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Colorado husband on trial for wife’s disappearance, knew she was having affair with high school flame, the month she vanished – Barry Morphew is charged with killing his wife, last seen 15 months ago

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" id&equals;"ext-gen6" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;4a4141"><strong>Suzanne Morphew was having two-year affair before she vanished last May <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" id&equals;"ext-gen6" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;4a4141"><strong>Murder trial for her husband Barry Morphew <strong>began in Colorado on Monday<&sol;strong> with testimony from police investigators who uncovered the affair<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" id&equals;"ext-gen6" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;4a4141"><strong>Morphew&comma; 53&comma; was arrested in June on suspicion of murdering his wife Suzanne Morphew&comma; 49&comma; after she vanished in Colorado in May 2020<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" id&equals;"ext-gen6" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;4a4141"><strong>He&&num;8217&semi;s charged with first-degree murder&comma; destroying&comma; mutilating&comma; concealing&comma; removing or altering his wife’s body in an attempt to avoid arrest&comma; possessing an illegal short rifle <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" id&equals;"ext-gen6" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;4a4141"><strong>A police investigator was the first witness and he revealed that Suzanne Morphew had been having a two-year affair with a man she met in high school <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" id&equals;"ext-gen6" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;4a4141"><strong>Suzanne Morphew vanished on May 10&comma; 2020 and police believe she was murdered but&comma; her body has still not been found<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" id&equals;"ext-gen6" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;4a4141"><strong><strong>The case remained unsolved for a year until May this year when Barry Morphew was arrested in May and charged in her killing<&sol;strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" id&equals;"ext-gen6" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;4a4141"><strong>The investigator testified that Barry found out about the affair last May<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" id&equals;"ext-gen6" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;4a4141"><strong>Suzanne vanished without trace days later&comma; while out biking &&num;8211&semi; her bicycle was found abandoned on a road<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" id&equals;"ext-gen6" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;4a4141"><strong>Morphew is also facing a seperate case of forgery and attempting to influence public servants&comma; &&num;8211&semi; in the 2020 presidential election&comma; he filled out his wife’s mail-in ballot&comma; voting for Donald Trump<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;08&sol;Barry-Morphew-left-and-his-wife-Suzanne-Morphew-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-386714" width&equals;"847" height&equals;"767"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Barry Morphew learned his wife Suzanne had been having a two-year affair with one of her high school classmates in the days before allegedly killing her last Mother&&num;8217&semi;s Day&comma; police revealed at the first day of his murder trial on Monday<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Suzanne Morphew had been having an affair for two years before she vanished last May&comma; police revealed on Monday at the first day of her husband Barry&&num;8217&semi;s murder trial&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;<br>Barry is on trial for the murder of his wife who vanished from their Colorado&nbsp&semi;home last May&period;&nbsp&semi;She went out for a bike ride and never returned but her bicycle was found afterwards&period;&nbsp&semi; <br>The case went unsolved for months until May this year when Barry was suddenly arrested and charged in her death&period;&nbsp&semi; <br>In addition to first-degree murder&comma; Morphew is accused of destroying&comma; mutilating&comma; concealing&comma; removing or altering his wife’s body in an attempt to avoid arrest&comma; as well as possessing an illegal short rifle and attempting to influence public servants&period; <br>In the 2020 presidential election&comma; Morphew filled out his wife’s mail-in ballot&comma; voting for Donald Trump&period; He is charged with forgery in that case&comma; which is separate from the murder case&period;<br>Prosecutors haven&&num;8217&semi;t revealed any of the evidence they used to charge him nor have they laid out a motive but on Monday&comma; the first witness at his murder trial revealed Barry had just discovered