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one’s husband colorado A woman who disappeared in 2020 has pleaded not guilty for the second time to murder in her death.
Barry Murphy He entered a plea at the time of death Suzanne Morphy He made the request through one of his attorneys, David Beller, during a brief hearing in Alamosa, Colorado.
Morphew was first arrested in 2021, nearly a year after Suzanne Morphew disappeared, and charged with murder and tampering with evidence. But the case was abandoned near trial in 2022 after a judge barred prosecutors from calling key witnesses because they repeatedly failed to comply with rules for handing over evidence to the defense.
In 2023, the remains of Suzanne Morphew were found on a dirt road in southern Colorado. Morphew was again charged with first-degree murder in his wife’s death and arrested last year. He has always maintained his innocence.
While Suzanne Morphy’s body showed no signs of trauma, investigators found a cocktail of drugs used to tranquilize wildlife in her bone marrow, and her husband was the only person in the area besides wildlife officials with a prescription, the indictment said.
The coroner’s office determined her cause of death was “homicide by unknown means” because she had taken three drugs — butorphanol, azaperone and medetomidine — in a cocktail called “BAM.”
The mystery surrounding Suzanne Morphew began when the 49-year-old mother of two daughters was reported missing on Mother’s Day 2020.
Her mountain bike and helmet were initially found in a different location not far from her home near the mountain community of Salida, Colorado, but investigators suspect the bike was deliberately thrown into the canyon because there were no signs of a collision. A week after his wife disappeared, Barry Morphew posted a video online Facebook Pleading for her safe return, the case quickly attracted attention.
This time, Morphew was charged by a different district attorney in the area where Suzanne Morphew’s remains were found, a rural area about 40 miles (65 kilometers) south of Morphew’s home.
Suzanne Morphew had been treated for follicular lymphoma, a blood cancer, before she disappeared. Investigators discovered a port in her body through which she could receive drugs to treat her cancer. They also found cycling clothing similar to what she was wearing.
Based on the condition of the remains and clothing, a forensic anthropologist speculated that the body may have decomposed elsewhere before being moved, according to the indictment.