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We’ve made it to Cripple Creek. The preliminary hearing for State of Colorado vs. Patrick Frazee starts in a little under 90 minutes. I’ll tweet live updates from the courtroom here. #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney @KOAA 
FYI: The Woodland Park Police Department is still offering the $25k reward for information leading to Kelsey Berreth’s discovery. #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney @KOAA
A Woodland Park police officer is also here sitting with prosecutors. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Court staff also just wheeled in a projector. Sure looking like we’re going to learn a lot more in the next several hours. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Couple more tidbits: Attorneys involved in the custody case are here. There’s also a Doss Aviation employee here. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Also, a lawyer from Sanders Law Firm is here. They are representing the Berreth family in the civil lawsuit against Frazee. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #KrystalKenney #PatrickFrazee
The Woodland Park Police Officer here is Commander Chris Adams. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Frazee was just brought into the courtroom. Ballistic vest, shackles & typical green-striped jumpsuit. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
To give you an idea of the history & age of the Teller County Courthouse, the windows are open in the courtroom. It’s snowing outside. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
State is prepared to go forward. Two witnesses today are Adams with WPPD and Greg Slater with @CBI_Colorado. Defense also has a pair of witnesses, but I didn’t catch their name. Krystal Kenney wasn’t one of them. @KOAA #PatrickFrazee #KelseyBerreth #KrystalKenney
The state asked for a written sequestration order. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Just before 5 p.m., the state amended their complaint. They added three counts to Frazee: one tampering with evidence and two for a crime of violence. That’s 8 total counts vs. Frazee. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
5 p.m. yesterday *
The state has endorsed Michael Dalton as a witness too. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
State & defense approaching the bench. They’ve asked Frazee be released of his shackles so he can take notes. Prosecution’s investigator will stay in the courtroom @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
State is calling its first witness to the stand: Sheila Frazee. She refuses to answer questions. DA Dan May says he has a right to call & ask questions, saying she has to have good faith basis for the process. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Her attorney, whose name I didn’t catch, said he has no idea why she’d be needed for this. He says Sheila has done an interview with prosecutors already. He calls it unethical @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Defense doesn’t have an opinion either way. Sheila’s attorney says he’s never seen this come up in a preliminary hearing. May says she has relevant evidence to this case (motive, certain dates when Krystal Kenney was here). @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
May says she knows about a defendant showing up to her house on Thanksgiving. I’m assuming that’s Kenney, since Patrick lives with her. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Judge Scott Sells rules in favor of Sheila Frazee’s refusal of testimony. Due to the sequestration order, she’ll have to exit the courtroom for the remainder of today’s hearing. But May is still pleading his case. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
State is now calling Woodland Park Police Commander Chris Adams. He was just sworn in. He’s the patrol commander for WPPD & has been since August 2015. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
He says he became involved in the investigation on Dec. 3. During a morning briefing, he learned WPPD took the missing persons case on Dec. 2. He says her mother Cheryl reported her missing (as we’ve reported). @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Adams says he learned Berreth was last seen on Thanksgiving (Nov. 22) and that she was last heard from on Nov. 25. Investigation revealed Frazee was the last person to hear from Kelsey. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Adams says Kelsey lived with her 1-year-old baby Kaylee & that Frazee is the biological father. He says Berreth was last seen about 12:27 p.m. on Nov. 22, due to the Safeway surveillance video. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
State gives Adams a still photo from that surveillance footage. He says Berreth’s father confirmed that is her in the video. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Adams says no one else saw or heard from Kelsey Berreth after Nov. 22. He says he’s received no tips to suggest she’s alive. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
State gives Adams a DVD. He says it’s a recording of a phone call with Patrick Frazee. It was recorded by WPPD officers that made first contact with him. They’re going to play it for us. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
The call was recorded on the officer’s body/taser cam. Adams says it has a :30 delay. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
In the call, Frazee says he last spoke to her on Sunday. He said they had a heart-to-heart about their relationship not working out, wanting to go separate ways, that the stress of traveling to Pueblo for work was getting to her. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
She requested her stuff back: vehicle keys, house keys and gun. He says he tried to talk some sense to her, but didn’t hear from her much. He says she wanted space & that he’d respect her wishes. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
He says, on the call, that they’d figure out the custody arrangements from there. He says he talked to her about not doing “anything crazy”. He says Berreth felt like they didn’t know each other anymore. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
He says he told Berreth’s mother that Kelsey was spending more time in Pueblo. “I’m not drawing conclusions...” @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
“She was sane...” He says he tried to tell her everyone has bumps in the road, and that she wasn’t suicidal. He says she “just had enough of the arrangement.” @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Frazee says he took her vehicles back to her place. I couldn’t make out what he said about her gun. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Officer asked him when he last got a text from Kelsey. He says it was the 25th. “We texted that morning,” he says. And he said he got a message on the Friday after that her “telephone expired.” @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
He says Kelsey thought about finding a place in Pueblo, or moving back to Washington state or Idaho. On the call he says she’d been in Colorado since May 2016. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
He says she tried Colorado Springs first, then moved to Grand Junction in 2017 for “early spring to mid-summer” and then got the job with Doss in Pueblo. Shortly after, she went on maternity leave & then returned to work @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
