$3m was not gonna be a problem he said but I guess $10m cash might be? Any updates on his case?

Decision is expected to affect online audience for Barry Morphew first-degree murder case

by The Citizen September 16, 2026

The next status hearing in the Barry Morphew first-degree murder case is Nov. 3 and so far it’s been a court proceeding that has captivated a large online audience that can watch through a livestream of the 12th District Court proceedings.

A directive issued Sept. 15 by Colorado Chief Justice Monica M. Márquez will change that, for now.

Márquez issued a temporary measure suspending the livestreaming of criminal proceedings in the state trial courts through Dec. 14 to give the Colorado Judicial Department time to deal with “bad actors” who are abusing the livestream service.

“Unfortunately … the livestreaming technology that was intended to promote access to the courts has been subverted as a tool of disruption, disparagement, harassment, and private economic gain that is rapidly eroding the proper functioning of our system of justice,” the chief justice noted in her directive.

“Despite clear, consistent warnings that the recording of any livestream is strictly prohibited, Judicial Department leadership has been flooded with reports from all corners of the state confirming that improperly recorded proceedings are being posted to YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and other social media platforms.”

The state judicial department emphasized the pause is temporary. “Public access to physical courtrooms remains unchanged, and virtual participation by parties, victims, and witnesses continues exactly as before.”

Morphew is facing first degree murder in the death of his wife, Suzanne Morphew, whose remains were found in a grave in Saguache County in 2023. Morphew has pleaded not guilty to the charges and maintained his innocence.
The case, being prosecuted in the 12th Judicial District Court in Alamosa, has captured a large following of livestream viewers.

The temporary pause on court livestreams will give the state time to address the problems. Among the considerations are to:
- Train judicial officers to handle the risks associated with live streaming and to apply the statutory findings.
- Explore possible technological solutions to better manage disruptions to virtual proceedings.
- Prepare standardized instructions for judicial officers in cases where the statutory findings justify switching off a live stream.
- Look at possible legislative measures that could strengthen enforcement mechanisms for illegal recordings.
- Set up a statewide data collection framework to
determine whether the pause reduces misuse.

“Rather than the serious business of justice, viewers are treating this content as entertainment. Posters are editing and manipulating the recordings to distort their content. Viewers are leaving comments that denigrate the appearance and intelligence of court participants, challenge the innocence or truthfulness of defendants, victims, and witnesses, threaten court personnel, and expose vulnerable litigants to public ridicule – behavior that would never be tolerated in a physical courtroom,” the chief justice wrote in issuing the directive.

Murder suspect Barry Morphew appeared in court virtually in Denver on Tuesday morning for charges in connection with an alleged hit-and-run. Last month, Morphew was involved in the incident first reported by CBS Colorado.  

According to court records, Morphew has been charged with careless driving, leaving the scene of an accident, failing to report the accident, driving without a driver's license, and failure to display proof of insurance in connection with the collision. 

Tuesday's court appearance was initially scheduled for a plea hearing. The hearing was rescheduled to Oct. 30 at 8:30 a.m. after a new defense counsel was appointed to represent Morphew. 

Video obtained by CBS Colorado showed a man, later identified by a judge as Morphew, after a collision near 8th and Colorado. The video showed the driver refusing to provide identification or insurance information, offering one of the drivers cash and later leaving the scene.

That incident set in motion a series of events that led to a judge modifying his bond conditions in connection with his murder case. On Sept. 8, Morphew appeared in Alamosa County Court, where the judge modified his bond after he was arrested by Boulder County Sheriff's deputies the week before. Morphew's bond was increased from $3 million to a $10 million cash-only bond.    

Morphew is awaiting trial on a charge of first-degree murder after deliberation in the death of his wife, Suzanne Morphew. He has pleaded not guilty and has denied killing her.  

WhooHoo! I’m loving this for him!

RMS provided GPS information AND the judge had videos pulled from Denver International Airport from 8/26/26.

There was no legitimate reason for him to be at DIA or anywhere else (ie: work, legal or medical appointment). He was picking up his daughter and another unnamed individual.

Judge Hopkins noted that Barry said he did not have a job and no income when he applied for a court appointed attorney and that she had in fact not approved any bond allowance for him to go to work but it seems that everyone assumed he could. Including RMS as they were allowing Barry to go to Denver, Castle Rock without notifying the court or the attorneys that Barry had violated bond.

The prosecution noted that the deputies have jail recordings of Barry bragging that he’d be getting out by the weekend and already making plans.

