Suzanne Morphew Disappearance To Be Featured On CBS's '48 Hours'

CHAFFEE COUNTY, CO —The 2020 disappearance of Chaffee County mother Suzanne Morphew, after which her husband was arrested and charged with murder, will be examined on national television this weekend.

At 9 p.m. Saturday, the CBS Television Network's show "48 Hours" will feature a piece called "The Suzanne Morphew Case: Nothing Is What It Seems." The show also can be streamed on Paramount+.

The case made local and national headlines in 2020, when Suzanne Morphew, a 49-year-old mother of two, vanished on Mother's Day when she went on a bike ride, according to her family. Her body was never found.

Barry Morphew was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and other crimes in his wife's disappearance. He has pleaded not guilty and is scheduled to go on trial this spring.

But CBS reporter Peter Van Sant and "48 Hours" will delve deeper into the case and its "incredible twists," the network said in a release promoting Saturday's show. The piece will examine "bizarre clues" relating to a chipmunk alibi, a tranquilizer gun, a spy pen and an affair.

"When something like this happens … when somebody goes missing … you want answers," Aya Gruber, a law professor at the University of Colorado and a former defense attorney said, according to CBS. "But this case is incredibly unique … when you started to dig a little bit deeper. Nothing is what it seems."

According to CBS, investigators discovered that Suzanne Morphew disappeared days after telling her husband she was "done" with their marriage.

Investigators also noticed that Barry Morphew's cell phone appeared to be pinging all around the house on the weekend his wife disappeared. Barry Morphew said this happened because he was chasing and shooting at chipmunks, CBS reports.

CBS also reports that investigators found a cap for a tranquilizer dart at the couple's home. Barry Morphew said he did not know where it came from, though he admitted to being an "experienced tranquilizer dart gun shooter."

The cap, however, had Suzanne Morphew's DNA on it, but not Barry's, CBS reports.

Additionally, the CBS piece reveals that investigators of the case also found other unusual evidence. There was a spy pen that captured a conversation between Suzanne Morphew and a secret lover. Plus, there was DNA uncovered in Suzanne Morphew's Range Rover, which traced back to an unknown male connected to three sexual assaults.

In the arrest affidavit, according to CBS, prosecutors said they believed Barry Morphew resorted to something he has done his entire life: "hunt and control Suzanne like he had hunted and controlled animals."

Barry Morphew pleaded not guilty and talked with investigators dozens of times, CBS says.

But according to CBS: "(Investigators) believe (Barry Morphew) knows more than he's saying."