“Suzanne Morphew, a Colorado mother-of-two who vanished without a trace while out on a bike ride on Mother’s Day last year, had a prolonged affair before her disappearance, investigators revealed in court on Monday. The shocking revelation came during the start of a two-day preliminary hearing for the trial of her husband, Barry, who is accused of killing the 49-year-old on May 10, 2020. Morphew, 53, is facing several charges, including first-degree murder after deliberation and tampering with physical evidence, in connection with his wife’s disappearance. Morphew has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him. According to Dru Nielsen, Morphew’s defense attorney, Suzanne was ‘spying’ on her husband because she believed he was having an affair. In reality, Chaffee County Sheriff’s Commander Alex Walker said during cross-examination, the mother of two was having a two-year affair with a man named Jeff Libler, with whom she had attended high school in Indiana. Walker said that over the two-year affair, Suzanne frequently spoked with Libler and met up with him at least six times in different cities across the country.”

“On May 5, 2021, nearly a year after his wife’s disappearance, Barry Morphew was arrested and charged with murder. Days later, he was hit with new charges after he allegedly submitted a mail-in ballot on behalf of his wife for the 2020 election. The ballot for former President Donald Trump was submitted in October 2020 – and included the defendant’s signature on the witness line. ‘I wanted Trump… to win,’ Morphew told FBI agents in April when questioned about submitting his wife’s voting ballot, insisting that she was going to ‘vote for Trump anyway’ and thought he was allowed to vote on behalf of his spouse. ‘I just thought, give him… another vote. I figured all these other guys are cheating'” reports the Daily Beast.