That is how I learned first about Barry and Suzanne’s move from Indiana to Colorado and, after that, about Suzanne’s disappearance. I sent a letter to Barry, expressing my sympathy, offering my help. He texted his thanks, and in December 2020 he texted me a photo of himself and his daughters smiling next to a Christmas tree.

Then, in May 2021, Barry was arrested for allegedly murdering Suzanne. Soon after, I learned that Barry had also been charged with casting his missing wife’s mail-in ballot in the 2020 presidential election for Trump. According to an arrest affidavit, he has admitted to voting illegally, even as he has steadfastly denied murdering his wife. The roughly 130-page affidavit details his evolving alibis, his business maneuvers, and his narcissistic manipulation, but what I find most fascinating is what I have come to regard as Barry’s theology.

Not only did Barry suggest to the FBI that if anything bad happened to Suzanne, it may have been God’s punishment for her recent behavior (after surviving cancer a second time, Suzanne had begun drinking wine and taking CBD, and she was having an affair with a former high school classmate from Indiana). He also told a Colorado TV news reporter that “Suzanne trusted the Lord, and if one person got saved from this, she would think it was worth it.”