Recap of Day 5
The #PatrickFrazee murder trial continues today in Cripple Creek.
Here's a recap of Thursday's testimony: https://t.co/UBXhraxIAY pic.twitter.com/3EA2vN0kYZ
— Denver7 News (@DenverChannel) November 8, 2019
Day 6
Friday is another cold, glassy clear day in Colorado.
Hello again from Teller County, #PatrickFrazee trial to get underway again shortly. Today the courthouse/media parking area was visited by a fox! Lovely! pic.twitter.com/rcztYJGlvA
— Elise Schmelzer (@EliseSchmelzer) November 8, 2019
Judge abruptly excuses jury and scolds court spectator for drawing sketches during #murder #trial of #PatrickFrazee accused of killing fiance #kelseyberreth @KDVR @channel2kwgn pic.twitter.com/N01X3k5ujB
— Vicente Arenas (@vicentearenastv) November 8, 2019
Good morning from Cripple Creek. We’re back in court today for day six of the #PatrickFrazee murder trial. He’s accused of killing his fiancée #KelseyBerreth and soliciting his ex #KrystalKenney to help.
You can catch up on all of our coverage here: https://t.co/50c1ihorI7 pic.twitter.com/yro4k3Cn35
— Stephanie (Butzer) Rose (@stephaniebutzer) November 8, 2019
So far today in #PatrickFrazee trial we’ve heard from woman who owns ranch where he allegedly stored #KelseyBerreth’s body, two cadaver dog handlers, Krystal Lee Kenney’s dad. Story from yesterday’s proceedings: https://t.co/MsNUT4S8eV
— Elise Schmelzer (@EliseSchmelzer) November 8, 2019
Day 6 of Patrick Frazee trial. Two K9 handlers that can detect decomposing human scent testified. One dog sniffed at Kelsey Berreth’s home and the other at the Nash Ranch. Both picked up on positive scents. More details on @FOX21News #Frazeetrial
— Lauren Scharf (@LaurenScharfTV) November 8, 2019
And another law enforcement officer testified that his bloodhound, Lucy, detected decomposing human scent near the trunk of #KelseyBerreth's car at her condo, where #PatrickFrazee's mistress said she set down bags filled w/ blood-stained towels & other items last year.@csgazette
— Jakob Rodgers (@JakobRodgers) November 8, 2019
Asked to describe Krystal Lee's personality, her father said:
"She likes to please… she was always good at what she tried to do. She likes people. And she likes people who like her. I remember that she was really soft-hearted."@csgazette #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee— Jakob Rodgers (@JakobRodgers) November 8, 2019
Star of the day -"Radar" an 8 year old Bloodhound who smelled decomposed human scent on the hay where #krystalkenney says #PatrickFrazee left tote with #KelseyBerreth 's body inside. He wasn't in the courtroom but we saw a cool video of her in the Nash Barn. Here's a picture. pic.twitter.com/iMNo7fKGQc
— Carol McKinley (@CarolAMcKinley) November 8, 2019
All the effort to burn and dispose of the poor woman’s remains, and the cadaver dogs knew all along there were dead remains.
This is significant because #KrystalLee said #PatrickFrazee took the black tote box that allegedly had #KelseyBerreth body in it to the ranch and placed it on top of a hay stack. The cadaver dog located human decomp at the exact place the tote box was. @KKTV11News
— Ashley Franco (@AshleyKKTV) November 8, 2019
So Kelsey’s remains were moved twice. From the condo to the Nash Ranch, and from the Nash Ranch to somewhere else where he burned it – southwest of Cripple Creek.
Specifically, an Elizabeth Police Department officer testified his bloodhound detected the scent of human remains in February at the Nash ranch — the spot where #PatrickFrazee is accused of stashing #KelseyBerreth's body before burning it, southwest of Cripple Creek.@csgazette
— Jakob Rodgers (@JakobRodgers) November 8, 2019
The father of #PatrickFrazee's mistress, Krystal Lee, also took the stand today. He testified that Lee was at home on Thanksgiving Day last year, and he was with her most of the day.#KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee @csgazette
— Jakob Rodgers (@JakobRodgers) November 8, 2019
When #KrystalLee's dad, a Sam Elliot look-a-like, took the stand, the courtrm was silent. Dusty Lee says when Krystal talked about #PatrickFrazee when they first met "I didn't like what I was hearing." Break for :20. @abc #KelseyBerreth
— Carol McKinley (@CarolAMcKinley) November 8, 2019
DAY 6 #PatrickFrazee trial: Out on a quick morning break. We’ve heard from 4 witnesses so far. Two of them were experts in K-9 unit cadaver dogs. Both law enforcement officials. @KKTV11News
— Ashley Franco (@AshleyKKTV) November 8, 2019
Mid-morning Break
The breadth of witnesses that we’ve heard from today is interesting. So many people tangentially connected – or not connected at all – to #PatrickFrazee have now become wrapped up in his trial. Teens who worked on his ranch, lady who manages Woodland Park Sonic Drive In, etc
— Elise Schmelzer (@EliseSchmelzer) November 8, 2019
#KrystalLee testified yesterday that #PatrickFrazee filled the gas can before the two went to the Nash Ranch to retrieve the black tote box that allegedly had #KelseyBerreth's body in. @KKTV11News
— Ashley Franco (@AshleyKKTV) November 8, 2019
In the video you see #KrystalLee driving a small black car, she pulls into the gas station parking lot and drives off to the side to park. Then #PatrickFrazee truck pulls into same station and up to a gas pump. @KKTV11News
— Ashley Franco (@AshleyKKTV) November 8, 2019
Then you see just #PatrickFrazee truck (#KrystalLee told investigators she got into his truck) it turns out of the parking lot and goes toward Nash Ranch. This is when Krystal says they're retrieving the black box. @KKTV11News
— Ashley Franco (@AshleyKKTV) November 8, 2019
Lunch Break
We’ve been walked through multiple searches of #PatrickFrazee ranch. On one of first searches involved multiple FBI evidence teams, ~100 search and rescue personnel and seven cadaver dogs. Didn’t find much, but this is before Kenney told investigators what she knew.
