CO CO - Kelsey Berreth, 29, Woodland Park, Teller County, 22 Nov 2018 - *Arrest* #65

[PiertotumLocomotor]

this makes me think of that TX DA who "stabbed" the mattress over and over again in the murder trial of a woman accused of killing her husband - she's the famous one - can't think of her name now - will edit - but in closing what if they swing a bat 15 times?????

ETA:Texas woman who stabbed husband to death gets second chance at sentencing - CNN.com
Kelli Siegler re-enacted it in court. ugh.

That reminds me of a case where the DA in his closing statement (I think) slammed his hand on the table 7 or 8 times to represent how many times the victim was hit. I can’t remember which case. I just remember that because it had a profound effect on the jury- some members jumped when they heard the slams.

Hopefully someone knows which case I’m talking about. Regardless, I think that is a very effective method that sits with the jury before they go into deliberations.

 

[Mert]

I am at work and in tears. I can't imagine it being my daughter.

I am also.

 

[Yellow Rose]

With testimony like that which this DA has brought to court, I can not even imagine much time for the jury to be out.

 

[girlhasnoname]

NOV 15 - MORNING BREAK

Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
NEW: Bloodstain pattern analyst testifies that crime scene and testimony is consistent w/ accusations #PatrickFrazee beat #KelseyBerreth to death. "Oh absolutely," analyst says. Could have been 10-15 swings, maybe more, he says. @csgazette
10:24 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
Analyst says blood found in #KelseyBerreth's condo is consistent with someone swinging an object onto a blood source, causing splatters across the condo. #PatrickFrazee is accused of beating Berreth to death with a baseball bat. @csgazette
10:25 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Ashley Franco on Twitter
This morning we’re hearing from a crime scene expert. He essentially rebuilt the crime scene in #KelseyBerreth townhome. He said there was nothing in about the blood that made him think the crime was accidental. @KKTV11News #PatrickFrazee
10:25 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Ashley Franco on Twitter
We saw a video of #KrystalLee showing investigators around the townhome and pointing out where she saw blood. Expert says her explanation of blood splatter is consistent essentially with a person being hit with a heavy object while they were on the ground. @KKTV11News
10:25 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Sam Kraemer on Twitter
We’ve heard powerful testimony from Jonathyn Priest, a well-known crime scene reconstruction and blood stain pattern analyst. He explains the documented blood stains are consistent with Krystal Kenney’s story. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
10:26 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Sam Kraemer on Twitter
He says the tiny spots of blood (less than 2-3 mm in size) are actually indicative and consistent with a large force striking a blood source. We saw body cam video of Kenney leading police through Berreth’s home and pointing out where she saw blood. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth
10:27 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Ashley Franco on Twitter
Expert also examined a piece of floorboard in court. He said he saw dents on it consistent with a heavy object, such as a bat, hitting the floor. #PatrickFrazee allegedly told #KrystalLee to look for marks on the floor from the bat hitting the floor. @KKTV11News
10:28 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
"People aren't easy to kill, they're very resilient. And beatings are nasty, in that they don't really have the effect that they may have on television," the analyst testified. @csgazette #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
10:28 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Sam Kraemer on Twitter
Kenney points out an arc on the east wall, where the TV is. She says it’s thicker toward the bottom. Priest says that’s consistent with a blood source low on the ground. He says blood spots high on the wall show it likely flew off the bat. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
10:28 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Sam Kraemer on Twitter
Also, in the video taken around 11:15 a.m. Dec. 21, Kenney is seen wearing a CBI agent jacket and hat. It seems like police wanted to conceal her identity that day. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
10:29 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
A video was shown of Krystal Lee, who was #PatrickFrazee's mistress, pointing out to investigators all of the blood splatters that she saw and cleaned up inside #KelseyBerreth's condo in Woodland Park.@csgazette
10:29 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Ashley Franco on Twitter
Expert also noted the blood in the floorboards. He said that would be consistent with pool of blood from a”blood source” being on the floor in the living room. @KKTV11News
10:29 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Jennifer Kovaleski on Twitter
Prosecutors call blood stain & crime scene reconstruction expert in #PatrickFrazee trial. Expert testifies blood stain found in Berreth’s condo is consistent with a baseball bat. Says blood found under floor boards is “more than a drop of blood, this is a lot of blood...”
10:29 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
Blood spatter in #KelseyBerreth's kitchen -- on refrigerator, coffee maker & high on a wall -- consistent w/ having come from one object bludgeoning a blood source (as in flying off whatever is being swung from one direction to another), analyst says. @csgazette #PatrickFrazee
10:30 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
A wall in #KelseyBerreth's living room, opposite the front door, was described as having had a large amount of blood down low, and then more scattered splatter higher up. @csgazette #PatrickFrazee
10:30 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Sam Kraemer on Twitter
Priest testified the blood stains on the floorboards are most significant, because they show a large pool of blood was able to sleep through the connection points. He says it could take up to an hour for blood to dry, depending on temp, humidity and volume. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth
10:31 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
Blood patterns on that wall were consistent with a blood source being low, near the floor or on the floor, at the time the impacts were rendered, analyst testifies.
@csgazette #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
10:31 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
The analyst, Jonathyn Priest, a retired 30-year police officer, testified that he was unsurprised that some items of house didn't test positive for blood. "Bleach and blood don't get along even a little bit. Bleach is a big DNA killer."
@csgazette #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
10:31 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Sam Kraemer on Twitter
DA Dan May had Priest examine a specific piece of the floorboard. Priest says it had two significant round indentations in it, which he says would be consistent with a wooden baseball bat striking the ground. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
10:32 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Jennifer Kovaleski on Twitter
Blood stain expert testifies that you could fit a body in black tote bag and says given the description on the blood stains it would take a substantial impact to create. Estimates 10-15 strikes, could be more. #patrickfrazee #kelseyberreth @DenverChannel
10:32 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
The analyst also testified that two indentations on a piece of hardwood flooring from #KelseyBerreth's condo was "certainly consistent" with having come form a baseball bat. @csgazette #PatrickFrazee
10:32 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
The analyst also testifies about marks on the floorboards that are consistent with blood pooling and leaching into the joints between the boards.
@csgazette #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee

