A Colorado man was arrested again in connection with the murder of his wife years after previous charges were dropped, according to authorities.
A grand jury indicted Barry Morphew on a charge of first-degree murder on Wednesday, June 18. He was taken into custody in Arizona on Friday, June 20, according to the Chaffee County Sheriff's Office.
In 2021, Morphew was charged with first-degree murder and tampering with physical evidence after his wife Suzanne went missing on Mother's Day 2020. Those charges were later dropped in April 2022 before his trial date and a year before her remains were found.
The charges were dropped without prejudice, leaving room for prosecutors to charge him in the future with new evidence.
"Federal, State and local law enforcement have never stopped working toward justice for Suzanne," Twelfth Judicial District Attorney Anne Kelly said in a news release.
