Court Records Say 2 Knew Man Wanted Fiancee Dead

Patrick Frazee is escorted to an awaiting SUV after a hearing at the Teller County Courthouse in Cripple Creek, Colo., on Feb. 19, 2019. Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP

DENVER—Investigators say a Colorado man beat his fiancee to death with a baseball bat after failing to convince a woman he was having an affair with to commit the killing.

At least two people knew a man was pressuring his girlfriend to kill his fiancee before that woman’s sudden disappearance.

That’s according to court records unsealed on Feb. 20, in the criminal case against Patrick Frazee.

He is charged with murder and other crimes in 29-year-old Kelsey Berreth’s death. He has not yet filed a plea. Her remains have not been found.

According to court records, two friends were told by Krystal Jean Lee Kenney in October that Frazee wanted her to kill Berreth. The women were later interviewed by police investigating Berreth’s Nov. 22 disappearance.

Krystal Jean Lee Kenney, left, leaves in a car as various media record her exit from the Teller Combined Court in Cripple Creek, Colo. on Feb. 8, 2019. Dougal Brownlie/The Gazette via AP, File

Investigators testified during a Tuesday hearing that Kenney told police he fatally beat Berreth with a baseball bat that day and burned her body.

Kenney has pleaded guilty to evidence tampering and is cooperating with prosecutors.

Police investigating the disappearance of a Colorado woman found blood on a bottle of bleach and a mop during a mid-December search of her fiance’s property.

The information is contained in court records unsealed Wednesday in the criminal case against Patrick Frazee.

He is charged with murder and other crimes in 29-year-old Kelsey Berreth’s death. He has not yet filed a plea.

Patrick Frazee leaves the Teller County District Court in Cripple Creek, Colo. Frazee, charged with murder and solicitation to commit murder in the death of his missing fiancee, Kelsey Berreth, is scheduled to appear in court, on Feb. 19, 2019. Chappin Everett/The Gazette via AP, File

According to court records, tests of the blood found on the objects are not complete yet.

Berreth’s body has not been located. Investigators testified during a Tuesday hearing that Frazee’s girlfriend, Krystal Jean Lee Kenney, told police he fatally beat Berreth with a baseball bat and burned her body.

Woodland Park Police Chief Miles De Young speaks about the arrest of Patrick Frazee in the murder of his fiance Kelsey Berreth, seen right, who has been missing since Thanksgiving, at the Woodland Park, Colo., City Hall. Additional charges have been filed against Frazee, charged with murder and solicitation to commit murder in the death of his missing fiancee, prosecutors said on Feb. 19, 2019. Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP, File

Kenney has pleaded guilty to evidence tampering and is cooperating with prosecutors.

The grim details revealed in a Colorado courtroom Tuesday provided the first public account of what led prosecutors to charge Patrick Frazee with murder and other charges in the death of Kelsey Berreth.

Patrick Frazee's mother, Sheila Frazee, right, heads up the hill to the Teller County Courthouse in Cripple Creek, Colo., before Patrick Frazee appeared in court, on Feb. 19, 2019. Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP

Berreth was a 29-year-old flight instructor who had a 1-year-old daughter with Frazee.

She was last seen on Nov. 22 near her home in a mountain town near Colorado Springs, south of Denver. Her body has not been found.

Frazee has not entered a plea to any of the allegations. A judge ruled Tuesday that the 32-year-old will remain in jail without bond before his trial.