The first-degree murder trial of Donthe Lucas is set to resume Wednesday following a two-week break prompted by COVID-19 exposure in a Pueblo courtroom.
Lucas, 28, is accused of killing his then-girlfriend, Kelsie Schelling, who disappeared in Pueblo Feb. 4, 2013, after traveling to meet Lucas. Schelling was 21 years old and about 8 weeks pregnant at the time.
Trial proceedings were five days underway on Feb. 9, when 10th Judicial District Court Judge Thomas Flesher called for a two-week recess, saying someone in the courtroom tested positive for COVID-19.
The 14-day quarantine was recommended to the court by the Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment.