Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, did not return from bike ride, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #31

[NuttMegg]

In the Aug 24 interview PE/AM, time stamp around 9:39 minutes, AM is relating what Barry told him re having problems with local people. AM says that Barry told him he just had a problem with one local guy, he had to fire the guy because he was on drugs, and he was part of the reason the wall was crooked, one week ago he threatened me (BM) and I ran into him and told him to leave me and my family alone, "or else". BM told the police. He paid his employees mostly by check, address was on checks.
BM says that one guy had been in the neighborhood, working at odd jobs that BM had gotten him with airB&Bs. BM says that the guys drove to their own jobs.

This is the part that jumped off the page to me: BM didn't notice what car the guy drives. "So many cars show up, I don't know who drives what".

Isn't that bizarre? BM tells the guy to leave his family alone, got the guy odd jobs in his own neighborhood, worked with him on the wall, fired the guy because of drugs, , paid him by check, but never noticed his vehicle?

 

[Dr.StClements]

I believe it was @Seattle1 who posted their clarification in the last thread

Also, MassGuy correctly confirmed the latest information about communications between SM and her friend ceasing early Saturday afternoon, rather than evening.

MassGuy cites the very recent tweet posted by Chris McDonough from Profiling Evil, where CMcD clarifies the timeframe. For those of you who use twitter, Chris McD's twitter handle (or whatever it's called) is @187Cjm

 

[enelram]

The thing that gets me is if there was an innocent reason to not be at home when your wife goes missing then I think the reason should be fairly simple. Like "I was at place X instead of being at home because I was working". End of story.

But the information we are hearing is not simple at all. First its an unusual late midnight work session Saturday night over in Salida that woke up a neighbor over there.

And after we hear he allegedly left his home at 5am on Sunday morning without waking the wife, now we are hearing he somehow had checked into a Denver motel at some point that same weekend, and there is some confusion on when he booked the motel and when he was present in that room.

Too many things are confusing about it. It should be more straightforward if nothing shady was happening.
JMO

yes, agree with you.
Cops know this too. When a suspect gives a
crazy, circuitous answer to what should have been a simple direct answer they go hmmm?
I call it talking TOO MUCH. Alibi making,
or just plain lying.

 

[dixiegirl1035]

Can someone refresh my recollection on what the time discrepancy being referred to about the bobcat machine is? TIA.

Also, as in the Daybell case.... sometimes the words mean two different things a la "burning limbs" text in that case. I'm prompted as to the double speak of a machine called a bobcat, and how Barry keeps mentioning the bobcat aka mountain lion aka Puma (there are many different names for same animal)

 

[NuttMegg]

Can someone refresh my recollection on what the time discrepancy being referred to about the bobcat machine is? TIA.

Also, as in the Daybell case.... sometimes the words mean two different things a la "burning limbs" text in that case. I'm prompted as to the double speak of a machine called a bobcat, and how Barry keeps mentioning the bobcat aka mountain lion aka Puma (there are many different names for same animal)

Bobcat is a different species than puma-cougar-mountain lion-leon, Iirc that mountain lion specialist said there were some 30+ common names for the cougar, (because it is found all the way down to southern SA) but the bobcat is a lot smaller wild cat.
Regarding the machine, it was some mechanical thing that Barry did to the bobcat, but couldn't remember the timing of it when asked by LE. Wasn't that in the interview with Lauren?

 

[enelram]

Yep atleast we know Colorado le know their job very well .its just a waiting game now.the da isn’t scared of no body cases. Does anyone know if he is charged and convicted what happen to the gardenship does being found guilty undo everything he did ?

..."the DA isn't scared of no body cases".
Earlier we saw an article posted that claims the
current DA has a record of stalling on filing
some cases and being inexperienced. Is she
still the DA on this case?
I've been worried ever since I saw that article.
Anyone else remember this?

 

[dixiegirl1035]

Question: I find it very odd that all of a sudden, almost all of reputable MSM outlets are now naming and showing photos just this week of SM/BM's two girls.

Odd...... as they are both minors iirc?

 

[dixiegirl1035]

Bobcat is a different species than puma-cougar-mountain lion-leon, Iirc that mountain lion specialist said there were some 30+ common names for the cougar, (because it is found all the way down to southern SA) but the bobcat is a lot smaller wild cat.
Regarding the machine, it was some mechanical thing that Barry did to the bobcat, but couldn't remember the timing of it when asked by LE. Wasn't that in the interview with Lauren?

