Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #79 *ARREST*

[Cindizzi]

I don’t think there was a pillow found in the trash. JMO

Puckett found the insurance document under a pillow and ended up in the trash. Agent Coback said he hasn't read the affidavit. He knows what Morgan Gentile said but not of Jeff Puckett.
https://twitter.com/laurenscharftv/status/1429906165215989760?s=21

The coworker says she walked into the room #BarryMorphew was staying in and it smelled strongly of chlorine, there were wet towels, and they found insurance documents under the pillow. It's not clear if room was cleaned by hotel before other worker stayed @KKTV11News
https://twitter.com/ashleykktv/status/1429901621153214473?s=21

 

[Megnut]

How exact can those movements be? If Suzanne moved inside, Barry's commando approach would've been wasted immediately BUT if he started peering through windows to locate her, and then made entry through a door, ALL of those movements may have been recorded as inside. It may have registered as a chase... and going through walls.

IMO Barry was Mach 8 angry at that point.

Suzanne may have traded her bikini for the missing brown towel and retired to her bedroom for a video call (on another device), leaving her phone plugged in and charging in the kitchen and was unaware of Barry's incessant calls.

She was off the phone (or whichever device) when Barry blew through the door or JL would've heard or witnessed it.

She knew he was difficult -- scary -- but she probably never thought he'd KILL her.... until she realized he was going to.

But IMO not until he took his khaki shorts off.

I hate it but I think the elements are there.

Nobody but nobody takes what's his. Only he does.

JMOJMOJMO

 

[al66pine]

We really have no evidence to support the body disposal. MaybeDisposed earlier than thought before he disconnected battery?

Not sure how this post relates to the post* it responds to (mine, pasted below), which addresses what BM said or will say. Heading to kitchen for more caffeine. Nevertheless. Carry on.


* BM Disconnecting Battery?
@Boxer bbm
I'm wondering what BM told - past tense - LE or anyone else about disconnecting truck battery.
If LE asked BM about this, he may have given a Barry-reason or "I don't recall."
Imo at trial, that's all we'll hear about the reason.
Well, unless BM takes the stand.

 

[Megnut]

Chlorine won't settle this case, but I can't let it go.

Since Barry wasn't cleaning his tools, I think Barry was CLEANING HIMSELF.

I think he showered in a VAT of it at PP... and at the hotel? All those towels, all those wardrobe changes? I think Barry showered repeatedly. In bleach. After handling ANYTHING relating to the previous roughly 24 hours.

I imagine he changed his shorts or pants too, he probably has ten pairs of each.

IMO he wasn't trying to fool anyone, oh, look. I thought I saw that guy before, but different shirt, my bad.

Nope, IMO he was showering to get Suzanne off him. Every return from dumpstering, a shower, a new outfit, and an old one to throw away.

Shower all you want, Barry, her blood is still on your hands.

JMO

 

[Gardenista]

Lauren said during one interview BM said SM was wearing white shorts and a string top the last time he saw her and during another interview, he said she was naked. So I think SM video chatting naked with JL and BM busting in is very plausible.

 

[TrialLurking]

How exact can those movements be? If Suzanne moved inside, Barry's commando approach would've been wasted immediately BUT if he started peering through windows to locate her, and then made entry through a door, ALL of those movements may have been recorded as inside. It may have registered as a chase... and going through walls.

IMO Barry was Mach 8 angry at that point.

Suzanne may have traded her bikini for the missing brown towel and retired to her bedroom for a video call (on another device), leaving her phone plugged in and charging in the kitchen and was unaware of Barry's incessant calls.

She was off the phone (or whichever device) when Barry blew through the door or JL would've heard or witnessed it.

She knew he was difficult -- scary -- but she probably never thought he'd KILL her.... until she realized he was going to.

But IMO not until he took his khaki shorts off.

I hate it but I think the elements are there.

Nobody but nobody takes what's his. Only he does.

JMOJMOJMO

BBM
Wouldn't she need her phone for a video call? Do you think she used another device for the video call, and that is why she told JL to change to another app?

