ALAMOSA, Colo. — Barry Morphew is expected to appear in court on Tuesday afternoon, and his team has filed a motion asking for his cash-only $3 million bond to be reduced.

He faces a first-degree murder charge connected to the death of his wife Suzanne Morphew after an indictment issued by a grand jury this summer . That indictment claims Barry Morphew was the only private citizen, at the time of his wife's disappearance , living in the area with access to a certain tranquilizer that was discovered during Suzanne Morphew's autopsy.

Her death was ruled a homicide after an autopsy , which noted that a powerful mix of sedatives — butorphanol, azaperone and medetomidine, or BAM — was found in her system.

Suzanne Morphew was first reported missing by a neighbor on Mother's Day in 2020.

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