Is Barry Morphew Guilty Or Innocent?
Barry Morphew was first thrust into the national spotlight in May 2020, when his wife Suzanne Morphew vanished from their home in Salida, Colorado, on Mother’s Day weekend. Barry told police she went for a bike ride and never returned. But almost immediately, investigators began to suspect foul play—and Barry became their primary focus.
A year later, in 2021, Barry was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, even though Suzanne’s body hadn’t been found. Prosecutors laid out a circumstantial case built on digital data, suspicious behavior, and a crumbling marriage. But after major missteps by the prosecution—including withheld evidence and discovery violations—the case collapsed in 2022 and the charges were dropped.
Then in 2023, Suzanne’s remains were finally discovered in a remote area of Colorado. A forensic bombshell followed: BAM, a rare tranquilizer used on wildlife, was found in her bones. Barry, who had experience using BAM from his days as a deer farmer, was re-indicted in 2025. Prosecutors now say this evidence links him directly to Suzanne’s death.
Barry Morphew maintains his innocence, and his defense argues the case is still circumstantial, flawed, and built on faulty assumptions. The question facing the courts—and the public—is whether this time, the evidence will finally be enough to hold him accountable.
PROSECUTORS SAY HE DID IT
• Suzanne's remains were found in 2023 with BAM (a rare wildlife tranquilizer) in her bones.
• Barry was the ONLY private individual in the area known to have purchased BAM (from Indiana, during deer farming).
• A plastic syringe cap from a dart was found in the family dryer with Barry’s shorts.
• Barry’s phone went into airplane mode minutes after Suzanne’s final message. He went “dark” for ~8 hours.
• His truck telemetry system also failed to log during key early morning hours on May 10 — the exact time he claimed he was driving to a job site.
• Surveillance showed Barry dumping unknown trash in 5+ commercial dumpsters on May 10 — and couldn’t say what he threw away.
• A cracked bedroom doorframe suggested a violent altercation. Barry denied knowing how it got there.
• Suzanne had just told Barry (via text): “I’m done.”
• She was having a secret 2-year affair and planned to leave him.
• Barry told police their marriage was “great.” Suzanne’s texts said she felt unsafe.
DEFENSE SAYS IT’S REASONABLE DOUBT
• No BAM or tranquilizer vials were found during 2020 searches.
• Dart gun was found disassembled. No proof it was recently used.
• The “syringe cap” had no prints, no DNA, and couldn’t be dated.
• No murder weapon was recovered.
• No blood. No trace evidence. No eyewitness. No confession.
• Suzanne’s cause of death is “homicide in the setting of BAM intoxication,” but there’s no confirmed mechanism (e.g. suffocation, overdose, blunt trauma).
• Unidentified male DNA was found on Suzanne’s car and bike helmet — linked via CODIS to known sex offenders in other states.
• Prosecutors say they ruled out these men by location. But the origin of the DNA? Still unexplained.
• Barry’s defense argues the entire case is circumstantial and built around prosecutorial bias.
• The 2022 case collapsed due to major discovery violations. Judge barred 14 expert witnesses. Charges were dropped.
THE QUESTION IS:
Did Barry use a rare tranquilizer only he had access to, kill Suzanne, and cover it up?
Or is this a story of a man wrongly accused, with sloppy investigation and missing forensic proof?
What do YOU believe?
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