A lawyer for the husband of missing Colorado woman Suzanne Morphew, whose body was found last week after a three-year search, angrily condemned the “finger pointing” at her client – and suggested a serial killer may be on the loose.
Suzanne Morphew, 49, was last seen on May 10, 2020, when she headed for a bike ride from the Salida, Colorado, home she shared with husband Barry and their two daughters. The couple had both had an affair and she had texted him that she was ‘done’ with their wedding days before disappearing.
Barry was arrested a year after her disappearance and charged with murder, despite there being no body.
But after a row over the evidence and procedures, the charges were dropped without prejudice a year later – meaning he could be charged again if new evidence came to light.
On Thursday, Barry Morphew’s lawyer, Iris Eytan, spoke out against what she called “the overriding focus” on “the finger pointing back to where it started three and a half years ago: a move to blindly accuse Barry again of the death from Suzanne.’
Barry and Suzanne Morphew. She disappeared in May 2020 and her body was found last week, on September 22. A year after her disappearance, he was charged with her murder, but the charges were dropped a year later.
Barry Morphew’s lawyer Iris Eytan is pictured with the legal team in April 2022 when charges against him were dropped
Eytan noted this in a statement KTVthat Suzanne Morphew’s remains were found 45 miles south of the Morphew family home.
Barry Morphew, a landscaper, was working near Denver, 140 miles north of the family home, the day she was reported missing.
But in a 130-page statement, made public in September 2021 After Barry was arrested, prosecutors suggested “that from 2:47 p.m. on May 9, 2020, to 5:37 a.m. on May 10, 2020, he took steps to delete evidence in the disappearance and death of Suzanne Morphew, create a false alibi for himself and to create an alibi for himself. a crime scene.”
The case was dropped shortly before trial and Barry launched a $15 million defamation lawsuit against local authorities, which is still pending.
Barry Morphew was charged with the murder of his wife Suzanne, who went missing on Mother’s Day in 2020. The charges were dropped shortly before his trial date.
Suzanne Morphew is pictured next to her husband, Barry Morphew
Morphew was charged with his wife’s murder in 2021; the charges were later dropped
Eytan said it would be “ridiculous” if investigators now tried to claim Barry Morphew was near Moffat, where Suzanne’s remains were found.
“Barry was the most scrutinized, dissected and surveilled individual, minute by minute, hour by hour, using law enforcement cameras placed in his home, wiretaps and GPS devices placed on his car – all during the time frame of her disappearance and the years following. ‘, Eytan said.
“At no time did the FBI, CBI, Chaffee County Sheriff Office, or State’s Attorney’s Office determine or even generally state that Barry was in an area south of his home, near Moffat or anywhere near Saguache County.
“It would be ridiculous for anyone to now try to link the facts now known to previous false assumptions and accusations.”
Eytan said Suzanne’s remains were found while police were searching for Edna Quintana, a 55-year-old with known medical complications who was last seen in the area on May 3.
Eytan also referred to “Krystal Reisinger” – a young mother, Kristal Anne Reisinger, who was last seen in the town of Crestone in July 2016.
Reisinger, 29, attended a drum circle ceremony and joined a group gathered to party under the summer full moon, and was never seen again.
Crestone is 13 miles from Moffat, where Morphew’s remains were found.
Kristal Anne Reisinger, 29, was last seen in the town of Crestone – 13 miles from where Suzanne Morphew’s body was found – in July 2016
Eytan said investigators were so focused on Barry Morphew as a suspect that they hadn’t considered searching south of their home because Barry wasn’t there.
“What needs to be done instead of pointing the finger at Barry Morphew is to ask officials about the number of people missing and the number of human remains recovered in or from Saguache County in the recent past,” Eytan said.
“Whatever happened to Krystal Reisinger, Edna Quintana, Suzanne, the man whose remains were found by the Saguache County Sheriff’s Office in the Foothills on July 26, 2023, or the remains of the person found last weekend in another area in Saguache County was found.
“What were the circumstances of their disappearance, what is the cause and manner of death of the remains found in the area, what happened to them, are they looking for other remains in this area?
“The public must demand answers about these five people believed to have gone missing or found dead in this area.”