Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #74 *ARREST*

[Megnut]

If Barry brought tranquilizers to PP, used one of four on his wife, and the Prosecution has a solid theory that Suzanne was murdered by other means, there's two cases for premeditated IMO.

One, he brought darts and a .22 to the backyard. Like bringing a BAT to a scented candle party. He had time to think.

And two, between tranquilizing and the Persecution's theory of murder, he had time to think....

He just didn't think much of letting his wife live.

We know what he did when his pet raccoon no longer served his needs.

JMO

 

[OldCop]

Respectfully, longtime followers since May are recalling statements by MG citing BM working late at the river build site Friday (aka beach house) and witness Brandon allegedly hearing equipment noise sometime during the weekend. Not recalling it more recently reported doesn't mean it did not happen.

“Barry had worked on the beach site Friday evening,” Gentile said. “Saturday, he had asked me to clean it up and rake it out, because we were going to bring it out to level – so it would be a beach sand and not muck.”
‘I’m not the other woman’: Second contractor speaks out about Suzanne Morphew investigation | FOX21 News Colorado

ETA @Cindizzi, you beat me to it.

 

[angelainwi]

I agree so far as I suspect that the SM/BM marriage did follow those kinds of traditional gender roles.

(although BM also seems like enough of a control freak that he might have insisted on doing it himself since 'no one else would do it right' -- or is that just me based on the control freaks I have known...)

But surely during the year-ish between SM's disappearance and BM's arrest, you aren't suggesting he did no laundry? If your spouse dies -- especially if you killed them -- you're gonna do your own laundry. IMHO.

My narcissist ex-H was fanatical about his laundry so I refused to do it and he did it on his own. I did all other cleaning, cooking etc. But that was one thing I did not do...his laundry.

 

[Boxer]

You are correct (of course) - and JL says his was a "work phone" which he wiped, returned to work and had replaced - I want to say it was very soon after he found out Suzanne was missing (and I can't remember what day that was - I can't believe he had to find out from other people, still SMH).

On another topic:

And while I agree that VFF should not have access to tranq darts, Barry is a criminal. I believe his character is such that he is constantly opportunistic and willing to bend/break rules (which is why the original wall in Broomfield did not meet inspection and why he paid workers under the table, IMO).

Still, it's entirely possible the darts came from Indiana/deer farm. However, if it was swiped from supplies at fire camp or at a fire house, that gives me an explanation for why all the firefighters (volunteer or not) were banned from the search. I bet many of the firefighters were also EMT's and some surely had wildlife management certificates (often gained at the same time as wildfire management certification).

Barry may have been so friendly with a FF and showed a picture of that mountain lion that was seen near his place (by baiting it) that someone purloined a pack for him. It would not be the first time, IME, that a FF (or LE) helped out a friend.

I don't think we'll find out until trial. But the boxes of darts are supposed to have serial numbers, so if that was part of the recovered trash, they'll know where it came from.

Oh - and I sure do wish we knew how much trash was recovered. I bet LE was in touch with HIE by Monday afternoon...but they wouldn't have known about Men's Wearhouse until they got the GPS unit either from the truck or the GPS data from his phone.

Any Tranq Darts would be filled with a scheduled controlled substance.
I can't imagine a VFF willing to risk his status to pull pack of darts from it's two party "in and out accountability" that would go along with the drug. (If not the dart itself)

Still maybe, IF there was access, IF the VFF in question didn't believe that such rules applied to him, or BM.
MOO at this point, any giving of darts and covering up that up would also include include lying to the police, and a possible upgrade to aiding and abetting, or accessory.

 

[Deleted member 222031]

Or maybe she told her mother.

Do you mean JL's (Jeff Libler) phone? If BM knew the identity of JL in this or any other manner, he never revealed it to investigators. They found JL's identity on their own in Nov. 2020. But maybe his daughter or someone she told finally called in a tip? JL's family knowing SM is dead must be quite chilling. And an extra burden. MOO

 

[DizzyB]

Any Tranq Darts would be filled with a scheduled controlled substance.
I can't imagine a VFF willing to risk his status to pull pack of darts from a it's two party "in and out accountability" that would go along with the drug. (If not the dart itself)

Still maybe, IF there was access, IF the VFF in question didn't believe that such rules applied to him, or BM.
MOO at this point, any giving of darts and covering up that up would also include include lying to the police, and a possible upgrade to aiding and abetting, or accessory.

Some places are less careful with their things, until they undergo an audit. VFFs might be able to take things like tranquilizer darts without following proper procedure, or maybe they replace stock that is close to expiration. I would not be surprised if some close to expiration darts found their way to new homes.