On the call, Frazee says she “zig zagged” between churches in Colorado Springs and Cañon City. He says he didn’t remember much about her work friends. He says they were never “formally married”. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Frazee says he was going to go check on cattle when the officer called. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Frazee said she went to Breckinridge over the summer with a friend. They took the friend’s vehicle. “We lived so separate lives for so long,” he says. Their baby exchanges were all over the place. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Frazee says he had their daughter with him at the time of the call. He also says Kelsey went to an alcohol/depression rehab center, and that the drive to Pueblo & work stresses were getting to her. Wasn’t exactly sure when he’d exchange custody next. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth
“There were (times) when she worked three days in a row,” he says. Their custody agreement was for Frazee to have the baby while Kelsey was working. He says Kelsey self-admitted to rehab for about two weeks, and that a church pushed her toward it. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth
His cattle were in Westcliffe. The officer on the call was Cpl Currin. Recording over @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Adams says the call was recorded on Dec. 2, and that Patrick Frazee gained physical custody of their daughter on Nov. 22. Adams says Frazee never reported her missing in that 10-day span. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Frazee was also contacted by Officer Beth Huber on Dec. 3, though the phone call wasn’t recorded. Adams says Frazee told her he went to Kelsey’s home that day to exchange custody but she wasn’t there. He says he ran errands & then came back to exchange in the alley. @KOAA
Frazee didn’t give them info to indicate he ever entered Kelsey’s townhome. Adams says he tracked Frazee’s phone. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Adams says Berreth checked out at Safeway at 12:27 p.m. She bought supplies for a dip and some flowers. Surveillance video from another business showed her vehicle heading toward her townhome. Adams is looking at his phone for the time. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Adams says that business surveillance video was at 12:37 p.m. The business was the Williams Furniture Store. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
He says Frazee was seen on Walmart & Williams Furniture Store surveillance, and on the surveillance video of an adjacent townhome to Berreth’s. That video showed him at her door @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
State gives him another still of that neighbor’s surveillance. He says it shows Berreth, Kaylee, Frazee & her flowers out front of Kelsey’s door around 1 p.m. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Adams says Officer Huber confirmed Frazee’s whereabouts on Nov. 22. State asked if he’s aware of another surveillance video showing Frazee at Kelsey Berreth’s residence at 3:36 p.m. Adams says yes. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Adams, again, says Frazee’s last contact with Kelsey was a text message on Nov. 25. Adams says Frazee also indicated they spoke on the phone that day. He says Berreth told him she was studying & would call him later. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
State asks if the text Frazee received from Berreth was “Do you even love me?” Adams confirmed. Adams says Frazee also talked to WPPD on Dec. 4, but was never formally interviewed after. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Adams wrote search warrants for both Berreth and Frazee’s phones to Verizon. He says there were a few phone calls between the phones on Nov. 22. Adams says cell tower data showed they were in the vicinity of her townhome. Later that day, they pinged near Divide. @KOAA
Then later that evening, Adams says the phones were together and pinged west of Cripple Creek. Adams says Frazee called Krystal Lee and his mother Sheila on Nov. 22. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
On both pings, Adams says their location showed the phones were together. He says Frazee then called Kelsey’s phone on the morning of Nov. 23. Tower data shows both phones were hitting off the tower hitting Frazee’s residence in Florissant, indicating they were together. @KOAA
On Nov. 24, Adams says there were texts & phone calls between Frazee and Berreth’s phones. Again, cell tower data showed they were together near Florissant and Cripple Creek. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Adams says Frazee also had contact with Krystal Kenney on Nov. 24. When asked who she is, Adams says she’s a former girlfriend of Frazee’s. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Adams says Berreth’s phone pinged off a tower near Grand Junction on Nov. 25., before hitting another near Salt Lake and a final ping near Gooding, Idaho. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Adams says he was able to confirm Kenney’s physical presence in Colorado on Nov. 24. He says, based on the interview, that she came in the morning. Surveillance from the Sonic in Woodland Park & the Coneco in Florissant showed her vehicle. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Adams says Frazee was seen at the same gas station around 4:30 p.m. that day filling up a small gas can. That gas station is a little more than a mile from his residence. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Adams says he tracked Kenney’s phone movements once she was identified in the case. Early Nov. 25, it pinged off a tower near Grand Junction about a minute after Kelsey’s did. Data indicated those phones were traveling together. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Adams says he also recovered video of Frazee at the drive through of Ent Credit Union. He says he couldn’t see the baby in the truck, but did see a baby carrier. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Two more exhibits from the state. First is a still of him on the surveillance at the bank showing him. Second shows the back of his truck, with a black tote in it. He says they learned that tote played a big role in what happened to Kelsey Berreth. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth
Stiegerwald (defense) asks if Adams is a cell phone expert. He says no, and that he got expert info from someone else. Stiegerwald is pushing a line of questioning to show Adams is not an expert on cell phones, towers, etc. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Defense asks if Adams knows where towers are in Grand Junction, Salt Lake, Gooding. Adams says no. He says he doesn’t know how many there are either. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Defense asks Adams about tips in this case. Adams says they’ve received hundreds, but not many that are valid. Some involved sightings. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Defense asking Adams about his investigation. Adams says he forced entry on Dec. 3. He saw the Safeway receipt, but didn’t see any signs that this was a crime scene. No blood stains or sign of struggle. Not even signs of cleaning. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Adams says he used her computer. He checked if she booked flights & then got into her Facebook. Adams says he changed her password to access the account without permission. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Adams went back with CBI analysts on Dec. 4. He says he didn’t notice anything different. He was in & out for CBI’s crime analysis. They didn’t discover anything to see it as a crime scene. They did use cadaver dogs that day. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
