{"id":1757,"date":"2026-09-05T01:18:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T01:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1newslive.com\/?p=1757"},"modified":"2026-09-05T01:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T01:18:15","slug":"man-who-was-free-on-bond-in-wifes-alleged-killing-is-jailed-after-hit-and-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1newslive.com\/?p=1757","title":{"rendered":"Man who was free on bond in wife&#8217;s alleged killing is jailed after hit-and-run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \"><span class=\"oyrPY qlwaB AGxeB  \">BOULDER, Colo. &#8212; <\/span>A man in Colorado who had been free on $3 million bond in his wife&#8217;s alleged killing was arrested Friday after prosecutors said he got in a hit-and-run crash with two other vehicles in Denver.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/73e3a634581c1b95868cc16763096a4a?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">Barry Morphew<\/a> was booked into the Boulder County Jail. Alamosa County District Judge Amanda Hopkins set a hearing to discuss Morphew&#8217;s bond Tuesday, online records show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">He got into the crash involving two other vehicles during a trip to Denver International Airport on Aug. 28, possibly to pick up his daughter, prosecutors said in a court filing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">\u201cTo go to the airport for any purpose other than work constitutes a breach of his bond,\u201d read the filing by District Attorney Anne Kelly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Morphew&#8217;s attorneys didn&#8217;t immediately respond to phone and email messages seeking comment Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Morphew has pleaded not guilty and faces trial next summer in the death of his wife, who disappeared in 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Suzanne Morphew\u2019s <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/remains-found-missing-colorado-woman-suzanne-morphew-1ff32e64fe7d045b0359bb2a9fe6796b\">skeletal remains were found<\/a> 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\u2019s death and arrested.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Investigators found no sign of trauma in Suzanne Morphew&#8217;s remains but allegedly found traces in her bone marrow of a drug cocktail used to tranquilize wildlife. Barry Morphew was the only person in the area other than wildlife officials with authorization to use the chemicals, prosecutors allege.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/wireStory\/colorado-man-free-bond-wifes-alleged-killing-jailed-136215862\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOULDER, Colo. &#8212; A man in Colorado who had been free on $3 million bond in his wife&#8217;s alleged killing was arrested Friday after prosecutors said he got in a hit-and-run crash with two other vehicles in Denver. Barry Morphew was booked into the Boulder County Jail. 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