WHEN IT MIGHT REOPEN.
HELLO AND THANKS FOR
JOINING US FOR NEWS 5 AT 10.
I'M ROB QUIRK...
AND I'M ELIZABETH WATTS....
AND WE CONTINUE TONIGHT
WITH BREAKING NEW DEVELOPMENTS
IN THE SEARCH FOR KELSIE
SCHELLING...
NEARLY FIVE YEARS HAVE
PASSED SINCE SHE DISAPPEARED IN
PUEBLO...
POLICE ARE NOW CHARGING HER
FORMER BOYFRIEND WITH HER
DEATH...
TODAY A JUDGE SIGNED A
WARRANT FOR THE ARREST OF DONTHE
LUCAS'S FOR FIRST DEGREE
MURDER...
NEWS FIVE'S LAURA WILSON
HAS BEEN IN PUEBLO ALL DAY
TRACKING THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT...
SHE JOINS US NOW WITH
MORE...
POLICE ARE NOT YET RELEASING ANY
DETAILS ABOUT WHAT NEW EVIDENCE
THEY RECEIVED, THAT LED TO THIS
ARREST WARRANT.
WE DO KNOW, THOUGH, THAT KELSIE
SCHELLING'S BODY HAS NOT
BEEN RECOVERED.
WHICH MEANS MANY WILL STILL BE
SEARCHING FOR SOME CLOSURE.
THE NEWS CAME AS A SHOCK TO LISA
HELVEY
AND LEFT LAURIE ANN RIDDOCK IN
TEARS...
"I JUST STARTED CRYING.I
COULDN'T EVEN TALK." THE PAIR
HAS SPENT ALMOST FIVE YEARS NOW,
ORGANIZING COUNTLESS SEARCHES
FOR KELSIE SCHELLING...
CALLING THEMSELVES THE
STEEL CITY SEARCH ANGELS.
BUT EACH TIME, THEY'VE COME UP
EMPTY-HANDED.
"IT'S HARD ON YOUR HEART.IT'S
HARD ON YOUR MIND.IT'S HARD ON
YOUR
MIND.AND YOU SEE HER MOM, AND
YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO KEEP DOING
THIS FOR HER."
BUT FINALLY, THE BIGGEST BREAK
SO FAR IN THIS CASE--THE MAN
LAURA SAXTON HAS SUSPECTED THIS
WHOLE TIME, ARRESTED FOR HER
DAUGHTER'S MURDER.
"THERE IS SOME SATISFACTION FROM
THIS HAPPENING, BUT AS FAR AS
ANY
PEACE TO ME.
IT REALLY DOESN'T.
KELSIE STILL HASN'T BEEN FOUND.
THAT'S
STILL MY MAIN GOAL IS TO DO
WHATEVER IT TAKES TO BRING HER
HOME." WHICH MEANS THE STEEL
CITY SEARCH ANGELS STILL HAVE
WORK TO DO.
"I DON'T KNOW IF THE HARD PART
IS OVER.I THINK THE HARD PART
IS GETTING TO KNOW WHERE SHE'S
AT AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED." AND
THEY VOW TO KEEP SEARCHING...
HOWEVER LONG IT MAY TAKE...
TO FINALLY BRING KELSIE HOME.
"I'LL HIT 90 WITH MY CANE AND MY
WALKER--AND I'LL BE OUT THERE
WITH MY
LITTLE CANE SEARCHING.I DON'T
CARE." "AND WE'LL HOLD EACH
OTHER UP."
"YEAH"
LAUGHTER
KELSIE'S MOTHER ADDS THERE IS
STILL A REALLY LONG ROAD AHEAD
FOR
THEM,..
BUT THEY ARE GRATEFUL, AND
THANKFULFOR HOW THE FOCUS OF
THE
INVESTIGATION CHANGED...
WITH THE INCLUSION OF THE
C-B-I...
AND
AFULL 180 SHE SAYS, OF HOW THE
PUEBLO POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS
HANDLING THE CASE.
THE FAMILY IS STILL OFFERING A
50- THOUSAND DOLLAR REWARD FOR
HER LOCATION.
