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

[marylamby]

The initials of the third Broomfield crew member.

Thanks, sorry - I thought it was websleuths lingo, haha. Gotcha now.

 

[Chelly]

Of the three crew members, two have recently given the media some damning evidence on BM. The third crew member has remained silent. After interviewing witnesses, does LE instruct them NOT to talk to the media?

 

[Cindizzi]

Maybe he intended to sleep during the ride and figured to be more comfortable in the back seat.

Maybe they were just sitting in the vehicle waiting for the room to air out from the chlorine stink.

 

[Megnut]

The wet towels --

I share the belief from upthread that (in my borrowed opinion) he used to the towels as a buffer between his tools and the porcelain. Which is why they weren't just damp, they were "very wet". If this is the case, we can see that he is perfectly capable of taking great care of the things that matter to him. Sigh.

JMO

 

[Megnut]

If premeditated, perhaps everything was supposed to happen on Saturday, with a real bike ride. But Suzanne didn't go for her regular morning ride. She was messaging instead. And a scramble to improvise ensued, resulting in the mess we see now.

JMO

 

[Ontario Mom]

I found his text to LS to be extremely obnoxious. This isn't about rumors or protecting BM or yourself from gossip, it's about a missing mother and closure for her girls. Justice.
He should replace that smug little attitude with some straight talk and empathy. jmo

I'm going to give this young man the benefit of the doubt and assume that he's already spoken to LE. Indeed he is under zero obligation to speak with the media at all, so as long as he has cooperated with the CCSO/CBI, I'm okay with him not speaking to the media.

I'm not entirely sure I'd want to either, especially after seeing what folks (and BM) are saying about MG and JP. He hasn't even said anything, and folks are already trashing him. It's a darned if you do, darned if you don't scenario.

jmo

 

[Ontario Mom]

They literally stayed in the same hotel room.

Actually we don't know this is true.
MSM has said that JP was to take over the room BM rented, but that doesn't mean all of them were staying in the same room.

 

[Rosiebones]

The wet towels --

I share the belief from upthread that (in my borrowed opinion) he used to the towels as a buffer between his tools and the porcelain. Which is why they weren't just damp, they were "very wet". If this is the case, we can see that he is perfectly capable of taking great care of the things that matter to him. Sigh.

JMO

It would be interesting to know if they are towels from home or motel towels.

 

[ivegotthemic]

I'm going to give this young man the benefit of the doubt and assume that he's already spoken to LE. Indeed he is under zero obligation to speak with the media at all, so as long as he has cooperated with the CCSO/CBI, I'm okay with him not speaking to the media.

I'm not entirely sure I'd want to either, especially after seeing what folks (and BM) are saying about MG and JP. He hasn't even said anything, and folks are already trashing him. It's a darned if you do, darned if you don't scenario.

jmo

I agree with you, the internet is a harsh, harsh place and I cant say Id want to subject myself to how everyone perceived me (ive got a wicked resting biatchface) . As long as they cooperate with LE efforts I believe they deserve the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise

 

[dspdenver]

He doesn’t owe any info, all he needs to do is make sure he cooperates with LE. Anything else is just food for sensationalism. IMO.

Yes. It seems the sheriff has made it quite clear that he doesn't think releasing to the public any of the information they've gotten from these people and from the rest of LE's investigation will be of any help in finding SM or determining what happened to her. If that changes, LE should release it and these people have no need to unless they have motives apart from finding SM and/or justice for her.

 

[Skigh]

If premeditated, perhaps everything was supposed to happen on Saturday, with a real bike ride. But Suzanne didn't go for her regular morning ride. She was messaging instead. And a scramble to improvise ensued, resulting in the mess we see now.

JMO

Do you think he tampered with her bike or he was going to ambush her on her ride?

 

[Louise369]

I just re-watched the MG interview and something that stood out to me was that the initial plan for the Broomfield wall was just supposed to be MG and Barry going up to fix the wall. Then he “changed everything” according to her.

While I have seen some people on here saying the reason he got JP involved was to possibly accuse him of stealing tools, etc. I think instead the reason why he wanted MG to get a crew together to go up there was because he didn’t want his alibi to come out and have it be him at a hotel with another woman which would look bad for obvious reasons.

I also just feel the “he changed everything” comment further makes me feel this was in no way pre-meditated. I think he lost his temper which resulted in her death.

 

[marylamby]

I'm going to give this young man the benefit of the doubt and assume that he's already spoken to LE. Indeed he is under zero obligation to speak with the media at all, so as long as he has cooperated with the CCSO/CBI, I'm okay with him not speaking to the media.

