Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, did not return from bike ride, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #53

[Error505]

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[jondaba]

It could have been just after midnight on Saturday morning, and she went to the job site later on Saturday to ask about the keys.

Folks- what was the time lapse between the alleged hearing and the reporting to LE?

You think she’s reliable?

 

[Spartygirl]

that’s not what she said. she said mother’s day weekend.

That was Mother's Day weekend

 

[MsBetsy]

I'm not sure when she reported it. It may have been the day Suzanne was reported missing or a few days later.

She must have been concerned since she questioned the workers the next day. I'm sure she heard what she heard, we just don't know what it was that she heard or if it has anything to do with the case. LE searched there and didn't find any evidence connected to Suzanne.

 

[jondaba]

Folks- what was the time lapse between the alleged hearing and the reporting to LE?

You think she’s reliable?

 

[Ontario Mom]

Folks- what was the time lapse between the alleged hearing and the reporting to LE?

You think she’s reliable?

The way it's been presented in the media, I get the impression she told LE about the sound she heard, when they came around for the search, and began talking to neighbors.
As far as I can gather from what's been reported, she would have had no idea it was the husband of the missing local woman that was working on that particular job site in the days prior, so she'd really have to reason to report the noises she heard. Until of course, LE came around asking questions.

I do think she's reliable as far as what she heard, but we still don't know if it has anything to do with the case. He was supposedly hired for dirt work there, but clearly he wasn't the only person working that site, since she did speak to other workers there when she asked about leaving keys in the equiptment. It could have been another worker doing something, and it could be completely unrelated.

jmo

 

[Boxer]

Someone mentioned recently a possibility of Suzanne never returning home after dining on sandwiches at 4pm Saturday in Salida with BM.

I'm leaning toward a premeditated crime BMDI. Suzanne could have been harmed on the drive home then tucked somewhere on the truck bed and driven to a pre-planned location at any convenient time.

Would they drive into town in his truck rather than her personal vehicle? Would he lure her into the woods on pretense? Maybe he carried some things needed in the bed of his huge truck. ie., an item such as a blanket, Yeti, tarp, rope, tools, axes, generators, well, we just don't know. I simply cannot go to dismemberment as it shows only a particularly incurable evil psychopath capable. What I'm trying to say is that I think she remained whole of body until burial or disposal.

Perhaps there was a pre-dug hole for some purpose. If premeditated, everything was in position.

AM stated he never got closer to his sister's home than the driveway.

AM also stated Detectives were scouring the area of the incident with the bike and the river while he and his team went a different direction as not to interfere with their Investigation.
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Very plausible. MOO The swiftness of the conversion of her assets to does color prior events.

 

[Boxer]

bbm
Agreed.

Theory : I do think that it's possible the bobcat touched her remains at some point in time --if Suzanne is deceased which I think possible.
Then, if the 'cat was used in BM's other places of work-- the cadaver dogs would've smelled something.
I think the reason LE called it a 'false positive' --if they did say that (I will go and check back in the timeline); is that they dug and found nothing.
But that doesn't mean the dogs didn't pick up the odor of cadaverine.
Yes I know dogs aren't 100% accurate.
MOO

MOO
Dogs only paused, no sitting.
Both paused same place.
MOO the time window of opportunity is area they need to focus on. If he is involved motive takes care of itself with cashing in on the house.

 

[Diddian]

I agree. So if true, how is it that people are so confident that justice is just around the corner? Where is this new evidence going to come from?

In following other cases, I've learned that some types of forensic testing, evaluation, and analysis have substantially slowed during the pandemic so LE agencies are waiting many months for answers. More patience is called for under these circumstances than in ordinary times.

It may be that the source of incriminating evidence (phone use and location records, vehicle tracking, email or internet search history, interviews, soil or other materials or physical evidence, some behavioral component from this crime or from another crime that bears some similarity to this), has already been gathered, but has not yet been fully tested or evaluated or analyzed in relation to other evidence to reveal that "yes, it does" provide some critical connection or "no it doesn't."

 

[Knox]

Dumb question, but I'm interested in hearing opinions- we're inching towards the one year anniversary of Suzanne's disappearance. Do any of you think that date means something in terms of making an arrest? I'm thinking the existing evidence- is what it is, at this point. What more could they discover unless a new witness comes forward, is there any hope of that? Is what they have enough for a DA to sign off on? If not, what's going to tip that scale? Only One Bite at the Apple - so they will patiently wait for years if need be?

