BOMBSHELL: BARRY MORPHEW CHARGED FOR SECOND TIME WITH WIFE SUZANNE’s MURDER

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

A Colorado husband and father arrested again in connection with the murder of his wife years after previous charges were dropped, a grand jury indicts Barry Morphew on first-degree murder. In 2021, Morphew was charged with first-degree murder and tampering with physical evidence after his wife Suzanne went missing on Mother's Day in 2020, but those charges were later dropped before his trial date and a year before Suzanne's remains were found.

Suzanne Morphew, 49, last seen on Mother's Day, May 10, 2020, in Maysville, Colorado after leaving her home for a bike ride. Later that evening, Suzanne's mountain bike is found near the home and her helmet found in a different location nearby a few days later. A massive search for Suzanne spans over a three-year period until her remains are uncovered in a shallow grave in Saguache just a few hundred feet down a dirt road, the indictment states. An autopsy report states drugs typically used to tranquilize animals were found in her system.

Morphew was all smiles at his court appearance. Join Nancy Grace to unfold what's next for Barry Morphew.

Joining Nancy Grace today:

Tisha Leewaye- Friend of Suzanne Morphew
Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, Author: "Deal Breaker: When to work on a relationship and when to walk away” Also featured in hit show: "Paris in Love" on Peacock, www.drbethanymarshall.com , Instagram & TikTok: drbethanymarshall, Twitter: @DrBethanyLive
Chris McDonough - Director At the Cold Case Foundation, Former Homicide Detective, Worked over 300 Homicides in 25 year career, Trained the first Native American Homicide Task Force; & Host of YouTube channel, "The Interview Room" www.coldcasefoundation.org/chris-mcdonough
Dr. Thomas Coyne - Chief Medical Examiner, District 2 Medical Examiner's Office, State of Florida; Forensic Pathologist, Toxicologist, Neuropathologist; X: @DrTMCoyne;
Derek Smith Criminal Defense Attorney, website: dwsmithlegal.com
Dave Mack - Crime Stories Investigative Reporter

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:04.8	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace.
0:10.1	Bombshell, in a stunning twist, Barry Morphew is charged again in the murder of his wife, Suzanne Morfew.
0:19.9	I spent days tromping around the entire area and realized
0:26.2	very quickly how difficult it would be to find Suzanne Morfew's remains. But guess what? They
0:34.8	were found in a remote area. And those remains really crack this case wide open.
0:44.5	Take a listen to Ann Kelly District Attorney 12th Judicial District.
0:48.2	Suzanne Morfew was reported missing on Mother's Day five years ago, law enforcement has never stopped working to obtain justice
0:59.0	for this mother of two, this daughter, this sister, and this beloved member of the Chafee County community.
1:09.0	Through the tireless efforts of the Chafee County community.
1:11.6	Through the tireless efforts of the Chafee County Sheriff's Office, the Sawatch County Sheriff's
1:16.7	Office, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, I can
1:23.5	announce today that the 12th Judicial District Grand Jury returned an indictment.
1:31.6	The grand jury has indicted Barry Morfew on the single count of murder in the first degree.
1:37.2	Many of us thought this day may never come, but held out hope for justice for Suzanne. As you will all recall, he, the husband, Mary Morphew, had been indicted before.
1:51.0	And the case was thrown out of court on alleged prosecutorial misconduct.
1:58.0	Now, years have passed and the case has been revived, brought back from the dead.
2:04.7	Straight out to a very special guest joining us is Tisha Leway, a very dear friend of Suzanne Morfew.
2:13.2	Tisha is wonderful to see you.
2:16.7	I wondered if we would ever speak on this occasion.
2:22.9	Tell me your response, your reaction.
2:25.5	When you learn Barry Morphew had finally been indicted a second time in Suzanne's murder.
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