Barry Morphew extradited to Colorado to face murder charges in wife's 2020 disappearance

Barry Morphew has been extradited from Arizona to Colorado following a grand jury indictment charging him with the murder of his wife Suzanne Morphew bureaucrats announced Monday He left the th Avenue Jail in Phoenix Arizona and taken to the Alamosa County Jail in Colorado the Twelth Judicial District Attorney's Office explained Monday Suzanne Morphew vanished during a bike ride on Mother's Day Barry Morphew was charged with murder in the first degree after deliberation on June He is scheduled to make his first appearance in court on Tuesday at p m local time authorities disclosed Morphew's attorney David Beller previously notified Fox News Digital Morphew maintains his innocence BARRY MORPHEW ACCUSED OF WIFE SUZANNE S MURDER SEE HOW THE -YEAR COLORADO MURDER MYSTERY UNRAVELED Yet again the executive allows their predetermined conclusion to lead their search for evidence Beller commented The development has not changed and the outcome will not either In Suzanne Morphew's remains were located by Colorado Bureau of Investigations agents during a search in Saguache County located in the southwestern part of the state A large number of of Suzanne Morphew's bones were significantly bleached when they were detected according to the indictment Prosecutors say it's unlikely that her body decomposed to a skeleton at the location she was exposed Prosecutors disclosed in a June indictment that the chemicals Butorphanol Azaperone and Medetomidine were located in Suzanne Morphew's bone marrow They alleged that Barry Morphew used BAM deer tranquilizer to sedate and travel deer on his farm when he lived in Indiana BARRY MORPHEW SEEN FOR FIRST TIME AFTER JAIL BOOKING MAINTAINS INNOCENCE IN WIFE S DEATHAccording to the indictment Barry Morphew admitted to using the BAM compound to tranquilize a deer from the breezeway of his house in April Barry Morphew was also the only person with a prescription for the deer tranquilizer within the area of the state he lived in according to prosecutors The only two other entities with access to the BAM compound within the surrounding counties of Barry Morphew was Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the National Park Facility leaders commented 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 Barry Morphew was charged with murder in but the charges would later be dropped after prosecutorial misconduct The charges were dismissed without prejudice meaning he could be re-charged later on Court documents indicate Suzanne Morphew yearned to leave her husband but was waiting for the right time Fox News Digital's Audrey Conklin contributed to this summary