Inside Barry Morphew's Secretive Life 600 Miles Away From Epicenter Of Murder Investigation Into Wife's Death

CAVE CREEK, Ariz. – Over 600 miles distant from Salida, Colorado, wherever Suzanne Morphew vanished connected Mother's Day successful 2020, Barry Morphew recovered an flight from nan authorities wherever prosecutors initially tried, but failed, to convict him of sidesplitting his wife.

Barry Morphew was indicted by a expansive assemblage connected charges of execution successful nan first degree aft deliberation connected June 20 successful narration to nan decease of his wife, 49-year-old Suzanne Morphew, who was besides nan mother to 2 daughters. Barry Morphew was arrested successful Goodyear, Arizona, almost 11 hours from wherever his woman went missing.

Barry Morphew settled down successful Cave Creek, Arizona, aft prosecutors dropped execution charges successful 2022 relating to his wife's disappearance. The charges were dropped aft alleged prosecutorial misconduct and nonaccomplishment to comply pinch find rules, resulting successful nan judge barring respective authorities witnesses from testifying.

One edifice worker successful Cave Creek, Arizona told Fox News Digital he didn't cognize Barry Morphew by his first sanction – and thought he was an wholly different person. Charlie Loots, barroom head astatine Harold's Cave Creek Corral, told Fox News Digital that Barry Morphew went by nan sanction "Bruce."

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Barry Morphew (R) successful a June 30 booking image astatine nan Alamosa County Jail adjacent to a image of Suzanne Morphew (L) (Chaffee County Sheriff's Office and nan Alamosa County Sheriff's Office)

Loots didn't cognize Barry Morphew's existent sanction until June 20, erstwhile news reports began to aboveground astir execution charges relating to Suzanne Morphew's death.

"I was shocked that, again, I mean, I was very caught disconnected defender astir each of it," Loots said. "I spent, honestly, arsenic soon arsenic I recovered astir it, I spent for illustration 2 hours reference articles astir it. I was like, I was truthful intrigued, because I was, like, this s--- doesn't happen," he said.

Loots said he began seeing Barry Morphew, aliases Bruce, arsenic he knew nan execution suspect, aft nan Coronavirus pandemic. He said Barry Morphew's go-to portion was beer, often switching betwixt Miller Lite and Coors Light, adding that he was astatine nan barroom connected June 13, precisely 1 week earlier his arrest.

Barry Morphew "always was approached by different women" astatine nan bar, Loots said, adding that he would often attack different women and flirted pinch them. 

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Libby Spruill told Fox News Digital she was 1 of nan women Barry Morphew flirted pinch astatine Harold's Cave Creek Corral. Spruill said she was astatine Harold's Cave Creek Corral successful March 2024 erstwhile he asked if she wanted to dance.

"He walked retired to maine and he said, ‘hi.’ He's like, ‘Do you want to dance?’ And I said, 'You're Barry Morphew,'" Spruill said. 

At nan time, according to Spruill, Barry Morphew said "no, no, I deliberation you person nan incorrect person." A spot later, Spruill said an individual approached them and introduced Barry Morphew arsenic "Lee" from Indiana.

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Libby Spruill said Barry Morphew flirted pinch him erstwhile they were astatine Harold's Cave Creek Corral successful 2024. (Libby Spruill)

According to nan June 20 grand assemblage indictment, Barry Morphew went by nan othername "Lee Moore." A section state position clerk told Fox News Digital he knew Barry Morphew by nan sanction "Lee."

Public records bespeak Barry Morphew paid spot taxes astatine nan Stardust Trailer parkland and was self-employed. In Colorado, he was a landscaper and independent contractor, but he didn't clasp immoderate master licence to do either successful Arizona.

Colin McCallin, a Colorado-based lawyer and erstwhile lawman territory lawyer for nan 18th Judicial District Attorney's Office successful Colorado, told Fox News Digital nan usage of 2 aliases is uncommon.

"That's weird," McCallin said. "I mean, that surely is grounds that this is simply a personification who does not want to beryllium known by his existent name, possibly even, know, a small reckless pinch nan usage of those aliases."

"It's clear he did not want to beryllium known by Barry," he said, adding its imaginable Barry Morphew was trying to unrecorded a double life successful Cave Creek, Arizona.

Prosecutors wrote successful a June 20 indictment that nan chemicals butorphanol, azaperone and medetomidine were recovered successful Suzanne Morphew's bony marrow. They alleged that Barry Morphew utilized "BAM" cervid tranquilizer to sedate and carrier cervid connected his workplace erstwhile he lived successful Indiana.

Barry Morphew (R) and Suzanne Morphew (L) (Chaffee County Sheriff's Office and Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office)

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Barry Morphew was besides nan only personification pinch a medicine for nan deer tranquilizer wrong nan area of nan authorities he lived in, prosecutors said. The only 2 different entities pinch entree to nan BAM compound wrong nan surrounding counties were Colorado Parks and Wildlife and nan National Park Service, officials said.

"Ultimately, nan medicine records show that erstwhile Suzanne Morphew disappeared, only 1 backstage national surviving successful that full area of nan authorities had entree to BAM: Barry Morphew," nan indictment states.

Morphew's attorney, David Beller, antecedently told Fox News Digital Morphew "maintains his innocence."

"Yet again, nan authorities allows their predetermined conclusion to lead their hunt for evidence," Beller said. "The lawsuit has not changed, and nan result will not either."

Barry Morphew’s lawyer declined to comment.