The dogs hit near Berreth’s 2006 Toyota Corolla. I didn’t catch what door Adams said. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Adams says he was first alerted there may be blood inside Berreth’s townhome on the morning of Dec. 6. That was permitted by the Berreth family, Adams says. Adams admits that was missed on Dec. 3-4 & that was missed by dogs too. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Adams says the Berreths arrived on either the 4th or 5th. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Now talking about neighbor surveillance. It can see access to the only entrance to Berreth’s townhome. Adams says there are other photos of Frazee that day, but couldn’t tell if he’s coming or going. He’s wearing a white t-shirt & ball cap. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Adams says they would’ve known if Frazee’s clothing was blood-stained. When asked how many photos there are of Frazee leaving with a black tote, Adams says none. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Defense asking about Frazee’s job as a farrier & his role tending with cattle. Defense asks if Adams knows how he carries his tools around. Adams says no. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
When asked, Adams says he talked to Frazee’s brother as part of the investigation. Shaun (unsure of spelling) says he saw him on Nov. 22 & didn’t describe anything as suspicious that day, per Adams. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Adams is looking back at reports for verification. He says it doesn’t say exactly when Patrick Frazee arrived for Thanksgiving. Shaun says he got there around 2:30 p.m., and that Patrick arrived a little later. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Defense refers to Shaun as being a member of law enforcement. I’m pretty sure our research shows he’s a Colorado Springs police officer. Defense says he would be aware of things out of the ordinary. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Adams says there was no video/photos to show Kenney entered Berreth’s townhome. He says a utilities worker & a friend of Frazee’s showed up on surveillance. Adams said the friend was there to pick up a package. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
State now questioning again. The neighbor’s surveillance is through Arlo. Neighbor has the free plan, which has 7 days of storage. Arlo uses a motion sensor to alert the owner. Owner gets an email & quick snapshot of it. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
State asks if Sean Frazee & Patrick Frazee have an estranged relationship. Through interview, Adams says yes they do. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Adams says the neighbor surveillance quality was somewhat grainy. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Adams says he saw nothing to indicate Kelsey Berreth went on a trip. The family says Berreth’s phone, keys and purse were missing, though her vehicles were still there. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Adams says the dog hit on the ground near Kelsey’s green Toyota on Dec. 4. It was parked in the space right in front of her door. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Asked about changing Kelsey Berreth’s password, Adams says he couldn’t have gotten permission. He did not post anything. Did not see any previous activity or flights booked. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Adams says police were unable to verify any tips they received. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Adams says he relied on a special agent with the FBI’s cell phone analysis team. There’s a name for it, but I didn’t catch all of it. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
15-minute break. Apologies for any spelling mistakes. That’s going to happen. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Court is back in session. State calls CBI Agent Gregg Slater to the stand. He’s been with CBI since July 2018, but he’s been in law enforcement for 35 years. Also served in Afghanistan @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Slater explaining how CBI gets involved. He says there’s a lab component & investigative component. He says he was brought in on Dec. 4 at the request of Woodland Park Police to assist in the missing person investigation. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Slater says his role was to help WPPD locate Kelsey Berreth. He says he & Agent Kevin Torres responded on Dec. 4. He says law enforcement used Facebook, the media & other avenues to try and find Kelsey Berreth. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Slater says they were unable to find credible info that Berreth was seen since Nov. 22. He says he went to Berreth’s home on the late evening of Dec. 4. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Slater says he went after conversations with Cheryl & Clint Berreth. They also met with the cadaver dog. Handler had the dog work around the vehicles. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Slater says the dog alerted on the driver’s rear bumper area of the Toyota Corolla. Didn’t hit anywhere else on those vehicles. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Slater says he didn’t see any tracks of those vehicles traveling in the snow that was on the ground. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Slater says he spoke with the Berreths at WPPD. Per Slater, Cheryl says she talked to Kelsey for about 5 minutes at 9 a.m. on Nov. 22. Kelsey says she didn’t get home till about 4 a.m. after meeting with Frazee on the 21st to check on cattle. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Cheryl thought it was Westcliffe but wasn’t sure. Slater says, per that convo, Frazee had what was believed to be a stomach ulcer. Kelsey dropped off Frazee, went to the WP Walmart to get meds & then went back to Florissant to give him the meds. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth
Slater says, per Cheryl, Kelsey didn’t talk about relationship problems. Cheryl says Kelsey’s Thanksgiving plan was to go out for dinner (her, PF & Kaylee), but wanted to a dip recipe from Cheryl if something happened. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Cheryl told Slater there was another conversation at 9:17 a.m. with Kelsey. Slater says that conversation was about Christmas plans. Nothing about visiting family in Washington state or Idaho though. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Later on the evening of Nov. 22, Cheryl says she received texts from Kelsey’s phone that she got her gun back & felt safe with Frazee. More info on the gun: Slater says it had some sort of laser grip & Frazee took it from her around New Years Day 2017. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth
Why he took the gun? Cheryl told Slater that Kelsey and Frazee had an argument about finances. Kelsey put the gun to her head, according to Slater, through conversation with Cheryl. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Cheryl said on Nov. 24 that she “butt-dialed” Kelsey but hung up quickly. She told Slater she got a text from Kelsey’s phone saying she’d call her back. That call never happened. That’s the last known communication between the two. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Focus now is on Doss Aviation. Slater says CBI went to Doss & met with a number of people, including Kelsey’s supervisor Ron (no last name given). Ron told them he got a text the evening of Nov. 25 that she wouldn’t be at work as she was going out of town to visit her grandma.
