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Woman accused of killing her 2 kids described injuries in motion to delay court hearing

Kimberlee Singler wrote in a Dec. 20 motion that she needed time to grieve and said she had lacerations on her neck and wrists.

EL PASO COUNTY, Colo — Just one day before a Colorado Springs mother was accused of killing her two young children and injuring a third, a judge granted an emergency motion that ordered the children to immediately be turned over to their father until a hearing in mid-January.

Kimberlee Singler was arrested in the United Kingdom and faces multiple counts of first-degree murder in connection with the Dec. 18 killings.

Her ex Kevin Wentz filed the motion Dec. 17, after Singler refused to exchange the children with his sister at a police station the day before, as required. The order issued by the court allowed law enforcement to assist with enforcing parenting time and restricted Singler's visitations to Facetime until a Jan. 18 hearing.

On Dec. 18, a clerk with the Larimer County Court left Singler a voicemail telling her that she and her children were ordered to appear in court Dec. 20 if she was unable to exchange the children with Wentz before then.

Credit: Law Office of Jennifer Darby, LLC
Aden Wentz

Dec. 18 is the day that investigators believe Singler killed her two children, 7-year-old Aden Wentz and 9-year-old Elianna "Ellie" Wentz. Singler's other daughter was wounded but survived. According to Colorado Springs Police, Singler reported a burglary in the early morning hours of Dec. 19, but investigators determined the burglary report was "unfounded."

On Dec. 20, according to court documents obtained by 9NEWS, Singler, who was representing herself, went to a public library and used a computer to file a motion with the court asking for the hearing that day to be continued.

Credit: Law Office of Jennifer Darby, LLC
Elianna “Ellie” Wentz

In that motion, she wrote that someone broke into her residence around 11 a.m. Dec. 18 and attacked her and her children. She wrote that Ellie and Aden were "murdered" and that she and her other daughter were "left to die." She claimed she had "no ability" to call 911 until about midnight Dec. 19 and had "just learned" of the Dec. 20 hearing late on Dec. 19. In the motion, she described "lacerations" on her neck and wrists and said she was "weak" and in a great deal of pain.

She asked in the motion for "time to heal" and to "grieve" the loss of her two children.

Credit: Colorado Springs Police Department

Six days later, on Dec. 26, investigators obtained an arrest warrant for Singler on the following charges:

  • Four counts of first-degree murder
  • Two counts of attempted first-degree murder
  • Three counts of child abuse
  • One count of first-degree assault

Police announced that she was arrested in the UK on Dec. 30. She is due in court there next week as she awaits extradition back to Colorado.

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