Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, did not return from bike ride, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #34

[NuttMegg]

I notice that he contacted JP about going to Denver on Saturday, and had him call at mid day on Sunday to confirm. IIRC he also mentioned the denver trip to MG on Saturday (?), then again on Sunday he told her to round up the crew. Why did he have them wait until Sunday for confirmation? What went on between the first time he mentioned the Denver trip on Saturday and the confirmation the next day?

 

[MimosaMornings]

Can someone clarify which hotel?

I’ve seen posts about “cheap” hotel - which to me would be the lower tier such as Motel 6, Super 8, Econolodge, Red Roof, etc.

I’ve worked with construction crews out of state and never was it appropriate for me as a woman to share a room with a male coworker. The company bid too cheap on the job if they are putting 3-4 people in a room.
JMO

 

[NuttMegg]

If he fired her via text after she gave her phone to LE, how did she receive the text? And how did he send it, for that matter. He made sure to get a hold of whatever new phone she had bought, just to text her "you're fired"?

 

[osu]

Interesting theory - but I can't imagine any random person (man or woman) impersonating someone's best friend when they are talking about something as intimate as a wedding.... I still think the timeline for SM starts on Saturday afternoon (but I do think an argument started on Friday - and I think it was big - really big). We can only hope that SM shared whatever that argument was about with a close friend either Friday night or Saturday am. It's extremely doubtful she would have confided in either of her daughters, as they were out of town. JMO, MOO

BBM. I hope that Suzanne confided what was going on between she and BM that weekend too. But with the two ladies chatting and excited about the daughter’s upcoming wedding, maybe Suzanne would’ve just kept it all to herself? So not to rain on her best friends parade? KWIM?

I do think it’s very likely that SM confided previously to her friend that things were rocky in their marriage and she was considering filing for divorce.

JMO

 

[ReckoningDay]

If he fired her via text after she gave her phone to LE, how did she receive the text? And how did he send it, for that matter. He made sure to get a hold of whatever new phone she had bought, just to text her "you're fired"?

I wondered that, as well. Maybe they gave it back to her relatively quickly??

 

[Hoosierfan72]

ohhh...so MG and BM were sharing a room? (*insert side-eye right here)

I'd be shocked if BM and MG were sharing a room. I don't believe we know how many rooms were booked - and I don't think we even know if BM was planning on staying at the hotel overnight. But any way you cut it - BM projects himself as a "good Christian man" - no way he books a work trip hotel room to share with MG with co-workers in tow - zero chance of that..... and - if this was an alibi - his alibi certainly wasn't going to be I was off at this hotel with my lover. I don't know what the room arrangements were supposed to be, but I highly doubt it involved BM in the same hotel room with any of those workers, much less alone with MG. JMO, MOO.

 

[osu]

Can someone clarify which hotel?

I’ve seen posts about “cheap” hotel - which to me would be the lower tier such as Motel 6, Super 8, Econolodge, Red Roof, etc.

I’ve worked with construction crews out of state and never was it appropriate for me as a woman to share a room with a male coworker. The company bid too cheap on the job if they are putting 3-4 people in a room.
JMO

Holiday Inn Express and Suites Broomfield Broomfield, Colorado, US

 

[ajaylee]

If he fired her via text after she gave her phone to LE, how did she receive the text? And how did he send it, for that matter. He made sure to get a hold of whatever new phone she had bought, just to text her "you're fired"?

Good catch!

I'd like to think that because she wasn't accused of anything and was willing to give up the phone that LE would immediately retrieve anything off the phone and return it to her ASAP. I myself would be pretty darned upset if LE took my phone and kept it for months if I was an innocent bystander - particularly if it was more than a cheap pay-go phone.

 

[NuttMegg]

Good catch!

I'd like to think that because she wasn't accused of anything and was willing to give up the phone that LE would immediately retrieve anything off the phone and return it to her ASAP. I myself would be pretty darned upset if LE took my phone and kept it for months if I was an innocent bystander - particularly if it was more than a cheap pay-go phone.

