Barry Morphew, the Colorado man accused of murdering his still-missing wife, Suzanne, has also been accused of submitting a presidential ballot in her name after she had vanished.
According to his arrest warrant, Morphew faces new charges of felony forgery of public records and a misdemeanor elections-mail ballot offense, KXRM, KDRV and KUSA report.
On Oct. 22, Chaffee Chaffee County investigators responded to a report of voter fraud made by the County Clerk and Recorder's Office. The county official told investigators that they had received a presidential ballot from a missing person: Suzanne Morphew.
Suzanne Morphew had been missing since May 10, 2020. While the ballot didn't contain Suzanne's signature, it did list her husband as the witness. Investigators photographed the ballot and seized it as evidence.
"Just because I wanted Trump to win," he said, according to the warrant. "To give him [Donald Trump] another vote, I figured all these other guys are cheating and I know she [Suzanne Morphew] was going to vote for Trump anyway."
When FBI agents told Morphew what he did was illegal he responded, "I didn't know you couldn't do that for your spouse."
https://people.com/crime/barry-morphew-allegedly-fraudulent-presidential-ballot-wife/
According to his arrest warrant, Morphew faces new charges of felony forgery of public records and a misdemeanor elections-mail ballot offense, KXRM, KDRV and KUSA report.
On Oct. 22, Chaffee Chaffee County investigators responded to a report of voter fraud made by the County Clerk and Recorder's Office. The county official told investigators that they had received a presidential ballot from a missing person: Suzanne Morphew.
Suzanne Morphew had been missing since May 10, 2020. While the ballot didn't contain Suzanne's signature, it did list her husband as the witness. Investigators photographed the ballot and seized it as evidence.
"Just because I wanted Trump to win," he said, according to the warrant. "To give him [Donald Trump] another vote, I figured all these other guys are cheating and I know she [Suzanne Morphew] was going to vote for Trump anyway."
When FBI agents told Morphew what he did was illegal he responded, "I didn't know you couldn't do that for your spouse."
https://people.com/crime/barry-morphew-allegedly-fraudulent-presidential-ballot-wife/
