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The Disappearance of Suzanne Morphew with Dan Murphy and Tom Smith of the GOLD SHIELDS Podcast

The Disappearance of Suzanne Morphew with Dan Murphy and Tom Smith of the GOLD SHIELDS Podcast

FromZone 7 with Sheryl McCollum


The Disappearance of Suzanne Morphew with Dan Murphy and Tom Smith of the GOLD SHIELDS Podcast

FromZone 7 with Sheryl McCollum

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Length:
58 minutes
Released:
Nov 8, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Susanne Morphew, mother of two went missing on Mother's Day 2020 and hadn't been seen since – until her body was found Sept. 22, 2023.
In this episode of Zone 7, Crime Scene Investigator, Sheryl McCollum, is joined with retired NYPD detectives Tom Smith and Dan Murphy to discuss disappearance and murder of Suzanne Morphew. They analyze the case details and evidence surrounding her husband Barry Morphew, the prime suspect.
Show Notes:

[0:00] Welcome back to Zone 7 with Crime Scene Investigator, Sheryl McCollum.  
[1:10] Overview of case involving Susanne Morphew
[8:40] Sheryl introduces Dan Murphy and Tom Smith to the listeners
[12:15] “It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has facts.”
[14:18] Question: Was it a flag for y'all at all that this was mother's day?
[19:00] Investigative strategies in cases like Susanne’s 
[23:48] “Inexperienced killers tend to make mistakes”
[25:00] Potential motives in the case
[30:32] Question: Can we discuss Barry’s personality especially during the beginning of the case?
[35:00] Susanne’s body was found September 22, 2023
[43:00] A Stranger's Luck..?
[51:00] Unknown DNA is discussed 
[57:45] “No friendship is an accident.” -O.H
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Sheryl “Mac” McCollum is an Emmy Award winning CSI, a writer for CrimeOnLine, Forensic and Crime Scene Expert for Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, and a CSI for a metro Atlanta Police Department. She is the co-author of the textbook., Cold Case: Pathways to Justice. Sheryl is also the founder and director of the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute, a collaboration between universities and colleges that brings researchers, practitioners, students and the criminal justice community together to advance techniques in solving cold cases and assist families and law enforcement with solvability factors for unsolved homicides, missing persons, and kidnapping cases.  
You can connect and learn more about Sheryl’s work by visiting the CCIRI website https://coldcasecrimes.org
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Email: coldcase2004@gmail.com
Twitter: @ColdCaseTips
Facebook: @sheryl.mccollum
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Released:
Nov 8, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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Work a cold case alongside investigator Sheryl “Mac” McCollum, Director of the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute. Every week, Sheryl dives into her cold case files alongside accomplished guests to look for clues into unsolved murders, missing people, and more. This ain’t just a podcast but a war room. Sheryl opens her cold case files, her heart and her little black book! You will quickly realize Zone 7 is not a place but a lifestyle!