Barry Morphew, a Colorado man free on $3 million bond for his wife's alleged killing, was arrested after being involved in a hit-and-run crash in Denver. The incident occurred on August 28 while Morphew was traveling to the airport, allegedly to pick up his daughter, which prosecutors claim was a breach of his bond conditions. A court filing states that Morphew is accused of using a drug cocktail used to tranquilize wildlife, which investigators found in his wife's bone marrow. Morphew has pleaded not guilty and faces trial next summer for his wife's death.
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Barry Morphew, the Colorado man accused of killing his wife Suzanne Morphew, has been rearrested and jailed after allegedly being involved in a hit-and-run crash with two other vehicles in Denver. Morphew, who was free on a $3 million bond, had been allowed to travel outside of his hometown in southern Colorado for limited reasons, including work or picking up his daughter from the airport. However, prosecutors claim that he breached this condition when he went to Denver International Airport on August 28. Morphew has pleaded not guilty and faces trial next summer. He was booked into the Boulder County Jail, and a hearing will be held on Tuesday to discuss his bond.
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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.
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Barry Morphew was booked into the Boulder County Jail.
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Alamosa County District Judge Amanda Hopkins set a hearing to discuss Morphew's bond Tuesday, online records show.
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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.
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“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.
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Morphew's attorneys didn't immediately respond to phone and email messages seeking comment Friday.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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