 

[Seattle1]

https://www.investigationdiscovery....case-of-colorado-woman-who-disappeared-on-mot

May 21, 2020

[..]

On Mother’s Day, May 10, Mallory and Macy Morphew were on their way back from a camping trip in Idaho and grew concerned when their mom, Suzanne Morphew, 49, wasn’t answering the phone.

“The neighbors up there are spread pretty far apart but the only reason [police] found out [Suzanne was missing] is because the girls called the neighbors and said, ‘We never heard from Mom — can you go check on her?’” Summer Stehle, the stepmother of Macy’s best friend, told the Daily Mail.

Barry Morphew appears in court charged with wife Suzanne's murder | Daily Mail Online

May 6, 2021

[..]

Suzanne is pictured with her teenage daughters Macy and Mallory. The girls were on a camping trip to Idaho when their mom vanished

‘Pacing around, staring out windows’: Chaffee County Fire Chief addresses questions about missing Suzanne Morphew’s husband Barry Morphew

May 21, 2020

Bertram said he does not know if Barry Morphew’s two daughters are with him at his friend’s home, or where they might otherwise be. A Chaffee County Sheriff Public Information Officer confirmed this week that family members have not been at the Morphew home.

A social media post on one of the Morphew daughter’s accounts indicates that she was in Idaho the day before her mother was reported missing. A source told the Daily Mail earlier this week that Suzanne’s daughters had become concerned that they could not reach their mother that weekend, and asked a neighbor to check on her.

Suzanne Morphew's sister urges brother-in-law 'do the right thing and confess' to Suzzane's murder - Texas News Today

May 7, 2021

[..]

May 10: Suzanne is reported missing after her daughters, Mallory and Macy, return from a camping trip in Idaho and were unable to make contact with their mom.

 

[Momofthreeboys]

Great point towards premeditation, as Suzanne was alive at that point no reason to act "weird"!

Oh I suspect he would be acting weird if they had a fight or because Suzanne told him she wanted a divorce. I have never met anyone who was "normal" for awhile after a spouse asked for a divorce.

 

[10ofRods]

https://www.investigationdiscovery....case-of-colorado-woman-who-disappeared-on-mot

May 21, 2020

[..]

On Mother’s Day, May 10, Mallory and Macy Morphew were on their way back from a camping trip in Idaho and grew concerned when their mom, Suzanne Morphew, 49, wasn’t answering the phone.

“The neighbors up there are spread pretty far apart but the only reason [police] found out [Suzanne was missing] is because the girls called the neighbors and said, ‘We never heard from Mom — can you go check on her?’” Summer Stehle, the stepmother of Macy’s best friend, told the Daily Mail.

Barry Morphew appears in court charged with wife Suzanne's murder | Daily Mail Online

May 6, 2021

[..]

Suzanne is pictured with her teenage daughters Macy and Mallory. The girls were on a camping trip to Idaho when their mom vanished

‘Pacing around, staring out windows’: Chaffee County Fire Chief addresses questions about missing Suzanne Morphew’s husband Barry Morphew

May 21, 2020

Bertram said he does not know if Barry Morphew’s two daughters are with him at his friend’s home, or where they might otherwise be. A Chaffee County Sheriff Public Information Officer confirmed this week that family members have not been at the Morphew home.

A social media post on one of the Morphew daughter’s accounts indicates that she was in Idaho the day before her mother was reported missing. A source told the Daily Mail earlier this week that Suzanne’s daughters had become concerned that they could not reach their mother that weekend, and asked a neighbor to check on her.

Suzanne Morphew's sister urges brother-in-law 'do the right thing and confess' to Suzzane's murder - Texas News Today

May 7, 2021

[..]

May 10: Suzanne is reported missing after her daughters, Mallory and Macy, return from a camping trip in Idaho and were unable to make contact with their mom.

Okay, so I remember that SM post and since it is mentioned by the reporter, who clearly went through the daughters' social media, I guess we can discuss it. I read the same thing.

I had been saying Idaho until we recently heard "Utah."

Which is why I was very surprised to learn it was actually Utah. I suppose they could have been on a road trip (made a loop through Idaho and back through Utah - entirely possible). What I do notice is that each of those sources says "camping trip" and not "church camp."

It would make sense, in my own mind, to take the scenic route back through Utah, if I were in Idaho. One has to go through Utah to get to Idaho from Gunnison, anyway - so maybe they were mostly in Idaho, but spent a night in Utah on the way back? It would be a lot of back road driving to take the scenic route (and already at least 10 hours from Gunnison to the nearest parts of Idaho where a person might want to camp or stay). That's a lot of driving for one day.

