Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, did not return from bike ride, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #38

[MsBetsy]

Yeah I think if he took her out of the house it was in a car.

Yes, he definitely would have had to use a vehicle, especially if he wanted to get to a remote and isolated location where nobody would be around.

 

[Madeleine74]

For those who are interested in seeing where the search teams are this morning, here's a direct web link. Give it about 30 seconds or so for the data to appear.

 

[susiQ]

It could be that at 8am he grabbed her by the arm, phone goes flying, and he says, “we’re going for a drive.” He drives her somewhere remote and gets her out and throws her right off a cliff. Goes home, gets bike, drives in opposite direction where she would ride and throws it down embankment. Remembers helmet, gets that too and throws it out somewhere, not really carefully planning why it wouldn’t be w/the bike. Also discards phone somewhere (having turned it off at home—last ping.)

I’d modify that a tad to, he leaves MG after dropping her off, heads home for about noon, suggests they go get some take out and go on a hike, somewhere like a high peak or check out some local mine. With Suzanne gone, he drives into Salida for some shopping, hooking up with JP to plan the alibi in Broomfield and then heads home. Waits till dark to stage the bike and helmet. On to the Salida job site to bury the phone (or pieces of it) and maybe even her ring.

I know, a bit out there but we really are grasping for how this all went down that Saturday. MOO

 

[Fireflize]

This case has received national, international coverage. When the facts come out about how a marriage contaminated by DV resulted in murder, I have one hope. That someone will be saved, other victims of DV. That they will hear and learn from Suzanne's life and get help.

It won't be BM's sorry a$$ that gets saved, regardless of how he may try to spin that in his warped mind.

Moo of course.

 

[DetectiveFoyleWannabe]

‘I’m afraid this is domestic abuse’; Suzanne Morhpew’s brother says husband not participating in search, carrying shotgun to keep people off property | FOX31 Denver

On Friday, Moorman spoke with FOX31 and Channel 2 about how the search is going.

Moorman said that the search team found evidence near the Morphew residence on Thursday but could not be more specific about what it was. He said that the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and sheriff’s office are processing the evidence.

“We had to process some evidence yesterday that we found up on the top of the mountain. I’d hate to speak too much about it. I can just tell you, it was close to the Morphew residence and we’re not sure of the importance of it, but we did get the CBI on it and they are processing that scene as we speak,” shared Moorman.

FOX31 and Channel 2 asked Moorman if Barry Morphew, Suzanne’s husband is involved in the search.

“Yesterday we ran into him as we cross that mountain top of where we found the evidence and he was out hanging trail cams and he had a shotgun on his shoulder and warned us not to go any further because we were about to enter private property. And to answer your question, no, he’s not involved in the search.” shared Moorman.

“I’m afraid this is domestic abuse,” shared Moorman.

Moorman said he learned while searching for Suzanne that she was “working with domestic abuse meetings”.

Moorman also said he believes police are trying to “fill their envelope before they seal it.”

This is awesome. I remember in the TD video when BM said that lions drag their prey up a mountain. I wonder if he was trying to set the stage for something or explain away any evidence found up on a mountain top near the residence. MOO.

 

[LietKynes]

Yeah the bleach. Could be he was violent with her before he drug her to the car? Just enough he thought he needed to clean? I don’t know.

bbm
What if Suzanne was wearing reading glasses and he hit her hard enough to not only knock them off her head but break them ?
I wonder if LE found any broken glasses or anything else in the trash ?
And that's just one more thing(s) LE are sitting on as we speak ? (Well, type )

 

[oviedo]

What the search warrants allowed is my understanding.
Now, if BM isn't allowing the searchers on his property that's pretty interesting isn't it? He's at least hiding something imo.

I wonder how he knows his exact property lines ? That's a lot of acreage to cover. is he out there again today I wonder?
JMO

 

[oviedo]

This case has received national, international coverage. When the facts come out about how a marriage contaminated by DV resulted in murder, I have one hope. That someone will be saved, other victims of DV. That they will hear and learn from Suzanne's life and get help.

It won't be BM's sorry a$$ that gets saved, regardless of how he may try to spin that in his warped mind.

Moo of course.

hmm maybe that's what he meant when he made the comment that she would be ok if one life got saved....
IMO

 

[kkdj]

I wonder how he knows his exact property lines ? That's a lot of acreage to cover. is he out there again today I wonder?
JMO

I wonder if the property lines are staked.

 

[K9Enzo]

IMO - I really never felt from the beginning that she was harmed in her home. I kept imagining her actually leaving on her own accord, with someone known to her, then she was murdered at that location. Perhaps the murder site will end up being the same as the body recovery site and these events were not separated by time and place.

If true - BM stating to MG that he was going home to make his wife happy with some biking or hiking. Noted.

