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. >> detectives say the increased effort didn't bring them any closer to finding kelsey berreth. here's abc's maggie rulli. >> reporter: a backhoe used to dig into the ground. hauled on the back of a truck. trailers filled with equipment. items brought onto patrick frazee's property this weekend. law enforcement officials are looking into the clues for the disappearance of his fiancee, kelsey berreth. that search now complete. >> it's been a rough case for us to investigate. we're working tirelessly. >> reporter: authorities are not saying if they found any clues to kelsey's whereabouts. she do someone knows where she is at. >> reporter: frazee who authorities say is not a suspect nor a person of interest in berreth's disappearance, was the last person to see her. she dropped off their 1-year-old daughter, seen here on surveillance, at this colorado supermarket on thanksgiving day. the department of human services says he does not pose a risk and he is now caring for their child. his attorney tells abc news, we encourage law enforcement to take whatever steps it deems necessary t

today, police arrested the fiancÉ of 29-year-old kelsey berreth. olice say patrick frazee was the last person to see berreth alive. here's nikki battiste. >> reporter: patrick frazee was arrested this morning at his ranch in teller county, colorado. district attorney dan may: >> patrick frazee was charged this morning with first-degree murder and solicitation for first-degree murder. >> reporter: investigators spent days executing a search warrant at frazee's home last week, even bringing in a backhoe on to the 35-acre property. woodland park police chief miles de young: >> investigators have recovered a number of items that make us suspicious that the crime did occur at kelsey's residence. >> reporter: 29-year-old berreth was last heard from on thanksgiving. she and her one-year-old daughter, kaley, were captured on grocery store surveillance video. frazee is believed to be the last person to see berreth before she vanished. kelsey's mother cheryl berreth spoke with her that morning. did she sound normal? did she sound-- >> definitely, she sounded

there's a $25,000 reward for information that leads to the location or safe return of kelsey berreth. evacuation orders were finally lifted this weekend in paradise, california, more than five weeks after the town was wiped out in the state's worst wildfire. residents were allowed to return to their homes to see what was left. the fire killed 86 people and destroyed nearly 14,000 homes. i paid a visit to the community struggling to rise from the ashes. >> well, this would have been my front porch area right here. >> reporter: it's been a month since high school teacher virginia partang escaped from paradise. >> i mean, look. there is nothing here. my neighborhood is gone. >> reporter: she had just renovated after her husband's death five years ago. but nothing is left. >> what happens now? >> i'm at a loss as to what happens next. >> reporter: when the fire swallowed her town, the only things she grabbed besides her cats were her students' college application essays. >> there's a part of us that we're always the teacher. they had to get their essays done to get into college. >> report

clearly they have got probable cause to charge him. >> reporter: kelsey berreth first moved to coloradokelsey is fun-loving, kind of got a bright personality, she is kind, caring. >> reporter: she wanted to be a pilot. eventually she met frazee and gave birth to a baby girl. >> grounded and responsible, she has a 1-year-old child, she wouldn't just leave her. >> reporter: thanksgiving day this surveillance video inside a woodland park safeway captures the last known images of berreth shopping with 1-year-old kalie. 10 days later her mother, not her fiance, reported her missing. >> she's not the kind that runs off. this is completely out of character. >> reporter: once the investigation started, questions immediately cropped up. frazee and berreth didn't live together, and according to police, frazee told officers he hadn't seen his fiancee since thanksgiving either when he met her to pick up their daughter kalie, but he never reported her missing. >> when you look at past cases where the husband killed the wife, and you watch their behavior, many of them sort of disengage. they're not o

and on november 25, 700 miles away in south-central idaho. >> 23 days since kelsey berreth was listingvestigators believe kelsey's disappearance is more suspicious and she's not avoiding efforts to find her. they are looking at all avenues. >> reporter: at the last update police say the couple's daughter is in phrase the's custody but there is no reason to take the child away at this point. shannon: night court is back. on the docket, two cases related to gender, greek sororities and fraternities, allegedly threatening if they didn't change those groups to coed. at a virginia high school, teacher fired for not using a transgender student's personal pronoun, he said that would violate his first amendment rights and religious believes. >> shannon: it is time for night court and it's a rocket docke >> time for night court, a rocket docket meaning two cases to get through. the first from a high school in virginia. teacher under fire for refusing to college transgender student by their preferred pronoun. another case out of harvard university, several sororities and fraternities alleging, t

investigators are executing a search warrant on patrick frazee's 35-acre ranch, he's the fiance of kelsey berreth, the missing mother who vanished 22 days ago. >> our investigators believe kelsey's disappearance is more suspicious in that she is not intentionally avoiding efforts the find her. >> reporter: a pickup truck was towed away by authorities and search dogs combed the property. police would not reveal what information led them to seek a warrant and say frazee has yet to sit down for an interview with investigators. >> there have been numerous questions whether patrick is a suspect or person of interest. at this point, we are considering every possibility. >> reporter: frazee's attorney says his client was never asked to voluntarily participate in the search. adding "we encourage law enforcement to take whatever steps it deems necessary to find kelsey berreth and to be able to exclude patrick frazee as a possible suspect." berreth was last seen in public on thanksgiving when she went shopping with her daughter. frazee told police he last saw berreth later that day when he picked up their

