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

[citygirl]

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.

Me too. For her brother's sake.
MOO

 

[Seattle1]

The PE website storymap for SM states "one item believed to be the bike helmet and one other personal item recovered".

ETA:Suzanne Moorman Morphew

I've always assumed the two items recovered were the bike and bike helmet-- given that authorities never acknowledged recovery of the bike by name yet reasonable to assume the bike was recovered from the ravine and part of the count.

MOO

 

[tinkerbella]

I'll preface this with JMO. It's probably either already been brought up or doesn't pertain to this case, but in the Leila Cavett case, wasn't it mentioned about bleach being used to make chloroform? Would that cause enough bleach smell to linger?

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[TobyWong*]

Please tell me.. Is there an organized internet site for the search? I read every day whenever I can but can't find a site. I'm in Michigan and wanted to see if there was any ride share type thing going on for the search.Thank you in advance.

 

[nyvictoria]

Yes!!

But IMO, the search and the vigil are distinctly separate. Under normal circumstances, the spouse could be at the search coordination center while the search was going on. You likely wouldn't be able to keep them away, they would want to personally thank each person for donating their time and effort to finding their loved one.

Same for the vigil, thanking folks for caring, praying, searching and keeping Suzanne's name out there.

Even Scott Peterson showed up at their HQ every day when Laci first disappeared. He usually left before media arrived.

IMO Barry just might go back to the house during the search. He’ll probably want to make sure no one steps on his property.

 

[Dave F.]

Good post (minus the loss of the 4 legged buddy). & good info. Was there still snow on the ground Mother’s Day weekend anywhere, ground still thawing?

There was snow above 10,000 foot elevation, with two feet remaining on Monarch Crest. The Morphew home is about 8830 ft elevation.
For perspective, Google Earth actually has "street view" from the runs of Monarch Mountain ski area, which allow a fantastic view of what the canyon is like. I dropped the little street view guy down at:

38°30'34.07"N, 106°20'16.01"W

which is 11,198 ft elevation. The views were taken in January 2011. In the background directly above the forward skier, the is a white line tracing up the mountain side, disappearing behind trees and faintly reappearing at the crest. I believe that is the power line cut (lower Colorado Trail) that AM described walking in his search with the neighbor. Where that line disappears, seeming to be about halfway up the mountainside, is actually about the 10,000 foot level. Monarch Crest, above it, averages 11,400 ft.
So back to your question: I stated in another thread that I actually made my living on the business end of a shovel for a while in Colorado Springs, digging all through the winter, and never saw the ground frozen. It is awfully hard, though. Personally, I think that the very minimum tool required would be a Bobcat with one of the higher end backhoe attachments (which can cost as much as a new compact car and has very little use in landscaping). The question becomes:
1. Did BM even own a premium backhoe attachment for his Bobcat?
2. BM would not likely have used a backhoe attachment at the beach job or in Denver. He could have transported his Bobcat on that trailer with a backhoe attachment installed, but it would have been impossible to carry the Bobcat and the backhoe attachment separately, on the same trailer. Did he have time to change one twice, and where was the attachment parked when not on the Bobcat?
One final thought: Using a Bobcat to dig a deep grave is a dangerous operation. The deeply extended bucket and arms exert huge balancing counterweight on the machine, putting it in danger of tipping forward as the arm is curling the bucket to lift the dirt or rock. The resulting tip can plow the operator face first into the earth on the opposite side of the hole. I'm certainly not saying that it can't be done, but where would a landscaper learn to do that?
IMO

The "photo" is a Google Earth screen shot, produced entirely in Google Earth Pro with no external editing.

 

[Seattle1]

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.

I'm not sure she had any staff yet. I recall reading most of them resigned!

 

[Seattle1]

Please tell me.. Is there an organized internet site for the search? I read every day whenever I can but can't find a site. I'm in Michigan and wanted to see if there was any ride share type thing going on for the search.Thank you in advance.

On Monday, AM made a short appearance on PE (Choir Practice) and stated the date and location the caravan was departing from Indiana. It's a day earlier than originally planned, and the meetup location is a large, local parking. Sorry, I don't recall the exact details.

ETA: Sept 22, 2020 -- driving straight through, arriving Sept 23.
Carpooling from Alexandria Jr High parking lot.

 

[TIGER0822]

AM said BM and a daughter, not daughters, plural, IIRC. The university at Gunnison has resumed classes (IRL, I believe - at least that's what their website strongly implies - not a single mention of CoVid measures).

That school resumed in mid-August. All other local colleges seem to be on the same schedule, all the colleges are at least 2 hours away from either Salida or Poncha or Puma Path.

If any locals have further info, that would be much appreciated. Anyway, it's interesting that BM didn't relocate them to Salida, where the daughter could be near her friends and walk to school.

I agree the "real reason" is as yet unknown.

 

[Teche]

I almost got 100% on a NY Times Quiz of recognizable faces. @MassGuy messed me up.

Ha! I’m a Who Dat fan. Who dey say gonna beat dem Saints!

 

[Swearbear]

I've always assumed the two items recovered were the bike and bike helmet-- given that authorities never acknowledged recovery of the bike by name.

MOO

Maybe it was her Road ID. I always wear mine.

 

[TIGER0822]

I think I understand why BM moved. We moved into a beautiful house, it is huge and has all the bells and whistles. But it is too big for us. If myself or my husband disappeared the house would have low energy. I would move too. I think without Suzanne that house has very little energy and is drab. I am also sure they are tormented by media and it is better for his daughters.

 

[Cindizzi]

Please tell me.. Is there an organized internet site for the search? I read every day whenever I can but can't find a site. I'm in Michigan and wanted to see if there was any ride share type thing going on for the search.Thank you in advance.

All I can find on PE’s website is the form to submit if you would like to help with the search. Perhaps if you watch their next YouTube Live tomorrow night you could ask your questions in the chat and someone hopefully will reply ?
FIND SUZANNE — Profiling Evil

 

[nyvictoria]

Maybe it was her Road ID. I always wear mine.

I never heard of Road ID. That shows how unathletic I am. Here’s a link for anyone interested:

Choose Your Wrist Style

 

[Minordetails]

I think the odds are a 100 times more likely that BM is arrested before September 24, than the odds of a civilian finding SM’s body during the search.
JMO

 

[Swearbear]

I never heard of Road ID. That shows how unathletic I am. Here’s a link for anyone interested:

Choose Your Wrist Style

Lol—they have them for pets, too! You can also order the tags for your Garmin watches and such. My husband actually lost his-the velcro came undone on the trail and I got a call.

 

[Ontario Mom]

Please tell me.. Is there an organized internet site for the search? I read every day whenever I can but can't find a site. I'm in Michigan and wanted to see if there was any ride share type thing going on for the search.Thank you in advance.

I think the best place to look is at Profiling Evil They should have a link somewhere on their site for this case that will direct you to the right contact for your question.
I hope that helps.

 

[Boxer]

I think I understand why BM moved. We moved into a beautiful house, it is huge and has all the bells and whistles. But it is too big for us. If myself or my husband disappeared the house would have low energy. I would move too. I think without Suzanne that house has very little energy and is drab. I am also sure they are tormented by media and it is better for his daughters.

Agree. Nothing there now.

 

[RumorMonger]

DBM
Asked and answered

 

[FlyerFan28]

Maybe it was her Road ID. I always wear mine.

Mine never comes off.