Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, did not return from bike ride, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #17

[Warwick7]

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What does this have to do with the case of SM??

 

[vaporlass]

I disagree. Evidence of a four-legged predator would be easily determined. Especially with the use of dogs. And since there has only been one fatal cougar attack in the recorded history of Colorado, it seems inconceivable that that would be anywhere close to a top theory.
The rarity of such attacks is incredible.

AND.... wouldn’t people be warned about a man-eating cougar on the loose? And what about a suspected abductor/kidnapper/serial killer??? I would consider it extremely irresponsible of LE not to warn the public and tourists coming into that area IF they had evidence that a dangerous person was stalking/prowling and murdering residents.

 

[Dave F.]

While BM was alledgedly in Denver. There is no LE confirmation on that.

Quoting Inside Edition:
"A neighbor reported the 49-year-old mother missing after she went for a bike ride near County Road 225 and West Highway 50 and never returned. Her husband, a volunteer firefighter, was said to be 150 miles away in Denver when she vanished."
Home of Missing Colorado Mom Suzanne Morphew Returned to Family Following Investigation

 

[enelram]

I don't see how they can have an FBI profile on the perp in this case since they don't have a body and would not know the manner in which she was killed or be able to compare it to other victims.

If LE suspects the husband and has evidence to prove he was involved, why the need for a profile? One murder does not suggest a particular MO. It would be a single case of intimate partner homicide.

Imo

Just guessing at this:
Based on ALL the details LE have collected,
and from talking to those that knew this couple, and from speaking to the male spouse
in the beginning, LE has a pretty good picture
of the male spouse.
Good interviewers have pretty sharply honed
skills for sizing up people. Perps may try to fool them but LE interviewers get pretty good
at what they do.

 

[branmuffin]

@Dave F. Hi, you're really good at maps and such. Can you remember where TD said that BM was completely soaked through and he thought he'd been in a creek or a river? Thanks.

 

[Dave F.]

AND.... wouldn’t people be warned about a man-eating cougar on the loose? And what about a suspected abductor/kidnapper/serial killer??? I would consider it extremely irresponsible of LE not to warn the public and tourists coming into that area IF they had evidence that a dangerous person was stalking/prowling and murdering residents.

Wouldn't it be fairly simple to warn the entire population? Let me see, that would certainly include the neighbor and her husband, the RV Park owner who has yet moved back from Salida for the summer yet, and the current occupants of the park, and the fat tire bike guy that live down Hwy 50 a ways, I think. Yep, I think that just about covers it. IMO

 

[Warwick7]

Quoting Inside Edition:
"A neighbor reported the 49-year-old mother missing after she went for a bike ride near County Road 225 and West Highway 50 and never returned. Her husband, a volunteer firefighter, was said to be 150 miles away in Denver when she vanished."
Home of Missing Colorado Mom Suzanne Morphew Returned to Family Following Investigation

As I said there is no LE confirmation.

 

[Dave F.]

@Dave F. Hi, you're really good at maps and such. Can you remember where TD said that BM was completely soaked through and he thought he'd been in a creek or a river? Thanks.

No, I can't. I remember reading that here on the thread, but I don't recall hearing it in any of the videos. I do remember him saying he thought the driver of the truck that came by him was BLM, and he thought the guy appeared shirtless. Does TD's opinion really matter? JMO

 

[Seattle1]

If a SW exists for the job site it would be on file at the Chaffee County Courthouse...even if sealed. The existence of a sealed SW would be easily verified by media or anyone else.

Consent searches are 100% lawful and often used in investigations especially when they involve non-suspects...even if the search is destructive...IMO

Respectfully, after following many cases in Colorado and local reporters, it seems to me that local media professionals seek to confirm the issuance of any search warrants from LE versus the court system because it's not as easy to get access to this information as your post indicates.

Although a "search warrant" is defined as a court record for the purpose of public access to court records, I'd say Colorado statute for public access falls in the category of forgoing the perfect for the possible.

IMO, Colorado is very good at delaying access to the most minuscule information under the guise of protecting the integrity of an ongoing investigation. I think the only exception is searching new arrest warrants or outstanding arrest warrants for which it seems any party with internet can access instantly.

Maybe Crimeonline reporter Ellen K. can help us out here to determine if a search warrant was issued and served to owner of the searched residential building site.

 

[Madeleine74]

"How the heck does a tiny dirt-moving company owner and a school teacher (who has been very sick and prob has not worked in several years) come up with this kind of dough?"

IMO

Her family has a lot of $$$ from her father's business and that's probably one source of her wealth.

 

[Murphy1950]

Oh I think many people knew them, maybe not real well, but they were both long time residents
of small towns, high school, etc.
I do believe locals from Indiana may start trickling out to talk in due time, moo.
And as usual in small towns there will be mixed opinions.

In due time? When is that? We are talking a missing person who's husband is widely regarded as a suspect. A life may hang in the balance.

 

[vaporlass]

Wouldn't it be fairly simple to warn the entire population? Let me see, that would certainly include the neighbor and her husband, the RV Park owner who has yet moved back from Salida for the summer yet, and the current occupants of the park, and the tire bike guy that live down Hwy 50 a ways, I think. Yep, I think that just about covers it. IMO

Are you saying, it’s been done? What about tourists coming into Salida, which is right down the road and has Hot Springs which is what drew my husband and I to go there a few years ago with our grandsons. Personally, I’d really appreciate notice of a suspected murderer in the area if I was visiting.

