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The FOX True Crime Podcast

A Mother's Day Mystery: Suzanne Morphew Case Explained

The FOX True Crime Podcast

Fox News

True Crime

4.7 • 826 Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

On Mother's Day of 2020, the Morphew family was without their matriarch, as 49-year-old Suzanne Morphew had seemingly vanished without a trace. Suzanne's husband, Barry, was later arrested and charged with her murder. However, without a body, the charges were dropped. But when Suzanne's remains were ultimately found and identified, Barry would be arrested and charged a second time for the crime. Criminal defense attorney and FOX News Contributor Joshua Ritter revisits the timeline of the case and previews what listeners can expect from the upcoming trial. Follow Emily on Instagram: @realemilycompagno If you have a story or topic we should feature on the FOX True Crime Podcast, send us an email at: truecrimepodcast@fox.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

It was May 10th, 2020, Mother's Day. Most families would be celebrating with gifts, brunch, or flowers.

0:10.7

But for the Morphew family, the day was instead shrouded with tragedy.

0:15.7

Suzanne Morfew, a wife and mother of two teenage girls, was missing.

0:21.5

While on a supposed bike ride, Suzanne disappeared without a trace.

0:26.5

No warning, no goodbye text, and no body.

0:30.9

In a ravine near her Chafee Colorado home, only Suzanne's bike and helmet would be found

0:36.8

with no apparent signs of a crash.

0:39.5

From the mystery emerged a video of Barry Morphew pleading for information and the safe

0:45.1

return of his wife. Barry made himself more visible to the press offering money and theories

0:51.5

about what might have happened to Suzanne.

0:58.8

Though he first seemed a loving husband tortured by his wife's disappearance,

1:04.2

Barry Morphew would later become the figure suspected of her murder.

1:08.6

I'm Chandley Painter and this is the Fox True Crime podcast. As investigators dove into Suzanne Morfew's disappearance, they would soon discover that not everything was what it seemed.

1:49.0

The cracks in Suzanne and Barry's seemingly loving marriage began to show.

1:54.2

Only four days before she vanished, Suzanne had messaged her husband stating she was done

2:00.0

with their relationship. Investigators also learned that Suzanne had messaged her husband stating she was done with their relationship.

2:01.6

Investigators also learned that Suzanne had an affair, one lasting two years, with an old classmate from high school.

2:14.6

On May 5, 2021, almost a year after Suzanne's initial disappearance, Barry Morphew was arrested and charged with her murder.

2:23.3

Barry pleaded not guilty having the backing and support of his two daughters.

2:29.3

But Suzanne's body was not found, and without crucial evidence, the case against Barry Morphew was

2:36.1

subsequently dropped. That is until September of the following year when remains

2:42.1

were located and positively identified as Suzanne's. On June 20th, 20, 25, Barry Morphew was arrested and charged for the second time in his wife's

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