Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #59 *ARREST*

[DizzyB]

That was a good question and generated interesting responses.

Maybe he was looking for a receipt for two sandwiches, dated for Saturday May 9, hoping to prove Suzanne was alive and hungry, to bolster a story that he had thrown out there.

I’m one of those Poncha Market conspiracy theorists. I talked way too much about what happened there. The CCTV footage of Barry was written over, and apparently not collected by LE. The note was released online, maybe or maybe not collected by LE. So in all probability anything that happened at Poncha Market is inadmissible and is just left here for us to wonder about.

 

[branmuffin]

The crux of why she was hired, imo. Not "people wrongfully accused" but "boys and men". No dog whistle there.

On her online profile, it says that Nielsen, as a mother of two boys, "is particularly passionate about defending boys and men wrongfully accused of domestic violence or sexual misconduct in both university disciplinary and criminal proceedings."

Who is Dru Nielsen, attorney representing Barry Morphew?

Don't know if this has been posted before since I haven't caught up with the thread yet but it provides a bit more background into these two defense attorneys. BM chose wisely. I don't know who he had to advise him since he seems headstrong and stubborn and believes his own verbal diarrhea.

Iris Eytan, Dru Nielsen - Colorado Lawyers - The Force of Nature and the Steadying Hand

 

[Error505]

Was the offense Barry is charged with committed before capital punishment was abolished? Would he be grandfathered in with that?

My understanding is offense was committed after death penalty was abolished in Colorado
Snipped from Article:
“On March 23, 2020, Colorado became the 22nd U.S. state to abolish the death penalty.
Colorado’s new law applies to cases criminally charged on or after July 1, 2020, creating the possibility that new death sentences could still be imposed in pending capital cases in Adams and El Paso counties.”
Colorado Becomes 22nd State to Abolish Death Penalty | Death Penalty Information Center

 

[Charlot123]

I think you are on to something here, Skigh. Barry was used to being the golden boy at home, at school and in his small town. After he got on the Canadian team he was just one of many players and probably not the best. He wasn’t getting the accolades he was used to, wasn’t getting preferential treatment and no one was doting on him on or off the field. For prima-donna-boy, it just wasn’t worth it: how dare they not realize how extraordinary he was and just treat him like everyone else!

Sport takes a lot of exceptionally hard work. The coaches barely give athletes any breaks. Teammates might be easy, or difficult, we have read about it recently. One has to push through traumas.

One just has to persevere through it. One can even have a major disability, like MLB player James Michael Eisenreich who has severe Tourette’s syndrome, but enjoyed a long career with MLB.

I think BM did not have that steel mental rod that makes a true athlete. JMO, and I might be wrong, of course.

 

[Ontario Mom]

I’m one of those Poncha Market conspiracy theorists. I talked way too much about what happened there. The CCTV footage of Barry was written over, and apparently not collected by LE. The note was released online, maybe or maybe not collected by LE. So in all probability anything that happened at Poncha Market is inadmissible and is just left here for us to wonder about.

I honestly don't know what to make of his little trip to the Poncha Market on that Tuesday evening.

IIRC, Andy was still in town, and many many folks (civilians as well as LE) were out actively looking for Suzanne in those first few days. Yet Barry manages to slip away, all by himself and show up at a little market 7 miles away in the next town, after hours. I'd love to ask Andy, where Barry said he was going that Tuesday when he slipped away by himself.

Why that store?
Why after hours?
Did he show up at other stores in Poncha Springs?
If not, why not?

I have to wonder if we'll ever know, or if it's all going to fit perfectly together with all the other evidence that was collected over the last year. Digital, financial, etc.

jmo

 

[EggSalad]

What if BM had originally disposed of the bike helmet in that dumpster, then retrieved it Tuesday night, and planted it where it would be found near HWY 50 that Thursday.

Maybe he really was looking for the bike helmet and clothing.

 

[Seattle1]

I honestly don't know what to make of his little trip to the Poncha Market on that Tuesday evening.

IIRC, Andy was still in town, and many many folks (civilians as well as LE) were out actively looking for Suzanne in those first few days. Yet Barry manages to slip away, all by himself and show up at a little market 7 miles away in the next town, after hours. I'd love to ask Andy, where Barry said he was going that Tuesday when he slipped away by himself.