NOW, AS FOR DONTHE LUCAS...
HE IS SCHEDULED IN COURT THIS
COMING MONDAY.
GETTING DEEPER INTO OUR
CONTINUING COVERAGE NOW...
WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS
CASE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING...
AND TONIGHT WERE BREAKING DOWN
THE TIMELINE OF KELSIE'S
DISAPPEARANCE...
THE LAST TIME ANYONE SAW
HER WAS FEBRUARY 4TH, 2013...
WHEN SHE
TRAVELED FROM DENVER TO
PUEBLO...
INVESTIGATORS SAY SHE
PLANNED TO MEET LUCAS TO SHOW
HIM THE ULTRASOUND OF THEIR
UNBORN CHILD...
WITHIN WEEKS...
DETECTIVES DISCOVERED THE
MORNING AFTER SHE DISAPPEARED...
KELSIE'S CAR WAS CAUGHT ON
SERVEILLANCE CAMERAS AT A BANK
A-T-M...
AND IN A WALMART PARKING LOT...
POLICE FOUND HER CAR IN THE
PARKING LOT OF SAINT MARY CORWIN
HOSPITAL... ON FEBRUARY SEVENTH.
LATER THAT MONTH...
DONTHE LUCAS...
THE SOLE PERSON OF
INTEREST IN THE CASE...
IS DETAINED AND CHARGED WITH
IDENTITY THEFT FOR
ALLEGEDLY WITHDRAWING FOUR
HUNDRED DOLLARS FROM KELSIE'S
BANK ACCOUNT ON THE MORNING OF
FEBRUARY 5TH...
THAT CHARGE WAS EVENTALLY
DROPPED...
AFTER TWO YEARS WITH NO
ARRESTS...
AND NO SIGN KELSIE...
HER
PARENTS ORGANIZE A RALLY IN
PUEBLO TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT
HER DISAPPEARNACE...A ND FILE A
LAWSUIT CLAIMING LUCAS KILLED
KELSEY...
THAT HIS FAMILY HELPED HIM COVER
IT UP...
AND ACCUSING THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT OF LYING AND DRAGGING
THEIR FEET IN THE
INVESTIGATION..
THAT SUIT WAS THROWN OUT IN
FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR...
THE CASE HEATED UP AGAIN
THIS YEAR-- IN LATE APRIL AND
EARLY MAY...
INVESTIGATORS SEARCHED LUCAS'S
FORMER HOME AND OTHER SITES...
SAYING THEY FOUND CERTAIN ITEMS
OF EVIDENCE...
BUT NEVER REVEALED EXACTLY WHAT
THAT WAS...
THEN...
CREWS SPENT THREE DAYS IN
NOVEMBER SEARCHING MORE
AREAS...
INCLUDING NEAR THE JUNCTION OF
FOUNTAIN CREEK AND THE ARKANSAS
RIVER...
BUT DIDN'T FIND HER BODY.
SBAR?
JUST LAST MONTHDONTHE
LUCAS WAS ARRESTED AT
DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN
AN UNRELATED CASE...
POLICE SAY HE AND HIS
BROTHER DUSHON....
ROBBED A MAN AT GUNPOINT
AT PUEBLO HOME BACK IN
SEPTEMBER...
BEATING THAT VICTIM AND STEALING
HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS FROM HIS
CAR...
DONTHE WAS ALREADY BEING
HELD IN THE PUEBLO COUNTY JAIL
ON A
100 THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND...
HE IS NOW BEING HELD
"WITHOUT BOND" ON THAT MURDER
CHARGE...
WE'RE STILL WAITING TO GET
THE ARREST AFFIDAVIT FOR THAT
CHARGE...
AS SOON AS WE GET IT WE WILL LET
YOU KNOW WHAT EXACTLY
INVESTIGATORS DISCOVERED THAT
LEAD TO THIS ARREST.
WE WILL CONTINUING TO
TRACKING THIS DEVELOPING
INVESTIGATION IN THE DAYS
AHEAD...
AND YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND THE
LATEST ON THE DISAPPEARANCE OF
KELSIE SCHELLING ON OUR
WEBSITE-- KOAA DOT COM...