Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, did not return from bike ride, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #23

[Area52]

Agree 100%..so here's the deal in 2020, better than 70% of all 911 calls do come from cell phones and have for several years now. It’s nothing new to 911 or to TRAINED FIRST RESPONDERS. The first words out of your mouth should be an address, followed by the purpose of the call. Seems most 911 calls route to main dispatch centers and are disbursed from there, I would guess because of the high rate of cell calls. So, when the neighbor called it was her address that popped up, not Morphews, what time was saved?

I’ve posted before “Going full circle here, in every thread including this one, someone writes words to the effect “If he was in Denver, he could not call 911 and talk to the 911 for his home. He would have gotten Denver's 911 center.” THAT’S AN EXCUSE, IMO. Barry is a trained first responder, he knows how to make the call. He didn't want to.

We are talking a trained first responder, whose own beloved is missing, not heard from all day, and he’s 3 hours away.

Talk about time and critical information…. We have a missing person, as a 911 responder, would you prefer to talk to a spouse who knew her, her height, weight, age, habits,... the house, the door combo lock, camera and alarms possibilities/locations, possible other access points(garage) if they existed, the color of the bike, when she was last heard from, her usual morning habits, her recent medical issues, meds she may be on, if there are pets in the house, thinking guard dogs.... Or an older neighbor of about two years who could only share the family is all out of town but “thinks" she may have gone on a bike ride and yeah, she recently had some sort of cancer.

I would think a lot more than that was asked....

Absolutely agree! Add to that the fact that ANY first responder in such a small town would know the direct line phone number to the police department! Moo

 

[Hatfield]

Absolutely agree! Add to that the fact that ANY first responder in such a small town would know the direct line phone number to the police department! Moo

JMO
Its probably in his contact list on his phone.

 

[Tate123]

Agree 100%..so here's the deal in 2020, better than 70% of all 911 calls do come from cell phones and have for several years now. It’s nothing new to 911 or to TRAINED FIRST RESPONDERS. The first words out of your mouth should be an address, followed by the purpose of the call. Seems most 911 calls route to main dispatch centers and are disbursed from there, I would guess because of the high rate of cell calls. So, when the neighbor called it was her address that popped up, not Morphews, what time was saved?

I’ve posted before “Going full circle here, in every thread including this one, someone writes words to the effect “If he was in Denver, he could not call 911 and talk to the 911 for his home. He would have gotten Denver's 911 center.” THAT’S AN EXCUSE, IMO. Barry is a trained first responder, he knows how to make the call. He didn't want to.

We are talking a trained first responder, whose own beloved is missing, not heard from all day, and he’s 3 hours away.

Talk about time and critical information…. We have a missing person, as a 911 responder, would you prefer to talk to a spouse who knew her, her height, weight, age, habits,... the house, the door combo lock, camera and alarms possibilities/locations, possible other access points(garage) if they existed, the color of the bike, when she was last heard from, her usual morning habits, her recent medical issues, meds she may be on, if there are pets in the house, thinking guard dogs.... Or an older neighbor of about two years who could only share the family is all out of town but “thinks" she may have gone on a bike ride and yeah, she recently had some sort of cancer.

I would think a lot more than that was asked....

100% agree. It is because he is a first responder that this comes off as nefarious. He knows the drill.

 

[IronOreBetty]

Aside from the many question marks or inconsistencies that exist in this case, the most glaring from a human nature perspective is:

-What husband leaves their wife on Mothers Day to go work out of town? Especially a wife/mother that just beat cancer for the second time.
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I have what I believe to be the best husband in the world. In our younger years, he left me on many mothers days and birthdays and a few holidays to go to work for his employers. And in our more recent years, he has had to be gone on several "titled" days including my birthday due to obligations related to the business we own.

Some folks have more fortitude than to assume that the world should stop for a holiday created by greeting card companies.

 

[Lilypad13]

RSBM - this was a great post

I'm pretty sure we can all share that first case, that first read through of an incredibly detailed arrest warrant that blew our minds with all sorts of off the wall things we never even imagined were connected or of any value at all, and explained why the arrest took as long as it did. I've been following true crime for 40+ years and I'm still impressed with the painstaking work LE does to create those highly detailed arrest warrants.

Yes mind blown for sure! I was an arrest warrant virgin and will never forget my first! And now that I have read PF and GS arrest warrants too my eyes have truly been opened. It has got to be almost impossible to get away with murdering someone these days especially someone you know. The next arrest warrant we all look forward to reading will be in SM’s case and I feel certain now that LE is busy working hard every day on all these things they do so all secrets and lies will be laid bare. Someone is living on borrowed time...IMO!

