It was just so emotional for everybody, for both sides, Saxton said. By May 2018, a judge said prosecutors had proved probable cause. Torres detailed a text from Lucas to Schelling just before noon that said, Um, yeah you can if you werent scared to get fired. Saxton said she told Lucas that she didn't care if they were together or apart, but she told him "there is a child involved now." Warner Bros. Entertainment | Prosecutors told jurors that Lucas was trying to get Schelling to Pueblo and sent her a text message saying he had a surprise for her. I never was.. Great now., Sara Lucas asked Donthe, Shes not pregnant?, He responded: Nothing. It's a sad situation that didn't have to end up like this if he had just let her come home.. There's no body, no murder weapon, no crime scene. Donthe took that away from me.. KOAA News5 on your time, streaming on your Roku, FireTV, AppleTV and AndroidTV. At that point I was kind of done, Suhr said. Updated June 10, 2022 ABC's '20/20: Kelsie Schelling,' as the title suggests, is an episode that chronicles the 2013 disappearance and murder of 21-year-old Kelsie Schelling from Denver, Colorado. Her phone, according to Torres and Eicher, was also never recorded as having left Pueblo. MORE: Lucas trial day 2: Friends of Kelsie Schelling speak to a toxic and abusive relationship. Donthe Isiah Lucas pleaded not guilty to the charge against him in 2018. In February 2013, Kelsie Schelling was very happy to find out she was eight weeks pregnant, according to ABC News. She had just seen her unborn child on an ultrasound, and she sent that photo to her on-again/off-again boyfriend. Strangely enough, around the same time, the family of another missing woman 1,200 miles away in Portsmouth, Ohio, had been receiving similar messages. Saxton also pleaded with police to not stop searching for her daughter's body, so she can have a proper burial. Per Fox 21 News,Lucas purportedly had a strong reaction when he saw Schelling's neighbors hanging up missing flyers, and according to testimony at his trial, went as far as to harass the family of a middle-schooler who had helped aid in distributing them. Lucas pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in August 2018. ABC 20/20: Mom fights to bring pregnant daughter Kelsie Schelling's Prosecutors called Ryan Rivera, who testified that when he was in jail with Lucas, Lucas claimed that investigators would never find Schelling's body and that they would never convict him. The 21-year-old from Colorado had already announced to family and friends. On February 4, 2013, 21-year-old Kelsie Schelling . NR | 03.26.21 | 01:20:44 | CC more episodes 42:55 Lucas said they met up again the following morning and that he brought Schelling to Parkview Medical Center, where she went inside the hospital and emerged a short time later, saying Im not pregnant. Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. At 11:29 a.m. on Feb. 5, Torres said Lucas texted his mother, Going to make sure she didnt leave anything in the house.