DENVER – A Colorado man arrested on a murder charge in the presumed death of his wife who disappeared last Mother's Day was scheduled to make his first court appearance on Thursday.
Barry Morphew, 53, was taken into custody without incident Wednesday near his home in a mountain community in southern Colorado, a move authorities say was the result of an extensive and ongoing investigation that has so far failed to find the body of Suzanne Morphew.
However, after conducting over 135 searches across Colorado and interviewing 400 people in multiple states, investigators believe the mother of two daughters is dead, Chaffee County Sheriff John Spezze said.