The fugitive Colorado mom accused of killing two of her younger youngsters amid a custody battle together with her ex-husband was captured abroad Saturday, native authorities mentioned.
Kimberlee Singler was arrested “with out incident” in the UK greater than every week after she allegedly killed her 9-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son, and allegedly tried to kill her 11-year-old daughter, the Colorado Springs Police Division mentioned in a press release to The Put up on Sunday.
Police had been responding to a housebreaking report once they found a grisly scene round 12:30 a.m. on Dec. 19. They discovered Singler and her oldest youngster injured and the 2 youthful children useless.
Singler and her 11-year-old had been handled on the scene earlier than they had been taken to native hospitals.
Every week later, authorities issued an arrest warrant for Singler, 35, on homicide fees after additional investigation.
The 2 younger victims had been recognized Sunday as Elianna “Ellie” Wentz, 9, and Aden Wentz, 7, by their father, Kevin Wentz, FOX 21 reported.
Singler had vanished earlier than her arrest and had not been seen since Dec. 23. A police spokesperson mentioned she was at first handled as a housebreaking suspect and was cooperating with investigators earlier than she went on the run.
The kids’s murders come as Singler and Wentz, her ex-husband, had been engaged in a authorized battle over parenting time and different points, per courtroom filings.
Wentz mentioned in a press release to FOX 21 that he and his ex-wife had been in a bitter custody struggle since 2018. Singler even accused him of kid abuse, although the allegations had been unfounded by the courts.
She additionally efficiently requested a brief safety order in opposition to Wentz in September in El Paso County, accusing Wentz of pulling a knife on her, after which made one other request in November in Larimer County on the identical allegation, however that was denied and he was not deemed a menace, the native station reported.
She was then ordered to permit him to make up for the misplaced time together with his children, in accordance with the report.
However Singler didn’t deliver the youngsters to an alternate on Dec. 16, leading to a scheduled, in-person convention listening to on Dec. 20 with the three youngsters, in accordance with the station.
A Larimer County decide decided that Wentz ought to have full custody of the three youngsters till a January 18, 2024 listening to, KRDO reported, citing courtroom data.
The previous husband and spouse formally divorced in 2020 after splitting in 2018, the station reported.
The Put up has reached out to an lawyer for Wentz for remark.
Police didn’t disclose additional details about her arrest or the accusations in opposition to her.
Colorado Springs police mentioned it’s going to maintain a press convention at a later date when extra particulars might be shared.
Singler is going through 4 counts of first-degree homicide, two counts of first-degree tried homicide, three counts of kid abuse and one depend of first-degree assault, police mentioned.
Her bond was set at $10 million by the courtroom when the arrest warrant was issued.
Police mentioned the 11-year-old daughter was protected.
With Put up wires