Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, did not return from bike ride, Chaffee County, 10 May 2020 #22

[Charlot123]

I think we are talking about 2 different parks. An RV park has set-ups for big motor homes. You pull in and stay a few days with water and electric. A trailer park has permanent trailers that don't move around. I believe there to be a significant difference between the 2 but I could be wrong.

You know, maybe it is a certain stigma that people want to avoid, but many people who live in what I assume are trailer parks, call them RV parks. "Motor home" I haven't heard for a long, long time. Maybe there is a difference, or maybe there is a mix of the two that exist.

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[AdyStand]

You know, maybe it is a certain stigma that people want to avoid, but many people who live in what I assume are trailer parks, call them RV parks. "Motor home" I haven't heard for a long, long time.

This is a tourist area. People camp. Bring their RV's. Rent large vaca homes with their families. As we have seen from the Morphews they also purchase homes for large amounts of money. Not sure there is much room here for the trailer park that people are misinterpreting. It takes a quick search to see the medium price of a home in the town is probably more than most "small towns".

 

[Janeumayer]

This is an early interview with some RV park residents. A little insight into the colorful characters. They seem like nice folks.

 

[Charlot123]

I don’t recall that either! I would love a link because if that bike was truly needing repair, surely she wouldn’t have ridden it that day?

JMO

I'd like to know what kind of repair it needed? Something very mundane, or rare? Any chance the problem was "man-made"?

 

[Gigi3]

I'd like to know what kind of repair it needed? Something very mundane, or rare? Any chance the problem was "man-made"?

Those are great questions! Wish we knew the answers...

 

[lamlawindy]

FWIW, as a resident of Colorado, the state's answer makes me uncomfortable. As you said, "non-disclosure ... erodes that trust."

Time to contact your state rep & state senator!

 

[Gigi3]

That paragraph was only for illustration of an extreme case. The article mentions thousands of other instances where the justice system in Colorado seems to operate in a rather opaque manner.

So... if there were search warrants served in Indiana, would the public be privy to those?

 

[lamlawindy]

If there was no one speculating or having opinions - there is nothing to discuss because NO ONE has any evidence of guilt or innocence, do they?

JMO.

Great post! I don't have any evidence of innocence, but -- at this point -- I can say that there is insufficient evidence of guilt.

 

[Charlot123]

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That paragraph was only for illustration of an extreme case. The article mentions thousands of other instances where the justice system in Colorado seems to operate in a rather opaque manner.

But at least they appear efficient. At least as of recently.

 

[Error505]

Interesting Point made in latest Profiling Evil Video. Lauren Scharf asks these former LE how hard is it to get a second search warrant for Morphew home which had been searched for 2 weeks just 41 days prior to 2nd search
Mike King: “They had to have had something really powerful to allow a judge to say Yes, we’re going to allow you to go back in and do more...!
24:10 mark when this discussion takes place!
ETA MOO I believe strong physical evidence was found in the home during first search. I also remember the mobile Crime Lab was sent to the home during the search, indicative of crucial evidence being found (or so it was in the Stauch case).

 

[lamlawindy]

So... if there were search warrants served in Indiana, would the public be privy to those?

Unless the warrants were sealed because of a concern for bodily safety, destructionof evidence, or flight, then I do believe so. I've searched Mycase using all the methods I could think of & even searched PACER (the federal court system) in case a federal judge signed off on a warrant. I found nothing.

 

[lamlawindy]

Have any charges been brought?

In a system where the public is supposed to keep watch over its officials -- including judicial officers -- it matters not. The question isn't whether charges have been filed but whether judicial action took place.

 

[Sillybilly]

ADMIN NOTE:

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[Madeleine74]

I would hope no one could actually find BM "guilty" at this time, considering LE has not released any information about what they've found, and no facts have been presented beyond "missing person, no one's been ruled out." Suspicious? sure. Red flags? probably. LE narrowing an investigation? looks like they are but who knows for sure.

 

[Gigi3]

Unless the warrants were sealed because of a concern for bodily safety, destructionof evidence, or flight, then I do believe so. I've searched Mycase using all the methods I could think of & even searched PACER (the federal court system) in case a federal judge signed off on a warrant. I found nothing.

Thanks! Good to know.

I’ve seen theories that perhaps someone from Indiana may have threatened to harm SM.
Therefore, the person responsible for her disappearance is in Indiana.

I’ve considered this possibility, but LE’s actions don’t coincide with that theory, IMO.

Also, if you KNEW someone was threatening SM, wouldn’t you take EVERY precaution to protect her? As in, making sure your security cameras are updated and working, and definitely NOT leaving her alone.

Of course this is just a theory likely created by someone trying to push a different narrative out into social media land. It could be possible, but IMO, not likely.

 

[Madeleine74]

So, we have friends that own and travel in motor homes, some others pull trailers and some pull 5th wheels. Then there's trailer parks where people actually live and mobile home parks where the mobile homes are on a foundation.

The cost of motor homes, some trailers and some 5th wheels can be quite expensive. (like over $75K and upwards of $250K or more).

IMO

 

[Dave F.]

In a system where the public is supposed to keep watch over its officials -- including judicial officers -- it matters not. The question isn't whether charges have been filed but whether judicial action took place.

If there is any publishable court action, it will appear on the Chaffey County Courts section of the Colorado State Judicial website, in the "Dockets" section:

Colorado Judicial Branch - Chaffee County - Dockets

If search warrants are released to the public, they will appear on the same site, in the "Cases of Interest " section:

Colorado Judicial Branch - Chaffee County - Homepage

 

[lamlawindy]

If there is any publishable court action, it will appear on the Chaffey County Courts section of the Colorado State Judicial website, in the "Dockets" section:

Colorado Judicial Branch - Chaffee County - Dockets

If search warrants are released to the public, they will appear on the same site, in the "Cases of Interest " section:

Colorado Judicial Branch - Chaffee County - Homepage

My contention is that disclosure should be the default position immediately upon judicial action & non-disclosure should be the exception.

 

[Lilypad13]

Park Tour - Monarch Spur RV Park and Campground
Good video of the RV park

Wow thank you for posting this video...it’s much different than I envisioned. Very rustic...and big. I hope LE searched it including the cabins. I wonder how many cabins they have. I’m wondering how full it was and does LE literally go into every RV and the tents by the river? I must admit after watching that I get the concerns raised a little more. If someone(s) sketchy abducted someone and took them to the RV Park and held them there they have plenty of places to hide and have the privacy to do whatever. If a woman was screaming would you even hear it over the river? That shovel and old mine kinda gave me the creeps also the “sinners will feel right at home” sign... but the scenery is beautiful. Why does Rocky Mountain High always make me cry??! I think it made me feel sad for Suzanne that she probably won’t get to see it anymore.

 

[Sillybilly]

Read The Rules folks.

It took almost 1 1/2 hours to clean up this thread simply because members disregarded The Rules about sleuthing individuals who are non POIs/suspects.

If this happens again, offending members will be banned from this discussion.