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Case Updates: Kimberlee Singler, Barry Morphew, Amber Spradlin, Mia Campos, Sheila Mann · Justice For

• justice for: All right, y'all. We are back at it again with week two of updates from cases we have covered in season one. We told y'all this was gonna be a little series. we have some really good ones to update you guys on today. We wrote this as one big long episode, so we don't have little individual intros for them. So honestly. We're fucking winging it. Let's just get right into it. So welcome back to Justice 4. We are your hosts. I'm Jackie. And I'm Sam. And here's some more updates. Hell yeah. Let's do this, you guys. Hopefully you were mad last week. Because we're gonna keep being mad. We're gonna keep being mad. Actually, not really. We it's not that bad. We're not gonna be too mad. My Roman Empires in this episode, I'm gonna be mad. yeah, that's true. I forgot I put that in here. That's the only one she knows is in here. Don't let her fool you. So, first and foremost, we are gonna start with Kimberly Singler. That dumb hoe. In season one, we covered the heartbreaking case of the Singler children. At that point, Kimberly Singler was still fighting extradition from the United Kingdom after fleeing the US following the deaths of two of her children. Just as a quick refresher, back in December of 2023, after a Bitter custody battle with her ex-husband. Kimberly called 911 claiming someone had broken into her Colorado Springs home, stabbed her, and murdered two of her th three children. Technically, I think she thought all three of them were dead. Yes, she did. Yes, she did. Just saying. As investigators dug deeper, they quickly determined there was no evidence of a break-in, and her story began to completely unravel. But by then Kimberly had already fled the country. She was eventually located in London looking for her boyfriend. Superman. my god. But then she was arrested when they finally found her. Yay. Our last update ended with Kimberly appealing a U the United Kingdom's court decision to extradite her to the United States. She argued that being sent back to Colorado would violate Article Three of the European Convention on Human Rights. Because if convicted on first degree murder, she could receive a life sentence without the possibility of parole. Which is a violation of human rights in Europe. Which is crazy. The court rejected that argument, noting that Colorado has mechanisms for sentence communication, meaning a life sentence is not necessarily irreversible. Yeah. There's appeals, there's other things. Basically, the UK judge is over her bullshit. sees the very very minute chance and like it is this slim of a chance that she ends up getting it life without parole like not getting that if she's convicted on this but the UK judge is like but there's still a chance which means you're good to go bye and I love that. unfortunately though Kimberly appealed that ruling as well which delayed the process even fucking further. Well The fight is finally over. Well half the fight. Part of the fight. Part of the fight. The fight to get her bitch ass here. In late December of twenty twenty five, after exhausting her legal options, Kemberley was extradited back to Colorado to face the charges against her. She remains in custody without bond, but is facing multiple felony charges, including two counts of first degree murder, attempted first degree murder, child abuse resulting in death, and assault. Yep. Since returning back to the US, the case has slowly moved through the court system. Prosecutors have continued turning over evidence to the defense, including hundreds of pages of new documents, which led to several delays in a prel preliminary hearing. The biggest update came at the end of June of twenty twenty six. After hearing testimony and reviewing the evidence presented by the prosecutors, the judge ruled there is enough evidence for the case to finally move forward. Forward. Kimberly has officially been bound over for trial, and the judge also denied her request for bond, meaning she will remain in jail while awaiting trial. I don't even know why she thought she was gonna get to be able to be let out. Like it's not like you are a giant flight risk. What do you mean? We had to extradite your ass back here. You're not getting out. You left knowing that your ass was gonna be caught. My favorite thing about this is that her ass fled to an extradition country. She was so far ahead. She was already gone before they realized she was in another country before they even realized she was in another country. Yeah. She could have gone to a non-extradition country and chilled. Instead, she went to the country that has the most CCTV cameras per square foot than any other country, including India, which I thought was impressive because I thought India top ranked in the amount of CC TV cameras. Nope. London beats every country. Period. It's just the irony in it. Yeah. Kills me every she probably saw European Convention of Human Rights. Convention of Human Rights. And was like, but Henry's there. I can go. It covers all of it. Henry will help me. Henry. We're talking about Henry Cavill, by the way. If you haven't listened to our Kimberly s Kimberly Singler episode, please do. She thought she was dating Henry Cavill. Legitimate. Yes. And I cannot wait for that part of trial. I'm pretty