Slater looked into that. He says Cheryl was unaware of any trip to Washington state, where her mom (KB’s grandma) lives. Cheryl said that it was unusual to think KB would make that trip without communicating her intent. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Cheryl also indicated to Slater that it would be weird of Kelsey to leave without taking makeup, hair products, etc., because she was very conscious of her appearance. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Slater says he knew Kelsey had dinner with a coworker the week of Thanksgiving. Didn’t say who. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Slater says he learned of a conversation between Frazee & Doss Aviation’s HR director. That chat was procedure, based on Kelsey’s disappearance. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
HR director: Jennifer Banks. Banks told CBI her conversation with Frazee happened on Dec. 3. Frazee told her Kelsey dropped the baby off, said she didn’t want anything to do with him anymore. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Frazee also reportedly told Banks that Kelsey had drug & alcohol problems. Banks found that odd as no one she worked with pointed that out. Banks thought her fatigue derived from being a mom. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Slater says Kelsey went to the Nedley Clinic in August 2018. The clinic addresses anxiety, depression, etc. It doesn’t address drug/alcohol issues. The clinic told Cheryl that Kelsey didn’t check in there in November. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Cheryl & Clint Berreth texted Slater on Dec. 6 that they believed they found blood in her bathroom & believed there were signs of cleaning up. Slater mentioned blood on a television. Cheryl said a mat for the bathroom was missing. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
New exhibits. Photo of the bottom part of the toilet bowl shows suspected blood. Second photo shows fridge in the townhome that appears to have white marks. Third photo is a doorknob with suspected blood spots on it. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
CBI and WPPD went back into Kelsey’s home on Dec. 6 after receiving those photos. Slater says he saw the suspected blood in the toilet. CBI did a field test on it, which was presumptively positive for blood. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
They also used Blue Star, a chemical that reacts with blood that can’t be seen to the naked eye, Slater said. Areas of the bathroom tested positive in that test, including the toilet, exterior of bath tub, bottom of trash can, floor, wall opposite of toilet, vanity, hinges @KOAA
It also tested positive on the electrical outlet near the bathroom sink. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Slater says CBI also collected buckle swabs of Cheryl & Clint Berreth. They also took a toothbrush, mouth guard and bottle nipple. They got positive DNA for Kelsey from those items. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Slater says it’s a high number (match) to tell investigators the blood in the toilet is Kelsey Berreth’s. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Slater says agents tried to find out what happened to Berreth, and in doing so, found Frazee. They called him. Frazee said he was running errands with his brother in Colorado Springs. They waited & then met him at the Five Guys in Colorado Springs. Sean was with him. @KOAA
They recovered Frazee’s phone at that time. Frazee said he wanted to speak with an attorney before talking to law enforcement, Slater says. Slater says phone records played a big role in the investigation. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
At this point, police had Frazee’s phone & records for his phone. Agents found Frazee called his mother around 4:24 p.m. They determined his phone pinged off a tower near Berreth’s townhome, heading west from there. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
State says Frazee also called an Idaho number at 4:37 p.m. Slater says it hit off the same tower, southwest of Berreth’s townhome. Shortly after, he received a call from that same number. Slater says it pinged off a tower in Divide. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Slater says it’s his understanding that Kelsey’s phone was in close proximity to Frazee’s phone. They were moving west from Woodland Park toward Divide, then later that night toward Florissant & Cripple Creek. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Referencing the Idaho number, state asks if Frazee contacting that number became important, knowing that was near the last ping of Berreth’s phone. Slater said yes, then they tried contacting her. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
FBI made first contact with Krystal Kenney on Dec. 14. She was in Las Vegas with family & friends at the time, per Slater. They said Kenney wasn’t forthcoming with her relationship to Frazee, only calling it a business relationship that began in 2006. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth
She told the FBI she came to Colorado to talk with Frazee about a horse that weekend. Kenney told the FBI agent that she didn’t know who Kelsey Berreth was, Slater said. He went to Idaho and made contact with her on Dec. 18. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Kenney invited Slater & another agent inside her home. They wanted to ask about the case. She wanted to talk to an attorney. Twin Falls PD arrested her to get buckle swabs. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Slater says he & another CBI agent stayed with her at Twin Falls PD until her aunt arrived. Aunt took her to Boise to meet with an attorney. She agreed to talk to police with an attorney on Dec. 20. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Slater says Kenney was somewhat jumbled on her timeline of events. Interview took place at the Colorado Springs Police Department. It was 4.5 hours long, recorded with video & audio. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Slater says Kenney & Frazee reconnected in October 2017 talking about a fundraiser. Per Slater, Kenney says she came out to Colorado in March 2018. That’s when their relationship started. Kenney says she didn’t know about Kelsey or Kaylee. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Slater says Kenney didn’t learn of Kaylee until July. He says Kenney was shocked. Slater says Kenney brought a t-shirt and toys for Kaylee in an August 2018 visit, when she learned of Kelsey. She says Frazee didn’t want to talk about it. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Slater: Krystal said Frazee would call her with questions about medicine for Kaylee, since she’s a nurse. Kenney says Frazee called Kelsey a terrible mother, physically abusive toward Kaylee. She said Frazee cited examples. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
One example: Kaylee returned to Frazee’s custody with burns on the top & bottom of her hands. Kelsey said it was from grabbing a curling iron. Krystal said that wouldn’t make sense. Another example claimed Kelsey slammed Kaylee’s hand in the fridge. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth
Slater says his investigation revealed now sign of child abuse toward Kaylee. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Now talking about her Nov. 23 visit. Krystal told Slater that her aunt was looking for a particular horse trailer. Krystal reached out to Frazee. She rented a car to drive, stopped for a night in Greeley. Then drove to Woodland Park area. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Krystal: Frazee was very concerned that Kelsey was going to harm Kaylee, potentially kill her. Krystal says Frazee told her that he wanted her to get rid of Kelsey. She took that as kill Kelsey Berreth. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Frazee suggested Kenney taint a caramel macchiato from Starbucks with ambien or other narcotics to kill Kelsey Berreth. Kenney said she carried some of those drugs as a nurse. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Kenney eventually went to the Starbucks at Walmart and drove over to Kelsey Berreth’s townhome with Kenney’s aunt (Kristi) still in the car. Kenney told Slater she didn’t put anything in the coffee. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Slater: Kenney parked in the alley. Kristi stayed in the car & couldn’t see where she went. Kenney knocked on the door. Kelsey opened the door slightly. Krystal lied about her identity, said she was a neighbor & wanted to thank her for helping find her dogs. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth
Kelsey took the coffee, Slater said. Kenney tried building a rapport with Kelsey at Frazee’s direction, suggesting a play date in the future. Kenney gave Krystal a number for a burner phone she bought, again at Frazee’s direction. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Kenney told Slater she didn’t drug the coffee because “she didn’t want to hurt her.” Kenney communicated with Frazee after this. She said he was angry & sent an apology text later that day. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Frazee told Kenney there would be another chance, and Slater confirmed that. Recess now. Back at 1:30 p.m. (MT) @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Quick, before recess. May says Sheila Frazee recovered a steal rod that will tie to more details about solicitation, witnessed the destruction of evidence by way of fire & burning. He’s pleading his case again for her testimony @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #ParrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
May asks if Sheila witnessing Frazee burning the black tote would equate her conspiring in the crime. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
May referenced Frazee’s communication with an attorney in August 2018 about potential action for custody. May says Sheila Frazee had documents on that, which he says help explain the motive. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
May says he knows about the fire by way of Krystal Kenney. He says Sheila Frazee could establish directly what was happening. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
We’re back in session. Judge says they talked about admitting Sheila Frazee as a witness. She is exercising her right to remain silent at the advisement of counsel. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
State wants to ask Sheila about the phone call on Nov. 22 from Patrick, witnessing the burn, and more. Judge reviewed the case law citations. He says this is not the time & place for Sheila’s testimony. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #ParrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Judge Sells says he thinks the evidence the state seeks from Sheila can be presented from other witnesses. She’s still sequestered, so not allowed in the courtroom. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
CBI Agent Slater retakes the stand. The horse trailer-Starbucks incident was Sept. 23 (I misheard earlier that it was Nov.). Slater says Frazee was angry, but told Kenney she had another chance on Oct. 15. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Slater: Kenney says Frazee told her she’s smart & could figure it out. Kenney told him this isn’t what she does. Frazee told her to come to his residence, where he had a steel rod for her to use to assault her in a parking lot outside her condo. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth
More instructions from Frazee: Slater says Kenney was told to hit her in the back of the head, because there wouldn’t be a lot of blood. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Slater: Kenney drove to Kelsey’s home. Got out of the car, but didn’t take the rod. She heard a dog barking, got in her car, drove to Frazee’s residence and left the rod at the gate of his home. @KOAA #PatrickFrazee #KelseyBerreth #KrystalKenney
Why she helped? Kenney wanted to please Frazee and feared retaliatory action toward her own child from Frazee, per Slater. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Slater says he believes Kenney left the pipe at the Frazee residence on Oct. 16. Per Slater, Sheila Frazee found the pipe and asked Patrick why it was there. Kenney told Frazee she just couldn’t do it. She was scared, per Slater. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Again, per Slater, Frazee told Kenney she had another chance to “get rid of Kelsey”. This time he suggested a baseball bat. Slater says Kenney was told to “start swinging” when Kelsey comes home after an exchange of the baby. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Slater says Kenney came back about a week after the Oct. 15 incident. She brought a bat from home, parked outside Kelsey’s home & waited. Kenney realized she couldn’t do it, left the property and says she drove past Kelsey to Frazee’s residence. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth
At that point, Slater says Kenney saw Frazee as being angry again. “If you can’t do it, I’m gonna have to,” Slater says (which he’s attributing to Frazee). Slater thought that was around Oct. 23. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
On Nov. 3, Kenney was with family in Reno when Frazee called again with another “opportunity”. She told Slater she looked into airfare, but decided she couldn’t do it. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Frazee didn’t reach out to Kenney again until Nov. 21. Frazee asked what she was doing for Thanksgiving. Kenney, in hindsight, interpreted this as Frazee finding a way to make sure she couldn’t get out of it this time. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Around 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 22, Frazee texted Kenney asking for her to call him. Frazee eventually called, saying, “You need to get out here now. You’ve got a mess to clean up.” Kenney interpreted that as Kelsey Berreth was dead. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Kenney said she couldn’t come out right away, realizing what happened. Slater says Frazee said, “Just f***ing talk.” He made it clear to Kenney that she needed to bring things with her to “clean up”. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Slater says Kenney exchanged her car with her friend Megan (unsure on spelling) on Nov. 23. It’s a Volkswagen Passat with expired plates. She left around 6:30 p.m. that day, arriving around 7:30 a.m. on Nov. 24. @KOAA #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney #KelseyBerreth
Kenney brought gloves, a hair net, two trash bags, bleach, a white body suit (to keep things off her person) and booties (shoe covers). She brought those supplies from home, Slater says, because she had them from painting her home. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
When she arrived, Kenney went to Frazee’s home and picked up a set of keys for Berreth’s phone left at the gate to Frazee’s. She parked at the Woodland Park Community Center and walked to Berreth’s home. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Kenney described the scene as horrific. “There was blood everywhere,” she told Slater. Blood on east, south and west walls. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Going room by room. In the living room, Frazee told Kenney to grab a sweater, look for a tooth in a vent & clean up Kaylee’s toys covered in blood. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