Yes, the interview with Lauren stated that, but it wasn't explained so I thought someone here would know the background. What was said was what you stated above.. but I had never heard of such so wondered the significance and perhaps a refresher.

TIA for anyone that might recall if was discussed before. I had to skip pages yesterday as was too much in one day. Busy busy thread yesterday.

 

[Dr.StClements]

I'm trying to figure out the timeline.

According to the friend, the texting with SM stopped at 2:30 pm on Saturday which was 12:30 pm MT. So are we to presume that SM was still at home at that time? Surely, if she wasn't she might have mentioned that to her friend.

Check in time at the hotel is 3 pm. So did he arrive on Friday or Saturday? If he arrived on Saturday he could have arrived any time after 3 pm. Which means he was probably there less than 24 hours. He and his worker were like two ships passing in the night for him to say there was a family emergency. The emergency aspect of Sunday didn't culminate until BM had to get the neighbour to check on SM and at that time the seed was planted about a bike ride. So when did he tell his worker he had to leave to go back home? Before or after his call to JR (neighbour).

Broomfield is about 3 hours from Maysville yet it took BM much longer than that to get home since he arrived around 9 pm.

I don't think SM was ever in that hotel room, alive or dead. I think all those towels strewn around the room, reeking of chlorine were evidence of a plan, interrupted. The left behind mail is evidence of a individual not thinking straight who is now in damage control.

I hope LE knew all this many, many weeks before we did. I hope Mr. JP provided all this information shortly after his return to Salida and his musings of alibis are many weeks after the fact. I hope LE got into that hotel room and tore apart that shower base looking for evidence of human matter or hair clinging to the drain. What grieves me is that SM is probably not whole. That she resides in many places and always will.

I think this is a very interesting post - thank you. I'm in agreement with you that BM was using the hotel room for something nefarious. And I also hope that LE has already had the room forensically scoured.

I believe they will have done that as soon as they became aware of BM using the hotel. That hotel has remained silent all this time, having previously passed CCTV footage to LE. They haven't leaked this information in almost 4 months. It's only come to light as a result of BM's colleague speaking publicly. IMO, LE is to be commended for keeping such a tight rein on information and getting other parties to buy into the need to remain tight-lipped, in the interests of the case.

Would you mind clarifying something you posted? You mentioned that you don't think Suzanne was ever in that room, alive or dead, but then go on to mention BM's plans being interrupted. Further on you mention the possibility of LE finding human matter (Suzanne's) in the hotel shower drain.
I agree with you that BM probably dismembered SM's body to make it easier to dispose of. He could have used multiple trash receptacles to do so, hundreds of miles from his own home. I wasn't sure what you meant when you said you thought that SM's body was never in the hotel room, but raised the possibility of forensic evidence from her being trapped in the shower drain.

BM would be taking a huge risk driving over a hundred miles to the hotel with human matter from SM on his body, having already dismembered her elsewhere, then showering that evidence away at the hotel. I'm doubtful that Suzanne's body - whatever state it's in - will ever be found. Hopeful that she will be, but realistic about the chances of it happening.

 

[MsBetsy]

Question: I find it very odd that all of a sudden, almost all of reputable MSM outlets are now naming and showing photos just this week of SM/BM's two girls.

Odd...... as they are both minors iirc?

Only one daughter is a minor, unless she recently turned 18. The other is about 21. Imo

 

[kkdj]

His family or an interested party can file a motion with the court to have him remove

Would his attorney and/or BM (if BM is arrested) fight it as the assets could help pay or his/her defense costs? With assets like BM seems to have he wouldn't be able to get a public defender.
I can see this being a mess.

 

[Barry]

..."the DA isn't scared of no body cases".
Earlier we saw an article posted that claims the
current DA has a record of stalling on filing
some cases and being inexperienced. Is she
still the DA on this case?
I've been worried ever since I saw that article.
Anyone else remember this?

I do. It could be a worrisome factor. MOO.

 

[303gmf]

It’s so weird. Every time I think a Colorado case can’t be any crazier, another one comes along.

Watts, Berreth, Stauch, and now this one. This one has taken longer to develop than those others, and I expect that to continue. That means more fireworks ahead.