The daughters left on Tuesday or Wednesday, I think.

 

[Boxer]

Some places are less careful with their things, until they undergo an audit. VFFs might be able to take things like tranquilizer darts without following proper procedure, or maybe they replace stock that is close to expiration. I would not be surprised if some close to expiration darts found their way to new homes.

If that were true MOO the VFF there should be de-certified.
Certainly the chief, the only paid, hired firefighter should be replaced as the theft should have been noticed and investigated in a timely manner.
Two parties sign off of controlled substance counts.

MOO still I don't think the VFF have controlled substances at all in their possesion.
I think EMT and Wildlife, official hires, would bear the responsibility of managing controlled substances for their emergency responses.

 

[rainbowshummingbird]

Didn’t the LE agent state in the PH that Barry’s .22 was capable to fire a tranquilizer dart?

 

[sunshine4040]

MOO What BM missed was he couldn't argue, bully or decieve his wife into loving him.
Whenever it was, MOO back in Indiana, when the original mistrust started, that is what needed to get fixed.
This still has the feeling of her holding on to hin too long.

“Barry had worked on the beach site Friday evening,” Gentile said. “Saturday, he had asked me to clean it up and rake it out, because we were going to bring it out to level – so it would be a beach sand and not muck.”
‘I’m not the other woman’: Second contractor speaks out about Suzanne Morphew investigation | FOX21 News Colorado

ETA @Cindizzi, you beat me to it.

I like how Morgan Gentile, and Jeffrey Puckett starting sleuthing this from day zero.
I like the phone call from Lauren Sharf to BM when he was in his animated denial mode.
LS asked "What would you say to people who say you had something to do with the disappearance of this wife?
He said that's crazy I loved my wife. Past Tense.
ALL my tools I left at the hotel. All? , All you need for the job. Who takes their tools into the hotel room?
I have done 100% nothing wrong AT THE Hotel.


I could go on, I can't wait to see MG and JP testify at the trial. IMO.

 

[10ofRods]

Any Tranq Darts would be filled with a scheduled controlled substance.
I can't imagine a VFF willing to risk his status to pull pack of darts from it's two party "in and out accountability" that would go along with the drug. (If not the dart itself)

Still maybe, IF there was access, IF the VFF in question didn't believe that such rules applied to him, or BM.
MOO at this point, any giving of darts and covering up that up would also include include lying to the police, and a possible upgrade to aiding and abetting, or accessory.

Well, this particular VFF murdered his wife, so I would definitely agree if this VFF did it, he didn't think rules applied to him. When I think about all the conjecture here on WS about possible use of a woodchipper (at fire camp), I'm pretty sure many people would agree Barry is capable of stealing some darts. I do think it's possible that we'll hear testimony or expert attestation to this on Monday or Tuesday.

One of my most interesting bits of fieldwork was at a police station. Controlled substances were missing. I think everyone except management knew how it was going down. I was able to get the story from a couple of "non-involved" sworn officers, who told me under cloak of anonymity. Once the Chief heard the story, he was pretty sure who the main culprits were and started calling people in. There was a lot more going on than just drug theft. And the culprits were exactly who the other officers said were doing it - but they wouldn't rat directly to the Chief, of course. As the investigation widened, it turned out more than one station had the same problem. Most officers told me "All police stations have the same problem."

What is so weird here is that Barry clearly admitted to possession of them (and LE has obviously shown him the evidence from his own trash dump - caught on camera, bag recovered, "tranq material" inside the bag). This must have been in early April.

No wonder Barry started packing up after that. Will he face new charges as this case unfolds? Did he have an accomplice (in terms of dart stealing?) If he did, has that person's turned state's witness?

Inquiring minds want to know!

 

[jakat]

I wonder if he was there Friday night working. If I recall, the job he was primarily doing was laying and packing the dirt that the cement foundation was poured on. I believe that job had to be completed by Sunday so the inspection could occur Monday and the project could proceed with the concrete being poured.

So maybe what he was doing was finishing that work. We know he and MG quit early on Saturday when MG expected to work a full day. And the concrete was poured, so the project must have kept moving forward.

So I wonder if this wasn’t part of BM’s premeditation, doing work on Friday so he’s have his afternoon on Saturday free.

Very true. He had probably planned to go to Broomfield so he wouldn't be available on Sunday, either. I think I read he planned the Broomfield job on May 7th, but I can't be sure.

