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

[Mimi in London]

There is several reasons why I had wondered if BM knew any of these workers or friends before moving to Colorado.

MG said something about working with him for a long time (verbatim).

IIRC they moved to Colorado in 2018? Would a person in that short of s time frame have a best friend who you trusted enough to involve him and/or her in regards to your wife missing? Even as just an alibi possibly?

Also, why did BM and SM move to Colorado? Daughter college? Friend from Indiana had relocated there previously? Could BM have met somebody online/social media that lived there? Did BM push for this move so he could isolate SM more? Did someone persuade/convince BM/SM to move there as a business adventure/opportunity? Possibly a joint bsiness adventure? Under the table business adventure/partnership? Did BM have a landscaping business in Indiana? If not, what did he previously do?

And another aspect of this is curious as to finances/money involved? IIRC SM (per AM) received either half million or 1 million, which neither of those amounts probably wouldn't even pay for the house itself?

So, to sum it up- did BM actually have a profitable landscaping business or is it possibly a situation like Fotis Dulos case where he, Fotis, really didn't have a profitable business but rather lived the high life on his wife's money who then also disappeared and has never been found?

And if it wasn't SM's money? or successful landscaping business, then where was the funds coming from? Possibly from something related to why the move to Colorado? I don't know??

In the space of two or three posts (and I think you said you came late to this case and were trying to catch up), you have asked a number of key questions IMO! Ones which have been under-explored here, mainly due to understandable sleuthing restrictions.

 

[TIGER0822]

To extend on my previous post. If there was something so incriminating on her phone that she had to be approached by two ‘mystery men’ (not strangers) to suggest that she not hand over her phone, and then talk about her pay check looking like hush money (which is ludicrous!) she knows a lot more than he is saying, and yea she knows who they are! IMO

 

[kkdj]

To extend on my previous post. If there was something so incriminating on her phone that she had to be approached by two ‘mystery men’ (not strangers) to suggest that she not hand over her phone, and then talk about her pay check looking like hush money (which is ludicrous!) she knows a lot more than he is saying, and yea she knows who they are! IMO

I wonder if she was paid cash and doesn't want to say so.
The two men story coming up to her talking about hush money I'm having a hard time believing.
jmo

 

[MsBetsy]

Here's what MG says when Lauren says ".... but she declined a polygraph". MG: "Like, I know my rights, and I don't have anything to hide", as her head swings from side to side, much like one of those clowns at the fairgrounds. You actually almost need to be a code breaker to decipher what she says there, I slowed it down and kept replaying it.
PS: How do we know she didn't hand over her phone because they had a warrant .... just a thought.

She also said she was advised of her rights when she returned home by one of BM's friends or family members. LE may not have even kept her phone. I would think they could transfer the data or copy it onto their own device and then return it to her. Imo

 

[MsBetsy]

I wonder if she was paid cash and doesn't want to say so.
The two men story coming up to her talking about hush money I'm having a hard time believing.
jmo

Yeah, we don't know the context or the tone of the conversation. I doubt anyone "linked" to Barry believed he could have been involved. His firefighter friend and others have spoken out in support of him.

If anything, the comment about hush money was meant to be witty or sarcastic because they knew BM was under suspicion. In the article it said when she and JP returned to Salida the investigation was well underway. According to AM, BM and his army friend seemed to be angry about how the bike was handled and the crime scene was trampled on. That seems to have set the stage for BM's criticism of the investigation.

With more than 15 agencies involved, all the searches and resources they have used, along with the new ones they are planning to utilize, I'm not sure how anyone can feel like LE are not doing all they can to find Suzanne. I know I would be grateful, as well as impressed with their search efforts.

 

[enelram]

So let's get to the meat and potatoes:
WHEN did he remove the body and where did he take it?
Did he have help in the coverup?
Where is the time gap in the timeline that we don't have him placed in view?
Time to get serious here.

 

[Skigh]

So let's get to the meat and potatoes:
WHEN did he remove the body and where did he take it?
Did he have help in the coverup?
Where is the time gap in the timeline that we don't have him placed in view?
Time to get serious here.

If Suzanne was killed around the time her conversation suddenly ended at 2:30pm ,where did he leave her body before removing her elsewhere?

 

[MsBetsy]

So let's get to the meat and potatoes:
WHEN did he remove the body and where did he take it?
Did he have help in the coverup?
Where is the time gap in the timeline that we don't have him placed in view?
Time to get serious here.

