CO CO - Kelsey Berreth, 29, Woodland Park, Media, Maps and Timelines *NO DISCUSSION*

[PommyMommy]

AUG 23, 2019
District Attorney Dan May gives an update on the case after the motions hearing.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=2413380998931768

 

[PommyMommy]

AUG 23, 2019
Patrick Frazee defense gets deadline for identifying 'alternate suspects' in Kelsey Berreth's apparent murder
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While being quizzed about his toddler daughter at the Teller County jail days after his arrest, Frazee claimed that he’d had repeated contact with Berreth in the days following Thanksgiving, when she was allegedly murdered.

The defense argues the statements shouldn’t be admissible because Frazee was in custody at the jail, and the DHS worker asked incriminating questions.

Prosecutors countered that the employee, Mary Longmire, was trying to find the best possible placement for Frazee’s daughter while he was jailed, and that Longmire followed the law in how she distributed the confidential information.

“She was not working at the behest of law enforcement or knowledge of law enforcement,” prosecutor Viehman said. “She was doing her job.”

The visit by DHS was prompted by a report from Woodland Park police that the toddler girl could have been exposed to violence on or around the holiday.

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[PommyMommy]

AUG 30, 2019
Patrick Frazee's allegations that Kelsey Berreth was abusive to be allowed in court
Patrick Frazee‘s allegations that his fiance Kelsey Berreth abused their 1-year-old daughter will be part of the evidence in the murder case against Frazee, a Teller County judge ruled Friday.

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Frazee’s attorneys argued that the statements couldn’t be used at trial because he was not advised of his Miranda rights before his Dec. 26 interview with a Teller County Department of Human Services caseworker in the county jail. But Judge Scott Sells found the caseworker did not need to read Frazee his rights because she was not a law enforcement officer and Frazee voluntarily agreed to participate in the interview.

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During the interview, Frazee alleged that Berreth was physically abusive to their daughter, Kaylee.

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[PommyMommy]

08/30/2019 Order Regarding Defendant's Motion to Suppress Statements

Colorado Judicial Branch - Teller - Cases of Interest - The People of the State of Colorado v. Patrick Frazee

 

[PommyMommy]

AUG 30, 2019
Patrick Frazee’s allegations that Kelsey Berreth abused daughter to be allowed in court – Canon City Daily Record
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Frazee’s lawyers wanted to block their client’s statements from the interview because the caseworker asked “incriminating questions” about dates related to the criminal case. The caseworker, Mary Longmire, was tasked with learning more about Frazee and where the couple’s child was during Berreth’s disappearance so she could recommend to a judge who should have custody of the child until the end of trial.

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Judge denies Patrick Frazee’s bid to exclude statements in murder trial
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Frazee’s defense attorneys asked the court last week to exclude incriminating statements Frazee made Dec. 26 at the Teller County Jail while he was being quizzed about his toddler by DHS employee Mary Longmire. In that conversation, Frazee claimed that he’d had repeated contact with Berreth after Thanksgiving.

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[PommyMommy]

AUG 30, 2019
Patrick Frazee Makes Last Main Pre-Trial Court Appearance | The Mountain Jackpot News
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She said that Frazee told her he and Berreth had split custody of their child, and that he had her Sunday through Wednesday, and that they switched Wednesday nights. She said that on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving of last year, they met in Florissant to switch custody of the young girl.

According to Longmire, Frazee said that during this meeting the two (who were engaged at the time) went to a ranch Frazee was working on to talk about their relationship. Berreth then left late to get Frazee over the counter medicine for his ulcers. They then exchanged their child, Kaylee, later that night.

On Thanksgiving Day, Frazee said that the two had planned on Berreth having the child in the morning and Frazee to have her in the afternoon. He told Longmire that he went to Berreth’s house to pick up the child and then took her on some jobs before going to his ranch to have dinner with his family.

Frazee told Longmire that Berreth then called him the day after Thanksgiving, and asked him to keep their child. He said that he talked to Berreth off and on during the weekend after Berreth was last seen. He told Longmire that he talked to Berreth that Saturday when she “lost it.”

Frazee then told Longmire that the last time he heard from her was when she sent him a text on the following Sunday saying, “Do you even love me?” Frazee said that he responded, “Of course I do” and then he never heard back.