Why that store?
Why after hours?
Did he show up at other stores in Poncha Springs?
If not, why not?

I have to wonder if we'll ever know, or if it's all going to fit perfectly together with all the other evidence that was collected over the last year. Digital, financial, etc.

jmo

The Poncha Market is literally located at the crossroads (6250 US Hwy 285) since 1910. Suggest viewing the Markets public messages on their SM posted around March 26, 2020 in response to Gov Jared Polis statewide executive stay at home order due to Covid-19 pandemic.

https://www.ponchamarket.com/

 

[Error505]

I’m one of those Poncha Market conspiracy theorists. I talked way too much about what happened there. The CCTV footage of Barry was written over, and apparently not collected by LE. The note was released online, maybe or maybe not collected by LE. So in all probability anything that happened at Poncha Market is inadmissible and is just left here for us to wonder about.

Strange the CCTV of Barry was written over after not being picked up by CCSO. I wonder if the store had no way to preserve it. But even stranger is the note being released publicly because Spezze never released anything publicly relating to this case, not even confirming if the bike was found or what personal item was recovered. Of course, the store released the note but strange CCSO didn’t prevent that. I don’t know what to make of it. MOO
EBM clarification

 

[Seattle1]

Strange the CCTV of Barry was written over after not being picked up by CCSO. I wonder if the store had no way to preserve it. But even stranger is the note being released publicly because Spezze never released anything publicly relating to this case, not even confirming if the bike was found or what personal item was recovered. Of course, the store released the note but strange CCSO didn’t prevent that. I don’t know what to make of it. MOO
EBM clarification

BM's note allegedly left at Poncha Market by BM was released by LS/Fox21. See video interview of store manager at link below.

And a store manager at the Poncha Market described an encounter with Suzanne’s husband, a few days after Suzanne’s disappearance was publicized.

“Somebody knocked on the window and it was Barry Morphew,” Tiffany Butala said.

‘People don’t know the truth’: Suzanne Morphew’s husband breaks silence after three months | FOX21 News Colorado

 

[LaineyJ]

I think Barry was a very big fish in a small pond at home in Indiana and found things very different when mixing with others more talented than him playing league games. His ego probably could not cope. So he went home to nurse his injured ego.

I think this is the best (probable) summary of the situation. Spot on.

 

[Error505]

BM's note allegedly left at Poncha Market by BM was released by LS/Fox21. See video interview of store manager at link below.

And a store manager at the Poncha Market described an encounter with Suzanne’s husband, a few days after Suzanne’s disappearance was publicized.

“Somebody knocked on the window and it was Barry Morphew,” Tiffany Butala said.

‘People don’t know the truth’: Suzanne Morphew’s husband breaks silence after three months | FOX21 News Colorado

Right, agree. The store manager showed the note to LS and basically released it for public consumption/news.

 

[Cindizzi]

BM's note allegedly left at Poncha Market by BM was released by LS/Fox21. See video interview of store manager at link below.

And a store manager at the Poncha Market described an encounter with Suzanne’s husband, a few days after Suzanne’s disappearance was publicized.

“Somebody knocked on the window and it was Barry Morphew,” Tiffany Butala said.

‘People don’t know the truth’: Suzanne Morphew’s husband breaks silence after three months | FOX21 News Colorado

Another snippet at 3:54

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

Accept third party cookies

 

[DizzyB]

I think Barry was a very big fish in a small pond at home in Indiana and found things very different when mixing with others more talented than him playing league games. His ego probably could not cope. So he went home to nurse his injured ego.

I think Barry probably just got cut. Getting drafted is a big deal, but very few players make it all the way to the majors. I don’t remember if I ever read how much money he signed for, but at that level with his draft #, it probably wasn’t very much. Triple A doesn’t have luxurious accommodations or guaranteed playing time, so it’s a hard road unless you are completely committed and have an exceptional set of skills. And it still can take years before your debut in a major league game even once, for the best players. I think the dream just ended and he went back home, as most do. Then he finally had to figure out what he was going to do in real life. His choice at Purdue was probably a good one, as he seems to be a physical guy and he could start out with a business that he could work in, and make it into a successful design and maintenance company that he could even pass on to an interested child.

