Colorado mom drugged, fatally shot and stabbed 2 of her kids before fleeing to U.K., prosecutors say
Colorado mom Kimberlee Singler is fighting extradition from London to the U.S. for allegedly drugging her children, then fatally shooting and stabbing two of them.
LONDON — A Colorado mom who is fighting extradition from Britain to the United States allegedly drugged her children and told them to close their eyes before fatally shooting and stabbing two of them, a court heard on Wednesday.
Days after the lifeless bodies of her children, aged 7 and 9, were found at her home in Colorado Springs on Dec. 19, Kimberlee Singler was arrested London on Dec. 30 after flying to the U.K.
Singler, 36, is resisting American attempts to extradite her on the grounds that her alleged crimes — which she denies — carry an automatic sentence of life without parole, which her legal team argue is a breach of the European human rights law.
Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights — a legally binding statute followed by 46 countries, including the U.K. — prohibits "inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment."
Kimberlee Singler. Colorado Springs Police Dept.Westminster Magistrates Court in Central London heard details of how she allegedly killed her children and is then said to have covered up her crimes.
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