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Three years after Suzanne Morphew vanished, her husband and daughters recount being charged with murder – now dropped – and effects of her absence on the family

&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;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;261c1e&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Suzanne Morphew&&num;8217&semi;s daughters and husband Barry broke their silence three years after she vanished and murder charges against him were dropped<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;261c1e&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong><strong>Mother-of-two Suzanne Morphew&comma; 49&comma; vanished without a trace after setting off from her home in Salida&comma; Colorado on a Mother&&num;8217&semi;s Day bike ride three years ago<&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;261c1e&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Morphew claims she &&num;8216&semi;made bad decisions&&num;8217&semi; because she was on &&num;8216&semi;chemotherapy and drugs&&num;8217&semi; <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;261c1e&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Barry Morphew&comma; 55&comma; was charged in May 2021 with murder of his wife Suzanne <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;261c1e&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong><strong>The murder charges were dropped&comma;a year later&comma; in May 2022&comma; for prosecutorial violations&comma; and cops are yet to find the body<&sol;strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;261c1e&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Morphew filed a &dollar;15million federal civil rights lawsuit against more than 20 prosecutors and law enforcement officials <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;261c1e&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>He&&num;8217&semi;s suing defendant&&num;8217&semi;s for &&num;8216&semi;irreparably&&num;8217&semi; tarnishing his &&num;8216&semi;name and reputation&&num;8217&semi; with a &&num;8216&semi;conspiracy to violate his state and federal constitutional rights&&num;8217&semi; <&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;2023&sol;05&sol;Barry-Morphew-with-wife-Suzanne-Morphew-6&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-440569" width&equals;"841" height&equals;"470"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Barry Morphew breaks down discussing the ordeal of trial by public after he was charged for murdering his wife&period; Suzanne Morphew seen with him &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; vanished while on a bike ride on Mother&&num;8217&semi;s Day 2020&period; The murder charges were dropped in May 2022<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Colorado dad Barry Morphew&comma; husband of missing mom Suzanne Morphew and his daughters recently broke their silence on the three year odyssey of her of her vanishing&comma; being accused of her murder&comma; the charges being dropped a year after his arrest&period; Still&comma; her body has never being found&period;  <br>Barry Morphew&comma; 55&comma; was charged in May 2021 with the murder of his wife <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;">Suzanne&comma; 49&comma; who vanished<&sol;a> while on a bike ride in Salida&comma; Colorado&comma; on Mother&&num;8217&semi;s Day 2020&period;  Her body has never been found&period; <br>Last year&comma; prosecutors dropped all charges against Morphew after a judge sanctioned the district attorney&&num;8217&semi;s office for discovery violations&period;<&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;2023&sol;05&sol;image-41&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-440610" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"821"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Mother-of-two Suzanne Morphew&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; vanished without a trace after setting off from her home in Salida&comma; Colorado on a Mother&&num;8217&semi;s Day bike ride three years ago<&sol;strong><&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-left-and-his-wife-Suzanne-Morphew-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-386714" width&equals;"841" height&equals;"761"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Barry Morphew &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; the husband of missing Colorado mum Suzanne Morphew&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; has since filed a civil rights lawsuit seeking &dollar;15M claiming he was wrongfully charged with his wife&&num;8217&semi;s disappearance and murder<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Now&comma; he and his daughters have spoken out about their plight&period; <br>He explains how Suzanne had made &&num;8216&semi;bad decisions&&num;8217&semi; because she was struggling with drugs and chemotherapy while battling Hodgkin&&num;8217&semi;s lymphoma&period;<br>When asked about Suzanne&comma; Barry told ABC on Monday morning&colon; &&num;8216&semi;We had a wonderful life&comma; a wonderful marriage&period; She was just so loving and giving&comma; and such a good mother&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;I know that she was going through chemotherapy for the last couple years before her disappearance&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;I