10:32 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
"To create this stain, that requires a signicifant blood source in order for the blood to flow in there. This is more than a drop of blood. This is a lot of blood," analyst testifies, of blood markings on #KelseyBerreth's livingroom floorboards. @csgazette #PatrickFrazee
10:32 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Clayton Sandell on Twitter
A prosecution blood spatter expert just testified that the amount of blood reportedly found in Kelsey Berreth’s condo suggests it may have taken 10 to 15 blows from a baseball bat to kill her. #PatrickFrazee is on trial for her murder. .Jury may get the case later today. @ABC
10:35 AM - 15 Nov 2019

You are a true professional at this Pommy, good to see you!

 

[dixiegirl1035]

I’m so glad they weren’t though! Ever since the Caylee Anthony case judges are more cautious about it. That jury refused to find her guilty on anything (multiple available charges like child neglect, etc.) that would’ve led to a sentencing phase and more sequestration.

“Courts have generally moved away from sequestration during jury deliberation in recent years, and sequestration during the evidence portion of the trial is particularly uncommon.”

“Being sequestered means staying in a hotel with strict limits on your personal movement, on what you can read and watch, and on your communication with friends and family. The confinement and isolation can take a heavy toll on jurors as a trial drags on, ratcheting up the pressure to reach a verdict, according to experts. “People describe, initially, loneliness, boredom, and discomfort,” said Greg Hurley, an analyst with the National Center for State Courts. “That will convert over time for some people to a lot of anxiety, stress, depression, and generally negative feelings … You’re removed from your lifestyle: You’re not going to have your TV, your couch, your loved ones, your pets,” he said.”
How the Psychological Toll of Isolation Might Be Affecting Bill Cosby Jurors

“It’s rare. I can’t recall a North Carolina jury that has been sequestered. Based on the scarcity of appellate case law interpreting or applying G.S. 15A-1236(b), it seems that sequestration is not even requested very often. (Summaries of the relevant cases appear at the end of this post.) This Slate article asserts that sequestration “has fallen so far out of favor that judges rarely bother anymore,” because jurors don’t like it and tend to drop out of sequestered trials based on personal hardships.”
Jury Sequestration

The judge tightly controlled the media in this case and it’s not as insane as some cases. I think sequestration is terrible and causes jurors to rush decisions and even to decide not to find a defendant guilty of that would lead to more sequestration.

