Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, did not return from bike ride, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #48

[DizzyB]

In our contract dealings every subcontractor has to have their own insurances and name the main GC and owner etc on the certifications.

Exactly! That’s why I am finding this so unbelievable. A bad wall job, done by methheads, who make sure they carry proper insurance and obtain COIs in between their binges. And then to rebuild the wall, subbing out a new methhead who was able to obtain a COI on a weekend during Covid, or Barry had him listed on his insurance? And taking the chance that a worker does not get hurt on the second bad wall build because that’s a nightmare for the company that was awarded the bid. Not to mention illegal.

 

[Murphy1950]

I'm having a rough time locating the orginal article where BM accused a former employee of being the one who messed up the wall in the first place. I believe he also accused him of being a drug user, stated he'd (the former employee) made threats against him, and that BM got him some jobs around Salida after that (because that's what you do for people who threaten you, or something?)

Anyone recall where that article is?

Definitely in a Andy interview, back on Aug 24th someone posted here on Websleuths.

"In the new interview with SM's brother Andy, Andy says that when he arrived to help in the search, he had BM tell him everything that was going on. BM told Andy that he had left the house at 5 a.m. and left SM asleep, and went to his job in COLORADO SPRINGS, where he and his crew were to start redoing a glass wall that had been badly done by them last year. He mentioned to Andy that he had told LE that on that job last year, he had had to fire a worker on the spot. BM had seen that ex-employee in Salida several times and had warned him to not mess with his family."

ETA...Barry may have also told LS, not sure.

Might be this one, not sure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkQsQL1gkco

 

[LietKynes]

Something I posted earlier got me thinking more about a possible accomplice after the fact or BM asking someone to help cover for him. If he was desperate and called upon a “ride or die” friend for help would he have actually used his phone to call them? No probably not because his phone records would show anyone he called Friday or Saturday and at exactly what time.
Say he called a buddy late Saturday night...then LE could track both of their phones to see if they met up and follow their movements.

Of course they could leave their phones at home but how did BM initiate contact? Did he just think he would never be a suspect and it wouldn’t come to that? It would be interesting to see everyone he called that weekend and what time and what for. I’m sure LE covered this in the 30 hours of interviews with BM. Can he even keep his story straight?

He already screwed up by saying he left home at 5 am and Suzanne was asleep. I would love to hear his explanation to LE about the 4 am texts from the road!

JP said he talked to BM Saturday in town about working on the wall job and that BM called him Sunday morning to confirm. What time did BM call JP Sunday morning? Was it a phone call or another before dawn text like MG got? BM allegedly texted MG around 4 am about getting a crew together to go to Broomfield. He “changed everything” according to MG and sounded like he “had the worst night of his life.”

I’ve always thought it was odd that he texted her so early. MG and the crew didn’t need to be there that early on Sunday. BM didn’t even need to be there that early! BM was going a day early to prepare for the job on Monday so why did he start texting MG at 4 am on Sunday morning? MG & JP (and CC?) didn’t even arrive in Broomfield until early evening on Sunday after BM had already left for his “family emergency.”

Why couldn’t BM have waited until a little later Sunday morning, at least until after 7 am, before he contacted MG and then why not just call her to make sure everything was arranged? Wouldn’t that be easier than texting everything back and forth? And it would have been more considerate than disturbing her sleep at 4 am on Sunday which was also Mother’s Day. Why did MG think she better get up and get ready that early? She didn’t need to leave that early. What was so dang important that it couldn’t wait a few hours? There has to be more to it. Could it be that BM texted her so early because he knew MG would call him when she got up and he was going to be busy doing something else and his phone would be turned off or left in the hotel room?

Or maybe there was something else BM asked her to do on another job before she left for Broomfield? What did MG do on Mother’s Day until the crew left for Broomfield? Did she have to work somewhere else that morning such as the Salida River/beach site? We don’t know if MG’s child (children) lived with her or what her child care situation was and we cannot sleuth that. I’m just curious if she was home alone on Sunday morning or did she have MD plans?
I don’t think we ever heard what MG did that day before she left for Broomfield did we? LS said she had a much longer interview with MG but wasn’t sure she should release all of it. Was there even more revelations in it than MG hearing BM’s truck and texting her at 4 am?