sure she literally moved to Kensington because he has a house there. And she was trying to go find him. I'm dead ass. We can't make this shit up. It's the best part of this case. I need y'all to go listen. Okay. Yeah. So the judge ruled that there's enough evidence for her to stand trial. But as of this recording, the trial date has not yet been set. The next major court appearance is scheduled for August twenty sixth of this year, so Real soon. In like a couple weeks. Yeah. And I am I'm sad for that. where the case will continue moving through the judicial process. As soon as the trial date is announced, we'll be sure to keep you updated because obviously we're gonna be paying attention. yeah. This case has taken an incredibly long road between fleeing the country, nearly two years of extradition litigation in the UK and And now the pretrial proceedings back here in Colorado. Justice has been anything but quick. But for the families involved, and especially for the surviving child, this is an important step. And of course, we will continue to follow this case as it heads towards trial, and we will be sure to bring you any major developments as it happens. Yeah. Mm-hmm. It's been a while since we talked about this next one. So let's give a quick background. Amber Spranlin was a thirty eight year old woman from Prestonsburg, Kentucky, whose brutal death on june eighteenth, twenty twenty three, sparked one of the most closely watched murder investigations in eastern Kentucky. Amber was found inside the home of Dr. Michael McKinney the second, a prominent local dentist after suffering at least twelve stab wounds to her neck, head, and torso. Investigators determined she had been dead for several hours before emergency responders were called. One of the most scrutinized aspects of this investigation is that an approximately eight minute long phone call was reportedly made from the residents to the then Prestonburg's police chief, Randy Woods, before nine one one was ultimately contacted. This raised ongoing questions about what actually occurred inside the home that morning. Cause that's not suspicious. Mm-hmm. In July of twenty twenty four, a Floyd County grand jury indicted three men. One was Michael K. McKenny the third, who was twenty-four. He was charged with murder and multiple counts of tampering with physical evidence. Dr. Michael McKenney the second, who was fifty-six, charged with complicity to tamper with physical evidence. And then Josh Millens, who is twenty three, was charged with complicity to tamper with physical evidence. So AKA MK so the third was charged with her actual murder. The other two were charged with helping. Being compliant. Or accomplices. Thank you, accomplice. And Of course, all three defendants pled not guilty. Prosecutors allege The defendants attempted to conceal the crime by destroying and removing evidence, including a knife handle, clothing, surveillance cameras, a digital video recorder, and other items recovered from the residence. According to the prosecutors and court filings, the evidence is is expected to include DNA allegedly linking MK to skin cells found beneath her fingernails, suggesting she fought him. Huh. What? Did you not know that? No, that's not in our we didn't have that. yeah, there's DNA girl. There's DNA now. we didn't have a whole lot because of how like they were just denying everything and where like everyone is like well, if it looks like a duck and it quacks like a duck, it might be a duck. It's a fucking duck. Well, we now have his DNA under her nails saying she fought him. I'm not surprised. Hell yeah. Photographs reportedly showed scratches on his forearms following the homicide. Allegations that doctor Michael McKenney II appeared to know details about Amber's injuries that investigators say would not have been obvious from simply viewing the scene. Hmm. Evidence and I'm sorry, and also evidence regarding the alleged destruction or concealment of the surveillance equipment and other physical evidence. No, we knew about that one. We did know about that one. Why would you do that? Mm-hmm. These do remain allegations by the Commonwealth and have not actually been proven in court yet, obviously. The trial was originally expected to begin in late of twenty twenty five, but the case has experienced multiple delays. The trial has actually moved from Floyd County to Pike County after the defense successfully argued that extensive publicity and social media attention made it difficult to see an impartial jury. Not to mention one of their connections with law enforcement in this area. Crazy. The case has also been reportedly delayed because of the large amount of forensic evidence that's still being processed. The Kentucky State Police Crime Lab has received more than a hundred and forty five pieces of evidence requiring analysis, including additional DNA testing that prosecutors argue is critical to ensuring both the Commonwealth and the defense have access to before trial. You know what I'm saying? Wow. It sounds like they need a star DNA analyst. I think that's right. That was a horrible joke to make. Sorry. Maybe go faster. probably not. Yikes. After hearings that happened in May of twenty twenty six, Special Judge Eddie Coleman postponed the trial once again, ruling that it was in the interest of justice to wait until forensic testing is complete. Well yeah. Mm-hmm. So