Investigators searched for Suzanne’s journal - which a friend said she kept - but it was never found. When cross-examined by defense attorney, Iris Eytan, Rohrich said investigators also found live rounds in the garage and in a box in Barry Morphew’s truck. He did not elaborate further on how the investigators think the round factors into the alleged crime, though Barry Morphew owned a. 22-caliber round near Suzanne’s side of the bed. Rohrich testified that investigators found the live. He said he didn’t know how the cap got into the dryer, Grusing said. Morphew told investigators that he used the tranquilizer to shoot deer so he could harvest their horns.
Investigators found a cap used to cover the injecting needle in the dryer at the Morphew’s house along with clothes and bedsheets from one of the couple’s daughters.ĭuring cross-examination by one of Morphew’s attorneys, Dru Nielsen, Grusing also said they found no tranquilizer chemical in the house and that there was no way to know how long the cap had been in the dryer. Investigators recovered empty darts, a needle used to inject tranquilizer chemical into the darts, and a dart gun in the house and in Morphew’s gun safe, Grusing testified. They also believe that Morphew used a tranquilizer gun in the process.īarry Morphew’s phone was placed on airplane mode several times on May 9 and May 10, Grusing testified. Prosecutors’ theory, outlined through questioning of the lead investigators on the case, is that Morphew killed Suzanne sometime in the evening of May 9, 2020, before leaving for work in Broomfield early the following morning. “He said he would’ve written a check and given her half and let her go her own way,” retired FBI agent Jonathan Grusing testified Monday. Morphew said he would’ve gotten a divorce had she asked. Suzanne also had an affair with a man in Michigan beginning in late 2018 that continued until the day she disappeared.īut her husband repeatedly told investigators he wasn’t aware of the affair until after Suzanne’s disappearance. Previous testimony in the hearing outlined a troubled marriage between the couple and that Suzanne had discussed divorce with friends and told them she didn’t feel safe with him. A neighbor reported Suzanne’s disappearance on May 10, 2020, which led to extensive searches of the Salida area. Prosecutors charged Morphew with murder in May, a year after his 49-year-old wife’s 2020 disappearance. At the end of the preliminary hearing, Murphy will decide whether there is enough evidence against Morphew for the case to proceed to trial. Murphy said he will unseal the affidavit seven days after the preliminary hearing, which is scheduled to end Tuesday.
Testimony in the preliminary hearing has offered the first glimpse at the evidence against Morphew because 11th Judicial District Chief Judge Patrick Murphy sealed Morphew’s arrest affidavit. Morphew sat next to his defense attorneys dressed in a grey suit and cowboy boots. The third day of Morphew’s four-day preliminary hearing began Monday in the Chaffee County courthouse. Morphew, 53, faces five felony charges in connection to the disappearance of his wife, including first-degree murder, tampering with evidence and attempting to influence public servant. “This is the last place, according to his testimony, that he’s seen his wife alive and he’s not asking any questions.” Suzanne Morphew “He’s not even trying to call her phone,” Rohrich said. It was the first time Morphew had been inside the home since his wife’s reported disappearance and he did not try to look around. Undersheriff Andy Rohrich said Monday that Morphew acted oddly while they were in the house that evening. Chaffee County sheriff’s deputies escorted Morphew inside so they could get an item of his wife’s clothing for tracking dogs. Prosecutors during the Monday hearing also played body camera footage that showed Barry Morphew inside the family’s home on the evening his wife was reported missing. 22-caliber round next to Suzanne Morphew’s bed and a needle cap used with a tranquilizer gun in the dryer of the home she shared with her husband in the days after she disappeared, investigators testified in a court hearing in her husband’s murder case.
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