My Cousin Allegedly Killed His Wife and Cast Her Vote for Trump

[Zorro]

Before Barry Morphew was charged with horrible crimes, I had a surreal encounter with him and the woman he is accused of murdering.

On Mother’s Day 2020, 49-year-old Suzanne Morphew went missing in Salida, Colorado. The mother of two adult daughters, Suzanne is the wife of my first cousin and childhood hero, Barry Morphew. Though Suzanne’s body has not been found, Barry has been charged with her murder. He is out of jail on bond, and goes to trial later this year.

Barry is a few years older than me, roughly the same difference in age between his father Rodger and my own father Joe. As Joe grew up idolizing Rodger, I was raised to revere Barry. It was easy to do—Barry was handsome and charismatic, a gifted and accomplished athlete. I kept the newspaper article announcing high-schooler Barry’s being drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays on my bedroom wall until I left home for college.

Barry lived as a child near Alexandria, Indiana, not far from where my dad grew up with his 12 brothers and sisters. I myself grew up in Hot Springs, Arkansas, where I lived with my mother, her husband, and their two children. Barry and I were both raised in religious households, a situation that led to much strife in my home and has led to my being largely estranged from both sides of my family.

The long injury of my evangelical childhood has proved too traumatic for me to overcome in my family’s presence, largely because they remain evangelical. It has taken many years to see that I want an apology for being conceived by them, for being programmed by them, for being of them. Since that is an unreasonable expectation, I am learning to let go.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/barry-morphew-is-my-cousin-and-allegedly-killed-his-wife-and-cast-her-vote-for-trump

[shrike3]

1. Holey moley

[Cha]

2. Wow.. what a sick fuck for trump

ol Barry is.

What a fascinating story by Jason Morphew.

[stopdiggin]

3. wonder where the daughters come down on this -(nt)-

[blue-wave]

4. To be so zealous in your beliefs

that you would justify any action, no matter how criminal or yes, sinful, is sick. I'll leave the definition of the sickness to the professional psychologists.

[AwakeAtLast]

5. Oh wow!

I lived in that area and saw numerous Facebook posts from from her friends and family. I did not know the story behind it. Tragic!

Madison County, IN, started with the Tea Party, then went full MAGAt. So glad I moved!