Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, did not return from bike ride, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #50

[Kimmer]

DBM double post

 

[Kimmer]

Well, I think the most important thing would be that the killer is the only one who knows where she is and can control all narratives far into the future.

As to actual disposal of the body in a specific locale, I think the place itself will lend itself to multiple narratives (deep underbrush on the mountain behind the house, for example, supporting the idea that Suzanne somehow ran off and died, that it's somehow still her fault, she just tumbled down a mountain; she was injured on a bike ride and had a concussion, wandered into the mountains, etc).

OTOH, I also think it's possible she's further up toward Monarch Pass, where the early searches appear to have taken place - but again, thrown into a place as if she were kidnapped and thrown out of a vehicle.

I think control is one element and another is the fantasyland in which the killer's mind resides. Anyone who murders a defenseless woman has things going on in their head (before, during and after) that the rest of us can only guess out. Control of this type is often rooted in constant blaming of the victim by the perp, for everything that goes wrong in the perp's life, combined with the perp's terrifying dependency on that person and a need to have that person nearby at all times.

So she's nearer to Puma Path (but not at the property), and not in landfill near Denver. IMO. Pretty much total conjecture.

And blaming the same people who are investigating you're loved ones disappearance, setting up a defense if you ask me.

Genius was looking for the helmet and/or other items of Suzanne's in the trash can at Poncha Market, two days after she went missing. He wrote down three things for the store clerk to be watching out for.

LE found an "item" belonging to Suzanne near HWY 50 two days after Poncha Market. If not the helmet, phone, or an article of clothing, what else could the item be? Coincidence?

Evidence of Suzanne's murder he didn't want found, placed in more than one dumpster IMO

 

[Megnut]

And blaming the same people who are investigating you're loved ones disappearance, setting up a defense if you ask me.

And that was his stance from the beginning.

"...I mean we was really upset that first night."

As one is with LE, when your wife is missing and they get started right away looking for your wife, hours ahead of you.

Hmmm

Do you suppose he called it a crime scene before LE did?

He seemed, even by his own report, more concerned with the way the bike looked than with looking for his WIFE!

That couldn't have played well with LE.

JMO

 

[Knox]

Yes, that's the one. However, I swear it had a booklist on it (and it looks like I may have to up my membership at LinkedIn to "professional" to be able to see it - so perhaps I had a trial membership at the time).

Thanks for confirming its age, though. That would be one month before Suzanne disappeared, right? My impression of the profile at the time was that it was fairly new. I marked it in my mind because...as we all know, change in work status for a woman in a DV situation is associated with DV. If Suzanne was striking out on her own as a fitness coach...just one month before she disappeared, I think it's at least of interest.

Who's she connected to, I only see one.

 

[Lilypad13]

Great post. Your last paragraph dovetails with my more clinical post. Since I believe BM wants to protect himself as much as possible, I think that consciously or unconsciously, he chose a place that suits both his stories (dragged off by mountain lion, abducted - the more stories the better, that's how I think he rolls) and his need to punish her. But I also think there's some unconscious component that she's in a "resting place." I thought water at first (maybe her phone is in water - maybe that's what he was looking for that day that TD saw him all wet). Now I think...mountains.

Suzanne chose mountain biking as a dedicated hobby. To me, such a hobby is deep play involving risk, mountainous terrain and the mental conquest of that terrain and of fear. As a small person, surely she had worried just a little about...pumas. My controlling ex used every method of instilling fear that he could, to control me (everything I ever wanted to do was recast by him as a very scary thing to do - often resulting in him going along to keep me safe, but in fact, this was a big form of control). The biking therefore symbolizes her freedom and her courage.

I'm not surprised that the bike got thrown into the ravine, he probably could not even restrain himself from attacking the bike, throwing the helmet. "So much for your biking, Suzanne! I told you it wasn't safe! You like your alone time? Well - then, you'll be alone for eternity!" He resented her biking alone, he resented her biking period. I am of course assuming that this relationship had longterm problems.

There's a lot more to say, culturally and psychologically, about BM's potential actions and I'm sure that the FBI has helped local LE try to understand the situation as well as anyone can.

Oh wow I never thought of her mountain biking in terms of her freedom from BM before or that he might resent it. I love it when you get me to see something in a new light. And didn’t BM say she rode her bike every day?! Yeah maybe to get away from you buddy! Very good thinking @10ofRods! I can totally see him angrily chucking her bike down the hill saying those things with his arms flying all around. I was going to comment on this earlier but was watching the Iron Bowl...Roll Tide Roll!!!