kelsey berreth vanished on thanksgiving. authorities today, escorting her fiance off his property and executing a search warrant. clayton sandell with what we have learned tonight. >> reporter: tonight, a surprise search in a colorado mystery. investigators this morning forcing open the gate to patrick frazee's property. calling in the fbi in the search for frazee's missing fiancÉe kelsey berreth. the 29-year-old pilot last seen on thanksgiving with the couple's 1-year-old daughter. >> our investigators believe that kelsey's disappearance is more suspicious. and that shoois not intentionally avoiding efforts to find her. >> reporter: today police towed frazee's truck, escorting him and his daughter away. >> we are asking patrick to sit down with investigators since he was the last person to talk with kelsey face to face. >> reporter: frazee is not talking publicly either. patrick, why won't you talk to us? so far, police are not saying he's a suspect. his attorneys are saying, we encourage law enforcement to take whatever st

police say he was the last person to see kelsey berreth. today, he wasn't talking. nothing you'd like to say? can you talk to me? why haven't you spoken out about kelsey, patrick? police and the fbi searching his 35-acre property over the weekend for any sign of berreth. the 29-year-old mother and pilot last seen thanksgiving day at a grocery store with the couple's 1-year-old daughter. a search of berreth's home found uneaten cinnamon rolls left behind. on november 25th, mysterious text messages, one from berreth's phone, saying she was going to miss work. later that day, police say her phone pinged in idaho, nearly 700 miles from home. frazee's lawyer says he continues to cooperate. now, police wanted to speak with him in person. we don't yet know if that has happened. for now, they are not calling frazee a suspect. david? >> clayton, thank you. >>> now, to major developments involving harvey win steieinste headed to court today hoping to get his sexual assault case dismissed. tonight, what the judge said instead. abc's linsey davis was at the courthouse. >> repor

kelsey? >> reporter: berreth was seen here at this colorado supermarket on thanksgiving day. police say frazee met with the 29-year-old pilot shortly afterward to pick up their 1-year-old daughter. it was the last confirmed sighting of berreth. frazee never reported her missing. their daughter is still in his custody. >> i have no information at this time that i need to take that daughter -- that child away at this point. >> reporter: investigators say three days after berreth vanished, two text messages were sent from her phone, one to frazee and another to her employers telling them she was taking time off from work. >> at this point we are considering every possibility, and i'm not willing to jump to conclusions or label people involved in this highly complex investigation. >> reporter: and frazee has not been named a suspect or a person of interest. his lawyer tells abc news, we encourage law enforcement to take whatever steps it deems necessary to find kelsey berreth and to be able to exclude patrick frazee as a possible suspect in this missing person investigation. guys

. >> kelsey berreth vanished without a trace. and now questions are being raised about her fiance.ayton sandell has the story. >> patrick. >> reporter: the fiance of missing mom kelsey berreth seen leaving an attorney's office in colorado springs. patrick, why don't you talk to us? patrick frazee refusing to answer questions putting the couple's 1-year-old daughter in a car seat and driving off. patrick, what is the text message kelsey sent you on the 25th? >> reporter: new surveillance show the last time the 29-year-old was seen shopping with her daughter this a supermarket on thanksgiving day. police say frazee told them that's the day he saw berreth picking up the child. police say the couple live apart. >> sir, can you tell us what's going on? >> this is private property. this is a private road. >> reporter: at the police press conference frazee was a no-show. >> chief, i understand frazee was invited. why is he not here? >> that's a question you'd have to ask him. >> reporter: still looking for clues after a message to her job november 25th telling them she was going to miss t

it's been 36 days since his fiancee, kelsey berreth, disappeared. her body has yet to be found. >> investigators say they are working nearly around the clock to find her, but it could take months to solve her disappearance. in the meantime, the fate of a couple's little girl lies in the hands of a judge. nbc's cathy park has the latest. >> reporter: patrick frazee in shackles thursday, seen for the first time since his arrest, forced to face kelsey berreth's parents at a temporary custody hearing for their little girl. he was arrested one week ago in connection with the death of his fiancee. the couple's 1-year-old daughter, caylee, was placed in the custody of her maternal grandparents after her father's after last week. that order now extended for another week. a colleague of frazee says the girl's father was her primary caregiver watching caylee at his colorado watch while her mother worked as a flight instructor. >> he was a good dad and watching her and taking care of her. >> does this seem like something he would do? >> no. like i said, i was

