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me today for another video. Today, I'm gonna be talking
about an ongoing case. And I know some people find those videos kind of frustrating, I do too. Trust me, we all want the answers as fast as possible these days. But with this case, an
arrest was just made recently and there is a lot of unknowns
and a lot of questions that we just don't have the
answers to at this point. But as time goes on, things
will start slowly coming out. And if you're watching this in the future, there might be new updates at that point. This is a Colorado case. I live in Colorado, if
you didn't know that. I'm very proud of my state. And I've been following
it just on social media and my local news for the last year. There's finally enough information
to put together a video. And it's pretty shocking
how all of this ended up. This case has had quite
a bit of media attention and a lot of interest online. So there have been a lot of rumors, there have been a lot of speculation, some of it correct. So I'm just gonna try to break
it down as simply as I can, not get too speculative,
stick to the facts, what we know at this point and let you guys make your own minds up. Also, I just want to say, sorry that my uploads were
a bit sparse this month. I've just been going through some shit. I know you guys get it. And I needed a little time to heal and to take care of my mental health. And yeah, I'm doing a lot better now. But let's go ahead and jump into the case. Today, we are talking
about Suzanne Morphew. So Suzanne was born Suzanne Renee Moorman on April 30th, 1971, the day of her sister
Melinda's 15th birthday. And Melinda said that she always
thought of her baby sister as a birthday gift to her. She also grew up with two
brothers, David and Andrew, and they were a really close family. Growing up, Suzanne was adored
by her friends and family. People describe her as
considerate and thoughtful, even at a very young age. When she got older, she
took on after her mother. She was a very sophisticated
and intelligent woman. She had a really good voice
and she sang in the choir when she was in high school. And singing was something
that brought her a lot of joy. Suzanne's family describes her
as beautiful inside and out. They said that she had a
really calming presence and you couldn't help but feel safe when you were around her. She was a genuine, kind
person, and people said that she never had anything
negative to say about anybody. In 1988, Suzanne met the love of her life. His name was Barry. Barry Lee Morphew. He was from a wealthy Christian family and his faith was really important to him and Suzanne's faith was important to her. So they were a perfect match. They fell in love almost
instantly and they got married on August 6th, 1994 at
Grace Baptist Church in Anderson, Indiana. Suzanne had gotten her degree in education from Purdue University and
she worked as a teacher for four years after
she first got married. And Barry had hopes of becoming a professional
baseball player. He was actually recruited
out of high school by the Toronto Blue
Jays, but he got injured and that cut his professional
baseball career short. So instead, he also went
to Purdue University and he got his education
in horticulture production. He started his company, BLM Landscaping in Arcadia back in Indiana in 2004. His company did traditional landscaping, hardscaping as well, they also
built like little sunrooms and off rooms. They also had two daughters
who are named Mallory and Macy. And Suzanne was a really good mom. She adored being a mom. She wanted kids for a really long time and her girls loved her and loved Barry. Barry was a good husband and father. He was hardworking and disciplined. One thing that he really
loved was big game hunting, and he would often take these
retreats for weeks at a time, leave his family because
he needed to recharge. So then in 2014, Suzanne
started a non-profit. It was called the Suzanne
R. Morphew Hope Foundation. And the mission was to
address needs of children in various global locations
by showing the love of Jesus Christ in tangible ways to address recognized needs. In 2018, they decided it
was time for a change, so they moved. That May, they put
their house up for sale, which also had 13 acres of land and they listed it for $895,000. Then in April, they bought
their house in Salida, Colorado, which was $1.6 million,
is a beautiful house with a gorgeous view of the mountains. It is really pretty down in Salida. This house was built in 2008 and it was on over seven acres of land. It's right on the border of
the San Isabel National Forest, which is gorgeous. So Salida is in Chaffee County. It's a very small town,
just over 5,000 people. And this is known as the
Heart of the Rockies. Now, despite the distance
between houses in this county, most people are pretty tight
knit in this community. Most people in the town know
each other, most residents, and they look out for one another. And the Morphews neighborhood is considered to be a
very safe neighborhood. So safe that people normally don't even
lock their doors there. And as soon as they moved in, the family really thrived
in their new home. The girls adjusted really well, they met friends quickly and
they loved their new home. I mean, who wouldn't? That's a gorgeous house. They started making a lot
of friends and connections in the area right away. And it wasn't long before they were real
well-respected members of the community. And they were also very
involved in their new church, which is called Grace Church in Salida. Suzanne spent a lot of her time
volunteering at the church. She would make lunches
for the youth group, help in any way she could. And Barry signed up to be
a volunteer firefighter in the area while also continuing
