Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, did not return from bike ride, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #16

[Dave F.]

This Wikipedia article is very, very sad..........but one can just read the first paragraph and scroll down the list to get an idea that a woman alone near a major highway in the Rocky Mountains is not guaranteed safety, by any stretch of the imagination. IMO
Highway of Tears - Wikipedia

 

[ReadySet]

Right. However, I was asking about cases as you specified in your post: women never found.
Also, the one case I found, where Tara Calico has never been found, Tara was seen on her bike.
So, I'm looking for cases as you specified: Never found.
Also, all the cases I've seen so far, the victims were actually seen riding their bikes.
Am I correct that the public has no information that SM was seen riding her bike that day?

Sure. I googled "women abducted while biking" and got a lot more than these two.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjH4q704ZPqAhW7lnIEHTnBApQQFjAFegQIBRAB&url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sierah_Joughin&usg=AOvVaw1nyJc3dtGWaA2G6Ew5PpJx

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjH4q704ZPqAhW7lnIEHTnBApQQFjACegQIAxAB&url=https://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/2017/10/police_vague_about_arrests_of.html&usg=AOvVaw3qJKsoksYusQZVxgFhbkDM

 

[Madeleine74]

Am I correct that the public has no information that SM was seen riding her bike that day?

Correct. There appears to have been no sighting of SM that the public is aware of (or that occurred).

IMO

 

[susiQ]

When a phone is used to capture a photo it gives you a mirror image. Both photos show the ring on her left hand. She parts her hair to the left, which all photos reflect.

Thank you! I read your earlier post and went and deleted mine but you were too fast!! Also, the photos would not delete for some reason when I tried to edit the post.

 

[TKG]

Thank you! I read your earlier post and went and deleted mine but you were too fast!! Also, the photos would not delete for some reason when I tried to edit the post.

I think it’s confusing. No worries!

 

[Goldenseal]

Thank you, this helps.

When BM is speaking about the bike, is he facing East? There’s a significant distance to the river. The tree can’t be too far from the road if he points to it directly from the road. One seems to stand out from the google image.



BBM

Is that a common scenario?

It’s far more common for women to be killed by someone they know than a stranger. In the scenario where a bf/husband gets angry at gf/wife, he’ll much more likely kill her than a random woman.

MOO

No, it's not a common scenario, but it does happen. Maybe once or twice a year? Just from that short look using Google, it looks like many of the bike abductions were for the purposes of rape. In several cases, the women got away. In one case, the abductor was talked out of the abduction by his captive -- a 75-year-old woman, who felt that if she went off with him, she would be killed. The woman abducted in Austria soothed her captor by admiring his orchids, and got him to let her go. Up until then, he had spent hours beating her and at times holding her head under water.

Of course it's statistically more common for the ex/the hubs/the lover/the boyfriend/the rejected suitor to kill a woman. THAT probably happens once a day. THAT probably happened in this case. IMO. But we can only speculate and discuss until the cops pop someone for the crime, since we're not privy to the inner workings of LE.

We discuss things because, sooner or later, we'll have a crime to dissect that is not going to conform to the statistical norm. We want to be able to do comparisons, to mull over what might have happened, learn the subtle signs that distinguish one kind of murder from another, get a feel for the psychology behind the crime, etc., in order to better analyze the next one. It's like a puzzle. We look at lots of pieces and try to fit them in. We know what's statistically likely. We are trying to determine if this one is different, and what we can learn from it if it is.

 

[JnRyan]

Right. However, I was asking about cases as you specified in your post: women never found.
Also, the one case I found, where Tara Calico has never been found, Tara was seen on her bike.
So, I'm looking for cases as you specified: Never found.
Also, all the cases I've seen so far, the victims were actually seen riding their bikes.
Am I correct that the public has no information that SM was seen riding her bike that day?

Tara Calico is a case I forgot about. Actually, the one case that I found that seemed closer is the one DaveF cited earlier. Amy Wroe Bechtel.
Disappearance of Amy Wroe Bechtel - Wikipedia
Disappeared out west in sparsely populated mountainous terrain. Husband was supposedly somewhere else when she was out running. Her mode of transportation was found (vehicle) was found very quickly. Body not found. Husband is primary POI. Similar circumstances to Suzanne, except she was running instead of biking and there was at least one witness that claimed to see her running that afternoon.

 

[ReadySet]

In the cases I have found, and others have cited, of women being abducted while bike riding, all of the victims have been seen on their bikes, and that has been made public.
IMO, it is significant that SM was not actually seen that day on a bike.

 

[humblegroundxx]

I've been absent from WS on and off mostly due to vacation, but especially the SM thread. I'm happy I didn't have a ton to catch up on, but I honestly was hoping that there would be more to work with by this point.

