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

[genuineusa77]

Arizona

Thanks!

 

[DizzyB]

I do wish we had more of a narrative. I guess that’s what happens when we experience a preliminary hearing before the AA is released. There’s not much of a story to follow, just basic information, which I guess is the way it is supposed to be. I can’t figure out how we got from point A to B to murder. From taking a hike and meeting the house cleaner, to texts about the marriage ending, to sharing pizza and soup and requesting hot tub stuff, to tranquilizer darts and chipmunks and alibi seeking. I hope that the next two sessions provide a bit of context so that it all makes some kind of sense.

How many meth heads did this guy employ? Is it possible one of them went to his house on Mother's day and caused Suzanne's demise?

Barry sent all the meth heads to Broomfield.

 

[genuineusa77]

I do wish we had more of a narrative. I guess that’s what happens when we experience a preliminary hearing before the AA is released. There’s not much of a story to follow, just basic information, which I guess is the way it is supposed to be. I can’t figure out how we got from point A to B to murder. From taking a hike and meeting the house cleaner, to texts about the marriage ending, to sharing pizza and soup and requesting hot tub stuff, to tranquilizer darts and chipmunks and alibi seeking. I hope that the next two sessions provide a bit of context so that it all makes some kind of sense.

Barry sent all the meth heads to Broomfield.

BBM:He had alot of subs though.

 

[Boxer]

Perhaps it occurred to him to make one more call on her phone. I'd need to know to whom the call was placed to guess much more, but really if Barry wanted to plan the perfect crime, he wouldn't have had her phone go completely dark from 2:47pm-ish on May 9.

Perhaps Barry had a burner phone (or two). Maybe he called that phone, knowing the number could never be traced to Barry (Suzanne's stepbrother says "He always paid cash...for everything." He could even call back from that number, to make it seem as if Suzanne had yet another paramour. He did the FB thing near midnight - he's still up, his adrenalin still pumping, as he's packing up the phone, he gets this bright idea to call his burner...one last time, to throw the timeline into further disarray.

And thank you for all your work on the timeline, @OldCop.

If the burner was previously placed in another location that might work.
If it was at PP I think CAST would locate the signal.

Also eithin days the police would know the location of the burner signal would search for it and for who bought it.

 

[Murphy1950]

MOO picking off chipmunks is not a pest control solution.
It's for fun.
He may have been baiting them.

corn feed anyone?

 

[Diddian]

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?

This photo gallery from that development (Monarch River Estates) has several photographs of the river.
Monarch-River-Estates-Photo-Gallery

 

[waldojabba]

It could have, but who knows? I don't think there was $70,000 in his safe. JMO. The 'hush-hush' meant for MG not to turn her phone over to LE, which she did. She knows a lot and so does her phone.

TOTALLY AGREE - IMO there was NEVER $70k in that safe. Barry is really good at setting up a narrative and manipulating situations - we have seen a pattern that shows this type of behavior with him. I am trying to remember how much he received in PPE loans - Is he setting himself up for when the gov't (hopefully)comes back to collect that PPE money he received ? Barry can then say "Well gosh darn it, I had the money... But don't you know my missing wife stole it out of the safe to run off! " This is just another scam he is running with this $70k missing idea. He sees an opening and he capitizes on it. He first accused LE of stealing it. But wouldn't LE have an inventory/record of what was in the safe when they took the safe just to protect themselves? Think probabilities, this possiblities: It is possible the money was there but what is more probable given his scamming, cunning behavior. I vote for his scamming ways. Once again IMO

 

[Boxer]

I do wish we had more of a narrative. I guess that’s what happens when we experience a preliminary hearing before the AA is released. There’s not much of a story to follow, just basic information, which I guess is the way it is supposed to be. I can’t figure out how we got from point A to B to murder. From taking a hike and meeting the house cleaner, to texts about the marriage ending, to sharing pizza and soup and requesting hot tub stuff, to tranquilizer darts and chipmunks and alibi seeking. I hope that the next two sessions provide a bit of context so that it all makes some kind of sense.

Thats gaslighting.
Gun to head threatening suicide, to "want to go on a hike?"

 

[cattlekate]

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.

Wow this is a good thought! WHY exactly did the blade need to be changed out or fixed? (I’m still unclear if the entire blade was replaced or exactly what the mechanical thing was.)

 

[steeltowngirl]

How many meth heads did this guy employ? Is it possible one of them went to his house on Mother's day and caused Suzanne's demise?