 

[DeDee]

Seems to me that there are numerous witness statements and copious amounts of data collection gathered in order to hand it to a Grand Jury. Then, the GJ needs to listen to all of the evidence presented to them by the DA.
They must prove Suzanne is no longer living. Check.
It's not mandatory but presenting a motive is always a good thing. Check.
Also, probable cause that the suspect committed a felonious act of murder must be shown. Check? Is laying down in the dirt after declaring to look over the bluff for Suzanne when there is no bluff part of the probable cause? Oh, that's a bit weak and there's so much stronger PC.

Hence, it could be any day now or, as Boxer mentioned, they could still be awaiting results on multiple items.

 

[Boxer]

The way it's been presented in the media, I get the impression she told LE about the sound she heard, when they came around for the search, and began talking to neighbors.
As far as I can gather from what's been reported, she would have had no idea it was the husband of the missing local woman that was working on that particular job site in the days prior, so she'd really have to reason to report the noises she heard. Until of course, LE came around asking questions.

I do think she's reliable as far as what she heard, but we still don't know if it has anything to do with the case. He was supposedly hired for dirt work there, but clearly he wasn't the only person working that site, since she did speak to other workers there when she asked about leaving keys in the equiptment. It could have been another worker doing something, and it could be completely unrelated.

jmo

MOO And if she went to site on Saturday morning, she would have been speaking to BM and MG.

 

[Ontario Mom]

MOO And if she went to site on Saturday morning, she would have been speaking to BM and MG.

Trying to track down which night the neighbor MB told LE she heard machinery noises, I found this in the DM:

"Mary Branson lives next door to a home being built by Suzanne's husband, Barry Morphew, and says she shot out of bed when she heard a strange sound coming from the construction site late on May 9."
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"The following day Branson went over to the construction site and asked workers whether they had left keys in their equipment. They told her that, whilst they often left keys on-site, they hid them in safe places." Woman 'woken by loud machinery' near where woman went missing | Daily Mail Online

Not as helpful as I'd hoped, even though they give the date of the 9th (so, late Saturday night), because they also state BM is building the house next door (he's not) and that MB "shot out of bed" (she never said that - in fact she said she layed there for about 30 minutes listening to it).

Highly unlikely it was BM and MG she spoke to the following day, since that would have made it the 10th, and neither of them have been reported to have been there that day.

 

[Boxer]

Trying to track down which night the neighbor MB told LE she heard machinery noises, I found this in the DM:

"Mary Branson lives next door to a home being built by Suzanne's husband, Barry Morphew, and says she shot out of bed when she heard a strange sound coming from the construction site late on May 9."
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"The following day Branson went over to the construction site and asked workers whether they had left keys in their equipment. They told her that, whilst they often left keys on-site, they hid them in safe places." Woman 'woken by loud machinery' near where woman went missing | Daily Mail Online

Not as helpful as I'd hoped, even though they give the date of the 9th (so, late Saturday night), because they also state BM is building the house next door (he's not) and that MB "shot out of bed" (she never said that - in fact she said she layed there for about 30 minutes listening to it).

Highly unlikely it was BM and MG she spoke to the following day, since that would have made it the 10th, and neither of them have been reported to have been there that day.

MOO If she heard noise on Friday night, she would have gone over to the site on Saturday.
If she heard noise on Saturday night, she went over on Sunday.
Hr son arrived on Sunday.

The workers will know what day the neighbor came over about noise.
Sheriff knows is not disclosing.
Daily Mail reporting is a mess. They get a lead, then in the story the ordinary facts and questions seem to be sent through a gibberishing machine.

 

[JosieMae]

Dumb question, but I'm interested in hearing opinions- we're inching towards the one year anniversary of Suzanne's disappearance. Do any of you think that date means something in terms of making an arrest? I'm thinking the existing evidence- is what it is, at this point. What more could they discover unless a new witness comes forward, is there any hope of that? Is what they have enough for a DA to sign off on? If not, what's going to tip that scale? Only One Bite at the Apple - so they will patiently wait for years if need be?

I've never thought a body would be found. However, I have been optimistic since the beginning that an arrest would be made. But that optimism is dwindling. Such a heartbreaking case.

