Missing mom Suzanne Morphew’s remains found 3 years after she vanished on Mother’s Day bike ride
Colorado mom Suzanne Morphew’s remains have been found — more than three years after she failed to return home from a Mother’s Day bike ride.
The 49-year-old’s remains were discovered during a search Friday in Moffat, a town about 45 miles south of the Maysville home she shared with her husband and two daughters, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation announced Wednesday.
Investigators are withholding details about the state of Morphew’s remains and exactly where they were found.
The tragic discovery was accidental as CBI agents were combing the area as part of an investigation unrelated to her disappearance.
No arrests have been made since her remains were found and positively identified on Wednesday.
“Although locating Suzanne’s remains is a critical component of this investigation, and for her family, we are left with many more questions than answers, and it would be a disservice to conduct a news conference at this time,” Chaffee County Sheriff John Spezze said in a statement.
The development came just three months after investigators confidently announced they knew where Morphew’s body was located.
Prosecutors had said “she is in a very difficult spot” and that gathering enough evidence to prove she was murdered could still take years.
It is not clear if officials had pinpointed Moffat, where the mother of two was ultimately found.
Morphew never returned to her home after leaving for a bike ride on May 10, 2020, while her husband, Barry Morphew, was away on business.
The 55-year-old husband was initially charged with her presumed death.
But prosecutors dropped the case last year after a judge barred the attorneys from calling most of their key witnesses for repeatedly failing to follow rules for turning over evidence in Barry’s favor.
Barry filed a $15 million lawsuit in May against prosecutors and investigators, accusing them of violating his constitutional rights.
The couple’s daughters — Macy and Mallory — have stood by their father, stating they “never had a shred of doubt” about his innocence, despite evidence that Barry and his wife’s 25-year marriage was on the rocks.
Morphew complained about the failing relationship in text messages to her best friend just months before her disappearance.
The mother suspected Barry of having an affair — and was carrying out her own long-distance fling with a high school flame for whom she planned to leave her husband.
Morphew described Barry as a possessive and “narcissistic” man who was trying to turn their daughters against her.
Barry has consistently denied any involvement in his wife’s disappearance and claimed the two “had a wonderful life, a wonderful marriage,” even as he remains the prime suspect in the case.
