Former FBI profiler discusses Patrick Frazee’s murder charge
A former FBI profiler with extensive training in psychology spoke with KRDO to get a look inside the mind of Patrick Frazee, the Teller County man accused of brutally murdering his fiancee, Kelsey Berreth.
Pete Klismet is part of an elite group of psychological profilers and has been consulted in cases across the country.
For Klismet, Frazee’s case isn’t a total mystery, and neither is his crime.
“There are some things that are very clear to me in this,” Klismet said. “I believe he’s a bald-faced liar, narcissist that is all out for himself.”
Based on the evidence that was made public, and assuming it’s true, Klismet says Frazee has manipulated his way through life. A large part of the prosecution’s case against Frazee is based on testimony from Krystal Kenney, Frazee’s ex-girlfriend who was called to help clean up the crime scene.
Klismet watched the video of Frazee walking into court, and he used his experience to tell us about his body language in the courtroom.
“No interest whatsoever in having any contact with anybody — that’s pretty normal, certainly I’ve seen that plenty of times,” Klismet said. “I don’t think it indicates any sign of deception.”
Though, Klismet said an innocent man might put up some sort of protest.
But Klismet says Frazee believes he’s smarter than most, which is a characteristic of a narcissist.
“He’s perfectly sane, but he’s got that personality where he is, in his mind, far more important than anybody else, and so that’s how he’s going to manifest his personality,” Klismet said.
And Frazee’s ability to manipulate others is ultimately what got Kenney caught up in the alleged murder.
“Did she fall under his spell? Yes, because apparently she fell in love with him, and for any gal, he’s a very good looking guy, and he’s got personality, I’m sure,” Klismet said. “He can talk his way right through anything.”
Klismet believes Kenney’s story about leaving clues for investigators to find at the crime scene. Despite being allegedly solicited to murder Kelsey Berreth multiple times, Kenney said she could never go through with it. He says in Kenney’s mind, her only way out was to leave a trail of breadcrumbs.
“I’ve got to give her credit for the things she did, I’m going to say, to make it easy for them to collect evidence,” Klismet said.
But he still acknowledged that she knowingly played a role in Berreth’s death.
“It’s a matter of conscience, and I think she showed that she has a conscience in some of the things she did after the crime,” Klismet said.
He added that he would love to interview Frazee face-to-face to dig into his true psyche, but even with a limited profile, he compared Frazee to recently convicted murderer Christopher Watts, who killed his family north of Denver last year.
Frazee is set to appear in court on April 8 to enter a plea.