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[PommyMommy]

SEPT 5, 2019
Patrick Frazee returns to court in Cripple Creek for a review hearing. Frazee's trial is set to begin next month. He is accused of killing Kelsey Berreth, his fiancee and the mother of his child.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=519950855447828

 

[Gardener1850]

Mon 7:15 AM, Sep 16, 2019


CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. (KKTV) - Defense lawyers could name an alternate suspect in the Kelsey Berreth murder case.

Monday is the deadline for Patrick Frazee's attorneys to say whether or not someone else killed Berreth late last year.

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Frazee's murder trial is set to begin next month. If his attorneys do name an alternate suspect, then the trial could be pushed back.

Monday deadline for Frazee attorneys to name new suspect in Kelsey Berreth murder

 

[303gmf]

Mon 7:15 AM, Sep 16, 2019


CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. (KKTV) - Defense lawyers could name an alternate suspect in the Kelsey Berreth murder case.

Monday is the deadline for Patrick Frazee's attorneys to say whether or not someone else killed Berreth late last year.

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Frazee's murder trial is set to begin next month. If his attorneys do name an alternate suspect, then the trial could be pushed back.

Monday deadline for Frazee attorneys to name new suspect in Kelsey Berreth murder

Thank you Gardner and Pommy M for informative updates! October 28th seemed too long to wait!
Have been “back east” so to speak.. in Connecticut catching up on Jennifer Dulos tragic case with many sad reminders of Kelsey.

 

[PommyMommy]

KKTV - Updated Tue 7:23 AM, Sep 17, 2019
Deadline passes for Frazee attorneys to name new suspect in Kelsey Berreth murder
The deadline has come and gone for defense lawyers to name an alternate suspect in the Kelsey Berreth murder case.

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A court spokesperson said Monday that were anything to be filed, it would be reviewed Tuesday morning.

11 News is working to confirm whether or not anything was filed late Monday night. The Colorado Judicial Branch website is not showing any new filings in the Frazee case since Aug. 30.

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[PommyMommy]

Rob McCallum on Twitter
People v Frazee: No motions or notices were filed overnight #KelseyBerreth
8:27 AM · Sep 17, 2019

 

[cryscrys]

Rob McCallum on Twitter
People v Frazee: No motions or notices were filed overnight #KelseyBerreth
8:27 AM · Sep 17, 2019

Deleted wrong forum

 

[PommyMommy]

SEP 18, 2019
Alternate suspect named in Kelsey Berreth case
Krystal Lee was named an alternate suspect in the Kelsey Berreth case Wednesday.

According to Colorado Court public information officer Rob McCallum, the defense filed for an alternate defendant on the 17th.

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Patrick Frazee's attorneys expected to place some blame on his girlfriend
Patrick Frazee's attorneys have filed his list of defenses and witnesses for his murder trail, which starts in October.

Despite not naming an alternate suspect by Monday's deadline, court documents filed by Frazee's attorneys say they still plan to put part of the blame on Krystal Kenney, an Idaho nurse who was dating Frazee.

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[PommyMommy]

https://www.courts.state.co.us/user.../Endorsement of Defenses and Witnesses PD.pdf
ENDORSEMENT OF DEFENSES AND WITNESSES

Patrick Frazee, by and through counsel, hereby endorses the following defenses and witnesses:

1. General denial.

2. To the extent the court finds that "Alternate Suspect" is a required endorsed defense despite its absence from Part 7 of Article 1 of Title 18 all other relevant articles of the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning defenses, it is anticipated that as part and parcel to general denial, there may be evidence that other individuals committed or fabricated portions of the crimes alleged against Mr. Frazee, to include Krystal Lee. All evidence presented by the defense will comport with the rules of evidence, to include Rules 402 and 403, as pertinent to this endorsement.

