CO SUZANNE MORPHEW: Missing from Chaffee County, CO - 10 May 2020 - Age 49 *Found Deceased*ARREST* (1 Viewer)

A Chaffee County woman is missing after a neighbor said she went out for a bike ride Sunday and never returned, sparking a search involving more than 100 emergency personnel.

The Chaffee County Communications Center received a report on Sunday at 5:46 p.m. regarding a missing woman in the area of County Road 225 and West Highway 50.


Anybody who has information on Morphew’s whereabouts is asked to call the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office at 719-539-2596 or Chaffee County Crime Stoppers at 719-539-2599.

Chaffee County woman missing since Sunday after neighbor said she went out for bike ride

A woman is missing after a neighbor said she went out for a bike ride Sunday and never returned, sparking a search involving more than 100 emergency personnel.

www.thedenverchannel.com

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SUZANNE MORPHEW is still #missing from Mayesville, CO. Her husband was arrested in 2021 for her murder!

A Chaffee County woman is still missing from Colorado after a neighbor said she went out for a bike ride Sunday and never returned in May of 2020.

www.crimewatchers.net

 

[Guess Who]

Well if she was alive, which is not what has been said by the authorities, she wouldn't have gone willingly for sure. This is the authorities saying this, not speculation. If you have a source then by all means post it.

The link you already posted states this quite clearly though.

an entomologist were brought in to analyze the remains and concluded that "it was unlikely Suzanne decomposed from a fresh body to a skeleton at this location."

Her phone activity stopped also.

Authorities did NOT say that. A reporter by the name of Ridenour did, according to the article.

Dan "Dan R" Ridenour, who lives in the Salida area of Colorado where the Morphews lived when Suzanne Morphew went missing, is the news director and operations manager of the Heart of the Rockies Radio..

The indictment only says she was moved from somewhere else to where she was found. It says nothing about being moved twice. Ridenour did

 

[Tresir]

Authorities did NOT say that. A reporter by the name of Ridenour did, according to the article.

Dan "Dan R" Ridenour, who lives in the Salida area of Colorado where the Morphews lived when Suzanne Morphew went missing, is the news director and operations manager of the Heart of the Rockies Radio..

The indictment only says she was moved from somewhere else to where she was found. It says nothing about being moved twice. Ridenour did

I think you are misunderstanding the indictment, which is quite clear. I dont care what the radio station manager thinks.

This is from the indictment.

After the initial charges against Barry Morphew were dismissed, authorities continued to search for her body and on September 22, 2023, Suzanne Morphew's remains were found in and around a "shallow, clandestine grave … less than an hour south of the Morphew residence," according to the indictment.

In 2023, more than three years after she was reported missing, investigators discovered Suzanne Morphew's skeletal remains in a shallow grave during an unrelated search. The location — a remote area known as "the boneyard" near the town of Moffat, Colorado — was less than an hour south of the Morphew home.KKTV
"The majority of her bones were recovered," the indictment states, and a board-certified anthropologist, a botanist, and an entomologist were brought in to analyze the remains and concluded that "it was unlikely Suzanne decomposed from a fresh body to a skeleton at this location."

It clearly says "the indictment states" so i think you are misunderstanding the article.

 

[Cousin Dupree]

This is so morbid. It’s bad enough that you can kill your wife and drag her dead body somewhere, but go back and pick up her remains and move them again? This guy is so sick in the head. I hope his daughters are finally waking up to the realization of what has happened here.

I'd imagine it's difficult to believe your parent is a killer. What would your kids think if you were accused of murdering an emu?

 

[Guess Who]

I'd imagine it's difficult to believe your parent is a killer. What would your kids think if you were accused of murdering an emu?

Dinner???

 

[Cousin Dupree]

Dinner???

I see you laughing at that @Whatsnext

 

[Tresir]

Remember the mystery glove box DNA?

