A London judge has cleared the extradition of Colorado mom Kimberlee Singler, who was accused of killing two of her children and injuring a third in the Centennial state before fleeing overseas.
The ruling came Thursday after Singler, 36, argued sending her back would violate European human-rights protections because a first-degree murder conviction in Colorado carries an automatic life-without-parole sentence.
The judge rejected the claim, finding similar extraditions have routinely been allowed, according to NBC’s London bureau.
Singler was arrested in the UK on Dec. 30, 2023, after going on the run in London.
The mom called cops just after midnight on Dec. 19, 2023, claiming someone had burglarized the family’s Colorado Springs apartment. When police arrived, they said they found her nine-year-old daughter and seven-year-old son dead.
Singler and her 11-year-old daughter were injured, authorities said.
Investigators later said the break-in was “unfounded” and ultimately accused Singler of killing her kids a day before she reported the alleged burglary. Officers also noted there were no footprints in the snow leading to the patio door she claimed was used by an intruder.
A warrant was issued on Dec. 26, 2023.
Singler had been locked in a bitter custody fight with her ex-husband, Kevin Wentz, refusing to turn over the children for holiday visitation two days before the killings, according to reports.
Her attorneys said Singler denied harming the kids and pointed to what they call flaws in the Colorado Springs Police investigation, and claimed her surviving daughter’s statement to detectives was “non-voluntary.”
The surviving child at first backed Singler’s claims of an intruder, police said — but later changed her story, claiming her mother was responsible.
Singler allegedly guided all three kids toward bedrooms and said “God was telling her to do it or their father was going to take them away,” the older girl said in court.
Singler had been treated as a victim during the initial response because of superficial knife wounds but vanished after briefly cooperating with investigators.
Her disappearance triggered a nationwide search before she was tracked to Kensington by the UK’s National Crime Agency.
She faces first-degree murder, attempted murder and child-abuse charges. Colorado no longer has the death penalty, a key factor in the UK’s extradition considerations.
It remains unclear when she will be returned to Colorado.
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