Barry Morphew murder case: DNA found in Suzanne Morphew’s car matches partial samples from unsolved sex assaults

Investigators recovered antheral DNA connected the glovebox successful Suzanne Morphew’s car that corresponds with partial DNA profiles recovered successful 3 unsolved intersexual battle cases successful antithetic states, a Colorado Bureau of Investigation cause testified Tuesday.

The partial DNA illustration developed from the glovebox DNA matched with profiles developed successful unsolved intersexual battle cases successful Chicago, Pheonix and Tempe, CBI Agent Joseph Cahill confirmed during questioning by Barry Morphew’s defence lawyer Iris Eytan.

Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office

Suzanne Morphew, 49, went missing May 10, 2020. Her member is organizing a backstage hunt for the pistillate Thursday.

The caller accusation comes arsenic Barry Morphew’s defence attorneys effort to person a Chaffee County justice that prosecutors bash not person capable grounds to prosecute their lawsuit for allegedly murdering his woman successful May 2020.

The preliminary proceeding successful Barry Morphew’s transgression lawsuit began its 4th and last time connected Tuesday. After the hearing, 11th Judicial District Chief Judge Patrick Murphy volition determine whether determination is capable grounds against Morphew for the lawsuit to proceed and whether Morphew should beryllium capable to station bail portion the lawsuit proceeds.

Morphew, 53, was arrested successful May successful transportation to his wife’s decease and faces felony charges of first-degree murder, tampering with a body, tampering with evidence, possession of a unsafe limb and effort to power a nationalist servant. If convicted of the execution charge, Morphew faces a mandatory condemnation of beingness successful situation without parole.

A neighbour reported Suzanne missing connected May 10, 2020, which sparked monolithic searches for her. Searchers recovered her upland motorcycle astatine the bottommost of a steep ditch disconnected County Road 225 and her motorcycle helmet little than a mile away. Prosecutors’ theory, outlined done 3 days of questioning during the preliminary hearing, is that Morphew killed Suzanne connected the evening of May 9 earlier leaving aboriginal connected May 10 to enactment successful Broomfield.

Morphew’s defence attorneys focused immoderate of their questioning Tuesday connected statements their lawsuit made to investigators astir however helium loved his wife. Morphew told investigators that helium covered astir 200 quadrate miles searching for Suzanne successful the months aft she disappeared, retired FBI Agent Jonathan Grusing said.

Morphew held backmost tears arsenic his attorney, Dru Nielsen, questioned Grusing astir statements Morphew made to investigators astir however helium loved his wife. He continued to accidental helium loved her aft investigators told him Suzanne was having an affair.

“He said, “It doesn’t mean I don’t emotion her,’” Grusing said.

The defence duo besides elicited grounds from investigators that did not enactment the prosecution’s mentation of the alleged crime. Under questioning by defence lawyer Nielsen, Grusing said that aggregate dogs trained to observe decomposing bodies did not alert to specified grounds successful Barry Morphew’s truck.

The defence besides played assemblage camera footage that showed Chaffee County sheriff’s deputies stating that they didn’t judge a tranquilizer dart weapon recovered successful Morphew’s weapon harmless functioned.

The prosecution repeatedly brought up the tranquilizer gun, bare darts and a headdress recovered successful the dryer that is utilized with a syringe to capable the darts with tranquilizer chemicals.

None of the prosecution’s witnesses explicitly said whether, however oregon erstwhile they judge Morphew utilized the tranquilizer weapon connected Suzanne.