Barry Morphew Jailed Again After Incident Sends Bond Soaring

A Colorado judge raised accused wife killer Barry Morphew’s bond to $10 million after prosecutors said he left the scene of a crash that happened after an airport trip to pick up his daughter.

Morphew was indicted by a grand jury on June 20, 2025, on a first-degree murder after deliberation charge tied to the death of his wife, 49-year-old Suzanne Morphew, a mother of two daughters. Suzanne disappeared on Mother’s Day in 2020 in Colorado, where the couple lived. Barry Morphew was later arrested in Goodyear, Arizona, nearly 11 hours from the area where his wife was last seen.

According to prosecutors, Morphew was involved in an alleged hit-and-run crash on Aug. 26 around 7:30 p.m. after a witness reported seeing him drive “aggressively” before hitting two vehicles. CBS News obtained video showing an exchange between Morphew and another driver, during which he allegedly refused to provide his name or identification and said he did not have insurance. Boulder County sheriff’s deputies arrested him on Sept. 3, and he remains in custody.

Authorities said Morphew offered the other driver $300 for the damage to her vehicle, but she declined the money. Video from the scene also showed him using a T-shirt and his hand to buff scratches on the woman’s car.

At the time, prosecutors said Barry Morphew was picking up his daughter from the airport.

Prosecutors said that once the other driver turned down Barry Morphew’s $300 offer and told him she intended to contact police, he left the scene, nearly striking another person and mounting a curb as he did so.

The conditions of Barry Morphew’s original bond included not traveling outside of his home except under specific circumstances like work or a medical emergency and would be monitored by GPS.

Alamosa County District Judge Amanda Hopkins on Tuesday increased Barry Morphew’s bond to $10 million cash after prosecutor Fred Johnson argued that he is a flight risk and could leave the country.

“Mr. Morphew has shown time and again that he has no respect for any order of this court, and he is not going to comply with it if it is an inconvenience to the lifestyle he wishes to live while out on bond,” Hopkins said.

“We are very, very concerned he has just demonstrated what he’s going to do when push comes to shove,” Johnson said during the hearing.

Barry Morphew’s lawyers argued that he is not a flight risk, stating that he hasn’t fled over a period of five years and said the recent accusation doesn’t warrant an increase in bond.

Prosecutors wrote in the June 2025 indictment that the chemicals butorphanol, azaperone and medetomidine were found in Suzanne Morphew’s bone marrow. They alleged that Barry Morphew used “BAM” deer tranquilizer to sedate and transport deer on his farm when he lived in Indiana. He has pleaded not guilty to one count of first-degree murder.

Morphew was also the only person with a prescription for the deer tranquilizer within the area of the state he lived in, prosecutors said. The only two other entities with access to the BAM compound within the surrounding counties were Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the National Park Service, officials said.

“Ultimately, the prescription records show that when Suzanne Morphew disappeared, only one private citizen living in that entire area of the state had access to BAM: Barry Morphew,” the indictment states.

Morphew’s attorney, David Beller, previously told News Media Morphew “maintains his innocence.”

“Yet again, the government allows their predetermined conclusion to lead their search for evidence,” Beller said. “The case has not changed, and the outcome will not either.”

News Media reached out to Morphew’s lawyer for comment.