She collected a stuff animal, tin foil on top of cinnamon rolls, some of Kaylee’s toys and some cookie cutters that Frazee told her to clean. She put those in trash bags, along with curtains, pillows & a Bible with blood on it, and discarded those items. @KOAA #KrystalKenney
Slater says after Kenney collected the items, she put some towels in the washing machine. She ran out of trash bags & used 4 bags from inside Berreth’s home. She also found bloody baby wipes, suggesting Frazee tried to clean up, and discarded though. @KOAA #KrystalKenney
Slater says Kenney used some Oxiclean & Windex from inside Berreth’s home. She wiped down windows, the television, tabletops, underneath chairs, the kitchen, the bathroom, the floors and stairs. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Slater also says Kenney was instructed to clean Berreth’s bedroom on the second floor. Kenney found large bloody footprints all over the house, per Slater. She says it took 3-4 hours to clean. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Per Slater, Kenney says she purposely left blood spatter in certain areas of the house. That includes spots on the fireplace, a switch near the fireplace, the baby gate that was leaning on the wall that leads upstairs. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Why she did that? She told Slater she wanted police to find that and find her soon. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Kenney did find a tooth but threw it away. When she was done, she put the trash bags out front, got her car and then picked up the trash before going to Sonic. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Slater says she then drove to Frazee’s residence. Kenney says that’s when she talked to him about the crime. Kenney says Frazee put the sweater over her face to guess the smell of a scented candle. Instead, Kenney told police Frazee killed her, striking her with a bat. @KOAA
Slater: Frazee essentially blindfolded Kelsey with the sweater. It was tied into a knot. Kenney found it cleaning up. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Slater: Per Kenney, Frazee asked her if she cleaned up well. Kenney said she did the best she could, and Frazee said you better hope so. Then, Frazee said, “You don’t know how hard it was to go have Thanksgiving dinner after killing her.” @KOAA #PatrickFrazee
Kenney says Frazee our Kelsey in a black tote and set that on the ground near the green Toyota before putting it in his truck & transporting her remains to a ranch in Fremont County. Didn’t catch the name. @KOAA #PatrickFrazee #KelseyBerreth #KrystalKenney
It sounded like Nash Ranch or Dash Ranch. Again, bad acoustics. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
The murder, according to Kenney (through Frazee), happened in a back office/second bedroom, Slater said. When Kenney went back to Frazee’s home, Slater says Frazee gave Kenney the cell phone. Kenney took Berreth’s purse & took it. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Frazee wanted Kenney to take the remains to Idaho. Kenney refused. Frazee said, “we’re finishing this.” So, at Frazee’s direction, Kenney texts Cheryl Berreth from Kelsey’s phone saying she’d call her tomorrow. Sheila Frazee had Kaylee. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
This is all on Nov. 24. After that text, Kenney met Patrick at the Florissant Coneco Gas Station to go to the Nash property (can confirm it’s Nash). Kenney says Frazee backed the truck up to a large red barn. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #ParrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Frazee, per Kenney, used a ladder to put Kelsey Berreth’s body near a big haystack. They took the tote with her gun inside. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Kenney couldn’t firm if Kelsey Berreth was still in the tote. Frazee then pulled a trough & started a large fire with gasoline to burn the tote, Slater says, per Kenney. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Kenney says the flame was so high that Sheila Frazee came onto the front porch to look. Kenney also grabbed the trash bags & Kelsey’s purse to burn in the fire. Kenney recalled seeing a “lump” in the tote. Again, not sure if it was Kelsey. @KOAA #ParrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
She threw the keys (presumably to Berreth’s townhome) into a gorge in Gooding, Idaho. Kenney told investigators about her route back to Twin Falls. It matches the phone records. She then burned Kelsey’s phone & a burner phone in her yard. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #KrystalKenney
From there, Slater says Kenney took the remnants and discarded them at the hospital she worked at. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Kenney tells police she left her phone on along the drive back so that police could find her. Kenney says she was instructed by Patrick to text him from Kelsey’s phone, “Do you even love me anymore,” and tell her supervisor about a trip to see her grandma. @KOAA #KrystalKenney
In conversation with Kenney, Slater says Patrick wanted to make it look like Kelsey Berreth just went off on her own. That’s also why Kenney took Berreth’s gun. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Slater says Kenney gave investigators the locations of where she had Kelsey’s phone on for pings. She gave Kelsey’s gun to her high school friend Mark Pearson, saying it was her aunt’s gun and she just wanted to get rid of it. @KOAA #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney #KelseyBerreth
Slater says there was a second interview with Kenney at the Colorado Springs Police Department. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
This interview was much shorter, about 90 minutes. This was after law enforcement “went to some sites” with Krystal. @KOAA #PatrickFrazee #KelseyBerreth #KrystalKenney
Frazee by the way had his head down while writing notes on this when I just looked. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
About the gun — Slater says they were able to track down Mark Pearson and get the gun. Pearson said he got it from Kenney. An ATF analysis revealed it is Kelsey Berreth’s. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
When interviewing Kenney, Slater says she did not know Berreth’s phone also pinged near Grand Junction & Salt Lake. Remember, we all only knew about Gooding, Idaho. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
The site visits: the Nash Ranch, Kelsey’s townhome & back to the Frazee residence. Those were on Dec. 21, state says. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
More exhibits. First (#9) is a photo of two red barns on Nash Ranch. Second (#10) is a photo of bale of hay that is distinctively discolored from other bale. Third (#11) is the tractor Slater says Frazee used to move the hay bale. @KOAA #KrystalKenney #PatrickFrazee
Kenney, on Dec. 20, said Frazee had to climb this large stack & go to the back to grab the tote and a plastic bag containing Kelsey’s gun. Tractor was used to bring the tote down from the top of the stack, Slater says. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
They went to Frazee’s property first that day. Kenney showed investigators where the burn was. New exhibit (#12) is photo of aerial view with a pin indicating where the burn area was. @KOAA #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Again these site visits were Dec. 21. Slater says Kenney had no difficulty remembering where the burn area & Nash Ranch were. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
At Frazee’s property, Slater said something caught his eye. In Afghanistan, he says he was trained to detect where IEDs were. He noticed a distinct discoloration in an area that Kenney eventually pointed out as the burn area. The dirt was darker there than nearby. @KOAA
