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Keslie Schelling’s mother reacts to CBI helping with case

from the mother of kelsie schelling – admitting she’s disappointed by the pueblo police department’s decision not to turn over the case to the c-b-i. the chief of police is defending that decision now… krdo newschannel 13’s greg miller is live tonight at police headquarters with new information. chief velez says the cbi will offer a fresh perspective – but the department will not hand the case over after all that is not the news kelsie schelling’s mother wanted to hear. new heartbreak. sot: i can’t it’s hard after all of this time. emotions laura saxton can barely cope with. sot: all of the heartache. just going through the loss of kelsie is enough and all of this other crap we had to deal with it. it’s just been torture for us. three years of emotional pain… resurfaces again. she’d hoped the pueblo police department would fulfill a previous report – to turn the case over to the colorado bureau of investigation. but chief luis velez says they will stay in charge – as co- investigators. 0:35 their investigators will take a look at the case and provide us with an objective third party view. he says there’s no reason to turn over the case… but some feel it should’ve been handled differently. corsentino: if i was sheriff, it would’ve been handled differently, without a doubt. former pueblo county sheriff dan corsentino wouldn’t criticize specific detectives in the interrogation of schelling’s boyfriend donthe lucas – 0:00 surveillance video: there’s no record of her at parkview. lucas: that’s all i have to say but says a joint task force should’ve been implemented days, not years, after kelsie went missing. 15:08 i think everybody had good intentions, but the strategy of the case was less than productive. greg: velez insists his department did cooperate with other agencies. but since his investigators will remain in charge, kelsie’s mother doesn’t have a lot of hope for progress. 7:04 the 180 that blindisighted us. i hope it is a positive thing. i hope that cbi will have access to everything. cautious optimisn… as she keeps searching for answers… pueblo police are preparing the case file now and should have it to cbi by the end of next week. live in pueblo, gm, nc 13. a pueblo man

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