 

[FelicityLemon]

Aside from the many question marks or inconsistencies that exist in this case, the most glaring from a human nature perspective is:

-What husband leaves their wife on Mothers Day to go work out of town? Especially a wife/mother that just beat cancer for the second time.
-And then when your daughters and neighbor contact you to say that your wife seems to me missing and the husband shares their concern, asks the freaking neighbor to call the police???!!!

I’ll give BM a pass on the alleged working on Sunday but no way on this earth does any husband not call the police themself after hearing from his daughters and his neighbors that his wife can’t be located. UNLESS, he does not want the recording of the 911 call because that has incriminated many other murders before.

For most families, I agree with you about not leaving a mother to be alone on Mother's Day (we still don't know how long it was meant to be for; it might have been anticipated to be only a couple of hours). I can think of a situation where a mother might think "Oh thank god - I finally get some time alone! This is the best Mother's Day gift I could ask for." What if her family were overprotective and hovering to make sure she was okay not only during her past two bouts of cancer, but afterwards, too? It can be frustrating to try and convince people that yes, you are perfectly fine doing XYZ or being alone for a length of time. I'm projecting, but I know I'm not the only one who might feel this way. . I'm not a mother, so take that with grain of salt.

Hmm...I have a sudden craving for a dish of egg salad - yum!

 

[Tate123]

I have what I believe to be the best husband in the world. In our younger years, he left me on many mothers days and birthdays and a few holidays to go to work for his employers. And in our more recent years, he has had to be gone on several "titled" days including my birthday due to obligations related to the business we own.
Some folks have more fortitude than to assume that the world should stop for a holiday created by greeting card companies.

And others would have the fortitude to stop at nothing till their loved one was found.

 

[Synergizer Bunny]

I have what I believe to be the best husband in the world. In our younger years, he left me on many mothers days and birthdays and a few holidays to go to work for his employers. And in our more recent years, he has had to be gone on several "titled" days including my birthday due to obligations related to the business we own.

Some folks have more fortitude than to assume that the world should stop for a holiday created by greeting card companies.

My husband travels quite a bit for work, too. I am very independent and can fend for myself (so to speak).

It would be interesting to see BM's phone records to see if he called his mother and his wife that day and the length of one or both calls. Of course, he might have suspected that his phone records would be checked and made those calls to further his alibi.

JMO.

 

[Synergizer Bunny]

And others would have the fortitude to stop at nothing till their loved one was found.

I agree. That includes changing the conditions of the reward because there is little to no chance that SM will be found alive after three months. JMO.

 

[RumorMonger]

Except the daughters phoned the neighbor on Sunday morning -- which surprised me as I too believed they were most likely in touch with dad until at least midday before bringing the neighbor into the picture.

SBM
I'm wondering about the daughters seeming willingness to contact the neighbor(s). At this point we know of two calls to the neighbor on that Sunday. That is two more times than I have called my own neighbors in my whole life. If I was going to call a neighbor, I'd have to be pretty desperate. This leads me to think there may have been some standing agreement. Maybe the daughters had a habit of calling the neighbor(s) in order to reach their parents or keep tabs on their parents due to poor cell phone reception in the area? (I would presume the Morphew's had a home phone, but I don't know that.) Perhaps such an agreement is more likely than is most families due to SM's cancer and/or the relative isolation of the area? In any case, the willingness to call the neighbor strikes me as unusual. Some have suggested the day's activities were orchestrated. Maybe that's the answer.

 

[RumorMonger]

Just watched the PE Evil update. I don't think it's a tactic or that there's anything odd about not having the $200,000 reward mentioned on the Find Suzanne poster as it's got the Chaffee County Sheriff logo/emblem on it. So if they put the reward on the poster it would look like they were offering the reward and that would be false and misleading, as it's only BM and friend offering the reward. MOO

If its as simple as that why wouldn't LE just say so when Lauren asked? Why would that be "part of the investigation"? Perhaps they are just being obstinate. That is the likely answer, IMO. I can't think of a good reason not to answer the question.

 

[MassGuy]

My husband travels quite a bit for work, too. I am very independent and can fend for myself (so to speak).

It would be interesting to see BM's phone records to see if he called his mother and his wife that day and the length of one or both calls. Of course, he might have suspected that his phone records would be checked and made those calls to further his alibi.

JMO.

