs instability and verbal/ physical abuse. At some point she tells him that they are done. Yet on the 9th he asks her about going on a hike. She asks where and he doesn’t respond. In my mind leave it at that…”thank god I don’t have to spend time with him”. Yet she texts again and asks if he wants to meet up. He says no that he is coming home. I thought maybe she wanted things to appear normal but the daughters were not there….no audience to appear normal for. So why even entertain the idea?

I completely agree. That text exchange, which coincidentally involves potentially 3 aspects of the murder (hiking excuse, tires on Range Rover, hot tub supplies) is so disconnected emotionally from everything that happened and all communications the prior 2 days. It’s extraordinarily fishy to me. I genuinely think it was BM spoofing those texts to make it look like wit was SM. I guess we’ll find out if that is true or not when the AA comes out.

Also of note, if those texts indeed were spoofed, then SM would have no idea BM was coming home. And him putting his phone in airplane mode and getting iut of his truck but not closing the door, then racing around the property would support a premeditated, element of surprise approach to the murder.

 

[kshultz06082]

I thought that the 2:53 a.m. call was on 5/10, too. I'm confused to see some posts list it as 5/9??

JMO.

Here is where the confusion comes from... note the time and date Lauren referenced:

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Now Neilsen is going over phone data of #SuzanneMorphew and #BarryMorphew. According to the CAST REPORT, an incoming call at 12:02 a.m. and an outgoing 2:17 a.m. on May 9. Barry doesn't have a call until a little after 6 a.m.

 

[Minordetails]

I completely agree. That text exchange, which coincidentally involves potentially 3 aspects of the murder (hiking excuse, tires on Range Rover, hot tub supplies) is so disconnected emotionally from everything that happened and all communications the prior 2 days. It’s extraordinarily fishy to me. I genuinely think it was BM spoofing those texts to make it look like wit was SM. I guess we’ll find out if that is true or not when the AA comes out.

It doesn’t fit the narrative. What if it was Suzanne sending the texts, then what? Is it fishy enough to create reasonable doubt.

 

[Auntie Cipation]

Not in December and January as mentioned. We were skiing with LOTS of snow during those months.

Not to veer too far off track, but snow on the ground does *not* necessarily mean frigid air temperatures. A sunny day can easily feel warm, as has been mentioned, even if there is snow on the ground. (Basic physics: a snowpack can absorb a LOT of heat before it visibly appears to be melting.)

 

[kshultz06082]

It's too bad that, when a person is known missing in a small town, the LE don't ask for all businesses in the vicinity to save their surveillance video, even if initially for some generic time frame like "a week prior to missing report" until they know more what they are looking for.

I mean, at that beginning point in time LE has no idea if they're dealing with a voluntary walkaway, head injury/amnesia, domestic issue, stranger kidnapping, etc, but in nearly every situation it might turn out to be, local video would still be helpful in figuring things out. MOO

They did ask... they requested all video from businesses and home security camera data be saved from May 8th thru May 12th. It was early on, but I don't know exactly when. It may have been too late for some to be saved depending on schedule of overwriting. Example: if they asked on the day she went missing, Sunday, what happens if some cameras were on a normal schedule of deleting or overwriting on Saturdays?

 

[CaseZero]

JMO…

I see SM as a deeply loving woman. While she was no longer in love with BM, I believe she did truly care about him. I believe she wanted him to be well, wanted him to be okay with the divorce. So I see that text asking again about the hike to express her care for her daughters’ father. Yes, she’s planning to divorce. But she’ll still feed him veggie soup and go on a hike because she cares about him.

MOO

SM had also said in one of her texts that she wanted to keep things civil. SM and BM had been married for 25 years at this point. She was probably feeling relieved that she'd talked to BM regarding divorce, and BM, in her eyes, was taking the news well. She obviously had no idea how much anger BM held toward her. I think this was his plan all along. To make her feel comfortable within their marriage at that time while he plotted and planned.

 

[Goldenseal]

Isn't Mass Guy's point that BM supposedly spent time with his wife on Saturday. That everything was hunkydory between them. So why the comment 'she LOOKS drunk'. If he was actually there with her for hours - part of the morning, most of the afternoon, all of the evening and overnight until 5am - surely he would know first hand if she had been drinking enough to be drunk.

