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

[MassGuy]

Don’t forget, we still have this “short rifle” charge, which has not been touched upon yet. I find the date to be incredibly interesting, as the charge concluded on March 4, which coincided with the sale of the house.

It doesn’t have to tie in to the murder itself, but it might, and it could be a very important piece of this puzzle.

 

[Seattle1]

Thank you so much for this updated timeline @oviedo and @OldCop! This is super helpful! Thank you very much.

@OldCop, @oviedo - From NoSi's notes, I think we have another timestamp from the state's witness:

8:45 pm BM arrives home, ask LE if bike was found.

ETU BM and GD at scene where bike found. LE asks them not to touch bike.

ETU BM and GD start walking away. LE calls BM back. Tells him he has more questions for him.

Monday 5/11/21

1:21 am BM calls SM, no answer

1:06 AM: BM interviewed and he was free to leave thereafter. BM reportedly stated that “I want to help out any way I can”.

 

[Murphy1950]

Here’s Lauren Scharf’s YT Video featuring her interview with GD:

Of Note: At around 3:30 minute mark, there’s a screen shot of Suzanne’s post riding her bike. In it, she tags her bike as a #santacruz superlight brand bike:
“Maiden voyage tonight on the superlight! #santacruz #shavanowilderness”

Mount Shavano Trail

Bike Archive: Superlight | Santa Cruz Bicycles

Interesting, At the 3:30 mark that you pointed out Jane the screen shot is stamped 0430 her birthday and she says it's the Maiden trip. Was this a gift from Barry? Curious why a bike shop appt within 10 days? Looks like one of the most high end brands out there.

 

[Cindizzi]

Yes. Found the article. It’s a ways down when she’s answering “Q: Fremont County has a number of cold cases that haven’t been prosecuted. Working with law enforcement, what steps do you think can be taken to further these cases?”

It’s towards the closing of her statement.

“Sometimes, the only justice that a victim gets is going to trial.”

Q&A with District Attorney candidates Linda Stanley, Kaitlin Turner – Canon City Daily Record

This interview was in October 2020 leading up to the election. Both candidates were asked this question about cold cases in Fremont County. The 11th Judicial District has 4 counties. A cold case is one where there are absolutely no leads and no tips to continue investigating. This does not apply to SM’s case as it is still ongoing to this day and no where in the interview do they reference SM’s case. LE stated on the day of arrest May 5 2021 that the investigation is still ongoing.
Respectfully just saying that you can’t cherry pick that one line and say that DA Stanley feels that way about all cases.
Here is her full quote:

As I have stated previously in other publications, sometimes there may not be any other leads to follow up on. If that is the case, there needs to be a decision between the District Attorney’s office, law enforcement, and the victim(s) about going forward with possible charges. If there is probable cause established to make an arrest, then an arrest should be made. The District Attorney’s office should never require a case to be wrapped up in a big, red bow in order to go forward with charges. Sometimes, the only justice that a victim gets is going to trial.

JMO/MOO

 

[MyJoey]

Was there ever mention of any life insurance?

 

[al66pine]

Funds Raised. Who, How Used? Admissible?

I just hope that TN is called and asked specifics about the crowd funding account, like whose idea it was and if any of the money was spent searching for Suzanne or helping with Andy's expenses for his search efforts....

@Synergizer Bunny sbm for focus. Wonder if we'll see & hear at trial:
1. Who initiated the campaign? Who was original beneficiary, orig. organizer?
2. Who were others later designated as ^. Why any change?
3. Whose bank account the funds were transferred to, etc.
4. How was donated $ used? Any documentation?
At trial, will state have Go $ Me corporate records of campaign's history?

I'm curious about answers, but if BM did not have a hand in ^actions, how is G$M relevant?
Of these events after SM's death/disappearance, what if anything is admissible re crim chgs?

Did BM's stmts about G$M contradict stmts he made to LE or others, which are admissible? If so, then his G$M stmts may be admissible as to his credibility (er, lack of credibility). my2ct.
Welcoming comment esp'ly from our legal professionals.

 

[Seattle1]

Trying to piece something together here ( and I’m probably crazy lol). Could SM have been looking to buy a house for herself and stay in the area until youngest daughter was out of school? After telling BM on 5/6 that she was done and wanted to do it civilly. Sometimes once you’ve decided to do something and see a way out you can let your guard down so maybe she told him her plans.

Or he found out.

In late April SM opened a “secret “ bank account with Green Dot and a fund management account with Compass.
There is a Compass in Greenwood Village (suburb of Denver) that deals with property management.

