Victim advocate Heather Aites is trained to comfort those in emotional agony, like Dan Krug, who dashed home from work and learned his wife, Kristil, had been found murdered in their garage in suburban Broomfield, Colorado, on Dec. 14, 2023.

Heather Aites : It's a weird feeling standing there when somebody is being told, I'm sorry, but your loved one has died.

An emotional Dan Krug is comforted by victim advocate Heather Aites as he learns his wife Kristil Krug was found murdered in their garage on Dec. 14, 2023. Broomfield Police Department

Heather Aites : This man has been going through a stalking case with his wife. … he is being stalked as well. And now she is gone.

As investigators searched the crime scene for clues, Aites drove Dan to the police station. An officer's body ca

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