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JAN 13, 2019
Who was Kelsey Berreth? Quiet life apparently ends in tragedy
Unlike many millennials, Berreth did not have much of a social media presence.

But she did meet Frazee online, Garretson said.

“Kelsey told me that,” said Garretson, who couldn’t confirm whether the two met on the dating site for rural residents, FarmersOnly.com, as has been rumored.

Her Colorado address initially was listed as a post office box in Florissant, the town where Frazee lived and worked on his family’s ranch.

They met in March 2016, said Kate Loucado, who worked with Berreth for a short time.

“She was a farm girl looking for someone with strong family values and someone who held the same beliefs and morals,” Loucado said on a Facebook discussion page. “I think she was awestruck that this handsome cattle rancher was interested.”

In February 2017, Berreth told fellow pilot Kris Ackerman that she was getting married soon.

He last spoke with her in June 2017, when she told him she aspired to fly cargo deliveries or work as an airline pilot.

Garretson said Berreth loved the freedom of flight from a young age and obtained her pilot’s license as a teen.

“I’d forgotten how young she was when she learned how to fly,” her cousin said.

And she was a “damn good pilot," said Loucado.

“Not many in town knew her,” resident Laura Ross said on Facebook. “A few remember seeing her here and there, but she didn’t frequent any place specific. (She was) very private.”

Although Berreth’s parents are active in the Sandpoint Seventh-day Adventist Church in their Idaho community, where several prayer vigils were held, Berreth was not a member of the denomination’s church in Woodland Park, said the Rev. Mike Kissner, pastor.

Her parents visited the church a few weeks ago, he said, likely when they were obtaining temporary custody of their daughter's child, to receive prayers and consolation.
 
Part 3: Twin Falls couple discusses tough call to FBI

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) In our continuing coverage of the Idaho connection to the Kelsey Berreth murder investigation, Joe and Patty Rockstahl are detailing what they knew about Krystal and Patrick Frazee’s relationship.

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“From what I can gather,” Patty said. “I believe she really cared for Patrick but, I also think she was afraid.”

Krystal Lee, a longtime friend of Patrick Frazee, headed to Colorado, as recently as November.
According to Patty, the two have known each other a while, even owning horses together.

“She had known him since she was 18 years old, right out of high school,” Patty said. “I think he had some type of hold on her.”

The Rockstahl’s say, on Krystal’s last trip to Colorado, Michelle begged her best friend not to go.

“Because she was worried about Krystal,” Patty said. “She was very concerned that she was going to meet someone that had asked her to murder someone.”

The Rockstahl’s claim their employee said Frazee threatened Lee, and she may have helped him dispose of evidence.

“I think she maybe got in over her head, maybe used some bad judgment,” Patty said. “If I were afraid for myself or for my children, I don’t know what I would do. “

“What would you say to Patrick?” asked reporter Kelsey Souto.

“It wouldn’t be good,” Patty responded.

“What would you say to Kelsey’s mom right now if you could talk to her?” asked Souto.

“I am going to talk to her,” Patty said. “I’m going to tell her she was a brave woman and I hope someday her daughter's remains are returned home to her family.”

And just as we thought our investigation was nearing the end, another source has come forward and agreed to speak with us. We’ll hear from her this week.
 
Couple who exposed Patrick Frazee knew he planned to murder Kelsey Berreth weeks before her death | Daily Mail Online

The couple who allegedly broke open the Kelsey Berreth murder investigation and may have helped to put Patrick Frazee behind bars are under fire for not speaking out sooner.

Joe and Patty Rockstahl told KMVT that one of their employees came to them in October and said her best friend Krystal Lee had been contacted by a man who wanted her 'to kill the mother of his child.'

The couple, who own a law firm in Idaho, did not share this information with officials at the time, and waited to call the FBI until December 17 - almost a month after Berreth, 29, was last seen alive.

That was also one day after officials announced they were offering up a $25,000 reward for anyone with information about the missing mom.

Many are now lashing out at the Rockstahls and even calling for Joe, an attorney, to be investigated by the Idaho State Bar.

'Wow! Owners of a law firm and they didn’t do a DAMN thing. Heroes?!?! Are you f’n kidding me?!?! They’re monsters!' wrote the victim's brother Clint Berreth on Facebook.

