I'd be interested in knowing what was left behind in those attacks. I'm not disputing it could happen, more that it would be almost "obvious" that that is what happened.
Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, did not return from bike ride, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #10
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Not to mention, AFTER your wife is supposedly abducted by a stranger and a stranger appears and you’re telling him EVERYTHING???? I would be SO SUSPICIOUS of every stranger IF I believed that had happened to my loved one. How many times have we heard, a killer often returns to scene of the crime.
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Ok one more thought. Based on what BM says in this video, he was the last to see SM some time Sunday, correct? He said he headed up to Denver on Sunday to get his job ready for his guys. No one sees her or hears from her after that? I would be interested in hearing him talk about details. What time did he leave? Where was SM when he left, sleeping or awake? Did he say goodbye? Very interesting. He didn't seem to want to focus on that. I think I would be personally awestruck if I had just seen my spouse that morning, gave him a kiss goodbye & left for work. Then, hours later he is missing. I would think, how could that be? I just saw him, spoke to him! I would perseverate on that last moment that I saw him & touched him.
ETA IMO
ETA IMO
Not to mention, AFTER your wife is supposedly abducted by a stranger and a stranger appears and you’re telling him EVERYTHING???? I would be SO SUSPICIOUS of every stranger IF I believed that had happened to my loved one. How many times have we heard, a killer often returns to scene of the crime.
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From the video, is an auto-generated (by YouTube) transcript. I had no idea that YouTube did that and you can find such by going into settings on a video! Thanks.
Source https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3w9J3l2wDo
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my name's tyson draper from i'm from
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arizona
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um so what happened okay yeah
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you might put that in here oh not a
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problem no it's not on bro
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we've had a lot of you here
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it's never gonna hurt to to retrace dirt
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so we've searched a 200 mile radius
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what really all of the mountains have
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been covered
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so far but obviously we're gonna miss
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things
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right let me show you what happened
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um and i do have a reward
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there is a reward 210 000. um
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the bike was found at the bottom of the
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hill by that tree
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where the peak was oh really um
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the first night there was a mountain
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lion the officer seen it walk by the car
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so we thought maybe she got
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attacked by a lion we thought maybe she
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wrecked
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coming down this hill car coming around
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the corner fast and maybe was
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disoriented and got in the river
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we've covered all of this really good
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this triangle with search and rescue
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so we're pretty comfortable that
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this is not in this triangle between the
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rv park
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your truck this road and then the next
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road
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but what seems to have happened
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from the investigators and they don't
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give much when i've got
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private people working for me is maybe
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she was abducted right here
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and they found an article
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going west of hers they won't tell us
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what it is
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so they sent another team after they
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found the article
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that covered this hillside all the way
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down to the river
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pretty good my concerns were
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this way and that way if it was the cat
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because the cats they dragged their prey
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up
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the mountain and out of people's
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we can't find sign for the cat but we
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got rain like right away yeah
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washed away sign so they found our bike
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just right against that tree down well
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no he was on the ground
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oh the wheel was facing and the uh
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sheriff's department uh they screwed
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everything up they shouldn't have
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touched it
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that's where it left it it's evidence
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and we had cars over here well the
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sheriff let everybody
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drive through here covering all
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or messing up all the evidence they were
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walking all over this area
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which if somebody abducted her they
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would have had foot tracks
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they would have fingerprints on the bike
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and now they let ten other people touch
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the bike
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oh man i mean we was really upset that
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first night
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i was in denver so all you were i didn't
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get here until nine o'clock that night
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yeah and my friend's an army ranger and
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he knows this stuff better than anybody
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he did 400 tours in
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iraq afghanistan
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so you don't know where that article was
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though was it by the road or
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they won't even they won't say huh
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well barry i'm glad you filled me in man
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um
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i was
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i was hoping i'd run into you because
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i can't even imagine
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um
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you because i mean you got to look at
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especially in colorado there's been so
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many cases
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where like patrick frazee christopher
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watts
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you know these guys get on there and
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they they act like
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you know they didn't do anything and so
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they i mean
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naturally people are going to be
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skeptical in the beginning
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you know but you just came to help
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yeah yeah i was in uh the pagosa springs