what's next? Well, as of today, A pretrial conference is scheduled for September seventeenth of twenty twenty six. Okay. The jury trial is currently scheduled to begin on january eleventh of twenty twenty seven in Pike County Circuit Court. Dang. Okay. We have a trial scheduled. Yes, we do. Judge Coleman has also discussed the possibility of severing the murder charge against MK McKenney from the evidence tampering cases involving Dr. McKinney and Josh Mullins, though no final decision has officially been made. Which might I don't know how I feel about that. So have murder be one and then all of the evidence charges and everything against all three of them be separate. But I feel like the evidence tampering is gonna help with the murder charge. You know? I mean it makes sense if we hear the ev the evidence ch or trial first and then go to the murder trial. That's the only way that would really make sense in order to be able to use it. I don't know why they would split it. I don't either. I think that's interesting. I think maybe to try to eliminate any confusion of murder with the other two. That's the only thing I can think of. I could. And maybe they'll do the evidence tampering first and then bring the evidence tampering for him specifically. I mean, i if that's the way that they're trying to do this, yes, I see that that makes the most sense because it it really gives you a slam dunk in the murder trial. Yeah. So we're just gonna have to see how that goes. We are. We're absolutely gonna have to see how that goes. I was a little confused but sitting here talking about it, it kinda clicks a little. So Amber Spradlin's family continues to advocate for justice while community support The community support remains strong through public events, social media groups, and ongoing interest in the case. As the trial approaches, many hope the courtroom proceedings will finally provide answers about what happened inside of that house on June eighteenth of twenty twenty three and determine who, if anyone, is legally responsible for Amber's death. Someone in that house is. Hell yeah. And it's not Amber. As sure as hell was not her. Yeah. So that's where we stand with that one. But I we have a trial date, which is huge. Which is massive because that's something that we haven't even been remotely close to for a while now. Absolutely. Absolutely. So in season one, and a recently re-released Vault episode, we covered the tragic murder of sixteen-year-old Mia Campos, who was seven and a half months pregnant with her son Sebastian. The father of her child, 20-year-old Jesus Monroe, is charged with her murder and the murder of their unborn son. It's still one of my favorite openings of an episode that we've ever done, by the way. Do you wanna say it now? I'm just so fucking pissed. Period. I remember this episode hurt Jen. Jennifer, you gave to us I forgot this was one of the easy This was supposed to be an easy episode 'cause all of us were about to take vacations and we were trying to like do Simpler like opening or open closed cases. I was my god, no, this was not. And now we have it now we've done so many updates on this case I can't even tell you because it just keeps unfolding. Please go listen to our episode on Mia. If you have not listened to the re release or the original episode, like please go listen to it because it's I want you to be pissed off with me. my god, bro. I it's crazy. it's infuriating. It absolutely is. And I have to say that episode is probably some of my best reactions as well because of the shit in it is so unpredictable. I can't believe I still can't believe half of the shit that happened. No. And it's still happening. Yes. Let me give you a quick little background if you have not heard about it. On july fourteenth of twenty twenty four, Jesus picked Mia up telling her they were going to grab snacks and drinks from a nearby gas station. Mia never came home. Hours later, she was found murdered in a wooded area just outside her neighborhood. Within weeks of the murder, Jesus was charged with malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, feet aside, and making false statements to police. That's where I learned the word feet aside. Yes, it is. That is the episode you learned that in. To absolutely everyone's shock, in August of twenty twenty four, He was granted a fifty thousand dollar bond. When the defense had asked for a higher bond. They originally asked, I believe, for seventy five thousand or more and the judge gave them a lower one. Fifty thousand. And that decision just devastated Mia's family. Obviously he posted bail and was was released on house arrest with a GPS ankle monitor. He was also ordered to have no contact with Mia's family. Great. Then in February of twenty twenty five, a grand jury indicted Jesus on additional charges, including enticing a child for indecent purposes, statutory rape, child molestation, and two more counts of making false statements. If you remember from our original episode, prosecutors have been trying to determine which county should prosecute the sex crime charges. and once that was resolved, Jesus was arrested again with the new indictment. Mm-hmm. However, now I need you to buckle up for this next part. Click. In April of twenty twenty five, Jesus had another bond hearing on the new charges. During that hearing, prosecutors revealed DNA evidence confirming that Jesus