BROOMFIELD, Colo. — A Broomfield man who is charged in the killing of his wife earlier this month sent her threatening emails and text messages but led her to believe they were from an ex-boyfriend she had not seen in more than 20 years, according to an arrest affidavit from the Broomfield Police Department.
Daniel Krug was arrested at a King Soopers store on Dec. 16. His wife, Kristil Krug, was found dead inside the garage of their home on Promontory Lane shortly before 1 p.m. on Dec. 14. According to an autopsy report, she had at least two wounds to her head and a stab wound to her chest.
Months before Kristil Krug was found dead, she reported concerns to police about a possible stalker. She made the first report on Oct. 31 and reported that an ex-boyfriend she had not seen in 20 years would periodically send her messages over the years. She said typically she didn't respond and the messages stopped.
She said communications from her "ex" started again on Oct. 2, and that this time around there was "escalation" which caused her concern for her safety and that of her family, the affidavit says.
An Oct. 31 email, purportedly from her ex, included a photo of Daniel Krug exiting his vehicle at his workplace in Glendale on that day. There was a second email to Kristil Krug on Nov. 2 which indicated that her license plates were expired. Kristil Krug confirmed to police they did need to be renewed.
She received a text message on Nov. 9 from someone saying they had seen her at the dentist's office, the affidavit says. She confirmed to police she had been to the dentist that day.
Another vulgar and threatening message was sent on Nov. 13, which prompted Glendale Police to respond to Daniel Krug's workplace to check on his safety. Broomfield Police also responded to Kristil Krug's residence for a welfare check.
Kristil Krug received additional messages on Dec. 5 and 6, the affidavit says. Days later, on Dec. 14, Daniel Krug called the police and told them he hadn't been able to reach his wife for about three hours. He also said she had sent him a message that he needed to pick up one of their kids because she had a meeting with a detective about the stalking case.
That detective said they had no plans to meet.
An officer went to the home and no one answered. He then went over to look in the garage windows and spotted a woman on the floor, who was not moving, the affidavit says. The officer called for assistance and then forced his way into the home and into the garage, where he began CPR on the woman, who had no pulse.
Investigators learned the home had several motion sensor cameras, but three out of four had been offline for a large portion of the morning before Kristil was found dead. There was painter's tape over the doorbell camera, the affidavit says.
Investigators also canvassed 42 homes near the Krug home and found no evidence of any "unknown person" being at the Krug home.
Family members later told investigators that Kristil Krug was planning to divorce Daniel Krug and seek full custody of their children. One person described their relationship as "not good."
Detectives determined that Daniel Krug was the last known person to see Kristil Krug alive and they were the only people who could have turned the motion cameras off.
They found that the IP address used to send threatening emails to Kristil Krug originated from Daniel Krug's workplace. It was also noted in the affidavit that Kristil Krug's ex lives in Utah and was shown to be shopping there when she had her dentist appointment on Nov. 9. He was also there on the morning she was killed.
Daniel Krug is being held on a $5 million cash-only bond. He's due in court in February for a preliminary hearing.
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