It’s about a three hour drive to the wall job in Broomfield and MG got up at 4 am but they didn’t arrive in Broomfield until around 6 pm? I wonder what time she picked up JP?
Did she also pick up CC? Remember MG’s photo of them driving in the car? There was three people in the car right?
Was that photo snapped on Mother’s Day on the way to Broomfield or was it taken on Monday?
Is there any significance to this photo?

Also If BM was in a desperate panic and decided to ask a trusted friend for help disposing of Suzanne’s body or cleaning up a crime scene but didn’t want to have evidence on his phone then maybe he would drive to this person’s house instead.
But it would have to be someone who didn’t have a spouse or anyone else there as a witness. Did BM drive to MG’s house in the dark to beg for help?

MG said she heard BM’s truck outside her house at 4 am but then he left. Was MG alone or was her child’s father or boyfriend there? If so was he always there or just sometimes?
Did BM go there expecting her to be alone and saw someone else’s vehicle parked at MG’s house so he left? Did he start texting MG after he left to ask her to meet him somewhere else?
Or could he have decided to ask another close buddy instead? Or someone he could pay?

I’m just speculating and not accusing MG or anyone else of helping BM but in trying to make sense of things it seems like that could be a possibility. Or not. BM could have made the 4 am texts thinking they could help with his job “alibi” instead of hurt it and then he messed up by saying he left home at 5 am.

And we are not 100% positive the texts were at 4 am, only MG and LE know that for certain...or that it was BM’s truck she heard. It would be very interesting to know when BM actually left town and when he arrived at the hotel in Broomfield.

But BM did go on record saying he left his house at 5 am and Suzanne was asleep. He said he was going to Broomfield alone to set up the job for his workers on MONDAY.

So the 4 AM SUNDAY morning texting and last minute planning doesn’t add up. If he left home at 5 am why was he on the road texting at 4 am. None of it makes sense! BM really screwed up there because the texts would be on both phones.

Even if he used a burner phone MG’s phone would have his texts on it. No wonder he was angry she turned over her phone!
BM’s downfall will be expecting LE to buy the abduction story and not suspect him at all. He thought he would just tell LE that he left early to set up for the job in Broomfield and his workers would confirm it.

He wasn’t expecting LE to look into silly details like the time he texted his crew or when he got to the hotel or what he actually did to set up for the job. His wife would be missing and he would be the poor husband and all the focus would be on looking for her abductor!

I don’t know what caused me to go on this long tangent but I do that sometimes. I’ve got my real life stuff to do now. Sorry so long!!

bbm
Agreed.
Saving this informative and excellent post !
Sectioned into further paragraphs by me; as it's easier for me to read it, hope that's ok.

I've also wondered if BM's buddy who accomplished no less than 400 tours of duty in the middle east had assisted BM in any way ?
Imo.

 

[MsBetsy]

IMO depending on the size of the contract, standard business practice would dictate that there be a contract between the employer and their subcontractors at minimum setting forth the rate of pay, deadlines, materials, insurance requirements, etc., particularly when the work is being performed for a public entity. If your company meets the requirements to bid the job, it is big enough to keep records of it.

I wonder if BM's friends in the business routinely subcontracted work to him in CO or if BM orchestrated it by finding jobs they could bid on and subcontract to him.

I am surprised he would send out two workers that biffed the wall the first time for what could have been an ongoing project and source of income for BM's company. No evidence he took any pride in his company's work product.

MOO

Yes, it's possible that BM had subcontracted for Garret Construction (out of Indiana) in the past and that he found or suggested some of the work they were involved in.

I don't think any of the workers BM asked to repair the wall were the same as the guy blamed for the crooked wall. He said he had fired him and he had been threatening his family.

I am surprised that GC arranged for BM to repair the wall since he was responsible for the crooked wall in the first place. According to the permit, it was Sargon Masonry who were contracted to build the retaining walls.

So how is it that Barry ended up driving to Bloomfield to prepare the jobsite? And who ended up doing the work in the end?

 

[Ontario Mom]

Might be this one, not sure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkQsQL1gkco

Yes indeed that is the one. In this interview, AM tells CM that BM told him (starting at 9:33), he told the local police that the ex-employee had threatened him. If any of that is true, there should be a police report, yes?

I'd sure love to read that police report.