Gah - I really want to know what the dogs tracked or didn't track from the Morphew home outwards. (this will not happen)

Also, if true, that the bike was found upside down against a tree. I'm bothered by this bike position....alot. Was the bad guy trying to do more than just stage this bike? Was the bad guy trying to pose this bike in a odd position to make it look like a bizarre sign to LE about the "MO" of the bad guy? Kind of like serial killers leaving a mark that's specific to them. Of course a tactic to just throw the investigation into several different directions, the bad guy hopes. IMO

 

[MsBetsy]

bbm
Agreed.
Imo LE never looked at this as a stranger abduction.
Interesting that BM himself said Suzanne might've met (harm?) with someone known to her.
A slip of the tongue, BM ?
Who knows what he might have done, though ?
"Let's go for a drive, Suzanne. And talk this over."
Ugh.

Yeah, there must be a reason why Andy thinks she was abducted, unless he misspoke. It implies that Suzanne was lured or tricked into going somewhere while she was alive as opposed to being killed in her home.

It would make sense, since BM wouldn't want to leave evidence behind in the home and it would look like someone else could have taken her while she was out on a bike ride.

 

[kkdj]

hmm maybe that's what he meant when he made the comment that she would be ok if one life got saved....
IMO

Gives my imagination the creeps...

 

[FlyerFan28]

خرائط ‪Google‬‏‏
Here's a map of the area around Puma Path to give you a good idea of terrain and mountain tops referenced in discussions of evidence locations.

 

[MsBetsy]

Yeah the bleach. Could be he was violent with her before he drug her to the car? Just enough he thought he needed to clean? I don’t know.

We also don't know for sure that the house smelled strongly of bleach. I think AM said he heard that from someone else who said they heard it from LE.

 

[dgfred]

I think maybe blood is the only reason for the bleach use. I mean you can't just put that stuff on anything... it will cause color fade/change.
Incapacitated at home, taken elsewhere, then more bleach at hotel for cleanup of self, vehicle and 'tools'. White hotel towels don't change colors.

 

[MrsWatson]

I thought, way back in the beginning, that maybe he lured her out to the wilderness somewhere by suggesting a hike or picnic and then killed her. So much rugged terrain out there. But how would that explain the bleach smell in the house? Something that needed serious clean up happened in that house, if indeed the house did smell strongly of bleach.

I've got no reason to doubt anything AM has said, so I believe the house smelled of bleach.

 

[NuttMegg]

This is awesome. I remember in the TD video when BM said that lions drag their prey up a mountain. I wonder if he was trying to set the stage for something or explain away any evidence found up on a mountain top near the residence. MOO.

It could have been some type of unconscious slip up, or setting up the stage as you suggest, or it could just be another example of how little the great hunter knows about wild animals. On PE's cougar show a couple of weeks ago, the lady expert said that the cougar would always drag largish prey down stream, down hill if there is cover. Because conserving energy makes sense to all animals but Barry.

 

[Deleted member 102539]

IMO - I really never felt from the beginning that she was harmed in her home. I kept imagining her actually leaving on her own accord, with someone known to her, then she was murdered at that location. Perhaps the murder site will end up being the same as the body recovery site and these events were not separated by time and place.

If true - BM stating to MG that he was going home to make his wife happy with some biking or hiking. Noted.

Gah - I really want to know what the dogs tracked or didn't track from the Morphew home outwards. (this will not happen)

Also, if true, that the bike was found upside down against a tree. I'm bothered by this bike position....alot. Was the bad guy trying to do more than just stage this bike? Was the bad guy trying to pose this bike in a odd position to make it look like a bizarre sign to LE about the "MO" of the bad guy? Kind of like serial killers leaving a mark that's specific to them. Of course a tactic to just throw the investigation into several different directions, the bad guy hopes. IMO

If SM disappeared on her own with someone, who helped her, I can't understand, why she did it on MD or one day before MD. Her girls didn't know, otherwise they hadn't tried to call her. Would SM have done that to the girls? Idk.

It implies that Suzanne was lured or tricked into going somewhere while she was alive as opposed to being killed in her home.

My irrelevant dream was: SM got lured to a monastery (for me church would be the same symbol).

 

[K9Enzo]

If SM disappeared on her own with someone, who helped her, I can't understand, why she did it on MD or one day before MD. Her girls didn't know, otherwise they hadn't tried to call her. Would SM have done that to the girls? Idk.


My irrelevant dream was: SM got lured to a monastery (for me church would be the same symbol).

No, no, no. I'm not suggesting that SM staged her disappearance at all.

 

[Fireflize]

hmm maybe that's what he meant when he made the comment that she would be ok if one life got saved....
IMO

I can't believe that's what he meant. He doesn't have a soul that generous. I have no idea what he meant, except maybe he was playing to his church followers and trying, unsuccessfully, to appear deeply spiritual. Pfft. Moo