ALAMOSA, Colo. (Court TV) — The man accused of murdering his wife, whose body was found years later in a shallow grave, has been released from jail after posting bond.
Barry Morphew appears in court July 2025. (Court TV)
Barry Morphew was indicted this summer on first-degree murder charges in the death of his wife, Suzanne, who disappeared on Mother’s Day in 2020. Her body was found in 2023, buried in a shallow grave in a field during an unrelated investigation. Barry had previously been charged in his wife’s death in 2021, but those charges were dismissed two weeks before his trial was scheduled to begin.
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Earlier this month, a judge refused to lower Barry’s bond , set at $3 million, but did modify it from c