know she was going through some hard things and made some bad decisions&period; She was really having trouble with the chemotherapy and the drugs&period;&&num;8217&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;2023&sol;05&sol;image-40&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-440608" width&equals;"839" height&equals;"880"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The couple had two daughters together&comma; before Suzanne vanished on Mother&&num;8217&semi;s Day in 2020<&sol;strong><&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;2023&sol;05&sol;image-37&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-440592" width&equals;"838" height&equals;"661"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Barry Morphew arriving at court in Salida&comma; Colorado&comma; for a 2020 hearing ahead of his murder trial&period; Barry was flanked by his daughters Macy &lbrack;left&rsqb; and Malorie &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; as he walked into court<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Barry Morphew said that his heart was &&num;8216&semi;broken&&num;8217&semi; when he found out his wife was having an affair with a man who she went to high school with&period;<br>A visibly upset Morphew said&colon; &&num;8216&semi;My heart was broken&period; I didn&&num;8217&semi;t believe it&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>The couple&&num;8217&semi;s daughters Mallory and Macy told ABC the ordeal has left them&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Very very sad&period; Very confused&period; So traumatic&period; Literally our worst nightmare&period;&&num;8217&semi; <br>Defending himself when asked if he had anything to do with the disappearance of his wife&comma; Morphew said&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Absolutely not&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s very hurtful to lose your reputation and your integrity&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true"><p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">&quot&semi;It&&num;39&semi;s very hurtful to lose your reputation and your integrity&period;&quot&semi;<br><br>Barry Morphew and his daughters speak out for the first time since filing a &dollar;15 million lawsuit after murder charges against him were dropped&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;ErielleReshef&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&commat;eriellereshef<&sol;a> has more&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;v0Fh9LD4Ri">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;v0Fh9LD4Ri<&sol;a><&sol;p>&mdash&semi; Good Morning America &lpar;&commat;GMA&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;GMA&sol;status&sol;1658077722768289793&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">May 15&comma; 2023<&sol;a><&sol;blockquote><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script>&NewLine;<&sol;div><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><br><br>Standing with their father&comma; the women were asked if they ever questioned if their dad was not innocent&period; Mallory responded&colon; &&num;8216&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;ve never had a shred of doubt&period;&&num;8217&semi; Macy added&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Not one&period;&&num;8217&semi; <br>The family huddled together and hugged amid their tears during the interview&period;  <br>Slamming the prosecutors&comma; who believed that Barry was involved with his wife&&num;8217&semi;s disappearance&comma; he reiterated&colon; &&num;8216&semi;They&&num;8217&semi;re wrong&period; They&&num;8217&semi;ve got tunnel vision&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;They looked at one person and they&&num;8217&semi;ve got too much pride to say they&&num;8217&semi;re wrong and look somewhere else&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>When asked what the hardest part has been&comma; her daughter simply said&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Just not having mom&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;It’s really difficult especially because of the lack of closure we have&period;&&num;8217&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;2023&sol;05&sol;Barry-Morphew-sits-with-his-daughters-Mallory-right-and-Macy-left-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-440557" width&equals;"844" height&equals;"382"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Barry Morphew flanked by daughters Mallory &lbrack;right&rsqb; and Macy &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; break their silence following the disappearance of their mom in May 2021&period; The father-of-two was charged with her murder&period; The charges were dropped against the dad-of-two<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">After Suzanne vanished on Mother&&num;8217&semi;s Day in May 2020 from their Salida home&comma; sparking a huge search and rescue effort&comma; Barry Morphew&&num;8217&semi;s issued a series of tearful pleas for her return&comma; but soon became embroiled in the police investigation&comma; after the Colorado Bureau of Investigation officials had descended on the home just three days after Suzanne went missing&period;<br>In May 2021&comma; a year after Suzanne disappeared&comma; Morphew was arrested and charged with