Missing Colorado Mom Update: Investigators Release Search Warrants Revealing Seized Evidence And Text Messages

Investigators have released the search warrants in the case of missing Colorado mom Kelsey Berreth, showing the evidence that they were able to gather from the home of Patrick Frazee. Berreth’s fiancé Frazee is charged with first-degree murder, solicitation to commit first-degree murder, and tampering with a body in the death of Berreth.

Woodland Park, Colorado, police issued dozens of search warrants against Frazee on Thursday. The documents reveal investigators were able to recover several pairs of jeans, an envelope of teeth, a sheet that may have had blood on it from Frazee’s home.

In addition, a handwritten note was found in Frazee’s residence, which listed the people he wanted to care for his one-year-old daughter if he was to be taken into custody by the police. Berreth’s name was not on the list, which police indicated was notable. Frazee’s mother Shelia was listed as one of the five people he wanted to care for his daughter, according to the search warrants.

According to the released documents, Berreth sent a series of texts to Frazee on the day of her disappearance as well as the days following. Investigators believe some of the texts were sent by Frazee and his alleged mistress Krystal Lee Kenney, the Idaho nurse that was charged with evidence tampering. She has agreed to testify against Frazee as part of a plea deal.

One of the text messages that Berreth allegedly sent to Frazee on Nov. 25, three days after her disappearance, said, “Do you even love me?” Frazee responded by saying he did, but investigators believe that Berreth was killed before the text was sent. They claim that Kenney was the one that sent the text as she drove back to Idaho from Colorado, where she then disposed of Berreth’s cell phone.

In another text, sent two days after Berreth’s death, Frazee wrote, “If this is truly what you want, I’ll respect your wishes and give you space. Let me know if you change your mind. I’ll leave you alone now, you can call me when you decide what you want to do.”

Investigators do believe that Berreth sent Frazee text messages on the day of her death as she was planning on celebrating Thanksgiving with him. Berreth wrote to Frazee early on the morning of Nov. 22, “Want to go out to eat?”

She texted Frazee again at 9:37 a.m., writing, “Call us when you wake up.” At 12:41 p.m. she messaged Frazee “I bought some sweet potatoes in case you wanted sweet potato casserole but I forgot to get pecans you should get if you want some.”

Frazee never responded to the texts but did continue to send fake texts from his and Berreth’s phone for the next three days after he allegedly killed her, according to investigators.

The search for Berreth’s remains continues in a Fountain, Colorado, landfill. She was last seen on Thanksgiving Day at a Safeway grocery store with her daughter. Frazee is thought to be the last person to see her alive. Frazee has yet to enter a plea in the case.