that Suzanne was sleeping with Jeff Libler&comma; who she went to high school with&comma; and had been for two years&period;&nbsp&semi; <br><strong>Related Articles&colon; <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2021&sol;05&sol;15&sol;colorado-husband-accused-of-killing-missing-wife-suzanne-morphew-cast-fraudulent-vote-on-her-behalf-for-trump-barry-morphew-told-the-fbi-she-would-have-voted-for-him-and-everyone-was-cheating-i&sol;"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i2&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;05&sol;Barry-Morphew-left-and-Suzanne-Morphew-right-3&period;jpg&quest;resize&equals;174&percnt;2C131&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1" alt&equals;""&sol;><&sol;a><figcaption> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2021&sol;05&sol;15&sol;colorado-husband-accused-of-killing-missing-wife-suzanne-morphew-cast-fraudulent-vote-on-her-behalf-for-trump-barry-morphew-told-the-fbi-she-would-have-voted-for-him-and-everyone-was-cheating-i&sol;">Husband facing felony murder after he was accused of killing missing wife&comma; is charged in election fraud Barry Morphew&comma; 53&comma; was arrested last week on suspicion of murdering&nbsp&semi;&lbrack;&&num;8230&semi;&rsqb;<&sol;a> <&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p> Suzanne vanished without a trace on May 10 last year after setting off from her home on a Mother’s Day bike ride&period;<br>Morphew has long maintained his innocence&period;<br>A week after his wife was was reported missing&comma; Morphew issued a bizarre video online pleading for her to come home and saying&colon; &OpenCurlyQuote;Honey&comma; I love you and I want you back so bad&period;’&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;<br>&OpenCurlyQuote;No questions asked&comma; however much they want&comma; I will do whatever it takes to get you back&comma;’ he said&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>Morphew also&nbsp&semi;made a reference to the couple’s two adult daughters needing their mother&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>By contrast Suzanne’s brother and sister both went public with their suspicion of their brother-in-law in their sister vanishing adding that they suspected&nbsp&semi;Morphew of murder&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;08&sol;Barry-Morphew-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-386713" width&equals;"832" height&equals;"625"&sol;><figcaption><strong>The case went unsolved for a year&comma; until June when Barry was suddenly arrested<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Chaffee County Sheriff John Spezze said following&nbsp&semi;Morphew’s arrest in June&comma; that authorities believe&nbsp&semi;Suzanne is dead after conducting over 135 searches across Colorado and interviewing 400 people in multiple states&period;<br>While the arrest affidavit remained sealed&comma; investigators insisted they had a strong case against him&period;<br>They also hinted&nbsp&semi;they had knowledge of an &OpenCurlyQuote;incident’ that led to Suzanne’s killing but did not elaborate&period;<br>On Monday Chaffee County Sheriff’s Commander Alex Walker testified during cross-examination that Suzanne Morphew had a two-year extramarital affair&comma; being in frequent contact with her lover and meeting up with him at least six times in cities across the US&period;<br>Suzanne suspected her husband of having an affair so placed a bug in his car&comma; only to be caught her in her own liaison&comma; instead&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>Instead&comma; it was she who was having the affair&period; She and Libler &&num;8211&semi; who lives in Michigan &&num;8211&semi; met up six times in Indiana&comma; according to Walker&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;08&sol;Barry-Morphew-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-386724"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Barry Morphew appears in court in Salida&comma; Colo&period;&comma; on Thursday&comma; May 6&comma; 2021<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Walker also testified that Suzanne kept a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;spy pen” — a voice-activated device that looked like a normal pen but recorded audio — which she place in his car because she feared her husband was having an affair&period;<br>Investigators found no evidence that Barry Morphew was having an affair&comma; although the pen did record conversations between Suzanne Morphew and her lover&comma; whom she referred to in the recordings only as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Jeff&period;”<br>In November 2020&comma; authorities identified the man&comma; who did not come forward on his own after Suzanne disappeared but spoke willingly with investigators after he was identified&comma; Walker testified on