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Will serve 53 years for conspiring in Guffey murders
By Kathryn Eastburn
Former Palmer High School student Simon Ewing Sue, 21, was sentenced on Tuesday to three 45-year terms to be served concurrently, for conspiracy to commit murder in the triple slaying that took the lives of Tony Dutcher, 15, Carl Dutcher, 60, and Joanna Dutcher, 58, on Dec. 31, 1999.

Sue was also sentenced to a consecutive term of eight years for violating Colorado's organized crime laws.

Sue was arrested in April 2001, after being named by codefendant Isaac Grimes, also a former Palmer student, as the mastermind of the murders that took place in the rural community of Guffey, an hour west of Colorado Springs. The boys, along with Palmer students Jonathan Matheny and Glen Urban, were members of a paramilitary organization called the OARA (Operations and Reconnaissance Agents), a group Sue now admits he made up.

"It was a scheme I made up to get money out of these guys," said Sue in a pre-sentencing interview with prosecutors and investigators from the 11th Judicial District Attorney's Office.

First time I ever heard of Guyanese peeps named Sue.

Norman Sue, the bakery’s founder who started mass-producing Guyanese goodies in his home in 1976, died of multiple myeloma on Oct. 7 at age 66. Sue was a businessman who treated his employees like family, supported his local community, and made deals with a handshake.

Guyana’s Consul General in Toronto, Sattie Sawh, said Sue was a pioneer in bringing a taste of Guyana to Toronto. When in his bakery, “you get the feeling you’re back in Guyana,” she said.

Norman Augustus Sue-Kam-Ling was born in 1947 in Georgetown, Guyana, to a father born in China and a mother whose parents had emigrated from India.

The bakery was and continues to be a family affair involving Sue’s wife, Lynette, and their five children, all of whom worked in the bakery. The family even lived right above the bakery when it was housed in the plaza. “We grew up in the business,” said Kim Sue, the eldest sibling who has been in charge of the bakery since her father started fighting his cancer in 2010.

At community events, Norman Sue donated baked goods to help various organizations raise funds. He also supported the local Lions Club and two Scarborough cricket leagues.