— Elise Schmelzer (@EliseSchmelzer) November 8, 2019
But when #PatrickFrazee's mistress, Krystal Lee, came forward a few days later, she led them to the burn area covered in dirt. It was where Lee prevoiusly testified it was — on a dirt driveway, uphill and in sight of Frazee's house.@csgazette #KelseyBerreth
— Jakob Rodgers (@JakobRodgers) November 8, 2019
The burn area was about 5 feet wide by 7 feet long, and it was covered by about 1-2 inches of soil that differed in color from the rest of the driveway.@csgazette #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee
— Jakob Rodgers (@JakobRodgers) November 8, 2019
Under the top layer of dirt, there was a layer of melted black plastic. An FBI agent testified that he smelled ash and smoke while removing the dirt, and he smelled burned plastic when he began removing the plastic. @csgazette #PatrickFrazee #KelseyBerreth
— Jakob Rodgers (@JakobRodgers) November 8, 2019
NEW: A tooth was found on #PatrickFrazee's Florissant ranch, at the place where he's accused of burning #KelseyBerreth's body. It was part of the last shovel full of dirt removed from the burn area by Federal Bureau of Investigation special agents.@csgazette
— Jakob Rodgers (@JakobRodgers) November 8, 2019
An FBI special agent testified the tooth almost went undiscovered. He told his crew during the Dec. 2018 search that they'd take 1 more shovel full of soil from the burned area to sift, and it was in that dirt that the tooth was found@csgazette #PatrickFrazee #KelseyBerreth
— Jakob Rodgers (@JakobRodgers) November 8, 2019
An FBI agent testifies about the extensive excavation into the burn area where #KrystalLee says #patrickFrazee burned #KelseyBerreth's body. On the last shovel, using sifters, they found a human tooth fragment. May have been too small for DNA match. @abc
— Carol McKinley (@CarolAMcKinley) November 8, 2019
UPDATE: FBI investigators found a tooth in the dirt near burn area on #PatrickFrazee ranch. Also found that there was a crust of melted plastic on the burn area, as well as an area of dirt moist with a substance. https://t.co/dBpnLlhkBD
— Elise Schmelzer (@EliseSchmelzer) November 8, 2019
Also: FBI found 3 bats inside #PatrickFrazee's Florissant house, all wooden, as well as a wooden club in a pickup truck on the property. There wasn't any testimony this afternoon on whether investigators suspect Frazee used any of those bats to kill #KelseyBerreth.@csgazette
— Jakob Rodgers (@JakobRodgers) November 8, 2019
The testimony about the conversation was from Joseph Moore, a longtime friend and fellow rancher who considered #PatrickFrazee like a stepson. He detailed several conversations with Frazee in 2018 that he considered increasingly concerning.#KelseyBerreth @csgazette
— Jakob Rodgers (@JakobRodgers) November 8, 2019
NEW: On Dec. 20, 2018 a longtime friend of #PatrickFrazee said the two spoke, and that Frazee was befuddled that news of #KelseyBerreth's dissappeance was making national news. "And he's like man, if I had known it was going to blow up this big, I never would have…"@csgazette
— Jakob Rodgers (@JakobRodgers) November 8, 2019
On Dec 20 2018 #PatrickFrazee is talking to the friend saying he doesn’t understand why there so much media coverage on #KelseyBerreth going missing. He said “people go missing all the time.” @KKTV11News
— Ashley Franco (@AshleyKKTV) November 8, 2019
"And he stopped. He did not finish that sentence," #PatrickFrazee's longtime friend testified.#KelseyBerreth @csgazette
— Jakob Rodgers (@JakobRodgers) November 8, 2019
#BREAKING: #PatrickFrazee friend just testified saying Patrick told him "I figured out how to kill Kelsey." Friend told him to stop messing around. Friends says Patrick told him "No body no crime." @KKTV11News
— Ashley Franco (@AshleyKKTV) November 8, 2019
Further Reading:Patrick Frazee murder trial: ‘I figured out a way to kill her,’ friend testifies Frazee told him – The Denver Channel
Patrick Frazee murder trial: K-9 handlers say dogs hit on items tied to Kelsey Berreth’s killing – The Denver Channel
Patrick Frazee murder trial: Defense questions why Kenney never alerted anyone to murder plot – The Denver Channel
Patrick Frazee trial: Star witness stands ground under cross-examination, declaring, ‘It’s the truth’ – The Gazette
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