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

[PommyMommy]

OCT 18, 2019
Patrick Frazee murder hearing: 'Bludgeoning of cow' allegations made
A judge denied prosecutors’ last-minute bid to air accusations at trial that Patrick Frazee bludgeoned a cow sometime before investigators say he beat his fiancée to death with a baseball bat at her Woodland Park townhome.

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On Friday, Sells said prosecutors won’t be able to detail allegations at trial that would have painted Frazee as someone with a violent history — including beating animals and being unsafe around children.

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The incident so concerned one fellow rancher that the person said they would never let Frazee have anything to do with their livestock, May said.

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Since Sept. 25, Frazee’s defense team has received 6,000 pages of new evidence in the case, including 220 photographs, 45 gigabytes of files extracted from computers and 1,000 pages of reports from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said Frazee’s public defender, Adam Steigerwald.

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Sells will allow prosecutors to present many of the hearsay comments once the trial gets underway, including comments by Berreth to her mother that the woman’s relationship with Frazee was becoming “hilly,” and that she was considering leaving him.

Berreth also told someone that she had recently been gifted a cup of coffee, which she considered strange.

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[PommyMommy]

OCT 18, 2019
Patrick Frazee makes final court appearance before trial
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During Friday’s hearing, a judge ruled the jury can hear statements Berreth made to her mother and coworkers about her relationship with Frazee, according to KRDO. However, that same judge ruled the jury will not be able to hear allegations that Frazee beat his cattle, saying it doesn’t have value in this particular trial.

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During Friday’s hearing, the judge also heard from both the defense and prosecutors about the decorum ruling in the trial, which allows media and other people in the gallery to live-tweet their observations.

According to KRDO, the judge may update the order.

Frazee’s trial is expected to last three weeks and will begin on Oct. 28. 9NEWS will have two reporters in the courtroom and will provide updates throughout the process.

 

[PommyMommy]

OCT 19, 2019
ACLU/Teller Sheriff’s Showdown Stalled By Frazee Murder Trial | The Mountain Jackpot News
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The lawsuit is being determined in the 4th Judicial District Court, which is the same entity that is working on putting on the Patrick Frazee murder trial later this month.

This week, Frazee, the Florissant resident being charged with the brutal murder of missing Woodland Park woman Kelsey Berreth, will be attending a pre-trial hearing on Friday morning. Frazee’s murder trial is slated to begin on October 28 and the prosecution has said that the trial could take three to four weeks.

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...Since the court’s main judge will be occupied every day for the month, the courts may end up adding a judge to fill in and help with other filings. However, as of now, it is not known what will be done to keep business in the courts running as usual during one of the highest-profile murder trials to hit the county in recent history.

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According to the sheriff’s commander, the murder trial will impact the sheriff’s office along with potentially slowing down court proceedings.

“We are going to have to place extra deputies at the court house for security for the murder trial that the DA’s office said is expected to last a month,” Couch said. “So that’s four weeks that we have to have extra people at the court house to cover that. These people are already working so that’s going to be overtime shifts for many people.”

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[PommyMommy]

Weekend Express with Susan Hendricks on Twitter (Video)
Patrick Frazee is the Colorado man accused of killing his fiancé, and the his trial is quickly approaching. Now attorneys have to determine what evidence should and should not be allowed. Defense Attorney @MoniquePressley discusses how this all could impact a potential jury.
9:00 AM - 21 Oct 2019​

 

[PommyMommy]

10/23/2019 Standing Decorum Order for Jury Selection and Trial

Rob McCallum‏ @rwmccallum
People v. Frazee: Jury selection begins Monday 10/28. Opening statements will take place Friday 11/1 at the earliest, The Court has entered a standing decorum order for trial #KelseyBerreth https://www.courts.state.co.us/userfiles/file/Court_Probation/04th_Judicial_District/Teller/caseofinterest/2018CR330/Frazee%20Decorum%20Order%20Trial.pdf …
2:12 PM - 23 Oct 2019

