A Colorado judge on Tuesday adjusted the $3 million bail for Barry Morphew as he awaits trial in the murder of his wife from cash-only to a cash or surety bail — meaning he could now be released from jail if he pays $300,000 through a bondsman.

Morphew, 57, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Suzanne Morphew, 49, who disappeared from the family’s Chaffee County home in 2020 and was found buried in a shallow grave near Moffat in 2023.

Morphew initially was charged in 2021 with his wife’s death — before her body had been discovered — but the case was dropped in 2022 after extensive misconduct by prosecutors that resulted in 11th Judicial District Attorney Linda Stanley being disbarred .

Morphew was arrested and charged for a second time in June, and this time is be

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