 

[LaineyJ]

About his right to be considered for bail, I think it is possible, as the other day I replied to Seattle and showed a case where a man was charged in CO for murder 1 of his son. However, I agree with what Seattle said in response, and the two cases are very different. Still, I only posted the article to show that it is possible. With BM having a few other charges going along with his M1 charge and the heinous nature of the crime, I do not believe he will be granted bail. I think his attorneys will try for it but I don’t think the judge will go for it. Not with an ankle monitor or giving up his passport either.

Imo, jmo

 

[LaineyJ]

@CGray123 Is there anything relating to significant flight risk with regard to a capital crime? Is there a limit to the amount of the bail (as in could the Judge make it such an astronomical amount that no bond agent could come up with the amount)?

well, if the judge set a wildly high amount that no bond agent could even sign on for, wouldn’t that be considered a violation of the 8th amendment - no excessive bail? His attorneys would have a field day if that were to happen.

 

[Diddian]

I honestly don't know what to make of his little trip to the Poncha Market on that Tuesday evening.

IIRC, Andy was still in town, and many many folks (civilians as well as LE) were out actively looking for Suzanne in those first few days. Yet Barry manages to slip away, all by himself and show up at a little market 7 miles away in the next town, after hours. I'd love to ask Andy, where Barry said he was going that Tuesday when he slipped away by himself.

Why that store?
Why after hours?
Did he show up at other stores in Poncha Springs?
If not, why not?

I have to wonder if we'll ever know, or if it's all going to fit perfectly together with all the other evidence that was collected over the last year. Digital, financial, etc.

jmo

I've expressed this before here, but given that BM's garbage search at Poncha Market occurred AFTER AM's search team conducted their search of the trail north of Hwy 50 and BEFORE the "personal item of SM's" (believed to be the helmet) was found in that same area, I suspect that BM was looking for a receipt for something purchased related to cleanup of that helmet (a bottle of 409 cleaner or something) or removal of fingerprints from that helmet (disposable gloves and a rag) before it was planted where it was found.

My guess is that BM or a friend of BM's picked up that cleaner/pair of disposable gloves/rag and paid for them with a debit card and tossed the receipt in that trash bin on the way out of the store. Thinking about it later, BM realized that disposing of that receipt there created a potential link to him and wanted to retrieve that receipt to prevent LE getting their hands on it and making that connection. He waited until the store closed because he didn't expect that he would be seen. Error upon error.

It just doesn't make sense to me that he would be looking for something in that bin that would have been placed there earlier than that same day. It seems likely that trash bin is emptied daily and the bag put in the nearby dumpster and he wanted to time his trip to retrieve the receipt before the bag got moved.

 

[swedeheart]

What if BM had originally disposed of the bike helmet in that dumpster, then retrieved it Tuesday night, and planted it where it would be found near HWY 50 that Thursday.

Maybe he really was looking for the bike helmet and clothing.

I think so, too, @EggSalad. He gets busted dumpster diving by the Poncha employees, then immediately follows that up with his weirdo note, where he lists biking gear, and not even a description of his beautiful missing wife. That tells me those items he listed (or one of them) is what was in the forefront of his mind that evening.

Then just days later, one of those very items he listed in his note was (likely) found in an area already searched, after one of Barry's buds is alleged to have sneaked off (per Andy) during the initial searches.

That's such a huge amount of coincidence, imo.

 

[fcavanaugh]

I honestly don't know what to make of his little trip to the Poncha Market on that Tuesday evening.

IIRC, Andy was still in town, and many many folks (civilians as well as LE) were out actively looking for Suzanne in those first few days. Yet Barry manages to slip away, all by himself and show up at a little market 7 miles away in the next town, after hours. I'd love to ask Andy, where Barry said he was going that Tuesday when he slipped away by himself.

Why that store?
Why after hours?
Did he show up at other stores in Poncha Springs?
If not, why not?

