UPDATE: 6:10 ET
Reporting from the Teller County Courthouse, KOAA’s Sam Kraemer reports that Patrick Frazee has received the maximum allowable sentence after being found guilty of all counts related to the murder of his fiancee Kelsey Berreth. Frazee has been ordered to serve life in prison without the possibility of parole, in addition to five years with parole for a solicitation count.
Patrick Frazee received the maximum sentence. Life without possibility of parole plus 156 years, plus 5 years with parole for solicitation. He was put in cuffs and escorted out @KOAA
— Sam Kraemer (@SamKraemerTV) November 18, 2019
UPDATE 5:30 ET:
Patrick Frazee has been found guilty on all six counts he was facing in connection to the murder of Kelsey Berreth, who disappeared on Thanksgiving Day 2018.
Reporters present at the Teller County Courthouse have said on Twitter that they are standing by for sentencing.
Count 1 (First degree murder w/deliberation): Guilty
Count 2 (solicitation): Guilty
Count 3 (first-degree murder felony): Guilty
Count 4 (solicitation): Guilty
Count 5 (solicitation): Guilty
Count 6 (tampering with human body): Guilty— Sam Kraemer (@SamKraemerTV) November 18, 2019
UPDATE 5:13 p.m. ET:
According to social media updates from KOAA, Patrick Frazee has been found guilty of at least three counts: Murder in first degree after deliberation; solicitation to commit first degree murder; and murder in first degree felony murder.
UPDATE, 5:06 p.m. ET:
Patrick Frazee has been found guilty of first degree murder.
People v Frazee: Guilty of 1st degree murder.
— Rob McCallum (@rwmccallum) November 18, 2019
ORIGINAL STORY:
Jurors have reached a verdict in the murder trial of Patrick Frazee, who is accused of killing Kelsey Berreth, according to multiple local reports.
A Denver Channel reporter said on Twitter Monday afternoon that the jurors had reached a verdict and the judge and jury were soon expected to return to the courtroom at the Teller County Courthouse to deliver the verdict.
#Breaking: jury has reached in a verdict in #PatrickFrazee’s murder trial. Waiting for the judge and jury to come back into the courtroom. Frazee looks nervous. Jury deliberated for a little over two hours. @DenverChannel #KelseyBerreth https://t.co/EwbyqGHsm9
— Jennifer Kovaleski (@JennKovaleski) November 18, 2019
Frazee is facing multiple charges, including first-degree murder. Berreth, who is the mother of Frazee’s toddler daughter, has not been seen since Thanksgiving Day 2018, and her body was never found.
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