Barry Morphew may use mystery DNA for defense in wife’s murder: former prosecutor

A former deputy district attorney believes Barry Morphew will pursue an alternate suspect defense in his wife Suzanne's murder case after a deer tranquilizer was found in her remains.

www.foxnews.com

A former deputy district attorney believes Barry Morphew will try and use an "alternate suspect" defense after being charged with his wife's murder.
Morphew was indicted by a grand jury in Colorado on charges of murder in the first degree June 20 after the Mother's Day 2020 disappearance of his wife, Suzanne Morphew, the mother of two daughters. Barry Morphew was arrested in Goodyear, Arizona, almost 11 hours from where his wife went missing and was extradited to Colorado June 30.
Though Barry Morphew was first charged with the murder of his wife in 2021, those charges were later dropped because of prosecutorial misconduct. Suzanne Morphew's body was found in September 2023, and an autopsy determined a deer tranquilizer called "BAM" was found in her bone marrow. BAM stands for the chemicals butorphanol, azaperone and medetomidine.
According to prosecutors, Barry Morphew was the only individual with a prescription for the deer tranquilizer within the area of Colorado he had lived in.
INSIDE BARRY MORPHEW'S SECRETIVE LIFE 600 MILES AWAY FROM EPICENTER OF MURDER INVESTIGATION INTO WIFE'S DEATH

Suzanne Morphew and Barry Morphew (Chaffee County Sheriff's Office and Pool via KRDO)
Prosecutors on July 16 submitted their first witness list, which includes both of Barry Morphew's daughters. Prosecutors aren't required to make everyone on the list testify.
Colin McCallin, a Colorado-based lawyer and former deputy district attorney for the 18th Judicial District Attorney's Office in Colorado, told Fox News Digital he thinks Barry Morphew's legal team will try and argue an "alternate suspect" killed Suzanne Morphew.
"I would expect the defense to advance any evidence they (have) relating to alternate suspect evidence," McCallin said.
HOW LAW ENFORCEMENT'S DISCOVERY OF RARE DRUG IN SUZANNE MORPHEW'S BODY LED TO HER HUSBAND'S EVENTUAL ARREST
McCallin pointed to the fact that an unknown DNA profile was found in Suzanne Morphew's Range Rover after her disappearance, which didn't belong to Barry Morphew. Court documents state that unknown DNA was found in the glove box, among other spots.
"You know, one of the things that has always permeated this case is the existence of these unknown DNA profiles that were found on some of the items of evidence that were found, you know, that initially when she went missing, that pointed to maybe someone else being involved in this," McCallin said.
"You can't just throw out names and say, that person did it, go get him. So, you know, I do think though that if they have any ability to pin this homicide on someone other than Barry Morphew, they are going to explore those defenses."

Barry Morphew's booking picture at the Alamosa County Jail. (Alamosa County Sheriff's Office)
Bryan Kohberger, convicted of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, attempted to invoke an "alternate perpetrator" theory, but Judge Steven Hippler didn't allow it. Court documents referring to the so-called alternate perpetrator in that case were sealed, but Hippler expressed skepticism.
McCallin said the case against Barry Morphew is still "very circumstantial," which may hamper prosecutors.
"We know that that chemical was found in her body. We know where her body was found. But we really don't know a whole lot more than that. We don't know where the body was moved. We don't know where Suzanne actually died," McCallin said.
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Suzanne Morphew, 49, went missing May 10, 2020, after leaving her Colorado home to go on a bike ride, her husband, Barry Morphew, told authorities. (Chaffee County Sheriff's Office)
Barry Morphew's attorney, David Beller, previously told Fox News Digital Morphew "maintains his innocence."
"Yet again, the government allows their predetermined conclusion to lead their search for evidence," Beller said. "The case has not changed, and the outcome will not either."
Adam Sabes is a writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to Adam.Sabes@fox.com and on Twitter @asabes10.

 

[Guess Who]

Remember the mystery glove box DNA?