I have to wonder if we'll ever know, or if it's all going to fit perfectly together with all the other evidence that was collected over the last year. Digital, financial, etc.

jmo

It is really strange and I’m not sure what to make of it either. During CV19, especially in the early days/months, most stores, eateries etc., were being extra cautious and were closed to the public, only offering online ordering and curbside pick-up. Not only that, I’d assume businesses emptied their trash bins on a daily basis too. Again, being cautious during CV19, they’d pay extra attention to making sure everything was cleaned out every day, including all trash. Most places, CV19 or not, empty trash daily/end of business day as a general rule, so I have to wonder who in their right mind would go looking for an item or receipt 3-4 days after it was discarded thinking it would still be there?!
I suppose maybe someone whose nerves were shot, desperate to find something they discarded all those days ago, hoping and praying the trash from 3-4 days ago hadn’t been emptied yet. If that’s the case, then yeah, I suppose BM would’ve been pretty desperate at that point. Or, did he discard something there earlier in the day on Tuesday and think better of it and went back to retrieve it thinking no one would be around to catch him rummaging through the trash?

I suppose too, that BM could’ve just been trying to make himself look busy, you know, because maybe the abductors trashed her helmet and clothes on their way out of town.
Or something.
Like you say, we may never know the reason, but maybe we will find out if it fits somehow with all the other evidence collected this past year. Fingers crossed.

The even stranger, more bizarre thing is what he wrote on the note as a (non) description of his missing wife. Seems all that was on his mind were biking items/biking attire, so much so that he “forgot” to jot down his missing wife’s physical characteristics and a phone # of who to contact in case she were found. SMDH.

IMHOO

#FindSuzanne
#BringSuzanneHome
#JusticeForSuzanne

 

[O.Incandenza]

I think Barry was a very big fish in a small pond at home in Indiana and found things very different when mixing with others more talented than him playing league games. His ego probably could not cope. So he went home to nurse his injured ego.

Lul, I just looked up his minor league stats for the first time. Small sample size and all, but man he sucked. The guy couldn't hit his way out of a wet paper bag with a baseball bat. And that was at a rookie ball level. No wonder he quit.

 

[Diddian]

It is really strange and I’m not sure what to make of it either. During CV19, especially in the early days/months, most stores, eateries etc., were being extra cautious and were closed to the public, only offering online ordering and curbside pick-up. Not only that, I’d assume businesses emptied their trash bins on a daily basis too. Again, being cautious during CV19, they’d pay extra attention to making sure everything was cleaned out every day, including all trash. Most places, CV19 or not, empty trash daily/end of business day as a general rule, so I have to wonder who in their right mind would go looking for an item or receipt 3-4 days after it was discarded thinking it would still be there?!
I suppose maybe someone whose nerves were shot, desperate to find something they discarded all those days ago, hoping and praying the trash from 3-4 days ago hadn’t been emptied yet. If that’s the case, then yeah, I suppose BM would’ve been pretty desperate at that point. Or, did he discard something there earlier in the day on Tuesday and think better of it and went back to retrieve it thinking no one would be around to catch him rummaging through the trash?

I suppose too, that BM could’ve just been trying to make himself look busy, you know, because maybe the abductors trashed her helmet and clothes on their way out of town.
Or something.
Like you say, we may never know, but maybe we will find out if it fits somehow with all the other evidence collected this past year.

The even stranger, more bizarre thing is what he wrote on the note as a (non) description of his missing wife. Seems all that was on his mind were biking items/attire, so much so that he forgot to jot down his missing wife’s physical characteristics and a phone # of who to contact in case she was found. SMDH.

IMHOO

#FindSuzanne
#BringSuzanneHome
#JusticeForSuzanne

Totally agree with you.

Caught in the act of retrieving (fill-in-the-blank) related to the nearby-in-time planting of helmet and possibly biking clothing, Barry panicked. His brain was stuck on “helmet and bike clothing” and couldn’t make the quick switch to “what would a reasonable husband distressed by the disappearance of his wife be thinking in terms of information to provide that might help her be found or might jog the memory of anyone who might have seen her before she disappeared.”

So, he wrote:

"baby blue bike
helmet
biking clothing."

He might as well have given the location where those items had been planted.
ETA: I'm honestly surprised that he didn't write something like "near Hwy 50 and CR 225." He must have run out of room.