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

[Momofthreeboys]

Assuming that figure is 1) correct and 2) includes the paid-for house, the Ms would be considered house-poor. Strapped for cash while struggling to maintain the appearance of wealth can cause enormous tension and conflict within a marriage. I agree that finances will ultimately be revealed as the motive in this case.

That is probably low. That excludes any existing things in Indiana, the Longhorn land etc. etc. I doubt they were cash strapped.

 

[Momofthreeboys]

Christmas coming and the one who disappeared SM still walks the streets.

Thanks to all of you for keeping the thread going. I have to check in periodically and it’s sad there is no arrest. I have to believe there’s a ton of evidence. Surely they aren’t waiting on a body to turn up?

I don’t believe there is a “ton of evidence.” But I have hope LE can solve it for the family.

 

[Boxer]

I don’t believe there is a “ton of evidence.” But I have hope LE can solve it for the family.

Agree.
Like a missing planet in a system all the dynamics, and police actions following up on her disappearance point to the spouse.
But that isn't enough.
I don't think the new DA will be filing with what evidence was turned over to her.
I think she will wait as long as possible on the chance of finding more and definitive evidence.

Barry recently putting out flyers sounds like he is finally heeding a lawyers advice.

 

[Love Never Fails]

I don’t believe there is a “ton of evidence.” But I have hope LE can solve it for the family.

I find it hard to believe that BM could plan her murder this well. And that there would not be a lot of evidence.

Unless..he may have had help. I even wondered if his plans began when they bought the house and he convinced SM to invest her inheritance in that home, knowing he could sell it after she was disappeared.

From all I have heard, he seems to be another Patrick Frazee. Then again, he could innocent and unlucky?

Whoever did this, hid her very well and that would be easy to do in CO.

 

[Love Never Fails]

Agree.
Like a missing planet in a system all the dynamics, and police actions following up on her disappearance point to the spouse.
But that isn't enough.
I don't think the new DA will be filing with what evidence was turned over to her.
I think she will wait as long as possible on the chance of finding more and definitive evidence.

Barry recently putting out flyers sounds like he is finally heeding a lawyers advice.

Flyers? Sheesh! Why doesn’t he get on tv every day, talk to others out loud. Maybe really look for her? Oh that’s right. He already made a FB video for 26 seconds. Sorry BM, a lot of folks don’t even look at FB. But then, you knew that.

 

[DizzyB]

Flyers? Sheesh! Why doesn’t he get on tv every day, talk to others out loud. Maybe really look for her? Oh that’s right. He already made a FB video for 26 seconds. Sorry BM, a lot of folks don’t even look at FB. But then, you knew that.

I’m sure he could find a sympathetic hungry reporter who will ask him preapproved fluff questions, and he could make a carefully crafted statement with his girls standing beside him. Problem is he knows he can’t pull it off.

 

[Boxer]

I’m sure he could find a sympathetic hungry reporter who will ask him preapproved fluff questions, and he could make a carefully crafted statement with his girls standing beside him. Problem is he knows he can’t pull it off.

He must be impeding it, the girls would know how to do that.

 

[Ninja Bunny]

Every interview and action is a response to something.

We had those interviews in which he accused those employees of being “meth heads,” which followed their interviews with the media.

When the media picked up on Andy’s search efforts, Barry responded by ridiculing it.

When Andy cast aspersions on Barry, Barry responded in kind.

When Barry approached Andy’s group with a gun, he responded to the backlash by allowing them on his property.

When it was revealed that he was selling his home, he conducted an interview in which he released those love letters and explained why he was selling.

What he was responding to when he handed out flyers yesterday, we can only guess.

I have a couple of ideas, but I don’t think they can be mentioned here.

I still think the motive is 100% financial and it was something that has been planned for a long time. Buying the house in Colorado is suspicious - why not let the younger daughter finish high school in Indiana? Why take Suzanne away from her oncologist and her other doctors? Why take her from family and friends? Doing all of that just to be closer to a daughter that, at the time, had only a couple years left in college is a weak excuse. I think something else was going on. Also, I think last February could be important and I’m not talking about Valentine’s Day.

If I were missing, I would want family like Jennifer Kesse’s parents or Echo Lloyd’s daughter.

 

[al66pine]

Cash Strapped?

That is probably low. That excludes any existing things in Indiana, the Longhorn land etc. etc. I doubt they were cash strapped.

@Momofthreeboys Thx for post.

