Daniel Krug, convicted of stalking, killing wife, faces paying additional restitution, Broomfield judge says
Daniel Krug who was convicted in April of stalking and murdering his wife Kristil Krug faces paying additional restitution costs to Kristil Krug s family according to a hearing in a Broomfield court In the court review Thursday morning Stephanie Fritts representing the regime inquired Judge Teri Vasquez to require that Daniel Krug pay additional restitution fees That could include coverage for Kristil Krug s burial and a storage space where her belongings are to be kept for her children according to the discussion of Fritts request Over the opposition of Joe Morales who represented Daniel Krug Vasquez leaned in Fritts favor However Vasquez scheduled a future review for March to determine the scope of the restitution order as it sounded like the storage costs could continue indefinitely Vasquez revealed An arrangement for Daniel Krug to pay for therapy costs for Kristil Krug s children was mentioned at the hearing but not challenged by Morales The circumstance dates back roughly two years On the morning of Dec Kristil Krug had just returned home from dropping her children off for school when Daniel Krug ambushed her He hit her in the head multiple times with a blunt object before fatally stabbing her in the heart according to a news release from the th Judicial District Attorney s Office issued after the trial In the months leading up to the murder Daniel Krug now sent vulgar and threatening messages according to bureaucrats He carried out an elaborate scheme to act as a fictitious stalker attempting to frame an ex-boyfriend of Kristil Krug s who lived in Utah according to the DA s Office s release Daniel Krug was sentenced in April this year to life in prison without the possibility of parole plus an additional years which will run consecutively according to the release On Thursday this week he appeared virtually in court from the Sterling Correctional Facility in northeast Colorado