The brother of suspected serial killer Scott Kimball testified today that he witnessed his brother in possession of a pistol and a rifle and a former girlfriend said she didn’t know he wasn’t allowed to have weapons when she went target shooting with him in Utah.
The two testified today in U.S. District Court in Denver, during a hearing to determine how much time Kimball should serve for possessing firearms.
Scott Kimball’s brother, Brett Kimball testified that he saw the butt of a gun in his brother’s Jeep Grand Cherokee in 2006 and was concerned about it because he knew that Scott Kimball was on parole.
“My understanding is he wasn’t supposed to have a gun,” Brett Kimball said. “He laughed and joked that he worked for the FBI and that he was doing some bad things and needed to have a gun.”
Scott Kimball was working as an informant for the FBI at the time.
Denise Pierce, Scott Kimball’s former girlfriend, testified she went on a trip to Bryce Canyon in Utah with him in February 2006 and they went target shooting with a pistol.
He also kept the loaded pistol in the closet of her master bedroom with a plastic bag full of ammunition, she said. The couple were living in a suburb of Palm Springs, Calif. at the time.
Pierce testified she didn’t know “who the real Scott Kimball was” until he called her from his cell phone while police in California were chasing him.
“I told him to pull over,” she said. “I did not realize the severity.”
Authorities believe Kimball is responsible for the disappearances of four people and he has provided information to investigators about where the bodies might be found.
Kimball has not yet been charged with any homicides.
He pleaded guilty to the charge of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person as it relates to the rifle, but is contending he did not have the handgun. Kimball also claims he had the Winchester 243 rifle for purposes related to a cattle business that employed him.
Kimball is already serving a 48-year state prison sentence on a Boulder County conviction of theft and being a habitual criminal.
Judge Marcia S. Krieger is expected to rule on how much time Kimball should serve on Thursday. Prosecutors are asking for a minimum sentence of 63 months.
