Colorado deaths: Judge rejects US mother's extradition challenge

Kimberlee Singler is wanted in Colorado to face a seven-count indictment - including first-degree murder.

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Kimberlee Singler's nine-year-old daughter Elianna and seven-year-old son Aden were found dead on 19 December, 2023 in Colorado Springs.

Prosecutors acting on behalf of US officials said Ms Singler, 36, "fled" the US and was arrested in west London 11 days later.

District Judge John Zani told Westminster Magistrates' Court he rejected Ms Singler's challenge against extradition and said the case now passed to the home secretary to decide whether the 36-year-old should be sent back to the US.

Warning: This report contains descriptions of violence against children

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