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.
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.
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.
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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