Crews search property of Kelsey Berreth’s fiancé with backhoe; $25K reward now being offered
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FLORISSANT, Colorado — Crews have completed a search of the property belonging to the fiancé of Kelsey Berreth, a Colorado mother missing since Thanksgiving.
The multi-jurisdictional task force searched the 35-acre property of Patrick Frazee, who has not been ruled out as a suspect in Berreth’s disappearance.
A backhoe was brought in to assist with the search that consisted of approximately 75 people. Specific details were not released, but Chief Miles J. De Young said the case “is the number one priority for the Woodland Park Police Department.”
The department announced it will pay up to $25,000 for information that leads to the location or safe return of Berreth.
De Young said the couple’s 1-year-old daughter remains with her father, who is continuing to cooperate with law enforcement during the investigation.
He also said his department continues to be in contact with the Teller County Department of Human Services in regards to the child’s custody, adding that department “does not have evidence that [the child’s] safety is at risk while in Patrick Frazee’s custody.”
During a press conference Friday, De Young said there were “a number of other things” done up through Thursday night that led to a judge signing off on a search warrant of Frazee’s home.
Berreth, 29, has not been seen since Thanksgiving. She was spotted on surveillance video at a Safeway in Woodland Park that day. Her cell phone pinged about 800 miles away in Gooding, Idaho on Nov. 25.
Her brother told Good Morning America that she did not seem to have packed to take any trips.
De Young said Friday afternoon that it was investigators’ “hope” that Berreth was still alive and said that was “absolutely a possibility.”
Berreth is described as a white female standing 5 feet, 3 inches tall and weighing 110 pounds. She has brown hair and green eyes.
Anybody with information on her disappearance is encouraged to contact the Woodland Park Police Department at (719) 687-9262 or email Kelsey@city-woodlandpark.org.