Alleged Wife Killer Has New Charge: Hit-and-Run

A man in Colorado who had been free on $3 million bond in his wife's alleged murder has been arrested on a new charge: hit-and-run. Prosecutors said Barry Morphew got into a crash with two other vehicles in Denver and is now booked into the Boulder County Jail, per the AP. Under the terms of his bond set last year, Morphew was not supposed to travel away from home in southern Colorado except for work and other limited circumstances. He got into the crash involving two other vehicles during a trip to Denver International Airport, possibly to pick up his daughter, prosecutors said in a court filing.

"To go to the airport for any purpose other than work constitutes a breach of his bond," reads the filing by District Attorney Anne Kelly. Morphew's attorneys didn't immediately respond to messages seeking comment. Morphew has pleaded not guilty and faces trial next summer in the death of his wife, who disappeared in 2020. Suzanne Morphew's skeletal remains were found off a dirt road in southern Colorado in 2023. By then, charges against Barry Morphew had been dropped, but he was charged again with first-degree murder in his wife's death and re-arrested.