his landscaping company. Suzanne really prioritized
staying in touch with all of her old friends, but she also made a ton
of new friends in Salida. She made friends anywhere she went, she was a very friendly person. And soon, she had a new
circle of friends in Colorado. And another really interesting
and respectable thing about Suzanne is that she
was a cancer survivor. She actually had Hodgkin's lymphoma twice, once before she had her kids, and then once right before
they moved to Colorado. Her last treatment was October 1st, 2019. Her family had a big celebration for her. They were really proud of
her for making it through it. It was difficult for her, of course, but she remained really
positive throughout it. She made friends through
her cancer treatments and people that did
treatments with her said that she was always cheerful
and positive during them. No matter what Suzanne was going through, she seemed to really
keep a positive outlook. At least one, or sometimes
both of her daughters would go to her treatments with her every time. They were really, really
close with their mom. But Barry didn't go very often. And when he did, he kind
of seemed out of place. He would kind of shut down
and not really talk to anyone. Now, of course, it is understandable
for something like that to be traumatizing on a partner too. But other survivors who were there said that he just seemed really
uncomfortable being there. But Suzanne made it through and she had scheduled
maintenance appointments throughout 2020, which
brings us to May of 2020. Her next appointment was
supposed to be the Monday after Mother's Day. Now, of course, where they
lived was absolutely gorgeous. And they had tons of
trails accessible to them just from their house. And so Suzanne loved to go
for an early morning bike ride every Sunday morning. It was kind of thing. Then after she got home,
they would all get ready and they would go to church together and sometimes go out to lunch,
spend the day as a family. And so Barry tried his
best not to work on Sundays so that he'd give the day
to his faith and his family. But for Mother's Day that
year, which was May 10th, 2020, they decided to do something different. Macy and Mallory were planning
to go on a camping trip that weekend together,
but they were planning to return home early on Sunday so that they could spend
the day with their mother. And surprisingly, even
though it was Mother's Day, since the girls were gonna be
home on Sunday with Susanne, Barry decided he was
going to drive to Denver to do some work. And driving from Salida to Denver is anywhere from about 2.5 to three hours, so it was a full day thing. Later on, the girls realized that they were gonna be
coming home a lot later than they thought, so
they texted their mother just a short message
saying happy Mother's Day, but then they didn't hear back. And they actually got worried. So they contacted a
neighbor and had her go over and try to check on Suzanne. When the neighbor went over
there, they saw Suzanne's car, but no one answered the door. So they all assumed
she was on a bike ride, but hours went by. There was no way that
she was still biking. It was pretty hot that day too. So Suzanne was officially
reported missing at 5:46 p.m. So the Sheriff's Office
organized a search right away. They got the Chaffee County
Search and Rescue team involved. They also had eight tracking dogs from the Department of Corrections and several drones as well. And they began searching
the area immediately after she was reported missing. More than 100 people were
brought in to search for Suzanne and people were frantic because, of course, as the sun is
setting, there's a big concern that if she's out there and
she's injured somewhere, that something could happen to her. And, of course, with any disappearance, time is of the essence. And they ended up having a
professional-only search. They didn't involve the public,
possibly because of COVID and they also blocked off
road to the family's home so they could search that area as well. And at the time they believed that Suzanne would be in the
area around County Road 225 and West Highway 50 in Maysville. And they searched as long as they could. And by the next morning, they had searched pretty
much the whole area. So they brought in even
more professionals, even more search teams and looked in some more tricky
places, like steep drop-offs, areas along rushing water. And keep in mind, they have
to look out for wildlife in the area as well. There are a lot of mountain lions here. But even with all these
professional searches being done, there was not a single
trace of Suzanne found. Later that day, the sheriff
sent out a press release, asking anyone and area with information about Suzanne Morphew
to call the tip line. But what really frustrated
people is there was no mention of what she was wearing that day or make and model of her bike. Literally, nothing useful other than, call us if you have information. But after they reached
out to the community, over 600 tips were called in. And at that point, the FBI and the Colorado
Bureau of Investigation also joined in and started
going through the tips and possible leads. Now, you might be wondering, what's Barry doing during all of this? Well, when Suzanne first went missing, Barry was 150 miles away. He was in Broomfield,
Colorado, which is past Denver. So when he heard that
she was reported missing, he rushed home and was home
by 9:00 p.m that Sunday. Now, Barry tells a few different versions of why he was out of town that weekend. The first was that he had a volunteer firefighter training thing,
but then the county fire chief said that there was no
training that weekend, that yes, Barry was a
volunteer firefighter, but nothing was scheduled. In fact, they weren't