After the fact, I am liking that forever and ever in eternity, this has been one of the most detailed cases written in the media by tweets. And Then followed by articles which were posted immediately, and then updated for perhaps two or three days to get the entire testimony for it to be documented. It indeed is a new era.

For everyone to see, forever!

It backfired on Patrick who wanted to be very private and didn't want anybody to know and not have media coverage, but the no media coverage made the media step up to the plate, and do very very detailed step-by-step and blow-by-blow testimony for each and every person on the stand. Kudos.

 

[gitana1]

This is so horrible.

I wish, wish, wish Frazee would jump up and yell something like "I only hit her 5 times."

It’s amazing that he can sit there and not relive it. Not have one iota of emotion.

Psychopath.

 

[enelram]

Vincente Arenas
Frazee murder trial update: dramatic testimony this morning. Blood spatter expert says #KelseyBerreth could have been hit by a baseball bat as many as 15 times. Kelsey‘s father and assistant district attorney break down and cry..
@KDVR
@channel2kwgn

There it IS!!!!!! I Knew It!!!

 

[dgfred]

Maybe he thought she’d be dead with one blow. People make that mistake. But if he had beat cows with bats before he’d know that’s not true.

But after 2 or 3 blows to the head it would be obvious that 15 were not needed.

Maybe many of them were to a different part of her body. He was determined to inflict maximum damage... not quickly.

Once at our HS baseball game a batgirl (picks up bats after batter hits) was hit in the mouth by the on-deck hitter (next hitter in order) standing off to the side. Knocked like 4 or 5 of her front teeth. It was accidental, not at maximum strength, and devastating all at once. Think what a grown man could do to a head using maximum strength... horrible.

 

[Yellow Rose]

It’s amazing that he can sit there and not relive it. Not have one iota of emotion.

Psychopath.

He is probably relishing it in his mind. He's a sick *advertiser censored*

 

[GordianKnot]

Daniela Leon
@danielaleontv
·
26m

This testimony is difficult for the #Berreth family. Her father is crying, prosecutors have teary eyes. At one point Dan May stopped questioning and asked #Berreth’s dad if he’s ok
@FOX21News

This is horrific.


I'm devastated for KB's poor dad.

He's being forced to listen to the graphic account of how his beloved daughter's body was beaten, and broken, and battered, while her savage killer sits blankly staring mere feet away.

Listening to how his daughter pleaded for her life, until her voice was silenced.

It must have been exceedingly difficult for the DA to call forth such testimony, knowing full well how traumatic hearing such graphic details would be to KB's dad.

Dan May: You're a Hero, Sir.

Thank you and the entire prosecution team for doing a yeoman's work throughout the trial.

Justice must be served.

 

[Gardener1850]

What will the defense say?

Seriously. How can the defense claim KB wasn't murdered in her home? This testimony is the final death knell of any hope the defense has at claiming that she was murdered elsewhere by KK
(no pun intended).

MOO.

 

[PommyMommy]

Well there goes your "frequent nose bleeds" theory, right down the drain! Like, yeah .... right you moron PF

Right?!

A little louder for the people in the back:

PATRICK FRAZEE TRIAL: Blood spatter 'absolutely' fits baseball bat murder
[...]

A bloodstain pattern analyst testified that blood left in Berreth's Woodland Park townhouse is consistent with the account of a grisly attack described on the stand earlier this month by Frazee's mistress.

"Oh absolutely," said the expert, retired police officer Jonathyn Priest.

[...]

Priest said a victim of such a beating could have been conscious beyond the first blow — enough to say "Please, stop," as Berreth allegedly told Frazee in seeking mercy.

[...]

Priest told the jury he wasn't surprised by gaps in DNA at the crime scene, given that Frazee's mistress allegedly used bleach to clean up afterward.

"To create this stain, that requires a significant blood source in order for the blood to flow in there," Priest said of the hardwood floor. "This is more than a drop of blood. This is a lot of blood."