cross-examination&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i2&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;05&sol;Barry-Morphew-2&period;jpg&quest;resize&equals;620&percnt;2C653&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"836" height&equals;"880"&sol;><figcaption>M<strong>orphew&nbsp&semi;was taken into custody on May 5&nbsp&semi;on charges of first-degree homicide&comma; tampering with evidence and attempting to influence a public servant in relation to his wife’s disappearance<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>On Monday&comma; the court was also shown bodycam footage of people police spoke to in the early stages of their investigations last May&comma; after Suzanne went missing&period;&nbsp&semi; <br>A neighbor called 911 after Mallory&comma; one of the couple&&num;8217&semi;s daughters&comma; tried texting her to wish her a Happy Mothers&&num;8217&semi; Day but became alarmed when the texts didn&&num;8217&semi;t go through&period;&nbsp&semi; <br><strong>Related Articles&colon; <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2020&sol;05&sol;20&sol;csi-agents-carry-out-evidence-from-home-of-missing-colorado-mom-daughters-raised-alarm-when-she-vanished-on-mothers-day-and-husband-has-not-been-allowed-back-in-the-home-since-she-disappeared-ma&sol;"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i0&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;05&sol;Suzanne-and-Barry-Morphew-1&period;jpg&quest;resize&equals;174&percnt;2C131&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1" alt&equals;""&sol;><&sol;a><figcaption><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2020&sol;05&sol;20&sol;csi-agents-carry-out-evidence-from-home-of-missing-colorado-mom-daughters-raised-alarm-when-she-vanished-on-mothers-day-and-husband-has-not-been-allowed-back-in-the-home-since-she-disappeared-ma&sol;">Police investigators were seen searching and carrying out evidence bags from the home of missing Colorado mom Suzanne Morphew on Tuesday A CSI photographer was also seen at&nbsp&semi;&lbrack;&&num;8230&semi;&rsqb;<&sol;a><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i1&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;05&sol;Barry-Morphew-and-Suzanne-Morphew-with-their-two-daughters-1&period;jpg&quest;resize&equals;620&percnt;2C650&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"881"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Suzanne Morphew seen here with and her husband Barry and their two adult daughters&comma; vanished in May 2020 – on Mother’s Day&period; Barry has been charged in her disappearance and presumed murder&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Shortly afterwards&comma; police interviewed the other daughter Macy&&num;8217&semi;s boyfriend Miles who told them that Barry and Suzanne had &&num;8216&semi;problems&&num;8217&semi; and had discussed separating&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;They&&num;8217&semi;ve had some problems in the past&period; They have talked about separating&period; I&&num;8217&semi;ve known this through Macy&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he said&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi; Sheriffs found out about the affair when they were looking into Suzanne&&num;8217&semi;s disappearance in November&period;&nbsp&semi; <br>They then went to Libler and asked him about the affair and he asked if he was a target in the investigation&period;&nbsp&semi; <br>According to&nbsp&semi;<a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;LaurenScharfTV&sol;status&sol;1424744737140002822">FOX21<&sol;a>&comma; Libler and Suzanne had been friends since attending high school together in Alexandria&comma; Indiana&period; <br>Monday’s preliminary hearing offered the first look at the evidence against Barry Morphew&comma; which has been kept secret since he was arrested&period; <br>Investigators filed a 130-page affidavit detailing the case&comma; but it was sealed by 11th Judicial District Chief Judge Patrick Murphy&period;<br>The revealed affair was one of several pieces of testimony that characterized the couple&&num;8217&semi;s marriage as troubled&comma; despite the defendant appearing weepy in court and describing his wife as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;his angel since she was 17 years old&period;”<br>In his testimony&comma; FBI special agent Kenneth Harris told the court that the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;spy pen” recorded one barely-audible conversation in which the couple seemed to be arguing about money&period;<br>He further testified that in text messages to a friend&comma; Suzanne Morphew complained that her husband was picking fights and putting their children in the middle&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He’s not stable&comma;” she wrote in one message shown in court&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s guilt and desperate measures he’s taking … I can’t win with him&period; He’s too good at the manipulation&period; I feel stuck&period;”<br><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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