He later responded to a comment calling the pair cowards by stating: 'Those are my exact thoughts too. Hopefully they’re business folds following this.'

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She said that Michelle spoke with Lee and confirmed it was the woman in question, at which point Patty claims to have told her employee, 'your friend has 24 hours to go to the police, or I’m calling them.'

Patty said that she was told the next day that Lee had spoken to authorities.

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Siblings: The two did not contact authorities then or on November 26 when Michelle confirmed that Berreth was the woman in question (Berreth and her brother Clint)

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The Rockstahls claim that it took them two weeks to realize Lee had not gone to police.

And a week after that they called the FBI, one day after the announcement that a $25,000 reward was being offered in the case.

At that point it had been almost two months since they first heard about Lee being solicited to commit murder.

The couple also claimed that Lee had been in possession of Berreth's phone - which had pinged off a cell tower in a nearby town just a few days after she went missing - and that she had sent texts to Berreth's family and employer in the days after the woman disappeared.

These actions were deemed 'preposterous' in a letter that has been submitted to the Idaho State Bar by a friend of the Berreth family.

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JAN 14, 2019
Friend of Krystal Lee begged her not to visit Patrick Frazee in Colorado in November, sources claim
The R's claimed their employee came to them in October and said that a man had asked her best friend, Lee, to murder or help murder the mother of his child, believed to be Berreth. The couple did not contact authorities about this allegation until after Berreth disappeared and PR saw Kelsey’s mother Cheryl Berreth on television, putting together that Berreth was likely the woman connected to the story her employee had shared.

Since then, the couple has apparently learned from Lee’s friend that the registered nurse went to visit Frazee in Colorado as recently as November, but tried to talk her out of it.

“She was concerned about Krystal,” PR said of the friend. “She was very concerned that she was going to meet someone that had asked her to murder someone.”

Patty also told the news station that KL has known Patrick Frazee since she was 18, and that they may have even owned horses together. The precise nature of the relationship between Frazee and Lee, a divorced mother of two, is unclear, though PR claims Frazee has a “hold” on Lee.
 
JAN 14, 2019
Colorado district court: Murder case is sealed
Law enforcement agencies have released little information about Idaho’s connection to a Colorado mom’s disappearance and murder, as speculation and rumors swirl.

Meanwhile, discussion groups on Facebook devoted to the Berreth case grow daily. The Facebook group “Prayers for Kelsey Berreth” has more than 14,000 members. YouTube channels such as Woodland Park Underground continue to focus on the investigation.

The Times-News contacted Lee Richards, spokeswoman for the district attorney’s office in Colorado Springs, on Friday to clarify some conflicting information reported by various news outlets. Richards told the Times-News the case was sealed.

“I can’t answer any questions,” she said.

Media who identified themselves as an NBC reporter, an ABC producer and a freelance photographer for the U.K.’s Daily Mail converged Jan. 4 at a home in Twin Falls County expecting to find the FBI serving a search warrant, they said. What they found were “no trespassing” signs and a heavy chain across the entrance to the property.

Since then, the district attorney’s office in Colorado asked the Twin Falls County Sheriff’s Office to not grant any more interviews, sheriff’s spokeswoman Lori Stewart said.
 
JAN 14, 2019
Idaho couple who spoke in support of nurse connected to Kelsey Berreth murder investigation accused of sitting on critical information until reward money was offered
The moderator of a Facebook discussion group devoted to the case of missing Colorado mother Kelsey Berreth has contacted the Idaho State Bar with a complaint about a couple that has recently come forward to reveal their ties to the investigation.

The Idaho-based couple said they did not think they had enough information in October to contact authorities, but Patty said she did contact law enforcement after seeing Cheryl Berreth on television speaking about her missing daughter.

The R's have been largely uncritical of Lee, who they do not know personally, claiming that she was afraid of Frazee and that he threatened her children.

The moderator of a Facebook group about the Berreth case shared a letter she sent to the Idaho State Bar, alleging that the R's waited until a reward was offered in the investigation before they reported what they had heard.

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The letter, excerpted above, urges the Idaho State Bar to review JR’s conduct in relation to Berreth’s disappearance, specifically in regard to the timing of the couple’s call to law enforcement regarding the claims they had heard from their employee.
 