I'm not entirely sure I'd want to either, especially after seeing what folks (and BM) are saying about MG and JP. He hasn't even said anything, and folks are already trashing him. It's a darned if you do, darned if you don't scenario.

jmo

I'd normally agree but his statement was pretty provocative and I believe it was meant to be so.
Why say anything? At this point, no one is getting a pass from me.
I'm very open minded so this also means I'm not condemning him either.
All I know is ALL of it had better come out in the wash, one of these days, hopefully!

 

[DetectiveFoyleWannabe]

I agree...
And thus far he refuses to speak...

Totally, his text just screams of some sort of inner turmoil.

 

[NuttMegg]

SBM these people have no need to unless they have motives apart from finding SM and/or justice for her.

If you mean LS, and the reputable youtube sites like PE, I wouldn't agree that they have motives apart from finding SM and/or justice for her. That's exactly what they DO want.

 

[Megnut]

Either he murdered her in an unplanned rage or he had a plan... I'm thinking if there was a plan, it went off the rails quickly...

IF he had help, maybe it was supposed to go down differently... military extraction style. Go in, get out, but with the girl. Maybe he mapped out her route and her habits for someone he could pay handsomely "for the opportunity" and have them spirit his wife away while he was at his alibi -- with Morgan in Salida. An ACTUAL alibi, all day long. That car parked oddly down that way...

While I spin my wheels on this puzzler, I am hopeful that LE is hard at work ironcladding this.

He could save us all a whole heap of trouble if he'd rake the Bobcat over his brain and come out with the truth of what happened. "Let me show you..." He could spare his daughters the grief of not knowing where their mother is. He could spare LE a world of dollars.

It's not too soon.

JMO

 

[DetectiveFoyleWannabe]

I just re-watched the MG interview and something that stood out to me was that the initial plan for the Broomfield wall was just supposed to be MG and Barry going up to fix the wall. Then he “changed everything” according to her.

While I have seen some people on here saying the reason he got JP involved was to possibly accuse him of stealing tools, etc. I think instead the reason why he wanted MG to get a crew together to go up there was because he didn’t want his alibi to come out and have it be him at a hotel with another woman which would look bad for obvious reasons.

I also just feel the “he changed everything” comment further makes me feel this was in no way pre-meditated. I think he lost his temper which resulted in her death.

ITA with this post. 100%

 

[EggSalad]

I just re-watched the MG interview and something that stood out to me was that the initial plan for the Broomfield wall was just supposed to be MG and Barry going up to fix the wall. Then he “changed everything” according to her.

While I have seen some people on here saying the reason he got JP involved was to possibly accuse him of stealing tools, etc. I think instead the reason why he wanted MG to get a crew together to go up there was because he didn’t want his alibi to come out and have it be him at a hotel with another woman which would look bad for obvious reasons.

I also just feel the “he changed everything” comment further makes me feel this was in no way pre-meditated. I think he lost his temper which resulted in her death.

Isn’t it interesting that BM was able to get a crew of three together with pretty much zero notice, on Mother’s Day and have them drive 3+ hours that same day to stay near a job site for multiple days for a project that never happened. That quite the stroke of luck.

 

[Hoosierfan72]

I just re-watched the MG interview and something that stood out to me was that the initial plan for the Broomfield wall was just supposed to be MG and Barry going up to fix the wall. Then he “changed everything” according to her.

While I have seen some people on here saying the reason he got JP involved was to possibly accuse him of stealing tools, etc. I think instead the reason why he wanted MG to get a crew together to go up there was because he didn’t want his alibi to come out and have it be him at a hotel with another woman which would look bad for obvious reasons.

I also just feel the “he changed everything” comment further makes me feel this was in no way pre-meditated. I think he lost his temper which resulted in her death.

I agree with your thinking - though I think there may be a distinction between the legal definition of premeditated vs. pre-planned. I don't believe this was pre-planned by BM, and I think what you've cited above is the strongest evidence to that effect. I do think it's possible that he was planning something, but the timeline got moved up for some reason - I also think it's possible that he didn't do this in a "blind rage" but made an unplanned, but premeditated, decision that weekend. JMO, MOO.

 

[dspdenver]

If you mean LS, and the reputable youtube sites like PE, I wouldn't agree that they have motives apart from finding SM and/or justice for her. That's exactly what they DO want.

I was referencing the participants who've been interviewed by LE, their info and their motives in talking to the media. But even so, the sheriff doesn't seem to believe the release of this info by LS, PE, etc. will help the case, or LE would have released it, per his statements.

Anyway, the idea that the third worker's statement is provocative? Well, the media don't seem to care how he would be treated by public opinion if he gave them statements about this case, yet they continued to pester him for statements after he refused, and the prominent release of his provocative tweet when he apparently got frustrated just highlights their lack of concern. They could have just written he declined to comment, after all, but that wouldn't be salacious, would it?