Patrick Frazee's mistress helped to protect the killer fiance by burning Kelsey Berreth's cell phone, throwing her keys into a gorge and giving away dead woman's gun after brutal murder

  • Krystal Jean Kenney disposed of crucial evidence in the Kelsey Berreth murder case, including a gun, keys and the missing mother's phone
  • She had been having an affair with Patrick Frazee at the time he allegedly killed Berreth, and claims she cleaned up the crime scene at his request
  • She then disposed of Berreth's keys at Makad Gorge State Park, right over the border from Colorado in Idaho, court documents reveal
  • Kenney also told police that she burned Berreth's cell phone and threw it in the trash at work, along with the burner phone she used to speak with Frazee
  • The gun she was told to dispose of was given to a male friend, and told by Kenney it belonged to a family member 
  • Kenney will be sentenced after Frazee's trial for her own involvement after pleading guilty to one felony count of tampering with evidence 

Details of how the mistress of Patrick Frazee disposed of crucial evidence in the case has been revealed in court documents.

Krystal Jean Kenney was tasked not only with cleaning up the gruesome murder scene where she claims Frazee bludgeoned Kelsey Berreth, but also finding a way to get rid of the young mother’s personal effects. 

Legal filings submitted earlier this month state that Kenney did this by hurling Berreth’s keys into a gorge, burning both Berreth’s cell phone and the burner phone she used to communicate with Frazee and giving the victim’s gun to a relative.

Kenney told authorities this after first denying she even knew who Berreth was, before eventually confessing to just how the 29-year-old pilot was brutally murdered on Thanksgiving as her daughter played in the next room.

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Mistress to murder: Krystal Jean Kenney (above in court back in February) disposed of crucial evidence in the Kelsey Berreth murder case, including a gun, keys and the missing mother's phone

Mistress to murder: Krystal Jean Kenney (above in court back in February) disposed of crucial evidence in the Kelsey Berreth murder case, including a gun, keys and the missing mother's phone

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Gone girl: Kenney will be sentenced after Frazee's trial for her own involvement after pleading guilty to one felony count of tampering with evidence (mugshots above)

Filings submitted in the case show that Kenney eventually told authorities that, after watching Frazee burn his former fiance’s body in a giant fire on his mother’s ranch, she was sent home to Idaho with strict instructions to make sure a cell phone, gun and keys belonging to Berreth were either hidden or destroyed.

The keys were the first piece of evidence Berreth disposed of, throwing them into one of the deep gorges at Malad Gorge State Park.

The deep and steep cliff walls make most of the park inaccessible, while the raging rapids make a water search near impossible.

Berreth’s phones were then burned by Kenney according to documents, but not before they provided investigators with a trail that lead from Frazee’s farm in Colorado to the home of Kenney’s friend in Idaho. 

Berreth’s phone last pinged in Idaho on November 25 at Malad Gorge, around the same time a woman with unknown ties to Kenney called Frazee's cell.

That woman lives less than 10 miles from Maad Gorge.

The woman, 39, has been employed in the medical field, so there is a chance she may have been a friend of Kenney's from work. 

Tossed: She then disposed of Berreth's keys at Makad Gorge State Park, right over the border from Colorado in Idaho

Tossed: She then disposed of Berreth's keys at Makad Gorge State Park, right over the border from Colorado in Idaho

Without a trace: There has still been no sign of Berreth's body or remains

Without a trace: There has still been no sign of Berreth's body or remains

Then, when Kenney returned home, she burned Berreth's phone and the burner she used to speak with Frazee.

The charred remains of those two devices were then disposed of at the hospital where she worked before she was charged in the case. 

The final remaining piece of evidence - Berreth’s gun - was given by Kenney to a male friend.

Kenney said that it belonged to a family member.  

In addition to this, Kenney also texted Berreth's mother, Frazee and Berreth's place of employment during her drive home to Idaho 'with the intent of distracting law enforcement at the direction of Frazee.' 

These actions and her delay in sharing this information, which has dealt a devastating blow to prosecutors has now led some to question if Kenney should have been offered a plea deal by the state of Colorado.

At the same time, because she is the only witness in the case, the verdict in the case now hinges entirely on her testimony.

There is also still no trace of Berreth's remains. 

Kenney broke down in tears as she confessed to destroying Berreth's cell phone in court back in February.

She also agreed to testify against Frazee at his murder trial.

Kenney will be sentenced after Frazee's trial for her own involvement after pleading guilty to one felony count of tampering with evidence.

 

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