doing trainings at the time because of the pandemic. So then Barry ends up
telling investigators that he was actually out of
town to set up a job site for his business. He was getting it done over the weekend because the job was
supposed to start on Monday. Family members confirmed
that Barry did have to work in Denver and that he had cleared it with Suzanne before he left. And again, he said he
was comfortable leaving on Mother's Day because
his daughters were supposed to be coming back early in the day to spend the day with their mom. So all of them, Barry and the girls, were asked to stay out of the home while they searched it, of course. Now, often this doesn't take too long, but in this case it took a long time. They weren't able to return
until the end of May. And keep in mind she disappeared or was reported missing on the 10th. Investigators also took Barry's
cell phone and his vehicle so that they could search
that thoroughly as well. And while the house was being searched, Barry stayed with a friend
and this friend claims that while Barry was staying with him, he was pacing around the house nervously, looking out the windows,
which is understandable, considering his wife is missing. But he said that his
behavior was a bit odd and that he would go on these long drives. And when he was on these drives, he said he was trying to spot vehicles that he thought could have
possibly picked up Suzanne, vehicles that he claimed
he remembered seeing around there neighborhood,
around their house before Suzanne went missing. And the beginning of the case, the police have really kept
things as on the DL as they can while still trying to keep
the public informed enough to get leads. So it's kind of hard to know
the exact details of this case at this point, but we do
know that they took bags of evidence from the Morphew home. They also asked neighbors to give them any surveillance
footage they had, any Ring doorbell footage. And they asked for it from the
dates of May 8th to May 12th. And a lot of people were
quite frustrated with this because they just trusted
people to give that footage up instead of going and
obtaining it themselves. Now, like I said, there
are a lot of mountain lions in this area. But investigators were
able to rule out the idea of a mountain lion attacking
Suzanne pretty early on. But at first, Barry was
very set on the idea that a mountain lion could
have attacked Suzanne or even have taken her. One officer has stated that Barry stated that he believed a
mountain lion took her off into the forest and like
stashed her somewhere to eat her later. And that was his explanation for why there was no trace of blood. I mean, with any wildlife attack, normally you find clothing,
a shoe, some blood, some hair, something. It's not gonna just be a clean scene. And this officer said that
that was one of the moments that he felt like there was
more that Barry wasn't sharing. 'Cause that was odd for him
to keep pushing this idea when it really didn't make a lot of sense. And Barry is a guy who
spends a lot of time outside in the wilderness in Salida. And he also knows a lot about hunting and wildlife in general. So, come on, it seems
like he would be able to rule this out himself pretty quickly, but he really stuck with
that theory for a while. Her brother also says that at one point they were looking over this area and Barry was kind of
pointing down saying, I think maybe she was
like dragged down here by a mountain lion and taken off. And her brother said that at that point, he really started to question
Barry 'cause he just knew that made no sense, that
there would be a blood trail. But the whole mountain
lion theory was put to rest pretty early on. It just makes no sense. And at that point, Barry
started to push the idea that maybe she was kidnapped and he started looking at
vehicles and stuff like that. So after they spent time
questioning family, friends, neighbors, other witnesses,
they came to the conclusion that the last time anyone had spoken with Suzanne was on May 9th, Saturday. As far as what's reported
right now, there was no witness of her on her bike the following morning. So they felt like they hit a dead end. So they needed to look more into Barry. His behavior was weirding them out. I'm sure there's even more
that we don't know about yet. They were kind of looking
at him behind the scenes the whole time and not really
feeding much to the public. There was silence for a while. But they decided to collect
surveillance footage from the businesses around
the Holiday Inn Express, where Barry had stayed in
Broomfield that weekend. And before Barry rushed home that Sunday, he had asked a worker of his Jeff Puckett to come and take over for him. And according to Jeff, when
he arrived at the Holiday Inn, he went up to his room and he noticed that it
smelled like chlorine. And this is the room that
Barry had been staying in. The entire room smelled
strongly of chlorine. And there were towels all over the place. and the bed, I guess, was made, but it didn't look like it
was made by the hotel staff. It looked like someone
had possibly slept in it or gotten into it or at least messed it up and then kind of remade it. So they checked with the
hotel and they confirmed that they don't use chlorine
to clean the hotel rooms. And also the pool was closed
at the time due to COVID. Even though Barry tried to
say that the chlorine smell could be from the pool. And then Jeff also found a pile of mail, including a letter about
property insurance. And he ended up handing all
of those over to the FBI. Now, obviously investigators
are really starting to look at Barry. It seems like he may have
had some involvement. But Barry's friends and family
all really rallied around him at this time and continued
to talk super highly of him. I mean, a lot of people
