NOV 15 - LUNCH RECESS
Rick Sallinger on Twitter
Patrick Frazee solicited fellow prisoner Jacob Bentley to have key prosecution witness murdered. Bentley testifies with letters from Frazee.
11:52 AM · Nov 15, 2019
Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
BREAKING: Surprise witness for prosecution testifies that
#PatrickFrazee asked him while in jail to use prison gang ties to murder Krystal Lee (Frazee's mistress and a star witness) and other witnesses in this case.
@csgazette #KelseyBerreth
12:04 PM · Nov 15, 2019
Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
#PatrickFrazee promised to help this surprise witness, Jacob Bentley, bond out of the Teller County jail, in exchange for the help, Bentley testified.
@csgazette #KelseyBerreth
12:07 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Ashley Franco on Twitter
#BREAKING:
#PatrickFrazee told jail friend he wanted to kill all witnesses. specifically
#KeystalLee, involved in the trial before the trial started. All of this is written down and was shown to the court.
@KKTV11News #KelseyBerreth
12:08 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
A total of 17 letters, mostly written on napkins, were read aloud in court. A Colorado Bureau of Investigation agent read all of them, and said they appeared to be in
#PatrickFrazee's handwriting.
@csgazette #KelseyBerreth
12:08 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Elise Schmelzer on Twitter
Witness this past weekend gave prosecutors more than a dozen notes that lead investigator says match
#PatrickFrazee handwriting. In notes, lists names of people he allegedly wanted killed:
https://dpo.st/2KqVjNG
12:09 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Elise Schmelzer on Twitter
Seems that defense fought really hard to keep this witness’s testimony from jury. Had multiple closed court sessions about admissability of some evidence, though not 100% sure this was the witness in question.
12:10 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Jennifer Kovaleski on Twitter
Prosecutors call a former inmate to the stand who testifies he was in a prison gang & stayed in the same pod as
#PatrickFrazee in jail. He shared 17 handwritten letters from Frazee where he ask the former inmate to kill several witnesses in the case, including Krystal Lee Kenney.
12:10 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
The letters listed several people in this case: Krystal Lee (who also went by last name Kenney); her father, her siblings, her good friend, her ex-husband... as well as Joseph Moore, a longtime family friend of
#PatrickFrazee, and many others.
@csgazette #KelseyBerreth
12:10 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
"I'm sure she's around family somewhere," one letter apparently penned by
#PatrickFrazee said, in apparent reference to his mistress, Krystal Lee. "I'm sure she's keeping as low a profile as possible, because everyone is watching her."
@csgazette #KelseyBerreth
12:11 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Elise Schmelzer on Twitter
Importantly!
#PatrickFrazee does not admit that he killed
#KelseyBerreth. In alleged notes, says he doesn’t know what happened and that he’s innocent.
https://dpo.st/2KqVjNG
12:12 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Jennifer Kovaleski on Twitter
The letters provide descriptions, phone numbers, and locations of where the witnesses lived. One letter read in court says: “I would really like to see Krystal with a bullet in her head.”
#PatrickFrazee #kelseyberreth @DenverChannel
12:13 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
After one jailhouse letter believed to be from
#PatrickFrazee listed all of the names, it read: "They all need to disappear unseen until at least Nov. 22, after the trial."
@csgazette #KelseyBerreth
12:13 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
The letter to another jail inmate, again believed to be penned by
#PatrickFrazee seeking the murder of witnesses in his case, continued:
"Help! Help! ME PLEASE! I repay however. My life and my little girl's life depends on you!"
@csgazette #KelseyBerreth
12:15 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Elise Schmelzer on Twitter
At one point during testimony about notes,
#PatrickFrazee shook his head. His defense attorneys tried to attack the jailhouse witness, but didn’t cross examine the CBI agent who read through the notes.
https://dpo.st/2KqVjNG
12:15 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
Another
#PatrickFrazee note, apparently re: Krystal Lee: "If you can get a hold of her and get her to call attorney or an FBI/CBI investigator, and confess in her own words? Or just let her go away? We need to keep everything on the DL. No ties nowhere."