Suzanne’s murder might have been triggered by a perfect storm of psychological and financial triggers! The saddest part is she probably knew he had these issues that were getting worse and she may have been planning to leave him which as we know can be the most dangerous time.

I’m so glad you were able to recognize what he was doing and get away from your controlling ex...that sounds horrible and I’m sorry you had to experience that!

 

[Auntie Cipation]

If Suzanne was striking out on her own as a fitness coach...just one month before she disappeared, I think it's at least of interest.

What if -- she was not only planning to strike out on her own as a fitness coach, but was planning on doing so -- as a single person in Colorado Springs?

Maybe far fetched, but if that was her plan (and possibly what triggered his rage), then it might make sense that he felt it essential afterward, in his hurt and anger, to take the time to change her LinkedIn location back to Salida? (And if he didn't have the tech knowledge to do so, he might have had to ask someone else to help him change the profile.)

This could also provide a reason why AM mistakenly said Colorado Springs instead of Denver when referring to BM's job, if he knew of SM's plans or at least had heard her mentioning Colorado Springs, and it sprang to his mind as a familiar town name when discussing BM as well.

Farfetched, I know, but something to ponder. And MOO.

 

[Murphy1950]

And that was his stance from the beginning.

"...I mean we was really upset that first night."

Do you suppose he called it a crime scene before LE did? JMO

RSBM

Yes, he considered the bike "evidence" as did George or whoever was beaconed to search on his behalf. Hence the comment, "were not CSI"

Had to set off alarm bells and consider if the smell of bleach had already been discovered, I imagine they checked the house first, and adding to that if they suspected the bike was tossed. That would be 3 things pointing to BM IMO.

 

[TIGER0822]

If BM killed his wife, the end, then why do they want to dig into her social media activity so much, make it a highlight of a press release, then plea for friends to come forward. These are presumed adult friends, who SM loved dearly and 6 + months later (SM is still missing and presumed dead by many) LE has to plea to you in a press release to spill your guts, this was your friend?!

From my birds eye view, I’m pretty angry about that. LE is traveling back to IN several times, is it to plea some more? Enough, start truth talking, like my Grandma use to say.

IMO

I have thought about this. Perhaps they are hoping that a social media friend of SM will come forward with some new piece of information which SM told them, no matter how insignificant.

 

[LietKynes]

And that was his stance from the beginning.

"...I mean we was really upset that first night."

As one is with LE, when your wife is missing and they get started right away looking for your wife, hours ahead of you.

Hmmm

Do you suppose he called it a crime scene before LE did?

He seemed, even by his own report, more concerned with the way the bike looked than with looking for his WIFE!

That couldn't have played well with LE.

JMO

bbm
Good question.
It seemed that something went awry that first night.

 

[Puzzles8]

Genius was looking for the helmet and/or other items of Suzanne's in the trash can at Poncha Market, two days after she went missing. He wrote down three things for the store clerk to be watching out for.

LE found an "item" belonging to Suzanne near HWY 50 two days after Poncha Market. If not the helmet, phone, or an article of clothing, what else could the item be? Coincidence?

The odd part is why was BM looking for a baby blue helmet at the market. SM is pictured in a teal helmet in the reward photo. If indeed, LE found a baby blue helmet (planted by BM or one of his pals), BM just indirectly gave away information to LE, how did he know which helmet she was wearing?

In one of the first DM photos of BM, there is a vehicle in the background, a baby blue bike on it's bike rack. I'm guessing this bike (and matching helmet) belong to or was used on the camping trip by one of their daughters. Clearly, the pictured bike was not the damaged bike "SM was riding when she was abducted'.

 

[Number8]

If BM killed his wife, the end, then why do they want to dig into her social media activity so much, make it a highlight of a press release, then plea for friends to come forward. These are presumed adult friends, who SM loved dearly and 6 + months later (SM is still missing and presumed dead by many) LE has to plea to you in a press release to spill your guts, this was your friend?!

From my birds eye view, I’m pretty angry about that. LE is traveling back to IN several times, is it to plea some more? Enough, start truth talking, like my Grandma use to say.

IMO

When I saw LE asking people to come forward about social media interactions with her, my first thought was that she either spoke with people (either friends or strangers she confided in) online about the state of her relationship/what was happening inside the marriage, or she was talking to other men online. JMO.