Does PP home and their IN rental props being mtg-free (assuming they were, and not collateral for HELOC) mean the M's were not cash-strapped?
Some posters commented about their pricey vacations, newer vehicles, designer clothing, a dau living away at college (for second yr?), etc. Paying for that plus other ordinary living expenses (food, utilities, ins, taxes, etc) typically comes from:
- current income,
--- earned income, e.g., landscaping business, and/or
--- passive income (stock dividends, savings/bank/bond interest, etc) and/or
--- rental income from IN real est, and/or
- selling ^ real est, or other capital investments, like stocks, mutual funds, bonds, precious metals, jewelry, etc
Or maybe gifts (e.g., family trust established by parents?) every year, or gambling/casino winnings, or a combo of ^.

Years ago a friend years ago told me about her newly married acquaintance, set for life based on the groom w a "net worth of eight figures." Privy to details of groom's failing business & finances, I knew those "eight figures" did not tally to ten+ millions but were closer to being about $ 00,010,000. { ETA: Three very important figures on left side of the number were zeros.}
I don't know if the M's are/were cash strapped, but there's a reason behind the saying House-Rich, Cash-Poor. my2cts.

 

[scapa]

Cash Strapped?
@Momofthreeboys Thx for post.

Does PP home and their IN rental props being mtg-free (assuming they were, and not collateral for HELOC) mean the M's were not cash-strapped?
Some posters commented about their pricey vacations, newer vehicles, designer clothing, a dau living away at college (for second yr?), etc. Paying for that plus other ordinary living expenses (food, utilities, ins, taxes, etc) typically comes from:
- current income,
--- earned income, e.g., landscaping business, and/or
--- passive income (stock dividends, savings/bank/bond interest, etc) and/or
--- rental income from IN real est, and/or
- selling ^ real est, or other capital investments, like stocks, mutual funds, bonds, precious metals, jewelry, etc
Or maybe gifts (e.g., family trust established by parents?) every year, or gambling/casino winnings, or a combo of ^.

Years ago a friend years ago told me about her newly married acquaintance, set for life based on the groom w a "net worth of eight figures." Privy to details of groom's failing business & finances, I knew those "eight figures" did not tally to ten+ millions but were closer to being about $ 00,010,000. { ETA: Three very important figures on left side of the number were zeros.}
I don't know if the M's are/were cash strapped, but there's a reason behind the saying House-Rich, Cash-Poor. my2cts.

I agree that the primary motive in this case was/is financial. And that the important difference between net worth and liquidity is likely to have played a part.

I've wondered for a while now why, given the likely mortgage rates at the time of purchase, the PP house was bought in cash.

Maybe SM/BM were the types of people who hate the idea of a debt, even when it's being serviced at a rate of 2-3% or so, or maybe it's easier to convince a spouse to invest an inheritance in a property by paying in cash, rather than arranging for a modest mortgage and keeping some cash in hand.

May be immaterial, but IMO it isn't just the fact of finances but the why and how of finances that may be at the heart of this case. And a cancer diagnosis, plus major move and fresh start, draws attention to those financial whys and hows in a whole new way.

 

[xSpydxr]

Do we know approximately when SM recovered from her last bout with cancer? I could imagine that BM anticipated her passing by going through cancer a second time. I have limited knowledge on cancer and chemo, but perhaps he started making plans for a new life after SM and grew attached to the thought of that new life. Jmo

 

[DizzyB]

Do we know approximately when SM recovered from her last bout with cancer? I could imagine that BM anticipated her passing by going through cancer a second time. I have limited knowledge on cancer and chemo, but perhaps he started making plans for a new life after SM and grew attached to the thought of that new life. Jmo

I’m assuming that they purchase health insurance through the Marketplace, since Barry is self employed, unless being a volunteer firefighter enables the family to enroll in a plan. They would have had to change marketplace plans with the move to Colorado. I wonder if they had good coverage or bare bones. I know preexisting conditions are covered, but you can end up paying a lot for treatment if you choose a cheaper plan. Suzanne’s care could have been costing a lot out of pocket.

 

[Dave F.]

Do we know approximately when SM recovered from her last bout with cancer? I could imagine that BM anticipated her passing by going through cancer a second time. I have limited knowledge on cancer and chemo, but perhaps he started making plans for a new life after SM and grew attached to the thought of that new life. Jmo

Medical science has made amazing progress in cancer treatment in recent years. It is still quite serious, but much of the deadly horror no longer exists due to improvements in diagnosis and treatment. There is no reason to believe that her life was ever in danger, just because she went through chemo recently. There is also no way, in my opinion, that she could have gone through chemo recently out without deep spousal involvement; and some strong financial agreement between partners. Killing her for money after the chemo is done would be nonsensical.
Like closing the barn door after the cows have gone.
IMO

 

[Minordetails]

Barry didn’t want to cut the pie in half? So he killed his wife. He planned a fake bike ride, created a solid alibi and hid her body.

