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

[tge17]

I don't see how the neighbor was "alerted", if not by the bike, deserted on the road. He/she would have no idea whether she returned or not, unless having eyes trained on the house for hours. yet LE is not asking for info, ie sightings, of this bike ride. of course, the kids may not have been able to get ahold of mom and asked the neighbor to do a check. He/she may have been familiar with the bike, and noticed it was gone from the garage for example. But how would that have raised the "missing person" alarm so soon? that part makes little sense. Wouldn't the neighbor have returned to the caller and said, "yeah the bike is gone, she must be out riding." My conclusion...I dont think that LE is convinced of the bike ride story. I think the neighbor, unless having gotten a call from her family to do a check, is probably the focus right now. JMO. and again, I dont get turning away volunteer searchers...maybe someone has a sensible theory.

 

[zecats]

I may have missed it but did LE say where the bike was located? I did see that the bike was found but as far as the location, it could have been found at SM's home.

LE did not. LE never said bike was found (officially). Nephew let that cat out of the proverbial bag.

 

[Ontario Mom]

I may have missed it but did LE say where the bike was located? I did see that the bike was found but as far as the location, it could have been found at SM's home.

AFAIK, they haven't even disclosed that her bike was located, let alone the location of recovery.
The news that they located it came from a quote attributed to her nephew in the Denver Post, I believe.

 

[ab01]

I don't see how the neighbor was "alerted", if not by the bike, deserted on the road. He/she would have no idea whether she returned or not, unless having eyes trained on the house for hours. yet LE is not asking for info, ie sightings, of this bike ride. of course, the kids may not have been able to get ahold of mom and asked the neighbor to do a check. He/she may have been familiar with the bike, and noticed it was gone from the garage for example. But how would that have raised the "missing person" alarm so soon? that part makes little sense. Wouldn't the neighbor have returned to the caller and said, "yeah the bike is gone, she must be out riding." My conclusion...I dont think that LE is convinced of the bike ride story. I think the neighbor, unless having gotten a call from her family to do a check, is probably the focus right now. JMO. and again, I dont get turning away volunteer searchers...maybe someone has a sensible theory.

I think it's highly possible someone may have asked the neighbor to check on her. JMO

 

[MimosaMornings]

Raising the alarm quickly - wondering if Suzanne was friends with the neighbor and possibly said something like - “Hey, I’m going for a bike ride, everyone is gone this weekend - see/call/text you when I get back!”

 

[LietKynes]

Caution to everyone about red herrings.
Some people may insert themselves into an investigation, and are only spouting foolishness.

Hoping to hear from the Morphew family soon !

Any plea or at least a description of the bike and what Suzanne was wearing !

Have LE looked at her phone; that is if the family has it ?

 

[whitelilac]

We don't even know if the neighbor is a man, woman, couple, or family. Right? House like that which I assume is also pricey and large, (from what I saw on an aerial early on), I'd think a family, or couple with older children......but who knows?
Not that it really matters...

 

[Beth11311]

I think it's to early to rule that out. We don't yet know what they may or may not have recovered from the home and or property.

In fact LE really hasn't told us much of anything at this point.

I'm still very open to her having been assaulted in her own home

We aren't hearing public pleas from LE and that can be very telling.

If they thought she was abducted from her bicycle I would absolutely expect them to be shouting at the top of their lungs for possible eyewitnesses

Agreed. I’m not ready to rule out the house either. Something isn’t adding up and the behavior of LE and what they are (or more importantly are NOT) saying...is intriguing.

 

[Seattle1]

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[10ofRods]

I think the behavior of LE is consistent in many ways with LE in the Gannon Stauch case, sadly. And the family's behavior/lack of public presence is easily explained by their sense of grief, their youth (in the case of the daughters) and perhaps being away from home and not able to get back because of CoVid.

My intuition says this is a criminal case. FBI and all. They just aren't going to say a word to the public, for many reasons.

If someone harmed Suzanne, that person is out here, among the rest of us at this point.

 

[Rocky1]

Exactly this.

I’m having flashbacks to Teresa Sievers. Her husband made sure he was out of town AND he made sure someone else went to the house.

I was just thinking about this.
Of course it's too early to say, but I was wondering if there could be a connection to this back in Indiana.

 

[tge17]

I think the behavior of LE is consistent in many ways with LE in the Gannon Stauch case, sadly. And the family's behavior/lack of public presence is easily explained by their sense of grief, their youth (in the case of the daughters) and perhaps being away from home and not able to get back because of CoVid.

My intuition says this is a criminal case. FBI and all. They just aren't going to say a word to the public, for many reasons.

If someone harmed Suzanne, that person is out here, among the rest of us at this point.

I agree with much of what you said...but I dont think that they have found a probable crime scene, or murder crime scene. if they know they are looking for a murderer and a body, they might be more forthright at this point. it seems like they are being cautious, hoping to keep our victim alive. maybe...idk. lol. the more I think, the more I change my mind. it only proves that LE is best led by releasing little to nothing to the general public. it only mucks up the works. I wonder how they feel about the reward.

 

[LaborDayRN]

A woman went biking on Mother's Day. She hasn't been seen since - CNN

Nothing new, but it's good to see more national attention.

 

[borndem]

Long-time lurker, first-time poster....I think after 4 days that there would be some investigative lead to share with the public if she had been abducted. EG Description of suspicious vehicles, or a request for camera surveillance. I think this is closer to home and a staged scene. JMO

Good post!

Welcome to Websleuths,
tge17 !!​

 

[ab01]

I think the behavior of LE is consistent in many ways with LE in the Gannon Stauch case, sadly. And the family's behavior/lack of public presence is easily explained by their sense of grief, their youth (in the case of the daughters) and perhaps being away from home and not able to get back because of CoVid.

My intuition says this is a criminal case. FBI and all. They just aren't going to say a word to the public, for many reasons.

If someone harmed Suzanne, that person is out here, among the rest of us at this point.

Well I mean they haven't been arrested and we don't know of a connected death, so yup they are out there somewhere.

I think the way they are investigating this, it has all the makings of a premeditated targeting.

I think they have key evidence pointing them to not need public help

 

[MsBetsy]

Agreed. I’m not ready to rule out the house either. Something isn’t adding up and the behavior of LE and what they are (or more importantly are NOT) saying...is intriguing.

I haven't heard any description of what she was wearing, either. Didn't the neighbor see her leave and not return? Was it confirmed that the neighbor is a man?

 

[tge17]

Good post!

Welcome to Websleuths,
tge17 !!​

I change my mind every other minute, lol

 

[LaborDayRN]

I change my mind every other minute, lol

Hahaha. Welcome to our world!

 

[Razz]

I think it's highly possible someone may have asked the neighbor to check on her. JMO

Yes. A daughter perhaps? Trying to call Mom with no success.

 

[bradfordsleuth]

Just a perspective on why her husband may not be speaking out publicly.

A close family member of mine was a long-term fire captain (now retired) and always did his very best to be very discreet about the unfathomably gruesome things he saw within his job each day.

He always wanted to protect others from the reality of the appalling situations he dealt with on a regular basis and rarely spoke about his work. To this day, he has PTSD from his years within the fire department.

SM's husband may be the type of person to internalize his fears and emotions due to the line of work he is in.

He may not wish to speak publicly simply because it goes against the grain of who he has taught himself to be during an extremely stressful event.

JMO