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

[seekingjustice**]

I'm speculating that BM's volunteer firefighter gym membership benefit is at a facility located in Poncha Springs (about 3 miles from Salida). If BM is living in PS at this time, he's probably acting his part here more than any other place because BM feels better than others here -- he's on the whiteboard in first position.

I don't think BM will withdraw until those closest to him begin to pressure him. If he's still enjoying his victim status (CCSO has it out for me), I think he'll venture out. MOO

ITA with you Seattle, I believe he's arrogant and lacks insight into how his actions are being perceived by others. Hopefully this will be his downfall, eventually.

 

[Seattle1]

Oh my. Just when I had the tetris so nice and orderly.

Well , JP talked to him in the afternoon Saturday. So if he did go home, he came back. For MG to think he was there all day, he might not have been gone long, but you can kill someone pretty quick if you're determined. Then back to Salida, leisurely lollygagging around town to prove how calm and innocent he is til dark.

But if he never left town, but had someone else do the killing and wrap her up, then he would be able to handle the rest after firmly establishing his alibi for Saturday and then another for Sunday. Maybe that's how he can be so adamant that he could never hurt her.

But why tell MG he was going to go home to the wife, if he had a hit on her? Hmm, you sure gave me a lot to think about. Thx!

If BM only told MG he was going home to spend time with the wife, this might be to keep up the facade of BM being the respectful, loving husband taking time out on Saturday to be with his wife while his children away. (The same description we've heard over and over from IN friends of the couple).

Also, if BM's relationship with MG was strictly platonic, employer-employee, it would make sense for BM to keep up his image up of the Christian spouse because BM, being a gift to women, would not want MG to ever dream of coming on to him (barf). MG did tell LS that she respected BM and liked working on his projects. I still don't know if I believe this or not.

Had the abrupt end to SM's communication not changed from early evening to 12:30 pm, then we'd not be having this discussion! (I'm hoping they come back and tell us it was a mistake).

And if BM went home, killed SM, and headed back to town, would he be so ignorant to leave a corpse inside his house and not think that HR dogs would not detect this? MOO

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[MsBetsy]

As long as we're speculating. Anyone want to speculate on specific roles the additional person or persons could play in this drama?

It's just feels simpler if BM does it all himself. But if it was premeditated, not done in a rage, he may not have had the guts to do it himself. Maybe he couldn't bring himself to kill her.
Moo

I think he acted alone, but there may be someone who knows something and has not come forward.

 

[Auntie Cipation]

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

I'm behind but jumping ahead before the thread closes. Do we know when the above "beach" photo was taken? At the time of the work? Or just now for the news article?

Look at about 2:20 in the following video to see the beach at the time of the concrete search:
CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, did not return from bike ride, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #6

 

[Seattle1]

At first PE said that a family member had told them Suzanne was communicating with a friend on SM from mid-afternoon to mid-evening. Shortly afterwards they clarified that the conversation ended abruptly at 9:00 pm. Then about a week later they said they were "texting" and the communication ceased at 12:30 pm, but never gave a reason why it was originally said to have occurred in the evening.

^^bbm
The sooner they tell us they made a mistake and communication really did cease mid-evening, the sooner I can move away from whether BM went home at 12:39 pm, killed his wife, allegedly, and headed back to town.

That change really messed things up for me!!

 

[seekingjustice**]

If BM only told MG he was going home to spend time with the wife, this might be to keep up the facade of BM being the respectful, loving husband taking time out on Saturday to be with his wife while his children away. (The same description we've heard over and over from IN friends of the couple).

Also, if BM's relationship with MG was strictly platonic, employer-employee, it would make sense for BM to keep up his image up of the Christian spouse because BM, being a gift to women, would not want MG to ever dream of coming on to him (barf). MG did tell LS that she respected BM and liked working on his projects. I still don't know if I believe this or not.

Had the abrupt end to SM's communication not changed from early evening to 12:30 pm, then we'd not be having this discussion! (I'm hoping they come back and tell us it was a mistake).

And if BM went home, killed SM, and headed back to town, would he be so ignorant to leave a corpse inside his house and not think that HR dogs would not detect this? MOO

Great point about leaving the corpse inside the house without dogs picking up on the scent - makes me wonder if that scenario did occur, whether she was put 'on ice' inside the cooler.

 

[MassGuy]

Well, @MassGuy, it seems BM is gonna need to trade that bus in for a train pretty soon. I can only imagine how many more he’s planning to throw under it

It’s amazing to me how BM’s managed to complete ANY jobs at all with all the drug heads he’s managed to hire. Poor BM, what horrible luck!

I believe everything that MG and JP have said thus far. Why in the world would he fire MG after working with her many times in the past? Oh yea, because she didn’t follow orders like a good girl and turned her phone over to CBI. This just confirms BM’s controlling nature, IMO.

And explain to me why BM would be mad that MG would turn over her phone.

There is something on that phone that he doesn’t want LE to see.

 

[BeckyF]

While thinking about BM’s activities on May 9th, Saturday, it seems he was quite busy that day. Please correct me if my list is not accurate.

He went to the home remodeling site sometime Sat. Morning.

He left around 11AM.

Per MG he spent a few hours wandering around town.

He either met with JP or talked with him (not sure which).

If we believe he killed his wife after 12:30 PM, he has the cleanup to do and perhaps body disposal.

He drives to the HI express in Brookfield, CO, unloaded his truck, spent at least some period of time in the room doing who knows what.

He was seen at the home remodeling site at 11:30 PM? Has this been verified? If not, did he spend the night at the HI Express?

