Kimberlee Singler was charged with seven counts, including the first-degree murders of her son and daughter.
A judge in the United Kingdom has rejected a Colorado woman’s challenge to extradition, who has been charged with the murder of two of her children, according to Reuters.
Kimberlee Singler, 36, is accused of drugging then killing her 9-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son in December 2023.
Prosecutors also believe she wounded her daughter, who was a preteen at the time, according to Reuters. Singler denies the accusation.
On Friday, just over a year after the children’s deaths, a U.K. judge in London rejected her challenge against extradition.
The case will now pass on to the U.K.’s home secretary, Yvette Cooper, according to NBC News. Cooper will decide if Singler will be sent back to Colorado.
If she is found guilty, Singler could face life in prison without parole.
What is Kimberlee Singler accused of doing?
On Dec. 19, 2023, police responded to a burglary call at Singler’s home, according to the Colorado Springs Police Department. When police arrived, they found Singler and her 11-year-old daughter injured and her 9-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son dead.
Singler and her daughter were taken to the hospital.
Considered a witness and a victim at the time, police allowed Singler to leave the hospital as there was not enough probable cause to suggest she was connected to her children’s deaths, police said.
But “as the investigation into this case unfolded, it was determined the initial report of a burglary was unfounded,” according to the Colorado Springs Police Department.
Prosecutors accused Singler of shooting the deceased children in the head and stabbing them in the neck, according to Reuters. Singler was in the midst of a protracted custody battle with her ex-partner.
She was charged with seven counts, including the first-degree murders of her son and daughter, Reuters reported.
After Singler appeared to be cooperating with police, she disappeared during the investigation, Colorado Springs police said in a statement.
Contributing: Reuters
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