Sneak peek: Justice for Kelsey Berreth | Forensic Files

[Music] a key witness takes a stand in the trial of patrick frazier investigators believe
patrick fraser killed kelsey barrett in her town home on thanksgiving last year two of the murder trial for the man who
allegedly killed his people today day seven of the trial investigators revealed the moments that the
surveillance video of kelsey barrett and her one-year-old daughter at a woodland
park supermarket is the last anyone seen of the 29 year old mother if convicted freezy could face life in
prison we can certainly sense that we are in the final days of this trial and it is certainly purple
creek is a small town teller county is a small county we're up in like a minute they have
never seen anything to this magnitude in [ __ ] creek ashley franco kktv 11 news
you've covered every second of this trial what has the feeling meant inside that courtroom it's been cold
it's been very heavy and chilling during the first week we learned about some of the evidence in
the case crystalline patrick frazee's ex-girlfriend is set to be the prosecution's
star witness okay it's 11 15 again on the 21st december 2018 we're inside kelsey's apartment with
crystal you are seeing what the jury saw remarkable evidence the heart of the prosecution's case
when you came in what did you see when i first walked in i saw blood all over the floor i'll blow up
the wall who is crystal lee crystal lee is a rodeo queen from idaho she's very well
known and she's patrick furzi's ex-girlfriend they've known each other for over a
decade she's the bread and butter to this case that's crystal lee wearing a police jacket and hat can you
point to the area where you saw and clean blood up on the wall she admits to cleaning up the crime scene
and tells the prosecution the whole entire story of what happened the spread of uh
from here she's the only person in the world that they have to possibly convict patrick crazy we did
a deal with the devil there's just no if hands or butts about it in this case but it's a deal that we made in order to
move this case forward and to solve this crime sometimes in order to solve a case or
move a case forward we have to give a deal to the devil that's exactly what we did here
did you say that you cleaned off some of the appliances i did i wiped the there was blood on the
front of the dishwasher there was one on the front of the stove crystal lee was obviously the star
witness for the prosecution and she testified to things that the prosecution needed
her to say in order to establish this case i'm ayah gruber i'm a professor of law
at university of colorado law school i think there were doubts about crystal lee's testimony coming
into it crystal lee has trafficked in lies crystal lee is saying he has been planning on killing kelsey
and he had called me multiple times about it [Music] there's poison coffee there's a baseball
bat scented candles a blindfold phones that are pinging all over colorado and in idaho i gotta tell you it's one of
the most emotional trials i've ever been through and i've been through a lot of trials
the roller coaster everybody was put on there wasn't anybody on this team that at some point
i didn't have tears running down their face we just got word that a verdict has been
reached in the case against patrick frazee tell them try to take it where the [ __ ]
were the other ones out here there's always a little bit of nervousness and question in the back of your mind
just hours ago we were hearing closing statements and now now we have a verdict

An inside look at the startling evidence that helped convict Colorado man Patrick Frazee for the murder of his fianceé. CBS News correspondent Nikki Battiste reports for "48 Hours," Saturday, August 1 at 10/9c on CBS.

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Brief Summary

The episode details Patrick Frazee's trial, focusing on key witness Crystal Lee and emotional courtroom moments leading to the verdict.

Key points

Key Witness Takes Stand. A key witness testifies in the trial against Patrick Frazee, accused of murdering Kelsey Barrett.
Chilling Evidence Revealed. The jury sees shocking evidence, including blood at the crime scene.
Verdict Reached. A verdict has been reached in the high-stakes trial against Patrick Frazee.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

She's the bread and butter to this case.

Describing the importance of the star witness.

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