that they interviewed, people in the town, people he worked with just said he was this upstanding guy, there no way he did anything. One of his childhood
friends got on the media and said that Barry was
absolutely devastated by the loss of his wife and there was just no way
he had any involvement. He said everyone got along
in their family so well, they were the perfect family. So backtracking a little bit,
within the first few days of her disappearance, Barry
offered a $100,000 reward and then a friend matched it
and so it was $200,000 total. Then it came out that on May 12th, Barry had given a very weird note to a local storage manager. And the note said, "Baby blue bike helmet. Bikers clothing." No phone number, no name,
nothing about her hair color. Now, Barry tries to say that at first, his story of where he was was inconsistent because he was so shocked about
what happened to his wife, he was confused, which is understandable in that situation, of course. And then a week after
Suzanne first went missing, Barry posted this video
to Facebook and it is... I don't know. Gives me a very eerie feeling. - Oh Suzanne, if anyone is
out there that can hear this, that has you, please, we'll do whatever
it takes to bring you back. We love you, miss you,
your girls need you. No questions asked,
however much they want. I will do whatever it
takes to get you back. Honey, I love you and
I want you back so bad. - It seemed like Barry was trying to make this prerecorded statement, pull on people's heart
strings a little bit. And that way he could also
avoid talking to the media and doing interviews. He can just point to his Facebook page. "If you want to know what I
have to say, go to my video." It gives him control of the situation. Just days before that
video clip was recorded, they had actually found Susanne's bike, which of course it's very unusual that they missed it the first time. It was close to her home
off of County Road 225 down this hill, kinda at the bottom. Investigators spent a lot of
time searching in this area and this YouTuber named Tyson Draper who I believe lives in the area
started recording the areas. So here's some of his footage. You can see the bridge and
the road leading to her house. You can see the hill in the
area where the bike was found. And according to the Sheriff's Office, the bike was not damaged. And they thought it was really strange that when they brought dogs to that area, they didn't pick up her scent at all. So that led them to believe that the bike was actually thrown there by someone who was not Suzanne and it was made to look like an accident. And the investigators also said that they found this
personal item of Susanne's. They won't say what it is. Literally, they claim they
haven't even told her family what it is, but they found
it on the road going west. - We've run foot searches,
using air support, canine support, swiftwater support, and we've also utilized countless
hours of drone searches. We've used well over 200
personnel and over 2,000 man hours have gone into this search. But unfortunately, we
haven't found Suzanne yet. And as I stated before,
that is our top priority. Yesterday afternoon, which
is Thursday in the area of County Road 225 and
Highway 50, we did find items that we believe were personal
items of Suzanne Morphew and that launched a bigger
search we had today, which included the full
closure of US Highway 50 on Monarch Pass. In that search we used
today well over 90 searchers that are well-trained individuals from both our local agencies
as well as the FBI and CBI. We searched over 2.5
miles using grid patterns. Unfortunately, we found no other items in that area at this time. We're in the process right now
of reevaluating where we are with the information we received. I wanna let everybody know that we are receiving information and so we're constantly
reevaluating that information. And based on that, it'll determine what our
actions are tomorrow searching. However, I wanna remind everybody that while we're doing this,
the investigation continues. - Now what's crazy is
that YouTuber I mentioned, Tyson Draper was searching
in the area for Suzanne and filming when he
actually ran into Barry. And he ended up starting
a recording on his phone and putting it in his pocket. So he had record of his
whole exchange with Barry. And in the recording, Barry talks about how emotional
the search has been for him, how exhausting it had been for him because it covered a 200 mile radius. - Now we've served a 200 mile radius. - [Tyson] What? Really? - All of the mountains
have been covered so far. But obviously, we're gonna miss things. - He said during the search, an officer had seen a mountain
lion and they had thought that maybe she was dragged away. - The first night, there
was a mountain lion the officer seen that walked by the car. So we thought maybe she
got attacked by a lion. We thought maybe she wrecked
coming down this hill, a car coming around the corner fast and maybe was disoriented
and got in the river. We've covered them. - He pointed out all the
areas that they searched and where they found her bike. And then he told him that his
private investigators believe that she may have been
abducted from the bridge. And he also said that
when the bike was found, it was found in a ditch
with the wheels facing up. He said, it looked like it
had tumbled down the hill and that the front wheel was mangled. But the police said
that it wasn't damaged. And then he proposes the theory that Suzanne had fallen
off the bike, hit her head, gotten disoriented, wandered
further into the woods, and then eventually got
swept up by the creek. Barry also said he was upset
with how the bike was handled. He thought that the officer
should have left it alone until it was processed as evidence. To him, he thought that maybe