Lance Benzel‏ @lancebenzel
Lance Benzel Retweeted Rob McCallum
“No live reporting of any kind” from Frazee trial, judge’s decorum order says. @csgazette
2:18 PM - 23 Oct 2019

Lance Benzel on Twitter
And if reporters leave court to file breaking news dispatches — or to use the bathroom — they aren’t allowed back in until next break. #PatrickFrazee @csgazette
2:19 PM - 23 Oct 2019

Lance Benzel‏ @lancebenzel
This would include live-tweeting. Effect here will be a dramatic reduction in what the public learns of the evidence, arguments and rulings in this closely watched case. #PatrickFrazee @csgazette
2:24 PM - 23 Oct 2019

Sam Kraemer‏ @SamKraemerTV
Judge Scott Sells released his decorum order for jury selection and the murder trial of Patrick Frazee. As he said it would be, it's restrictive. #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
6:34 PM - 23 Oct 2019

Sam Kraemer‏ @SamKraemerTV
Sam Kraemer Retweeted Lance Benzel
Bladder control training begins... now?
6:38 PM - 23 Oct 2019

Lance Benzel‏ @lancebenzel
Replying to @SamKraemerTV
Especially while straining to hear over coughs, creaking seats and rumbling semis. This is gonna be a peach.
6:56 PM - 23 Oct 2019

[URL="https://twitter.com/CarolAMcKinley/status/1187146009102536705"]Carol McKinley on Twitter[/URL]
#PatrickFrazee trial judge is worried that key witnesses waiting to testify will monitor #breakingnews from live tweeting /reporting from the courtroom, so he's not allowing it. To report breaking news, reporters must leave the courthouse. #kelseyberreth @abc
7:17 PM - 23 Oct 2019

 

[PommyMommy]

Dr. Mehmet Oz on Twitter (Video)
I’m sitting down today with a friend of missing mom Kelsey Berreth to discuss Berreth’s relationship with her fiancé Patrick Frazee - the man on trial for her murder.
8:00 AM - 24 Oct 2019

 

[PommyMommy]

OCT 25, 2019
Kelsey Berreth murder case: Trial for Patrick Frazee begins Monday
Kelsey Berreth went missing from her home in Woodland Park on November 22 last year. Since then, her disappearance has uncovered an alleged mistress, murder plots and brutal killing.

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It was put on the record early on in the case that the DA's office was not seeking the death penalty. Fourth Judicial District Attorney Dan May explained the decision came after speaking with the Attorney General's office.

"We are not seeking the death penalty in this case, but we did consult with the Attorney General's office. It was their legal opinion that we had no aggravators," he explained.

The trial is set to start on October 28 and will last three weeks. Krystal Lee is anticipated to testify at the trial.

 

[PommyMommy]

OCT 25, 2019
Kelsey Berreth Murder: Jury Selection In Patrick Frazee Trial Begins Monday
Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the trial of a Colorado man accused of murdering the mother of his child. ... Opening statements in the case are not expected to take place until Friday, Nov. 1, at the earliest.

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Investigators spoke to three other people besides Lee, according to the affidavit. Each claimed to know details about a plan Frazee was developing to kill Berreth. It is unclear whether any of the interviewees could have prevented the murder contacting law enforcement before police started the search for her.

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[PommyMommy]

OCT 26, 2019
Media blitz expected for Patrick Frazee trial; national attention not new for Teller County
As the proprietor of a business advertising free water with healing powers in the heart of downtown Woodland Park, WH can’t help but get his fill of gossip from customers about the upcoming trial of Patrick Frazee.

But the dust devil the Frazee case has kicked up — which begins Monday with at least four days of jury selection — has nothing on the media maelstrom that snared WH back in 2001, he says.

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Residents of the nearby town of Cripple Creek, about a 40-minute drive from Woodland Park, might disagree come Monday, when the media crush returns.

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Opening statements are on pace for Friday or Monday, Nov. 4, and media outlets are expected to provide blanket coverage.