[...]

 

[PiertotumLocomotor]

Daniela Leon
@danielaleontv
·
26m

This testimony is difficult for the #Berreth family. Her father is crying, prosecutors have teary eyes. At one point Dan May stopped questioning and asked #Berreth’s dad if he’s ok
@FOX21News

Oh bless him...

 

[girlhasnoname]

I'm just sitting here hugging my little Frenchie wondering how someone can be so evil and cruel to such a wonderful, kind and caring, innocent person like Kelsey. She really had no clue what he was capable of. IMO

I feel so gutted.

 

[Snowsnake]

The fact that she was hit by a baseball bat as many as 15 times doesn't necessarily mean that he beat her after she was dead.

I think it's actually much, much worse than that.

I think KB was alive for most, if not all, of those blows to her body.

He's Evil Incarnate.

JMO.

I agree with your assessment. Blood continues to flow while the heart is beating. It stops flowing when the heart stops. It then pools in the body. I think her heart was still beating while PF continued to bludgeon her. He was obsessed with inflicting as much pain and destruction as possible.

 

[Megnut]

Kelsey fought for her life. She had a baby to protect.

I'm horrified... for what Kelsey endured, for her family, having to hear this.... he was alone with Baby K for HOURS.... we can be sure he was ignoring her....

There is just no humanity in this.

 

[LovesPeace2]

NOV 15 - MORNING BREAK

Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
NEW: Bloodstain pattern analyst testifies that crime scene and testimony is consistent w/ accusations #PatrickFrazee beat #KelseyBerreth to death. "Oh absolutely," analyst says. Could have been 10-15 swings, maybe more, he says. @csgazette
10:24 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
Analyst says blood found in #KelseyBerreth's condo is consistent with someone swinging an object onto a blood source, causing splatters across the condo. #PatrickFrazee is accused of beating Berreth to death with a baseball bat. @csgazette
10:25 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Ashley Franco on Twitter
This morning we’re hearing from a crime scene expert. He essentially rebuilt the crime scene in #KelseyBerreth townhome. He said there was nothing in about the blood that made him think the crime was accidental. @KKTV11News #PatrickFrazee
10:25 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Ashley Franco on Twitter
We saw a video of #KrystalLee showing investigators around the townhome and pointing out where she saw blood. Expert says her explanation of blood splatter is consistent essentially with a person being hit with a heavy object while they were on the ground. @KKTV11News
10:25 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Sam Kraemer on Twitter
We’ve heard powerful testimony from Jonathyn Priest, a well-known crime scene reconstruction and blood stain pattern analyst. He explains the documented blood stains are consistent with Krystal Kenney’s story. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
10:26 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Sam Kraemer on Twitter
He says the tiny spots of blood (less than 2-3 mm in size) are actually indicative and consistent with a large force striking a blood source. We saw body cam video of Kenney leading police through Berreth’s home and pointing out where she saw blood. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth
10:27 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Ashley Franco on Twitter
Expert also examined a piece of floorboard in court. He said he saw dents on it consistent with a heavy object, such as a bat, hitting the floor. #PatrickFrazee allegedly told #KrystalLee to look for marks on the floor from the bat hitting the floor. @KKTV11News
10:28 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
"People aren't easy to kill, they're very resilient. And beatings are nasty, in that they don't really have the effect that they may have on television," the analyst testified. @csgazette #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
10:28 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Sam Kraemer on Twitter
Kenney points out an arc on the east wall, where the TV is. She says it’s thicker toward the bottom. Priest says that’s consistent with a blood source low on the ground. He says blood spots high on the wall show it likely flew off the bat. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
10:28 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Sam Kraemer on Twitter
Also, in the video taken around 11:15 a.m. Dec. 21, Kenney is seen wearing a CBI agent jacket and hat. It seems like police wanted to conceal her identity that day. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
10:29 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
A video was shown of Krystal Lee, who was #PatrickFrazee's mistress, pointing out to investigators all of the blood splatters that she saw and cleaned up inside #KelseyBerreth's condo in Woodland Park.@csgazette
10:29 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Ashley Franco on Twitter
Expert also noted the blood in the floorboards. He said that would be consistent with pool of blood from a”blood source” being on the floor in the living room. @KKTV11News
10:29 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Jennifer Kovaleski on Twitter
Prosecutors call blood stain & crime scene reconstruction expert in #PatrickFrazee trial. Expert testifies blood stain found in Berreth’s condo is consistent with a baseball bat. Says blood found under floor boards is “more than a drop of blood, this is a lot of blood...”
10:29 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
Blood spatter in #KelseyBerreth's kitchen -- on refrigerator, coffee maker & high on a wall -- consistent w/ having come from one object bludgeoning a blood source (as in flying off whatever is being swung from one direction to another), analyst says. @csgazette #PatrickFrazee
10:30 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
A wall in #KelseyBerreth's living room, opposite the front door, was described as having had a large amount of blood down low, and then more scattered splatter higher up. @csgazette #PatrickFrazee
10:30 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Sam Kraemer on Twitter
Priest testified the blood stains on the floorboards are most significant, because they show a large pool of blood was able to sleep through the connection points. He says it could take up to an hour for blood to dry, depending on temp, humidity and volume. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth
10:31 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
Blood patterns on that wall were consistent with a blood source being low, near the floor or on the floor, at the time the impacts were rendered, analyst testifies.
@csgazette #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
10:31 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
The analyst, Jonathyn Priest, a retired 30-year police officer, testified that he was unsurprised that some items of house didn't test positive for blood. "Bleach and blood don't get along even a little bit. Bleach is a big DNA killer."
@csgazette #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
10:31 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Sam Kraemer on Twitter
DA Dan May had Priest examine a specific piece of the floorboard. Priest says it had two significant round indentations in it, which he says would be consistent with a wooden baseball bat striking the ground. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
10:32 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Jennifer Kovaleski on Twitter
Blood stain expert testifies that you could fit a body in black tote bag and says given the description on the blood stains it would take a substantial impact to create. Estimates 10-15 strikes, could be more. #patrickfrazee #kelseyberreth @DenverChannel
10:32 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
The analyst also testified that two indentations on a piece of hardwood flooring from #KelseyBerreth's condo was "certainly consistent" with having come form a baseball bat. @csgazette #PatrickFrazee
10:32 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
The analyst also testifies about marks on the floorboards that are consistent with blood pooling and leaching into the joints between the boards.
@csgazette #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee

