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

[Boxer]

I think we’re all here twiddling our thumbs until Monday, chomping at the bit for a few more morsels to chew on.
In the meantime, I’m picking through some of the known bits to see if any of our theories become clearer. One thing that has me curious is the 9:25 pm backup of 95 feet or so of BM’s truck in the driveway at PP on 5/9.
I’ve played around with that a bit. It is about 95 ft from the area of BM’s 3 car garage or the front door of their home to the open area at the top of their driveway. (These are inexact measurements using Google maps.)
It appears from the way that the trailer is parked in the aerial news footage, that BM bears left as he comes into the driveway and pulls behind the trees that are planted in the driveway, probably to act as a screen for his equipment. See first photo below.
Next, he can leave his truck there or drop the trailer and pull the truck either to the side of the house facing the driveway or go up to the garage. If he drove up to the garage when he arrived home at 2:44 pm, it has been speculated that he backed out at 9:25 pm so he could take the old RR with no gps to dispose of SM or evidence. Scenario #1. My issue with this is if you have that 3 car garage and parking pad, you shouldn’t have to back up 95 feet to move out one of your other vehicles.
The other possibilibility is that he left the truck by the side of the house at 2:44 pm and backed up to the garage or front door at 9:25 pm to begin loading the body or evidence. Scenario #2
Any thoughts?

MOO he drove in toward the garage or wherever it is that he stops and then backs up to park the trailer. Instead of backing up, he gets out and sneeks around the house.
Later he fiinishes backing up the trailer - 95Ft, which also frees the driveway for access for the vehicles in the garage.

 

[Boxer]

When they refer to him having "backed up" is that because the computer showed the truck was in reverse? If, when he came home he backed into the side by where the driveway narrows , effectively blocking to the path to the garage area, is it possible that "backed up" actually meant moving closer to the garage rather than away from it?

IIRC they said the truck shifted into reverse and moved 95ft.

 

[Bluebythec]

IIRC they said the truck shifted into reverse and moved 95ft.

Right, but do we know which way it was facing when it shifted into reverse?

 

[sunshine4040]

Right, but do we know which way it was facing when it shifted into reverse?

You could figure this out with the data that you have from the truck and a little common sense. If you have a nice print out of the overhead of the property.
With length grids. Start at the beginning. So if he started of in the driveway facing the garage door and went 95 feet, he was facing away from the door.
I'd try to do it, but my printer is broken.
IMO

 

[Bluebythec]

You could figure this out with the data that you have from the truck and a little common sense. If you have a nice print out of the overhead of the property.
With length grids. Start at the beginning. So if he started of in the driveway facing the garage door and went 95 feet, he was facing away from the door.
I'd try to do it, but my printer is broken.
IMO

I don't have a printer on the computer I'm using right now and I guess I'm short on common sense as well but thanks for your input

 

[SouthAussie]

IIRC they said the truck shifted into reverse and moved 95ft.

Just jumping off your post .....

And that happened at 9:25pm. So, I guess it depends when Suzanne was murdered as to what was happening at 9:25pm.

If BM was chasing Suzanne/moving around the house much earlier, perhaps in the throes of going to commit murder ... then 9:25pm would be way after the fact. And might be more related to cover up, to my way of thinking.

By midnight, someone felt organised enough to implement the next stage of the plan ... jump onto Suzanne's FB and start friending plenty of men.

 

[CGray123]

Guys, I earlier characterized E$N as attempting to help BM "beat the rap".

Some sleuthers were offended by that characterization.

Now that we have gone thru half the PH, does the characterization that they are trying to help him "beat the rap" sound more or less appropriate?

Here's a definition/usage guide of the slang phrase "beat the rap" to move the conversation forward:

"Meaning: Avoid punishment for wrongdoing

Origin: 'It is likely that this slang Americanism originated in another expression, take the rap, in which rap is slang for ‘punishment,’ facetiously, from a ‘rap on the knuckles.’ One who takes the rap for someone else stands in for the other’s punishment. Beat the rap ... often carries with it the connotation that the miscreant was actually guilty, though acquitted' (From The Whole Ball of Wax, by Laurence Urdang)."

 

[Blue Amethyst]

MOO coming out of hotel in three different shirts, possibly due to working over a tub, giving a bath for some items destined for the dumpster.

Perhaps at the same time he splashed his clothes and got bleach/chlorine spots on them. Can’t go out looking like that.

 

[Boxer]

You could figure this out with the data that you have from the truck and a little common sense. If you have a nice print out of the overhead of the property.
With length grids. Start at the beginning. So if he started of in the driveway facing the garage door and went 95 feet, he was facing away from the door.
I'd try to do it, but my printer is broken.
IMO

He came up the driveway going forward. He had to to go either right or left around the island to later clear a 95ft back up.
In that time between 2:44pm 5/9 and 4:3am 5/10 the trailer was unhitched on the north side of the drive, apparently its usual spot, and MOO that's where it was when police arrived at the house and locked it down.

 

[sunshine4040]

Perhaps at the same time he splashed his clothes and got bleach/chlorine spots on them. Can’t go out looking like that.

Yea the tools and the chlorine? I kinda think he kicked it over and it spilled before he realized it. That's why the towels. I can see that happening in a bathroom. IMO

 

[NWLady]

I had been looking to see if the electric utility in Salida has installed smart meters yet. Can’t tell which utility serves PP, as there seem to be some local utilities in addition to Xcel. Xcel is just rolling out their program. If the smart meter were in and the dryer was electric, the usage time would be measured at the meter as demand.