telling abc news, "we encourage law enforcement to take whatever steps it deems necessary to find kelsey berreth and to be able to exclude patrick frazee as a possible suspect." the couple's child, now being cared for by frazee. police saying, "at this time, the department of human services does not have evidence that kaylee's safety is at risk while in his custody." and tonight, there is a $25,000 reward for information that helps police find berreth. tom? >> marci, thank you. >>> next, new developments after the 7-year-old migrant girl died in u.s. custody. her family calling for an investigation, even as her father thanks officials for trying to save her life. the girl, one of hundreds who die every year, trying to cross the border. here's lana zak. >> reporter: tonight, the family of 7-year-old jakelin caal maquin is calling for a fair investigation into the 7-year-old's tragic death while in border patrol custody. >> the death of a child is the most painful experience that a parent or family can endure. >> reporter: lawyers for jakelin's family now disputing accounts that the little girl ha

first-degree murder and solicitation of murder meaning that police think that he hired someone to kill kelsey berrethnvolved in the crime some way which means more rest could be coming as this investigation and the search for kelsey's body continues. >> this has been in a methodical and time-consuming multistate operation with investigators working around the clock to find kelsey. while we have not found kelsey at this time, information has been developed to that is helping to narrow down the search. as you can tell from the arrest, sadly we do not believe that kelsey is still alive. >> the 29-year-old mom was last seen at a grocery store near her home outside colorado springs on thanksgiving day. a surveillance video shows her shopping with her 1-year-old daughter hours before dropping the child off. authorities say that they found evidence at her home to leave them to believe that that is where she was killed and we are told that the child is in safe care, represented by a public defender and is being held without bond at the keller county jail, his next court date is on monday and he could enter a

the chief said frazee was the "father of kelsey berreth's daughter and we'll leave it at that."awyer saying his client turned over his phone and given a d.n.a. swab, all the signs pointed to the police having inside information pointing to frazee. here is the chief on the focus of the investigation. watch. >> the investigators have recovered a number of items to make us suspicious that the crime did occur at kelsey's residence. we have been coming back to rer residence that leads us to various locations. >> kelsey berreth was seen thanksgiving day on safeway grocery store in woodland, colorado. later her fiance came to berreth's home to pick up their 1-year-old daughter. they were either engaged or just broken up depending on who you talk to. the fiance got a text from berreth's phone three days after thanksgiving, although police have not released the details of what was written. the same day berreth's phone texted her employee where she works as a flight instructor to say she needed time off. later the same day her phone pinged to a cell tower in gooding, idaho, 800 miles from

a new reward is being offered for information to help find kelsey berreth. >> in their hunt for cluesestigators brought digging equipment to the property of berreth's fiance. abc's marci gonzalez is in los angeles with the very latest. marci, good morning. >> reporter: hi guys, good morning. it's just a part of the work the local police department and fbi are doing around the clock while hoping that reward could bring in new leads. this morning, police investigating the disappearance of a colorado mother now bringing in heavy digging equipment searching the property where kelsey berreth's fiance lives. police say patrick frazee is not considered a suspect or person of interest. they're focusing on his 35-acre plot of land for a third day. the woodland park police department announcing a new $25,000 reward for information leading to berreth's location or safe return. friday morning investigators seen cutting the lock of frazee's property, towing away his truck and escorting him from his home. >> at this point we are considering every possibility and i'm not willing to jump to conclusio

kelsey berreth has been missing since thanksgiving day.e searching for new leads in her disappearance. we are live in denver with the latest. >> fox news is working to confirm right now some possible breaking news that there has been an arrest in the disappearance of kelsey berreth. there are two reports out there by news organizations that kelsey berreth's fiance has been arrested in connection to her disappearance. you mentioned that this is the second time that investigators had been out to kelsey berreth's home. they were there last night removing evidence from her town home in the woodland park, colorado area. whatever came out of that search may have led to this possible arrest of the 29-year-old mother who has been missing since thanksgiving. berreth is engaged to patrick frazee who told police he last saw her thanksgiving when they exchanged custody of their 1-year-old child. this has been a task force including help from the colorado bureau of investigation and f.b.i. the woodland park police department has been saying they have n

kelsey berreth was last seen alive on thanksgiving day.rching for her body. we are joined by our reporter outside the courthouse in crip will creek, colorado. good morning. >> good morning, heather. the first appearance is scheduled for :30 local time. 10:30 eastern. he was arrested four days before christmas and will be charged with his fiance's murder. this video was the last time that kelsey berreth was seen in public on thanksgiving day at a grocery store in woodland park, colorado. she is with the couple's 1-year-old child. the police chief says investigators believe kelsey is dead though her body has not been found. frazee will be charged with first degree murpds and solicitation of murder. they haven't ruled out other arrests. her cell phone pinged in idaho and phone texted her employer to say she wouldn't be at work that week. authorities in idaho say they have provided evidence to woodland park police. frazee was last in court on thursday for a separate hearing concerning the custody of the couple's child. when frazee was arrested

