Some new voices have joined the throng of mainstream coverage of the Patrick Frazee case, this bright blue morning on Day 5.
Good morning, everyone. I'm back at the courthouse in Cripple Creek for another day of testimony in the #PatrickFrazee first-degree murder trial. He's accused of beating his fiancee, #KelseyBerreth, to death on Thanksgiving Day last year.@csgazette pic.twitter.com/3sJrn2jpQ3
— Jakob Rodgers (@JakobRodgers) November 7, 2019
Kenney continues testifying on Trial Day 5. #PatrickFrazee https://t.co/mUNDMEPB1L
— Nick van der Leek – True Crime Rocket Science (@CrimeRocket) November 7, 2019
Standing by in the media line ready to get inside Teller Co Courthouse for the #PatrickFrazee trial. More testimony from Krystal Lee and then the critical cross-exam by defense atty. #kelseyberreth
— Shannon Brinias (@ShannonBrinias) November 7, 2019
She said she never called police out of fear that she’d be blamed, and that Frazee would call someone to kill her, too.
SOURCE: THE GAZETTE
We just broke for lunch. Court started late today. Judge said #PatrickFrazee and #KrystalLee both weren’t feeling well. 10:30 court started with Krystal on stand. @KKTV11News
— Ashley Franco (@AshleyKKTV) November 7, 2019
Once we began, Kenney retook the stand. Lead Prosecutor Jennifer Viehman led Kenney through photos of Berreth’s townhome. Kenney used a laser pointer to show every spot she saw blood & the places she cleaned. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
— Sam Kraemer (@SamKraemerTV) November 7, 2019
She also pointed out things she didn’t clean, like the rock face to the fire place, the back of the cedar chest on wheels and on top of the fire place. @KOAA #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee #KrystalKenney
— Sam Kraemer (@SamKraemerTV) November 7, 2019
Another interesting thing we saw— prosecutors showed the physical gas can they got from #PatrickFrazee property, which is evidence in the case, to #KrystalLee in court. She says that’s the exact one he used to pour gas on the box with #KelseyBerreth body. @KKTV11News
— Ashley Franco (@AshleyKKTV) November 7, 2019
In one picture we saw #KrystalLee inside #KelseyBerreth condo. You see the living room floor ripped up and Krystal in the picture, showing investigators where she found a tooth. The tooth #PatrickFrazee allegedly told her to look for. @KKTV11News
— Ashley Franco (@AshleyKKTV) November 7, 2019
The prosecution walked Krystal through several pictures, maybe around 30 or so. From there they had Krystal explain the crime scene she saw when she walked in #KelseyBerreth condo. @KKTV11News
— Ashley Franco (@AshleyKKTV) November 7, 2019
Lee said #PatrickFrazee also added wood soaked in gasoline into the trough, and poured more gas on it. He then lit it with a match. At one point, the flames were as high as the nearby trees, Lee said, so Frazee covered the fire with what appeared to be metal roofing.@csgazette
— Jakob Rodgers (@JakobRodgers) November 7, 2019
In the afternoon session, Kenney faced aggressive cross-examination from Frazee’s defense team.
UPDATE: Krystal Lee, the prosecution's star witness, comes under agressive cross-examination by #PatrickFrazee's public defender.@csgazette #KelseyBerreth
— Jakob Rodgers (@JakobRodgers) November 7, 2019
Public defender Adam Steigerwald repeatedly questions Lee about if she's aware she could be facing the rest of her life in prison, if she didn't cooperate with investigators and accept a plea deal with up to three years of prison time. @csgazette #PatrickFrazee #KelseyBerreth
— Jakob Rodgers (@JakobRodgers) November 7, 2019
Steigerwald also sought to poke holes in Lee's testimony that she left clues at #KelseyBerreth's house and on way back to Idaho. If she wanted to be discovered, he asked, why not contact police before the killing about #PatrickFrazee's previous murder requests?@csgazette
— Jakob Rodgers (@JakobRodgers) November 7, 2019
Steigerwald reviewed Lee's testimony from Wednesday and earlier today.
"That's the story that you had to tell those agents to get your plea deal, is that right?"
"I had to tell them the truth," Lee responded.@csgazette #PatrickFrazee #KelseyBerreth— Jakob Rodgers (@JakobRodgers) November 7, 2019
Think of it – Kenney driving for hours from Idaho with a murder weapon in her vehicle, and murder in heart and mind. Irrespective of what she did or didn’t do, malintent was clearly present.
Steigerwald also focused on the three times that #PatrickFrazee asked her to kill #KelseyBerreth, which Lee backed out of each time. One of those times, Lee drove from Idaho with a baseball bat in her car, which Frazee asked her to use to kill Berreth.@csgazette
— Jakob Rodgers (@JakobRodgers) November 7, 2019
"You drove 750 miles with a baseball bat; the purpose of that baseball bat was to to kill #KelseyBerreth?" Steigerwald asked.
"It was at Patrick's request," Lee said.
"No baseball bats in Teller County?" Steigerwald shot back.@csgazette #PatrickFrazee— Jakob Rodgers (@JakobRodgers) November 7, 2019
Lee was released from the stand, and will face no more questions today. (Lee also has gone by the last name of Kenney in the past).
I'll update more after the next round of testimony.@csgazette #KelseyBerreth #PatrickFrazee— Jakob Rodgers (@JakobRodgers) November 7, 2019
UPDATE: Two young men, at least one of them a teenager, testify at the #PatrickFrazee trial that they unwittingly helped cover up a burn area at Frazee's ranch, where prosecutors say #KelseyBerreth's body was burned.@csgazette
— Jakob Rodgers (@JakobRodgers) November 7, 2019
The two young men also testified that they helped #PatrickFrazee dispose of a metal trough that prosecutors say Frazee used to burn #KelseyBerreth's body. Frazee never told them anything other than wood and deer or elk antlers were burned in the fire.@csgazette
— Jakob Rodgers (@JakobRodgers) November 7, 2019
Further Reading:
Patrick Frazee trial: Video shows prosecution’s star witness pointing to spot where Kelsey Berreth was allegedly burned – The Gazette
Video shows witness in Patrick Frazee trial pointing to spot where Kelsey Berreth was allegedly burned – Pikes Peak Courier
True Crime Rocket Science II 
Odd statement above – (Krystal) “said she never called police out of fear that she’d be blamed, and that Frazee would call someone to kill her, too.” Too? But she’s saying Frazee told her he killed Kelsey himself with a baseball bat. She also says she watched him burn the body. Was this before or after she cleaned up? If it’s after then we have at least a day for her to get down to Colorado, and another day for her to clean up, where did Frazee store the body before he burned it? And do they have the charred remains to prove what she says is true?
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It seems like if Patrick brought a baseball bat to Kelsey’s house it would have been picked up on the neighbor’s camera. Is it possible Kelsey kept a baseball bat at her own house, for protection? Frazee strikes me (no pun intended) as someone who lacks impulse control – quick to anger – strikes out at whatever is handy to dispel his rage. He doesn’t seem like a “slow burn” kind of guy. If he had thoughts of killing Kelsey, he might have given her a chance to drop her total custody lawsuit, but if she was a stubborn individual he could have flown into a rage and picked up what she had handy in her own home. Just a theory.
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Good point. But it does seem a baseball bat was used.
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