There seem to be many hours that can be considered a time gap. We don't know what he was doing after he left the jobsite after he let MG go at 11:00 am. If he was in town all day we don't know when he arrived home. Even if he got home by 5:00 pm, that's 12 hours before he allegedly left at 5:00 am to go to Denver. Then another 12 before he went back home to the crime scene.

So there are about 24 hours that are unaccounted for. LE likely has a general idea about where he was. I imagine at some point during that time he claimed to be working on a mechanical thing on his bobcat, and it wasn't when he said it was.

There are probably lots of places he could have gone to within a 60 mile radius or so of his home. I think Suzanne's body is somewhere within his "comfort zone," but not too close to home. Maybe somewhere he hunted. A secluded location where she may never be found.

Aren't LE planning to search some areas in El Paso County or Fremont County? What areas could he be familiar with there? LE must have a reason to be interested in these areas. I hope Andy's searchers will be looking there, too.

 

[Rosiebones]

If Suzanne was killed around the time her conversation suddenly ended at 2:30pm ,where did he leave her body before removing her elsewhere?

ITA It could not have been in the home or immediately outside or in a vehicle, cadaver dogs would have hit on the spot. I have been wondering if he went back to the house and picked her up with the idea of a going on a hike, killed her, disposed of her body and then went home and staged the bike, dropped the helmet along side the road as he went back into Salida where he is reported to have been seen later on Saturday. MOO MOO MOO

 

[EggSalad]

-what was the peanut butter doing by the grill?

Peanut Butter is high in protein and with BM’s gym obsession, he might be one of those guys who’s trying to eat a ton of protein during the day to pack on mass.

But I would spend too much time thinking about peanut butter, mountain lions or wood chippers with this case.

 

[Hoosierfan72]

I have a random question. AM reported that he was told SMs phone last pinged "at home ". I always thought a "ping" involved a cell tower and wasn't able to be that specific (and likely would "ping" off the same cell tower up the road where her bike was found). Any thoughts? If her phone automatically connected to her home wi-fi, would that change a "ping"? I'm not enough of a techie to know.....

 

[oviedo]

So let's get to the meat and potatoes:
WHEN did he remove the body and where did he take it?
Did he have help in the coverup?
Where is the time gap in the timeline that we don't have him placed in view?
Time to get serious here.

I think we all want to know as does LE -apparently no one is talking yet so we can just guess- the river- their property- the sand beach- somewhere between Denver Brookfield and Salida- did he pull a LS and drive it to IN ?
JMO

 

[EggSalad]

So let's get to the meat and potatoes:
WHEN did he remove the body and where did he take it?
Did he have help in the coverup?
Where is the time gap in the timeline that we don't have him placed in view?
Time to get serious here.

I’m kind of looking at it as three time blocks that we want to dissect:

12:30pm (SM’s convo with best friend stops) - 11:30pm (Salida job site noise)

-11:30pm (Salida noise) - 5:00am Sunday (BM leaves for Broomfield)

-5:00am - 6:00pm Sunday (BM gets call from kids and neighbor).


I think the murder happened close to 12:30pm Saturday. I think BM then did as much of a cleanup as he could do, and puts SM’s body into a cooler. He then realizes he needs additional items for cleanup and off to the store he goes.

Some time close to sun down, BM heads out with the cooler in his truck bed to dispose of the body and evidence. He picks up the bob cat at the Salida job site and heads out towards the fire camp land that he knows so well. Somewhere back in that remote area he buries Susan.

BM arrives to the Salida job site around 11:30pm. In addition to dropping off the bobcat, he buries evidence at the job site. SM’s phone is put into the dirt where concrete would later be poured. LE discovers the phone during their dig/search.

BM gets home after midnight and then does more frantic clean up at the house.

At 5am and after just a couple hours of sleep he heads out to Broomfield. While in Broomfield, he empties out his truck and washes it, buys Chlorine/bleach and goes back to the hotel to clean off his tools. I suspect a heavy blow to the head, possibly from behind, is what killed Susan. BM disposes of some tools on his way back to Mayesville.


completely MOO. I also think at least 2 other people, probably 3-5 were involved in some capacity.

 

[EggSalad]

I have a random question. AM reported that he was told SMs phone last pinged "at home ". I always thought a "ping" involved a cell tower and wasn't able to be that specific (and likely would "ping" off the same cell tower up the road where her bike was found). Any thoughts? If her phone automatically connected to her home wi-fi, would that change a "ping"? I'm not enough of a techie to know.....

