WINTER,
WINTER, BUT THE BIG WEATHER STORY IS THE STRONG WINDS FELT
ACROSS COLORADO, PLUS THE
FORECAST FOR SNOW RIGHT AFTER
CHRISTMAS.
CHRISTMAS. >>> WE START 9NEWS AT 5, WITH
THE MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN THE
SEARCH FOR KELSEY BERRETH, THE
29-YEAR-OLD MOM FROM WOODLAND
PARK IS NOT BEEN SEEN IN 29
DAYS.
DAYS.
DAYS. THIS MORNING TO A POLICE TOOK
HER FIANCI INTO CUSTODY,
CHARGING HIM WITH FIRST-DEGREE
MURDER AND SOLICITATION FOR
MURDER.
MURDER.
MURDER. INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT CELL
PHONE RECORDS AND OTHER
EVIDENCE FROM HER HOME LED THEM
TO MAKE ARREST.
THEY ALSO SAID THAT THEY
BELIEVE THAT SHE IS LIKELY DEAD.
THE COUPLES ONE-YEAR-OLD CHILD
IS NOW IN PROTECTIVE CUSTODY.
>>> SINCE KELSEY BERRETH WAS
REPORTED MISSING, THE
INVESTIGATION FOCUSED IN ON
TWO LOCATIONS, HER HOME AND THE
HOME OF HER FIANCI, PATRICK
FRASEE.
FRASEE.
FRASEE. INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEEN
SEARCHING HIS HIM OVER THE PAST
WEEKEND INFORMATION FROM HER
HOME LED TO HIS ARREST.
BUT, AT THIS . SHE IS STILL
MISSING AND POLICE ARE STILL
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW HER
PHONE SEND A SIGNAL FROM
GOODING, IDAHO.
GOODING, IDAHO. OUR COVERAGE ON TODAY'S THE
ELEMENTS CONTINUE FROM WOODLAND
PARK.
PARK.
PARK. FIRST, TO JORDAN CHAVEZ AT THE
JAIL WHERE PATRICK FRASEE IS
BEING HELD TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: SO, PATRICK FRASEE
HAD HIS ADVISEMENT ABOUT AN
HOUR AND A HALF AGO.
HE HAS BEEN HERE THE WHOLE TIME
AT THE TELLER COUNTY JAIL.
HIS MOM, SHEILA, WAS ALSO IN
COURT TODAY.
COURT TODAY. THE DA CONFIRMED THAT SHE WAS
BRIEFLY DETAINED THIS MORNING
WHILE INVESTIGATORS SEARCHED
THEIR PROPERTY.
THEIR PROPERTY. PATRICK FRASEE WAS BOOKED ON A
CHARGE OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN
BROUGHT UP A LOT, WHICH IS HOW
CAN SOMEONE FACING MURDER
CHARGE IF KELSEY BERRETH'S BODY
HAS NOT BEEN FOUND?
THE ATTORNEY SAYS IT IS
ENTIRELY POSSIBLE TO PROSECUTE
A FIRST-DEGREE MURDER CASE
WITHOUT HAVING A BODY.
PATRICK FRASEE ALSO FACES
SOLICITATION OF FIRST-DEGREE
MURDER, SUGGESTING MORE
ARRESTS COULD BE MADE IN THE
FUTURE.
FUTURE.
FUTURE. >> YOU ARE SOLICITING SOMEONE
ELSE TO DO THE CRIME.
>> SO, YOU ARE HIRING SOMEONE
ELSE TO CARRY OUT --
>> YOU ARE NOT NECESSARILY
HIRING, BUT YOU ARE SOLICITING
SOMEONE ELSE TO DO THE CRIME,
WHATEVER THAT MAY BE.
>>
>> THE
>> THE DAS OFFICE IS NOW THE LEAD AGENCY ON THIS CASE.
SOMETHING ELSE THAT HAS BEEN
ASKED A LOT ABOUT IS WHAT ABOUT
THEIR ONE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER?
WELL, EARLIER WE WERE TOLD THAT
SHE WAS IN PROTECTIVE CUSTODY,
BUT WE ARE TOLD THAT SHE WILL
SOON BE REUNITED WITH KELSEY
BERRETH'S FAMILY ONCE THEY ARE
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. NOW, PATRICK FRASEE'S NEXT
COURT DATE, HIS FIRST
APPEARANCE IS SCHEDULED FOR THE
MORNING OF NEW YEAR'S EVE.
NOW, EARLIER TODAY IN THAT
PRESS CONFERENCE, POLICE SAID
SOMETHING THAT THEY FOUND IN
KELSEY BERRETH'S HOUSE LED THEM
TO BELIEVE THAT SHE IS NO
LONGER ALIVE.
LONGER ALIVE. THAT IS WHERE NELSON GARCIA IS
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. NELSON?
NELSON?
NELSON? >> Reporter: ALTHOUGH A LOT OF
ATTENTION HAS BEEN PLACED ON
THE HOME OF PATRICK FRASEE,
WHICH WAS SEARCHED LAST WEEK,
THE INVESTIGATION MIGHT HAVE
TAKEN A TURN LAST NIGHT WHEN
INVESTIGATORS WERE HERE AT
KELSEY BERRETH'S HOME IN
WOODLAND PARK.
WOODLAND PARK. INVESTIGATORS WENT TO THIS
HOME LATE LAST NIGHT, HOURS
BEFORE PATRICK FRASEE WAS
ARRESTED THIS MORNING, BUT
RIGHT NOW DETAILS OF THE
INVESTIGATION ARE SEALED, SO WE
DO NOT KNOW WHAT WAS FOUND
THAT CHANGED THIS CASE FROM A
MISSING PERSON TO MURDER.
BUT, THE CHIEF IS CONVINCED OF
ONE THING.
ONE THING. >> INVESTIGATORS HAVE RECOVERED
A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT MAKE US
SUSPICIOUS THAT THE CRIME DID
OCCUR AT KELSEY BERRETH'S
RESIDENCE.
RESIDENCE. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE BEEN COMING
BACK TO HER RESIDENCE.
>> Reporter: IF SHE WAS
MURDERED HERE, THE BIG QUESTION
IS WHAT HAPPENED TO HER BODY?
HER SELF-FUNDED TURN UP IN
IDAHO, BUT THE CHIEF WOULD NOT
COMMENT ANY FURTHER IF THAT HAS
ANY CORRELATION TO THE POSSIBLE
LOCATION OF HER BODY.
JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO I SPOKE
WITH ONE OF OUR CREWS THAT ARE
OUT AT THE PROPERTY OF PATRICK
FRASEE, THEY FLEW A DRONE OVER
THE PROPERTY THIS AFTERNOON AND
THEY SAY THAT NEAR THE HOME IS
A LARGE HOLE THAT IS DESCRIBED
AS A WHOLE BIGGER THAN THE
ACTUAL HOUSE ON THE PROPERTY.
SO, IT IS NOT CLEAR IF THAT WAS
MADE TODAY OR IF THAT WAS MADE
DURING THE SEARCH LAST WEEK.
BUT,