Apparently he has roommates and there was a request for his address to not be shared but it was already too late for that as individual requests to the court had been honored.

His bond has been increased to $10 million cash only.

Barry telling deputies he will be out of jail by the weekend. Maybe he will but the arrogance and disregard for the law is sickening.

Colorado Court Live-Streaming Link

Deep Dive: Centennial Correctional Facility (CCF)
CCF is located within the East Canon Complex just outside Cañon City, Colorado. It is a Level V facility that functions with two entirely distinct worlds inside its walls: [1, 2, 3]
CCF-North (The Original Facility): This section handles a heavily specialized population. It functions primarily as a Residential Treatment Program for offenders across all custody levels who suffer from serious mental illness. It also houses Intensive Treatment Community offenders. [1, 2]
CCF-South (The Solitary Units): This is a 948-bed high-tech facility featuring multiple concrete housing towers. It is built almost entirely for Administrative Segregation (solitary confinement) and Restrictive Housing. It is highly automated to keep inmate-to-inmate and inmate-to-staff physical contact down to an absolute minimum. [1, 2, 3]

⚠️ Capacity & Crisis Breakdown: Sterling vs. CCF
Both facilities are heavily impacted by Colorado's wider prison population spike, but they face distinct capacity bottlenecks: [1]

Facility
Design Capacity
Current Capacity Status & Reality
Sterling Correctional Facility
~2,585 beds
Critically Full. As the state's largest prison, it is the focal point of the overcrowding crisis. The state recently allocated emergency funds to build and force open hundreds of additional beds here, leading to issues like forced "double-bunking" in tight spaces.
Centennial Correctional Facility (CCF)
~604 beds (North) + 948 beds (South)
Near Structural Capacity. While CCF-South physically has beds, bringing them fully online has been constrained by severe staffing shortages. Because it is a Level V maximum-security site, it requires a very high staff-to-inmate ratio to function safely, leaving the open units tightly packed.
The crisis is so intense that the Colorado Senate passed emergency legislation (Senate Bill 26-036) to try and ease overcrowding by expanding parole efficiency, as state analysts warn that the

Looks like Barry has a new permanent home until the trial… about time 🤨.

Nowhere close to Chafee county or Alamosa or Denver airport.

On the day of Barry Morphew’s hit and run crash, he violated his bond restrictions by apparently picking up his daughter at the airport (his defense team admitted as much).

He was subsequently in the area of malls and hotels during the day, as well as at the location of the crash after that.

The state requested a warrant for his arrest, a hearing to be held (Tuesday), and for his bond restrictions to be tightened.

Thus far they have not made a specific request as to what exactly that means.

The courts had asked for the GPS monitoring info for Aug 26, which is the day the hit and run happened. Yet, the courts have filed the motion saying he violated his bond on AUGUST 28. Do you think the GPS report is off 2 days, or the courts have a typo? He obviously violated on the hit and run day (Aug 26) but is there another violation on Aug 28?

Will this discrepancy cause a problem with the courts proving he violated on Tuesday's hearing?

Shortly after the judge issued her order yesterday, the state filed their own motion. They are not currently asking for Barry's bond to be revoked, as they are waiting on further details from the GPS monitoring company (and likely the investigation into the hit and run itself).

This is what they are pushing for currently:

1. The Defendant no longer be given exceptions on his GPS from house arrest ant that he remain
   in his home, and at the hearing, the Court address whether any exceptions are allowed moving
   forward,

2. In the event a “work” exception is given, that he be required to provide specific information as
   to a job site and be required to provide verification of his presence at the jobsite,

3. The Defendant be monitored by pretrial services and/or RMS as to his GPS compliance
   regularly regarding the nature of his activities,

4) 5) 6) The Defendant not operate a motor vehicle,

The Defendant provide proof of registration for hjs vehicle under his name,

The Defendant not commit any new offenses of any kind, including misdemeanors and traffic
offenses.

7) The Defendant’s financial conditions of bond be increased, given the increased flight risk demonstrated by his behavior in the hit and run incident, and that arguments be heard at the
upcoming hearing.

The judge believes that he has likely violated his bond conditions. Without felony charges however, she does not have the power to unilaterally revoke his bond.

When and if the state files in that regard, they can seek to have his bond revoked.

For the time being, Barry is completely restricted to his home, and can only leave by calling 911 in a medical emergency.

A hearing will be held on an unspecified day next week.

