Kelsie Schelling Murder Case Update: Where Is Donthe Lucas Now - In Jail/Prison? Family Background Revealed
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Kelsie Schelling Murder Case Update: Where Is Donthe Lucas Now – Kelsie Schelling’s murderer was found guilty seven years after the case was filed. In 2013, Lucas is suspected of killing Schelling, his pregnant girlfriend.

After years of suspicion that Lucas was involved in Schelling’s disappearance, he was charged with first-degree murder in December 2017.

Kelsie Schelling Murder Case Update: Where Is Donthe Lucas Now - In Jail/Prison? Family Background Revealed

After traveling from Denver to Pueblo for a “surprise” meeting with Lucas on Feb. 4, 2013, Schelling vanished. She had realized she was pregnant earlier that day and was eight weeks pregnant with Lucas’s child when she vanished.

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Kelsie Schelling Murder Case Update: Where Is Donthe Lucas Now

After only a few hours of deliberation, a Pueblo County jury convicted Donthe Lucas guilty of first-degree murder in the 2013 death of his girlfriend, Kelsie Schelling. He was accused of the murder of his pregnant 21-year-old girlfriend Kelsie.

Schelling’s body has never been discovered, although she is believed to be dead.  After a 14-day trial, a jury rendered a guilty judgment against Lucas on Monday.

Schelling vanished the day after sending Lucas an ultrasound of their unborn child, according to prosecutors.

On February 4, 2013, she went missing. She went from Denver to Pueblo to meet Lucas at a Walmart after sending Lucas the ultrasound, according to authorities.

Schelling’s car remained parked at the business until the morning of Feb. 6, 2013, when an unidentified guy picked it up and drove away, according to cell phone data.

Schelling vanished without a trace and was never seen or heard from again. Early in February, the trial against Lucas began. No witnesses were called by his defence team.

In August 2018, Lucas pled not guilty to Schelling’s murder. His trial date has been set multiple times before being postponed.

When Lucas’ attorneys indicated they had information on the case during a hearing on Jan. 21, the trial was almost postponed again; however, the defence team made it plain they were moving through with the trial.

Where Is Donthe Lucas Now – In Jail/Prison?

In a decision handed down just after 4 p.m. Monday, the jury convicted Donthe Lucas guilty of first-degree murder. Following that, he was condemned to a life without the possibility of parole, which is the obligatory term for first-degree murder convictions.

According to a Colorado Bureau of Investigation officer, Schelling was strangled by Lucas after she arrived in Pueblo.

During the trial, jurors heard an interview with Lucas conducted by Pueblo police following his arrest in 2017, in which he denied any involvement in Schelling’s death but admitted to leaving Schelling’s car at the hospital.

Donthe Lucas Family Background Revealed

Nothing much about Donthe Lucas’s family background is known as of now. Sara Lucas’ stature, like that of her son Donthe, towered over the audience when she took the witness stand in a Pueblo County courthouse on Friday.

Ms Lucas remembers getting her children and grandson ready for school on February 5 and then travelling to pick up her mother, Vivian Lucas, to run errands with her.

She observed Kelsie’s car parked in front of Vivian’s house when she arrived.

Last Updated on February 24, 2022 by 247 News Around The World

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