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Kelsey Berreth: The Thanksgiving Murder Plot

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Crystal Kenney testified that Patrick Frazee planned to kill Kelsey and told her to send fake texts from Idaho.

1. Moms and Mysteries covers the disappearance of 29-year-old Kelsey Barrett on Thanksgiving Day 2018 in Woodland Park, Colorado. 2. Hosts Mandi and Melissa frame the case as a holiday week true-crime story and describe why Kelsey’s family mattered to the investigation. 3. The episode asks how a new mother with a one-year-old daughter could vanish from a tidy townhouse with her cinnamon rolls still on the counter. 4. Kelsey was described as reliable, the kind of person who showed up early, sent thank-you cards, and remembered birthdays. 5. Her mother Cheryl drove 700 miles from Idaho to Colorado when Kelsey stopped answering calls and messages. 6. The Woodland Park Police Department opened a missing persons case on December 2, 2018, ten days after Kelsey was last seen. 7. Investigators tracked Kelsey’s phone pinging first near her hometown and then in Gooding, Idaho, nearly 800 miles away. 8. Texts sent from Kelsey’s phone went to her boss and Patrick Frazee, including a message saying she was headed to Washington. 9. Surveillance footage from Safeway showed Kelsey on Thanksgiving Day shopping with her baby and looking normal. 10. Patrick Frazee told investigators he had met Kelsey for a baby exchange and that the relationship had ended. 11. Cheryl found Kelsey’s townhouse untouched, with her purse, makeup, toothbrush, luggage, and cinnamon rolls still there. 12. Police found no clear signs of forced entry or struggle, but they did find faint stains that needed further testing. 13. Phone records and surveillance placed Patrick near Kelsey’s house at suspicious hours, including multiple pings and repeated entries. 14. Prosecutors later said a neighbor’s camera captured a figure consistent with Patrick entering and leaving Kelsey’s condo 11 times on Thanksgiving Day. 15. Luminol testing revealed traces of blood in the bathroom, on floors, and on walls inside Kelsey’s home. 16. Investigators traced the Idaho phone ping to Gooding and found Crystal Lee Kenney, who had a long on-and-off relationship with Patrick. 17. Crystal testified that Patrick had discussed killing Kelsey, suggested using a caramel macchiato, a pipe, or a baseball bat, and asked her to help. 18. She also said she used bleach, wipes, and rags to clean the townhouse and sent fake texts after taking Kelsey’s phone to Idaho. 19. The episode has an interview-driven, conversational tone with pauses for commentary, sponsor breaks, and a short holiday game segment at the end. 20. People interested in domestic violence, forensic evidence, and missing-person cases would likely stay engaged; listeners wanting a light holiday episode probably would not.

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