My expectation is that we’ll either see an unanswered text message, or a call that went to voicemail.

My hope is that we’ll see an answered text, or a phone call that was “answered.”

Just like Frazee.

ETA: Of course that’s all dependent on when he left for Denver.

 

[oviedo]

I don't understand why many members are having an issue with the reward offered for Suzanne's "safe return". IMO it is an attempt to keep a potential abductor from harming the victim.

There are many cases where families have offered rewards for the safe return of their loved ones. To name just a few of many:

Sarah Townsend
Julia Madsen
Mekayla Bail
Jamie Tull
Irene Campbell

For me, it was not offering it through crimestoppers and having the funds at a bank that others could donate to similar to what we saw in Mollie's case. That's the problem I have with it - although all of the other behaviors are worrisome IMO.

 

[Fireflize]

My expectation is that we’ll either see an unanswered text message, or a call that went to voicemail.

My hope is that we’ll see an answered text, or a phone call that was “answered.”

Just like Frazee.

ETA: Of course that’s all dependent on when he left for Denver.

Assuming the bike and personal item were staged, seems like other things would have been staged too, if he could think of anything else. Maybe blood on bike or item? Bending the bike wheel? I bet there are staged phone texts or calls. Moo

 

[RumorMonger]

I don't have as much issue with the wording of the reward, as I do with how it has been treated since its announcement, which is just nothing. If I wasn't comfortable sharing it, I would, at the very least, do what it took to allow LE to offer it. If you announce a reward, but don't consistently advertise it, what good is it really?

What good is the reward if not advertised consistently, broadly, and frequently? The reward was targeted at one person. If BLM really believed in the abduction (or, I suppose, really wanted people to think he really believed) its possible he had a specific idea of who carried out the abduction. In that scenario, he was only talking to one person when he made the reward offer. That's the only answer I can think of.

I'm not really arguing the likelihood of this scenario, just answering the question because I think its interesting.

FWIW, IMO, this scenario would go a long way to clarify why SM was the victim, as she doesn't fit the profile of the "normal" victim.

 

[MrsWatson]

The thing about saying Mother's Day is just a Hallmark holiday for many families is that it doesn't seem to apply to the Morphews. There are social media pictures of the entire family, including I think BM's mother, on Mother's Day in previous years. (We've discussed this before here.) BM made a specific point that their daughters were going to spend Mother's Day with Suzanne. So to me, that indicates a certain level of celebration. He also made a point of saying Suzanne had given him the okay to work in Denver since the girls were going to spend Mother's Day with her. Also throw in that she had just received an all clear on her second bout of cancer and that her daughters were noted as being very devoted during her treatments. So yeah, chances are they were celebrating Mother's Day.

MOO

 

[MrsWatson]

For me, it was not offering it through crimestoppers and having the funds at a bank that others could donate to similar to what we saw in Mollie's case. That's the problem I have with it - although all of the other behaviors are worrisome IMO.

Like the guardianship, and the give me fund, control of the money and how it is used. IMO.

 

[MassGuy]

On Lauren’s Facebook page she addressed who the neighbor she talked to was. This was a different person than the one who called 911.

Credit: @Cindizzi

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2833405020220986&id=1436663663228469

 

[GordianKnot]

And others would have the fortitude to stop at nothing till their loved one was found.

BBM:

I was going to reply to that exact same comment from the op, because it begged for a response, but then I read your above post and realized it would be entirely superfluous.

Thanks for so perfectly stating what needed to be said.

JMO.

 

[Warwick7]

And in light of what Lauren Scharf said 'on the "Profiling Evil" broadcast on 5 August, where a neighbour of the Morphews commented on the poor mobile phone reception in that area, to the point where it was nigh on impossible to send texts, etc outside of the residences.

Not having to have a verbal phone conversation makes it infinitely easier for a person other than SM to send a text on her 'phone to the daughters, the intention being to deceive them into thinking they'd heard from her.
If that is the case, the Morphew daughters may well not have had contact with SM on May 9th at all.
MOO

Granted I haven't read all the posts yet, but, when I am where cell service is lousy, I use my private messaging on facebook. It works every time.

Especially since he was a volunteer FF. He would have known he could call from out of town and reach the local PD. Plus, he likely was acquainted with some of them.
Why send a 70 year old neighbor to the house and not one of his FF buddies? Why not his superhuman best buddy who had 400 tours in Iraq and who managed to search 200 miles of mountains?

OMGooooodness!!
Ecxellent deduction !!