Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #77 *ARREST*

[Cindizzi]

Everyone is back in the courtroom. We have been sitting in silence for about 3 minutes waiting for Judge Murphy.

https://twitter.com/crimetalkpod/status/1430251762112466944?s=21

 

[Deleted member 222031]

quick change GIF on GIFER

Lol. I needed that!

 

[Cindizzi]

Back on the record: CBI Agent Joseph Cahill is back on the stand for the #BarryMorphew hearing. The is asking him about allele which is a variant form of a gene. The defense objects saying he isn't a specialist in DNA or forensic scientist.

https://twitter.com/laurenscharftv/status/1430252362262851592?s=21

 

[bestill]

When did that come in to the Prelim, if you remember? I'm sure the Judge knows about it, but did we hear about it at the Prelim?



Me too. I just keep telling myself that the amount that can be presented at trial could be a real avalanche. Right now, it's just about what led LE and the DA to ask for an arrest and then to bind Barry over for trial.

@MassGuy I just remembered that despite Barry sawing off antlers of defenseless, drugged deer, no sawed off antlers at the house.

And in re the furniture of the house and where it went: most of the furniture we see in the living room came with the house (per earlier Zillow photos). So no need to bring that up and obviously, the storage unit was not mentioned at the Prelim.

There are so many things that would come up at trial (the FBI "plant" at the condo complex, Barry's plans to flee, the bulk of SO's statements and also the friend whose name starts with H, also CC, and whatever SD and her BF knew (her BD inserted himself in the case very early). SD is currently on the jail list of approved visitors for Barry...

BBM

Early in the hearing:
PH https://twitter.com/LaurenScharfTV/status/1424786594079428614?s=20

 

[girlhasnoname]

I'm not discouraged at all. The judge has also read that 129 page AA, so he already knows a lot.

I had much higher expectations of all sorts of BAM! moments, but really, they just need to present enough to send it to trial. I think that is more than covered.

Certainly a few BAMs! in there.

I think hearing BM admitted to 'clipping her in the nose by accident' was a BAM.

I hear your posts in Moira Roses' voice btw

 

[steeltowngirl]

Carol McKinley

@CarolAMcKinley
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14s

Back from lunch lurching back and forth as Mark Hurlbert starts asking CBI Agent Joe Cahill DNA questions. Objection from the defense that Cahill is not a forensic scientist.We move on. Now discussing the prison DNA database "CODIS"
@ABC2020

 

[MrX]

And when those crying girls plead with a jury, please don’t send our daddy to prison. He didn’t do it. He’d never do it. Why are you wanting to hurt us even more?

It’s going to take a team of strong jurors to separate emotion from the evidence.

Exactly. A huge problem for the defense is when the defendant doesn't testify. In this case, the girls can take his place on the stand.

 

[Love Never Fails]

Jennifer Hicks

@JenniferCHicks
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5m

Here's my story for the hearing so far today:



3 unknown DNA matches found on glove box of Suzanne Morphew's vehicle, defense says
A national DNA database linked the matches to unsolved sexual assault cases in Arizona and Illinois, according to testimony at Barry Morphew's preliminary hearing.
9news.com

That’s not a story. Could happen to anybody.

 

[Cindizzi]

Codis match/hit - what does that mean?
Agent Cahill: One sample was compared to another and there was possible pieces that may be related.
State: If there is a Codis match, they cannot be arrested just on this, right?
Defense objects

https://twitter.com/crimetalkpod/status/1430253512357711876?s=21

 

[Synergizer Bunny]

It's not an exterior door that was damaged, I don't think. (I feel confident LE would have noticed such as "attempted unlawful entry".

As I understood it, it was the interior door to the master bedroom that was broken in, with damage to either the door itself or to the jamb.

MOO

Our interior doors are solid wood. I'm sure that their home had the same type, too. I changed my original post to add the word, "interior."

JMO.

 

[Cindizzi]

The state is now asking about Agent Cahill familiarity with a CODIS hit. Cahill says a match means a lead for investigators to attempt to take a standard (another sample of DNA from the subject) to get it analyzed from the original DNA sample from the crime scene.

https://twitter.com/laurenscharftv/status/1430253746131456002?s=21

 

[kshultz06082]

The D.A. didn't need to end with any dramatic quote from SM's 50 reasons. The Judge has already seen it. In the AA.