Suzanne's abductor's DNA would be on the bike somewhere. And according to him, up to 10 other people
had touched the bike. He was also angry that there
were search teams being allowed to just walk in the area and
vehicles being brought in which he felt like could cover
up any potential footprints. So in the recording, Tyson
asks how he can help. And Barry said that if he's a hiker, he can continue to just search the area. And if he finds any evidence,
he emphasized not to touch it. But then things kind of took a turn and Barry kind of makes a threat to Tyson. - He made a little
threat there at the end. I don't know if the camera
picked it up or not, but he said, if I'm with the news media,
he's gonna come after me. - So that definitely ended very strangely. So Suzanne's nephew, Trevor
Noel actually was the one who confirmed to the media
that her bike had been found. He also lived in Colorado and he sort of became the
unofficial spokesperson for the family to the media. He helped organize a
GoFundMe to raise money for additional searches and
help the family members pay for travel, food, and housing. This GoFundMe was created
on May 13th, 2020, three days after Suzanne
was reported missing. The campaign raised over
$33,000 from over 341 donors before it stopped accepting donations. - [Trevor] Every morning,
early, we've been gathering and creating a game plan. And we just sent a bunch of teams out. We have our biggest crew
yet today going out again. And we're working all day
from when the sun comes up until the sun comes down,
scouring every hill, every creek, every watershed, looking for
our beloved family member and my aunt, Suzanne. - [Interviewer] I know it
must be really difficult. Is there any clue as to what might happen? Are there any theories
that you're working on? - [Trevor] Yes, there
are, but I think it's best for the investigation and for the family and for the progress that we keep it close and maybe not discuss it live right now, but we're making progress and
we are so far from giving up. - So for weeks and months after
Suzanne first went missing, the public continued to search for her, hike around and see if
they could find her. People would put signs all
around, at trail heads, anywhere where they might
catch someone's eye. Neighbors and friends put up
these teal and yellow ribbons along the road that led
to the family's property. So then towards the end of the month, a woman named Mary Branson came forward with new information. She said the property next door to hers was under construction with plans for a 5,000 square foot
home to be built there. And guess whose crew had
been hired to work this spot? Barry's. And this woman, Mary claims that shortly before Suzanne went missing, she heard the sound of
construction happening in the middle of the night. The middle of the night
over Mother's Day weekend. She claims that she heard
what she first thought was just a truck backing up or something 'cause it was the middle of the night. But then she realized it was the sound of construction equipment
coming from the work site. Now, Mary is hard of hearing, so she knows that if she can hear it, it must be really, really loud. She said she laid there
awake for a half hour, listening to the noises,
just confused and annoyed that this was happening in
the middle of the night. And later on, she went up to the crew and asked them if it was possible if they left their keys behind and maybe some teenager came
in the middle of the night, was like messing with their stuff. But they said, no. They said they do leave their keys there, but they're always well hidden. So this was unlikely. And then we find out that that weekend the crew had laid dirt and
also put down concretes. any case with concrete
in it just scares me. So with this new information, investigators planned an immediate search of this area, obviously. They used equipment to
check for disturbances within the concrete and they
tore like half of it out. They searched the garage on the property and the entire surrounding
area and found nothing, as far as we know. They may have found something, but they said that they
did not find Suzanne. So then on June 1st, 2020, about three weeks after
Suzanne had first gone missing, Barry filed for legal
guardianship of his wife. And this request was apparently
related to some real estate that he was trying to sell. So she was listed as
an incapacitated adults in the Indiana court system. And once that was approved, Barry was able to sell any properties that they owned together
without Suzanne being present. And then in October, 2020,
the family's home in Salida was put up for sale and it
sold this past March '21. So by August of 2020, the public is definitely
very suspicious about Barry. There were a lot of rumors
online at this point and a lot of things being said. And even some of Suzanne's
family members were starting to think that Barry really
could have been involved. Barry had allegedly
refused to take polygraphs on two different occasions. He disputes this and there
were a lot of rumors starting to go around about how Barry
had another side to him and how he had a really bad temper that could just come out of nowhere. And his employees started saying that he was difficult to work for. And there was even a rumor going around that he may have had a mistress. Barry ended up responding to all of this by talking to the media
for the first time. He ended up giving an
exclusive interview to Fox 2, a local station, and it
was over 25 minutes long. But he asked them not to air the recording of the interview for whatever reason. During the interview, he talks a lot about
his family's deep faith and their trust in God. He's quoted as saying,
"Suzanne trusted the Lord and if one person got saved from this, she would think it was worth it." Which I don't really