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area and i i've been kind of hearing
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about this and
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so i thought i'd just come help man and
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what can i do for you bro
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um we've got a good group of friends and
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stuff uh the best thing that you could
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do
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if you're a hiker and you're an
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outdoorsman yeah just
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get out there and cover something okay
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yeah find something if you find anything
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don't touch it take a picture of it give
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it to the police
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okay we've covered i had uh
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school friends come the first few days
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so we had a bunch of guys that covered
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that
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up from there up in there but the only
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thing this is a tough one and
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my friends
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let me ask you a quick question so you
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were in denver but how long
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how long before somebody noticed that
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she was gone and
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well it was mother's day um
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we had two daughters that were coming
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home from the trip
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and i had a job in denver that
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i wanted to get started on on sunday set
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it up for my work because my workers
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were coming in sunday night works
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monday but the owner i wanted to get
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everything lined up so that
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so i told my wife
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and said listen this mother's day i'm a
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little worried
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and when you go check the house and your
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neighbor wouldn't check the house
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you saw that her car was there she
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called me
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and then said hey was this a little
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man i can't imagine what you're going
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through but it sounds like you got a
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really good support system
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yeah and uh do you want me to leave my
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number or anything and
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in case you need me i'll be here for the
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next
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and then give me your number
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write it down because my phone's
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charging in the truck but um
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just very give me yeah yeah text me your
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number and then if i find anything i
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will uh
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i'll let you know 4-8-0
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4-3-1 5-3
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4-4
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t-y tier
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i can't imagine that are you grandma are
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you out there
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very mom oh barry i i feel for you man
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i appreciate it yeah and if you're
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getting in and what you're doing here
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i appreciate it yeah you person
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oh no no no
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yeah oh they they will barry they will
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and probably the
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the worst is yet to come i hate to say
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that but just ride the storm out man and
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the truth always comes out in the end
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bro
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so hey good to meet you guys take care
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okay well as you can see ladies and
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gentlemen i just had a long conversation
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with barry morphy he told me the whole
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story
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and i met his mom
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and he if you i hope this camera picked
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it up but i got his whole story he told
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me that the bike was discovered right
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over here
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he walked me up this hill and
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he made a little threat there at the end
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i don't know if the camera picked it up
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or not but he said if i'm with the news
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media he's going to come after me
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wow stay tuned everybody this has gotten
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really creepy
I agree, the one instant I thought he was being truthful. A detail he missed, which might be what’s driving him crazy, keeping him up at night ... what did LE find? He should know to some extent whether it was her phone, a necklace, etc ... but it may really irritate him that LE won’t tell him, which is why he speaks derogatorily about them.
I got about 90 seconds in to the video and just couldn’t keep watching. I was so uncomfortable with the youtuber lying about his camera and then faking empathy the entire time.
Even though I’m pretty sure BM is guilty, it was just gross and made me too uncomfortable to watch. If it turns out he isn’t, I’ll be absolutely disgusted with whatshisnameyoutubeguy.
Even though I’m pretty sure BM is guilty, it was just gross and made me too uncomfortable to watch. If it turns out he isn’t, I’ll be absolutely disgusted with whatshisnameyoutubeguy.
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About that bike ride ... as one sharp sleuthed explained very well many threads ago (sorry I can't recall who it was!), it is a critical element to this case, and it continues to dog us because we don't have the full story.
My current thinking is that LE determined early on in the investigation that SM didn't go on a bike ride. And, if BM's story about the bike on Tyler's YT video is accurate, LE must believe it was staged by the roadside where BM pointed out. If true, LE has gone silent (since their May 13th CCSO press release when they last mention a bike ride) because IMO they want to protect their ability to build a solid case, as others have stated here. A side benefit is that staying quiet about this keeps the suspect off-balance. That there are two daughters in the picture may be another reason for why they're keeping it quiet for now -- if indeed BM is their suspect, which I believe he is.
It's evident that the bike ride narrative originated with the family. We have no evidence telling us that the idea of SM going on a bike ride Sunday originated with anyone other than a family member. The bike ride was first mentioned in reports on the 10th when the neighbor first contacted LE about SM missing. The Fire Chief has talked about SM's cycling habit to a reporter, but that was days later—the bike ride narrative was well on its way by then. The neighbor mentioned the bike ride when she contacted LE, but the reporting also indicates that she did not actually see SM on a ride herself. Based on what BM said in the YT video, it would seem the neighbor found SM's bike missing from the garage. Either she noticed the bike missing on her own or, more likely, a family member guided her to look for it. Even if the daughters were the first to bring it up (ie, when they spoke to the neighbor), as has been hashed out previously in the thread, there's no credible reason to suspect they were in any way involved in their mother's disappearance (no motive, reports are that they have good relationships with SM, they were away on a camping trip, etc.).
