Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, did not return from bike ride, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #6

[Cindizzi]

Just that he was hired before she went missing, but I didn’t see exact dates anywhere

The property owner had only known BM for 3 weeks according to this.

The owner of the property told CBS4’s Rick Sallinger that he has known Barry Morphew for three weeks. The river front property was undergoing improvement. Concrete was laid over the dirt.
Finding Suzanne Morphew: Investigators Search Husband's Job Site Near Salida

 

[legalmomma]

I asked last evening, (before the thread went to plaid) and I'm really curious... to cause that amount of property damage, I wonder what kind of evidence the investigators had to bring before a judge? Surely it couldn't just be owner consent, right? Wouldn't there need to be some really specific information that would lead them to believe a body may be under that concrete?

they would want a search warrant by judge for evidentiary purposes so had reasonable cause. I feel for that poor homeowner. I certainly wouldn’t want to live there now.

 

[Hannah3105]

I have wondered whether perhaps the homeowner reported to LE that BM was working on his property at the time SM went missing (rather than a tip or a confession), more to indicate or verify his whereabouts, but I’m not sure that this alone would have prompted the extent of the searches currently taking place. In my opinion, they must have found something during the X-Ray process to prompt them to dig. Whether it is SM or not, time will tell. MOO.

 

[bellesnwhistles]

The last of the dirt was laid in when? When was the cement laid?

It seems that the dirt it had to be finished on Friday the 8th or morning of Saturday the 9th.

Why do you think that?

 

[BrownRice]

I've looked but didn't see it, did the homeowner mention what day BM was there to lay dirt? Or even when BM was first hired by her?
Apologies if I've missed the obvious.

Post 31 in this thread had a quote from home owner saying they’ve known BM for 3 weeks. She went missing 2 wks ago?

 

[Inthedetails]

It's hard to tell. It looks to me like they cut through the concrete in that square area and are digging down.

Right. Then I think they take the dirt from under the concrete to the sifting tables under the tents.

My guess, of course.

jmo

 

[MntnHiker]

Good info from CBS4 Denver's Rick Sallinger posted at midnight last night.

"The property owner confirmed to CBS4’s Rick Sallinger that Suzanne’s husband was hired to lay dirt on the riverfront land, located east of Salida.

The owner of the property told CBS4’s Rick Sallinger that he has known Barry Morphew for three weeks. The riverfront property was undergoing improvement. Concrete was laid over the dirt."

ETA: "The property owner has told others that investigators have been using an x-ray type device to try to see through the concrete."

BBM. Much as we have speculated here.

Finding Suzanne Morphew: Investigators Search Husband's Job Site Near Salida

So does this mean BM just laid the dirt and then someone else/another company came out after and did the concrete?

 

[Madeleine74]

IMO sifting implies to me they're not expecting to locate a full intact body. Sorry to be gruesome but that's what it looks like to me.

< no barnyard animal noises, I'm not cattle>

 

[dixiegirl1035]

If it is allowed I can't get that photo out of my thoughts. The big square concrete piece missing from the slab. Can anyone tell where those buckets of dirt are coming from that they're sifting through? I see a ton of dirt there!

MOO, from under the concrete slabs being cut out MOO Search for missing Chaffee County woman focuses on residential property in Salida

 

[Inthedetails]

Just that he was hired before she went missing, but I didn’t see exact dates anywhere

Well, she was reported missing on Mothers Day, but we technically don't know when she actually went missing.

jmo

 

[bellesnwhistles]

Well, she was reported missing on Mothers Day, but we technically don't know when she actually went missing.

jmo

True!

 

[Dre]

Finding Suzanne Morphew: Investigators Search Husband's Job Site Near Salida

Okay I totally missed this- in the video it shows that they are in fact sifting under the large white tent- I now believe they could see something under the concrete and are slowly taking layer by layer of dirt over to the white tents to sift, likely only one "spot of interest" located within that square. This could take a lonnnggg time.
moo

 

[Inthedetails]

I asked last evening, (before the thread went to plaid) and I'm really curious... to cause that amount of property damage, I wonder what kind of evidence the investigators had to bring before a judge? Surely it couldn't just be owner consent, right? Wouldn't there need to be some really specific information that would lead them to believe a body may be under that concrete?

Could be pings from cell phone, video of homeowners in the area showing a vehicle going to that location, tips called in, dogs hitting a scent....and/or a combination of all.

jmo

 

[oviedo]

I'm not caught up, but I did upload some of yesterdays news about the search. I will try to be caught up by tonight, and hopefully she will be found.

Suzanne Morphew Case Archive:
Suzanne Morphew -CO- by amanda reckonwith

Cellphone users, try this and scroll:
5/22/20 searching a construction site where Barry worked.

Thank you for your work ! I’ve added the latest MSM to her media thread - appreciate our sleuthers posting these updates

 

[MntnHiker]

IF Suzanne ends up being there, I wonder if this homeowner was away or if this was their vacation home or something. I can’t imagine even in the middle of the night being able to bury a body at someone’s home without them noticing. Perhaps they made mention to people working in their yard that it would be super convenient to do work on X weekend because they’d be gone? MOO

 

[Inthedetails]

Finding Suzanne Morphew: Investigators Search Husband's Job Site Near Salida

Okay I totally missed this- in the video it shows that they are in fact sifting under the large white tent- I now believe they could see something under the concrete and are slowly taking layer by layer of dirt over to the white tents to sift, likely only one "spot of interest"
moo

Exactly. They are sifting through dirt at sifting tables - this is a big task. I hope it is successful.

jmo

 

[Ontario Mom]

Post 31 in this thread had a quote from home owner saying they’ve known BM for 3 weeks. She went missing 2 wks ago?

Right, I saw that after I posted. Really narrows the timeline down.

 

[pepper 34]

I've looked but didn't see it, did the homeowner mention what day BM was there to lay dirt? Or even when BM was first hired by her?
Apologies if I've missed the obvious.

I haven't seen an exact date yet as to when the dirt was placed on the search property.

"Barry Morphew, 52, had worked at the Salida property laying dirt on the riverfront land, around 12 miles from the couple's home, before his wife's mysterious disappearance almost two weeks ago, the property owner told CBS4."

Suzanne Morphew's husband was paid to lay dirt at the building site Colorado cops are searching | Daily Mail Online

 

[Skigh]

Would they have taken cadaver dogs to the site to see if they alerted to anything before they went to the time and expensive of excavating .

 

[Rosiebones]

So does this mean BM just laid the dirt and then someone else/another company came out after and did the concrete?

He may have only been a subcontractor on this job, responsible for preparing the base. He is a landscaper by profession, I think, not a general building contractor. When he had done his part, a concrete company would send out a truck to pour the slab. They usually send a truck out when there are two or three jobs to pour and depending on how much that job would need, could dictate when the job is poured.