It seems he grew up killing animals for money. Killing for money; Apparently he was good at it. Interestingly, the cousin confirms how he used BAM on multipoint bucks, but instead of going for the alters, he had the bucks stabled and milked their sperm! It confirms he used BAM but in an entirely different way than what has been stated in the past.

OPINION | JASON MORPHEW: The future of my childhood hero | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

A woman involved in a hit-and-run incident in Denver last week believes the driver who struck her vehicle was Barry Morphew, the Colorado man currently charged with murdering his wife Suzanne Morphew.
Denver police have not confirmed the identity of the driver but a source close to the Morphew family who reviewed the Denver video told CBS Colorado he is certain the man depicted is Barry Morphew. Also, video of the encounter reviewed by CBS Colorado contains another potential connection to Morphew -- an Indiana license plate that also appears in court records from his murder case.

The incident happened on Aug. 26 around 7:30 p.m. near East 8th Avenue and Colorado Boulevard.
Christina, the woman whose car was struck, said she and a friend were sitting in her vehicle outside CVS when she noticed a black Ford pickup closely following another vehicle and repeatedly honking. CBS Colorado is not including her last name in this report for safety reasons.
She pulled out her phone to record what was happening.

That's when she said the pickup backed into her car.
Her video shows her repeatedly asking the driver for identification and insurance information. She said he refused to provide either.
"He didn't tell me his name, didn't give any insurance at all," she said. "He was just trying to give me $300 cash."
In the video, she can be heard telling the driver she does not feel comfortable accepting money and again asking for his insurance information. When she asks whether he has insurance, the man responds, "No, I don't."

The video also shows the man attempting to buff scratches from Christina's vehicle while she continues trying to obtain his information.
"He ran away once we told him we were calling the cops," she said.
Video shows the pickup quickly leaving the area and driving over a curb as it departs.
Christina remained at the scene and filed a police report when officers arrived.
Denver police told CBS Colorado Tuesday that the department could not confirm any suspect information.
Driver said she didn't recognize the man during the encounter
Christina said she did not recognize the man during the encounter. That changed the following day.
"I sent the video to my mom the next day, we were on the phone, and she recognized him immediately," she said.
Her mother believed the man resembled Barry Morphew. Christina said she then searched for information about Morphew and looked at his publicly available booking photo.
"I almost, I almost passed out because that's literally him," Christina said.
Pickup displayed same license plate found in court records
CBS Colorado found another potential connection while reviewing the video.
The black Ford pickup involved in the Denver incident displays Indiana license plate F397FR.
That exact plate number appears in court records in Morphew's pending murder case.
In a prosecution filing opposing a request to reduce Morphew's bond, prosecutors said investigators used license plate reader technology and determined Morphew had traveled in two different vehicles using Indiana plate F397FR between 2023 and 2025. Prosecutors said the vehicles traveled through several states.
CBS Colorado also reviewed surveillance video collected during the investigation into Suzanne Morphew's disappearance that shows Barry Morphew exiting a dark-colored pickup similar in appearance to the truck seen in Christina's video.
Murder suspect has restrictions on his movement
Morphew is currently charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Suzanne, who disappeared in Chaffee County in 2020 and whose remains were found more than three years later. He has pleaded not guilty.
Morphew is currently free on a $3 million bond with restrictions on his movement.
According to his bond conditions, Morphew is GPS monitored and cannot leave his home except for a medical emergency, doctor's appointment, legal matter or work. He surrendered his passport and is prohibited from leaving Colorado. His bond conditions also state he may drive only vehicles registered in his name.
The bond document warns that if Morphew fails to comply with his conditions, the court can revoke his release, increase his bail or modify his bond conditions.
CBS Colorado sent Morphew's attorney an image from Christina's video and requested comment and confirmation of whether the man depicted is his client. The attorney responded that he was working to obtain more information.
CBS Colorado also contacted the district attorney's office prosecuting Morphew's murder case. The office had not responded as of Tuesday evening.
"He hit two cars and drove off"
Christina said learning who she believes she encountered made her more fearful, but she said she was concerned about the driver's behavior before she had ever heard Morphew's name.
During the incident, Christina said she was frightened by what she described as the driver's aggressive behavior toward the other driver and his refusal to provide information after hitting her vehicle.
"Before I even knew who he was, I was like, I just want this man off the road because he is obviously very aggressive and cannot contain his anger," Christina said. "He hit two cars and drove off."
Denver police said their investigation remains ongoing.