A Colorado man, Daniel Krug, was found guilty of killing his wife, Kristil Krug, after posing as her ex-boyfriend and stalking her. Despite lack of physical evidence linking him to the crime, Krug was convicted of first-degree murder, two counts of stalking, and one count of criminal impersonation. He faces a mandatory sentence of life without parole and is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday.
Prosecutors argued that Krug manipulated his failing marriage by scaring his wife with fake stalking and then plotted to kill her to silence her when she wanted to end the relationship. Kristil Krug kept a log of threatening messages she received, which investigators uncovered were sent from an email account created at Daniel Krug’s workplace and a burner phone purchased with a gift card registered to Krug. Despite claims of sloppy police work and the absence of Krug’s DNA at the crime scene, prosecutors painted him as a calculated killer who wanted to appear innocent by going about his usual routine after the murder.
The defense questioned the lack of physical evidence linking Krug to the crime and pointed out discrepancies in the police investigation, including failure to properly test Kristil Krug’s phone for fingerprints. They also highlighted the absence of blood on Krug’s clothes and car, as well as the presence of unknown DNA on Kristil Krug’s neck. However, jurors ultimately convicted Krug based on the pattern of stalking, threatening messages, and circumstantial evidence that pointed to him as the perpetrator of the crime.
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