Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #60 *ARREST*

[Seattle1]

I am finally finished updating.

JUSTICE for Suzanne

Big Thank you, @AmandaReckonwith!

 

[TIGER0822]

Yes the idea that she was moved etc. etc. brings up many questions for me. The only thought I had was the girls had the coolers but if the coolers play a role in the prosecutors case I am sure we will find out. I keep thinking back to Frazee. An eyewitness said he burned the body although she never saw the body but I still think he burned evidence and the body is buried since he had access to excavators and the ranch land was so remote no one would have seen or heard anything. But without eye witness in this case makes me wonder just how they are going to tie this up as first degree.

I suspect he was doing ‘something’ mechanical to the Bob cat. I alsosuspect LE found some evidence that a body / object was at the dig site before they cut up a very specific area. I have a strong suspicion he first brought her to the Salida worksite and when his plan was not working, he moved her body to another location.

 

[Error505]

IIRC CM saw a trailer that looked loaded at BM’s condo. CM arrived in Salida the night before BM arrest. I don’t know if BM was packed to leave or if that was rumor. The college semester term finished that week also. The trailer could have been the daughter’s things packed up from college where she had been living for 4 years. I think she graduated the following Saturday after BMs arrest. I can’t see BM taking off without his daughters. I could certainly be wrong. BM was arrested out in the open while alone. Best possible option safety-wise for everyone. MOO
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[Error505]

I am finally finished updating.

JUSTICE for Suzanne

Always appreciate the work you do @AmandaReckonwith
Big Thank You!

 

[MemPat]

I am still wondering why BM was arrested at the side of the road ... with what looks like 7 law enforcement vehicles behind him.

And I am wondering what he had in the back of his vehicle. It looks like it could be rolled up carpet, to me.

I wonder if we will ever know if he was heading out of town, permanently, or if he was perhaps moving evidence and the police were waiting for this moment.

Maybe LE was just letting all the people who had spent a year investigating Barry have the joy of seeing those handcuffs click shut. That would be so satisfying, right?

 

[sk716]

I've been online since 1993 and can honestly say I've never known anyone that uses the Tor browser to access the dark web, so that they can avoid being tracked online. I have no doubt some folks do, I've just never known anyone that does it for that reason, so I do have to wonder how common that actually is?

As it pertains to BM, I have no doubt, a man with ugly, dark secrets to hide, might be inclined to search out how to access the DW for various reasons. Most folks just go "incognito", but if LE does uncover (or if they already have) that he was trying to hide things that way, I don't think anyone here will be surprised.

I've used Tor, it's not about trying to hide what you're doing, it's about not being spied on ALL the time. It's kind of a pain in the butt though, so I stick to a buffed up Firefox and a VPN. Most of the people on the dark web are trying to buy pot in states where pot is still illegal. There is a pretty big selling credit card numbers industry, but it seems about as reliable as a Nigerian Prince in need of assistance. While a lot of people think what goes on on the dark web can't be tracked, it can, just as easily as the regular net. It's just all encrypted and nobody is scraping every address constantly.

 

[Midwestmom2019]

RSBM
Seems like the safest/smartest thing to do considering the girls were living at the condo. God forbid he looks out the door peephole and grabs a daughter to hold hostage, or they in turn would lunge at an arresting officer. 7 vehicles...he wasn't going anywhere, done for the day.

Appears to be a carpet.

A carpet? That he did not prize if it was in the back of his truck while he was working out. Very easy to steal. Wouldn’t it be GREAT if that carpet once held Suzanne after her death?

 

[Whiteorchids]

Does anyone recall how many pages of discovery there were in the Caylee Anthony case? I remember reading thousands of pages but I’m not sure it was as many as 10,000. We saw every little scrap of paper thanks to Florida Sunshine Laws.