I think he was very angry about the unanswered calls. He was very suspicious of her, but was waiting to catch her with another man. I bet he zoomed home in hopes of catching her in the act. Perhaps, he checked around back because he knew she was sunbathing. When she wasn't there, he ran around the house looking through the windows. It may appear as though he was running through walls because he was such close proximity to the house.

He probably did bust the door down once inside, but something terrible happened at that point. The bullet ended up on the floor from his pocket after an altercation? I may have misunderstood your post, but did you mean that he may have forced himself on her before killing her? You mentioned him removing his shorts. Just wondering if I misread the post?

Someone posted about BM's half truths and his wild animal stories. I have to agree with some: For instance and JMO

#1 BM says a bobcat attacked SM and drug her away -
What he means is that he attacked SM and dragged her away.

#2 BM says that he was outside with his gun shooting those pesky chipmunks in the yard because they were making him mad-
What he means is that he was outside with his gun looking for SM because she was initially in the yard, and he think she was with another man. It was making him mad. After all he hadn't he threatened to shoot some man's private parts off and shove them down his throat?

#3 BM says the he tranq'd/darted a deer at his house because he wanted to take the antlers. The antlers were his.
What he means is that he tranq'd/darted his wife at his house because she wanted to take the money. The money and house were his.

#4 BM says he wanted to follow a herd of elk to see if they were shedding antlers in the DARK. Really? This by far was the most pathetic animal lie he came up with. He threw his wife's helmet out the window, and he couldn't come up with a plausible reason for making a left turn onto the highway. Maybe he was just tired at this point. LOL.

Just all my own speculation. It's raining and thundering here (Thanks Hurricane Ida), and I love posting and reading on Websleuths

edited because I am grammar deficient

 

[al66pine]

Discredit Preemptively?

....Suzanne may have... retired to her bedroom for a video call (on another device), leaving her phone plugged in and charging in the kitchen and was unaware of Barry's incessant calls. She was off the phone (or whichever device) when Barry blew through the door or JL would've heard or witnessed it....

@Megnut bbm sbm for focus. Thank you very much for your post, as I had not thought about it this way. Still not convinced about exact series of events, but if BM did bust thru bedroom door, your post makes sense.

Devil's Advocate enters the chat.
But is it possible, SM's device was still connected, and JL did see or hear door bust? Later told LE?
If so, is it possible LE included his stmt in AA?
If so, is it possible prosecutor did not present at PH. No reason for def team to raise it at PH imo.
If so, is it possible prosecutor decided to hold back for trial? A smoking gun?

If so, it is possible that at PH def team brought out tech cell evd about BM "running thru walls" at 40 mph etc, to preemptively discredit JL's stmt /testimony they anticipate prosecutor introducing at trial? A possibility?

Not saying this happened & conceding, sometimes I go way out there w possibilities. Sometimes waaaaaaaaay out there. Still a sleuther can dream.

 

[DeDee]

So, we were watching a movie "Abduction" when the star of the movie receives a phone call. He is told that "the amazing thing about cell phones is that they can become listening devices."


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Every word either party on the call can be listened to and downloaded. Did Barry have two phones so he could spy with one of them?

Sample conversation:
https://fs-demoaccount.obs.ap-south...193249&Signature=x2LLQLYQIn1OvgOtkTkwyjGHc5Q=

 

[sunshine4040]

Data you know was there , but can't get off the phone.
You have to look at the first chat apps on social media, that touted all text and images would be deleted in 10? minutes.
One that comes to mind is Snap Chat. Not VPN, TOR, but Google play apps. They will have a log
but not the data. It's out there, you just have to find it and subpoena for it. IMO

 

[DeDee]

Small clarification of note:
I noticed one of the reporter tweets used “Gene” Ritter as the neighbor’s name. In most reports it’s Jean Ritter.

I have no proof of the correct spelling of her first name (other than articles), but I bet it’s Jean, as Gene is usually a nickname for Eugene.

I saw Carol McKinley on Twitter spell her name as Jeanne. Jeanne Ritter.

 

[sunshine4040]

I saw Carol McKinley on Twitter spell her name as Jeanne. Jeanne Ritter.

She is an absolute Gold Mine. Have you checked how much the trash company charged and the schedule and the service they provide?
She had service, I bet she knows if the M's did. IMO.