 

[vaporlass]

IMO
Her family has a lot of $$$ from her father's business and that's probably one source of her wealth.

I question this now, though I thought it in the beginning ... documents that I have found have led me to believe otherwise.

 

[enelram]

In due time? When is that? We are talking a missing person who's husband is widely regarded as a suspect. A life may hang in the balance.

It's started already.

 

[Madeleine74]

IMO:

Those who are new to following missing person/criminal cases may not be aware just how long it can take to find a missing person. There's not some piece of paper that was handed to LE with a closeup of a map and a big red arrow pointing to a spot and the words, "she is there" on it. There seems to be an expectation that it should be easy to find SM.

Reality is quite different. If a person has taken some pains to hide/dispose of a body in a vast mountainous and rugged area (like Colorado), it's not easy and it's not quick.

People in the 'inner circle' are not sharing gossip or talking to the media and that is really upsetting the curious. I say, good for them; better to keep info private and share it where it's appropriate--with LE and the DA, the very people who will be the ones to solve the case, and ignore everyone else who just wants the dirt and gossip.

/IMO

 

[branmuffin]

No, I can't. I remember reading that here on the thread, but I don't recall hearing it in any of the videos. I do remember him saying he thought the driver of the truck that came by him was BLM, and he thought the guy appeared shirtless. Does TD's opinion really matter? JMO

Not concerned about his opinion. I'm looking to see where TD said BM was. I didn't know whether they were near Fooses Creek or the North Arkansas River or some other body of water.

 

[Moonchime]

JMO
That picture in the top left that looks down from the sky at the roof tells me that house is one majorly expensive building project when they had it built. I did a little roofing and there are so many hips, valleys, and ridges along that roof line that it makes it complex to build a home like that.

By contrast when you have a regular simple rectangular A-frame type home with only one or two special features in the roof trusses and roof's structure, it makes for a less expensive home. When you have a home like they have with all those different room features where one part of the roof intersects with another creating hips and valleys, you are dealing with a very expensive and complex build.

The reason this stuck out to me is I was thinking about the previous threads where we wondered if financial difficulties may be happening and that picture of that home screams out to me financial difficulties.

We know the purchase and acquisition has already happened but we dont know how much was financed and we dont know about the ongoing utility bills, taxes, etc that are happening on an ongoing basis. Its hard to fathom that what appears to be a small business owner of a dirt laying company would be able to handle a home like that without other financial support or taking actions to raise finances. All JMO of course.

Indeed. Add the pandemic and economic shutdowns into the mix, and they must have been facing unforeseen financial hardship. That's an awful lot of stress to be under. MOO

 

[Goldenseal]

Indeed. Add the pandemic and economic shutdowns into the mix, and they must have been facing unforeseen financial hardship. That's an awful lot of stress to be under. MOO

Yes. Lots of stress. I still struggle to understand why they even moved to Colorado. Hey, I know it's a beautiful place -- I used to live in Denver -- but with all the stress they already had, why did they add to it?

 

[Hatfield]

Not concerned about his opinion. I'm looking to see where TD said BM was. I didn't know whether they were near Fooses Creek or the North Arkansas River or some other body of water.

JMO
I saw most, if not all, of TD's videos and I get confused how BM's "went into the water" theory could even happen if the one video that had a ribbon on the tree where the alleged bicycle was found was actually the place where the bicycle was.

That video of the ribbon on the tree was the first time I was able to put the Cougar theory way down on the list of possibilities because I would have guessed any form of attack from the road by an animal would have came at her broadside while she was riding on the road and my guess is the bicycle would have gotten hung up in the brush much closer to the top near the road rather than down where the ribbon on the tree was.

Back to the water......Thats the thing. There was no water near the ribboned tree from what I saw unless the small creek was closer than it appeared. I did not hear any water rushing and did not see any water in the ribbon on tree video.

Now I do remember another one of TD videos showed a curved road and there was a "creek" looking water that was nearby that sharp curve. The water was rushing fast but it was not much more than a large creek to me although it could carry a body downstream a little ways but I would expect any body to get hung up on debri or rocks because it did not look wide enough at the time of the video.
But the main point is that curved part of the road where we saw the water I could never reconcile how far that area was compared to the ribbon tree area. Maybe its closer than I am thinking it is.

In a 3rd video segment when we see TD out on the main road near a parking area where BM drives by him and TD mentions about him being shirtless and looking disheveled and all wet, I dont think we know where BM could have been to enter into any water other than maybe that sharp turn area with the smaller creekish water. In that video we only see BM driving by so we really dont know what TD may have been referring to where BM may have been prior to that. It was also raining out on that video because we actually see rain drops during the video shoot so BM may have gotten all wet from the rain itself.

Hope some of this helps.

 

[lamlawindy]

Would they dig up concrete on that alone, or would they need another push for the warrant?

In all likelihood, a judge would require something more than just a lie from Barry Morphew to sign the warrant. For something like the concrete breaking, I think a judge would want 1) some sort of statement by a witness placing
Barry at the location around the time that the concrete was put down plus 2) a "hit" with the ground penetrating radar.

While a judge cannot condition the warrant on the assent of the homeowner, a statement in the probable cause affidavit for the warrant that indicates the homeowner's assent would definitely put the judge's mind at ease: nobody wants to be known as the judge who ordered an innocent third party's patio to be broken apart.