not going to quit looking. >> reporter: police here say their number one priority is finding kelsey berreth. kaylee has been in frazee's care since berreth went missing on thanksgiving. social services says it's found no evidence she's at risk. >> thank you. so puzzling. >>> president trump says he will review the controversial case of a former u.s. army commando charged with murder. the army charged major mathew goldsteyn last week. in the 2010 killing of a man in afghanistan suspected of killing two u.s. marines. in a tweet the president called goldsteyn a u.s. military hero. david martin is at the pentagon with why mr. trump's intervention in the case could be illegal. david, good morning. >> reporter:esidented about the case after major goldsteyn's wife had appeared on fox news. the military justice system prohibits statements by the commander in chief that could influence the outcome of a case. it is not clear if the president's tweet compromised this case, but it does raise the possibility of a pardon. >> he was lucky enough to survive war and has come home to be ripped apart by his o

it's been 36 days since kelsey berreth disappeared.are working around the clock to find answers. patrick frazee in shackles thursday, seen for the first time since his arrest, forced to face kelsey berreth's parents in a custody hearing for their little girl. he was arrested one week ago, in connection with the death of his fiancee. the couple's daughter was placed in the custody of her maternal grandparents. a colleague of frazee says the girl's father was her primary caregiver, watching her at the colorado ranch while she was a flight instructor. >> he was watching over here and taking care of her. >> does this seem like something he would do? >> no. like i said, i was shocked and amazed when i heard this. and it seems completely out of character. >> reporter: it's been more than five weeks since frazee, who did not live with his fiancee, told police he picked up his daughter with berreth on thanksgiving. this surveillance video shows berreth and her daughter at a grocery store on thanksgiving day. berreth's cellphone was pinging a t

. >> colorado police say they found no sign of c kelsey berreth's body.ook at where the investigation goes from there. >> woodland park police are only telling us they had 75 people out there from multiple jurisdictions searching the property and home that belongs to the fiancÉ. search and rescue, fbi and rivers of the district attorneys app us helped, they removed at least one vehicle. investigators say her disappearance on thanksgiving is suspicious and they do not believe she is intentionally avoiding efforts to find her. the last person to see her face-to-face is patrick phrase the his attorney said, quote, we understand the search warrant was executed on his property. he was never asked to voluntarily participate in the search. 's attorney insists his client is cooperating providing dna samples, his cell phone and photos. but he has not given them an interview. the woodland park police chief says they want a sitdown but he's only communicating through his attorney. >> numerous questions whether he is a suspect or a person of interest which we are con

s reporter: this newly released supermarket surveillance video shows kelsey berreth with her ite-year-oldghter thanksgiving day. thlice say berreth met up with her fiance, patrick frazee, azter that evening to drop-off their daughter since they do not htve together. it was the last time anyone saw her. cheryl berreth, kelsey's mother, was one of the last people to talk to her. >> we talked just thanksgiving morning. >> reporter: did she say what her thanksgiving plans were? >> no big thanksgiving meal at her home or anything like that. >> reporter: did she sound normal? und she sound-- pp definitely. one sounded happy. >> reporter: activity from the 29-year-old's phone is adding to the mystery. on november 25, three days after o e vanished, two text messages were sent, one to her employer, doss aviation, where she was a sight instructor saying she would not be showing up to work the following week. the second was to her fiance, frazee. cell tower data shows the phone was nearly 600 miles away outside gooding, idaho, but police have found no evidence of berreth there. berreth's mother just

her fianci and they have confirmed patrick frazee is now in custody, his fiancie kelsey berreth had beenhanksgiving. the mother was last seen entering a supermarket. >> we won't quit looking. >> this comes less than a week after police searched his 35 acre property. he is now charged with first- degree murder. >>> let's take a look at the big board right now and you can see the dow is down around 280 points and stocks are still on track for the worst december since 1931 and of course that was during the great depression. >>> trader joe's is recalling a popular brand of energy bars over fears they were contaminated with peanuts which are not included in the list of ingredients. customers can get refunds on these varieties of bars. >>> windshield wipers are getting a workout at the toll plaza earlier today and dark clouds created an ominous seen over the bridge. the top portion of the tower was barely visible. it is still wet in some spots around the bay area but we will see a change as mary says. >>> we have drier weather this afternoon and this is a satellite radar view. that cold front

cameras in a safeway caught kelsey berreth entering the store with her daughter thanksgiving day.woodland park. alicia acuna reporting live from denver. >> police say that video is the last known public sighting of kelsey berreth. remember, investigators say the father of her child and fiance, patrick frazee, claims he was the last to see her in person when they exchanged custody of their 1-year-old daughter that afternoon. on monday, woodland park police held a news conference with kelsey's mother. multiple family members were invited to attend. >> i understand that's patrick was invited today. why is he not here? >> a question you'd have to ask him. >> is he being cooperative? >> yes, at this time. yes. >> a criminal defense attorney in colorado springs now speaking on behalf of frazee says that his client's cooperation includes voluntarily releasing his phone and providing a mouth swap sample saying mr. frazee was first notified of the press conference an hour or two prior to the commencement. mr. frazee hopes and prays for berreth's return. police posted about the news confere

phone is still in idaho where it pinged a few days after thanksgiving the day that police say kelsey berrethlee has been with her grandparents. >> shepard: more than a third of americans will be on the move this holiday season according to aaa. they report a number of travelers is the most they have counted. that's why it's record breaking. hillary vaughn live at lax, one of the busiest in the world. >> this is probably the worst day to fly out for christmas. three million people are planning to catch a flight today headed to their holiday destination. airports around the u.s. are dealing with the most intense foot traffic that they have seen all year long. right now we're in a lull at lax. the lines were long this morning. traffic outside getting through the terminals is also in gridlock. nearly 113 million people are headed out of town for the holiday. that's up over 4% from last year. 91% of travelers will hit the road to their destination. aaa says there's more cars on the road this christmas than they have ever seen before. more cars on the road is creating a lot of traffic. expect comm