 

[OldCop]

I just had a thought. Many of us believe that LE zeroed in on one suspect very quickly, hence the lack of good descriptions of SM, bolo’s etc. So what would make them zero in that fast?
Evidence found at the home? That might take a bit of time while awaiting forensics results.
Inconsistency in stories. That might take a bit of time while alibis were checked.
What if it had something to do with the bike? And the way it was found?
This is a question for experienced bicyclists: What are the ways a bike can be locked or prevented from riding aside from a big obvious lock/chain thingy?
If the bike was a plant, could have someone placed it where it was found not realizing it could not have been ridden?

 

[gitana1]

Mickie Shunick Lafayette, Louisiana

That’s it. Awww.

 

[Feistyomi]

Thank you, this helps.

When BM is speaking about the bike, is he facing East? There’s a significant distance to the river. The tree can’t be too far from the road if he points to it directly from the road. One seems to stand out from the google image.



BBM

Is that a common scenario?

It’s far more common for women to be killed by someone they know than a stranger. In the scenario where a bf/husband gets angry at gf/wife, he’ll much more likely kill her than a random woman.

MOO

Thank you, this helps.

When BM is speaking about the bike, is he facing East? There’s a significant distance to the river. The tree can’t be too far from the road if he points to it directly from the road. One seems to stand out from the google image.



BBM

Is that a common scenario?

It’s far more common for women to be killed by someone they know than a stranger. In the scenario where a bf/husband gets angry at gf/wife, he’ll much more likely kill her than a random woman.

MOO

I think the point I tried to make was that bicycle accidents and intentional bike/vehicle incidents happen much more often than the OP expressed, random victims more often than not. However, the area we believe SMs bike was found would not have had as much traffic, the action appears more deliberate.
Indeed, I scanned several of the articles linked and in one case, it seemed to be the modus operandi, and the first occurred 10 yrs earlier.
IMO this particular discussion started out discussing cyclist deaths/disappearances/abductions.

 

[Itsapuzzle]

I don't mind at all @OldCop! You have some great ideas.
The only thing that I need to dsay is that LE has said officially is that personal items were found west of the intersection of Hwy 50 and CR 225.
Just to clarify for other people, the yellow line that @OldCop traces makes it possible for a motor vehicle to drive unseen from CR 225 to the uphill end if the RV Park, and exit through the park onto Hwy 50. The maximum possible extension of that "road" would be access to the pond below the park, which I believe LE divers searched. IMO

Are there security cameras at both entry and exit of the RV Park? Highly likely .... MOO

 

[marylamby]

Thank you. I’m trying.

Wouldn’t that put the location of the found personal items due north, and not west?

Uh huh. MSM's references differ.
We can't take BM's word for anything, at this point. Period. That would be like taking anyone here's point of view as gospel.
We just don't know.

 

[Teche]

That’s it. Awww.

Mighty Mick!

 

[branmuffin]

I think that when news agencies become aware of something they have published being untrue, they remove it. That's just good journalism. My comment was more directed toward the unusual amount of "scrubs" in this particular case. It's hard to give a link when the link no longer contains the information that you thought it did. IMO

If misinformation is in print, usually the paper writes a retraction apologizing for their error. This article is a little dated so I don't know if the information is still valid but it sounds like processes have to apply before a publication can remove an article.

How to remove negative information and news articles from the Web | ReputationDefender

 

[Goldenseal]

Right. However, I was asking about cases as you specified in your post: women never found.
Also, the one case I found, where Tara Calico has never been found, Tara was seen on her bike.
So, I'm looking for cases as you specified: Never found.
Also, all the cases I've seen so far, the victims were actually seen riding their bikes.
Am I correct that the public has no information that SM was seen riding her bike that day?

The two females whose bodies were never found were girls -- Mikelle Biggs(age 10) in 1999 and April Jones(age 5) in 1996.
And yes, you are correct that the public has no info on when/whether SM was seen riding her bike that day.

 

[trujac]

I just had a thought. Many of us believe that LE zeroed in on one suspect very quickly, hence the lack of good descriptions of SM, bolo’s etc. So what would make them zero in that fast?
Evidence found at the home? That might take a bit of time while awaiting forensics results.
Inconsistency in stories. That might take a bit of time while alibis were checked.
What if it had something to do with the bike? And the way it was found?
This is a question for experienced bicyclists: What are the ways a bike can be locked or prevented from riding aside from a big obvious lock/chain thingy?
If the bike was a plant, could have someone placed it where it was found not realizing it could not have been ridden?

Your question is interesting re: preventing a bicycle from being ridden without using bike locks. A headset screw that was loose (this scenario wouldn't be readily apparent until someone picked up the bicycle causing the handle bar to swing around) would be the best bet in my books to prevent someone from riding a bicycle.

 

[Dave F.]

If misinformation is in print, usually the paper writes a retraction apologizing for their error. This article is a little dated so I don't know if the information is still valid but it sounds like processes have to apply before a publication can remove an article.

How to remove negative information and news articles from the Web | ReputationDefender

You are certainly entitled to your opinion. IMO

 

[charminglane]

This just occurred to me:
What if the bike seat was raised higher than Suzanne would use herself? Or lowered?
Could give LE the sign that someone else rode it to where located/dumped?