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The judge rejects the extradition request from an American mother

Thomas Mackintosh

BBC news

Report ofWestminster Court of First Instance
Dabb, Kory R.

Kimberlee Singler was arrested in western London on December 30, 2023.

A judge rejected the extradition request from an American mother accused of the murder of two of her children in Colorado and her “flight” to London.

Elianna, Kimberlee Singler’s nine -year -old daughter, and her son Aden, seven years old, were found dead on December 19, 2023 in Colorado Springs.

Prosecutors acting on behalf of US officials said Ms. Singler, 36, had “fled” the United States and was arrested in western London 11 days later.

District judge John Zani told Westminster Court of First Instance that he had rejected Ms. Singler’s challenge against extradition and said the case was now transmitted to the Minister of the Interior to decide if the 36 year old man was to be sent back to the United States.

Warning: This report contains descriptions of violence against children

Ms. Singler’s legal team announced her intention to appeal to the judge’s decision.

Previously, the The court heard in September That the alleged crimes of Ms. Singler were “committed in the context of an acrimonious legal proceedings” concerning the custody of her children with her ex-husband Kevin Wentz.

Prosecutor Joel Smith said that on December 19, 2023, the Police Department of Colorado Springs answered a call at 911 reporting a burglary in a residence in Colorado at 00h29 local time (6:29 a.m. GMT).

When the police arrived at the accused’s address, they found two dead children and a “blood -stained handgun” which was discovered on the floor of the room.

Smith said that DNA tests had been carried out on the weapon and on a knife, which revealed the presence of mixed profiles corresponding to children and Mrs. Singler.

A third child, whose identity has not been revealed, was found with a serious neck injury. She was transported to the hospital and survived.

Mr. Smith said that Ms. Singler had blamed her husband for the attack, but it was discovered that he was driving a “truck followed by GPS” to Denver, giving what the prosecutor described as a “complete and verifiable aliba “.

Aden Wentz, seven, and his sister Elianna (Ellie), nine, were found dead in a Colorado house before Christmas 2023.

In the days that followed, the third child was placed in a foster family and, on Christmas Day, she told her foster family that Ms. Singler was responsible for the attack and asked her to lie To the police, said Mr. Smith.

The prosecutor said that the girl was questioned by police on December 26, a period during which she told how the attack took place after the accused guided the three children in their room.

The police investigation then led to the issue of an arrest warrant by the court of the fourth judicial district of the County of El Paso, in Colorado, against the arrest of Ms. Singler.

Smith said that Ms. Singler had been arrested in the Chelsea district, west of London on December 30.

It does not belong to the London court to carry out a criminal trial. However, during the same hearing in September, Ms. Singler’s lawyer Edward Fitzgerald, told court that she “denies being responsible for the death of her two young children and the attempted murder of her third child” .

“She is innocent,” he said.

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