was, in fact, the father of Mia's unborn baby. Something Maury sounds. I'll do that. Don't test me. Sorry. And the results determine you are the father. But he had been repeatedly denying that he was the father of the child. Repeatedly for a while. He did. Mm-hmm. He did do that. While sitting on the side of the road where near where her body was found. Yep. God, I hate this man. Ugh. The DNA evidence was a key piece in supporting the statutory rape charges. Despite the new felony charges the DNA evidence and the GPS evidence investigators had already presented, the judge granted him another fucking bond. At this time it was set at a hundred and fifty thousand. Which is better, but Ugh. Yeah. So altogether he's had to pay a total of two hundred thousand dollars in bond for murder and rape and other things. Double murder, technically. Yeah. Ugh. He was once again ordered to remain on house arrest with GPS monitoring and prohibited him from contacting me as family or any witnesses. Since then, the defense has tried to loosen those bond conditions. Stupid. In 2026, Jesus asked the court to allow him to leave house arrest so he could work. However, the judge denied that request, meaning he remains on strict house arrest with GPS monitoring and the same no contact restrictions in place. Duh. As it should be. can't fucking leave to work. Right. I understand you can. This isn't work release. Hello? Jesus. As for the murder trial itself, the case is continuing to move through the court system. A judge has ruled there is sufficient evidence for the case to proceed with trial, but as of this recording, we do not have a trial date. Yeah. The Campos family continues to push for justice while they wait for their date in court. We'll continue to follow this case closely as soon as a trial date is announced. And if there's any other major developments, we'll be sure to update everyone on our socials. Yeah. So. Just know that shithead is stuck in his house. Yeah, we've been watching this one closely. And we'll and we'll have updates whenever they do come out. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Do you guys remember who Sheila Mann is? Do you remember that name? god, this bitch. Mm-hmm. When we last talked about Sheila Mann, the Richmond, Kentucky mother accused of abusing her 10 year old daughter, the case was still in its very, very early stages. At the time, she was awaiting a pretrial conference, and many of us were hoping the case would move toward trial soon. Unfortunately. There hasn't been much movement since. I'm not gonna lie to you guys. No. As of now, the case is still pending and there is no trial, no plea agreement, and no publicly announced resolution. Sheila Mann continues to face the same serious charges she was originally arrested on, including first degree strangulation, first degree criminal abuse of a child under the age of twelve, first degree unlawful imprisonment, first my god, first degree I'm not sure if it was I think it's wanton w W A N T O That sounds Endangerment, which we have no idea what that is. So you're We just had to look it up. And I have to tell y'all, 'cause this is crazy. It is very specifically a Kentucky statute occurring when an individual recklessly engages in conduct creating a substantial risk of death or serious physical injury under circumstances showing extreme indifference to human life. That's a really telling charge right there. I don't know about y'all. God damn. and also one more charge, third degree t terroristic threatening. what do you mean? That's I can't wait to hear what that's about. What do you mean? Okay, sure. Okay. If you need a quick refresher on the allegations leading up to these criminal charges. I'm sure they do. Yep. I I know I did. I think you probably did a little bit too. Investigators say Sheila's ten year old daughter disclosed during a forensic interview that her mother placed both of her hands around her neck and strangled her, making it difficult for her to breathe and leaving her with a sore throat for several days. The child also alleged that her mother repeatedly threatened to slit her throat and force her to stay inside a dog kennel for two to three days at a time, allowing her to only use the bathroom. According to court documents, the child also described being tied up with twine on at least one occasion after Sheila allegedly sat on her back. Sheila consistently denies every allegation against her. In interviews following her arrest, she my gosh, yes, this pisses me off so much. It pisses me off. She called the accusations false and said they stemmed from a misunderstanding involving a previous incident in Georgetown where she claimed she was actually the victim. Of course she did, 'cause I mean, what else would she do? She has maintained that her daughter was never locked inside of a dog kennel And has pointed to her background working in caregiving as proof that she would never intentionally harm a child. because you know caregivers have never done that. Never, ever, ever ever ever. While it can be frustrating not to see much progress right now, it's actually not uncommon for felony child abuse cases like this to take a long time before reaching trial. Between evidence review, witness interviews, pretrial motions, and possible plea negotiations, these cases can remain in the court system for months or even years before a jury even hears the