Yep, front row seat since Ted Bundy arrived here hunting from Utah in 1974/75

 

[ivegotthemic]

Would his attorney and/or BM (if BM is arrested) fight it as the assets could help pay or his/her defense costs? With assets like BM seems to have he wouldn't be able to get a public defender.
I can see this being a mess.

They could but its decided at the judges discretion and the Judges goal is to do whats in the best interests of the ward. That being said, as guardian its bms duty to manage sm finances in a way the best benefits her, not him. To titles her have transfered to his name, just decision making power. If he tried to use her assets for his personal benefit it would be a violation of his duties as guardian and he could be removed for it. Guardians have to file transfer and asset sales with the courts so they find out

 

[DellaC]

Re Chlorine Smell in Hotel Room

I have well water at my house. I know I can tell when I walk into a house with chlorinated city water. My father, a research chemist, once got a glass of water from the tap in my childhood home, smelled it and declared the chlorine content to be too high. He tested the chlorine level himself, found his result to be consistent with his sense of smell, and reported the situation to the county. My point is that JP could have a keen sense of smell and/or be used to well water.

 

[kkdj]

His hotel room smelled of chorine? As in bleach?
Lots of wet towels?
Sounds like BM was cleaning something(s).
He said he had brought tools to the hotel room but the worker said there were no tools iirc. So, I'm thinking he did bring some tools into the hotel room and took them with him when he left. Those tools, I expect will be tools used in the commission of a crime (murder) and/or the disposing of the body, in whatever shape (s) BM decided to dispose of it.
Being the hotel room smelled strongly of Chlorine I don't expect BM to have realized how strong the smell had become as he had been (working) in it for awhile.
jmo

 

[Blue Amethyst]

Going back to read the last 30 pages. Can’t believe how the information is exploding forward out of this case. So much to read.

I wonder if BM is arrested if the older sister would become guardian for the younger sister. Does that happen in cases like this?

It is terrible for those two girls to go through this. What a selfish parent he is when everything in his world is me, me, me. How could he take their mother away from them? It is just so sad and it will break their hearts again after losing their mother. Such a sad case and so unnecessary...just walk away, it is not all about you, BM.

 

[LovesPeace2]

..."the DA isn't scared of no body cases".
Earlier we saw an article posted that claims the
current DA has a record of stalling on filing
some cases and being inexperienced. Is she
still the DA on this case?
I've been worried ever since I saw that article.
Anyone else remember this?

Ughhh fack I hope she’s not

 

[K9Enzo]

Re Chlorine Smell in Hotel Room

I have well water at my house. I know I can tell when I walk into a house with chlorinated city water. My father, a research chemist, once got a glass of water from the tap in my childhood home, smelled it and declared the chlorine content to be too high. He tested the chlorine level himself, found his result to be consistent with his sense of smell, and reported the situation to the county. My point is that JP could have a keen sense of smell and/or be used to well water.

This is a good point.

Thinking more on this - I don't think the wet towels on the floor (he probably just took a shower and didn't care to hang the towels up) or the smell of chlorine matters. I believe the employee smelled it and don't believe he's lying. I know the hotel said they don't clean with it but I'm sure they do use some sort of bleach mixture. This is also during COVID (I think this is a valid argument). Anytime I have ever stayed in a hotel, the towels smell like heavy bleach. They smell even stronger of bleach to *me* when wet.

I'm looking forward to LS interview with this employee. I think the DM really sensationalized this story, which is what they do.

IMO

 

[EggSalad]

Re Chlorine Smell in Hotel Room

I have well water at my house. I know I can tell when I walk into a house with chlorinated city water. My father, a research chemist, once got a glass of water from the tap in my childhood home, smelled it and declared the chlorine content to be too high. He tested the chlorine level himself, found his result to be consistent with his sense of smell, and reported the situation to the county. My point is that JP could have a keen sense of smell and/or be used to well water.

LOL. What a coincidence that would be. BM found the one guy in town who has such a sensitive sense of smell that walking into a hotel in big city Broomfield sets off his highly sensitive chlorine smell from just the water that comes out of a sink or shower head.

And it just so happens to be in the room that is in BM’s name with BM’s mail, that BM stayed in during the exact time his wife went missing. That BM claims to have brought tools into but the tools were never there according to JP.

I still think the mountain lion tracking BM o the hotel, breaking into the room, and framing BM by covering the room in bleach and stealing the tools is more likely.