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“It’s a rural area, and stuff like this doesn’t happen all the time,” said Bob Wibstad, 52, who lives in the same subdivision as Frazee between Divide and Florissant. “This has been the talk of the town for the last year.”

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Another case that put Teller County under a microscope came in 1992, when 15-year-old Jacob Ind fatally shot and stabbed his parents as they slept in their home in an upscale subdivision of Woodland Park.

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The Frazee case has divided Teller County’s notoriously independent residents.

Several people who knew Frazee and grew up with him told The Gazette they can’t believe he did it, and pin blame instead on Frazee’s mistress, Krystal Kenney, who is expected to serve as a key witness against him.

Cripple Creek is a town well-known to Frazee and his family. Those who don’t know him personally generally know someone who does.

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“Personally, I think he’s getting shafted somewhere,” said JM, 84, who knew Frazee from the 2 Mile High Club. “I don’t think he’s that kind of guy. And that is the general opinion on the street in Cripple Creek. He’s a decent, normal guy.”

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“We hope they fry his *advertiser censored*,” said DW, 52, a Teller County resident of 26 years, even though prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty. “We don’t like people treating our women like that up here. (In) Teller County, we like to think of ourselves as old-fashioned America.”

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“Even if he comes out of this not guilty, he won’t be able to live in this town,” the bartender said. “There’s no way. They will run him out of here.”

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Updates from inside the courthouse will be sparse. A judge has banned any live-reporting from the trial, including the use of Twitter to report on testimony.

Reporters will be able to file dispatches during just a few windows during testimony: morning break, lunch break and afternoon break. Anyone leaving to alert the public to breaking news — or to use the bathroom — will be barred from reentry until after the next break.

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In this town of 1,200 people, some people wonder if jury summonses issued across Teller County for the trial could outnumber the town’s population.

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“We live up here for people like that to stay away — for people who are up to no good to stay away,” she said.

 

[Seattle1]

Oct 27, 2019

Patrick Frazee is set to stand trial for the murder of Kelsey Berreth. Here's what we know about the case so far.

The article provides a comprehensive overview of the case, including:

• Copies of search warrants
• Cell info
• Video of interview w/ CB
• Video of pcs by DA May
• Content of text messages b/t KB and PF phones

 

[PommyMommy]

Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
Good morning, everyone. I'm in Cripple Creek this morning to cover jury selection for the trial of #PatrickFrazee, who is accused of bludgeoning his fiancee #KelseyBerreth to death last year. @csgazette

7:37 AM - 28 Oct 2019

Jakob Rodgers on TwitterThere's a solid 5 inches of snow up here, all of which fell overnight, and it's still coming down.
Several Teller County schools have closed for the day, as have courts in El Paso County. But it appears here in Teller, it's still a go.
#PatrickFrazee #KelseyBerreth @csgazette
7:40 AM - 28 Oct 2019

Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
In a change from previous hearings, the judge in this #PatrickFrazee case has barred live reporting, such as tweeting, from in and around the courthouse during the trial. But I'll provide as much information as possible.
#KelseyBerreth @csgazette
7:49 AM - 28 Oct 2019

Carol McKinley on Twitter
Jury selection could be slowed down because of treacherous driving in this storm. #FrazeeTrial #KelseyBerreth @ABC

8:08 AM - 28 Oct 2019

Stephanie (Butzer) Rose on Twitter
The trial, including jury selection, for #PatrickFrazee — who's accused of murdering his 29-year-old fiancée #KelseyBerreth on Thanksgiving 2018 — is set to begin today in Cripple Creek. http://bit.ly/2Pr9wOa

8:14 AM - 28 Oct 2019

Stephanie (Butzer) Rose on Twitter
Of course, yesterday's/today's snow could delay this.
8:15 AM - 28 Oct 2019

Allison Sylte on Twitter
Despite the snow, jury selection is still on for the Patrick Frazee trial. Court officials say 125 potential jurors are expected to arrive this morning, out of 1,750 total summons. To put that into context, the population of Teller County is 24,646.