 

[Brubon]

How exact can those movements be? If Suzanne moved inside, Barry's commando approach would've been wasted immediately BUT if he started peering through windows to locate her, and then made entry through a door, ALL of those movements may have been recorded as inside. It may have registered as a chase... and going through walls.

IMO Barry was Mach 8 angry at that point.

Suzanne may have traded her bikini for the missing brown towel and retired to her bedroom for a video call (on another device), leaving her phone plugged in and charging in the kitchen and was unaware of Barry's incessant calls.

She was off the phone (or whichever device) when Barry blew through the door or JL would've heard or witnessed it.

She knew he was difficult -- scary -- but she probably never thought he'd KILL her.... until she realized he was going to.

But IMO not until he took his khaki shorts off.

I hate it but I think the elements are there.

Nobody but nobody takes what's his. Only he does.

JMOJMOJMO

If JL heard or witnessed BM blowing through the MB door, that may be in the AA.
That potential testimony of JL may be one of the reasons the State is so certain of their case against BM.
Please let JL ultimately "save the day."

In the meantime he is a mouse...not a man...IMO.

Justice is on the way, Suzanne. RIP.

 

[borndem]

How did Suzanne expect to get back into the house after the bike ride? Was there a combination garage door opener outside the garage door? If not.....where were her keys and garage door opener? If they were inside the house and garage...how would Suzanne have gotten back into the house after the bike ride?

I expect some of their outer doors have a key-pad type device on the door, as well as the usual key. We have them and our house is nothing like as grand as theirs. The keypad can be used to lock & unlock.

 

[Lyanna]

In the last 2 days of PH, they were talking about when BM was allowed into PP property for some clothing of Suzanne's for sniffer dogs - the guy testifying made a comment about how BM wouldn't look at the bed - that would be really hard to do wouldn't it? I mean, the bed is one of the first things you see - due to size maybe? So to purposely avoid looking at it says a whole heap of guilty stuff (imo).

 

[Puzzles8]

Me too, the pillow bothers me. What was the purpose? Was he attempting to plant evidence, because he clearly wasn't trying to get rid of it. Trying to imply that she was suffocated so they wouldn't look for another method? He went out of his way to plant other evidence as a redirect.

On a side note, is anybody else really looking forward to the trial just so we can finally SEE all of the pictures that we've read Tweets about?

Bottom line, IMO, I don't think BM would have a pillow with DNA evidence of SM in the hotel room. That would have been included in one of his many trash dumps.

ITA - I am really looking forward to the trial!

JMO

 

[Lyanna]

https://www.websleuths.com/forums/attachments/00f873b4-b3ef-4ca9-a0da-aa758ab9be56-jpeg.264022/

Not sure if this'll work.
@Error505 posted this image of inside PP garage a couple (a lot) threads ago
No idea of the age of vehicle or if its even one of the Morphews
Never noticed the hatch in ceiling before

Ebm to delete something

 

[Puzzles8]

I am not only one of those DV survivors, also with two daughters, but I have consulted with LE for more than 25 years regarding DV cases and DV education in the community.

We have lots of evidence of the full range of DV in this case. We have family members of Suzanne saying Barry was "controlling." We know that Barry went to CO (without Suzanne) and that Suzanne okayed the house purchase from afar. We know that Barry believed Suzanne did not have an ATM and that he "was the ATM." We know that he considered their debts to her father to be her debts alone. There's so much evidence of financial abuse, I don't even want to say more.

Domestic violence is not just violence. To classify portions of DV only by the severity of, say, bruises does not capture things like "bumping up" against the victim with a big muscular body or pinning someone down on a bed, so that they have to wrest themselves away (Suzanne's communications with SO; her grievance list). You see, caging someone (in anyway) is a form of abuse/violence. If someone is kept locked up, even if no one pushes them around with their body or pins them to a bed or smacks their nose, it's still DV. Deprivation of freedom is DV. And I can parse it that way, and experts parse it that way too. There are some links here on this thread or the last one.