 

[Ontario Mom]

In one of the first DM photos of BM, there is a vehicle in the background, a baby blue bike on it's bike rack. I'm guessing this bike (and matching helmet) belong to or was used on the camping trip by one of their daughters. Clearly, the pictured bike was not the damaged bike "SM was riding when she was abducted'.

There has been nothing at all in MSM to indicate who that bicycle belongs to, shown in the background of this pic in the DM.

 

[Auntie Cipation]

The odd part is why was BM looking for a baby blue helmet at the market. SM is pictured in a teal helmet in the reward photo. If indeed, LE found a baby blue helmet (planted by BM or one of his pals), BM just indirectly gave away information to LE, how did he know which helmet she was wearing?

I believe, for the purposes of this case, that "teal" and "baby blue" are indistinguishable. At a minimum when described by BM. In other words, I think when he said or wrote "baby blue" helmet he was referring to the same helmet shown in the missing poster and in MSM, which many of us would call "teal". I don't think he makes a distinction between those two colors.

MOO

 

[Trocroc9]

And that was his stance from the beginning.

"...I mean we was really upset that first night."

As one is with LE, when your wife is missing and they get started right away looking for your wife, hours ahead of you.

Hmmm

Do you suppose he called it a crime scene before LE did?

He seemed, even by his own report, more concerned with the way the bike looked than with looking for his WIFE!

That couldn't have played well with LE.

JMO

I completely agree. He most likely over exaggerated the bike to make it look more than what it is. He had to make the bike theory fly. LE knew better. When that didn’t work he moved on to the mountain lion theory. Then they really knew he was trying to make anything fit.

 

[news buff]

I have been reading about the case of Beverly England. She went missing from Salida in 1980, and her remains were found in 1992, but not positively identified until 2015. The remote location where she was found is near Mt Shavano, which is a couple of hours northwest of Maysville.

I would imagine there are very few cameras along the route west of Puma Path, and a good choice of area to disappear a body for decades. But... it is completely opposite from the direction of Broomfield, where BM and crew spent the day Sunday. It is also not impossible that someone else (not in the wall job crew) disposed of her body.

Beverly England’s case is worth a read, as one that Sheriff Spezze would like to bring forward for prosecution.

DA's Resignation Could Change Course Of Cold Case Murder Investigation

What happened to Beverly England? 38 year old cold case close to being solved.

jmo

Hadn't read of this case.
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[Trocroc9]

How sad for these young women. To lose their mom. To a possible sociopath. Who ever that may Bbbbbb..Mmmm... just don’t know? Just horrible. Hope CCSO does very soon.

 

[Boxer]

When I saw LE asking people to come forward about social media interactions with her, my first thought was that she either spoke with people (either friends or strangers she confided in) online about the state of her relationship/what was happening inside the marriage, or she was talking to other men online. JMO.

The apps mentioned are all regular messaging type apps, not meet someone type apps.
"Christian Dating 101" is a blog, with essays about dating as a Christian.

 

[Charlot123]

SM Leaves Home w No Phone?
@borndem sbm ... Yes, I see your point and understand for some ppl, the cell is another appendage, so never without it, and they have multiple portable devices to charge it on the go. Phone, not w her? Bothers me too.

But if SM did really, truly, actually, factually go on a bike ride, a walk, or leave the house for whatever reason, maybe she looked at phone and said to herself,
"Uh-oh, battery is waaay down; signal out there is pretty dodgy; chances are if someone called me, I'd not get connected and ditto, if I need to call someone; and I'll be back in ten minutes (an hour or two, or whatever projected return would be), these clothes don't have a pocket to put phone in, so I'll just leave it on the charger, until I get back."

Not saying this happened or is likely, but after SM's disappearance, if her phone was found at home, possible???
As @MassGuy posted, we do not even know if LE located her phone.

Highly unlikely in our days. Unless she bikes with a gun.

 

[steeltowngirl]

Who's she connected to, I only see one.

It’s odd. I can see one connection and one follower, but the names aren’t visible, as they are with my other LinkedIn connections. I can see all of her likes and interests, including those @10ofRods mentioned. And the booklist.

 

[Knox]

It’s odd. I can see one connection and one follower, but the names aren’t visible, as they are with my other LinkedIn connections. I can see all of her likes and interests, including those @10ofRods mentioned. And the booklist.

Same, I really want to know who that one person is!!