8:44 AM - 28 Oct 2019

Sam Kraemer on Twitter
FRAZEE TRIAL: Good morning all. Patrick Frazee’s murder trial is set to start today with jury selection in Teller County. Have to wonder how that will be impacted by the snow.
@KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
8:58 AM - 28 Oct 2019

Stephanie (Butzer) Rose on Twitter
Colorado judicial spokesman Rob McCallum said opening statements will begin no earlier than Friday, as they are expecting the jury selection to take several days. #PatrickFrazee #KelseyBerreth
9:35 AM - 28 Oct 2019

 

[PommyMommy]

OCT 28, 2019
Patrick Frazee's trial in death of fiancée to start Monday
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Previously, prosecutors in the case said they wanted a jury pool of 250, noting that it may be difficult to seat a jury due to the publicity of the case. The defense, which had similar concerns, asked for 300, according to KOAA .

Twelve people will be picked for the jury, in addition to four alternate jurors.

Colorado judicial spokesman Rob McCallum said opening statements will begin no earlier than Friday, as they are expecting the jury selection to take several days.

The trial is expected to last three weeks. Prosecutors whittled down the number of witnesses from 255 to a significantly lower number in order to accommodate the trial, which was originally scheduled for three months, according to KOAA .

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Patrick Frazee murder trial begins in Cripple Creek
Jury selection for the trial of Florissant rancher Patrick Frazee appeared ready to begin on time Monday morning amid a snowstorm that left roads slick and packed with snow.

Several people began congregating outside the courthouse shortly before 8 a.m. as Cripple Creek prepared for one of its largest and most notorious trials in recent memory.

Jury selection, set to begin at 8:30 a.m., is expected to last for much of this week with opening statements expected either Friday or Nov. 4.

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[PommyMommy]

OCT 28, 2019
Patrick Frazee murder trial begins with jury selection under way in Cripple Creek
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One of every 14 people in Teller County was expected to receive a summons for the trial, said Rob McCallum, a Colorado judicial branch spokesman.

In all, 1,750 jury summonses were sent to Teller County residents — 500 more than the entire population of Cripple Creek, the gambling town hosting the trial.

Of them, 12 jurors and four alternates will be chosen to rule on Frazee, 33, who faces several felony charges in connection with the killing.

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About 125 people were expected to show up Monday morning, McCallum said. Of that figure, 85 people were ultimately led into the courtroom as potential jurors.

Another 125 people are expected to report each morning until the jury is seated.

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By midday Monday, slightly more than 30 people had been dismissed. All were due to hardships they said they'd endure at trial: Lost income, concerns about their businesses staying afloat and an inability to find other caregivers for their relatives.

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Opening arguments in the case are tentatively slated for Friday afternoon.

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[PommyMommy]

OCT 28, 2019

 

[Seattle1]

Kelsey Berreth murder case: Court begins whittling 1,750 summons down to 12 jurors, 4 alternates

Oct 28, 2019

Of the 85 potential jurors who came to court on Monday morning, 32 were dismissed by the lunch break for personal or financial restrictions. During the afternoon, the prosecution and defense individually questioned each of the remaining potential jurors, a process called void dire.

A vast majority of the potential jurors had seen some sort of news coverage of the case, be it on the local news, network shows such as 48 Hours, or on Facebook. This alone did not immediately disqualify anyone; instead, the prosecution and defense seemed more concerned about whether this coverage swayed their opinions about Frazee’s guilt, and if they could be impartial despite what they know.

Most of the 14 jurors who were dismissed after lunch Monday afternoon said they already believed that Frazee is guilty. Others openly said they didn’t want to serve on the jury. One member of the pool graduated from the same high school class as Frazee and had worked with him. He too was excused.

 

[Seattle1]

Kelsey Berreth murder case: Court begins whittling 1,750 summons down to 12 jurors, 4 alternates

Oct 28, 2019

The trial is scheduled to last 18 days. Sells told jurors he anticipated it ending by Nov. 22, but that it could extend into the week of Thanksgiving.