Slater: According to Krystal, Frazee “scooped up” Kelsey Berreth’s remains. He planned to put them in the dump or toss them elsewhere. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Slater said he didn’t see anything charred in the dirt there. He just noticed the discoloration. FBI evidence team was present. Kenney also pointed out a small red plastic gas can & totes similar to what she said Frazee used to transport Kelsey’s body. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth
Slater says Arson Investigator jerry Meams came to the frazee property that day, Dec. 21. They excavated the area & found charred clumps of plastic. A test revealed there was accelerant in the debris. @KOAA #PatrickFrazee #KelseyBerreth #KrystalKenney
The melted plastic was described as black & clumped into small balls. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Slater says a cadaver dog was brought to Nash Ranch eventually. It alerted to the specific discolored hay bale when positioned both underneath and above it. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
State asking if paperwork was seized from Frazee home regarding custody. Slater says they did find that on the first search of the property. It did pertain to Kaylee @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Slater says he believes the paperwork was dated August 2018, but the investigation showed no filings/court proceedings related to custody of Kaylee. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Back to Berreth’s townhome. Slater says luminol on Dec. 6 to find DNA, but it didn’t react. They (CBI) later tore out some of the hardwood floor in the living room. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Going back on Dec. 21, Slater says he could see the film residue on hard surfaces like the television, couch and other tabletops — the same areas Kenney wiped down when she cleaned up. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
State enters exhibits 13-30. These are photos taken inside Kelsey’s townhome. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Slater says CBI agents were able to find areas where blood remained. That includes the fireplace and a nearby wall with a light switch. Again, that matches Kenney’s story. Slater says testing on those samples isn’t complete yet. @KOAA #KrystalKenney #PatrickFrazee
Slater says suspected blood splatter was found underneath some chairs. Another photo includes floor boards that have suspected blood splatter between the tongue & grooves. Wasn’t visible to investigators until the floor was pulled up. @KOAA #KrystalKenney #PatrickFrazee
By the way, Woodland Park Police Chief Miles De Young is now here. He wasn’t in the morning session. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Court back in session. Defense cross-examining Slater now @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #KrystalKenney #PatrickFrazee
Defense pointing out that Berreth family (Cheryl & Clint) stayed at Kelsey’s townhome between Dec. 3-6. Not necessarily overnight everyday. Defense making point that it’s not normal to have people in & out of a crime scene. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Defense curious on Dec. 4 Berreth townhome search. They ask Slater about what was visible, to which he responds nothing (blood, sign of struggle, etc.). @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Defense asking about cadaver dog actions in the home. The handler reported the dog was interested in a pair of Kelsey’s underwear. Dog also alerted near Kelsey’s Toyota. Defense asked if the car was searched. Slater said yes. A pair of socks reacted with reacting test. @KOAA
Dec. 6 search then processed Kelsey Berreth’s home with more DNA experts. Defense asking specifics about colors in Kelsey’s bathroom. Only blood spot visible to eye was in toilet. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Not to be insensitive, but defense points out Kelsey was on her period at that time. Slater confirmed he found tampons in the trash. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Defense points out the DNA of another male was found in Kelsey’s sink. Tests revealed it wasn’t that of Patrick Frazee. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #ParrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Slater says he wasn’t involved in the search & processing of Frazee’s truck. Defense asks if he’s aware no blood or other signs of human decomposition were found inside the truck. Slater said no — but that he believed the cadaver dog wasn’t run by the truck. @KOAA #PatrickFrazee
Defense now focused on Slater’s conversation with the Berreths. Defense pointing out Cheryl didn’t reach out to Kelsey for about a week, between Nov. 25 and Dec. 2. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Conversation now between Frazee & Cheryl Berreth on Dec. 2. Cheryl texted him asking to check in on Kelsey. Patrick called back with details about Kelsey wanting to go her separate way. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Defense asks Slater if Frazee alluded to not wanting to give Kelsey her gun back. Slater confirms. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Now shifting to cell phone data. Defense asking if he knows anything about the number of cell towers in the area. Slater says he does not. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Defense asks if Slater was the one to ask Frazee to meet on Dec. 4, when they eventually met in Colorado Springs. Slater said no, it was Agent Torres, and that there was an agreement to meet at a Five Guys restaurant. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
In that meeting — Defense says Patrick talked to his brother Sean before talking to investigators. He then said he’d give a statement, but wanted to talk to an attorney. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Talking about Kelsey’s admittance to a depression clinic. Kelsey was diagnosed with severe, non-suicidal depression. Defense asks if she lied, knowing she told Doss she had chronic fatigue. Slater said no, they were related. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Defense asking if Slater was involved in discussion with Chad Lee, Krystal’s estranged husband. Defense says Lee didn’t know much about Frazee. Same goes for Krystal’s dad, who didn’t notice anything different on Thanksgiving Day when he was with Krystal. @KOAA #KrystalKenney
Defense now asking about Krystal’s Aunt Kristi. Kristi was with Krystal during her trip to Vegas & didn’t notice odd behavior. Kristi, per Slater, was unaware of Krystal’s relationship with Frazee and Berreth’s disappearance. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Defense now moving to Krystal Kenney’s interview on Dec. 14 in Las Vegas. She denied knowing about Kelsey Berreth & denied having a personal relationship with Frazee. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
At some point, investigators bring up the ping from Kelsey’s phone in Idaho. She says she didn’t know. Kenney also refused to give release her phone records at that point. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
They then went to Kenney’s home on Dec. 18 with proof she lied to the FBI and about her knowledge of what happened. Kenney wouldn’t speak without her attorney present, which then happened on Dec. 20 after reaching an agreement with the DA’s Office about her charges. @KOAA
Defense pointing out fact that Frazee never blatantly said he wanted Krystal to kill Kelsey Berreth. Slater agrees. Kenney felt like Frazee was just “pulling her chain”. Kenney is the one who suggested putting ambien in the macchiato. @KOAA #KrystalKenney #PatrickFrazee
