NOV 6, 2019
Patrick Frazee trial: Star witness Krystal Lee describes murder plot, abortion
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To win her loyalty, Frazee, 33, claimed Berreth was an abusive mother to Frazee’s toddler daughter, and for a time, Lee said she believed him.
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In testimony before lunch, Lee wept at points, even turning inaudible, as she recounted her on-again, off-again relationship with Frazee that lasted 13 years and included a 2016 abortion.
Their romance began in 2006 at a dance in Lake George, west of Colorado Springs, where she met him and fell for him that night, she said.
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She didn’t look at Frazee, staring straight ahead and giving terse answers. Meanwhile, Frazee jotted notes throughout, sitting back in a chair at the defense table wearing a white striped button-up shirt open at the collar.
During the period they dated, she traveled from Idaho to Colorado to visit him 10 times – only to go days without hearing from him when she’d return to Idaho, leading to a 2007 breakup.
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Lee described a moment afterward where Frazee threatened to drive up and kill a dog that she had gotten from him, telling her that the previous owner was demanding the dog back unless he paid for it.
In 2015, she struck up a correspondence with Frazee after her marriage to another man turned rocky.
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In March 2016, Lee became pregnant with Frazee’s child. He did not react happily to the news, Lee said, and "he said I guess you're a baby killer or you're not."
Lee had an abortion, and told Frazee it was a miscarriage. Lee filed for divorce two months later.
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Prosecutors say they wouldn't have discovered much of the evidence in the case without her, including the spot where authorities say Berreth's remains were burned at the Frazee family ranch in Florissant.