evidence. So for now, there simply isn't a major update to report. These charges still remain in place. The case has not been dismissed. but there has been no verdict or sentencing publicly announced. As soon as the trial date is set or there's any type of significant development in this case, we'll be sure to bring you an update because this is definitely one that we're gonna be following closely, obviously. Yeah. Mostly we just wanted to make sure you knew that we didn't forget about this shit. Yep. We have not we do not forget about the cases that we're doing. No. we have done a lot of them, so sometimes some of the names are not always like at the front of our head. But we have Google alerts and we have other systems in place in order to get all these updates as they do start happening. which is why I was so quick on Morgan Geyser with you guys. I had that shit before it was all over the news. but yeah, so Just no, we've we've covered a lot. We might not always mention them, we might not always bring them back up, but as soon as something happens, we we have it, we're putting it aside in files. We have like a garden with all of our plants. Y'all should see our Google Drive. You It's pretty organized, it's really organized now. We we do very well with it, but like our Google Drive has layers. Dear God. It's like an onion. Yes. Google Drive. Everybody loves cake. Shrek has layers. Alright, y'all. Let's move to our final update of today. It's very Morphew time, y'all. I'm still talking about it, but she's fucking pumped about it, alright? If you've been following us since the beginning, you know the Suzanne Morphew case is huge. Huge. It's huge. Huge. And you already know it's been one of the most unusual and controversial Controversial murder cases in recent memory. I need y'all to know that at least twice a week I have clients in the salon who ask me what's going on with the Morphew case. I'm not kidding you. I get it sometimes I get it once a day in the salon. I have legitimately become a main source in Caldo Springs for everything Barry Morphew, and I could not be more proud of this. I mean I I hate this man. I hate him. Right. I I hate him. I I I hate him. I I despise him. I wanna see him in jail. I I I do you hate him though? I loathe him. between a missing person investigation, a murder case that completely fell apart, a later discovery of Suzanne's remains, and a second prosecution, this case has taken more twist than almost anyone expected. Don't forget a prosecutor got disbarred. Yeah. And she was described as sailing a ship with no captain. That's what this case was described. So here's where everything stands today. Suzanne Morphew. just qua small background. Okay. Suzanne Morphew, not that you fucking sorry, you already know this case inside and out, but just I bet you I could read to you what her blurp is without looking at it. Go ahead. In May of tw on Mother's Day, twenty twenty, Suzanne Morphew went for a allegedly went for a bike ride where she was discovered missing during this time. Her daughters were on a camping trip and Barry was working in Denver at a construction site at the time. A neighbor checked out the house, discovered her bike wasn't there, and Barry came home. And everything else unfolded. Close enough. Yep. Suzanne Morphew disappeared on Mother's Day weekend in May of 2020 after what was initially believed to have been a bike ride near the family's house in Salida, Colorado. Her bicycle and later her helmet were found in separate locations. Suzanne Suzanne herself seemed to vanish without a trace. I didn't know I was allowed to add that many details. Why not? I don't know. From the thank you for adding the details you did though, because I didn't have shit about her daughter or what Barry was doing. Just saying. From the very beginning, investigators focused on her husband, Barry Morphew. Barry public publicly pleaded for Suzanne's safe return and maintained that someone must have abducted her. As the investigation continued, however, detectives began building a case that Suzanne had actually been murdered. And that Barry was responsible. Nah, he was just chipmunk hunting. Totally. In twenty twenty one, Barry was arrested and charged with first degree murder, but what looked like a major breakthrough quickly unraveled. The original prosecution collapsed in 2022 after a series of major disclosure failures and other prosecutoral prosecu why is that word so hard? I think it's prosecutoral prosecutoral problems. You know what we're saying. Essentially, all of the detectives were jumping ship because Linda Stanley wasn't fucking navigating this case and leading the way she was supposed to. So a bunch of investigators and detectives were like, We aren't touching this case anymore. We are also not gonna participate in trial and therefore everything had to be dropped. Several key prosecution witnesses were excluded, and prosecutors asked to dismiss the case before trial actually started. The judge dismissed the murder charge without prejudice, meaning the state could file the charge once again if new evidence emerged. At that point, many people wondered if Barry would actually ever be prosecuted to get prosecuted again. I looked at her face and saw excited she was. He will be, spoiler alert. Wow. Then came the biggest turning point in the entire investigation. In September of 2023, Suzanne Morphew's skeletal