. >> reporter: tonight authorities working across state lines to track down any sign of kelsey berreth's body. >> sadly we do not believe kelsey is still alive. >> reporter: friday police arrested her fiancÉ patrick frazee, held without bond. the 32-year-old facing charges of first-degree murder and solicitation for murder. his public defender providing no comment.now sheri falls, idaho collecting evidence near the tower where her phone was last pinged 800 miles from her home. the solicitation says he's not ruling out a murder for hire plot. >> you don't necessarily have to complete it to have a solicitation charge, but you have to show firmness of what you intended to do. >> reporter: the colorado mom last seen publicly on thanksgiving day shopping with her one-year-old daughter. police now say little kay lee is with kelsey's relatives, her first christmas without her mother. steve patterson, nbc news. >>> new details about the controversial call at a high school wrestling match last week with one athlete forced to cut his hair or forfeit. tonight his family is speaking out. nbc's matt

(catherine) twenty=nine year old kelsey berreth disappeared more than three weeks ago.her fiance andher of their one year old daughter was the last person to report seeing her. this morning's raid came as a surprise to many people ... including the fiance. nat at eight=thirty this morning sheriff's deputies arrived and cut the lock to the front gate of patrick frazee's property in the mountains about two hours south of denver.police say they no longer consider this a missing person case.our investigators believe that kelseys disappearance is more suspicious and that she is not intentionally avoiding efforts to find her.berreth was last seen november 23rd, thanksgiving day, with her one year old daughter at a safeway near her woodland park colorado home.three days later, her phone texted her employer and frazeee.it pinged a cell tower near gooding idaho, 800 miles away, and about halfway to her family home in soap lake washington. earlier this week, her mother appealed for information. "like i said she doesn't run off

in woodland park, colorado say 75 people helped with the search of the home and property of kelsey berreth's patrick phrasey. it started friday and went through the weekend near a small mountain town not far from woodland park where kelsey was last scene. they removed one vehicle from the property. investigators aren't sharing what if any evidence they found related to the 29-year-old mother's disappearance. they do say she is still considered missing and has been for more than three weeks now. the last person to see her face-to-face according to police is her fiance who she shares a child with. kelsey's mother said the two have never lived together, however. he says his client has been cooperating fully will authorities. provided an dna sample, and handed over his cell phone. the man has not participated in an interview yet. >> we're asking patrick to sit down with investigators since he is the last person to talk with kelsey face-to-face based on our investigation. there have been numerous questions whether patrick is a suspect or person of interest. at this point we're considering every p

police again searching berreth's home the night before frazee was arrested. >> investigators have recovered a number of items that make us suspicious that the crime did occur at kelsey's residence. >> reporter: three days after berreth vanished, her cell phone pinged 700 miles away from home in idaho. police also now charging frazee with solicitation to commit murder. prosecutors hinted he did not act alone. >> it is a crime to solicit somebody to commit another crime. >> is it fair to say then that patrick had somebody working with him? >> again, we'll be filing formal charges. >> reporter: this morning friends are remembering berreth for being a great mother with a beautiful spirit. >> she really was a sweetheart, she was beautiful inside and out. she's a gem lost too soon. >> reporter: now frazee has not entered a plea, but if he is convicted of murder, he could face the death penalty. as for the couple's 1-year-old daughter, officials tell us she is safe and back with kelsey's family. guys. >> that's perhaps the saddest part of this story. clayton, thank you very much. >>> we're going to move on now to the two suspects who were arrested overnight in connection wit

. >> reporter: kelsey berreth's disappearance remains a mystery after searching this 35-acre colorado fiance, patrick frazee, lives. authorities say they brought in a backhoe to help with the search. police now say they consider her disappearance suspicious, but have not named any suspects in the case. >> at this point, we are considering every possibility. and i'm not willing to jump to conclusions. >> reporter: the police chief said as of friday, frazee had only spoken to investigators through his attorney. >> we are asking patrick to sit down with investigators, since he is the last person to talk with kelsey face-to-face, based on our investigation. >> patrick has done everything that he has been asked for by law enforcement. >> reporter: frazee's attorney issued a statement friday, saying his client was never asked to voluntarily participate in this search, adding, we encourage law enforcement to take whatever steps it deems necessary to find kelsey berreth and to be able to exclude patrick frazee as a possible suspect. >> he's soft-spoken, quiet. a gentle giant. >> reporter: son