Can the judge use what he knows from the AA that wasn't presented at the PH to make a decision? If he can use the AA info, why even have the PH?

 

[jeni256]

Does anyone know when the judge informs if case will or will not go to trial? Is it decided immediately after today’s hearing or later?

Thanks for any info.

 

[Synergizer Bunny]

And when those crying girls plead with a jury, please don’t send our daddy to prison. He didn’t do it. He’d never do it. Why are you wanting to hurt us even more?

It’s going to take a team of strong jurors to separate emotion from the evidence.

I've seen it happen in other cases with younger kids. I can vaguely recall one case where the daughter said that she didn't want to go on living if her father was sent to prison for murdering her mother. The jury still found the father guilty.

It's sad; however, it is the defendant's actions that has caused the hurt not the jury's conviction.

JMO.

 

[steeltowngirl]

BD should have been BF (boyfriend). We use initials in order not to type out full names, but SD has been mentioned and should be in the list of initials prepared by @OldCop. She's the only non-lawyer and non-relative who is on Barry's jail visitor list (and is female).

H stands for one of the Holly's (this is one that came from Indiana to speak to Barry; I can't recall her last initial).

HW

 

[Cindizzi]

Agent Cahill is being asked about what a keyboard search is. Scientists are comparing the two samples to decide if it is worth law enforcement time to investigate.

https://twitter.com/laurenscharftv/status/1430254732547956737?s=21

 

[crhedBngr]

Agent Cahill is being asked about what a keyboard search is. Scientists are comparing the two samples to decide if it is worth law enforcement time to investigate.

https://twitter.com/laurenscharftv/status/1430254732547956737?s=21

The above is interesting!

JMVHO.

 

[oviedo]

I keep forgetting one important thing - we are only seeing the reporter's tweets - which can't possibly capture every detail of this testimony. I fully expect him to go to trial - the question I have is regarding bond. Will he get bond? If so, will it be cash or a combination?
IMO

 

[10ofRods]

This piece really puzzles me I don't believe she would leave all those things in car even if she were at the house. She would be constantly running in and out to grab things out of her purse. I don't buy it. I think at some point they did go somewhere in the RR I think that was the vehicle that was used IMO.

Why would she be running in and out for "things in her purse"?

I keep a go bag in my truck. All I have to do to go shopping (or anything else) is grab my phone and my keys from next to the door and I'm off. My DL is attached to my keys. My phone pays for everything (although I have an ATM card attached to my keys as well).

In that go bag, I have hand sanitizer, masks, sunglasses, reading glasses, sunscreen, pen, a small amount of cash (and I keep more hidden in the truck - small bills, small amount). In the truck I have more masks, wraparound sunglasses, a towel, an extra pair of shoes, a small notebook (but my grocery list is on my phone). I keep a spare contact lens case in the truck, wetting solution, and eyedrops.

I think lots of women do this.

 

[Lyanna]

If someone abducted her and left partial prints in the car, I would think they RR and money would be gone, too. There is no evidence that she left the house. If someone broke into her house and killed her, they would have left her there in the house. No need to remove body; unless you lived there. Also, if she was abducted in her home. Murdered outside the home. I would think that she would have been found by now. Why hide her body?? The abduction theory makes zero sense to me. JMO
edited post because of grammar

That's why I don't get what they're doing, it's not realistic let alone reasonable, are we expected to believe that after Barry left for work, someone/someone's unknown who have a criminal history had a looksie round the car, stole Suzanne, along with her phone and charger threw her bike somewhere, then her helmet and they are never seen again. Factor in Phone and GPS Data, are we now supposed to believe the someone/someone's unknown had a looksie round Suzanne's car, crept into the house while Barry and Suzanne were sleeping, stole Suzanne and replaced her with a breathing lump (not my words), took her phone and charger, left Barry snoring away, threw her bike away, threw her helmet away and threw her phone away?

I don't see how someone could believe that, I must be missing something