@csgazette #KelseyBerreth
12:19 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
In another note,
#PatrickFrazee appears to speak directly to Jacob Bentley, the jail inmate from whom Frazee is seeking help, and with whom he's passing these notes: "Make your own notes of mine and flush mine," the note read.
@csgazette #KelseyBerreth
12:22 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
Another
#PatrickFrazee note, again to inmate Bentley, whom he allegedly sought help killing witnesses: "I've never been a criminal, but all this planning and talking gets my blood flowing. If I walk out, you and me could pull off all kinds of ****."
@csgazette #KelseyBerreth
12:24 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
In the notes,
#PatrickFrazee appears to lay blame for the killing of
#KelseyBerreth on his mistress Krystal Lee, noting at one point that prosecutors are "coaching her" on what to say, and noting "circumstantial evidence."
@csgazette
12:28 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Sam Kraemer on Twitter
Next, we heard from a former Teller County inmate. The DA’s office requested we not share his name out of fear of prison retaliation. We are honoring that request.
@KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
12:29 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
In yet another
#PatrickFrazee note, he asks his fellow jail inmate: "How gangster will you get? I got an idea." He then suggests that one person has "**** to sell but you'd have to kidnap and hide the until you're done."
@csgazette #KelseyBerreth
12:30 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Sam Kraemer on Twitter
He says after Frazee learned he was in a prison gang, Frazee sought his help on taking out witnesses, including Krystal Kenney & her family, Chad Lee, CBI Agent Gregg Slater, Michelle Stein, Joseph Moore and more.
@KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
12:31 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Sam Kraemer on Twitter
The man kept notes he says Frazee wrote to him. Slater identified the handwriting as Frazee’s. Frazee talks about “just kidnap them until Nov. 22” and that there’s open space near Kenney’s home. “She could just disappear before trial,” he says.
@KOAA #KelseyBerreth
12:32 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Sam Kraemer on Twitter
Another note from Frazee says he’s not a criminal but “this planning and talking gets my blood flowing”. In exchange, the man says Frazee helped him bond out of jail. Frazee’s notes said they could “do a lot of **** together”.
@KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
12:34 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
That note was apparently in reference to longtime
#PatrickFrazee friend Joseph Moore, a CBI investigator said. Moore was mentioned several times in the notes, and he testified earlier in this trial about Frazee repeating the phrase "no body, no crime."
@csgazette #KelseyBerreth
12:32 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
In notes,
#PatrickFrazee claims innocence in
#KelseyBerreth's death:
"I'm not the monster they say I am. I don't know what happened or where she went. Honestly, my wheels are spinning out of control the closer it gets to trial. Any advice how to defend my innocence?"
@csgazette
12:34 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Sam Kraemer on Twitter
The notes show Frazee giving information on where Kenney, Chad Lee and Joseph Moore all live. He also provides suggestions for getting rid of them. He says Kenney would be close to her kids.
@KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
12:35 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
In next letter, after claiming innocence,
#PatrickFrazee appears to write to his fellow inmate: "Do you have funds or resources to go to Idaho and back? Was thinking if you could cap them in the desert and head home, Krystal Lee and Michelle, the bff?"
@csgazette #KelseyBerreth
12:36 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Sam Kraemer on Twitter
On cross, Adam Stiegerwald points out this man only comes forward as the trial is underway & that me just met with the DA’s office on Monday. He notes the man wanted to sell the notes on eBay, citing Frazee’s fame. He also sought a plea deal
@KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
12:36 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Sam Kraemer on Twitter
He did not get a plea deal for multiple charges in different counties. Instead, the DA’s office said they would help to get the cases resolved in one county.
@KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
12:37 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
Another apparent
#PatrickFrazee letter to fellow inmate:
"Honestly, we should stay off the phones. Maybe ... could send me a letter form an anonymous address? Stay off the radar. I'm hopeful and excited if you/we could pull this off."