Barry Morphew may use mystery DNA for defense in wife’s murder: former prosecutor

A former deputy district attorney believes Barry Morphew will pursue an alternate suspect defense in his wife Suzanne's murder case after a deer tranquilizer was found in her remains.

www.foxnews.com

A former deputy district attorney believes Barry Morphew will try and use an "alternate suspect" defense after being charged with his wife's murder.
Morphew was indicted by a grand jury in Colorado on charges of murder in the first degree June 20 after the Mother's Day 2020 disappearance of his wife, Suzanne Morphew, the mother of two daughters. Barry Morphew was arrested in Goodyear, Arizona, almost 11 hours from where his wife went missing and was extradited to Colorado June 30.
Though Barry Morphew was first charged with the murder of his wife in 2021, those charges were later dropped because of prosecutorial misconduct. Suzanne Morphew's body was found in September 2023, and an autopsy determined a deer tranquilizer called "BAM" was found in her bone marrow. BAM stands for the chemicals butorphanol, azaperone and medetomidine.
According to prosecutors, Barry Morphew was the only individual with a prescription for the deer tranquilizer within the area of Colorado he had lived in.
INSIDE BARRY MORPHEW'S SECRETIVE LIFE 600 MILES AWAY FROM EPICENTER OF MURDER INVESTIGATION INTO WIFE'S DEATH

Suzanne Morphew and Barry Morphew (Chaffee County Sheriff's Office and Pool via KRDO)
Prosecutors on July 16 submitted their first witness list, which includes both of Barry Morphew's daughters. Prosecutors aren't required to make everyone on the list testify.
Colin McCallin, a Colorado-based lawyer and former deputy district attorney for the 18th Judicial District Attorney's Office in Colorado, told Fox News Digital he thinks Barry Morphew's legal team will try and argue an "alternate suspect" killed Suzanne Morphew.
"I would expect the defense to advance any evidence they (have) relating to alternate suspect evidence," McCallin said.
HOW LAW ENFORCEMENT'S DISCOVERY OF RARE DRUG IN SUZANNE MORPHEW'S BODY LED TO HER HUSBAND'S EVENTUAL ARREST
McCallin pointed to the fact that an unknown DNA profile was found in Suzanne Morphew's Range Rover after her disappearance, which didn't belong to Barry Morphew. Court documents state that unknown DNA was found in the glove box, among other spots.
"You know, one of the things that has always permeated this case is the existence of these unknown DNA profiles that were found on some of the items of evidence that were found, you know, that initially when she went missing, that pointed to maybe someone else being involved in this," McCallin said.
"You can't just throw out names and say, that person did it, go get him. So, you know, I do think though that if they have any ability to pin this homicide on someone other than Barry Morphew, they are going to explore those defenses."

Barry Morphew's booking picture at the Alamosa County Jail. (Alamosa County Sheriff's Office)
Bryan Kohberger, convicted of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, attempted to invoke an "alternate perpetrator" theory, but Judge Steven Hippler didn't allow it. Court documents referring to the so-called alternate perpetrator in that case were sealed, but Hippler expressed skepticism.
McCallin said the case against Barry Morphew is still "very circumstantial," which may hamper prosecutors.
"We know that that chemical was found in her body. We know where her body was found. But we really don't know a whole lot more than that. We don't know where the body was moved. We don't know where Suzanne actually died," McCallin said.
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Suzanne Morphew, 49, went missing May 10, 2020, after leaving her Colorado home to go on a bike ride, her husband, Barry Morphew, told authorities. (Chaffee County Sheriff's Office)
Barry Morphew's attorney, David Beller, previously told Fox News Digital Morphew "maintains his innocence."
"Yet again, the government allows their predetermined conclusion to lead their search for evidence," Beller said. "The case has not changed, and the outcome will not either."
Adam Sabes is a writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to Adam.Sabes@fox.com and on Twitter @asabes10.