3. John Gonglach, Investigator for the State Public Defenders Office

4. Jesus Manuel Roldan, Investigator for the State Public Defenders Office

5. All witnesses endorsed by the prosecution in their various witness endorsements.

 

[303gmf]

https://www.courts.state.co.us/user.../Endorsement of Defenses and Witnesses PD.pdf
ENDORSEMENT OF DEFENSES AND WITNESSES

Patrick Frazee, by and through counsel, hereby endorses the following defenses and witnesses:

1. General denial.

2. To the extent the court finds that "Alternate Suspect" is a required endorsed defense despite its absence from Part 7 of Article 1 of Title 18 all other relevant articles of the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning defenses, it is anticipated that as part and parcel to general denial, there may be evidence that other individuals committed or fabricated portions of the crimes alleged against Mr. Frazee, to include Krystal Lee. All evidence presented by the defense will comport with the rules of evidence, to include Rules 402 and 403, as pertinent to this endorsement.

3. John Gonglach, Investigator for the State Public Defenders Office

4. Jesus Manuel Roldan, Investigator for the State Public Defenders Office

5. All witnesses endorsed by the prosecution in their various witness endorsements.

Wow! Thought deadline had passed?
So blaming Krystal is the strategy...
Or is this just leaving options open if Patrick’s defense needs a lifeline?
Waiting patiently for opinions and thoughts from all

 

[PommyMommy]

SEP 18, 2019
In court filing, Patrick Frazee points to Idaho nurse as alternate suspect in Kelsey Berreth’s death – Canon City Daily Record
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The deadline for filing alternate suspects to the court was Monday, but Frazee’s defense team had not filed those documents by then, Robert McCallum, spokesman for the Colorado Judicial Branch, confirmed. It’s unclear whether a Teller County District Court judge will accept the documents filed Tuesday.

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The filing said as part of Frazee’s denial of the crimes he’s accused of, “it is anticipated that as part and parcel to general denial, there may be evidence that other individuals committed or fabricated portions of the crimes alleged against Mr. Frazee, to include Krystal Lee.”

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[PommyMommy]

Wow! Thought deadline had passed?
So blaming Krystal is the strategy...
Or is this just leaving options open if Patrick’s defense needs a lifeline?
Waiting patiently for opinions and thoughts from all

Hi 303. Please join us in the discussion thread here: Deceased/Not Found - CO - Kelsey Berreth, 29, Woodland Park, Teller County, 22 Nov 2018 - #55 *ARREST*

 

[PommyMommy]

SEP 18, 2019
Attorney explains Frazee's planned defense for murder trial
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While his lawyers did not file a motion to blame the murder on someone else as a defense, they do plan to use an alternate suspect to spark the idea of reasonable doubt.

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The document also includes a component about pointing to an alternate suspect as part of the general denial defense. It's important to note this is not the alternate suspect defense.

"It is anticipated that as part and parcel to general denial, there may be evidence that other individuals committed or fabricated portions of the crimes alleged against Mr. Frazee, to include Krystal Lee (Kenney)...," the document read.

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"You're going to keep that scope as wide as you can. But we can also, in this document, read into it that where they're really putting a lot of their efforts in is going to be attacking the prosecution's star witness, Krystal Lee (Kenney)," Longo said.

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"They want to tear down her credibility as much as possible, and what better way to do that then say she's more involved in this crime then she's going to say, and that gives her the motivation to fabricate what the defendant Patrick Frazee did," Longo said.

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[PommyMommy]

SEP 19, 2019
Patrick Frazee planning to blame girlfriend for Kelsey Berreth's murder
The defense might introduce "evidence that other individuals committed or fabricated portions of the crimes alleged against Mr. Frazee, to include Krystal Lee," according to the memo filed by his lawyer, Payne Steigerwald, in Teller County.

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Defense lawyers missed a Monday night deadline to tell the judge it would present evidence of an alternate suspect. But there's still space, under Colorado statues, for that evidence to be permitted at trial, according to criminal defense lawyer Scott Robinson.

Frazee's defense needs to show Lee had motive and opportunity.

"His defense will have no problem proving that for Krystal Lee," said Robinson, legal analyst for NBC affiliate KUSA. "She has admitted her involvement, and cell phone records place her at the scene."

 

[PommyMommy]

Joey Jackson says, "That dog's not gonna hunt."

MikeGalanosHLN on Twitter (Video)
The murder of young mom #KelseyBerreth has become a he said she said, after her fiancee and accused murderer, Patrick Frazee, points to his one-time girlfriend as the person responsible
1:32 PM · Sep 19, 2019