Cops cordon off home of mom Suzanne Morphew, 49, who disappeared on Mother’s Day bike ride as family offers $200k reward
AUTHORITIES have cordoned off the home of a Colorado woman who has been missing since she failed to return from a Mother's Day bike ride.
Family are not being allowed to enter the home of Suzanne Morphew, who went missing on May 10, reports.
According to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, the home "is being held as part of the investigation."
On Monday, Chaffee County Sheriff's Office said they had received more than 150 calls to its tip line about the case.
The family of Morphew, 49, are offering a $200,000 reward for her return, having initially put out a public plea on Facebook.
As part of the investigation, inspectors are asking residents to preserve footage from the likes of and game cameras from May 8 to May 12.
The sheriff's office stressed that residents should only preserve the footage for the time being – they should not send it to the office itself.
A police update on Monday, posted on , read: "As the investigation into the Suzanne Morphew’s missing person case moves forward, Chaffee County residents are being asked to preserve any and all video footage from devices such as Ring doorbells, security cameras, game cameras, etc., from May 8th thru May 12th."
Suzanne has two daughters, Macy and Mallory, with her husband Barry.
The family moved from Arcadia, Indiana, to Salida, Colorado, in 2018.
Barry, who was a landscaper in Indiana, now works as a volunteer firefighter for Chaffee County Fire Protection District.
The pair have been married since 1994.
On Sunday, members of the Pueblo County Sheriff's Office's Dive Rescue Team searched waters around the area where Suzanne went missing.
, her husband released a public plea via a video shared on Facebook.
He said: "Oh Suzanne, if anyone is out there and can hear this, that has you, please, we’ll do whatever it takes to bring you back.
"We love you, we miss you, your girls need you.
"No questions asked, however much they want – I will do whatever it takes to get you back. Honey, I love you, I want you back so bad."
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Earlier this week, Barry's nephew, Trevor Noel, said police had from the day she disappeared, but police are yet to confirm whether the "personal item" is her bike.
The "personal item" was found during a police search just west of County Road 225 and Highway 50, in an area west of Maysville, around 20 miles from Salida, according to reports.
The FBI and CBI remain involved in the ongoing investigation.
