Husband pretended to be wife's stalker then killed her

Murderer Daniel Krug posed as a threatening ex-boyfriend to try and get his wife to stay with him

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Kristil Krug was living in constant fear. She was struggling to cope with the escalating behaviour of a stalker who had been sending threatening messages, and, at the same time, her 16-year marriage was coming to an end. Kristil was always looking over her shoulder and simply didn't know who to trust.

It was 2023, and biochemical engineer Kristil, 43, was still living in her family home in Denver, Colorado, with her husband Daniel Krug and their three children. But Kristil had ended her marriage, and they had been sleeping in separate rooms for almost a year. She was trying to divide their finances and sort out a custody agreement. When it came to Krug, she told loved ones she "couldn't stand the man" any more. But Kristil had bigger problems.

In October, Kristil started to get text messages from an ex-boyfriend, Jack Holland, who she hadn't seen since she was a teenager. They had communicated occasionally over the years. Jack said he was still interested and Kristil made it clear she wasn't. Then the texts and emails suddenly became aggressive. Jack seemed to know details about where Kristil was like he was watching her.

At one point, an advert was taken out on a sexual classified site with her details published, requesting multiple men for sex. Kristil only found out when she started to receive unsolicited pictures of male genitals and unwanted offers for sex.

Kristil started to make a record of the abuse and changed her number. She also changed her routine when dropping off and picking up her kids, just in case she was being followed. She bought a gun and had cameras installed in her home. But it didn't stop. She was even sent a picture of Krug at his workplace seemingly threatening him.

At the start of November, Kristil went to the police and gave a statement and details of the stalking. She gave them Jack's name and said she believed he had her, and her family, under surveillance.