Barry Morphew seen for first time after jail booking, maintains innocence in wife’s death

Barry Morphew's lawyer said his lawsuit "maintains his innocence" aft Morphew was charged with first-degree execution successful the decease of his wife, Suzanne Morphew.

He was arrested adjacent Phoeniz, Arizona, Friday aft a expansive assemblage indictment for allegedly sidesplitting his wife, who vanished during a Mother's Day motorcycle thrust successful 2020. Morphew waived his extradition proceeding during a tribunal quality Monday.

Morphew's attorney, David Beller, told Fox News Digital Morphew "maintains his innocence."

"Yet again, the authorities allows their predetermined decision to pb their hunt for evidence," Beller said. "The lawsuit has not changed, and the result volition not either."

REMAINS OF COLORADO MISSING MOM SUZANNE MORPHEW FOUND THREE YEARS AFTER DISAPPEARANCE

Suzanne Morphew and Barry Morphew (Chaffee County Sheriff's Office and Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office)

The remains of Suzanne Morphew were recovered by the Colorado Bureau of Investigations successful 2023 successful Saguache County successful the southwestern portion of the state.

Barry Morphew is being held successful jailhouse successful Mariacopa County, Arizona, portion helium awaits extradition to Colorado.

"Waive," Morphew said successful tribunal erstwhile asked if he'd similar an extradition hearing.

According to a transcript of the expansive assemblage indictment, galore of Suzanne Morphew's bones were recovered "significantly bleached" erstwhile her remains were recovered successful 2023. According to the indictment, prosecutors accidental it's "unlikely" her assemblage would person decomposed to a skeleton astatine the determination she was found.

BARRY MORPHEW INDICTED BY GRAND JURY FOR ALLEGEDLY KILLING WIFE WHO DISAPPEARED ON MOTHER'S DAY

Barry Morphew was charged with sidesplitting his wife, Suzanne Morphew. (AP)

The chemicals that comprise butorphanol, azaperone and medetomidine (BAM) were recovered wrong Suzanne Morphew's body, prosecutors said. According to the indictment, Barry Morphew utilized "BAM" arsenic a tranquilizer to sedate and transport cervid connected his deer farm.

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Suzanne Morphew's motorcycle was recovered connected the time she went missing successful 2020 on a ravine on Highway 50 and County Road 225 successful Chaffee County. At the time, Barry Morphew was moving successful Broomfield, Colorado.

Text messages exchanged betwixt Barry Morphew and Suzanne Morphew suggest determination was an matter earlier she went missing.

Four days earlier she disappeared, Suzanne Morphew sent her hubby a substance that said she was "done."

"I could attraction little what you’re up to and person been for years," she said, adding they needed to "civilly" fig things out.

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In this inactive representation from video, Barry Morphew, center, appears successful tribunal successful Salida, Colo., May 6. (KUSA via AP, Pool)

Barry Morphew filed a $15 cardinal suit successful 2023 against prosecutors and investigators, alleging they violated his constitutional rights.

"Barry was the astir scrutinized, dissected, surveilled individual, infinitesimal by minute, hr by hour, utilizing instrumentality enforcement cameras posted by his home, telephone taps and GPS devices placed connected his car – each during the clip framework of her disappearance and the years following," Iris Eytan, Barry Morphew's erstwhile lawyer, said astatine the time.

Fox News' Audrey Conklin contributed to this report.