Colorado man who was free on bond in wife's alleged killing is jailed after hit-and-run
Summarized from yahoo.com
According to the article, Barry Morphew, a man in Colorado who was free on $3 million bond in connection with his wife’s alleged killing, was arrested on Friday following a hit-and-run crash involving two other vehicles in Denver. Morphew was subsequently booked into the Boulder County Jail, and a hearing to discuss his bond was scheduled for Tuesday by Alamosa County District Judge Amanda Hopkins.
The article states that under the terms of his bond set last year, Morphew was prohibited from traveling away from his home in southern Colorado except for work and other limited circumstances. Prosecutors allege that Morphew violated his bond by traveling to Denver International Airport on August 28, possibly to pick up his daughter, which constitutes a breach of his bond terms. Morphew’s attorneys did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Additionally, the article notes that Morphew has pleaded not guilty to the charges and is scheduled to stand trial next summer for the first-degree murder of his wife, whose skeletal remains were found in 2023 with traces of a wildlife tranquilizer in her bone marrow. Prosecutors allege that Morphew was the only person in the area, aside from wildlife officials, authorized to use the chemicals found in his wife’s remains.