But you are right! The smart washer and dryer would make the utility smart meter unnecessary for the purpose of LE knowing if they had been used. They could just check the appliance or its app. Good thinking!

Anyhow, here is some info about Xcel’s smart meter program.
If you're an Xcel customer, you're getting a "smart meter" that charges more for electricity during peak periods

But, just playing devil's advocate, couldn't the defense easily explain this away as Suzanne could have showered or done a load of laundry (the sheets that were mentioned), or BM showering after a long day of work (insert sarcasm), or water used for hot tub use (or cleaning) hot tub, washing a vehicle, rinsing off the driveway and/or using a power washer, etc). Just possibilities defense could use for increased water usage and/or electrical use.

(And just to be clear to everybody, I am not pro BM, as I do definitely 100% feel he is responsible for Suzanne's disappearance/demise).

On another note, something else I thought of the other day that I meant to mention. I think that BM really pushed the abduction theory to the daughters as he knew for sure then that the daughters wouldn't want to return to the house as they would be scared, and possibly so they wouldn't wonder or ask questions, for example of why isn't mom's sandals by the door where she always puts them, why is the bed not made up, mom always makes the bed, why is there dirty dishes in the sink, etc etc.

JMO/thoughts.

 

[CGray123]

But, just playing devil's advocate, couldn't the defense easily explain this away as Suzanne could have showered or done a load of laundry (the sheets that were mentioned), or BM showering after a long day of work (insert sarcasm), or water used for hot tub use (or cleaning) hot tub, washing a vehicle, rinsing off the driveway and/or using a power washer, etc). Just possibilities defense could use for increased water usage and/or electrical use.

(And just to be clear to everybody, I am not pro BM, as I do definitely 100% feel he is responsible for Suzanne's disappearance/demise).

On another note, something else I thought of the other day that I meant to mention. I think that BM really pushed the abduction theory to the daughters as he knew for sure then that the daughters wouldn't want to return to the house as they would be scared, and possibly so they wouldn't wonder or ask questions, for example of why isn't mom's sandals by the door where she always puts them, why is the bed not made up, mom always makes the bed, why is there dirty dishes in the sink, etc etc.

JMO/thoughts.

MOO, this case will be decided on the totality of the evidence, not on quibbles about individual facts.

 

[Momofthreeboys]

After SM was reported missing, aerial video showed crime tape attached to the Bobcat in the Morphew's driveway. The Bobcat had been unloaded from the trailer. Why would BM bother to unloaded the Bobcat from the trailer?

JMO

Because you shouldn’t leave weight on a trailer without jacking or blocking. It is hard on the suspension, tires etc. or so I think

 

[Bluebythec]

He came up the driveway going forward. He had to to go either right or left around the island to later clear a 95ft back up.
In that time between 2:44pm 5/9 and 4:3am 5/10 the trailer was unhitched on the north side of the drive, apparently its usual spot, and MOO that's where it was when police arrived at the house and locked it down.

Ok thanks, I wasn't sure if it had been established which direction the truck was facing before it reversed.

 

[SouthAussie]

Because you shouldn’t leave weight on a trailer without jacking or blocking. It is hard on the suspension, tires etc. or so I think

It also deters people from easily stealing your expensive bobcat if it is not stored on the trailer - a trailer that can be hitched up to another vehicle and driven away.

 

[Boxer]

Right, but do we know which way it was facing when it shifted into reverse?

From where the trailer ended up it is a mystery.
I went back and checked the raw
helicopter footage and the front hitch side of the trailer is pointing toward the house, basically directly at the hot tub area.
I can't explain that.

Also notable, Summer Wells house had more actual landscaping than the Morphews hot tub area. It's a bunch of chairs, and that's it.

 

[Puzzles8]

Because you shouldn’t leave weight on a trailer without jacking or blocking. It is hard on the suspension, tires etc. or so I think

Thanks, I don't own a Bobcat or a trailer, so I didn't realize this.

It's amazing the things you learn on w/s

 

[Boxer]

Ok thanks, I wasn't sure if it had been established which direction the truck was facing before it reversed.

I don't think so.
But I think they do know more than was shared at the PH because his phone wasn't in Airplane mode till 2:47.

 

[Puzzles8]

Right, but do we know which way it was facing when it shifted into reverse?

Right now we don't, but LE has definitely not released even a small portion of all of their evidence.

I feel confident LE knows the exact GPS points of BM's truck and it's directional moves in their driveway.
JMO

 

[Auntie Cipation]

After SM was reported missing, aerial video showed crime tape attached to the Bobcat in the Morphew's driveway. The Bobcat had been unloaded from the trailer. Why would BM bother to unloaded the Bobcat from the trailer?

JMO

I like the ideas others have suggested, but here are two more: because he intended to use the trailer to haul something other than the Bobcat, or because he intended to use the Bobcat there at home.

You could figure this out with the data that you have from the truck and a little common sense. If you have a nice print out of the overhead of the property.
With length grids. Start at the beginning. So if he started of in the driveway facing the garage door and went 95 feet, he was facing away from the door.
I'd try to do it, but my printer is broken.
IMO

Since he has in effect a circular driveway, I don't think we can know how much of a loop he may have driven before stopping, meaning we don't know in what direction he stopped when arriving home. Unless that truck GPS is so precise that an extra few dozen feet would be noticed.

MOO