It was Krystal who tried establishing rapport & gave her the number to the burner phone on the Sept. 23 visit. Krystal destroyed that phone & actually got another burner phone before her Oct. 15 visit to Kelsey’s home, defense & Slater agree. @KOAA #KrystalKenney #PatrickFrazee
Slater confirming Kenney brought an aluminum bat the third time, which he agrees (with the defense) was the closest she came to committing the crime. Defense points out she didn’t once warm Kelsey Berreth about what was happening. @KOAA #KrystalKenney #PatrickFrazee
Defense points out Kenney said she didn’t think Kelsey was abusing Kaylee, but still drove to Kelsey’s townhome on multiple occasions to try to kill Kelsey Berreth. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Defense adds Kenney used towels to cover a window above the sink, which is on the same wall as the front door to Berreth’s townhome. Defense going through Kenney’s clean-up efforts now. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Frazee is staring straight ahead, sometimes blinking his eyes and turning them toward Agent Slater. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Again, Krystal Kenney never saw Kelsey Berreth’s body. She never noticed an odor at the ranch or at Frazee’s residence. Kenney went as far as to remove the IDs from Berreth’s wallet to ensure they’d burn. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #ParrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Defense acknowledging Kenney deliberately throwing off law enforcement with the cell phone. Slater says that was at Frazee’s direction. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Defense asking about Kenney’s view of Frazee. Slater says Frazee was Krystal’s first love & that she still loved him. This was taken from interviews with her. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Defense asking if neighbors (especially the one whose surveillance was submitted) noticed anything out of ordinary around Nov. 22. Defense asks if there’s footage of Frazee taking a big tote from the home, entering with a bat, or Kenney entering. Slater says no. @KOAA
There were no reported sightings of Frazee at Nash Ranch between Nov. 22-24. Slater says no. Defense ends question. State is now asking more @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
State asks about Kenney’s details given regarding her cleaning up Berreth’s townhome. Slater says she was very detailed & that’s it’s obvious Krystal has been inside that townhome. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
State reiterates that testing of certain possible blood spots, which Kenney pointed out, is not complete yet. But he touts his 30+ years in law enforcement to say he believes those spots are indeed blood. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
State asking Slater about Michelle Stein, a friend of Krystal’s and former paralegal in Idaho. Michelle, per Slater, was told what happened by Kenney. Kenney said “she’s done with Patrick.” Slater says Michelle told Kenney she needed to tell someone. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth
State is going through details now on facts they’ve provided through previous testimony, emphasizing Frazee’s instructions to Krystal Kenney to kill Kelsey Berreth. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Regarding treatment of the crime scene, state asks if it was treated fairly. Slater says yes. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #KrystalKenney #PatrickFrazee
Questioning done. Stiegerwald now asking the court to review the third count, felony murder tied to robbery, and suggests the judge review evidence presented today to toss that count out. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
State replies that the sequence of events is irrelevant. Defense argued the theft took place after the alleged murder. Again, state says that doesn’t matter. Defense now citing case law. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Judge, citing statutes for proof evident presumption great hearing, says the people have established probable cause in both first-degree murder counts. Same for all three solicitation counts. @KOAA #PatrickFrazee #KelseyBerreth
Judge finds proof evident for tampering with evidence too. He’ll be held without bond. Judge asked defense to set trial or arraignment. Defense asks for arraignment, saying the DA’s Office just emailed 3,300 pages of discovery to him. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
Judge now addressing motions to unseal the arrest (probable cause) affidavit. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Defense still wants it sealed & would like the media to talk with the defense before requesting future motions. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
DA Dan May says he has no objection to releasing any of the search or arrest warrants after talking with law enforcement. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
May says there were 32 search warrants in conversation with the defense. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
.@KRDONC13 coming forward to voice their case for a motion to unseal the documents. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Defense wants a hearing to unseal the entire docket. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Judge ruled to release the arrest warrant, but deferred judgment on the entire docket. Should be released later today or tomorrow — they need time to redact. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Judge Sells admits he hasn’t reviewed all search warrants, so he will not release those yet. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
State now bringing up its motion for consumptive testing (first brought back on Dec. 31). Defense says it’s not ready to address that. Judge set that for a separate legal argument hearing on March 4 at 8:30 a.m. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Defense asks court to amend order limiting contact from Patrick Frazee to Kaylee Frazee. They’re asking for the court to address it moving forward. Judge agrees. That’s all for today @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
.@TCSOPIO tells us, through conversation with @CoCourts, the affidavit should be released around 9:30 a.m. tomorrow. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
We’re standing by for a press conference with @4thJudicialDA about today’s hearing. It will be streamed live on KOAA.com & our @KOAA Facebook page. #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Here we go. DA Dan May giving a summary of today’s hearing. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Lead Prosecutor Jennifer Viehman also providing a summary on the evidence presented. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Viehman is running through the times they say Frazee solicited Kenney to kill Kelsey Berreth. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Prosecutors are saying Kaylee was in the back room while the murder happened. They say Kelsey was killed in the living room. Blame the courtroom acoustics. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #ParrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
May says at a trial that Kenney would come forward and present that evidence against Frazee. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
May says motive isn’t something they need to prove, and it wasn’t talked about much today. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Viehman clarifying they found Krystal Kenney through phone records, especially through Frazee’s phone. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
Presser is done. Check @KOAA platforms for a myriad of information about today’s hearing. #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