. >> reporter: investigators spent the weekend combing through the colorado ranch of kelsey berreth's fiance, patrick frazee. for two days, 75 people scouring 35 acres of frazee's property, bringing in a backhoe, search dogs, and towing a pickup truck off the land. police tight-lipped on the evidence collected, but they did not find kelsey, now missing for 25 days. police say they consider her disappearance suspicious but aren't yet naming any suspects. >> we are asking patrick to sit down with investigators, since he is the last person to talk with kelsey face-to-face. >> reporter: friday, police say frazee was only speaking to investigators through his attorney. frazee's attorney issued a statement saying his client continues to cooperate with law enforcement. berreth was last seen publicly on thanksgiving shopping with her 1-year-old daughter. frazee told police he last saw berreth later that day when he picked up their child, but she wasn't reported missing for another ten days by her mother. >> i still know somebody knows where she's at. somebody has seen her. >> reporter: police

he is accused of killing 2-year-old kelsey berreth at her home in colorado springs five weeks ago. ry shopping with the couple's daughter on thanksgiving. these are the last known pictures of her alive. later that day they met to exchange their daughter and the child stayed with her for weeks while officials conducted a desperate search for berreth. last week parents from idaho announced they had found evidence after searching search warrants in the area. no details have been released. while reportedly engaged, the couple did not live together and now with the mom presumed dead and father in jail, both sets of grandparents are fighting over where the child should live. during a closed hearing yesterday, a colorado judge granted temporary custody to berreth's parents. but court records show frazee's mother filed a motion to intervene. it's unclear whether she asked for custody but she made some kind of placement request. the judge laid action on that and set another hearing for january 3rd. meantime, patrick frazee's next court appearance is coming up on monday. he will be formally a

first-degree murder and solicitation for murder nearly a month after the disappearance of fiancee kelsey berreth. investigators back at her home today where they believe she was killed. >> i'm not going to talk what specifically was collected from the house. >> reporter: the murder suspect had told police he last saw his fiancee on thanksgiving, seen here shopping for groceries with their 1-year-old daughter kelsey's mother knew something was wrong. >> i can't think of anywhere she's ever gone she hasn't told me this is the plan. >> reporter: after nvesgators have not recovered a body. police now revealing m have b involved in a murder for hire plot. >> at this time there is only one arrest. i don't know if there will be additional arrests in our future. >> reporter: with frazee behin tonight growing questions, was somebody else involved in the murder of this missing mom? miguel almaguer, nbc news. >>> there was frustration on the roads, rails and in the airports tonight as a powerful storm on the east coast brought cancellations and delays that rippled nationwide. nbc's gabe gutierrez now with

. >> reporter: peter, it has been one month since kelsey berreth went missin authorities continue to search for her, but they believe she wa murdered with enough evidence to make the tearrest. af a month of uncertainty, heartache. finally an rest. friday morning, police cartingf trick frazee from his colorado ranch. the 32-year-old facing charges of first-degremurder and solicitation for murder in the disappearance of his fiancee kelsey berreth. >>sadly, we do not believe kelsey is still alive. >> reporter: this comes after investigators zero in on berreth's home. >> we recovered a number of items that make usci susous. >> reporter: brurerreth was las seen on thanksgiving day shopping with her 1-year-old daughter. she vanished with cinnamon rolls on the stove and suv parked in the driveway. police scoured fr he shares with his mother for any sign of berreth. with kelsey's body missing, this opens up the possibility tha others may be involved. >> at this time there is one arrest. i don't know if there is additional arrests in our future. >> reporter: after frazee appeared before the d

kelsey berreth was first reported missing on november 25th...firmed sighting of her was three days earlier on the 22nd. (jr stone) the 29-year- old's phone was traced to idaho, but aside from that authorities have no leads. christopher poulsen has details. family of a lo washington to be on the okdisappearance.they say it's a long shot, but she has family in soap lake, wash. and authorities say her phone last pinged, or sent a signal, from an area near gooding, idaho.the small city in south-central idaho is on interstate-84, and like the tri-cities, on the road between woodland park, colorado and soap lake, wash. cousin jodee garretson of pasco says they're grasping at straws, but right now that's all they have to go on.she says kelsey's mom and brother are in woodland park searching for the 29-year-old mother. "they're a very close-knit family. that's why i don't believe she'd just..." garretson paused mid-sentence to wipe away tears. "she's got to see people are looking for her. she wouldn't put them through that."garretson is the executive di

there is a 25,000 dollar reward for information that leads to the location or safe return of kelsey berreth. evacuations ordered from pienlly lifted in paradise, california. more than five weaks after the down was wiped out in the state's worst wildfire. residents were allowed to return to their homes to see what was left. the fire killed 86 people and destroyed nearly 14,000 homes. i paid a visit to the community struggling to rise from the ashes. >> well, this would have been my front porch area right here. >> it's been a month since high school teacher virginia partain escaped from paradise. >> you look and there is nothing here, my neighborhood is gone. >> she had just renovateed after her husband's death five years ago. but nothing is left. >> what happens now? >> i'm kind of at a loss to what happens next, you know? >> when the fire swallowed her town, the only things she grabbed besides her cats were her students' college application essays. >> there is a part of us that we are always a teacher. >> and they had to get their essays done to get into college. >> paradise high school is