10:32 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
"To create this stain, that requires a signicifant blood source in order for the blood to flow in there. This is more than a drop of blood. This is a lot of blood," analyst testifies, of blood markings on #KelseyBerreth's livingroom floorboards. @csgazette #PatrickFrazee
10:32 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Clayton Sandell on Twitter
A prosecution blood spatter expert just testified that the amount of blood reportedly found in Kelsey Berreth’s condo suggests it may have taken 10 to 15 blows from a baseball bat to kill her. #PatrickFrazee is on trial for her murder. .Jury may get the case later today. @ABC
10:35 AM - 15 Nov 2019

Just damn

 

[PiertotumLocomotor]

It would be very stupid of a prosecution to state in opening that the jury will see something that doesn’t exist. I’ve never seen that myself.

I have seen the defense do that though.

Didn’t Jose Baez do that in his opening? Accused dad of sexual abuse and then never brought it up again?

 

[NoSI]

DA May just dropped the H-bomb.

He started strong.

He's finishing stronger.

Beautifully said @GordianKnot!

 

[Yellow Rose]

Lance Benzel
@lancebenzel
·
5mSTORY : Blood-drenched scene 'absolutely' fits baseball bat murder, expert says #PatrickFrazee #KelseyBerreth https://gazette.com/news/patrick-frazee-trial-blood-spatter-absolutely-fits-baseball-bat-murder/article_b1b294c6-07c0-11ea-8431-7bd219000cdd.html
via
@JakobRodgers

PATRICK FRAZEE TRIAL: Blood spatter 'absolutely' fits baseball bat murder
CRIPPLE CREEK — Florissant rancher Patrick Frazee could have swung a baseball bat 15 times or more as he allegedly murdered his fiancee Kelsey Berreth, a witness told jurors today.
gazette.com