Is this more or less the whole story? Or is it way bigger? I’d love to know.

 

[MassGuy]

Medical science has made amazing progress in cancer treatment in recent years. It is still quite serious, but much of the deadly horror no longer exists due to improvements in diagnosis and treatment. There is no reason to believe that her life was ever in danger, just because she went through chemo recently. There is also no way, in my opinion, that she could have gone through chemo recently out without deep spousal involvement; and some strong financial agreement between partners. Killing her for money after the chemo is done would be nonsensical.
Like closing the barn door after the cows have gone.
IMO

One can go through chemo without “deep spousal involvement.” Some people literally have no one.

Suzanne’s brush with death may have spurred her to reevaluate her life and happiness, and it’s entirely possible that she was exploring moving on.

Couple this with both girls reaching an age where they would soon be out of the house, and you very well could have a recipe for change.

That’s just one possibility of course, but it shows how money could factor in.

Divorce is money, and money could be motive.

 

[MassGuy]

Barry didn’t want to cut the pie in half? So he killed his wife. He planned a fake bike ride, created a solid alibi and hid her body.

Is this more or less the whole story? Or is it way bigger? I’d love to know.

Yup, with the exception of “a solid alibi.”

He created an alibi that appears to be more damning than helpful. This is likely to be more nuanced than simply not wanting to share, but I think it’s a huge part of it.

 

[Minordetails]

Yup, with the exception of “a solid alibi.”

He created an alibi that appears to be more damning than helpful.

Is there not an element of weirdness with this case? Morphew family behaviour? Lauren Scharf? Barry’s ‘cultic’ followers? Or is this typical in cases such as this and the strangeness will eventually prove to have little or no relevance?

 

[LietKynes]

Is there not an element of weirdness with this case? Morphew family behaviour? Lauren Scharf? Barry’s ‘cultic’ followers? Or is this typical in cases such as this and the strangeness will eventually prove to have little or no relevance?

bbm
Umm, I noticed.....
And some of LS' interactions with others have caused me to sit up and take notice.
Holy crapp.
Imo.

 

[TIGER0822]

@Harmony 2 Suzanne Morphew timeline

*Mother’s Day weekend

***“Barry had worked on the beach site Friday evening,” Gentile said. “Saturday, he had asked me to clean it up and rake it out, because we were going to bring it out to level – so it would be a beach sand and not muck.”

https://www.fox21news.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/37/2020/09/Beach-site.jpg?resize=876,492

***Branson said while her memory is sharp, her hearing is going. She said that’s why the loud noise she heard, in the middle of the night on Mother’s Day Weekend, sticks out in her mind.

Neighbors want answers two months into Chaffee County woman’s disappearance | FOX21 News Colorado




*May 9, 2020

***And, although Gentile had agreed to work in that area for the day, she said Barry dismissed her from the job early – at 11 a.m. “He said that he had to go make the wife happy – do some hiking or biking,” she said. “And I found out, like, later that day that he was in town all day.”

Gentile said she heard Barry was out shopping by himself.

“I’m not the other woman”: Second contractor speaks out about Suzanne Morphew investigation | FOX21 News Colorado

***Sometime between 1400 and 2100 hours, Suzanne Moorman Morphew is communicating with her best friend on social media about an upcoming wedding. According to reports, the communication suddenly stops. Sometime later, a number of social media communications occur from Suzanne'sprofile" but seem out of character to immediate family members and friends.

Suzanne Moorman Morphew

***Puckett mentioned he saw Barry in person on Saturday, May 9, and described the work he’d been hired to do, a project involving fixing a wall.

Suzanne Morphew’s husband left Denver hotel, contractor claims room was “reeking of chlorine” | FOX21 News Colorado

***“She was seen in town with Barry getting a sandwich at 4 p.m.,” Moorman said. “At midnight, somebody friended all of the guys my age on her Facebook at midnight.”

Suzanne Morphew’s brother shares new details about her last known sighting and strange activity on his sister’s Facebook page hours before she was reported missing

***Mail Online reports Barry checked into a hotel room on May 9th, 2020 in Broomfield, Colorado. However, this may be erroneous as it is not known when he checked in. Barry claims he last saw Suzanne on May 10th at or around 0500 hours.

