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Nearly four years after Suzanne Morphew disappeared from her Chaffee County home, the discovery that she died with animal tranquilizers in her body has refocused attention on her husband Barry Morphew’s use of such tranquilizers — an issue that has been woven into the investigation from the beginning.
Morphew’s remains were located in September 2023, approximately 50 miles south of her last known location. Currently, no one faces charges in connection to her case.
Prosecutors could seek to refile charges against Suzanne Morphew's husband after an autopsy report was released on Monday and confirmed her death was a homicide.
Explore the story of Suzanne Morphew, the Colorado mother who vanished while biking in May 2020 and was found to have died from homicide, as disclosed in an autopsy issued on Monday by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.
The death of a Colorado woman reported missing on Mother's Day nearly four years ago has been ruled a homicide. Authorities revealed the result of Suzanne Morphew's autopsy on Monday. Morphew disappeared in May 2020. The 49-year-old woman's remains were found in September 2023. Her husband, Barry Morphew, was charged with murder and other crimes in 2021 but the charges were later dropped. According to the autopsy, drugs used to tranquilize wildlife were found in Morphew's body. Barry Morphew possessed a tranquilizer dart gun but his attorney said Monday that the gun wasn�...