Home - Compass Management

^^rsbm

Compass Mngt is the name of a group "money fund" per MSM linked earlier.
SM did not want to leave Salida per JL - he stated he wanted to help SM get out on her own but this meant staying close to her daughters. On May 9 - per @NoSI's revised notes for day 2 prelim, SM did tell BM about a house for sale in Salida:

9:33 AM: SM told BM about a house on “King Gulch Trail” that came or is on the market in Salida.

 

[Deleted member 718]

Add to that: Prosecution needs the best people specializing in digital footprints. Apple/Google technicians or someone that can debunk the shared Apple ID/device confusion. It might be that they have a shared Apple computer in the house signed onto one Apple ID account. But if they also use a Google browser, there might be separate Google Accounts (People) signed into and out of the browser at different times. Therefore, web history can be isolated.

Same for debunking BM’s cellphone speed variances around the house during the chipmunk chasing fiasco.

Defense is well-prepared. The prosecution now knows what to expect and needs to be two steps ahead.

Someone quoted the DA saying something like: sometimes all the Justice a victim gets is taking the case to trial. I say screw that, you need to give each and all your cases your all.

LE also has a Amazon Kindle as evidence. I had no idea of it's vast storage. It keeps track of every page turn. Albeit it also has an airplane mode option.

'They know us better than we know ourselves': how Amazon tracked my last two years of reading

"When I requested my personal information from Amazon this month under California’s new privacy law, I received mostly what I expected: my order history, shipping information and customer support chat logs.

But tucked into the dozens of files were also two Excel spreadsheets, more than 20,000 lines each, with titles, time stamps and actions detailing my reading habits on the Kindle app on my iPhone.

I now know that on 15 February 2019 starting at 4.37pm, I read The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish – a dark novel by Katya Apekina – for 20 minutes and 30 seconds. On 5 January 2019 starting at 6.27pm, I read the apocalypse-thriller Severance by Ling Ma for 31 minutes and 40 seconds. Starting at 2.12pm on 3 November 2018, I read mermaid romance tale The Pisces by Melissa Broder for 20 minutes and 24 seconds."

And Amazon knows more than just what books I’ve read and when – it also knows which parts of them I liked the most. On 21 May 2019 I highlighted an excerpt from the third installment of the diary of Anaïs Nin, the data shows, and on 23 August 2018 at 11.25 pm, I highlighted an excerpt from Leslie Jamison’s The Recovering: Intoxication and its Aftermath. On 27 August 2018, I changed the color of a highlighted portion of that same book."

Much more at link.

 

[Janeumayer]

Don’t forget, we still have this “short rifle” charge, which has not been touched upon yet. I find the date to be incredibly interesting, as the charge concluded on March 4, which coincided with the sale of the house.

It doesn’t have to tie in to the murder itself, but it might, and it could be a very important piece of this puzzle.

Maybe he kept it hidden by the river????

 

[rainbowshummingbird]

Was there ever mention of any life insurance?

Suzanne had had two bouts with lymphoma, the first as a very young adult. I think life insurance on her wouldn’t be lucrative but we haven’t heard any evidence about it.

 

[Janeumayer]

This interview was in October 2020 leading up to the election. Both candidates were asked this question about cold cases in Fremont County. The 11th Judicial District has 4 counties. A cold case is one where there are absolutely no leads and no tips to continue investigating. This does not apply to SM’s case as it is still ongoing to this day and no where in the interview do they reference SM’s case. LE stated on the day of arrest May 5 2021 that the investigation is still ongoing.
Respectfully just saying that you can’t cherry pick that one line and say that DA Stanley feels that way about all cases.
Here is her full quote:

As I have stated previously in other publications, sometimes there may not be any other leads to follow up on. If that is the case, there needs to be a decision between the District Attorney’s office, law enforcement, and the victim(s) about going forward with possible charges. If there is probable cause established to make an arrest, then an arrest should be made. The District Attorney’s office should never require a case to be wrapped up in a big, red bow in order to go forward with charges. Sometimes, the only justice that a victim gets is going to trial.

JMO/MOO

@Cindizzi, I was quoting someone else. Then found out the DA was replying to a cold case question and realized the OP had not included the entire quote. Here’s the OP:

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

“^RSBM

I keep reminding myself of DA Linda Stanley’s comments on taking cases to trial (from a Q&A as she was seeking re-election.)

If there is probable cause established to make an arrest, then an arrest should be made. The District Attorney’s office should never require a case to be wrapped up in a big, red bow in order to go forward with charges. Sometimes, the only justice that a victim gets is going to trial.

