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An image depicts two insets: on the left is Nicholas Myklebust from Regis University, and on the right is Seorin Kim holding her baby daughter, provided by Be a Tree Cremation. In the background, the Denver apartments mark the scene where Nicholas Myklebust is alleged to have killed his wife Seorin Kim last July, as reported by KDVR/YouTube.
A private college in Colorado is shockingly linked to a gruesome crime involving one of its English professors, who prosecutors claim brutally murdered his wife in a relentless and vicious assault. The assault was so severe that it resulted in a fractured skull and multiple facial bone fractures for the victim. Tragically, the couple’s infant daughter was also found deceased at the scene.
The accused, 45-year-old Nicholas Myklebust, reportedly attacked and killed his 44-year-old wife Seorin Kim at their residence on North Syracuse Street. Authorities discovered the body of their 2-month-old daughter at the same location, although the exact cause of her death remains under investigation.
Prosecutors detailed what allegedly happened at a preliminary hearing on March 21, during which a 911 call was played featuring Myklebust, a professor at Regis University in Denver, who claims to have found Kim after what he assumes was a fall of some sort. Myklebust said Kim was holding their daughter in a front carrier and he believes she possibly fell on top of the child and suffocated her.
“Wake up, babe, babe,” Myklebust could be heard saying, according to The Denver Post, while attempting to provide aid to his wife and daughter. “1, 2, 3, 4,” the man allegedly said repeatedly.
Prosecutors noted Friday how Myklebust and Kim’s baby is now the second child to die while in their care, with their firstborn son being found dead with skull fractures when he was 9. Criminality was not suspected and charges were never filed, the Post reports.
“Ms. Kim was severely beaten over a period of time,” prosecutor Anthony Santos said Friday in court, noting how she suffered broken ribs in addition to face and skull injuries.
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“Almost every inch of her body was affected,” Santos said. “This is a beating that was not impulsive, it was not something where this was one hit or even two hits. This was a sustained, vicious attack.”
Prosecutors described Friday how Myklebust allegedly washed the sheets on the couple’s bed after attacking Kim and threw away a white linen glove that was covered in blood. Five more gloves were found in a dryer, prosecutors say, and traces of blood were also found in the dryer, as well as the washing machine.
“Mr. Myklebust cleaned up while Ms. Kim bled out,” Santos said, according to the Post.
Myklebust’s public defender, Sara Wafai, reportedly pushed back on that assessment, saying Myklebust called police immediately after finding his wife. She noted how investigators and first responders did not report smelling bleach or cleaning items in the couple’s home, nor were any found.
“Ms Kim was not laying there for hours while Mr. Myklebust deliberately cleaned up a crime scene,” Wafai said. “It doesn’t make sense.”
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First responders reported seeing Myklebust vomit several times upon their arrival, and he was also caught on camera in distress and hysterical. Prosecutors have accused him of abusing Kim and harming her, with former colleagues of hers saying she often showed up injured to work.
The judge overseeing Myklebust’s case ordered it to be heard as prosecutors were said to have presented enough evidence to support first-degree murder and tampering with evidence charges. He’s due to appear in court for his arraignment on May 8.
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