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Suzanne Morphew, 49, went missing Mother's Day 2020 while connected a motorcycle ride. Her remains were recovered successful September and nan autopsy study released Monday states her origin of decease was homicide. Photo courtesy of Chaffee County Sheriff's Office/Facebook
April 30 (UPI) -- Suzanne Morphew, a Colorado mother who went missing successful 2020 and whose remains were recovered successful September, died by homicide, according to an autopsy report.
The report was released Monday by nan El Paso County coroner and stated that Morphew's origin of decease was homicide "by unspecified intends successful nan mounting of butorphanol, azaperone, and medetomidine intoxication."
The archive described nan narcotics arsenic marketed for wildlife, arsenic painkillers, a sedative and an immobilizer.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation said it was alert of nan autopsy report, and that it had been shared pinch nan Morphew family arsenic soon arsenic nan coroner had received it.
The CBI said that it is continuing to analyse nan case, while adding that nary further accusation will beryllium shared astatine this time.
"The Colorado Bureau of Investigation and our rule enforcement partners understand and admit nan nationalist liking surrounding this case," CBI Director Chris Schaefer said successful a statement.
Morphew, a 49-year-old mother of two, was reported missing May 10, 2020, which was Mother's Day. She vanished while riding her bicycle.
Her remains were found precocious September successful nan municipality of Moffat, which is located astir 180 miles southbound of Denver, during a hunt arsenic portion of an unrelated investigation.
In 2021, Morphew's husband, Barry Morphew, was arrested and charged pinch her murder. However, nan lawsuit was dismissed nan pursuing twelvemonth arsenic authorities continued to hunt for his wife's body.
In a statement, Barry Morphew's attorneys said nan study has near him and his family pinch "more questions than answers and a deficiency of justness for Suzanne."
The attorneys authorities that nan DNA of an chartless man was recovered successful Morphew's car, connected nan grips of her bike, handlebars and motorcycle seat, but authorities will not pass nan her family if nan apparel she was wearing erstwhile she was abducted and killed has been tested.
"DNA near connected her clothing by nan murderer could bring justness for Suzanne, her family and nan community," nan connection said. "The authorities will besides not supply nan Morphew's immoderate accusation regarding whether they person performed immoderate testing connected nan slug that was collected pinch Suzanne's remains."
The family has been offered nan action to retrieve Morphew's remains but they want to guarantee nan fishy is apprehended earlier they cod what could beryllium to beryllium important evidence, nan attorneys said.
"The family is rather skeptical astir nan integrity of this investigation arsenic nan very aforesaid investigators that concealed nan chartless antheral DNA proceed to beryllium progressive successful this investigation and were coming astatine nan autopsy of Suzanne Morphew," they said.
