Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #76 *ARREST*

[bkgregg5]

@LaurenScharfTV

According to Grusing, #BarryMorphew said all he had left in his life was hunting. Barry had hunted since he was 7-years-old. "If I have to live this life without her, at least I can hunt."

6:09 PM · Aug 23, 2021

<modsnip> No one says that in that context.

 

[oviedo]

Was it published that the AA was sealed to protect them? I have read that a few times on the thread, and wasn’t sure if it was the legal reason given, or the consensus on the thread. Thanks for the assist…

@Tiff23fr
The order filed Friday states the sealing of the affidavit is to protect the victims and witnesses in this case. The court also wants to prevent harassment, abuses or intimidation of the victims, and their right to be treated with fairness, respect and dignity.
Judge files order keeping arrest affidavit for Barry Morphew sealed | FOX21 News Colorado

 

[girlhasnoname]

What the actual hell. No one says that in that context.

A true and total predator IMO.

 

[Tiff23fr]

@Tiff23fr
The order filed Friday states the sealing of the affidavit is to protect the victims and witnesses in this case. The court also wants to prevent harassment, abuses or intimidation of the victims, and their right to be treated with fairness, respect and dignity.
Judge files order keeping arrest affidavit for Barry Morphew sealed | FOX21 News Colorado

Much appreciation!

 

[Cindizzi]

Was it published that the AA was sealed to protect them? I have read that a few times on the thread, and wasn’t sure if it was the legal reason given, or the consensus on the thread. Thanks for the assist…

https://www.courts.state.co.us/user...21CR78/21CR78 Order Limit Public Redacted.pdf

 

[MrX]

What about the data tracking his movements? And the tranquilizer stuff? And him throwing a bunch of stuff away the day his wife is reported missing, in various dumpster or trash cans in different areas? Also, there were fingernail marks on him, right? And the prelim isn’t over, right?

It can’t just be his statements?

And none of that stuff has led to anything, and it all has plausible explanations. All of the data tracking hasn't led to a sign of her. Since they found nothing in the trash, maybe he was just in the habit of emptying his truck. Or scratches from work, or trees, as he said. The tranq stuff went nowhere - he admitted using it and the sheath of a needle could have been in the lint filter forever. If he had kept his pie hole shut, this would be like Michelle Parker and he'd skate.

 

[Derph]

I think when you take each thing, brick by brick, you can build a wall of guilt. They are individuals details---but taken together, they are very damning.

She disappeared---last heard from when Barry was there with her. There was a sudden silence, sudden disconnection from people she had been in constant contact with. What happened?

The jury will wAnt to understand what happened in those hours after she went silent. And there is some very incriminating evidence about what was going on in those critical hours---when Barry is claiming she was home asleep.

During those hours, Barry woke up much earlier than he told the CBI--and he went on his trash run---5 different trash drops, on his way out of town.

Not to mention how phony that slapped together business trip was. And then the bike---evidence pointing to it never been ridden there by SM, but planted by Barry.

I think the jury will see that clearly and accept it. Because the other option makes no sense. SM just suddenly stopped speaking to her boyfriend and her best friend---right when she was supposed to be taking part in her best friend's family wedding--then she continues ghosting everyone and goes on an unusual bike ride---doesn't take her car, as usually does---doesn't take her water or bike gloves---rides a route that is dangerous and beyond her physical level---bike is found, but no evidence of a crash and the tire and handle bars seem to show it was walked there, not ridden there.

Just the general shape of the whole case seems to point to him being guilty. And we have not seen the actual evidence. This ids just the hearing which is the most simple version of their case against him.

Well that the problem isn't it? We haven't yet seen any real evidence. There is reasonable doubt dripping from just about everything the prosecution put forth today. I hate it but I'm just calling it like I see it. There's shady stuff that barry did for sure but unless they come up with something BIG tomorrow and I mean something substantial, I fear Barry is going home. There is reasonable doubt that SM quit communicating w/people because she was having a great day/night with barry, having sex, eating a meal and hiking. Remember it doesn't have to completely make sense it just needs to raise doubt and everything that has been brought up has had a reasonable explanation. If this goes to trial, the prosecution will get obliterated with what they have IMO. Again, just calling it like I see it.