His attorney wouldn't be doing his job if he didn't try this. Good luck with that, Barry. You wouldn't have had to lie so much if the other dude did it, would ya?

 

[Kimster]

I haven’t followed this case that closely, but I figured that this would come up from the defense. It may backfire if it looks like he’s grasping at straws, however.

 

[Guess Who]

I haven’t followed this case that closely, but I figured that this would come up from the defense. It may backfire if it looks like he’s grasping at straws, however.

And why would he have had to lie so much in the interviews if it was the other dude that did it?

 

[Tresir]

I haven’t followed this case that closely, but I figured that this would come up from the defense. It may backfire if it looks like he’s grasping at straws, however.

It only takes one juror to have doubts.

Hopefully the fact only he had access to the tranquilizer will convince them. But was that just in the county or the whole state?

Also, she was found in a different county, so did they check the tranquiliser access in that county too? There has also been problems re the Chief Prosecutor so the D have a lot of ammo in their armoury IMO.

From upthread -

"Though Barry Morphew was first charged with the murder of his wife in 2021, those charges were later dropped because of prosecutorial misconduct. Suzanne Morphew's body was found in September 2023, and an autopsy determined a deer tranquilizer called "BAM" was found in her bone marrow. BAM stands for the chemicals butorphanol, azaperone and medetomidine.

According to prosecutors, Barry Morphew was the only individual with a prescription for the deer tranquilizer within the area of Colorado he had lived in."

BBM

 

[Tresir]

And why would he have had to lie so much in the interviews if it was the other dude that did it?

Because he's a lying toad - it's in his nature.

 

[Guess Who]

It only takes one juror to have doubts.

Hopefully the fact only he had access to the tranquilizer will convince them. But was that just in the county or the whole state?

Also, she was found in a different county, so did they check the tranquiliser access in that county too? There has also been problems re the Chief Prosecutor so the D have a lot of ammo in their armoury IMO.

From upthread -

"Though Barry Morphew was first charged with the murder of his wife in 2021, those charges were later dropped because of prosecutorial misconduct. Suzanne Morphew's body was found in September 2023, and an autopsy determined a deer tranquilizer called "BAM" was found in her bone marrow. BAM stands for the chemicals butorphanol, azaperone and medetomidine.

According to prosecutors, Barry Morphew was the only individual with a prescription for the deer tranquilizer within the area of Colorado he had lived in.

BBM

The entire state. All of the rest in the state were accounted for.

 

[Guess Who]

Because he's a lying toad - it's in his nature.

Except he lied about things that would have done him better to tell the truth if he didn't do it.

 

[Cousin Dupree]

Remember the mystery glove box DNA?

Barry Morphew may use mystery DNA for defense in wife’s murder: former prosecutor

A former deputy district attorney believes Barry Morphew will pursue an alternate suspect defense in his wife Suzanne's murder case after a deer tranquilizer was found in her remains.

www.foxnews.com

A former deputy district attorney believes Barry Morphew will try and use an "alternate suspect" defense after being charged with his wife's murder.
Morphew was indicted by a grand jury in Colorado on charges of murder in the first degree June 20 after the Mother's Day 2020 disappearance of his wife, Suzanne Morphew, the mother of two daughters. Barry Morphew was arrested in Goodyear, Arizona, almost 11 hours from where his wife went missing and was extradited to Colorado June 30.
Though Barry Morphew was first charged with the murder of his wife in 2021, those charges were later dropped because of prosecutorial misconduct. Suzanne Morphew's body was found in September 2023, and an autopsy determined a deer tranquilizer called "BAM" was found in her bone marrow. BAM stands for the chemicals butorphanol, azaperone and medetomidine.
According to prosecutors, Barry Morphew was the only individual with a prescription for the deer tranquilizer within the area of Colorado he had lived in.
INSIDE BARRY MORPHEW'S SECRETIVE LIFE 600 MILES AWAY FROM EPICENTER OF MURDER INVESTIGATION INTO WIFE'S DEATH