 

[Seattle1]

Didn’t the LE agent state in the PH that Barry’s .22 was capable to fire a tranquilizer dart?

Yes. I believe the Agent stated that he specifically asked BM if he used a 22 to shoot the chipmunks (after learning that the 22 could shoot tranq darts).

 

[Boxer]

Well, this particular VFF murdered his wife, so I would definitely agree if this VFF did it, he didn't think rules applied to him. When I think about all the conjecture here on WS about possible use of a woodchipper (at fire camp), I'm pretty sure many people would agree Barry is capable of stealing some darts. I do think it's possible that we'll hear testimony or expert attestation to this on Monday or Tuesday.

One of my most interesting bits of fieldwork was at a police station. Controlled substances were missing. I think everyone except management knew how it was going down. I was able to get the story from a couple of "non-involved" sworn officers, who told me under cloak of anonymity. Once the Chief heard the story, he was pretty sure who the main culprits were and started calling people in. There was a lot more going on than just drug theft. And the culprits were exactly who the other officers said were doing it - but they wouldn't rat directly to the Chief, of course. As the investigation widened, it turned out more than one station had the same problem. Most officers told me "All police stations have the same problem."

What is so weird here is that Barry clearly admitted to possession of them (and LE has obviously shown him the evidence from his own trash dump - caught on camera, bag recovered, "tranq material" inside the bag). This must have been in early April.

No wonder Barry started packing up after that. Will he face new charges as this case unfolds? Did he have an accomplice (in terms of dart stealing?) If he did, has that person's turned state's witness?

Inquiring minds want to know!

Agree, certainly Sheriff Spezze's immediate action to bar VFF from participating in the search indicates what you say may well be right.

 

[10ofRods]

Didn’t the LE agent state in the PH that Barry’s .22 was capable to fire a tranquilizer dart?

That's what I heard. And with a little research, I learned that many .22 rifles can fire those darts. So can .22 pistols apparently.

And...I just read instructions on how to buy tranq darts online and how to use them in an airgun (pistol or rifle). The darts come unfilled, so the ketamine or whatever would have to be purchased separately (or stolen from an evidence room...) But since ketamine is a major date rape drug, it's obviously out there in the black market. There are hundreds of cases of its illegal use just in California.

Most of it comes from Mexico where it can be purchased more or less OTC. While it's true it takes a prescription even in MX, most pharmacists are licensed to prescribe whatever they have in stock or there's a doctor that one pays $50 or $100 to, for an Rx, right there on the premises. I know a lot of people who make semi-annual trips to MX for their opiates.

Intelligence Bulletin: Ketamine

Justice Dept says most ketamine sold illegally comes from...Mexico.

And wasn't the illegal short rifle...a .22?

 

[Deleted member 222031]

Some places are less careful with their things, until they undergo an audit. VFFs might be able to take things like tranquilizer darts without following proper procedure, or maybe they replace stock that is close to expiration. I would not be surprised if some close to expiration darts found their way to new homes.

Why would darts expire? The controlled RX used in them would have an expiration date. I think BM kept the darts at PP. I think he used them on his deer farm and was familiar with their use. Where and when he obtained a drug to use in them is still unknown. But he could have had legal access to an RX in Indiana that he brought to PP. His weapon of choice was probably based on knowledge, access and convenience. I'll be surprised if he had to pilfer either. I'll also be surprised if the defense can place any of it in someone else's hands.
JMO

 

[Area52]

Its pr

We have a box of 4 darts, with one dart missing.

We have a dart cap in the dryer.

We have BM admitting to throwing away tranquilizer materials on Mother’s Day.

There’s surely more coming, as that’s a damning thing to admit to. I can’t wait to hear what animal Barry throws into this explanation!

Its probably going to be a bull.....as he already has spewed so much bull$*!+.

 

[DizzyB]

Why would darts expire? The controlled RX used in them would have an expiration date. I think BM kept the darts at PP. I think he used them on his deer farm and was familiar with their use. Where and when he obtained a drug to use in them is still unknown. But he could have had legal access to an RX in Indiana that he brought to PP. His weapon of choice was probably based on knowledge, access and convenience. I'll be surprised if he had to pilfer either. I'll also be surprised if the defense can place any of it in someone else's hands.
JMO

Only prefilled darts would expire. I have never owned a deer farm nor have I shot a tranquilizer dart, so I am pretty much talking out of my butt on this one. Maybe Barry owned his own darts, and I assume the syringes expire, like most drugs do. I am just throwing stuff against the wall to see what sticks. I am sure there are others here with more info on wildlife firefighting and the tranquilizer dart supply chain.