. >> reporter: for more than two weeks, no one has seen or heard from 29-year-old kelsey berreth. of the last places the young mother was seen was on thanksgiving day at a safeway in woodland park, colorado, wearing a white shirt, gray sweater, and blue pants. >> if she is out there and doesn't want to be contacted, just let us know that she's safe and we'll let her family know. >> reporter: berreth was reported missing on december 2nd. woodland park police officer adam said a few days after thanksgiving her cellphone pinged nearly 800 miles away outside gooding, idaho, not far from where she has family. >> dear god, please keeps the family of kelsey barreth in your heart and soul. >> reporter: in washington state, where some of berreth's family lives, a vigil was held by her brother-in-law brendan kindle. >> if they see her anywhere, please, please, say something. >> reporter: online, thousands are following a facebook page dedicated to the search that is regularly posting pictures and updates on her case. her brother traveled to colorado to help find her, posting, "after arrivin

ian d >>> a nationwide search is under way to find 29-year-old kelsey berreth.ne of the last places she was seen was on thanksgiving day at a safeway in woodland park. police say a few days later her cell phone ping ed nearly 800 miles away in idaho, not far from where some of her family lives. her brother says all of her luggage was found in her colorado home and her cars are still there. she is a pilot and a mother of a 1-year-old girl. >>> a transgender boxer has made history. and, new church of abuse allegations, those are some of the headlines on the morning news stand. the fort worth star telegram found hundreds of sex abuse allegations in independent fundamental baptist churches across the u.s. they say the churches and schools covered up the alleged crimes and helped to relocate the offenders for decades. they were accused or convicted of sex crimes against children and at least 45 of them continued in ministry after the accusations came to the attention of authorities or law enforcement. >>> "the washington post" reports another jehovah's witness was de

looking into the disappearance of a colorado mother have found evidence in idaho. 29-year-old kelsey berrethlast seen in colorado thanksgiving day shopping with her daughter. her fiancee, 32-year-old patrick frazee is in custody facing murder charges. berreth's body has not been found. police won't say what evidence but berreth's cell phone pinged there three days after she vanished. >>> the washington examiner says one of the last known survivors of the 1943 warsaw ghetto uprising against the nazis had died. he died saturday in jerusalem at the age of 94. world war ii broke out when he was just fifteen. he helped save the last survivors of the uprising by smuggling them out through sewage tunnels. after the war, he immigrated to pre-state israel and then fought in its war of independence. there's only one known living survivor of the uprising left in israel. >>> still ahead, the outlook on wall street. clues to what markets will do on the day before christmas following last week's big losses. mmm, that's good. and i'm still going for my best even though i live with a higher risk of stroke d

of course, kelsey berreth went missing on thanksgiving day.e say that patrick frazee, her fiance, was the last person to see her. they now tell us -- sources tell us they no longer believe kelsey berreth is alive. this is now an investigation, a homicide investigation, and patrick frazee is now under arrest for that crime, cecilia. >> okay, clayton. thank you. >>> we are now just -- here we are, four days away from christmas but who's counting? if you still have shopping to do, fear not, you are far from the only procrastinators. brace yourself for the long lin lines. tomorrow is one of the biggest shopping days of the year an rebecca jarvis is at old navy here in times square with all the last-minute deals, rebecca. there's still last-minute deals to be had? >> reporter: of course, there are last-minute deals to be had. cecilia, good morning to you. they don't call tomorrow super saturday for nothing. 134 million of us expected to hit the malls for that super saturday blitz. $26 billion up for grabs, so a lot of retailers are pulling out all

authorities in colorado say that they are expanding their alert nationwide after kelsey berreth vanishedan two weeks ago. this morning, authorities are widening their desperate search for 29-year-old kelsey berreth who vanished on thanksgiving day. >> she was last seen wearing a white shirt, a gray sweater, blue pants, possibly blue jeans with a brown purse and white shoes. >> reporter: kelsey, a pilot and a mother to a 1-year-old daughter, was last seen at this safeway grocery store in woodland park, colorado. but police say her cell phone pinged shortly after she went missing in idaho shortly nearly 700 miles from home. >> makes us wonder what she's doing up there, what the phone is. she may not be there. the phone is. >> reporter: her family in disbelief at her disappearance. >> i just want her to come home. i just want her to come home. >> reporter: police searched kelsey's house for clues, her makeup, suitcases and cards all untouched. on facebook, her brother says, after arriving at kelsey's house and combing through things, we know one thing's certain, kelsey did not pack to go an

reporter: on the same day as that mysterious text to her work, police say berreth's phone pinged in idaho, where her mother lives. >> kelsey, we just want you call us if you can and we won't quit looking. >> reporter: berreth is a pilot, but police say there's no indication she flew an airplane anywhere. we did try reaching out to her fiance. we did not hear back. david? >> clayton, thank you. >>> and from washington tonight, the supreme court has handed a victory to planned parenthood. the high court refusing to consider appeals from kansas and louisiana that would allow them to deny medicaid money to planned parenthood, even though that money is not used to fund abortions. the decision reflects a split among conservatives on the bench. chief justice john roberts and new justice brett kavanaugh siding with the liberals in the decision. >>> there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this monday. the deadly house fire before the holidays. five children inside. the house going up in flames. it turns out their mother could not get to them, jumping from an upstairs window. what investigators are now saying tonight.