remains were discovered in a shallow grave near Moffitt, Colorado, roughly 45 miles south of the Morphew home. The discovery gave investigators something they had never had before. Which was Suzanne herself. Yep. The autopsy became one of the most significant pieces of evidence in the case. Medical examiners found evidence of BAM, a rare wildlife tranquilizer made up of God, do you remember how to say these? Beuda for for fudorfan up there. Budaprofanol, azar per Zaperon and Meta Metatominidine. Bam. It's BAM BAM. And Barry was the only person with access to this in the county that he lived in outside of wildlife officials and state officials, and they checked their supplies and none of it had been touched, meaning that his supply did not come from the state or the county, and they also checked records and none of it was used around the time or in the year and none was missing. I'll bring that up. Just so y'all know. I'll bring that up in a second too. Hers is just more in detail. The coroner did rule her death a homicide, although the exact mechanism of death could not be determined because of the condition of the remains. According to prosecutors, this finding is especially important because Barry Morphew had experience using BAM to tranquilize deer. Like she said. Investigators also alleged that very few people in the region had access to the drug during this relevant time period. Prosecutors believe that connection is one of the strongest pieces of forensic evidence in the new case. Barry, of course, has denied any wrongdoing. In June of twenty twenty five, a grand jury indicted Barry Morphew for first degree murder for a second time. He was arrested in Arizona, where he was living under a different name. He was going by Lee. Lee. He was going by Lee. And he had a girlfriend and he had actually recently moved in with this girlfriend and she swears up and down that she had no idea about his true identity until about maybe a week or so before he was arrested. I personally call bullshit. But yeah, actually there was somebody in a bar in Arizona a few months before he got arrested again for this that actually asked him if his name was Barry Morphew, that she recognized him, and he actually dragged another woman from across the bar to come over and prove that he was Lee and not Barry. And it's just very fun that he thinks everybody is that stupid. Well, he was extradited back to Colorado. He was. Where he entered another plea of not guilty. With the support of his daughters. Mm-hmm. Unlike the first prosecution, this case is being handled by a completely different district attorney's office, which is great news. Mm-hmm. The prosecution is expected to present a much broader case than it did in twenty twenty one. Jurors are likely to hear evidence about the state of Barry and Suzanne's marriage, including Suzanne's messages indicated she wanted to leave the relationship and was involved in a secret affair. Prosecutors argue Barry learned about the affair shortly before her disappearance, and it gave him a motive. Investigators also point to digital evidence, including phone records, vehicle data, Barry's movements before and after she disappeared, If you don't remember the gps within the house that she took us through. And all of his in his statements to investigators, which prosecutors contend contain inconsistencies. boy do they. Another topic expected to come up at trial is alleged evidence of prior domestic abuse. Prosecutors have said they intend to ask the court to allow evidence they believe demonstrates a history of physical abuse within their marriage. And this is major because this has never been included until recently. Like I was like, Wait, what? I'm sorry. Like we all had our suspicions and we all thought that it existed. But the fact that the prosecution has enough evidence to submit it into trial is massive. Yeah. Big big shit. The judge will ultimately determine what evidence the jury is allowed to hear. But if there's enough, it also supplies towards the motive. Barry's defense team strongly dispute disputes the state's theory. They continue to argue that the case is entirely circumstantial, that investigators I'm sorry. I just have to laugh when I hear that because, like, are you fucking kidding me? I know. I know. they continue to argue that the investigators lock locked onto Barry too early and that many innocent explanations exist for the evidence prosecutors plan to present. And I cannot wait to hear them. I seriously cannot wait. Same. The defense also points to the collapse of the first prosecution as evidence that investigators and prosecutors mishandled the case. Mm-hmm. No. Mm-hmm. Since Barry's rearrest, the defense has filed dozens of pretrial motions challenging what evidence can be introduced at trial and attempting to exclude certain testimony. One of the biggest developments this summer is that the trial has been delayed again. And I'm not mad about it. At first I was mad. Yeah. But It gives me more respect for this judge. Yes. I agree. Do you go into it more? No. So basically what happened is the defense. The defense asked for more time to go over the evidence and get their new stuff and get all their experts and everything that they want to take time. The judge agreed to pushing this trial date out because it was supposed to start in October of this year, and now it's gonna start in July of