Yes, her phone would still ping via cell signal if you’re on WiFi.

Also, via the home WiFi, you’d be able to see when her phone was on the network and when it was powered off and off the network.

It would be interesting to see if the last phone ping and her phone leaving the network happened at the same time.

It would also be interesting to see BM’s pings and network activity at that same time and shortly there after.

 

[Ontario Mom]

Yes, her phone would still ping via cell signal if you’re on WiFi.

Also, via the home WiFi, you’d be able to see when her phone was on the network and when it was powered off and off the network.

It would be interesting to see if the last phone ping and her phone leaving the network happened at the same time.

It would also be interesting to see BM’s pings and network activity at that same time and shortly there after.

No doubt in my mind, they'll line up almost to the minute:second time stamp.

jmo

 

[Rosiebones]

I think this was not pre-planned or premeditated. I think SM and BM had a real argument Friday. Where did BM spend Friday night? He got up early, met MG at Salida for the beach job, and was still up because the argument was still unresolved. He went home they left the house together to hike and talk things through. She was resolute, he was enraged. She was within arms length of him and he reached out and strangled her. He disposed of her body near that spot.

He would not have needed to draw blood or make a mess. He is twice as strong and twice the size of SM. I think he didn't want to go home immediately after that and needed to think through how to set up an alibi. I think he went to Salida and walked around and thought about how to set up the weekend so he couldn't be suspected. Occam Razor. MOO MOO MOO MOO

 

[oviedo]

I think this was not pre-planned or premeditated. I think SM and BM had a real argument Friday. Where did BM spend Friday night? He got up early, met MG at Salida for the beach job, and was still up because the argument was still unresolved. He went home they left the house together to hike and talk things through. She was resolute, he was enraged. She was within arms length of him and he reached out and strangled her. He disposed of her body near that spot.

He would not have needed to draw blood or make a mess. He is twice as strong and twice the size of SM. I think he didn't want to go home immediately after that and needed to think through how to set up an alibi. I think he went to Salida and walked around and thought about how to set up the weekend so he couldn't be suspected. Occam Razor. MOO MOO MOO MOO

So far Friday is unaccounted for to my knowledge -All CO time -
8am - met MG at the Salida river site?
11am ? - had to go home and make the wife happy?
12:30 - abrupt end to messaging (possible FaceTime? Or just messenger?) With IN friend

no information on Saturday afternoon/evening except he may have met with JP at some point ?

11:30pm “noise” heard by neighbor (dig site?)

—- when was the room checked into in Broomfield?—-
Sunday
Sunday 5am by his own word Ledt her sleeping in bed and drove to “wall” site ?

called JP with family emergency - JP arrives at hotel room to find chlorine smell and wet towels
—-
When did MG arrive to same chlorine smell ?

—
trying to get these details straight for the timeline
JMO
ETA- 11:30 pm sat night noise

 

[MsBetsy]

IIRC, Andy said that he was told that Barry refused to take a polygraph. That doesn't necessarily mean that Barry was asked, "Will you take a polygraph?" A blanket refusal to even contemplate a polygraph as a precondition to an interview can be viewed as a refusal.

I do not know whether Barry had an attorney or not, but he'd be very foolish to agree to 30 hours of police interviews without counsel. Indeed, I'd go so far as to say that any husband of a missing woman -- even if he's innocent -- should immediately hire counsel right after calling 9-1-1 to report her missing.

I can't disagree that Barry's interviews haven't helped. Indeed, from the very
beginning, Barry should've remained silent & instead hired an attorney to serve as a family spokesman. This person could've cultivated a better relationship with the media & the CCSO.

According to AM, Barry was offered a polygraph on the fourth day. I don't think refusing a polygraph necessarily makes one look suspicious since they are controversial and so many advise against it.

What is relevant to me is that BM told TD he had been cleared weeks ago, while LE stated no-one had been cleared. He also (reportedly) lied about taking a polygraph, which is why AM initially believed BM had nothing to do with Suzanne's disappearance.

An innocent person shouldn't have to mislead people to convince them that they are innocent.

IMO

 

[Skigh]

I am wondering why MG had to stop working when BM said he needed to go home to make his wife happy.
Why couldn't she keep working ?

 

[Barry]

For a younger person, 2 years might seem like a long time to know someone. MOO.