A Colorado man is on trial for beating his fiance to death then forcing another side girlfriend of his to clean-up the evidence.
ABC 7 News reports that Patrick Frazee is currently on trial for beating his fiance Kelsey Berreth to death with a bat then called his girlfriend Krystal Jean Lee Kenney to help his discard the evidence. Ultimately it was Kenney that lead authorities to Frazee’s crime.
Dramatic testimony at a Colorado hearing relied heavily on what Krystal Jean Lee Kenney, a 32-year-old Idaho woman, told police: That she and Patrick Frazee were having a romantic relationship and that he wanted her to kill the mother of his 1-year-old daughter.
Kenney has pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence and is required to testify against Frazee as part of her plea agreement with prosecutors.
The body of Kelsey Berreth, a 29-year-old flight instructor, has yet to be found.
Following the daylong hearing, Teller County Judge Scott Sells found there is enough evidence for Frazee to stand trial for murder and other charges. He was arrested in December, about a month after Berreth was last seen alive on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 22. Prosecutors announced additional charges this week, including tampering with a deceased body.
Frazee has not entered a plea to any of the allegations.
Kenney received a call from Frazee on Nov. 22 demanding that she drive to Colorado, Slater said.
“You got a mess to clean up,” Frazee said according to Kenney’s account.
Kenney told police that she arrived two days later and found a “horrific” scene with blood spattered on the walls and floors of Berreth’s townhome, Slater said.
Kenney told police that Frazee convinced Berreth to wrap a sweater around her head and guess the scent of various candles then beat her to death with a baseball bat and stashed her body on a ranch. After she cleaned the house, Kenney said she went with Frazee to retrieve Berreth’s body and watched as Frazee burned it along with the baseball bat on his property, Slater said.
She said Frazee later told her he planned to throw the remains in a dump or river.
Frazeee will return to court on April 8, at which time he may enter a plea according to ABC.
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