Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, did not return from bike ride, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #35

[MassGuy]

I ask myself, why would you plant more evidence? Do you think that will make LE believe there was an abduction, when the bike didn't accomplish that? Maybe. Moo

I absolutely don’t believe BM went back and planted any items. That area would have been crawling with law enforcement, and that BM would have gotten rid of the helmet right away, so as to sell the bike ride. So I think this was done simultaneously with the dumping of the bike.

He wouldn’t have dumped the bike, then taken the risk of holding on to the helmet she would have worn. Besides that, he also apparently didn’t have access to the house.

The issue is that BM either wasn’t thinking clearly, or just doesn’t have the knowledge of criminal behavior. He may have thought the helmet would be evidence of an abduction, despite the fact that it makes no sense for a kidnapper to take the time to remove a helmet.

 

[LietKynes]

Yes, my thoughts exactly. I think there are more items that have "yet to be found" . I also believe BM planted them and it's driving him crazy they have not been recovered as of yet!

Maybe he can go out and "assist" in the searches and 'find them'.
I know, no one is that foolish, right ?
However....

 

[Hatfield]

I ask myself, why would you plant more evidence? Do you think that will make LE believe there was an abduction, when the bike didn't accomplish that? Maybe. Moo

Possibly. Or an amatuer murderer arrives back home Sunday night to join the searching and is shocked to realize her helmet is still in the house. So the next opportunity to get rid of it near the bike scene is used. Maybe with someones help.
JMO

 

[Fireflize]

Possibly. Or an amatuer murderer arrives back home Sunday night to join the searching and is shocked to realize her helmet is still in the house. So the next opportunity to get rid of it near the bike scene is used. Maybe with someones help.
JMO

Oh! I like your idea better!

 

[LietKynes]

I absolutely don’t believe BM went back and planted any items. That area would have been crawling with law enforcement, and that BM would have gotten rid of the helmet right away, so as to sell the bike ride. So I think this was done simultaneously with the dumping of the bike.

He wouldn’t have dumped the bike, then taken the risk of holding on to the helmet she would have worn. Besides that, he also apparently didn’t have access to the house.

The issue is that BM either wasn’t thinking clearly, or just doesn’t have the knowledge of criminal behavior. He may have thought the helmet would be evidence of an abduction, despite the fact that it makes no sense for a kidnapper to take the time to remove a helmet.

bbm
Agreed.

When TD noticed BM the day before the interview, appearing wet, cold, and possibly distraught ---was this an attempt to see what other evidence was still undiscovered by LE ?
Pity the person who works frantically to cover up their misdeeds when it would've been so much simpler to just be law abiding and open with the world.
Imo.

 

[Ontario Mom]

Have the remains found at the Disc Golf Course been identified?


I think that part of the statement was speculation based on local hearsay. He did buy the lot and has been granted two permits.

So then, rumor?

 

[ivegotthemic]

BBM- I caught that too. So what sent them back to an area that had been searched twice already? They got cell phone records back and there was a ping?

this makes me think of Terry Rasmussen, he murdered 4 people and put them in barrels in the woods. like 10 years later 1 of the barrels is discovered but it took another 3-4 years to find the second barrel even though it was only a few hundred yards away. In that case the forest was so thick that the barrel was only discovered after someone literally stumbled on it. So maybe it has something to do with the terrain they searched? finding a body hidden under bushes or distributed earth may be hard to notice from more then a few feet away? I could be totally wrong just a thought i had

 

[LietKynes]

Possibly. Or an amatuer murderer arrives back home Sunday night to join the searching and is shocked to realize her helmet is still in the house. So the next opportunity to get rid of it near the bike scene is used. Maybe with someones help.
JMO

bbm
Ita.
I keep hoping someone will crack -- if anyone else was involved.
Fellow conspirators with a person who may have killed his wife , will be experts at living in CYA mode.
The pressure and paranoia has to be suffocating.
Imo.

 

[Ontario Mom]

Legal Notice published 7/17/20- NOTICE:

Thanks for that link. I'm specifically asking where the info came from that this purchase was for his mother.

 

[windrower]

BM bought a plot of land for building a new home for his mother. Afaik, the plot is near his own property. What, if he buried SM there? He would be able to controll everything and do the landscaping by himself, so noone would find

The plot of land referenced is not what I would call near the Morphew house. It is a lot in Longhorn Ranch, a subdivision to the northeast of Salida, CO, with access off of Chaffee County Road 160.

qPublic.net - Chaffee County, CO - Report: R368336100071

Link by TKG in post 733 earlier. County site shows info on the property, as well as a map.