@csgazette #KelseyBerreth
12:37 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
Apparent
#PatrickFrazee jailhouse letter continued:
"Only thing better would be if Krystal sent someone a "text" from her home confessing and telling the truth that I didn't have anything to do at all."
Appears to reference Krystal Lee, his mistress.
@csgazette #KelseyBerreth
12:38 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Sam Kraemer on Twitter
The evidence was admitted on the sole basis of establishing Frazee’s consciousness of guilt. It was a turn I did not see coming.
@KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
12:38 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
Other letters from
#PatrickFrazee to an inmate discussed concerns that Frazee had that other people would find out about his alleged request to make witnesses disappear ahead of his upcoming trial: "All this ****'s just between us???" one asked.
@csgazette #KelseyBerreth
12:42 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Jennifer Kovaleski on Twitter
Most of the letters are written on paper towels from the restroom. Another letter allegedly from
#PatrickFrazee says: "They all need to disappear unseen until at the least Nov. 22 after trial ..... my life and my little girl's life depends on you!"
#kelseyberreth @DenverChannel
12:42 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
On cross-examination, Adam Steigerwald,
#PatrickFrazee's public defender, hit at the motivations that Jacob Bentley had for coming forward and sharing the letters.
@csgazette #KelseyBerreth
12:43 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Sam Kraemer on Twitter
The state, by the way, still hasn’t rested it’s case. I’d be surprised if we get to closing statements today.
@KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
12:43 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Jennifer Kovaleski on Twitter
All of the letters, according to lead investigator Gregg Slater, appear to match
#PatrickFrazee's handwriting. Also worth noting: we are not naming former inmate, prosecutors asked us not to because he fears retaliation from prison gang.
#kelseyberreth @DenverChannel.
12:44 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
Bentley testified he didn't receive a plea deal in other cases he's facing to testify. Only a promise from the DA's office that those cases would be combined.
@csgazette #PatrickFrazee #KelseyBerreth
12:45 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Jakob Rodgers on Twitter
But, Steigerwald asked Bentley, prosecutors didn't just make that one promise, right? Did prosecutors also agree to ask members of the media not to name you in their reports, due to prison gang ties? Yes, Bentley replied.
@csgazette #PatrickFrazee #KelseyBerreth
12:46 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Jakob Rodgers
Under further questioning by a prosecutor, Bentley said that his motives changed for coming forward with the
#PatrickFrazee letters:
"It just seemed like the right thing to do," he said.
@csgazette #KelseyBerreth
12:47 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Sam Kraemer on Twitter
This was probably the most graphic of the notes (warning). It read: “I would really like to see Krystal with a bullet in her head. Piss and **** on her face. *advertiser censored***ng dirty c**t *advertiser censored** *advertiser censored*.”
#KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
12:47 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Jakob Rodgers
Still on cross by defense, Bentley said he originally came forward with the
#PatrickFrazee notes, because he wanted a plea deal in his pending legal case. He admitted telling an investigator that the letters were his "ticket."
@csgazette #KelseyBerreth
12:48 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Jakob Rodgers
Also, on cross examination by Steigerwald, Bentley said he had previously been facing a felony burglary charge that would have netted him up to 30 years in prison. That charge, which is still pending, was recently dropped to misdemeanor.
@csgazette #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
12:49 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Jennifer Kovaleski on Twitter
Defense points out former inmate is a convicted felon who asked DA to help him deal w/ multiple pending cases in one county. They claim he saw the letters as his ticket out, but inmate didn't totally agree with that statement.
#PatrickFrazee #kelseyberreth @DenverChannel
12:53 PM - 15 Nov 2019
Jennifer Kovaleski on Twitter
Heading back in the courtroom after lunch. Prosecutors could rest their case or call another witness. We’ll update as soon as we’re able. Again, no cameras or live tweeting from courtroom.
#PatrickFrazee #kelseyberreth
1:06 PM - 15 Nov 2019
