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

[Deleted member 222031]

An abusive, stalking, self centered narcissist who believes that he is the victim while the actual victim is being portrayed in a negative light by the defense at every opportunity. This case is beginning to have many parallels to the OJ Simpson case. I just hope that it does not end like the Simpson case.

It won't. This case has a lot of evidence (4 terabytes+) but the timeline we already have is quite damning. Easy to get sidetracked by the details but we have motive, opportunity & weapon basically admitted by BM. And although the defense will raise a few credible doubts, there won't be days of explaining DNA until everyone is cross-eyed.

Fortunately for our victim, the 95% of the truth that buries him will overwhelm the 5% of reasonable doubt. JMHO

 

[Ontario Mom]

and why wouldn't Barry have mentioned to Jeff Puckett on Saturday that he needed him on Sunday, if that were the case?

According to Puckett, he did.

Starting at 27:56

 

[303gmf]

Thanks, @303gmf. I recall LS saying in her recap that the BM's defense team advised his gf not to attend the ph. I can't believe he still has a gf!

Was the video taken this week or when BM was arrested in May?

I believe Lauren posted it the day after his arrest.
That day rumor traveled round that she had been cooperating with investigators & sharing information but I’m not believing.
The scrutiny in Salida would make it tough, run fast S away from this mess!

 

[Willowwood26]

Yup, and she can also testify to the 'hush-hush' money TN and GI George gave her for the Broomfield job. She had 5 interviews with LE from what I remember. I think she knows a lot.

So is that where the missing money went from the garage safe? Hush money ? Then BM can say it was stolen ?

 

[Auntie Cipation]

Chipmunks in Colorado (and elsewhere) can carry plague and hantavirus among other baddies. Someone like BM might not know that/believe it, but overall I think it's unlikely he would eat any that he may have killed over the years. MOO

 

[mainemom376]

O t

It may have come from this testimony but captured in a tweet different by Marc or Lauren:

Russell Haythorn
@RussellHaythorn
·
Aug 10
Grusing testifies that #BarryMorphew sought information about purchasing a backhoe attachment and a new blade for his Bobcat on May 9, the day before Suzanne disappeared.

@Seattle1 - I am remembering this appointment as well - maybe for 1pm or 2pm?
ETA: At 1:55 p.m. door opens at DSI and there is surveillance video as well. At 2 p.m. BM was getting his blade replaced on his bobcat on Saturday, May 9.
I believe this to be from Lauren as I used most of her tweets in the timeline @OldCop and I are refining.
ETA2:

Lauren Scharf
@LaurenScharfTV
Replying to
@LaurenScharfTV
At 2 p.m. #BarryMorphew was getting his blade replaced on his bobcat. on Saturday, May 9.
5:35 PM · Aug 10, 2021·Twitter Web App[/QUOTE
I think this will come in to play. JMO

 

[oviedo]

The Friday before Mother's Day, my sister had sent me a text message that morning. It was very lengthy. It was very powerful. It was very revealing,' Melinda said. 'She had been ready to share some things close to her chest. She said she was scared.'
Suzanne Morphew's sister says 'murdered' Colorado mom and 'killer' husband had money problems | Daily Mail Online

knowing what we now know - what was she scared of? Had she stumbled across information about him ? or was he threatening her about something specific? I know with verizon I was able to actually see the contents of text messages when chatting with a customer service rep online - as long as I did not use them in a legal proceeding. Was the husband accessing her actual text messages? We now know he texted her that morning - what changed for SM?

5/8
7:02 am SM writes list of 50 reasons why she wanted to leave marriage on Notes
9:28 am SM texts sister: BM abusive physically and emotionally.
10:55 am BM texts SM I Love You, Suzanne

Friday night: BM Moonlight Pizza
(still hunting for the picture with the smartwatch - sure looks like a tan line in the picture from DM article)
ETA picture

 

[Lyanna]

I pulled the timeline @OldCop and I did in the beginning - we can fill in some of the blanks now

Friday 5/8/20

Evening, exact time unknown:
-BM works at “beach area” at Salida dig site (MG)
After hearing:
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.

Saturday 5/9/20

A.M.:
-BM & MG at Salida dig site. MG states BM was acting unusual. MG is supposed to rake out beach area that BM had worked on the night before. (MG). BM picked up MG (unverified) to bring her there.

11:00 a.m.:
-BM tells MG to go home. He tells her he has to go home to make wife “happy” and take her hiking or biking. (Did BM drop off MG?)

12:30 p.m. : (conflicting information, time not verified, could be later in the day, or even earlier)
-SM is talking with BFF on a message app or FB when suddenly she stops replying.

