Suzanne Morphew's Remains May Have Been Moved Twice After Being Killed, Forensic Scientist Says

Suzanne Morphew's assemblage whitethorn person been moved doubly aft she died, according to a forensic scientist.

Barry Morphew was re-indicted by a expansive assemblage in Colorado connected a execution complaint connected June 20 aft he allegedly killed his wife, 49-year-old Suzanne Morphew, who vanished connected Mother's Day successful 2020. The Morphews lived adjacent Salida, Colorado, wherever Suzanne Morphew was past seen alive.

Barry Morphew was arrested adjacent Phoenix, Arizona, connected June 20, booking documents show. He was surviving wrong a trailer parkland located successful Cave Creek, Arizona, according to spot taxation records.

Though Suzanne Morphew went missing successful 2020, agents pinch nan Colorado Bureau of Investigation recovered her remains connected Sept. 22, 2023. According to prosecutors, a 2024 autopsy study showed a cervid tranquilizer called "BAM" was recovered successful her bony marrow, which stands for nan chemicals butorphanol, azaperone and medetomidine.

Prosecutors said Suzanne Morphew's remains were recovered "in and astir a shallow clandestine grave" successful Saguache County, Colorado, a "few 100 feet" disconnected Highway 17.

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Suzanne Morphew successful an undated image provided by deputies. Barry Morphew enters Alamosa, Colorado tribunal connected Jul. 1, 2025. (Chaffee County Sheriff's Office and Pool via KRDO)

According to nan indictment charging Barry Morphew pinch first-degree execution aft deliberation, nan apparel connected Suzanne Morphew's assemblage "lacked grounds of decomposition." Officials besides said a "very mini amount" of dried soft insubstantial was recovered connected nan bones, nary hairsbreadth wide was located and location was a deficiency of animal predation visible connected nan bones.

"All these features would person been expected if this had been nan original gravesite wherever decomposition occurred," a board-certified forensic anthropologist, a botanist and an entomologist told prosecutors. "The forensic anthropologist opined that based connected these factors it was improbable Suzanne decomposed from a caller assemblage to a skeleton astatine this location."

Peter Valentin, subordinate professor of forensic subject astatine nan University of New Haven, told Fox News Digital nan assemblage was moved "at least" 1 time.

"There's surely each denotation that decomposition occurred successful a spot different than wherever nan assemblage was found," Valentin said. "Now, I've seen that group person said nan body's been moved astatine slightest twice. And I deliberation that's a reasonable inference. But you can't cognize that for sure, because that assumes, that makes an assumption, that nan assemblage was killed successful 1 location. Transported to a 2nd location wherever nan decomposition occurs, and past brought to nan 3rd location wherever nan assemblage is discovered. And I don't deliberation you cognize that for judge yet.

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Barry Morphew was booked into nan Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. (Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office)

Valentin besides said there's an "absence of evidence" suggesting that nan clothing Suzanne Morphew's remains were recovered successful is what she decomposed with.

Suzanne Morphew's bones were recovered "significantly bleached," according to nan indictment. Valentin said nan word "bleached," successful this context, refers to really overmuch sun vulnerability nan bones had.

In this case, Valentin said nan "significantly bleached" bones thief support prosecutors' statement that Suzanne Morphew's assemblage was moved.

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Suzanne Morphew and Barry Morphew (Fox News/ Chaffee County Sheriff's Office)

"As portion of nan decomposition process, truthful if immoderate bones are bleached and immoderate aren't, you tin get a consciousness of you cognize really nan remains are positioned. If wherever Suzanne Morphew's remains are found, are successful a spot that are not exposed to nan sun, truthful they couldn't beryllium bleached astatine nan tract wherever they recovered that would beryllium different parameter that she was."

Barry Morphew's adjacent court date is Sept. 2.