Suzanne Moorman Morphew

Broomfield Holiday Inn

*May 10, 2020

***MG stated she heard Barry’s truck revving outside her residence at 4 am.
Andy stated Barry was texting at 4 am on his way to Broomfield.

***Suzanne's husband (Barry) reportedly leaves the home at 0500 hrs for a reported work assignment in Denver, Colorado. He remarks that he doesn't wake Suzanne. Reports say he texts Suzanne a Mother's Day greeting that goes unanswered. Hours later, Barry's daughters contact him and report that their attempts to reach Suzanne go unanswered. Barry contacts neighbor and asks her to check on Suzanne. Neighbor reports that she walked through house and can't locate her. She sees Suzanne and daughter’s vehicle there. According to reports, Barry asks neighbor to return and see if Suzanne's bike is missing, noting she may be on a bike ride. Neighbor confirms the bike is missing and the neighbor calls the local sheriff to conduct a welfare check.

Suzanne Moorman Morphew

***Biker saw a suspicious vehicle, car did not belong there, on Mother’s Day on the same road Suzanne’s bike is found. He reports the siting to law enforcement. This is the link to the interview with the biker: Timestamp 00:40

Authorities cordon off home of missing Chaffee County woman | FOX31 Denver

***Speaking in an exclusive interview, Puckett told DailyMail.com: ‘I got there Sunday night and the room smelled like chlorine real bad.

Husband of missing Colorado mom spent the night before her disappearance at cheap Denver hotel | Daily Mail Online

*** She again consented to the work and traveled with one of his contractors, JP, to the project.

Suspected ‘Other Woman' in Missing Colorado Mom’s Case Denies Affair Accusations

Employee of Suzanne Morphew's husband DENIES they were having an affair after Colorado mom vanished | Daily Mail Online

***Speaking with Fox 21, Barry admitted that the room smelled strongly of chlorine, but claims he had nothing to do with the stench.

'I'm not going to beat around the bush: it smelled [of chlorine] real strong,' he conceded.

Employee of Suzanne Morphew's husband DENIES they were having an affair after Colorado mom vanished | Daily Mail Online

***DailyMail.com can reveal Jeff Puckett, a co-worker of Barry’s, took over his hotel room on May 10 and found it scattered with wet towels and stinking of chlorine

A manager at the property confirmed to DailyMail.com that they do not use chlorine to clean guest rooms

The co-worker also discovered a pile of mail in the room – including a letter about property insurance – and later turned it over to the FBI

Husband of missing Colorado mom spent the night before her disappearance at cheap Denver hotel | Daily Mail Online

***Barry called again around 6:10 p.m. “Barry said that he had been up there all day, like getting the job ready for us,” Gentile said. And, he also told Gentile, he was leaving. There’d been a family emergency, he said. He left some tools behind, at the hotel.

“I’m not the other woman”: Second contractor speaks out about Suzanne Morphew investigation | FOX21 News Colorado

*Unknown date (sometime in May)

*** It is reported online that Barry takes a friend to an area near Crested Butte where he collapses on the ground uttering something about Suzanne.

Suzanne Moorman Morphew

*May 11-17, 21-23 search timeline

Two months into search for missing Chaffee County mother, investigators “aggressively working this case” | FOX21 News Colorado

*May 12

***Butala is a store manager at the market and watched Barry on May 12th around 8 p.m. write the note on the back of a receipt.

[…]

“He went to write down a description of maybe what she was wearing,” Butala said. “I just thought it was weird because he didn’t explain the color of her eyes were or her hair or anything about her like how tall she was or anything.”
“People don’t know the truth”: Suzanne Morphew’s husband breaks silence after three months | FOX21 News Colorado

*May 13, 2020

***The Chafee County Sheriff’s Office launched a search for Morphew, with a crew of 100 people joined by tracking dogs provided by the Department of Corrections. After failing to locate Morphew on Sunday, authorities searched again on Monday, and as of late Monday had not found any sign of the missing woman.

MISSING: Colorado woman vanishes after going for a bike ride

***Family: Suzanne Morphew’s Husband Offers $100,000 Reward In Disappearance Investigation

Family: Suzanne Morphew's Husband Offers $100,000 Reward In Disappearance Investigation

*May 14

***Fbi asked to assist

Suzanne Moorman Morphew

*May 15

HWY 50 Temporary Closure for Search for missing woman - Chaffee County Sheriff

***News conference: Chaffee County Sheriff provides update
Sheriff is asked if Suzanne could still be alive. His response "We're certainly hopeful she is, obviously as time goes by it gives us concern but we are searching as though she is alive and we do believe she's still could still be alive." statement starting at timestamp 4:15.

