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

[Hair of the Dog]

The technology is pretty amazing. It takes minutes to download a phone, and the software categorizes all the information (texts, locations, searches, etc).

The cool thing is that it’s also capable of recovering deleted information in many instances.

Well, exactly!

 

[Diddian]

I totally agree.

There was a photo of the beach area that I cannot find right now and there was a bunch of large rocks or boulders placed to the right side before the water.

I want to look under all those rocks as they look like new rocks that were recently placed there during their sand beach work.

If he setup a wood chipper (i know its a scary thought) like we previously talked about and had it physically in the water with the exit chute flying out into the water then unfortunately there may not be much evidence left, but there is always some evidence to be found even if minute.

It may be difficult but if he did anything with her remains in that beach area, there should be something that can be found around that beach area and downstream from it.

My first order of business would be to remove all those new rocks to the right side of the beach looking at the water. And dig underneath the ground which is under those rocks.

The beach shot is at 2:14 in the video of Lauren Scharf’s interview of MG:
“I’m not the other woman”: Second contractor speaks out about Suzanne Morphew investigation | FOX21 News Colorado

 

[Fireflize]

This bloody timeline. I'm confused.

MG stated in her LS interview that BM called her on Sunday, Mothers Day (so frustrated the time was not asked or not shared) and asked her to get a crew together and head to Boomfield and she picked up JP and headed that way to fix the retaining wall.

In JP's interview, didn't he state he saw BM on Saturday and he offered him the retaining wall repair job and he would report on Sunday?

This might not even matter at the end of the day.

IMO

Right, BM actually saw JP in person on Sat afternoon, also JP called BM on Sunday around noon to confirm that the job was still on. Iirc. Moo

 

[Hatfield]

Honestly, my first thought about the beach area was covering up a boat launch (raking the sand, etc.) but that doesn't fit the timeline if this job was Saturday morning. IMO

Good thought about a possible boat or rubber raft launch.

The timing does seem too early though doesnt it. If the beach work that MG was asked to smooth out the sand occurred Saturday morning, then didnt we still have the friend talking with SM after that point?

Its really crazy all the things BM was trying to do that same weekend. We have beach work during the day Saturday, a late Saturday night appearance of workers that did something there late Saturday night, the Sunday check-in of crew in Denver with no actual work from what we know so far there and they end up leaving at some point to go back to Salida.
Both the Denver site and the Salida site had some issues that had to be fixed.

With all that chaos going on, SM goes missing and BM somehow makes it to Denver at some point and then returned home by Sunday night.

That is an awful lot of chaos on the same Mothers Day weekend. Something aint right about it.
JMO

 

[oviedo]

I think she was just recounting what she saw, and that event struck her as being strange.

Because of what Andy was told in regards to Suzanne texting her friend that day, I think Suzanne was still alive at that point (up until 12:30 at least).

Something had Barry stressed and worried, and I think it had to do with some sort of conflict between he and Suzanne.

I think the line about going home and making “the wife happy,” shows that all was not well. I think he went home, they argued, and he killed her.

Of course it’s also possible that he had already decided to kill her while he was still at the job site, and that’s what was on his mind.

premeditated v spur of the moment rage? I had thought it was premeditated -now with all this coming out I am convinced he planned it maybe not in advance but Saturday - I just don't think he lost it - are you still thinking rage? at that moment (around 12:30ish?)

JMO

 

[dalsglen]

I think she was just recounting what she saw, and that event struck her as being strange.

Because of what Andy was told in regards to Suzanne texting her friend that day, I think Suzanne was still alive at that point (up until 12:30 at least).

Something had Barry stressed and worried, and I think it had to do with some sort of conflict between he and Suzanne.

I think the line about going home and making “the wife happy,” shows that all was not well. I think he went home, they argued, and he killed her.

Of course it’s also possible that he had already decided to kill her while he was still at the job site, and that’s what was on his mind.

