The husband of a Colorado woman who disappeared in 2020 pleaded not guilty to murder in her death for the second time.
Barry Morphew entered his plea in the death of Suzanne Morphew through one of his attorneys, David Beller, during a short hearing in Alamosa, Colorado.
Morphew was first arrested in 2021, almost a year after Suzanne Morphew’s disappearance, and charged with murder and tampering with evidence. But the case was abandoned in 2022 as it neared trial after a judge barred prosecutors from calling key witnesses in response to their repeated failure to follow rules for turning over evidence to the defense.
Colorado man Barry Morphew has pleaded not guilty to murdering his wife Suzanne Morphew for a second time since her 2020 disappearance.
Barry Morphew appearing in court in Salida, Colo. on May 6, 2021.
Suzanne Morphew’s skeletal remains were then found off a dirt road in southern Colorado in 2023. Morphew was charged again with first-degree murder in his wife’s death and arrested last year. He has maintained his innocence.