It’s been just shy of eight years since pregnant, 21-year-old Kelsie Schelling disappeared in Pueblo after driving from her home in Denver to visit her boyfriend and purported father of her unborn child, Donthe Lucas.
Members of Schelling’s family made a similar drive down Interstate 25 to see Lucas Wednesday as he stood trial for Schelling’s murder.
Schelling’s mother, Laura Saxton, has awaited this day for years she’s long alleged that Lucas was either involved in or responsible for her daughter’s disappearance. She and Schelling’s father, Doug Schelling, even filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Lucas and members of his family in 2016 that was later dismissed.
Man arrested early Saturday after breaking into a Pueblo business.
PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) - Pueblo police officers arrested a man who broke into a northside business early Saturday morning.
According to police, around 4:45 a.m., officers responded to a northside retail store on a call of a burglary alarm. When they arrived they found broken glass and realized someone had broken into the store. Officers searched the building but were not able to locate anyone inside.
Police said one of the officers began searching the area outside and found a man hiding on the side of a nearby building, covering himself with cardboard.
The cardboard just didn t provide enough cover.
Police responded to a burglary alarm on Pueblo s north side early Saturday morning and found broken glass and other indications the store had been entered. Nobody was found in the building.
Officers conducted a search of the area and found a man hiding in a nook at a nearby building with some cardboard in front of him. The man initially refused police commands to come out and show his hands, but relented after additional officers arrived.
When he emerged, he was puffing on a suspected narcotics pipe. Police allegedly found items stolen from the burglarized store on the suspect.
One of the most anticipated murder trials in recent Pueblo history is finally getting underway.
The trial of Donthe Lucas, who police say killed his pregnant girlfriend Kelsie Schelling in 2013, officially began Monday more than three years after Lucas’ arrest and nearly eight years after Schelling’s disappearance in Pueblo.
Jury selection in Lucas’ first-degree homicide trial began at 8:30 a.m. Monday morning at the Pueblo Convention Center. A pool of 600 potential jurors will be reduced to 12 jurors and four alternates over the course of the next week, which is “typical for a trial of this nature,” according to a spokesperson from the Colorado Judicial Branch.
One suspect, 20-year-old Alec Romero, has been arrested for his alleged involvement in the shooting.
Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter identified the victim as 36-year-old Tyler Wood. Wood s next of kin has been notified.
Officers responded to a call of shots fired near 2nd Avenue and 29th Street around 2:45 a.m. According to a release issued by Pueblo Police, officers found a man, later identified as Wood, who suffered a gunshot wound and began lifesaving efforts until paramedics arrived on the scene.
First responders were unable to save Wood who died at the scene..
According to the release, officers and investigators surmised that a disturbance between the Wood and Romero occurred at a social gathering at a residence in the area.