Did we learn in what time frame she was fired? I thought early on, but I could be wrong.

 

[lonetraveler]

She was surprisingly believable.

I found her believable but I do have suspicions if the two of them have ever had a relationship, even if only once, JMO

 

[MimosaMornings]

I'd be shocked if BM and MG were sharing a room. I don't believe we know how many rooms were booked - and I don't think we even know if BM was planning on staying at the hotel overnight. But any way you cut it - BM projects himself as a "good Christian man" - no way he books a work trip hotel room to share with MG with co-workers in tow - zero chance of that..... and - if this was an alibi - his alibi certainly wasn't going to be I was off at this hotel with my lover. I don't know what the room arrangements were supposed to be, but I highly doubt it involved BM in the same hotel room with any of those workers, much less alone with MG. JMO, MOO.

During a pandemic. No concern for your daughters or immune compromised wife?

 

[happyday]

He must have attended the Lance Armstrong Scool of Deflection. Viviously attack your accusers' reputation. Well, we all know how that worked out in the end for Lance. I doubt we'll see BM apologizing to the world on Oprah any time soon though.

HA! Good one!

 

[Lilypad13]

I went back and re-watched the video from MG and have a couple of thoughts:

Listening to it a second time, I find myself questioning if she really is accurately portraying her observations at the time. I don't think MG is lying, but I think there's a difference between (for example) BMs actions on Saturday being so unusual to actually have the thought at that time that he's acting weird vs. thinking back on that weekend and, knowing what we know now, thinking it was a bit odd. So, if I could, I'd press her on those points to try to understand more details about it - things like "you say BM was frantic - what was he doing that makes that word come to mind?" or "did you mention to anyone (JP perhaps) at the time that BM was acting weird?"- that kind of stuff.

I say that because of what she says about how he was acting about the beach site. If BM was really acting strange there on Saturday am, I think that pushes me to think this very well could have been a hastily developed plan, perhaps born out of a significant argument on Friday between SM/BM where SM discovered something that BM could not allow to come to light.

I have no idea what to make of Cassidy's text. I don't follow this on any social media sites, but I'm assuming there are all kinds of rumors out there that are being referenced.... Does he know nothing useful and is just being coy? Does he know something HUGE and just doesn't really want to be in the spotlight? I'm sure LE knows, so that's encouraging - but that whole text message was beyond strange.. MOO, JMO

ITA and why would she say when she saw the way BM was acting on Sunday she thought he must have had the worst night of his life? That’s quite a statement! Was she exaggerating after the fact? The other employee’s text message is very strange indeed...

 

[MoeInVA]

I dont think MG's mentioning that room means they were all sharing. She may just have gone in there but it doesnt mean she was sleeping there.

JMO

I agree. I do not think M and Puckett shared a room.
Lauren said in the interview that the room was set aside for Puckett. I could swear there is longer video somewhere where he says that room was set aside for him and had his name on it. But can’t find it.

I do agree with those who find the last minute addition of a crew member suspicious. Trying to strengthen the alibi? JMO

I wonder if M had a separate room that did not smell like Chlorine? And the stinky one was specifically left for JP (to separate her a bit, or thinking JP less likely to notice or say anything?) I like the tool cleaning party idea too. Moo

 

[10ofRods]

If he fired her via text after she gave her phone to LE, how did she receive the text? And how did he send it, for that matter. He made sure to get a hold of whatever new phone she had bought, just to text her "you're fired"?

I get all my texts on my ipad, and on my laptop. Most people I know also have 2-3 devices for texting. I can't imagine that people who depend on texts to communicate about work wouldn't also have their texts on their home devices.

 

[ajaylee]

ITA and why would she say when she saw the way BM was acting on Sunday she thought he must have had the worst night of his life? That’s quite a statement! Was she exaggerating after the fact? The other employee’s text message is very strange indeed...