You also have to remember they have been investigating this case for a nearly a year that’s a heck of a long time before finally getting an arrest warrant. Most criminal don’t take a year to make an arrest. I think the amount of time for this investigation was part of the reason so many pages in the AA, a years worth. I’m going to keep an open mind it might not be as rock solid as everyone is anticipating including me. I don’t want to be disappointed but there’s always that possibility. I hope someone knew what BM did and rolled on him.

 

[swedeheart]

Portion about Suzanne starts at about 30:22.

 

[Ssschu]

Portion about Suzanne starts at about 30:22.

CM said Barry looked great in his tiger suit at the hearing! LOL!! Maybe he's finally ready to move on from the bobcat.

 

[swedeheart]

Info from The Interview Room:

A viewer asked, "Did you hear anything about a suitcase/tool case in a body of water/pond in the Morphew case?"

Chris responded that Barry bought a 50 lb. burlap sack of corn, or rather he got someone else to buy it for him, and said it was going to be used for hunting (put out for turkeys? Probably deer.). We don't know if that's in play or not, and will not know until the affidavit is released. Chris did some research and found that could be used for absorption as well as decomp.

He also said holding the home for 11 days is a LONG time. He thinks they found significant evidence in the home to hold it for that long.

 

[iQuill]

Still waiting ...

 

[MsBetsy]

Info from The Interview Room:

A viewer asked, "Did you hear anything about a suitcase/tool case in a body of water/pond in the Morphew case?"

Chris responded that Barry bought a 50 lb. burlap sack of corn, or rather he got someone else to buy it for him, and said it was going to be used for hunting (put out for turkeys? Probably deer.). We don't know if that's in play or not, and will not know until the affidavit is released. Chris did some research and found that could be used for absorption as well as decomp.

He also said holding the home for 11 days is a LONG time. He thinks they found significant evidence in the home to hold it for that long.

I wonder why they would wait 11 days before searching the house if they had found something that important. During Andy's search, Chris said LE could obtain a warrant by telephone almost immediately if they had enough probable cause. That was when the cadaver dogs made hits at the beach and on Barry's properties, but they turned out to be false.

I don't know which he said could be used for absorption, but corn absorbs water, while burlap is moisture resistant. Over time it might absorb fluids, though. I'm not sure how either one would affect decomposition. Imo

 

[SouthAussie]

I wonder why they would wait 11 days before searching the house if they had found something that important. During Andy's search, Chris said LE could obtain a warrant by telephone almost immediately if they had enough probable cause. That was when the cadaver dogs made hits at the beach and on Barry's properties, but they turned out to be false.

I don't know which he said could be used for absorption, but corn absorbs water, while burlap is moisture resistant. Over time it might absorb fluids, though. I'm not sure how either one would affect decomposition. Imo

Is it possible that they had to wait 11 days for DNA to be checked on whatever they found?
Or they had to wait for some special equipment they didn't have, or someone with special skills to be available, to search some particular area of the house/grounds?

How were they able to hold the house for 11 days without a warrant? Was there some kind of intermediary warrant issued?

 

[fcavanaugh]

Is it possible that they had to wait 11 days for DNA to be checked on whatever they found?
Or they had to wait for some special equipment they didn't have, or someone with special skills to be available, to search some particular area of the house/grounds?

How were they able to hold the house for 11 days without a warrant? Was there some kind of intermediary warrant issued?

They didn’t wait 11 days to search the home. They locked the house down until they could secure the warrant. Once warrant was secured, they searched the home for 11 days. Reportedly, BM stayed with a friend while LE held the home and searched it. The home was released back to BM on or around May 26th. (See link below).
So LE secured the warrant a few days after SM was reported “missing”, which makes total sense as it would take a couple, few days to get a Judge to sign off on a probable cause search warrant.