The one and only time my husband (also a tradesman) has came running home midway through a work day was when I found out about his secret gambling and went nuclear at him over messenger, (which included debts in my name). I hardly spoke to him for days and when I did I was VERY curt, he of course was falling all over himself to fix it.

This is what this reminds me of, she knew he had done something underhand that they had perhaps had an argument over on the Friday or Sat morning and that's why he had to go make her happy and stash the mail at the hotel

He's utterly repulsive.

 

[Hatfield]

The beach shot is at 2:14 in the video of Lauren Scharf’s interview of MG:
“I’m not the other woman”: Second contractor speaks out about Suzanne Morphew investigation | FOX21 News Colorado

Thanks and yes the 2nd picture down in that link shows the large rocks that look very new and I suspect were placed there during the sand beach work.

 

[Skigh]

I totally agree.

There was a photo of the beach area that I cannot find right now and there was a bunch of large rocks or boulders placed to the right side before the water.

I want to look under all those rocks as they look like new rocks that were recently placed there during their sand beach work.

If he setup a wood chipper (i know its a scary thought) like we previously talked about and had it physically in the water with the exit chute flying out into the water then unfortunately there may not be much evidence left, but there is always some evidence to be found even if minute.

It may be difficult but if he did anything with her remains in that beach area, there should be something that can be found around that beach area and downstream from it.

My first order of business would be to remove all those new rocks to the right side of the beach looking at the water. And dig underneath the ground which is under those rocks.

I thought that cadaver dogs were used at the site.
I imagine that they would have been taken all around the site,including the water's edge.

<modsnip> I wonder if he would have the stomach to use a woodchipper.

 

[Fireflize]

premeditated v spur of the moment rage? I had thought it was premeditated -now with all this coming out I am convinced he planned it maybe not in advance but Saturday - I just don't think he lost it - are you still thinking rage? at that moment (around 12:30ish?)

JMO

I think it was premeditated now, too. It looks like they had a really bad argument Friday that he did not win. I doubt he slept much Friday night.
I think he decided at that Salina work site that murder was his solution. I think Susanne was leaving him and he could not let that happen. Hopefully, her friend will tell us if that was the case.
Moo

 

[Murphy1950]

BAM-worth reading again.
Fri. eve. Barry worked on the beach site he asked MG to clean up the site on Sat.
"He was acting weird about the beach area. He definitely seemed weird on Saturday." 'beach area'- another cryptic clue for our list.

Why in the world would BM have M out at the Salida property raking the beach area neat etc. when the house wasn't built yet and no one was living there. Has she said what it looked like before she started raking, tire tracks, drag marks? Paying her to do that is very peculiar to me.

I totally agree.
There was a photo of the beach area that I cannot find right now and there was a bunch of large rocks or boulders placed to the right side before the water. My first order of business would be to remove all those new rocks to the right side of the beach looking at the water. And dig underneath the ground which is under those rocks.

ALL RSBM

I find these Beach post (there are quite a few) somewhat haunting. I know LE searched that area for 3 days. I say haunting because if you look at the photos copied from a FB page and published in the Daily Mail, of which there are many, it’s mainly family vacay shots. Absolutely every photo is of beaches, islands, and palm trees, not one photo skiing or engaged in any winter activity, mountain biking, or biking in general.

OT…(coincidental date to be making this post, uncanny really) I always knew I’d be buried in a Catholic cemetery. That changed in recent years with the cremation of a parent. I was blown away, I never thought that option would be considered in my family. From my readings, Catholics and clergy got more comfortable with the idea of cremation because of Sept 11th. Hundreds of police and firefighters, lots of them Irish Catholics, disappeared that day with no remains to bury. We have since had the “talk’ in my household. Take me to the Atlantic Ocean, my spouse prefers going up in a firework, which isn’t a joke, it is a real option. Says he want to go out with a bang. I'd imagine other couples also made their preference known to each other.

 

[citygirl]

Can anyone clarify this for me?
Is the beach site the same location where they dug up concrete?