We still need some kind of evidence about the tampering/moving of a corpse and his attempts to influence public officials.

I think the police made a BIG mistake not photographing barry's cuts until a few days after SM went missing. I think not securing the hotel until two days later is a problem too. If they recovered anything from the garbage runs NOW would be the time to introduce it!

 

[katydid23]

LE has got to be careful not to come across as snarky......juries don't want LE to be anything less than precise, noble and polite.

Except when the defense is being snarky, then I believe the witness can reply in kind. The defense made up what the burned journal MIGHT have said, so it was fair for the officer to reply that it might have said the opposite too. I don't think that was impolite or imprecise.

 

[Auntie Cipation]

And one knife and one fork, too, I'll bet!
MOO

Nope, just a knife. No fork. What a guy.

I wonder if they took scrapings from his fingernails -- bet they found plenty of p̶e̶a̶n̶u̶t̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶t̶e̶r̶ A-1 sauce!

 

[NWLady]

One used plate was recovered from the dishwasher. Agent Grusing said in interviews with #BarryMorphew he had mentions eating steaks with #Suzanne Saturday night and in other interviews Barry said they shared one plate and ate off the one plate.

https://twitter.com/laurenscharftv/status/1429932006863933448?s=21

Boy, this one really takes the cake!!! Whoever said he has an answer for everything, was 125% correct!

Smh...

 

[10ofRods]

I think that May 6 text is the catalyst and he went in full spy mode - gathering up as much information on her as he could and found something in his searching that set him over the edge - those 11 times on Saturday he called her - I believe he came home in an absolute fury and killed her in her shorts and string top - put her in a cooler within a cooler then sat and figured out what he should do next to completely cover up what he did - once that was set In his mind - he made his steak and ate it all by himself -
JMO
I’ve updated the media thread with some of the tweets today
ETA
Courtesy @Tortoise
LS says in the video (timestamp 32:07)

Barry called Suzanne 11 times at 2:26pm on Sat May 9th (in our timeline as the morning) and at 2:39pm JL texted SM "my gang is home" to which there was no response. I haven't finished watching yet to see if there are any other differences.

TBH, he really didn't need the darts to suffocate her. He could have done that with brute force (and I do not mean strangulation). He would have had to subdue her. He could still have done it off property, if he wished (which I now strongly think he did - what with all the hiking invites and attempts to get her off property in the days after the "i'm done" text).

Once again, thank you, @oviedo for the tremendous amount of meticulous work you do on Suzanne's thread.

You do raise another really good point, though. If Suzanne was already in a couple of containers before she died - the whole issue of having to go off property disappears. I am guessing if we knew all of the trash, there might be a larger cooler and a couple of game bags (and maybe duct tape/the usual murder kit).

 

[k-mac]

There really hasn't been any justification or adaption from the defence as to why Barry had organised the work trip to start Monday morning with an over night stay Sunday picking up MG at 5.30pm.
Then contacting her middle of Sunday to get her on the road with added crew.
Barry leaving at the crack of said day telling Suzanne well even though its mothers day the girls will be home soon so you don't mind if I make a start on that job do ya?
Even though no work is allowed on Sundays.
Even though he took inappropriate tools for the job...and left those inappropriate tools at the desk...for MG and JP to collect.
All which is a 6 hour round trip back to Salida.
Makes zero sense to not have been taking all the things they needed prepared for what the actual job entailed. Being so far from home.
Afterall thats why he went ...wasn't it???
To get the crew set up with what they needed??

Only he didn't. The most poorly executed job prep in the history of landscaping.
What was it again? merely more than a rake and a shovel?

If a chainsaw and a hacksaw is in the mix his goose is really cooked....burnt actually.

moo

 

[katydid23]

And none of that stuff has led to anything, and it all has plausible explanations. All of the data tracking hasn't led to a sign of her. Since they found nothing in the trash, maybe he was just in the habit of emptying his truck. Or scratches from work, or trees, as he said. The tranq stuff went nowhere - he admitted using it and the sheath of a needle could have been in the lint filter forever. If he had kept his pie hole shut, this would be like Michelle Parker and he'd skate.

Right, and can we agree Michelle's silent husband killed her? Are we comparing Barry to another wife killer?