twenty twenty seven. She essentially in professional wording said, I'm not fucking up and this conviction is not getting overturned. I am gonna give you the time, I'm gonna do everything in my power so that we do not have the trend ongoing of convictions getting overturned. So I very much appreciate this judge for crossing her T's and dotting her I's and making sure that there is no room for this to go. So for once I'm okay with this delay because this judge is taking this very seriously and knows what's at stake. And with Alec Murdaw and Leticia lately, I do not blame her. also, to add another layer to this, because it has not been brought up in anything, and we will talk about her at some point in these few weeks. We are also not aware if Yvonne Woods is related to the Suzanne Morphew case. We do not know if sh her. role that the CBI played a part in any of this evidence yet. They have not released that. So that could be another thing of making sure that we are really, really going over all of this. Yes, yes, yes, absolutely. So just to reiterate essentially what she just said, the murder trial had originally been scheduled to begin October of 2026. However, the defense requested additional time because of the enormous amount of discovery Including thousands of pages of documents, forensic reports, digital evidence, and many hours of recorded interviews. The judge agreed saying there is an extraordinary amount of evidence for both sides to review and emphasizing the importance of getting the trial right the first time. Well I'm sorry, Barry. If you wouldn't have told fifty different stories, we wouldn't have so much evidence to go through, but you told a lot of fucking stories, and that's why my episode originally was thirty pages long. Yeah. Suzanne's family appeared. I feel for her family. Same. God, I do. Except for her fucking daughters. The trial is now scheduled to begin on July 19th of 2027 and is expected to last approximately six weeks. As of today, Barry Morphew has not been convicted in her murder. He remains free on bond while awaiting trial. Fun fact by the way, you wanna know how he got out on bond? He got out on bond because his supporters y yes he has supporters, enough of them, got together money and posted his bond for him. Don't do that. Fun fact for the Do not support a murderer. Alleged murderer. Do not do that. We're not doing that. Is he your family? Is he your daddy? Speaking of daddies, he is. To two daughters, who, by the way, went ahead and told the judge that they don't want the protection order because they support their dad fully. So I don't do with that what you want. I hope that changes. But you know, I'm just saying, I don't understand why so many people support this man. Have you seen the evidence? Allegedly I'm gonna say allegedly one more time so I don't get sued. Okay. I get so mad guys, I get so mad about him. I just want to shake him. And then I wanna shake his mother because she enables her son. And I just And then we're gonna shake the daughters after Macy Mallory, I wanna talk to you so bad. So bad. I'll be nice, I promise. I promise. I just genuinely wanna know what's wrong with you. I mean I genuinely wanna know your thoughts and opinions. Okay, I'm sorry, I'm done. He does still continue to plead not guilty. The prosecution believes it now has substantially stronger forensic evidence than it had during the original case in 2021. We have a body. We have a fucking body. The defense maintains Barry is innocent and argues the state still cannot prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt. No matter which side ultimately prevails, this trial is expected to be one of the most closely watched criminal proceedings in Colorado years. After more than seven years. my god, yeah, almost seven years. Suzanne Morphe's family, the public, everyone may finally hear all of the evidence presented in the courtroom and receive a verdict. my god, I just realized her best friend is gonna end up testifying. Okay, go back to our original episode because there's a bunch on Snapchat with the best friend, and I just realized I get to hear testimony from her, and I am sad. So that is our updates for this week, y'all. You happy? Yeah, I'm so happy. I've been waiting to talk about him for a hot minute. I talk about him all the time. Dumb bitch. Anyway, we hope you guys enjoyed s enjoyed today's update episode. And if you didn't, that sucks because they're gonna come for the next couple weeks. Yep. So on that note, in a couple weeks, we are going to be at Voodoo Brewing for a live episode. It's September third at six PM. We do have reserved seats available for ten dollars. Go ahead and message us. We're not gonna do online sales like we did last time, 'cause that was a hot mess. 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You're gonna have more episodes next week. updates. Updates. Yeah. In the episode next week. And they're good. So yes they are. They there's man, there's a lot happening in the world right now. And you guys know our criminal justice system takes f its sweet fucking time. I mean COVID really already delayed a delayed system, so pretty much. So please come back next week for episode three of our updates. We will catch you guys then. Please stop killing each other. Lock your doors. Don't leave your friends at a bar, anywhere, wherever. Catch you guys next week. Okay. Love you. Bye.