understand what that means. Then he also said, "We don't
know why God does what He does, but we have to trust Him." Barry explained how he
stayed out of the media because they were casting
a negative light onto him. And he also criticized how
the Sheriff's Department had handled the case. He said that they made mistakes
from the very beginning and were now trying to
pin the crime on him. So you can tell he's freaking out. He also talks about how
a friend was with him when he found the bicycle and how the police just
destroyed the evidence right in front of him. And Barry had three main theories for what he thought happened to Suzanne. One, a wild animal attack. I don't know why he was
still hung up on that 'cause it was pretty much debunked. But two, she could have been
the victim of a hit and run, which also doesn't make a lot of sense. And three, she was abducted. He also implied that maybe
this person who kidnapped her could have been someone that she knew, someone who could have just
ran into her while she was out on her bike ride and took
advantage of the opportunity. He also vowed to continue
searching for Suzanne every day for the rest of his life. He also said that he was never asked to take a polygraph test. He doesn't know where
that rumor came from. And he says he has
cooperated with the police and that he's done over
30 hours of interviews. On July 9th, investigators
did a second search of the Morphew home,
it's not been released what they were looking
for, if anything specific, and they have not released any information about anything that they found. And people have been very frustrated with the lack of information being put out to the public in this case
because it is leading people to speculate quite a bit. At that point, pretty much all the details of the case were being
kept from the public. People started commenting on the Chaffee County
Sheriff's Department website, their Facebook page, saying that they were
sending incredible tips that were being ignored, and
they were just frustrated that they weren't putting information out that it could possibly help. Now, during all this time, police are working on the
case behind closed doors. They told their family
that they are working around the clock, trying to
figure out what happened, but they weren't able
to release information for whatever reason. Maybe this will all make sense one day, but in the meantime,
rumors are flying online. And one rumors started about
Suzanne's nephew, Trevor Noel, who became like the spokesperson,
he did the GoFundMe. There were claims that
he had actually tried to hit on his aunt and
that she rejected him. And people also started saying
that he set up the GoFundMe for his own financial gain. And then it got even crazier. People started speculating that he helped hide Suzanne's body, that he could have been
involved in her disappearance. So obviously, there was no information to back any of this up. And it was really
intense for their family. There were a lot of reports
going around about Barry being seen at a local dumpster and that maybe he threw
her body into the dumpster. There was also theories about
Suzanne being held hostage at a neighbor's house. Another one that her body had been put through a wood chipper and
put into the Arkansas River. And there were even
rumors that she was buried and put into their family garden. So I can't imagine how
her daughters are feeling at this point. I'm sure they are totally overwhelmed and don't know what to think. None of it has been verified. All of that is local gossip. But of course, this is what happens when people are passionate about a case and really wanna know what happened and there's no information being given. People start to just make things up. So then in September of 2020,
Suzanne's brother, Andrew who lived in Indiana, came out to Colorado to organize a search with
hundreds of volunteers. And he raised $18,000
to search this property, this plot of land near Poncha Springs that was owned by Barry. There were some media reports that a dog had picked up her scent in a wooded area about 15
miles from the Morphew home at this plot of land that he owned. And Barry did not
participate in the search, but he did allow them to access it. And her brother, by this
point, Andrew started saying that he believed that Suzanne was murdered and that her body was
somewhere near her home. So he recruited volunteers to
dig up possible grave sites. They even investigated bodies
of water with sonar equipment. They brought in monitor drones and then they also searched
the area with dogs as well. The Sheriff's Office assisted
by sending out their own crews to process any evidence
that may have been found. And at this point, Andrew tells the media that he heard an investigator say to him that when they first
searched Barry's house, it smelled like chlorine, which definitely makes you think back to his room at the Holiday Inn. He also claimed that the CBI
is investigating several items of evidence, including a
towel, a tarp, and a blanket. And he also said that he
thought it was very weird that investigators did not find
any coolers in Barry's house because Barry was this big hunter. It's weird for him not
to have any coolers. So where are his coolers? What else could they have been used for? So then in November of 2020, Suzanne's family had another blow. Her father died from cancer
and he never found out what happened to his daughter. Around this time, the rumor that Barry could
have been having an affair started to pop up again, specifically, a woman named
Morgan Gentile was accused of being his mistress and the reason he may
have murdered his wife. Now, Morgan was actually
working on the crew with Jeff Puckett, the worker