 

[Momofthreeboys]

Trying to track down which night the neighbor MB told LE she heard machinery noises, I found this in the DM:

"Mary Branson lives next door to a home being built by Suzanne's husband, Barry Morphew, and says she shot out of bed when she heard a strange sound coming from the construction site late on May 9."
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"The following day Branson went over to the construction site and asked workers whether they had left keys in their equipment. They told her that, whilst they often left keys on-site, they hid them in safe places." Woman 'woken by loud machinery' near where woman went missing | Daily Mail Online

Not as helpful as I'd hoped, even though they give the date of the 9th (so, late Saturday night), because they also state BM is building the house next door (he's not) and that MB "shot out of bed" (she never said that - in fact she said she layed there for about 30 minutes listening to it).

Highly unlikely it was BM and MG she spoke to the following day, since that would have made it the 10th, and neither of them have been reported to have been there that day.

Hilarious. Gotta love the Daily Mail. Barry wasn’t building the house by any stretch of the imagination and Mary Branson didn’t shoot out of bed. Cracks me up to read their stuff. Can’t imagine where they got the 9th as if they knew with certainty when the woman, herself says she didn’t remember.

 

[borndem]

MOO If she heard noise on Friday night, she would have gone over to the site on Saturday.
If she heard noise on Saturday night, she went over on Sunday.
Hr son arrived on Sunday.

The workers will know what day the neighbor came over about noise.
Sheriff knows is not disclosing.
Daily Mail reporting is a mess. They get a lead, then in the story the ordinary facts and questions seem to be sent through a gibberishing machine.

bbm
Good post. Thinking... no, hoping that the Sheriff does indeed know much more than we do. And we know LE doesn't disclose much until they step up and make an arrest (after the GJ, etc., etc.).

And I must say, I am liking the gibberishing machine process that you mentioned. A great little term for those things we hear or read all too often. I have to confess that I have put it in my list of "new words and phrasing"!!

 

[TIGER0822]

The way it's been presented in the media, I get the impression she told LE about the sound she heard, when they came around for the search, and began talking to neighbors.
As far as I can gather from what's been reported, she would have had no idea it was the husband of the missing local woman that was working on that particular job site in the days prior, so she'd really have to reason to report the noises she heard. Until of course, LE came around asking questions.

I do think she's reliable as far as what she heard, but we still don't know if it has anything to do with the case. He was supposedly hired for dirt work there, but clearly he wasn't the only person working that site, since she did speak to other workers there when she asked about leaving keys in the equiptment. It could have been another worker doing something, and it could be completely unrelated.

jmo

Does anyone think it is a bit odd that the employees ‘fessed up’ to leaving keys in the equipment to an older neighbor who was questioning them? If it was me my senses would have been on high alert and I would not let her know keys were on site. I would wonder if she was asking on behalf of another person!

 

[TIGER0822]

Does anyone think it is a bit odd that the employees ‘fessed up’ to leaving keys in the equipment to an older neighbor who was questioning them? If it was me my senses would have been on high alert and I would not let her know keys were on site. I would wonder if she was asking on behalf of another person.

 

[Error505]

Trying to track down which night the neighbor MB told LE she heard machinery noises, I found this in the DM:

"Mary Branson lives next door to a home being built by Suzanne's husband, Barry Morphew, and says she shot out of bed when she heard a strange sound coming from the construction site late on May 9."
-----
"The following day Branson went over to the construction site and asked workers whether they had left keys in their equipment. They told her that, whilst they often left keys on-site, they hid them in safe places." Woman 'woken by loud machinery' near where woman went missing | Daily Mail Online

Not as helpful as I'd hoped, even though they give the date of the 9th (so, late Saturday night), because they also state BM is building the house next door (he's not) and that MB "shot out of bed" (she never said that - in fact she said she layed there for about 30 minutes listening to it).

Highly unlikely it was BM and MG she spoke to the following day, since that would have made it the 10th, and neither of them have been reported to have been there that day.

IIRC In earlier threads the discussion about construction workers not being allowed to work on Sundays came up. Did I dream that? I tried searching the threads but even after all this time on WS, searches are still a challenge for me. I wonder if workers she talked to would have been there working on Mother’s Day, a Sunday.

Also, it’s possible LE became aware of the construction worksite because of information from MG when she was questioned by the FBI. Or maybe from BMs gps/phone data although that info would have likely came later after analysis.
MOO