JAN 16, 2019
https://abcnews.go.com/beta-story-c...ey-berreth-expands-landfill/story?id=60432453
The search for evidence in the case of a missing Colorado mother authorities say was murdered by her fiancé now includes a landfill in Fountain Colorado, ABC News has learned.

A spokeswoman for the Midway Landfill south of Colorado Springs confirmed the facility recently attracted the attention of investigators in the disappearance and presumed murder of 29-year old flight instructor Kelsey Berreth. Her body has not been found.

“The Colorado Bureau of Investigation contacted Waste Management of Colorado regarding a potential search at Midway Landfill and we are cooperating fully,” Waste Management spokeswoman Anne Spitza told ABC News on Wednesday.

The Midway landfill is a roughly 40-mile drive from Woodland Park, where Berreth was last publicly seen shopping on Thanksgiving Day. Police say Frazee was the last person to see Berreth before she vanished.
 
JAN 16, 2019
https://kdvr.com/2019/01/16/landfill-in-fountain-may-now-be-included-in-search-for-kelsey-berreth/
Waste Management did not explicitly specify the purpose of the possible search. There is no word on the timing of the search of the landfill, which is about 20 miles southeast of Colorado Springs.


Authorities turn attention to Colorado landfill for Kelsey Berreth case
11 News confirmed with Waste Management Wednesday night authorities are turning their attention to a landfill in Fountain. Anne Spitza, communication specialist with Waste Management, provided the following statement to 11 News:
The Colorado Bureau of Investigations contacted Waste Management of Colorado regarding a potential search at Midway Landfill and we are cooperating fully.”

11 News reached out to CBI for more information. CBI spokespeson Susan Medina said she had no new information to share publicly on the case.
 
JAN 17, 2019
Officials now searching for missing mom Kelsey Berreth at a Colorado landfill | Daily Mail Online
Officials in Colorado have begun searching a waste management facility just over 40 miles southeast of the home of missing mom Kelsey Berreth.

Authorities are currently looking for possible remains at the Midway Landfill near the town of Wigwam, one month after charging her fiancee Patrick Frazee with her murder.

'The Colorado Bureau of Investigation contacted Waste Management of Colorado regarding a potential search at Midway Landfill and we are cooperating fully,' said a Waste Management spokesperson when asked for comment.

ABC News was the first to report this new development.

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JAN 17, 2019
Search warrant issued for landfill; Kelsey Berreth connection unclear
A search warrant has been issued for the Waste Management Midway Landfill south of Colorado Springs, Gazette news partner KKTV reported.

KKTV and other TV stations have connected the warrant to the search for Kelsey Berreth, but The Gazette has been unable to officially confirm that connection.

The 4th Judicial District Attorney's Office did not immediately respond for comment. Colorado Bureau of Investigation communications director Susan Medina on Thursday declined to comment on the warrant or confirm whether it was related to the Berreth case.

Search for missing Colorado mom Kelsey Berreth leads to landfill
Authorities may be zeroing in on a Colorado landfill in the continuing search for Kelsey Berreth, who is believed to have been murdered by her fiancé after she vanished on Thanksgiving Day.

"The Colorado Bureau of Investigation contacted Waste Management of Colorado regarding a potential search at Midway Landfill and we are cooperating fully," a Waste Management spokesperson said in a statement in FOX31.

The spokesperson said further inquiries should be forwarded to the Fourth Judicial District Attorney's Office.

A spokeswoman confirmed to ABC News the search inquiry was related to Berreth’s disappearance.
 
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JAN 17, 2019
Kelsey Berreth Search: Investigators Look In Landfill
Investigators have zoned in on an area in southern Colorado in their effort to find the body of missing mother Kelsey Berreth. Police have not found the 29 year old’s body but they have said they believe she is dead.

In a statement, Waste Management says the company was contacted by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation about the Midway Landfill.

Police are now focusing on the landfill in Fountain.

CBI asks to search landfill in El Paso County as part of investigation
News5 confirmed that the Colorado Bureau of Investigation reached out to Waste Management about a potential search at the landfill in Midway.

The company told NBC News that it is cooperating with the investigation and also told News5 that the search has not happened yet.

The CBI and the 4th Judicial District have not yet commented about a possible search.

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is one of the agencies handling the investigation into the disappearance of Kelsey Berreth.
 
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