The Colorado mom accused of killing two of her young kids and fleeing to the UK filed a court motion two days after their deaths saying she couldn’t attend a pre-scheduled custody hearing because she needed “time to heal” from the loss.
Kimberlee Singler, 35, was expected to attend court on Dec. 18, the day of the homicides — but she claimed she and her family had been the victims of a break-in that left her daughter, Ellie, 9, and son, Aden, 7, dead, according to The Denver Gazette.
“I am unable to attend in person/ virtually/ or otherwise, because I have lacerations on my neck and wrists,” she reportedly wrote, also claiming that she suffered lacerations to her wrists and neck in the alleged fatal break-in.
She and her ex-husband, Kevin Wentz, were embroiled in a legal battle and he filed an emergency motion for law enforcement to assist in enforcing parenting time.
A clerk with the Larimer County Court informed Singler by voicemail that she and her kids had to appear in court Dec. 20 if she could not exchange them with Wentz before then, the outlet reported
Singler — who was representing herself — went to a public library on Dec. 20 and used a computer to file a motion with the court asking for a continuance in the custody hearing, according to the outlet.
She asked for the conference to be postponed for at least 10 days, the Gazette reported.
“I am unable to attend in person/ virtually/ or otherwise, because I have lacerations on my neck and wrists,” she reportedly wrote, also claiming that she suffered lacerations to her wrists and neck in the alleged fatal break-in.
She wrote that she was writing from the library because her home was locked down and she had no access to her phone and laptop, the Gazette reported.
“I am weak and in a great deal of pain and I will require further medical treatment,” Singler wrote, adding that she also needed “time to heal” and to grieve the loss of her two kids.
She wrote that Ellie and Aden were “murdered” and that she and her other girl were “left to die.”
Singler wrote that she was unable to call 911 until the morning of Dec. 19, when police received a 91 call for a burglary in the 5300 block of Palomino Ranch Point.
On Dec. 26, investigators established probable cause and obtained an arrest warrant for Singler. The court set a $10 million bond anf the Colorado Violent Offender Fugitive Task Force launched an effort to locate her.
Four days later, Singler was taken into custody in the UK and made her first court appearance at the Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Jan. 1, according to the outlet.
Wentz said the following day in a motion filed with the Larimer County Court that he learned that Singler had told police that he was the “intruder” who had entered the home.
Police said that Wentz “had nothing to do with the murder of the children” according to the motion cited by the Gazette.
Singler even accused him of child abuse, though the allegations were unfounded by the courts.
The former husband and wife officially divorced in 2020 after splitting in 2018.
Singler was scheduled to return Monday to the Westminster Magistrates’ Court as the extradition process continues.
She is facing four counts of first-degree murder, two counts of first-degree attempted murder, three counts of child abuse and one count of first-degree assault, police said.
But legal experts said Singler will likely not be extradited for months because of the complicated process.
“This is just red tape,” University of Denver associate law professor Ian Farrell told the Gazette in an email. “I imagine there are I’s to be dotted and T’s to be crossed. They have to make sure everything is in order before they hand someone over.”