her murder – despite police not having found a body&period;<br>After Barry was charged with murder and the case against him progressed&comma; authorities revealed intimate details about their married life&period;<br>Suzanne had been having an affair with someone she met in high school&comma; Jeff Libler&comma; while Barry was signed up to online affair websites&period;<br>Barry Morphew says his heart was &&num;8216&semi;broken&&num;8217&semi; on discovering his wife was having an affair&comma; while he admitted that she made some mistakes while she was having cancer treatment&period; <&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;2023&sol;05&sol;Barry-Morphew-with-his-daughters-Mallory-and-Macy-21&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-440561" width&equals;"843" height&equals;"621"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Relief&colon; Barry Morphew with his two daughters on April 19 2022&comma; after murder charges against him were dropped <&sol;strong><&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;2023&sol;05&sol;Barry-Morphew-with-his-daughters-Mallory-and-Macy-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-440564" width&equals;"852" height&equals;"471"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The family huddled together and hugged during their interview with ABC&period; As they were asked if they ever questioned if their dad was not innocent&comma; Mallory said&colon; &&num;8216&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;ve never had a shred of doubt&period;&&num;8217&semi; Macy added&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Not one&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&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;"838" height&equals;"629"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>In May 2021&comma; Barry Morphew was charged with his wife&&num;8217&semi;s&period; Prosecutors alleged that he learned his wife had been having a two-year affair with one of her high school classmates&comma; Jeff Libler&period; Those charges were dropped a year later<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">When the case was still active&comma; it was revealed that Suzanne&comma; Barry and Libler appeared in the local paper together in 1985&period;   <br>The men in Suzanne Morphew&&num;8217&semi;s life both attended the same high school as Suzanne&comma; with Barry two grades ahead of his wife and Libler at the Alexandria-Monroe High School in Alexandria&comma; Indiana&period; <br>At a preliminary hearing in 2021&comma; law enforcement officials presented to the court Suzanne&&num;8217&semi;s text message exchanges with her lover&comma; in which she told him she had a fine night and was looking at houses for sale&period; <&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;2023&sol;05&sol;image-39&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-440602" width&equals;"839" height&equals;"816"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>When asked what the hardest part of the last three years has been&comma; her daughters simply said&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Just not having mom&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&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;2023&sol;05&sol;Suzanne-Morphew-search-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-440586" width&equals;"835" height&equals;"606"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Pictured&comma; FBI and CBI officials at the scene in 2020&period; Morphew&&num;8217&semi;s lawsuit claims investigators and prosecutors withheld evidence of DNA from an alleged sex offender found in Suzanne&&num;8217&semi;s property<&sol;strong><&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;2023&sol;05&sol;Suzanne-Morphew-search-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-440587" width&equals;"837" height&equals;"611"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Barry&&num;8217&semi;s defense team previously filed a lawsuit against 26 individuals in the investigation and prosecution of the case&comma; alleging they intentionally with held evidence found at the crime scene<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">When her husband came home from work that day&comma; he found Suzanne sunbathing in the yard&period; She was sending photos of herself to Libler via LinkedIn&comma; which the couple had been using to communicate behind her husband&&num;8217&semi;s back&period; <br>The court was then shown a photo of Suzanne that she had sent to Libler that day&comma; which depicted her laying on her front in a bikini and smiling&period;<br>Barry would later tell investigators his wife looked &&num;8216&semi;drunk&&num;8217&semi; in that photo&comma; which officials said was Suzanne&&num;8217&semi;s last proof of life&period;  <br>The following day&comma; Libler wished Suzanne Happy Mother&&num;8217&semi;s Day and said he knew it would be a hard day for her because she missed her mother&period; Suzanne never replied&period;<br>His last known text to Suzanne was sent on May 11&comma; 2020&comma; in which he offered her well wishes for her cancer treatment&period; That message also went unanswered&period;<br>Suzanne had survived two battles with Hodgkin&&num;8217&semi;s lymphoma decades apart&period;<br>The hearing in 2021 also revealed that just days prior&comma; Suzanne texted her husband and apparently signaled