. >> reporter: after hours searching the florissant property of kelsey berreth's fiancÉ, patrick frazeeow want to question him face to face. >> we are asking patrick to sit down with investigators, since he is the last person to talk with kelsey. >> reporter: the last image of berreth with her one-year-old daughter was captured on surveillance video at a supermarket on thanksgiving day. frazee, the father of berreth's child, does not live with them. cheryl berreth is her mother. do you think for a nanosecond it's possible she may have gone on her own? >> i seriously doubt it. i guess anything is possible, but given that she's dedicated to her job, her daughter, her family, i just cant see that she would go anywhere without somebody knowing. >> reporter: three days after berreth vanished, her phone pinged from gooding, idaho, nearly 600 miles away. two texts had been sent, one to her fiancÉ, the other to her employer saying she would not be at work the following week. frazee's attorney jeremy loew says his client has been cooperating with the investigation. whether frazee is a suspect or

. >>> colorado police are offering a $25,000 reward to help locate kelsey berreth. they completed a search of her fiancee's property. he says he met her on the day she disappeared to pick up their 1-year-old daughter. fray zee is not being called a person of interest. berreth was last seen entering a grocery store on november 22nd. >>> intense fighting rebels is ending. much of the country is on the brink of famine. 22 million of 29 million people need help. elizabeth palmer reports. >> reporter: here are the tiniest victims of yemen's war. in the malnutrition ward of the hospital, it's a haven for the babies and their mothers where they'll get food and support. which is more than you can say for millions of other families left destitute by the fighting and yemen's economic collapse. last week peace talks in sweden showed the factions, the houthis and the yemen government shaking hands. we ask the foreign minister en will yohters start topull out >> until now it's take ple. >> do ha ide arweay >> i think we're talking about weeks. >> reporter: meanwhile, the u.n. is

friends gathered for a vigil, praying for kelsey's safe return. >> please keep the family of kelsey berreths. >> reporter: holding out hope that kelsey will be found. >> i find myself calling her quite often, and her phone just goes to voicemail. so when you think of someone, just let them know. >> reporter: that family just torn apart right now. no suspects have been named. police are treating this as a missing persons case. a press conference is slated for later this afternoon and we expect to learn much more then. but her friends, her family say she was grounded and responsible. this was completely out of her character and she has no ties to idaho where her phone was pinging. >> we hope she is found. >> paula, thank you. >>> coming up, it's green monday, one of the busiest shopping days of the holiday season. the scramble to get those gifts is on, and with that comes a warning about porch pirates. this young girl caught on camera snagging a package. the new ways to fight back. oatthey're actually kind ofht? extraordinary. see, oats contain a soluble fiber called beta-glucan. beta what? s

now under arrest for allegedly murdering kelsey berreth, the 29-year-old mother of his child, last seen thanksgiving day. >> sadly, we do not believe kelsey is still alive. >> reporter: police also charging frazee with solicitation, hinting he did not act alone. >> it is a crime to solicit somebody to commit another crime. >> reporter: is it fair to say then that patrick had somebody working with him? >> again, we'll be filing formal charges. >> reporter: investigators believe berreth was killed in her townhome, returning again overnight, carrying out bags of evidence. three days after she vanished her cell phone was detected in idaho, 700 miles away. >> her phone did end up in idaho. and we are looking to try to recover that. >> reporter: frazee was in court this afternoon. he's now being represented by a public defender. as for the couple's 1-year-old daughter, officials say she's safe and with kelsey's family o tonight. a referee at a high school new e yeswr told a wrestler he had to cut his dread locks or forfeit the match. with the clock ticking, t wrestler, a teenager, chose to le

the denver post reports the daut er missing colorado woman kelsey berreth's daughter will stay with her mother's family. patrick frazee was accused of killing her. the judge granted temporary custody to the maternal parents yesterday. they say berreth and frazee were engaged but did not live together. berreth was last seen thanksgiving day when a store surveillance camera captured her shopping with her daughter. her body has not been found. >>> four people who survived an ordeal in a west virginia cool mine have been charged. they entered the mine earlier this month to steal copper wire. the group became lost after entering the inactive mine earlier this month. one of the four made it out on his own two days later and crews later rescued the other three. >>> and the military times reports the nation's oldest world war ii veteran has died at age 112. richard overton, born during the teddy roosevelt administration, was in his 30s when he volunteered for the army. he served at pearl harbor just after the japanese attack in 1941. overton was also thought to be the time of his death yesterda