Here is a look at some of the questions prosecutors and the public defenders asked potential jurors on Monday afternoon:

- What do you know about the media coverage of the trial?

- Do you have a strong opinion?

- Can you be impartial?

- Have you or someone you know gone through the justice system?

- Do you think the suspect is guilty?

- What makes you think the suspect was guilty?

- Does critical thinking make someone a good or bad juror?

- Has there been anything in particular that you’ve read about in this case that has kind of stuck with you or bothered you?

- Would you like someone like you on the jury if you were accused of something?

- Do you see the forest through the trees or the tree in the forest?

- Do you think the media always gets it right?

- Do you believe everything you’ve seen in media?

- Do you want to be on this case?

- What are your hesitations to being a juror on this case?

- Do you have a gut feeling one way or another?

Can you set aside what you’ve heard and base your decision on what you’ve heard in this courtroom?

9NEWS will have a crew in Cripple Creek for the duration of the trial. We will go live on Facebook each day with the latest updates, as well as provide written recaps of each day’s testimony.

 

[PommyMommy]

OCT 28, 2019
How Berreth's disappearance evolved into a murder trial
Kelsey Berreth, 29, was last seen publicly on Nov. 22, after a quick trip to a grocery store in Woodland Park. The mother and pilot, though, wasn't reported missing until Dec. 2, when her mother, Cheryl, called Berreth's fiancé with questions.

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The case took a turn toward the criminal realm, publicly, on Dec. 14. Law enforcement — including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, the Teller County Sheriff's Office and Woodland Park Police Department — served a search warrant on the 35-acre Frazee Ranch in Florissant.

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Search warrant returns revealed they found teeth and bloody sheets among dozens of other items, though it's unknown if any of that related to Berreth.

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"We are asking Patrick to sit down with investigators since he is the last person to talk with Kelsey face-to-face, based on our investigation," De Young said on Dec. 14.

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He faces eight total charges — two counts of first-degree murder, three counts of solicitation to commit first-degree murder, one count of tampering with a deceased human body and two counts of a crime of violence.

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"Patrick kills Kelsey in a horrific manner, with a bat in the back of the head, as Kelsey is sniffing candles with a blindfold over her eyes," said Jennifer Viehman, lead prosecutor for the case.

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Berreth's body still has not been found. Jury selection for the trial began Monday, and the trial will begin after the jury is seated. It's expected to last around three weeks.

News 5's Sam Kraemer is breaking down the case all week leading up to the trial. He'll take a closer look at Kenney's role in the crime, some of the evidence and statistics on "no body murders".

 

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OCT 29, 2019
Hundreds of potential jurors will walk through a tiny courthouse built in 1905. Here’s what that looks like.
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Handling all of these would-be jurors has required the Teller County Courthouse to call in reinforcements. Some of these volunteers had a relatively short drive from neighboring El Paso County, but others came all the way from Adams County — a roughly 2.5 hour drive through sometimes windy mountain roads in wintry conditions.

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The three prosecutors — including Fourth Judicial District Attorney Dan May — are seated directly in front of Judge Scott Sells. A clerk seated in front of the judge is tasked with writing what was said during the proceedings verbatim, which could amount to up to 90,000 words a day.

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Frazee has not visibly shown emotions during this part of the proceeding, though he has intently watched all of the questioning.

All of the people who have been asked to return to final selection have been told to return to the courthouse by 8:15 a.m. on Friday, with a hope 12 jurors and four alternates can be seated that day.

The court plans to call back 90 jurors on Friday. Thirty five people were told to return on Monday, and jury selection is scheduled for until Thursday.

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[PommyMommy]

It's day two of jury selection for the trial against the man accused of killing Woodland Park mom Kelsey Berreth. Here's a recap from Reporter Jennifer Meckles.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=2783513265000752

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[PommyMommy]

OCT 29, 2019

Day 2 of jury selection for the trial of the man accused of killing Woodland Park mom Kelsey Berreth is over. Here's an update on where things stand right now.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1367928916704770