Phone searched, DNA taken in disappearance of mother

The fiancé of a missing Woodland Park woman has cooperated with investigators searching for her by providing his phone and completing multiple interviews with law enforcement, according to the man’s attorney.

Patrick Frazee has also provided mouth swabs for DNA analysis and photographs, his attorney, Jeremy Loew, said.

Kelsey Berreth was last seen in a Safeway grocery store in the small mountain town on Thanksgiving. Berreth texted her employer, Pueblo-based Doss Avia- tion, on Nov. 25 to say she wouldn’t be at work the following week, Woodland Park Police Chief Miles De Young said at a news conference Monday. She texted Frazee that day as well, the chief said.

Berreth’s phone pinged a cell tower near Gooding, Idaho, on Nov. 25, but nobody has heard from her since, De Young said. Berreth’s mom reported her missing Dec.2.

Frazee last saw Berreth on Thanksgiving, when he picked up the young daughter they share.

“Mr. Frazee hopes and prays for Ms. Berreth’s return,” Loew wrote. “Mr. Frazee will continue to cooperate with law enforcement and continue to parent the child he shares with Ms. Berreth.”

Frazee did not attend the news conference because he was told about it only an hour before, Loew said. “Had he been given more advance notice, he would have participated,” Loew said.

Investigators have searched Berreth’s home and workplace. They have no suspects in what they call a missing-persons case. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation and the FBI are assisting with the search.

Anyone with information about Berreth is asked to call Woodland Park police at 719-687-9262.