This statement was made before the search of the home and the Salida property.

***Nephew of missing Chaffee County woman gives update on family search

*May 17

***Find Suzanne Morphew facebook account created

Find Suzanne Morphew

*May-19

***BREAKING: Police prohibit Suzanne Morphew’s family members from entering home

BREAKING: Police prohibit Suzanne Morphew’s family members from entering home

*May 22

*** A residential construction site is now the focus of the search for Suzanne Morphew, a Colorado woman who was reported missing from her Chaffee County home on Mother’s Day. 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.

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

***Other searches have taken place in a reservoir, an area around County Road 225 and Highway 50, and the Monarch Spur RV Park, which is owned by FP and located near the Morphew home.

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

May 22 Press Release - Chaffee County Sheriff

*May-24

May 24th, Press Release - Chaffee County Sheriff

other sheriff press releases

Press Releases - Chaffee County Sheriff

Suzanne Moorman Morphew

*May-26

***Morphew home returned to family

Two months into search for missing Chaffee County mother, investigators “aggressively working this case” | FOX21 News Colorado

*June 5

***Barry Morphew files for guardianship of missing wife Suzanne Morphew

Barry Morphew files for guardianship of missing wife Suzanne Morphew

*July 9

***Investigators returned to a missing Chaffee County woman’s home to search for more clues after two months

“This case remains very active, as more than a dozen investigators are aggressively working this case on a daily basis,” said Chaffee County Sheriff John Spezze. “And until we determine what happened to Suzanne, we can’t discount any scenario or formally eliminate anyone from suspicion.”

Two months into search for missing Chaffee County mother, investigators “aggressively working this case” | FOX21 News Colorado

*August 20

***In an earlier interview, Suzanne’s family told FOX21 CBI agents asked Barry to take a polygraph test on two separate occasions, and, each time, he turned them down.

[…]

“I’ve never been asked to do a polygraph,” Barry said. “There is nothing that I am hiding. I have given three – 30 hours of testimony to the FBI and the CBI. I’ve answered every question. Every single question.”

[…]

Dan Corsentino, a private investigator in Pueblo, said it is possible those agencies did not ask Barry Morphew to take a polygraph. He also said it could be reasonable for an innocent person to deny the test.

https://www.fox21news.com/top-stories/people-dont-know-the-truth-suzanne-morphews-husband-breaks-silence-after-three-months/

*September 1

***Barry is granted guardianship on September 1, 2020 by Judge Michael Casati in Case # 29D01-2006+GU-000096

Suzanne Moorman Morphew

*September 24

***Missing Mom: Suzanne Morphew’s Brother Starts Independent Search With 100 Volunteers

Missing Mom: Suzanne Morphew's Brother Starts Independent Search With 100 Volunteers

***During the search, the Chaffee County Sheriff's Office said they responded to three reports of human remains dogs "alerting" on properties in the county, but each was determined to not be a viable lead:

The Chaffee County Sheriff's Office said that none of those properties were owned by members of the Morphew family.

Most recent search for Suzanne Morphew ends with no leads | 9news.com

*September 29

***Vigil held in Salida for Suzanne Morphew

Most recent search for Suzanne Morphew ends with no leads | 9news.com

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This is a great post. I think it is important to verify it BM checked in to the hotel on May 9th or 10th.
I think the critical time frame is between Saturday evening and 4am Sunday morning.

Saturday evening ‘incident’? 6pm+/-
11pm - Noise at the construction site, (Was BM placed there by the GPS? Was a Bobcat at the construction site? Was he doing ‘something mechanical to it’?
11pm-4am ... out and about
4am - Outside MG house
Returns to Puma Path
5am leaves for Broomfield..

BM was not sleeping Saturday night. He did NOT wake up in the middle of the night to drive over to MG’s house to call her from outside her gate. The timing of leaving for Broomfield at 5am, works perfectly for him leaving MGs house at 4am, driving back to his house and then leaving at 5am. It would also work with the construction site noise at 11/12pm, and give him a time frame of 4-5 hours to dispose of evidence.


it is important to know when the crew were asked to go to Brookfield. If it was Sunday, that was his alibis and it was plotted that night.

 

[rainbowshummingbird]

Is there not an element of weirdness with this case? Morphew family behaviour? Lauren Scharf? Barry’s ‘cultic’ followers? Or is this typical in cases such as this and the strangeness will eventually prove to have little or no relevance?

On a larger scale, there may be an element of weirdness in America. By the way, I am American.