to him her intention to end their rocky marriage&comma; which was marked by accusations of infidelity and abuse&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m done&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Suzanne wrote to Barry on May 6&period; &&num;8216&semi;I could care less what you&&num;8217&semi;re up to and have been for years&period; We just need to figure this out civilly&period;&&num;8217&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;2023&sol;05&sol;image-38&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-440601" width&equals;"837" height&equals;"1112"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Barry Morphew was accused of murdering his wife&comma; Suzanne&comma; &lbrack;couple seen in their wedding portrait&rsqb;&comma; who went missing on Mother&&num;8217&semi;s Day in 2020&period; Her body has never been found<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">As part of the discovery&comma; it has been revealed that Suzanne suspected her husband of being unfaithful to her and even purchased a spy pen to snoop on him&period; <br>Barry insisted to his wife that he was not cheating on her&comma; writing in one text&colon; &&num;8216&semi;I promise you&comma; you are wrong about all the crazy thoughts about me&period; Why would I want another&comma; only a fool would stray from an angel like you&period;&&num;8217&semi; <br>Police said the pair had a tumultuous marriage&comma; with the suggestion being that he might have killed her out of jealousy or to stop her from filing for a divorce&period;<br>But last year&comma; the charges were suddenly dropped without prejudice by Assistant District Attorney Linda Stanley&period;<br>Morphew has filed a &dollar;15million federal civil rights lawsuit against more than 20 prosecutors and law enforcement officials for &&num;8216&semi;irreparably&&num;8217&semi; tarnishing his &&num;8216&semi;name and reputation&&num;8217&semi; with a &&num;8216&semi;conspiracy to violate his state and federal constitutional rights&period;&&num;8217&semi; <br>The 185-page complaint claims that the authorities conspired to wrongly arrest Morphew&comma; that they fabricated evidence&comma; concealed exculpatory evidence and conducted a reckless investigation&comma; all which led to Morphew being wrongly prosecuted&period;<&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;2023&sol;05&sol;image-34&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-440570"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Barry Morphew was arrested in May 2021&comma; a year after Suzanne disappeared&comma; and charged with her murder – despite police not having found a body<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">As result of the Defendants&&num;8217&semi; conduct Barry was charged&comma; arrested&comma; and prosecuted&comma; and his property seized&comma; for a crime he did not commit&comma;&&num;8217&semi; the lawsuit says&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;As result of the Defendants&&num;8217&semi; conduct Barry spent five months in jail&comma; approximately 6 more months wearing a GPS ankle monitor with severe restrictions on his movement&comma; and almost a year defending against the criminal charges&period; To this date&comma; Barry&&num;8217&semi;s property remains in the CCSD&&num;8217&semi;s possession&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>The lawsuit claims that Morphew&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8216&semi;name and reputation has been irreparably tarnished in Colorado and all around the country&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>Those named in the lawsuit including Chaffee County&comma; the sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s office and board of commissioners&comma; 11th Judicial District Attorney Linda Stanley and her staff&comma; and Colorado Bureau of Investigation and FBI agents&period;<&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;2023&sol;05&sol;image-42&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-440616"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Barry Morphew&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; has said he was away on a training course for his job as a volunteer firefighter in Denver&comma; Colorado&comma; when Suzanne &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; vanished in early May 2020&period; However&comma; cops initially claimed that he killed her with a dart gun filled with animal tranquilizer&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Morphew murder trial was scheduled for a full trial beginning May 1 but it was dramatically halted a week prior when prosecutors announced they were withdrawing the case&period;<br>The judge due to preside over the trial banned the prosecution from using a series of witnesses on the grounds of discovery violations&period; <br>The case was then dismissed without prejudice&comma; despite objections from the defense&comma; which means it could still be re-filed should new evidence come to light&period;<br>Investigators at the time said they were close to finding Suzanne&&num;8217&semi;s remains and were waiting for snow in the search area to thaw&period; However&comma; while the snow since thawed&comma; Suzanne Morphew&&num;8217&semi;s body has still not been found&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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