My take on the other employee's tweet: he's an introvert, possibly had scary interaction(s) in the past with LE, wants no part of what he perceives as a 'circus'. What some folks call an 'odd duck'.

 

[ajaylee]

I get all my texts on my ipad, and on my laptop. Most people I know also have 2-3 devices for texting. I can't imagine that people who depend on texts to communicate about work wouldn't also have their texts on their home devices.

Wow. I'm completely different.

I only get texts on my phone. I never carry a laptop or tablet around with me - didn't even know you could receive texts that way. I've spent years on-call for work and I don't think any of my co-workers get texts on anything but their phone. If I lose my phone, I'm in deep doo-doo until I get it replaced.

 

[enelram]

As I understand it, this was re-work from a job that wasn't done right last fall, so when he says it's been in the works for months, he's telling the truth. If he was really really busy, I can understand him wanting to sandwich a job like this in between other contracts, particularly because I don't think he's going to get paid for the rework, but he will still have to pay for his workers and employees. Perhaps he meant to be onsite at least part of the time to make sure the rework was done correctly - pretty awkward if his crew botched it a second time.

I must have missed something. MG is working at the Salida site, presumably for the day, but then BM abruptly sends her home at 11:00. SM's communications with her friend abruptly stop at 12:30. Sometime - that afternoon? - BM meets up with JP to discuss the job.

When did BM tell MG about the Bloomfield job?

She heard BM was out and about in town Saturday afternoon after he sent her home from the Salida site - did she get that from JP?

Honestly, at this point it almost sounds like BM particularly wanted JP and MG out of town, but I can't see for the life of me why. If the Bloomfield job was his backup alibi (in case the mountain lion or abduction stories didn't work out), he had to have known that it was a very easily checked alibi.

I've changed my mind multiple times, but at this moment I'm inclined to think he planned to get rid of SM but something threw a big monkey wrench in his plans Saturday morning and he freaked out.

Re: the mountain lion story and the local authorities' quick dismissal. Yes, mountain lions have attacked adult cyclists, even two cyclists riding together (on two bikes). BUT....the only time I've ever heard of that was on mountain biking trails, not on the side of a highway. Further, if a mountain lion does take a cyclist down, the first thing it does is drag it's prey away.

If SM had been attacked by a mountain lion as BM suggested, I find it hard to envision a scenario where the lion attacked the rider and the attack caused the bike to fly off the side of the road to the bottom of a ravine. Further, there certainly would be evidence of a body being dragged, whether from the side of the road or, more difficult to believe, rider and bike flew off the edge, down a ravine, and then the cat dragged the rider off.

you mentioned a good point that it sounded like BM wanted JP and MG out of town on the
Broomfield site. But why?
I wonder if he didn't send them out of town was because he had some 'planned' work to do on the Salida site right after dark and during the night. Maybe get rid of something?
I think he needed assurance that that Salida site would be quiet and no one around.
We know he was there at 11:30 pm. What all was he doing?

 

[magnetic]

I think that something might have gone down Friday night but that SM was still alive Saturday. Sounds like Barry might have been stewing on what went down Friday tho.
I do think she was alive at least until 12:30 Saturday.
moo

I can imagine if SM told him on Friday after a huge fight, from something she may have found out, she want's a divorce, he would have become unhinged. I believe too something happened on Friday.

 

[lonetraveler]

About that mail in the hotel room. If, hypothetically, a person were trying to get a loan and using their home as equity / collateral - would they need to provide proof of property insurance to the lender?

Thinking maybe BM was (unknown to SM) attempting to dip into the marital assets for personal cash. And she found the papers....

I've been curious about the property insurance since day one. I wonder if it was for real property or personal property (like jewelry for instance). Maybe he was checking to see if valuable jewelry was insured? Everyone is assuming real property insurance papers. I haven't heard any confirmation on what type of property insurance information was in the letters. Just thinking outside of the box.