Cooking breakfast with her mother-in-law and drinking coffee in her picturesque Colorado backyard, this is the tragic Suzanne Morphew photographed wearing the gray ‘Crested Butte’ hoodie she died in, 20 months before she was murdered.
An autopsy report obtained by DailyMail.com reveals that the murdered mother’s remains were found in the lounge clothes, which she was photographed wearing during a family visit to her home on August 10, 2018, and were reduced to bones.
The report, which was signed by five doctors on April 15, says Suzanne’s body was in such poor condition when it was found in a remote field 50 miles south of Salida last September, that she was initially labeled Jane Doe. .
He says his remains arrived in three paper bags that also contained some animal bones, dirt and a fragment of wood.
Also found near his body was a “pink and light colored” work glove, as well as a “pale patterned balaclava” and a “worn” bullet. A purple ‘medical port’ covered in dirt was also recovered at the site. Suzanne was in remission after suffering from leukemia.
Suzanne Morphew is seen sporting the gray Crested Butte hoodie she was wearing when she was murdered, in a photo of her making breakfast with her mother-in-law Shirley, at their home in Salida, Colorado, in August 2018.
The unearthed photographs were taken during a visit by her mother-in-law and sister-in-law Kelly Gillen (left) almost two years before Suzanne disappeared on Mother’s Day 2020.
Suzanne’s skeletal remains were finally discovered in September 2023, and an autopsy confirmed that she was murdered. Her husband Barry Morphew (pictured together) was arrested and charged with her death in a case that fell apart before he could go to trial.
Those bones included her skull, several vertebrae, ribs and thigh bones, one of which was retained for toxicology tests that revealed the 49-year-old woman had been tranquilized with a cocktail of veterinary medications before her death.
Along with her skeletal remains, Colorado Bureau of Investigation detectives also collected seven paper bags of clothing from the remote field in Moffat where she was discovered, including her “ripped dark blue/gray” Crested Butte hoodie. , a bra, a green Nike tank top, and a pair of Yeti shorts.
The report also notes that Kim Look, a forensic odontologist, who specializes in identifying victims through their teeth, was present at the autopsy and goes on to say that three of Suzanne’s teeth were sent for DNA analysis.
New details of the mother of two’s chilling tragic end come days after her husband Barry, now 56, and daughters Mallory and Macy commemorated her at an intimate celebration of life at Trinity Baptist Church in Westgate, Indiana.
Guests at the invitation-only event included Barry’s older sister Kelly Gillen, who is seen with Suzanne in her garden during the 2018 visit, and her mother Shirley, who was photographed making breakfast with her during the same trip .
An autopsy report obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com reveals that Suzanne’s hoodie was found among her bone-reduced remains.
Also included was Suzanne’s friend Holly Wilson, who gave a lengthy speech, despite providing police with damning evidence during their investigation into the cancer survivor’s murder.
Wilson told police she had had a conversation with Barry during which he accused her of having sex with another man and told her: “If I find him, I’m going to shoot his balls and shove them down his throat.”
He also told investigators that he knew about the affair Suzanne was having with Jeff Libler, a married father of six, and said that Suzanne had confided in him that she wanted to marry her former high school girlfriend who lives in Michigan, but that he intended to wait until his daughters were married. leave home before getting divorced.
Suzanne, who would have turned 53 two weeks ago, disappeared from her home in Salida on May 10, 2020, and neighbors raised the alarm after her daughters were unable to contact her to wish her a happy Mother’s Day. .
In May 2021, Barry was arrested and charged with his murder, but the case collapsed before reaching trial and she is now suing Chaffee County for $15 million in damages for the botched prosecution.
The murdered mother is seen posing with her mother-in-law, sister-in-law and two daughters in her hot tub, in a social media photo.
Friends and family of Suzanne Morphew gathered at an Indiana church for a celebration of life ceremony over the weekend.
Friends and family mingled Saturday at Trinity Baptist Church in Westfield, Indiana.
However, the case against him was dismissed without prejudice, meaning the charges could be refiled if police discover incriminating evidence against him.
Although the long-running case remains unsolved, the discovery of animal tranquilizer drugs in Suzanne’s bone marrow echoes a theory advanced by the prosecution in arguments presented during the pretrial hearing: that Barry had used the drugs. to knock out his wife before killing her in a jealous rage.
During their investigation, cops discovered an empty animal tranquilizer cartridge tangled in the sheets in the dryer at Morphew’s $1.5 million Colorado home and noted that Barry had what appeared to be scratches on his shoulders. forearms in the days after his wife disappeared.
Although Barry had appeared on video tearfully pleading for his wife’s return immediately after her disappearance, as DailyMail.com revealed at the time, police instantly became suspicious of the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and local cops were seen searching the luxurious the couple’s home in the days after their disappearance.
Also raising suspicion were Barry’s movements on the night he disappeared, including vehicle tracking data showing his truck was moved in the early hours of the morning and, as DailyMail.com first reported in 2021, that he left a hotel room in Broomfield, Colorado. He reeked of bleach and was full of shredded mail later that day.
Suzanne Morphew’s remains were found in the fall. Cadaver dogs appear at the scene where Chaffee County Sheriff’s deputies, the FBI and the CBI were searching in Colorado.
During a series of hearings in September 2021, prosecutors revealed that Morphew’s seemingly happy marriage was a sham: Suzanne was enjoying a two-year affair while Barry had a profile on the extramarital dating site Ashley Madison.
Text messages between the couple and those included in the prosecution’s evidence showed a series of explosive arguments and a text message from Suzanne telling her husband “I’m done.”
Other text messages, between Suzanne and her friend Sheila Oliver, shed more light on the volatile marriage in which the murdered mother told her friend Barry that he had once pushed her into a closet and, on another occasion, had pointed gun at her. with a gun to his head while asking him ‘is it’. This is what you want?
Since his release from Chaffee County Jail, Barry has moved away from Colorado, as have his daughters, who continue to support their father and did so publicly during the failed court case.
Suzanne’s murder currently remains unsolved, although the Colorado Bureau of Investigation issued a statement following the announcement of the autopsy results saying they would continue working on the case.
