Barry Morphew, free on bond in wife’s alleged killing, is jailed after hit-and-run

Chaffee County Sheriff's Office

A man in Colorado who had been free on $3 million bond in his wife’s alleged killing was arrested Friday after prosecutors said he got in a hit-and-run crash with two other vehicles in Denver.

Barry Morphew was booked into the Boulder County Jail. Alamosa County District Judge Amanda Hopkins set a hearing to discuss Morphew’s bond Tuesday, online records show.

Under the terms of his bond set last year, Morphew was not supposed to travel away from home in southern Colorado except for work and other limited circumstances.

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He got into the crash involving two other vehicles during a trip to Denver International Airport on Aug. 28, possibly to pick up his daughter, prosecutors said in a court filing.

“To go to the airport for any purpose other than work constitutes a breach of his bond,” read the filing by District Attorney Anne Kelly.

Morphew’s attorneys didn’t immediately respond to phone and email messages seeking comment Friday.

Morphew has pleaded not guilty and faces trial next summer in the death of his wife , who disappeared in 2020.

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Suzanne Morphew’s skeletal remains were found off a dirt road in southern Colorado in 2023. By then, charges against Barry Morphew had been dropped, but he was charged again with first-degree murder in his wife’s death and arrested.

Investigators found no sign of trauma in Suzanne Morphew’s remains but allegedly found traces in her bone marrow of a drug cocktail used to tranquilize wildlife. Barry Morphew was the only person in the area other than wildlife officials with authorization to use the chemicals, prosecutors allege.

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科罗拉多州一名男子因涉嫌杀害妻子而被捕，此前他以 300 万美元的保释金获释。周五，检察官称他在丹佛与另外两辆车发生肇事逃逸事故后被捕。

巴里·莫菲已被关押在博尔德县监狱。网上记录显示，阿拉莫萨县地区法官阿曼达·霍普金斯已安排于周二举行听证会，讨论莫菲的保释事宜。

根据去年设定的保释条款，莫菲除了工作和其他有限情况外，不得离开他在科罗拉多州南部的家。

科罗拉多州女子苏珊娜·莫菲的丈夫在她2020年死亡案的指控被撤销三年后再次被捕。

检察官在法庭文件中称，8 月 28 日，他在前往丹佛国际机场的途中，可能是为了接女儿，与另外两辆车相撞。

地区检察官安妮·凯利在提交的文件中写道：“除工作以外，前往机场的任何行为都构成违反保释条件。”

周五，莫菲的律师没有立即回复寻求置评的电话和电子邮件。

莫菲否认有罪，将于明年夏天因其妻子的死亡而受审，他的妻子于 2020 年失踪。

科罗拉多州一名母亲骑自行车失踪后，验尸官发现她死于他杀，并且体内含有多种药物。

2023 年，苏珊娜·莫菲的遗骸在科罗拉多州南部的一条土路旁被发现。当时，对巴里·莫菲的指控已被撤销，但他又因妻子的死亡而被控一级谋杀罪并被逮捕。

调查人员在苏珊娜·莫菲的遗体上未发现任何外伤痕迹，但据称在其骨髓中发现了用于麻醉野生动物的药物混合物的痕迹。检方称，除野生动物官员外，巴里·莫菲是该地区唯一获准使用这些化学品的人。