If ... and it's an admitted "if" ... if my reasoning is valid, then BM provided the bike ride story to either the daughters, the neighbor, or LE ... or quite possibly, some combination of the three. As always, this is MOO, but I can't come up with any other truly credible way to explain what we know thus far. Why else would LE go silent ... *especially about the bike ride* ... if they didn't believe foul play was involved and that BM played a role? If they suspect someone else, they wouldn't have a good reason to go silent on the family's bike ride story, IMO.
ETA: Playing my own Devil's Advocate, is it also possible that no one mentioned a bike ride until the neighbor found the bike missing? If yes, then my theory here does not stand up against what we know so far.
My current thinking is that LE determined early on in the investigation that SM didn't go on a bike ride. And, if BM's story about the bike on Tyler's YT video is accurate, LE must believe it was staged by the roadside where BM pointed out. If true, LE has gone silent (since their May 13th CCSO press release when they last mention a bike ride) because IMO they want to protect their ability to build a solid case, as others have stated here. A side benefit is that staying quiet about this keeps the suspect off-balance. That there are two daughters in the picture may be another reason for why they're keeping it quiet for now -- if indeed BM is their suspect, which I believe he is.
It's evident that the bike ride narrative originated with the family. We have no evidence telling us that the idea of SM going on a bike ride Sunday originated with anyone other than a family member. The bike ride was first mentioned in reports on the 10th when the neighbor first contacted LE about SM missing. The Fire Chief has talked about SM's cycling habit to a reporter, but that was days later—the bike ride narrative was well on its way by then. The neighbor mentioned the bike ride when she contacted LE, but the reporting also indicates that she did not actually see SM on a ride herself. Based on what BM said in the YT video, it would seem the neighbor found SM's bike missing from the garage. Either she noticed the bike missing on her own or, more likely, a family member guided her to look for it. Even if the daughters were the first to bring it up (ie, when they spoke to the neighbor), as has been hashed out previously in the thread, there's no credible reason to suspect they were in any way involved in their mother's disappearance (no motive, reports are that they have good relationships with SM, they were away on a camping trip, etc.).
If ... and it's an admitted "if" ... if my reasoning is valid, then BM provided the bike ride story to either the daughters, the neighbor, or LE ... or quite possibly, some combination of the three. As always, this is MOO, but I can't come up with any other truly credible way to explain what we know thus far. Why else would LE go silent ... *especially about the bike ride* ... if they didn't believe foul play was involved and that BM played a role? If they suspect someone else, they wouldn't have a good reason to go silent on the family's bike ride story, IMO.
ETA: Playing my own Devil's Advocate, is it also possible that no one mentioned a bike ride until the neighbor found the bike missing? If yes, then my theory here does not stand up against what we know so far.
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One additional observation ...
BM never answers Ty's question asking when was the last time anyone saw SM. He doesn't answer the question!!! Not even a "We're not sure". Completely dances around it. This is telling, IMO. Starts with saying it was Mother's Day and then relates the story about the girls trying to text her and getting no response. I think he wants to leave the impression that she went missing on Sunday, but he never states this is the case. I don't believe he specified to Ty when he left for Denver, but will listen again to be certain. The girls were camping for some number of days (we don't know how many). They may have been out of cell reach for days, for all we know. We're not allowed to sleuth them, so will leave it at that. My point is, he gave a story to lead you to believe she went missing Sunday, but even with what little we know, there's no evidence being reported that this is what happened.
BM never answers Ty's question asking when was the last time anyone saw SM. He doesn't answer the question!!! Not even a "We're not sure". Completely dances around it. This is telling, IMO. Starts with saying it was Mother's Day and then relates the story about the girls trying to text her and getting no response. I think he wants to leave the impression that she went missing on Sunday, but he never states this is the case. I don't believe he specified to Ty when he left for Denver, but will listen again to be certain. The girls were camping for some number of days (we don't know how many). They may have been out of cell reach for days, for all we know. We're not allowed to sleuth them, so will leave it at that. My point is, he gave a story to lead you to believe she went missing Sunday, but even with what little we know, there's no evidence being reported that this is what happened.
Hypothetically, let’s say BM said too much about the position of the bike and it’s more than he *should* know. Would this video be admissible in court? I know only one party has to know they’re being recorded, but the fact that camera guy straight up lied... does that change things, I wonder?