4:00 p.m.: New Info
-SM & BM are seen in a sandwich shop in Salida
After hearing: No mention of this and she was likely incapacitated or deceased by 4pm

Afternoon, exact time unknown:
-BM makes contact with JP and hires him for a Broomfield job on Sunday. According to JP, this was an in person meeting in Salida. Was this before or after SM and BM were in the sandwich shop?
-MG states that BM was seen shopping around town. (Unverified)

Evening, exact time unknown:
-SM’s bff receives texts that seem “unusual” from SM
-Friends of BM see SM appear in “Friend Suggestions” and “People You May Know” on their FB pages.
-New Info: Friends of AM receive friend requests from SM

11:30 p.m.:
-A neighbor of a home being built in Salida hears heavy machinery running for about a half hour. BM has been hired to do prep work for a foundation pour at this site. This is the same site where he is also prepping the “beach area”.

After hearing: We know his phone was taken off airplane mode at 10:17pm and it was home.

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I didn't want to lose all this original work and will try to match up what was testified to at the hearing.

Thank you ❤
It is much appreciated

 

[mainemom376]

O t

Sorry was trying to quote a post, but failed miserably . I definitely think that the blade replacement will come in to play. JMO

 

[DizzyB]

Does anyone remember a hot tub photo with Suzanne? Not sure if it was family or friends, but I know everyone in it was female.

 

[Ontario Mom]

Sorry was trying to quote a post, but failed miserably . I definitely think that the blade replacement will come in to play. JMO

I'm not so sure, since it was said at some point of the first 2 days of the prelim that the Bobcat didn't factor into the investigation at all (paraphrasing). Sure looking forward to the next two days though, and having at least some of the blanks filled in. Hopefully.

 

[Diddian]

Sorry was trying to quote a post, but failed miserably . I definitely think that the blade replacement will come in to play. JMO

IIRC, the job raking the riverfront "flat, flat, flat" came as a surprise to MG. I would not be AT ALL surprised to learn that BM damaged something on the Bobcat and/or blade when he was preparing a spot to bury SM later and he had MG use the equipment on Saturday morning in the hope the damage would become apparent and he could blame it on MG.

 

[303gmf]

Does anyone remember a hot tub photo with Suzanne? Not sure if it was family or friends, but I know everyone in it was female.

Was it in SO’s absolutely beautiful 50th bday video?
That’s where I remember seeing it

 

[Scootie98]

IIRC, the job raking the riverfront "flat, flat, flat" came as a surprise to MG. I would not be AT ALL surprised to learn that BM damaged something on the Bobcat and/or blade when he was preparing a spot to bury SM later and he had MG use the equipment on Saturday morning in the hope the damage would become apparent and he could blame it on MG.

I have no basis to support my opinion....but I see Barry as the sole user of the bobcat...I perceive that he did not allow others to operate it...but could easily be wrong.

 

[DizzyB]

Was it in SO’s absolutely beautiful 50th bday video?
That’s where I remember seeing it

I just went through it again, if it was there I missed it.
EDIT: I found it, it was a family photo from 2018. Not in the video. No watch, female family members in the hot tub.

 

[Puzzles8]

IIRC, the job raking the riverfront "flat, flat, flat" came as a surprise to MG. I would not be AT ALL surprised to learn that BM damaged something on the Bobcat and/or blade when he was preparing a spot to bury SM later and he had MG use the equipment on Saturday morning in the hope the damage would become apparent and he could blame it on MG.

My question for MG. Was she previously aware one of BM's bobcat blades was damaged?

Or was this news to her?

 

[Megnut]

Barry's Bobcat maybe wasn't the only Bobcat he had access to.

Just saying.

JMO

 

[Puzzles8]

I keep thinking about Barry's hour by the river 5/9. And that he ran into TD a few days later soaking wet in street clothes. That river must have been really cold at that time of year, so he must have felt there was something very important in that water.

Maybe there was a final fight before her death and she took off her wedding ring and threw it at Barry. Might have landed in the river.

Just a thought. I'll be curious to find out if that ring was ever found.

Can anyone describe the river? How wide or deep is it? Lazy flow or good current?

 

[dkryder]

IMO, the daughters would say what their father told them. I don't believe that she stole $70,000. The only way that I would believe it if it ended up in her secret bank account, which hasn't been touched, btw.

JMO.

Ok, but I'm more interested in if the 70K actually existed in the safe. As in, can you confirm the 70K was in the safe? Did you see it? Then it's just follow the money. Because I agree with you that either of them might say dad told me it was there. To me that doesn't count for it being there MOO.

 

[Error505]

Thanks, @303gmf. I recall LS saying in her recap that the BM's defense team advised his gf not to attend the ph. I can't believe he still has a gf!

Was the video taken this week or when BM was arrested in May?

@Seattle1 Video of residence was on day of Arrest.
Tweet @LaurenScharf 5/5/2021 Day of Arrest

“I tried to speak with a friend of Barry Morphew’s in Poncha Springs, but a Chaffee County deputy told me that she was unavailable. Multiple LE vehicles have been seen at this home today”. #FindSuzanneMorphew @FOX21News
https://twitter.com/laurenscharftv/status/1390097967613239297?s=21
Moo