BREAKING: Colorado police release missing Suzanne Morphew’s home back to her family, sources say

IMHOO

#FindSuzanne
#BringSuzanneHome
#JusticeForSuzanne

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[FromGermany1]

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Isolating you from your support system - this includes suggesting joint social media accounts, moving you away from your family, monitoring your phone calls or convincing you that your family or friends hate you

Monitoring your activity throughout the day - this includes setting up cameras in the house, connecting your phone to tracking apps

Denying you freedom and autonomy - this includes discouraging you from going to work or school, socialising, restricting your access to transportation or constantly taking your phone

Gaslighting - this includes a need to always be right and to ensure the victim acknowledges that they are in the wrong or mistaken

Name-calling and putting you down - this includes trying to shame the victim, make them feel self conscious

Limiting your access to money - taking control of banking, encouraging a joint back account, setting 'allowances', hiding financial resources, strictly monitoring spending

Reinforcing traditional gender roles Turning your kids against you - this includes belittling you in front of children, including them in arguments

Controlling aspects of your health and body - this includes monitoring how much you eat, sleep, drink, what medication you consume, making you exercise or limiting your exercise

Making jealous accusations Regulating your sexual relationship - this includes making blanket demands about how much or how little sex is involved in the relationship, refusing to wear protection or demanding photographs or videos

Threatening your children or pets - this includes making threats against their safety, threatening to report a victim to authorities and lying, making decisions without speaking with the victim
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Everything seems familiar ..... Exactly this way Suzanne had to live probably.

 

[SouthAussie]

They didn’t wait 11 days to search the home. They locked the house down until they could secure the warrant. Once warrant was secured, they searched the home for 11 days. Reportedly, BM stayed with a friend while LE held the home and searched it. The home was released back to BM on or around May 26th. (See link below).
So LE secured the warrant a few days after SM was reported “missing”, which makes total sense as it would take a couple, few days to get a Judge to sign off on a probable cause warrant.

BREAKING: Colorado police release missing Suzanne Morphew’s home back to her family, sources say

IMHOO

#FindSuzanne
#BringSuzanneHome
#JusticeForSuzanne

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Thanks. I appreciate your reply.

The part that I don't understand is how did/could they lock the house down until they could secure a warrant? Surely they would have needed something official to allow them to lock the house down?

Or maybe they declared it a crime scene right away, and that allowed them to lock it down?

Just curious.

 

[MsBetsy]

Is it possible that they had to wait 11 days for DNA to be checked on whatever they found?
Or they had to wait for some special equipment they didn't have, or someone with special skills to be available, to search some particular area of the house/grounds?

How were they able to hold the house for 11 days without a warrant? Was there some kind of intermediary warrant issued?

I'm not sure why they didn't search right away. Maybe they saw something when they went in, and it just took 11 days before a judge approved the warrant. Maybe initially they just got permission to lock it down because it was a potential crime scene?

 

[MsBetsy]

Thanks. I appreciate your reply.

The part that I don't understand is how did/could they lock the house down until they could secure a warrant? Surely they would have needed something official to allow them to lock the house down?

Or maybe they declared it a crime scene right away, and that allowed them to lock it down?

Just curious.

Oops, just saw we both basically posted the same thing. Anyway, that's the only explanation I can think of. LE must have suspected it was a crime scene, and maybe it just took some time before a judge approved the search warrant. It also may have taken investigators some time to put the warrant together. They may have wanted to wait to see what evidence they found during the initial search and the bike scene. Imo

 

[fcavanaugh]

SouthAussie said: “Or maybe they declared it a crime scene right away, and that allowed them to lock it down?”
Just curious.[/QUOTE]
RSBM
Yes that is my understanding. Thinking back, I either read or heard somewhere that BM wasn’t allowed back into the home the first night.
I will say it’s just my opinion for now though, as I can’t remember the source of the information. I’m not on FB or any other social media, so I either read about it here, and/or possibly heard about it on PE or from LS reporting.
I know it was discussed here in the early threads. I just did a quick search of Media Thread trying to find link for the info, but couldn’t locate atm. If I have time later, I’ll try to find link and post if I’m able to locate.

IMHOO

#FindSuzanne
#BringSuzanneHome
#JusticeForSuzanne