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‘Swamp Mountain Jane Doe’ ID’d 49 Years Later | Crime Alert 6AM 09.23.25 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert. I'm Nancy Grays breaking crime news. Now straight
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  Speaker 1: out to Nicole Parton for the latest.
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  Speaker 2: Nancy. The man charged with the murder of his wife,
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  Speaker 2: whose remains were discovered years later in a shallow grave,
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  Speaker 2: has been released from custody after securing a bond. Barry
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  Speaker 2: Morphew was formerly charged with first degree murder this past
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  Speaker 2: summer in connection with the death of his wife, Suzanne,
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  Speaker 2: who went missing on Mother's Day twenty twenty. Her remains
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  Speaker 2: were uncovered in twenty twenty three, buried in a shallow
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  Speaker 2: grave in a field during an unrelated investigation. Previously, Barry
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  Speaker 2: faced charges related to his wife's death in twenty twenty one,
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  Speaker 2: but those charges were dropped just two weeks prior to
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  Speaker 2: the start of his trial. Earlier this month, a judge
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  Speaker 2: declined to reduce Barry's bond, which is set at three
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  Speaker 2: million dollars, but did him in the conditions to allow
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  Speaker 2: for a cash surety or property bond rather than cash only.
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  Speaker 2: As part of his release conditions, Barry you must adhere
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  Speaker 2: to strict house arrest, surrender his passport, and is prohibited
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  Speaker 2: from consuming alcohol or drugs. He also will be monitored
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  Speaker 2: with an ankle bracelet. Barry was released from the Alamosa
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  Speaker 2: Jail on Friday after engaging a bondsman who provided at
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  Speaker 2: least ten percent of the bond amount, as reported by
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  Speaker 2: the Colorado Springs News, Suzanne Morphew disappeared from the Maysville
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  Speaker 2: area on May tenth, twenty twenty.
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  Speaker 1: Three.
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  Speaker 2: Years later, investigators discovered her body in an area in
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  Speaker 2: the San Louis Valley. A twenty twenty four autopsy report
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  Speaker 2: said Suzanne Morphew died of unspecified means, but ruled it
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  Speaker 2: a homicide while there is no indication of trauma and
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  Speaker 2: her remains a drug cocktail used it to tranquilize wildlife
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  Speaker 2: was found in one of her bones, the report said.
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  Speaker 2: Prosecutors and law enforcements say they remain committed to seeking
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  Speaker 2: justice for Suzanne Morphew. Prosecutors alleged that Barry, Suzanne's husband,
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  Speaker 2: was the only person in the region who had access
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  Speaker 2: to that tranquilizer cocktail that was found in her system
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  Speaker 2: post death.
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  Speaker 1: Nicole, thank you more private justice news after this.
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  Speaker 2: And now to Florida. Pope County Sheriff Grady Judd announced
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  Speaker 2: that nearly two hundred and fifty people are facing significant
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  Speaker 2: charges Following a week long undercover operation aimed at combating
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  Speaker 2: human trafficking and illegal immigration, the Poe County Sheriff's Office
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  Speaker 2: reported that its detectives collaborated with various Sheriff's offices, police agencies,
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  Speaker 2: as well as Homeland security and Immigration and Customs enforcement,
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  Speaker 2: resulting in the arrest of a total of two hundred
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  Speaker 2: and forty six suspects, including the arrest of a law
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  Speaker 2: enforcement recruit.
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  Speaker 3: The good news is we caught him soon when he
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  Speaker 3: was celesting sex, because otherwise, had he been able to
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  Speaker 3: keep his composure, he would have been a law enforcement officer.
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  Speaker 3: His job was to counsel at risk children, and at
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  Speaker 3: risk children are traditionally those that are the easiest and
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  Speaker 3: the most vulnerable to be groomed.
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  Speaker 2: Among those arrested, ninety nine people were charged with soliciting prostitutes.
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  Speaker 2: One hundred and eleven suspects were charged with attempting to
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  Speaker 2: engage in prostitution. Ten victims of human trafficking were provided support.
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  Speaker 2: Twenty suspects face prostitution related charges, including transporting a prostitute.
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  Speaker 2: There were fifteen suspects charged with traveling to meet a minor.
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  Speaker 2: During a press conference on Friday, judge revealed that two
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  Speaker 2: hundred and nineteen of the suspects were residents of Florida,
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  Speaker 2: while the remaining were from eleven other states and Puerto Rico.
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  Speaker 1: Miranda Connor, a state at home mom of two, calls
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  Speaker 1: her own mom asking for her help. Her mom sends
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  Speaker 1: rent money, but that's the last contact they have. February three,
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  Speaker 1: this year, Connor's picked up by an uber and driven
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  Speaker 1: to a location in Federal Heights, Colorado to meet someone.
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  Speaker 1: She was seen in the early morning hours that day,
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  Speaker 1: but never goes home. Her roommate files a missing persons
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  Speaker 1: report with Denver Cops. Connor's phone pings in the area
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  Speaker 1: around four am the next day. The phones later found
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  Speaker 1: abandoned near the complex where she's last seen. Foul play suspected.
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  Speaker 1: A two thousand dollar reward offered. Connor last sing wearing
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  Speaker 1: a purple sweater and a gray puffer jacket. She has
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  Speaker 1: an Okay hand symbol on her right forearm and a
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  Speaker 1: Winnie the Pooh on her left shoulder a tiger on
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  Speaker 1: her left fore arm. If you have info on Miranda Connor,
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  Speaker 1: please contact Denver PD seven two zero nine to one
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  Speaker 1: three two thousand or Federal Heights PD three zero three
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  Speaker 1: and help solve unsolved homicides. With this crime al Art,
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  Speaker 1: I'm Nancy Grace.