This was indeed Mass Guy's point ('you were there, Barry, was she drunk or not?'). That 'drunk' comment also shows that BM's reflexive action toward anything SM does/says/sees/talks about/looks like is to DENIGRATE HER. This is what abusers do automatically, without even thinking about it. He wasn't worried about SM, he knew what happened to her. He didn't even have the wherewithal to proactively defend himself by responding to the last photo of his 'dear wife' by showing a sad face, crying, etc. -- nope, he says she looks drunk. As if he were talking about some random person he didn't care about. Which, regrettably, was true. MOO

 

[Warwick7]

Maybe others had thoughts on this and I missed it. I’m trying to understand why, knowing abusive people in my past, she texted her sister on the 8th that she was tired of BMs instability and verbal/ physical abuse. At some point she tells him that they are done. Yet on the 9th he asks her about going on a hike. She asks where and he doesn’t respond. In my mind leave it at that…”thank god I don’t have to spend time with him”. Yet she texts again and asks if he wants to meet up. He says no that he is coming home. I thought maybe she wanted things to appear normal but the daughters were not there….no audience to appear normal for. So why even entertain the idea?

MOO I thinks she watched her p's and q's. In an earlier text she said anything would set him off.

Plus she wanted to handle things civilly. Maybe she thought walking and talking would help.

 

[Birmingplumb]

1. Why 5 "i don't know what I threw away and 1 "throwing away tranquilizers" why?..... why leave or plant the tranq cap left in in dryer.........?
2. His being recorded by video camera's outside several trash dump runs.....
3. Knew how to reset truck tracking device yet did not realize parking lots had cameras? ..
4. Carrying items into hotel with camera"s everywhere?

What can he come up with at TRIAL to explain all of this and sway the jury in the 11th hour?

I don't trust we got him yet....just my gut.
Praying for the children in Motown.

 

[bestill]

Had some time with my thoughts while the thread paused.

I’m so disappointed that JL didn’t come forward. But folks here are right, she was torn, by her own admission. I don’t need to like JL. He was Suzanne’s choice, and if he gave her some happiness, I’m going to have to be good with that too.

I really want to see that final picture, sitting in the sun, feeling loved, feeling hope.

I’d like to hope that that the ending of her life was quick, and that she was feeling some joy up on that mountain in her last living moments.

I’m reminded of the lyrics of one of my favorite songs, Roll Me Away by Bob Seger:

Stood alone on a mountain top
Starin' out at the Great Divide
I could go East, I could go West
It was all up to me to decide
Just then I saw a young hawk flyin'
And my soul began to rise
And pretty soon
My heart was singin'
Roll, roll me away
I'm gonna roll me away tonight
Gotta keep rollin', gotta keep ridin'
Keep searching 'til I find what's right
And as the sunset faded, I spoke
To the faintest first starlight
And I said next time
Next time
We'll get it right

Love this and especially Bob Seger!!

 

[MsBetsy]

Who JL? Hw woud need now something was wrong?

I thought you said maybe it was JL who went through Suzanne's FB thinking she had met another man after not hearing from her for two days. Isn't JL the man she was having an affair with?

He may have known something was wrong because right after Suzanne sent him the selfie his text messages to her went unanswered. Two days later she had still not answered him just to let him know she was ok. Since he knew Barry was likely returning home soon after their conversation, I would assume he would have been more concerned with Barry's reaction than Suzanne communicating on FB with another man, especially if he knew Barry was dangerous.

Suzanne's sister and best friend were worried about her safety, and they didn't even know about the affair. Imo

 

[DizzyB]

Lauren said that Barry brought a lot of stuff into the room at the HIE. Duffel bag, loose clothing items, including the teal blue article that seems to be the same color as a jacket that Suzanne was wearing in a photo she had recently posted on her Instagram. The amount of things he brought into the room stood out to her. I am looking forward to more information about his stay at the HIE.

 

[Deleted member 222031]

They should get JL to testify. <modsnip - nothing linked to support speculation> He regularly heard from her. Does that make sense?

He will if they issue a subpoena! But only if! MOO

 

[Truecolors]

Not in December and January as mentioned. We were skiing with LOTS of snow during those months.

What’s pertinent to this case is the climate in early May. I’ve personally experienced the hot sun at altitude as early as February. My sister skis powder in a tank top, so I do think the locals adjust somewhat to the climate (and are prepared for radical temperature shifts).

MOO

 

[Goldenseal]

<modsnip>

But I am somewhat afraid that the biological evidence that they speak of may be traces of Suzanne's fluids/DNA in a dumpster(s).

I hope with the strength of a thousand suns that LE has found exactly that.