A Broomfield man charged with homicide in his spouse’s dying had been impersonating her ex-boyfriend and stalking her for months earlier than killing her, in keeping with an arrest affidavit filed within the Broomfield County Mixed Courtroom.
Daniel Bartholomew Krug, 43, is going through first-degree homicide, stalking and legal impersonation fees within the Dec. 14 killing of his spouse, 43-year-old Kristil Krug, at their dwelling within the 3100 block of Promontory Loop in Broomfield.
Daniel Krug referred to as Broomfield police simply after midday Dec. 14 to ask for a welfare verify on his spouse at their dwelling. He stated he hadn’t heard from her for a number of hours and was frightened following months of her being stalked and despatched obscene and probably threatening messages that had been apparently from her ex-boyfriend, in keeping with the affidavit. Police later discovered proof that Daniel Krug had been the one stalking and messaging her, pretending to be her ex-boyfriend.
Police discovered Kristil Krug overwhelmed and stabbed, and he or she later died at a hospital.
The affidavit stated there was no signal of a battle and police discovered Kristil Krug’s concealed-carry weapon on her physique, main them to consider she was killed by somebody she knew or was taken unexpectedly.
Daniel and Kristil Krug had been married since 2007, in keeping with the affidavit, however they had been planning to divorce. Kristil Krug had advised her dad and mom her husband was “typically tough with the children,” and that she would search full custody.
Kristil Krug had gone to police on Oct. 31 to complain that an ex-boyfriend, who had beforehand despatched her impolite and sexual messages prior to now, had began sending her related messages in October, in keeping with the affidavit. She reported the messages to police on Oct. 31 as a result of she obtained an e mail containing an image of Daniel getting out of his automobile at his office that included an obscene message.
In November, she obtained a number of emails with private details about her that gave an correct location of the place she was on the time.
She obtained textual content messages with specific pictures and extra propositions, together with one despatched Nov. 13 that stated, “Assist me eliminate him then we might be collectively,” referring to her husband, in keeping with the affidavit.
Kristil Krug obtained a minimum of two extra emails propositioning her in December earlier than the day of her dying.
The officer who discovered her overwhelmed and stabbed within the storage observed the digicam on the home’s doorbell system was taped over, and a overview with Daniel Krug of different safety cameras Kristil had put in confirmed three of them had been turned off many of the morning, in keeping with the affidavit.
He couldn’t clarify why they had been turned off.
Broomfield detectives then obtained IP handle knowledge for the telephone numbers and emails her ex-boyfriend supposedly had used to contact her and decided they originated from Daniel Krug’s office, in keeping with the affidavit.
Broomfield officers additionally confirmed that the ex-boyfriend was in Utah, not Colorado, on the date of the killing, in keeping with the affidavit.
In a police interview on Dec. 14, Daniel Krug denied killing Kristil Krug, saying he left their home for work that day later than traditional due to “unexplainable abdomen bother,” in keeping with the affidavit, and he and his spouse interacted when she returned from taking the children to highschool however didn’t argue shortly earlier than he left.
Broomfield police arrested Daniel Krug on Dec. 16 at a Broomfield King Soopers. A preliminary listening to is scheduled for Feb. 22.
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