It is in fact these other abuses of power within a marriage that cause the depression, anxiety and inability to make decisions that we see in so many abuse victims. The abuser no longer has to be physical - that's the goal. The person becomes a captive, like a creature in a zoo or a dog that's kept chained up. Even if you feed and water the dog, it's still dog abuse.



Alienation of affection from her family - another abuse tactic. I've seen this one in the field (I've done fieldwork among a group of women living in poverty - most of them single, most of them former marital abuse victims) and the degree to which their relationships with their parents and siblings were destroyed by their former husbands was almost a given.



I don't know of any evidence about the toolbox, but I've long thought that the only thing that explains him putting all his hand tools in the hotel luggage carts (before he goes to wash his truck), is that he no longer has the tool box (I picture the type that most Ford truck owners have). I wonder what happened to it. Would hold quite a few tools - enough to fill a luggage cart or too. And that's what MG and JP find when they get to the hotel.




Good points. I think MG's statement could include a tool box and that "truck bed" includes all the things normally in a truck bed, for many people who use that phrase. So it's unclear. But tempting to think that there was some criminal reason for the tools to be left in the hotel. Maybe he did just leave tools unprotected from the elements in his truck bed (in which case, I figure he rarely used them and they were not in the best of shape). There's a reason that screwdrivers, saws, ratchets, wrenches, pliers, etc. are kept in tool boxes and Barry ought to have also had various clippers and trimmers. These things are expensive! People usually keep them locked up not just to preserve them so that they can be used, but in order to keep them from being constantly stolen.

So very well said.

Thank you for also acknowledging the many forms of DV. DV can be verbal/emotional also.

If anyone is in a domestic situation that is frightening, please consider contacting the National Domestic Violence hotline:

1-800-799-7233
or
National Domestic Violence Hotline

This is just one of many organizations that can help

JMO

 

[Auntie Cipation]

https://www.websleuths.com/forums/attachments/00f873b4-b3ef-4ca9-a0da-aa758ab9be56-jpeg.264022/

Not sure if this'll work.
@Error505 posted this image of inside PP garage a couple (a lot) threads ago
No idea of the age of vehicle or if its even one of the Morphews
Never noticed the hatch in ceiling before

Ebm to delete something

I believe it was determined that the vehicle and other items in that photo were from before the Morphews bought the place. MOO

 

[al66pine]

Bribe Hotel Mgr?

…. BM attempted to bribe several local officials. Is it possible he bribed a hotel employee….

@TIGER0822 sbm for focus, addressing only part of your post. Yes, BM may have attempted to bribe the hotel manager or employee. IDK whether he did or not. Regardless if he did, it would be brought under a different statute than the law re influencing public officials. Afaik there’s been no crim chg against him re hotel mgr or employee.

CO. statute* re witness bribery applies when a person “offers, confers, or agrees to confer any benefit upon a witness…“ bbm. Detail below. my 2ct.

Certainly would be interesting if BM did try to "offer" the mgr a "benefit".
__________________________________________
* If BM committed homicide and offered a "benefit" to hotel manager or employee as a potential witness, and his intent was to influence witness to provide false testimony or to withhold testimony, etc. then imo. CO statute re bribing a witness likely would apply.
Colorado Revised Statutes § 18-8-703. Bribing a witness or victim
“(1) A person commits bribing a witness, … if he or she offers, confers, or agrees to confer any benefit upon a witness,… or a person he or she believes is to be called to testify as a witness … in any official proceeding,… with intent to:
(a) Influence the witness or victim to testify falsely or unlawfully withhold any testimony;  or
(b) Induce the witness or victim to avoid legal process summoning him to testify;  or
(c) Induce the witness or victim to absent himself or herself from an official proceeding.”
Colorado Revised Statutes Title 18. Criminal Code § 18-8-703 | FindLaw

 

[MyJoey]

In the last 2 days of PH, they were talking about when BM was allowed into PP property for some clothing of Suzanne's for sniffer dogs - the guy testifying made a comment about how BM wouldn't look at the bed - that would be really hard to do wouldn't it? I mean, the bed is one of the first things you see - due to size maybe? So to purposely avoid looking at it says a whole heap of guilty stuff (imo).

Wonder if he had that bed all made ? Looking around would absolutely be the first thing an innocent person would do.