who smelled the chlorine in the hotel room over Mother's Day. Morgan had also gone into the
hotel room and she confirmed Jeff's story that it did in fact, smell like chlorine in the room. And she said this wasn't
just a hint of chlorine. I mean, her eyes were burning
'cause it was so strong. She also said the towels on
the floor were soaking wet and she couldn't make sense of the scene. And according to Morgan, Barry was acting very
strange that weekend. On Friday and Saturday, she said that he was working a local job off County Road 105 in Salida. She said that Barry seemed stressed and was acting really strange. On Saturday around 11:00 a.m, he had told her to go home
early and that he had to go home and make his wife happy. He said that he was going
to take Susan on a bike ride or a hike. But later on, Morgan heard
that Barry had actually stayed in town the whole day and
was out shopping alone. The job that was happening in Broomfield, which was building a retaining wall, had already been put off
for weeks at this point. Barry and Morgan were
supposed to be the only ones on the crew that day. But last minute, Barry asked her to put
together a full team. And Morgan also said
that she talked to Barry on Mother's Day and
that he seemed frantic. And this was way before
he would have known that his wife had gone missing. So that stuck out to her. After she talked to him, Morgan
picked up the other worker, Jeff, and they went to the hotel room and that's where they
smelled the chlorine. And what was really weird to
them as well is Barry said that he was gonna leave all
the tools that they needed at the site to build a retaining wall. But when they got there,
there were no tools. It seemed like he was very scattered. And then early on Monday morning after he already knows his
wife has gotten missing, Barry takes the time to call them and let them know that there's
gonna be a delivery of bricks and they waited for it
to come, but it didn't. And when it didn't come on Tuesday either, they eventually just went home. So then Morgan goes back to
Salida and when she gets there, two friends of Barry's come
up to her and tell her, "You really don't need
to give your phone number to the police." And they also made a comment
about people thinking that her paycheck was hush, hush money. Morgan thought that was weird. And of course, she did give
her phone number to the police and cooperated fully with them. And she was actually
interviewed five times. However, she did refuse
to take a polygraph test. Somehow, Barry probably
heard that she was working with police because he randomly decided to fire her over text. Then in an interview, he
called Morgan a meth head and implied that anything that
she said about him was false because she was just mad
at him for firing her. Morgan said that the
rumors about the affair which have never been confirmed
have really hurt her family. She said that she had trouble
finding work because of it. And that her family ended up moving. She also said that she is afraid of Barry and hopes that she never sees him again. So there wasn't a lot of
information coming out about this case for a few months there. And then finally, this
past May, May 5th, 2021, days before the first anniversary of Suzanne's disappearance,
Barry Morphew was arrested on the side of the road near
his condo in Poncha Springs. To reach this point, over 70 investigators
had worked on the case. They had served over 135 search warrants and interviewed over 400 people. And they claimed that they followed up on more than 1,400 tips. It turns out that
investigators had actually brought the case to the
District Attorney in April and laid out all the
evidence for why they believe Barry Morphew killed Susanne
Morphew that weekend. According to people who were there, the presentation lasted hours and it seems like they have a
very solid case against Barry. Still, we don't know everything. It is frustrating. At this point, there's just a
lot that's not being released, but it will come out. But Barry was officially
charged with murder after a deliberation, tampering
with physical evidence and attempting to
influence a public servant. And Mallory and Macy were
actually in the courtroom when their father was charged
with murder of their mother. They cried during the hearing. And at one point, one of
them held up a heart to Barry and pulled down her mask
and said, "I love you." I'm sure they are very confused
and torn apart at this time. I feel so badly for them. Of course, we don't know if
Barry is really guilty yet. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law, of course. But a few weeks later,
additional charges were added. This time it included tampering
with a deceased human body, which they claim happened between May 9th and May 10th, 2020. He was also charged with
possession of a dangerous weapon. And with submitting a fraudulent vote in the 2020 presidential election. It turns out Barry actually
cast a vote for Donald Trump, for his wife. And he claims he had no idea
that that was illegal to do. Now, court records in criminal
cases are normally available to the public, but in this case they're not being made available. The defense has actually requested that the court limit public
access to the arrest warrant. And this they claim is to protect Suzanne
and Barry's daughters and to protect Barry's
right to a fair trial. Judge Patrick Murphy
agreed to seal the warrant, mainly to protect Mallory and Macy. And this has apparently
been done to give them time to process what is going on and allow them to see the evidence for why they think their
father murdered their mother in their own time and not just find out when everyone else finds out. So that definitely leads me to believe they've got
something pretty solid. And I guess the decision
to seal the records is also because the affidavit