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Thank you so much for this. I struggled to hear much at all, especially with his accent (Brit here)
I'm glad you brought this up. I had to listen to the video again without watching it (the motion was making me sick) and with my eyes closed. A takeaway from what I put together is that he was the last known person (possibly) to see her on Sunday. I had always assumed he left earlier that weekend. IMO.
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I felt the opposite.I got 90 seconds in and thought this is staged.
How convenient it was that Barry was just a short walk from where the bike was found so he could tell his tale of a mountain lion attack or abduction.
No questions were asked about the searches on the property where LE spent days digging through concrete and sifting earth.
This chat was about Barry promoting his innocence and his own version of what happened to Suzanne
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seems to me BM is trashing LE because he's squirming since they've possibly pointed their fingers at him. Remember the quotes from LE in one of their first pc's. When asked by a reporter if BM was co-operating w/ LE,
LE said, "He is co-operating, FOR NOW. And we HOPE he continues to do so."
Shortly after, it was reported he lawyered up.
My guess is he also stopped co-operating.
BM is on the defensive now so he's deflecting to many other diversionary stories.
LE is on this and BM is the target.
Just a matter of time.
Tick-Tock.
^^^^^ yes! What in the world is he doing, wet, shirtless, on the side of the road, with his mom in the truck? Crazy! I hope LE takes a look around that area again. Moo
Plus if it was an accident that bike would be a twisted mess of metal and I didn't hear anyone say that yet. moo
It seemed like BM's truck was empty, he was parked,shirtless then came back, with Mom, dressed. moo
I don’t like the guy who filmed it, and I’m still unsure about Barry. I’m also one of the people that thought the prosecution did a crappy job in the OJ Simpson trial and I am unsure what I would have done as a juror. So there’s that.
It’s just odd that he would talk to a random dude at the spot where his wife may have been abducted-shouldn’t his buddy have told him about perpetrators returning to the scene of the crime? He does allude to the fact that the first night, LE thought she might have crashed the bike, but then it appears that they changed their mind. I guess LE could have quickly hauled up the bike thinking it was an accident, who knows who was first on scene. I assume there are more accidents than abductions and murders. I wonder what today will bring. I need to read what analysts have to say about the “interview”.
It’s just odd that he would talk to a random dude at the spot where his wife may have been abducted-shouldn’t his buddy have told him about perpetrators returning to the scene of the crime? He does allude to the fact that the first night, LE thought she might have crashed the bike, but then it appears that they changed their mind. I guess LE could have quickly hauled up the bike thinking it was an accident, who knows who was first on scene. I assume there are more accidents than abductions and murders. I wonder what today will bring. I need to read what analysts have to say about the “interview”.
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Birmingplumb said: ↑
But did he suspect it? Just so happens somebody he runs in to happens to have a frickin camera on ( instead of doing another self post to get his message out? Just start talking like that? Please-agenda .did not or wont watch. useful info read here -no alibi witness- "setting job up in Denver" ---setting what up exactly on Mothers day? Stores closed, what couldn't be done from home or Monday morning -?
This is an excellent point. Pretty much puts the lie to his abduction theory IMO.
But did he suspect it? Just so happens somebody he runs in to happens to have a frickin camera on ( instead of doing another self post to get his message out? Just start talking like that? Please-agenda .did not or wont watch. useful info read here -no alibi witness- "setting job up in Denver" ---setting what up exactly on Mothers day? Stores closed, what couldn't be done from home or Monday morning -?
This is an excellent point. Pretty much puts the lie to his abduction theory IMO.
Plus he EXPLAINS why he wasn’t home that day which made me think that it WASN'T his normal routine on Mother’s Day. But... he might have just been explaining because he has read so much on SM and has seen the questions/criticisms about him not being there that day.
This behavior seems normal for most people to take a defensive stand if being attacked, and I’m impressed by how calmly he defends himself.
In this video and in the first video he seems to either have really good control over emotions or he’s on some drug that keeps him calm and gives him the appearance of being cold, unfeeling.
I had thought he knew he was being recorded - might have set it up - but now I think I agree with others, he simply saw a possible opportunity to get his “side of the story” out there. I tried to consider it was just a chance meeting, him being a nice guy, talking to another guy, but it seems so out of character from everything else I’ve read and discovered about him.
I haven’t been in this type of situation and I’m not a man ... I just can’t seem to trust this guy. I’ve seen too many cases with spouse involved, I guess.
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