I've seen several mentions of this, but cannot recall where this info came from. Can you please provide the link where this was first mentioned?
TIA

I’ve also asked for confirmation that the Salida lot was purchased by BM for his mom, but I still haven’t seen a link. I certainly could have missed it along the way.

BM is listed as owner on the county assessor site, link above.

 

[Hatfield]

I absolutely don’t believe BM went back and planted any items. That area would have been crawling with law enforcement, and that BM would have gotten rid of the helmet right away, so as to sell the bike ride. So I think this was done simultaneously with the dumping of the bike.

He wouldn’t have dumped the bike, then taken the risk of holding on to the helmet she would have worn. Besides that, he also apparently didn’t have access to the house.

The issue is that BM either wasn’t thinking clearly, or just doesn’t have the knowledge of criminal behavior. He may have thought the helmet would be evidence of an abduction, despite the fact that it makes no sense for a kidnapper to take the time to remove a helmet.

Good point that the house may have already been closed off Sunday by LE before he even arrived back home. I suppose the helmet may have been forgotten in a vehicle and it needed to be put somewhere close to the bike area. But yeah you would think it would have been dealt with at time of bike disposal if they were taken from the home at same time.

We know the neighbor had access to the home before LE got there. Wonder if any of the people BM called were there before LE.
JMO

 

[Knox]

Thanks for that link. I'm specifically asking where the info came from that this purchase was for his mother.

Oh, I have no idea sorry.

 

[AdyStand]

Whenever BM made the comment about the cameras at the hotel, I wondered right then if he made certain he was captured on surveillance at that place, at that time, for a very specific reason. So, you're certainly not the only one wondering along the same lines there.

Maybe too. That's why he chose THAT hotel? In my adventure there looking around I couldn't figure it out when there were so many other hotel/motel options closer to the highway. I was focused on it being next to the car dealership that matches the family's cars, but maybe he had been there before and noticed all the cameras around when routine maintenance was being done to a vehicle? He needed the newest of hotels to make certain they had good technology of cameras & if they missed him maybe the cameras from the dealership would see him? JMO.

 

[Hair of the Dog]

So then, rumor?

IIRC his mother's home in IN just happens to be for sale so maybe some assumptions were made somewhere along the line....JMO

ETA clarification

 

[Ontario Mom]

MOD NOTE

Unless someone can provide an approved source link for the statement that the property purchase in June was for BM's mother, we're going to have to consider that RUMOR, and do what we do with those, and leave them off the forum.

Thanks all

 

[lamlawindy]

Someone brought this up the other day, but it just struck me again that investigator's from the DA's office have been on the case since the beginning. Is that normal five days after an adult woman goes missing?

Not normally. However, if I was an interrim DA running for office, I'd certainly want to get some headlines by having my staff involved.

 

[TKG]

I absolutely don’t believe BM went back and planted any items. That area would have been crawling with law enforcement, and that BM would have gotten rid of the helmet right away, so as to sell the bike ride. So I think this was done simultaneously with the dumping of the bike.

He wouldn’t have dumped the bike, then taken the risk of holding on to the helmet she would have worn. Besides that, he also apparently didn’t have access to the house.

The issue is that BM either wasn’t thinking clearly, or just doesn’t have the knowledge of criminal behavior. He may have thought the helmet would be evidence of an abduction, despite the fact that it makes no sense for a kidnapper to take the time to remove a helmet.

Mark this down, we don't agree! Stay tuned!

 

[TKG]

So then, rumor?

That's MOO, yes. I have not seen that confirmed anywhere.

 

[citygirl]

I get the idea the third worker, along with M and J, has been trashed online, being accused of all sorts of nefarious things without a scintilla of evidence. So maybe from his point of view why not give the jackals something to talk about about. Perhaps not the wisest thing to do but under the circumstances understandable.

Agree with you. In today's climate if you speak out your whole life is explored online. It's the way of life now.
I would suspect he spoke with LE and has no need to feed the masses.
MOO.

 

[MsBetsy]

That's MOO, yes. I have not seen that confirmed anywhere.

Since BM moved out of his home and is living in a condo, maybe the plan is to build a house for himself or a future house for his daughters. He may have to wait seven years before selling the other house, although I doubt it would really be that long.

In any case, hopefully it will be the daughters who will benefit from the sale of the home, whenever it may be.