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Judge: Murder Trial Will Continue In Case Of Missing Teen

PUEBLO, Colo. (CBS4) - A judge has ruled that the court will continue with the murder trial of a Pueblo man accused of murdering his pregnant ex-girlfriend.

A Pueblo District Court judge ruled on Thursday that there is enough evidence to bring the case against Donthe Lucas to trial.

Donthe Lucas
Donthe Lucas (credit: Pueblo Police Dept.)

Investigators say Kelsie Schelling disappeared in February of 2013, and has never been seen since.

Kelsie Schelling
Kelsie Schelling (credit: CBS)

A Colorado Bureau of Investigations agent testified that he believes Schelling was killed at Lucas' grandmother's home on Manor Ridge Drive.

Lucas was charged with first-degree murder in December of 2017.

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