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A Colorado man will likely go to trial formurder in the deaths of his ex-girlfriend and her new love interest ina double homicide that spanned one week andtwo Colorado counties earlier this year.

Kevin Eastman, 48, will appear in court in Weld County on Dec. 7 for an arraignment on 2 charges each of first-degree murder, tampering with a deceased human body and tampering withphysical evidence. He also faces on charge of possession of a weapon by a previous offender.

The charges seven in all stem from the early February death of 53-year-old Greeley musician Scott Sessions and, later, the death of Eastman's on-again, off-again ex-girlfriendHeatherFrank, also of Greeley.

In interviews with investigators, Eastman denied involvement in Frank's and Sessions' deaths,Eastman's defense attorney Ashley Morriss argued during the conclusion of Eastman's preliminary hearingMonday.

Sessions' body was found Feb. 10 wrapped in plastic and burned near a smoldering log along Old Flowers and Pingree Park roads about 40miles west of Fort Collins in Larimer County. He haddied from sharp force injuries to the back of his neck, Larimer County Sheriff's Office Investigator Justin Atwoodtestified during a preliminary hearing in the case.

Frank's body was foundFeb. 16 wrapped in plastic and bound with baling wire on the rural Weld County property of Eastman's former employer, Troy Bonnell. She had been shot twice in the chest at close range.

Investigators determined Sessions was last heard from by his father in a phone call around 6:12 p.m. Feb. 8. Sessions told his father he wasdriving to meet an unknown person. Facebook messages and location data from his cell phoneindicate thatSessions met Frank, 48, at her Greeley apartment that night, according to testimony from Eastman's hybrid in-person and virtual preliminary hearing, which concluded Monday.The first portion of the preliminary hearing was held Oct. 15.

Eastman later told investigators he showed up to Frank's apartment unannounced on Feb.8 to discuss the possibility of the two getting back together. Frank told Eastman he had to leave because she had a date, according to investigators'testimony.

Facebook messages between Frank and Sessions indicate they met on Jan. 22 at a Wednesday night blues jam concert and that there had later been at least one date before they made plans to meet up again on Feb. 8, Weld County Chief DeputyDistrict AttorneySteveWrenn said.

Sessions, a well-known singer and trumpet player in Denver bandThe Movers & Shakers, had recently returned from a music contest in Memphis, Tennessee, when he and Frank agreed to reconnect, Wrenn added.

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Tracking the location data of their cellphones, investigators determined Sessions, Frank and Eastman were all in the same area of Greeley near Frank's apartment around 20th Street and 35th Avenue on the night of Feb. 8.

Using that same phone tracking data, investigators determined Scott Sessions' phone went dead or was turned off around 5 a.m. Feb. 9. It was last recorded in the area of Frank's apartment.

Eastman's and Frank's phonesremained active into Feb. 9, and location data showsthe phonestraveled in the area of Ted's Place in Laporte and up the Poudre Canyon that morning.

Surveillance footage at the Mishawaka Amphitheatre also showed a Subaru Crosstrek matching the description of Eastman's passing by the venue twiceonce when it was traveling westbound up the canyon and again as it traveled east down the canyon,Atwood testified.

Sessions' Ford Escape was later seen in surveillance footagebeing driven from Frank's cul-de-sac and left by an unknown person at a nearby King Soopers grocery store on Feb. 11.

A camera placed outside of Frank's cul-de-sac showed her and Eastman leaving her apartment and getting into Eastman's vehicle on Feb. 15, Larimer County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Donald Robbins testified Monday.

A GPS trackerplaced on Eastman's vehicle indicates it then traveled, without stopping, to Bonnell's property that afternoon leaving and coming back three times until early the next morning, when it returned again, Robbins said.

Robbins said he observed Eastman tending to a fireon the property the morning of Feb. 16. By that time, there were active warrants forEastman and Frankon suspicion of first-degree murder in Sessions' case.

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Robbins later followed Eastman to a Kersey gas station, where Eastman was arrested while trying to fill up a portable gasoline tank.

He was found in possession of a sheathed, fixed-blade knife as well as three live rounds and two spent rounds of .22 caliber shell casings, according to Wrenn.

Frank's body was found wrapped in plastic on the Bonnell property after Eastman's arrest onFeb. 16 as law enforcement searched the area where he had previously been spotted by Robbins.

Investigators have not found the gun used in Frank's death.

Investigators later found a large pool of suspected blood near the front entryway of Frank's apartment. As Eastman's preliminary hearing concluded Monday,Wrenn theorized the blood belonged to Sessions and was the result of anambush-style killing by Eastman on Feb. 8.

Wrenn theorized that Eastman then shot and killed Frank the only witness to Sessions'death, Wrenn surmised just over a week later on Feb. 15. Eastmanwas taking steps to burn her body when arrested by law enforcement, Wrenn alleged.

Weld District Court Judge Marcelo Kopcow ruled Monday to bind over all of Eastman's charges for trial. An arraignment of those charges was set for 9 a.m. Dec. 7 in Weld County. Eastman will remain in custodywith no possibility of bond.

All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in court. Arrests and charges are merelyaccusations by law enforcement until, and unless, a suspect is convicted of a crime.

Erin Udell reports on news, culture, history and more for the Coloradoan. Contact her at ErinUdell@coloradoan.com. The only way she can keep doing what she does is with your support. If you subscribe, thank you. If not, sign up for a subscription to the Coloradoan today.

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