Missing Mom Suzanne Morphew: No body, no case? 'NO WAY!' Hubby just charged.

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 6 May 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Barry Morphew, 53, husband of missing Colorado mother Suzanne Morphew, was arrested Wednesday morning on charges of first-degree murder, tampering with physical evidence, and attempting to influence a public servant. The prosecutor who brought a murder charge against him said Wednesday she wouldn’t have done so if she weren’t “confident” in the case. Chaffee County Sheriff John Spezze and District Attorney Linda Stanley told reporters that the nearly year-long investigation had more than 135 search warrants; they interviewed more than 400 people and followed up on more than 1,400 tips. Joining Nancy Grace today:Tyson Draper - "The Draper Brothers" YouTube channelWendy Patrick - California prosecutor, author “Red Flags” www.wendypatrickphd.com 'Today with Dr. Wendy' on KCBQ in San DiegoDr. Angela Arnold - Psychiatrist, Atlanta GA www.angelaarnoldmd.com, Expert in the Treatment of Pregnant/Postpartum Women Sheryl McCollum - Forensic Expert & Cold Case Investigative Research Institute Founder, ColdCaseCrimes.orgJoe Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics, Jacksonville State University, Author, "Blood Beneath My Feet" featured on "Poisonous Liaisons" on True Crime NetworkLauren Scharf - Reporter, FOX 21 News, @LaurenScharfTV, laurenscharf.com

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0:00.0	Mother's Day, one year ago, a gorgeous young mom of two girls goes missing.
0:14.5	Now almost one year to the date, Mother's Day weekend coming up, there is an arrest for
0:23.5	murder in the case of missing mom Suzanne Morphew.
0:36.2	Today makes marks a major milestone in this investigation by Suzanne Morphew's disappearance.
0:42.7	We are announcing that at 09.15 hours this morning, the Chaffee County Sheriff's Office
0:48.6	arrested Suzanne Morphew's husband, very more few. He was taken into custody near his
0:54.0	home in Pajas Springs. He was loaned at the time of his arrest and he was arrested without
0:59.0	incident.
1:00.0	There is video taken of him being pulled over in a white truck and it is all over the
1:05.5	internet. Just then you were hearing the Chaffee County Sheriff's speaking but now
1:09.6	take a listen to Andrew Heo Sloan Dickey at ABC Denver 7.
1:14.7	Investigators executed nearly 200 search warrants and received more than 1400 tips about Suzanne
1:21.2	Morphew's disappearance over the past year and today finally an arrest.
1:25.8	Suzanne was reported missing on Mother's Day last year. She went for bike ride and never
1:30.4	came back.
1:32.2	And even though we now know there has been an arrest still, the local county sheriff's
1:38.6	playing it very close to the vest. We can hardly find out anything else. Take a listen
1:43.4	to Jay Gray NBC.
1:46.0	For the better part of a year, they've been searching and while they won't provide
1:50.5	any details.
1:51.7	We do have information that led us to this point today and how we think a certain scenario
1:57.4	had occurred.
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