Barry Morphew Wiki – Barry Morphew Biography
The 11th Judicial District Attorney’s office had no immediate comment on the case. The DA’s office said a press conference on the case will be held later on Wednesday.
Barry Morphew Age
Barry Morphew is 52 years old.
Charges – Arrested
The husband of Colorado mom Suzanne Morphew, who went missing on Mother’s Day last year, has been charged with first-degree murder in her disappearance.
Barry Morphew was taken into custody and charged by the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office, Fox News 21 in Colorado reported Wednesday. Morphew, 52, is charged with murder, tampering with physical evidence and attempting to influence a public servant, KKTV said in a report.
Authorities have scheduled a press conference later on Wednesday.
“I can confirm that Mr. Morphew has been arrested and I recommend you reach out to Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office for details,” Courtney Bernal, a spokesperson for the Denver FBI office told KKTV. The FBI continues to work with the Chaffee County SO, the 11th District Attorney’s Office, and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.”
Morphew had been under suspicion in the case but insisted he was innocent.
“My first reaction was a relief,” the missing woman’s sister, Melinda Moorman, told Fox News. “And grateful. I’m just so grateful. Today, justice is beginning for my sister,” she said. “It’s been a journey that no one ever imagines that they’ll take.”
Suzanne Morphew was reported missing by a neighbor after failing to return from a bike ride on May 10, 2020, while her husband was allegedly away on business. Her bike was found near a bridge close to the home the couple shared with their two children.
Barry Morphew launched a campaign to find his wife shortly after her disappearance, including using Facebook to ask for help. He offered a $100,000 reward for her return and took part in massive efforts to locate his wife — or her body. But questions began to surface about his possible role in the case, including reports that he left a Denver hotel room scrubbed clean and smelling like chlorine prior to Suzanne Morphew’s disappearance.
That disclosure came from Jeff Puckett, a co-worker of Barry Morphew who said he was summoned to the hotel to work on a project with him. However, Puckett waited for two days and never met with Barry Morphew, nor did he ever work on the contracting job he was summoned for, he said.
Instead, he said he found a pile of mail in the room — including correspondence from an insurance company — and said “the room smelled like chlorine real bad. It was kind of weird,” Puckett said. “My first thought was that this must be an alibi. That’s what it felt like.”
A store manager at the Poncha Market recalled what she described as a “weird” encounter with Morphew, just a few days after Suzanne was reported missing.
“Somebody knocked on the window and it was Barry Morphew,” Tiffany Butala said, at the time.
She said Morphew created a sort of missing poster, regarding Suzanne, on the back of a receipt.
“He went to write down a description of maybe what she was wearing,” Butala said. “I just thought it was weird because he didn’t explain the color of her eyes were or her hair or anything about her like how tall she was or anything.”
Police Statement
Updates from the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office have been few and far between throughout the process of this investigation. On Wednesday at 3 p.m., Sheriff John Spezze will join 11th Judicial District Attorney Linda Stanley for a press conference.
Link to watch press conference at 3 p.m. on @FOX21News: https://t.co/8zMeBS1azG #ShinebrightforSuzanne pic.twitter.com/7VWQOeXhmZ
— Lauren Scharf (@LaurenScharfTV) May 5, 2021
“I want the world to know that my sister was the darling of our family,” Moorman told FOX21 Wednesday. “She was the rose among thorns. That’s what I used to call her.”