Charges against Barry Morphew were dropped just before his 2022 trial on murder charges in the disappearance of his wife. He was then indicted for her murder in 2025. Suzanne Morphew disappeared on Mother’s Day 2020, and her body was found on Sept. 22, 2023.
CHAFFEE COUNTY, Colo. (Scripps News Denver) — In his first court appearance Thursday morning, Barry Morphew, who’s accused of first-degree murder in the Suzanne Morphew case, was read his rights and told he was allowed to have “civil contact” with his daughters if they wanted to interact with him. Barry, 53, was arrested Wednesday near […] More
May 6, 2021
CHAFFEE COUNTY, Colo. (Scripps News Denver) — Barry Morphew, the husband of missing Colorado mother Suzanne Morphew, has been arrested in Chaffee County on multiple charges, including first-degree murder, almost a year after Suzanne was first reported missing, according to court documents. Barry, 53, was arrested Wednesday on charges of first-degree murder after deliberation, tampering […] More
May 5, 2021
UPDATED 9/3/20 ALEXANDRIA, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana man whose sister vanished in May after going on a bicycle ride near her Colorado home is organizing a search of the mountainous area, saying that his family has waited long enough. Andy Moorman announced the planned search of the area near Maysville, Colorado, on Saturday during a […] More
September 3, 2020
MAYSVILLE, Colo. (AP) — Authorities are asking residents to preserve video footage from doorbells and security and wildlife cameras in case it might help in the search for a Colorado woman who disappeared after going for a bicycle ride. Chaffee County Sheriff John Spezze made the request on Sunday for video taken between May 8 […] More
May 21, 2020