Q&A with District Attorney candidates Linda Stanley, Kaitlin Turner – Canon City Daily Record”

 

[Momofthreeboys]

So on Friday 5/8, SM went and met BM at Tailwinds. Then either SM went home and BM went to get the pizza or BM and SM went to get the pizza together. I don’t think they could eat at the pizza place because of COVID and they had two cars so why go with him? We do know that SM texted a photo of BM at the pizza place to her daughters. We don’t know if SM took the photo or if BM took the photo and sent it to SM.
***FYI I just googled some reviews of Moonlight Pizza from May of 2020. Apparently you could eat there at that time. You could eat outside or inside “with garage doors open”. Now, maybe that’s where the persistent rumors of BM and SM being seen together at a sandwich place at 4:00 pm on Friday or Saturday came from?
Either way, if they got their pizza early, BM still could have gone to the dig site, on CR105, later that night to do some work as stated by MG.
7:15 pm SM to JL: He’s gone for a bit. Can you talk? Was this when BM went to the dig site?
If they ate together at Moonlight Pizza perhaps SM took her car home and BM took his truck to the dig site which was much closer than going all the way to Maysville and back.

since prosecution has already said the river house search turned up nothing I can’t imagine they will bring it up again as it has no value to their case and bringing it up opens it up to defense.

 

[Janeumayer]

Was there ever mention of any life insurance?

No, but there must have been one.

 

[Momofthreeboys]

Yes, I believe ole' BM was into shady dealings long before he ever hit CO.

It'll be interesting to see what their finances actually were during the last few years of IN and CO.

JMO

I wonder if finances will even come up since they started with Suzanne’s affair. They need to use their precious time getting to forensic evidence and the timeline vis digital data that connects to Barry imo.

 

[Bluebythec]

That is my point....if any recipient of a text or call from Barry which originated from a burner phone...has their record of that communication...then the number itself could be used to track Barry's entire burner phone history.

I just read about a case where in the midst of a contentious divorce and child custody dispute a wife bought a burner phone for the hitman she hired. He then used it to text the husband, claiming to be a PI , that he had dirt on the wife that would help him win his case. They were able to track the number of the burner phone back to it's purchase and had the wife on the store's security camera purchasing the phone! (Diana Lovejoy case)

 

[Momofthreeboys]

Zero to none. It's a bloody shame some people just don't want to see what's right in front of their eyes.

Right now it isn’t our eyes that are important it rests on the strength of the prosecution to convince the judge there is teeny tiny faith that what they have supports all the charges they brought, it tips in their favor by law but ultimately it is the judge for the preliminary.

 

[Cindizzi]

@Cindizzi, I was quoting someone else. Then found out the DA was replying to a cold case question and realized the OP had not included the entire quote. Here’s the OP:

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

“^RSBM

I keep reminding myself of DA Linda Stanley’s comments on taking cases to trial (from a Q&A as she was seeking re-election.)

If there is probable cause established to make an arrest, then an arrest should be made. The District Attorney’s office should never require a case to be wrapped up in a big, red bow in order to go forward with charges. Sometimes, the only justice that a victim gets is going to trial.

Q&A with District Attorney candidates Linda Stanley, Kaitlin Turner – Canon City Daily Record”

Gotcha. Sorry if I came off as critical, didn’t mean to.
I think we’re all pretty nervous of how this is going to play out in court ( although the evidence seems very strong to me that the State has more than enough probable cause).
MOO

 

[Momofthreeboys]

The defense:
Multiply confusion
Dominate time
Scatter theories
Floozify the victim

Judge bringing out the chess clock on days 3 and 4.
MOO prosecution owed 1.5 more hours than D to make up for D overun on days 1 and 2.

The judge has stated both sides will have equal time. Between Monday and Tuesday prosecution has earned over an hour from last week.

 

[Janeumayer]

Gotcha. Sorry if I came off as critical, didn’t mean to.
I think we’re all pretty nervous of how this is going to play out in court ( although the evidence seems very strong to me that the State has more than enough probable cause).
MOO

No worries, I understand. I think we all are very nervous. We still have two more PH days and the AA. Jury selection will be of utmost importance.

 

[Seattle1]

At about the 1:06:20 min mark in this video, CM and his wife mention that BM gave his statement to LE and acknowledged the ‘pretty extensive argument’ he and SM had on Friday, 5/8/20.

Thanks for your reply @LandManatee. My position remains that there's been no evidence presented thus far from the state or by Barry's defense that BM/SM had a 'pretty extensive argument' on Friday, May 8.

In other words, just because Chris/ TIR and/or his wife make an allegation on YT does not make it true. IMO, comments by YT bloggers should be viewed as their opinion and/or speculation by the hosts.

The following was reported, under oath, specifically by LE:

When [CCSO Commander] Walker talked with Barry the following day — May 11 — Barry said the couple had just had a great day and evening on May 9. He called Suzanne “his angel” since they were 17 years old and said they “love each other to death.” He called the relationship “very good.” They had been together 32 years.

ETA: add link
https://www.thedenverchannel.com/ne...rs-confirm-suzanne-was-having-a-2-year-affair