Suzanne Morphew and Barry Morphew (Chaffee County Sheriff's Office and Pool via KRDO)
Prosecutors on July 16 submitted their first witness list, which includes both of Barry Morphew's daughters. Prosecutors aren't required to make everyone on the list testify.
Colin McCallin, a Colorado-based lawyer and former deputy district attorney for the 18th Judicial District Attorney's Office in Colorado, told Fox News Digital he thinks Barry Morphew's legal team will try and argue an "alternate suspect" killed Suzanne Morphew.
"I would expect the defense to advance any evidence they (have) relating to alternate suspect evidence," McCallin said.
HOW LAW ENFORCEMENT'S DISCOVERY OF RARE DRUG IN SUZANNE MORPHEW'S BODY LED TO HER HUSBAND'S EVENTUAL ARREST
McCallin pointed to the fact that an unknown DNA profile was found in Suzanne Morphew's Range Rover after her disappearance, which didn't belong to Barry Morphew. Court documents state that unknown DNA was found in the glove box, among other spots.
"You know, one of the things that has always permeated this case is the existence of these unknown DNA profiles that were found on some of the items of evidence that were found, you know, that initially when she went missing, that pointed to maybe someone else being involved in this," McCallin said.
"You can't just throw out names and say, that person did it, go get him. So, you know, I do think though that if they have any ability to pin this homicide on someone other than Barry Morphew, they are going to explore those defenses."

Barry Morphew's booking picture at the Alamosa County Jail. (Alamosa County Sheriff's Office)
Bryan Kohberger, convicted of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, attempted to invoke an "alternate perpetrator" theory, but Judge Steven Hippler didn't allow it. Court documents referring to the so-called alternate perpetrator in that case were sealed, but Hippler expressed skepticism.
McCallin said the case against Barry Morphew is still "very circumstantial," which may hamper prosecutors.
"We know that that chemical was found in her body. We know where her body was found. But we really don't know a whole lot more than that. We don't know where the body was moved. We don't know where Suzanne actually died," McCallin said.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

Suzanne Morphew, 49, went missing May 10, 2020, after leaving her Colorado home to go on a bike ride, her husband, Barry Morphew, told authorities. (Chaffee County Sheriff's Office)
Barry Morphew's attorney, David Beller, previously told Fox News Digital Morphew "maintains his innocence."
"Yet again, the government allows their predetermined conclusion to lead their search for evidence," Beller said. "The case has not changed, and the outcome will not either."
Adam Sabes is a writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to Adam.Sabes@fox.com and on Twitter @asabes10.

The BAM is just as good as DNA. Good luck explaining that one away.

 

[Guess Who]

The BAM is just as good as DNA. Good luck explaining that one away.

Yep. When he was the ONLY individual in the state with it and all the other entities in the state that had it had all of theirs accounted for, it sure is.

 

[Tresir]

Except he lied about things that would have done him better to tell the truth if he didn't do it.

He's not smart enough to understand that.

 

[Tresir]

Yep. When he was the ONLY individual in the state with it and all the other entities in the state that had it had all of theirs accounted for, it sure is.

The article says just the area of Colorado that he lived in, not the whole state though.

Also, i bet he doesn't keep it under lock and key or do inventory checks at all. He's not the sort. So he will say if some went missing, he wouldn't notice.

 

[Tresir]

How come her neighbours said she had not returned from a bike ride? What's the story behind that?

 

[Kimster]

How come her neighbours said she had not returned from a bike ride? What's the story behind that?

I think they believed she went on a bike ride, maybe? Did they ever say they saw her leave the house?

 

[Tresir]

I think they believed she went on a bike ride, maybe? Did they ever say they saw her leave the house?

I don't know the details around that which is why i asked. Did he make up the bike ride and plant her bike and helmet? I will have to gen up on that bit.