 

[Hair of the Dog]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that Barry already knew when he got to the jobsite Saturday am what was to come and he was anxious to get things underway while he still had a window of opportunity, before the girls got back from their trip.

MOO

 

[Fireflize]

Can anyone clarify this for me?
Is the beach site the same location where they dug up concrete?

Yes

 

[Rosiebones]

Can anyone clarify this for me?
Is the beach site the same location where they dug up concrete?

Yea, it is.

 

[enelram]

I totally agree.

There was a photo of the beach area that I cannot find right now and there was a bunch of large rocks or boulders placed to the right side before the water.

I want to look under all those rocks as they look like new rocks that were recently placed there during their sand beach work.

If he setup a wood chipper (i know its a scary thought) like we previously talked about and had it physically in the water with the exit chute flying out into the water then unfortunately there may not be much evidence left, but there is always some evidence to be found even if minute.

It may be difficult but if he did anything with her remains in that beach area, there should be something that can be found around that beach area and downstream from it.

My first order of business would be to remove all those new rocks to the right side of the beach looking at the water. And dig underneath the ground which is under those rocks.

I'm right with you that something is fishy about MG raking that beach area.
The neighbor said the 'noise' lasted about 1/2 hour.
About right for chipping a body.
Was the chipper on small tires that needed smooth ground to roll down near the water???

 

[Rosiebones]

I thought that cadaver dogs were used at the site.
I imagine that they would have been taken all around the site,including the water's edge.

I also think BM is a bit of a mummy's boy coward and I wonder if he would have the stomach to use a woodchipper.

Was sonar used in the water at that location or just divers? Does anyone know?

 

[Feistyomi]

If the CBI/FBI were on deck I am thinking they probably have the technology to download what they needed quickly. I am basing this on Verizon being able to transfer everything from an old phone to a newly purchased phone.....less than 5 minutes. JMO

Your point is excellent, given all the digital info, paper trails, timelines, etc. we know LE has had for 4 months, most of the recent developments are rehashing events that happened in the early days...the Moorman search is only “new” development...I am optimistic there will be significant disclosures, soon... most of that digital, etc would have been available early on in this case, IMO

 

[gitana1]

I think the most damning thing from the interview is that MG was fired for giving her phone to LE. There has to be a way she can sue for wrongful termination right?

I don’t know. Usually that’s reserved for people fired due to sexual harassment or because they’re a protected class. Good question.

 

[dalsglen]

I right with you that something is fishy about MG raking that beach area.
The neighbor said the 'noise' lasted about 1/2 hour.
About right for chipping a body.
Was the chipper on small tires that needed smooth ground to roll down near the water???

I'm telling you, the day I read about a wood chipper really being used in a case here is the day I'm taking a very long holiday from here. I can't even.

 

[Hoosierfan72]

I think it was premeditated now, too. It looks like they had a really bad argument Friday that he did not win. I doubt he slept much Friday night.
I think he decided at that Salina work site that murder was his solution. I think Susanne was leaving him and he could not let that happen. Hopefully, her friend will tell us if that was the case.
Moo

So if the mere suggestion of divorce was what triggered his rage, I think BM would have to fall into the camp of "if I can't have her, nobody can" possessive husband. I'd be curious to know if that's something there was a history of in their marriage. I'm not ruling it out, but without other evidence pointing to him being extremely possessive, my mind goes another direction.

I wonder if there was something that came to light that weekend, if exposed, would "ruin" BM? Did SM become aware of something illegal or so shameful that he couldn't risk it coming out? Or was there something that SM was possibly aware of for a long time that became a threat once the talk of divorce (if indeed they were talking divorce) started, became a risk to BM? IMO, this would have to be significant - either possible jail time, financial ruin or complete destruction (revealing of) his "good Christian character". That's what I'd be looking for in terms of motive - nothing about this case looks like a "slow burn" that slowly escalated - something significant happened that weekend that triggered it - and I lean toward it being something significant. MOO, JMO.