Barry Morphew, a husband and father from Colorado, faces renewed charges related to the murder of his wife following a grand jury’s decision to indict him for first-degree murder years after initial charges were dismissed.
Back in 2021, Morphew was accused of first-degree murder and tampering with physical evidence after the disappearance of his wife, Suzanne, on Mother’s Day 2020. However, these charges were dropped before the trial could begin, a year before Suzanne’s remains were eventually discovered.
On May 10, 2020, 49-year-old Suzanne Morphew was last seen in Maysville, Colorado, leaving her residence for a bike ride on Mother’s Day. Her mountain bike was later found that evening near her home, while her helmet was discovered a few days after in a separate nearby location.
A massive search for Suzanne spans over a three-year period until her remains are uncovered in a shallow grave in Saguache just a few hundred feet down a dirt road, the indictment states. An autopsy report states drugs typically used to tranquilize animals were found in her system.
Morphew was all smiles at his court appearance.
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[Feature Photo: FILE – This undated file photo provided by the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office shows Barry Morphew in Salida, Colo. Agents with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation found the remains of Suzanne Morphew, 49, during an unrelated search near the small southern Colorado town of Moffat on Friday, and she was positively identified Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. Morphew’s husband, Barry Morphew, was charged in her presumed death, but prosecutors dropped charges against him last year just as he was about to go on trial. (Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office via AP, File)]