is really, really long. It's 130 pages and it's the longest and most detailed document that has come through
the Colorado court system in over 30 years. So there is a lot we don't know right now. So basically, they're saying that if the information was
given up to the public, Barry would probably be deemed guilty by the general population way
before the trial even started. Now, of course, people
want the redacted version, which is where some
important, crucial information that needs to be made private is left out and they just release
kind of the bare minimum. But the judge decided not
to do a redacted version because it would be too time consuming. That's how long this thing is. Not only that, the prosecution
and the defense would be able to go through it and
redact what they want. So it would just take a really
long time to get it done. So as of now, when I'm recording this, all of the records remain sealed and they definitely will be
sealed till at least August, but not probably longer than that. People are very angry about this decision. The media has openly said they don't agree with this decision. And the media actually put in an appeal to the judge asking him
to reverse this decision. And the media's argument is basically that it doesn't make sense to
just make this decision based on the document being too long and it being too time
consuming to go through it. They argue that this is
just not a legitimate reason to take away the public's right to review public information. So I don't know what's gonna
happen as of right now. Judge Murphy may reverse his decision or this could go all the
way up to the Supreme Court. But if and when eventually
this information is released, a lot of stuff is gonna
come out about Barry. And I think everyone's gonna see this case in a whole new light. There's probably some
major elements to this that we are missing. District Attorney Linda Stanley
says that they are confident with the evidence that
they have against Barry and doesn't expect there
to be any more arrests in this case. - For those that didn't
hear the question he said, we're not releasing the affidavit
and we don't have a body. So how can I convince the public
that we have a strong case? That's my job. I'm the one that considers
how strong my case is before I bring charges. And I wouldn't bring charges
unless I was confident. - So it sounds like they
know that Barry did this. It sounds like they knew for a while and they were just collecting
a massive amount of evidence. Why would he kill his beautiful wife? They had this perfect life. Well, a lot of people believe
that it could have been due to financial stress because
Barry and Suzanne owned a couple properties back in Indiana. And when they moved to Colorado, one of those sales fell through. And so at one point, they
were paying two mortgages, which could cause stress. It's also possible,
maybe Barry had planned to cash in a life insurance
policy on Suzanne. But it's only possible to do
that if she is legally dead. Like I said earlier, there
have been a lot of rumors about Barry cheating on Suzanne. Maybe he had a mistress. In February, 2021, he was
photographed with a woman who had red hair. I'm not sure who that is. Morgan has denied having
an affair with Barry and Barry also denies
having an affair with her. So if he really was having
an affair with another woman, maybe that could explain why
he would want to kill his wife. Maybe he thought the divorce
would be really messy and costs a lot of money
and this would be easier. And if she was still alive, he would probably have to pay alimony. Then there's the possibility that Barry's snapped on Suzanne, that maybe he could be violent with her. An anonymous person who worked
for Barry for years claimed that he was the worst person
he had ever worked for. And that he had a terrible temper. He actually called him an
extreme classic narcissist. Other former employees have
talked about his temper as well and saying that he was very quick to anger all of the sudden. And then after Barry's
arrest, Melinda Moorman, who is Suzanne's sister called into Heart of the Rockies radio, which is a local Colorado radio station to talk about the case. And she said that Suzanne
and Barry's relationship had deteriorated over the years and that she believed
Susanne was afraid of him. She said that she has
proof, a text message, that they're not sharing with
the public at this point. But she said from this message, it was clear what her state of mind was. And she actually said that
the text was very profound and very transparent. So after his arrest, Barry
decided not to cooperate with police anymore. He refused to answer any questions, he asked for a lawyer immediately. And at this point, he has
not yet entered a plea. We know that investigators have
not found Susanne's remains and that they can not
release a cause of death because they don't have her body. But they did say that they
believe they know the details of the incident that led to her death. But that is pretty much
all we know at this point. And it seems pretty obvious
that Barry did this. Of course, innocent till proven guilty. There's always a
possibility that he didn't. I would like to hear
your thoughts, of course. Maybe you don't think he did it. I'd like to hear that. Any other theories that you may have. I remember this case
first breaking on the news around Mother's Day and thinking how sad for someone to go missing on Mother's Day. I just can't believe that
now here we are a year later and it turns out her husband did it. But how many cases end up like that? I mean, it's so, so common. I am for sure gonna be staying
up to date on this case. And I will tweet anything that I hear. So if you wanna follow me
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