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Extradition hearing for Colorado Springs woman accused of killing children begins in UK

By 09/04/2024 | updated 2 years ago

A three-day extradition hearing for the Colorado Springs woman accused of killing two of her children is underway in a London court, according to reports from NBC.

Kimberlee Singler, 36, appeared in court on Wednesday for the first day of her extradition hearing in Westminster Magistrates Court in Central London. 

NBC reports via its London-based journalists that the court heard details of how Singler allegedly drugged her children before fatally stabbing and shooting two of them because God told her to do it. 

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Singler’s attorney argued to the court Wednesday that her potential sentence if convicted of life in prison without parole is a “breach of the European human rights law,” according to NBC. 

Previous Gazette reporting outlines that Singler was in the midst of a lengthy custody battle with her ex-husband, Kevin Wentz, and failed to show up to a police station to return custody of the three children to Wentz the day before she allegedly killed two of the three children. 

Singler faces seven charges, including two counts of first-degree murder, for allegedly killing her two children, Elianna Wentz and Aden Wentz, and attempting to kill her third child. 

Previous reporting from The Gazette details that the El Paso County Coroner’s Office ruled that both children’s deaths were homicides. 

Elianna “Ellie” Wentz, 9, suffered a gunshot wound to the head and cuts to her neck that caused her death.

Her brother, Aden Wentz, 7, was killed by a gunshot to his head, an autopsy states. He suffered neck wounds as well. 

Kate Singh, a spokesperson for the 4th Judicial District Attorneys Office, stated that she had no updates on Singler’s extradition when asked for an update from The Gazette on Wednesday morning.  

NBC reports that the ongoing extradition hearing is expected to last three days. 

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