How could he possibly accomplish all of this in 1 day? I would appreciate any clarification because I can’t make sense of any of the other statements from MG or JP based on this timeline.

 

[MsBetsy]

I'm behind but jumping ahead before the thread closes. Do we know when the above "beach" photo was taken? At the time of the work? Or just now for the news article?

Look at about 2:20 in the following video to see the beach at the time of the concrete search:
CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, did not return from bike ride, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #6

It looks like it was taken before the job was started.

 

[MassGuy]

While thinking about BM’s activities on May 9th, Saturday, it seems he was quite busy that day. Please correct me if my list is not accurate.

He went to the home remodeling site sometime Sat. Morning.

He left around 11AM.

Per MG he spent a few hours wandering around town.

He either met with JP or talked with him (not sure which).

If we believe he killed his wife after 12:30 PM, he has the cleanup to do and perhaps body disposal.

He drive to the HI express in Brookfield, CO, unloaded his truck, spent at least some period of time in the room doing who knows what.

He was seen at the home remodeling site at 11:30 PM? Has been verified? If not, did he spend the night at the HI Express?

How could he possibly accomplish all of this in 1 day? I would appreciate any clarification because I can’t make sense of any of the other statements from MG or JP based on this timeline.

So we don’t know if he was at the construction site Saturday night. All we know is that sounds were heard.

The trip to the hotel supposedly happened after 5am on Sunday morning. He claims he left his wife sleeping, and went to set up that job.

His crew arrived later that evening, after Barry had already left to head home to deal with “an emergency.”

 

[Seattle1]

And explain to me why BM would be mad that MG would turn over her phone.

There is something on that phone that he doesn’t want LE to see.

Like the text when he fired her and his subtle choice of words!

 

[MsBetsy]

^^bbm
The sooner they tell us they made a mistake and communication really did cease mid-evening, the sooner I can move away from whether BM went home at 12:39 pm, killed his wife, allegedly, and headed back to town.

That change really messed things up for me!!

Yeah, me too, especially if BM really was in town all day and went shopping alone.

 

[MassGuy]

Like the text when he fired her and his subtle choice of words!

If he fired her for giving them her phone, then it seems that she already had her phone returned to her at that point.

So that firing text came after that I think. I’m sure she showed them to investigators during a subsequent interview.

 

[10ofRods]

My thoughts exactly and I posted something similar a few minutes ago. There would not be enough Kong rewards to go around.

It also made me think of a plane crash site & dogs indicating on scattered remains, while literally sitting on others. A terrible scene. IMO

What if a body was in a plastic container, under water, weighted...and not right near the beach where the dogs were first asked to work.?

Would they find it? How far away could it be? I'm just hoping that you have a guess - I know there are many variables.

 

[MimosaMornings]

And explain to me why BM would be mad that MG would turn over her phone.

There is something on that phone that he doesn’t want LE to see.

Pictures, texts, location services?
Perhaps MG deleted a few things before handing her phone over and BM was worried that those items could be retrieved?
I think there are pieces of a larger puzzle missing.
JMO

 

[10ofRods]

^^bbm
The sooner they tell us they made a mistake and communication really did cease mid-evening, the sooner I can move away from whether BM went home at 12:39 pm, killed his wife, allegedly, and headed back to town.

That change really messed things up for me!!

Consider the source, though. MG has no actual personal knowledge of where Barry was after noon.

Where does she learn that he was "in town"? Who could know that he was in town the whole time? Some other person - who actually was with Barry? OR, perhaps MG was told by people that Barry was "in town."

Could that be the two men who approached her? "Look, M., we were with him in town - he was in town all afternoon."

In which case, those two guys (if lying) are simply aiding BM. Or, more likely, these two men were simply told by BM.. "I was in town all afternoon" when in fact none of these people have personal knowledge of his whereabouts.

Although..if even one of them said they saw Barry in town that afternoon, that's establishing an alibi and complicating the case for LE.

I personally do not think BM was "in town" all afternoon.

 

[oviedo]

I feel like that would leave an incredible mess that would be much easier to detect. You wood chipper someone there’s going to be flesh and blood EVERYWHERE.

Yes I think so as well - but as I watched the power company work to cut tree limbs in preparation for hurricane season I was shocked at the debris that was concentrated and almost like dust coming out of their huge wood chipper As they fed these enormous oak tree limbs in ... so I’m not letting it go yet especially if it was positioned in the water and they spread the sand at the beach to cover anything that may have Carried By wind into the land Near the water - I just can’t shake that image I saw and it all happened while I was stopped at a red light - large thick branch about 30 seconds and it was spraying out like dust - still gives me the creeps ...
Apologies Sleuthers
JMO

 

[PaulaDC]

This is a BAM idea!

Put the towels in the tub and tools on top to prevent the tub from scratching? Just a thought Wet towels. Chlorine odor. moo

 

[BeckyF]

So we don’t know if he was at the construction site Saturday night. All we know is that sounds were heard.

The trip to the hotel supposedly happened after 5am on Sunday morning. He claims he left his wife sleeping, and went to set up that job.

His crew arrived later that evening, after Barry had already left to head home to deal with “an emergency.”

Thank you. That clears up a lot. For some reason I thought he drove to the Holiday Inn on Saturday.

 

[MassGuy]

Thank you. That clears up a lot. For some reason I thought he drove to the Holiday Inn on Saturday.

That’s because the Daily Mail made it sound that way. I believed it was Saturday for a time as well.