 

[MassGuy]

Yes indeed that is the one. In this interview, AM tells CM that BM told him (starting at 9:33), he told the local police that the ex-employee had threatened him. If any of that is true, there should be a police report, yes?

I'd sure love to read that police report.

I doubt it, as I don’t think Barry reported this at the time (I don’t believe it happened in the first place, or is exaggerated).

The context appeared to be Barry telling police about this threat during his interviews with them, and not at the time it occurred.

So I can’t imagine there’s a report, although it would definitely be in their files if this was relayed to LE by Barry early on (they’d follow up in regards to this particular investigation).

 

[SeattleStew]

New article today in the DM:

Private dive team join in search for missing Colorado mom Suzanne Morphew | Daily Mail Online

 

[margarita25]

New article today in the DM:

Private dive team join in search for missing Colorado mom Suzanne Morphew | Daily Mail Online

“Footage shows as they make their way through waters between Salida and Denver; they are not thought to have found any evidence to help in the search.

Diver Jared Leisek had told Fox21: 'We first start with sonar in a lot of these locations, scan it, side scan down, scan 360. And if we identify something, then we suit up and then we get in the water and then we investigate even further to identify guesses 100 per cent.'

He added: 'We do have 18 million viewers a month and a lot of them are law enforcement. And we have a lot of law enforcement that has reached out. "Hey, if you need a lead liaison, if you want to come to our state, our town, our community, we welcome you".'“

 

[Ontario Mom]

I doubt it, as I don’t think Barry reported this at the time (I don’t believe it happened in the first place, or is exaggerated).

The context appeared to be Barry telling police about this threat during his interviews with them, and not at the time it occurred.

So I can’t imagine there’s a report, although it would definitely be in their files if this was relayed to LE by Barry early on (they’d follow up in regards to this particular investigation).

I don't actually believe any of it happened, other than the part where BM blamed the employee for being part of the reason for the messed up wall and then firing him. He did tell AM apparently, that just a week prior to him and AM having this convo (which would have been the day after SM went missing and AM flew to CO), he ran into him again in town, and told him to leave his family alone. Boy oh boy, I'd sure love to hear from that guy, and get his side of this story. No doubt at all, the CCSO have already spoken to him. My bet is, ex-employee's version of the events is much different.

jmo

 

[Murphy1950]

I don't actually believe any of it happened, other than the part where BM blamed the employee for being part of the reason for the messed up wall and then firing him. He did tell AM apparently, that just a week prior to him and AM having this convo (which would have been the day after SM went missing and AM flew to CO), he ran into him again in town, and told him to leave his family alone. Boy oh boy, I'd sure love to hear from that guy, and get his side of this story. No doubt at all, the CCSO have already spoken to him. My bet is, ex-employee's version of the events is much different.

jmo

And he felt so threatened the week before that he fixed the alarm system so the family would be safe.....and then called a 70 year old lady to go check on up Suzanne...

ETA...and had her go back twice, check the house and check the garage...what a guy!

 

[Fireflize]

I have worked in the building construction business for many years and if my boss or the GC on the job called me at 4am - the building was on fire or a tornado hit it.
There is more behind the scene regarding the texts/truck in driveway/etc. JMO

Iirc, MG says that when she heard his truck, she got up and got dressed, expecting to go to work. But he had left before she got out to his truck. She had also said that it was supposed to be just her and him on the job, but at the last minute he changed everything.

I think that she did expect to be picked up by BM that morning, and was surprised when left without her.
Moo

 

[Ontario Mom]

And he felt so threatened the week before that he fixed the alarm system so the family would be safe.....and then called a 70 year old lady to go check on up Suzanne...

Sure. Sounds legit.

 

[Hoss569]

Iirc, MG says that when she heard his truck, she got up and got dressed, expecting to go to work. But he had left before she got out to his truck. She had also said that it was supposed to be just her and him on the job, but at the last minute he changed everything.

I think that she did expect to be picked up by BM that morning, and was surprised when left without her.
Moo

I guess that would set the route with the phone pings as well as the gps on the truck.

 

[Ontario Mom]

Iirc, MG says that when she heard his truck, she got up and got dressed, expecting to go to work. But he had left before she got out to his truck. She had also said that it was supposed to be just her and him on the job, but at the last minute he changed everything.