No. Because Suzanne was already dead by Saturday afternoon.

But I’m sure BM would like LE to believe it was one of the workers, and I suspect he tried to set one of the workers up by involving them in his Sunday “wall job.”

jmo

 

[Puzzles8]

This photo gallery from that development (Monarch River Estates) has several photographs of the river.
Monarch-River-Estates-Photo-Gallery

Thank you, this was exactly what I was looking for. It looks like the river is normally shallow enough for someone to wade around in.

 

[Diddian]

Thank you, this was exactly what I was looking for. It looks like the river is normally shallow enough for someone to wade around in.

Did you notice in the final row of photos the one of the two bobcats? Wonder if they were hanging around to gobble up some dead chipmunks or dead turkeys that somebody not very careful about attracting wildlife left lying about.

 

[OldCop]

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

That’s why SM was eating veggie soup for lunch.

 

[marylamby]

I don't think Barry indicated that he was shooting chipmunks with darts...but that he was shooting them. It just so happens that tranquilizer darts can be fired from standard rifles which are compatible.

Was being facetious about shooting them with darts. I guess I live in an urban bubble because I've NEVER heard of shooting chipmunks or squirrels, especially for target practice - as someone mentioned.
I bottle fed/loved three baby squirrels that were abandoned in the attic of our garage as a kid. They came back all the time for peanuts. Romeo, Juliet and Cleopatra. Still feed birds and squirrels to this day.
I just can't imagine killing little creatures for sport or trophies. CM made a point of how BM is 'a hunter'/'enjoys the hunt' [paraphrasing]. Still pondering that premise and what it infers.
Hunting for food one actually eats is another story, I suppose... I don't mean to disparage anyone where it's part of their regional demographic.
*going back to my happy place now*

 

[Boxer]

That always stood out to me too. I think that Jeff Puckett knows more than he says.

Wow this is a good thought! WHY exactly did the blade need to be changed out or fixed? (I’m still unclear if the entire blade was replaced or exactly what the mechanical thing was.)

MOO routine maintenance.
MOO the front edge of the bucket attachment is a replacable front blade. It is replaced as it wears down. About a ten minute job to cut the bolts and install a new blade. Appointment was made in advance.

 

[TREE]

I am an avid reader, and not so much of a poster. Admittedly, I have not read every single post on this case though. Has anyone had the thought that the pings around the house after 2:47 could have been Barry running around inside the house gathering things he needed in order to take her somewhere to harm her? He could have tranquilized her in order to take her somewhere else to finish the deed?

 

[marylamby]

I still have one of those...

LOL!

 

[steeltowngirl]

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.

Another possibility: Did Barry purposely leave the Bobcat behind at the house when he went to Broomfield? Did he ask one of the workers to go get the Bobcat and bring it with them Sunday up to Broomfield? This would have placed one of the workers at the PP house Sunday, while Barry was conveniently relaxing at the hotel. Thus, setting up a worker to have been at PP house on Mothers Day when SM was alleged to have gone missing.

jmo / speculation

 

[waldojabba]

I do wish we had more of a narrative. I guess that’s what happens when we experience a preliminary hearing before the AA is released. There’s not much of a story to follow, just basic information, which I guess is the way it is supposed to be. I can’t figure out how we got from point A to B to murder. From taking a hike and meeting the house cleaner, to texts about the marriage ending, to sharing pizza and soup and requesting hot tub stuff, to tranquilizer darts and chipmunks and alibi seeking. I hope that the next two sessions provide a bit of context so that it all makes some kind of sense.

IMO the outcome of this case - once it gets to trial - will heavily depend upon the jurors being able to put the puzzle pieces together/connect the dots. People process information differently. Some are more left brained( logical analytical linear )
and some are more right brained ( creative intuitive emotion). The ideal juror will be a balance of the two IMO. It will be important for the prosecution to have alot of very well thought out visual aids to show the jury how the information comes together - what dot connects with the next dot etc. Without someone on the prosecution side able to weave the pieces together for the jury, in concert with the visual boards, show them how they need to eliminate the "noise" ( her affair etc) there may be a juror who just does not get it. All of this IMO.

 

[OldCop]

This photo gallery from that development (Monarch River Estates) has several photographs of the river.
Monarch-River-Estates-Photo-Gallery

Thanks for the link. I wonder if the camo jacket and boots BM is wearing in this photo are the ones he threw in the dumpster in Broomfield. Looks to me like the boots had shoelaces then..