I disagree that this stuff didn't lead anywhere. They fit together like a puzzle and tell a damning story. You might be able to bat away a few of the with plausible explanations, but you still have the very incriminating circumstances that cannot be easily explained away.

She told him she wanted to end things, and she was home with him, communicating with 2 people she was very close to---and stopped communicating suddenly---forever.

Even Barry says he was the last one to see her.

 

[MrX]

I think when you take each thing, brick by brick, you can build a wall of guilt. They are individuals details---but taken together, they are very damning.

She disappeared---last heard from when Barry was there with her. There was a sudden silence, sudden disconnection from people she had been in constant contact with. What happened?

The jury will wAnt to understand what happened in those hours after she went silent. And there is some very incriminating evidence about what was going on in those critical hours---when Barry is claiming she was home asleep.

During those hours, Barry woke up much earlier than he told the CBI--and he went on his trash run---5 different trash drops, on his way out of town.

Not to mention how phony that slapped together business trip was. And then the bike---evidence pointing to it never been ridden there by SM, but planted by Barry.

I think the jury will see that clearly and accept it. Because the other option makes no sense. SM just suddenly stopped speaking to her boyfriend and her best friend---right when she was supposed to be taking part in her best friend's family wedding--then she continues ghosting everyone and goes on an unusual bike ride---doesn't take her car, as usually does---doesn't take her water or bike gloves---rides a route that is dangerous and beyond her physical level---bike is found, but no evidence of a crash and the tire and handle bars seem to show it was walked there, not ridden there.

Just the general shape of the whole case seems to point to him being guilty. And we have not seen the actual evidence. This ids just the hearing which is the most simple version of their case against him.

Defense will suggest a person, or persons, unknown. They can even suggest that she wanted out, was afraid, made a plan with some sketchy folks and things went sideways. Just relentlessly return to the fact that you have a chatty suspect, traced with phones, vehicles and security cameras and yet not single piece of incriminating evidence. Basically say "our client isn't exactly The Joker, yet he pulled off the perfect murder???" Just need one persuasive juror to think "this guy is too stupid to have successfully disposed of a body under these circumstances." At that point they aren't going to convict based on a plate.

 

[osu]

@ Carol McKinley

Observations from inside the crtrm: the Morphew daughters are there with the friend they were camping with when their mom was reported missing. At the end of the day they all hugged, one daughter wiping her eyes as she gathered herself. When Suzanne’s lover is mentioned at the…

…end of the day, #BarryMorphew’s leg is shaking and his back tenses. He takes every chance he can to smile at his girls, watching them as they leave the courtroom before he gets his papers to exit the room. They lower their masks to smile back. ABC2020

https://twitter.com/carolamckinley/status/1429961439893090325?s=21

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Barry Morphew murder case: Bullet found next to Suzanne Morphew's bed

 

[Gardenista]

Live:

The hustled off their guest who had actually been in the courtroom. Disappointing.

 

[DizzyB]

Let’s not forget the beloved bobcat not making the trip with Barry, to a job it was necessary for. He forgot the bobcat, forgot Morgan, forgot he left earlier than he said, forgot that his phone was on Airplane mode, forgot that he was following an elk, forgot that Suzanne told him she was done. I hope the prosecution has the time to put a big chart up tomorrow that shows what Barry said/did/forgot.

 

[lonetraveler]

Ahhh yes. Marriage on the rocks, divorce in the offing, and they’re just sharing a plate.

Man, I wonder if he sat down to eat after killing her.

There's no doubt in my mind that he not only ate by himself but most likely had sex by himself as well.

 

[Derph]

Defense will suggest a person, or persons, unknown. They can even suggest that she wanted out, was afraid, made a plan with some sketchy folks and things went sideways. Just relentlessly return to the fact that you have a chatty suspect, traced with phones, vehicles and security cameras and yet not single piece of incriminating evidence. Basically say "our client isn't exactly The Joker, yet he pulled off the perfect murder???" Just need one persuasive juror to think "this guy is too stupid to have successfully disposed of a body under these circumstances." At that point they aren't going to convict based on a plate.

Exactly! It only takes one juror to discount what the prosecution says is true. The problem right now is there is reasonable doubt on just about everything they have entered as evidence. The prosecution needs all of it to be true, the defense just needs one thing to be untrue.