I think that she did expect to be picked up by BM that morning, and was surprised when left without her.
Moo

Agreed, it didn't seem to surprise her that he was there, or so she thought. It was the call about getting a crew together herself, and heading up later, that surprised her.

So... why did he change everything, at the last minute?

The only thing that makes sense to me is that he used the already planned jobsite in Broomfield, to wiggle in an extra day by himself, without MG (or anyone else) being there to see what he was doing. We already know there was literally nothing at that job site that required him to be there alone, all day Sunday, and there was zero evidence apparently that he even did more than 30 minutes of work (time put in to prove he was there, see?), so clearly him needing that entire day alone, to do whatever it was that he did, was not job-related.

jmo

 

[Megnut]

Agreed, it didn't seem to surprise her that he was there, or so she thought. It was the call about getting a crew together herself, and heading up later, that surprised her.

So... why did he change everything, at the last minute?

The only thing that makes sense to me is that he used the already planned jobsite in Broomfield, to wiggle in an extra day by himself, without MG (or anyone else) being there to see what he was doing. We already know there was literally nothing at that job site that required him to be there alone, all day Sunday, and there was zero evidence apparently that he even did more than 30 minutes of work (time put in to prove he was there, see?), so clearly him needing that entire day alone, to do whatever it was that he did, was not job-related.

jmo

OR ....

he did more than 30 minutes, undoing and redoing something MG didn't notice.

He apparently did some dirt work, with a Bobcat. Why?

And why didn't he leave a Bobcat there?

JMO

 

[Ontario Mom]

OR ....

he did more than 30 minutes, undoing and redoing something MG didn't notice.

He apparently did some dirt work, with a Bobcat. Why?

And why didn't he leave a Bobcat there?

JMO

How do we know he used a Bobcat on Sunday in Broomfield?
(entirely possible I've missed something from the MSM)

 

[Megnut]

How do we know he used a Bobcat on Sunday in Broomfield?
(entirely possible I've missed something from the MSM)

I'm basing my speculation on CM's twitter photos, which showed fresh dirt and vehicle tracks. He's since removed that tweet so, for now, I'm speculating that he did more than just capstones. I believe MG also identified (he "did thirty minutes of work" interview) that it appeared that, he "moved some dirt around."

Unnecessary busy work? Alibi? Or purposeful?

Hmmmmm.

JMO

 

[SeattleStew]

Agreed, it didn't seem to surprise her that he was there, or so she thought. It was the call about getting a crew together herself, and heading up later, that surprised her.

So... why did he change everything, at the last minute?

The only thing that makes sense to me is that he used the already planned jobsite in Broomfield, to wiggle in an extra day by himself, without MG (or anyone else) being there to see what he was doing. We already know there was literally nothing at that job site that required him to be there alone, all day Sunday, and there was zero evidence apparently that he even did more than 30 minutes of work (time put in to prove he was there, see?), so clearly him needing that entire day alone, to do whatever it was that he did, was not job-related.

jmo

BBM. Exactly. Especially since MG via LS stated it was originally supposed to be just her and BM going to Broomfield at the end of April to fix the job during COVID, that no one was clamoring for to be fixed, no permit had been issued, and the GC was apparently also unaware of. Which also coincides with SM's birthday, April 30.

Was BM's original plan to kill SM around the day of her birthday? The girls left for camping a week later, wasn't there an older family member around at the time as well? Did BM change his plans at the last minute due to a change in heart, or a change in alibis? All MOO.

 

[DizzyB]

Is there a link to the 4 am Barry truck outside MG’s house? I’m not sure I am ready to take that one as gospel. What is the earliest that we have on record, linkable from anyone? I know Barry’s statement that he left a sleeping Suzanne at 5 am.

 

[kshultz06082]

I thought I read that the cameras at the home weren’t working as of Wednesday as well. I don’t recall if AM or LS mentioned it in an interview but I do recall that stood out.

MOO

If the girls left Wed and returned Sunday, that is 5 days... another 5.... it would be awesome if the ones that teased us with the #5 could clear a few things up...

IMO tho, having known many people involved in firefighting, policing and EMS, my guess is the #5 totally relates to the fire station number. You would be surprised what goes on and what gets covered up by many in those positions as I have witnessed 1st hand... cheating, spousal abuse, addictions.... its a brotherhood of sorts and they cover for each other. ALL MY OPINION AND EXPERIENCE