Bartee, Rebecca Ann

Rebecca Bartee was born in Topeka, Kansas and graduated from Hayden High School there. Rebecca earned her undergraduate degree as well as her Juris Doctor from the University of Kansas. After graduating in 1984 she worked for Kansas Legal Services as a staff attorney. Rebecca enjoyed hiking and the outdoors. Her dream was to live in Denver. She received accolades for her work in child support enforcement in Western Kansas while living in Hays. Rebecca moved to Colorado on May 14, 1999 to accept the job of Assistant District Attorney in Arapahoe County running the child support recovery unit. She told her sister, Peggy Brockington, “You know, moving is hard, but I’m looking out my window at the mountains; life couldn’t be better.” Peggy called her sister “The spark plug of our family.” Rebecca was last seen driving home from work on Friday, June 4, 1999. Three days later her body was found in the bathtub of her home. She had been strangled. Becky’s survivors include her daughter, Kate (who was 13 years old multiply handicapped and adored by her mother), three sisters, three brothers and her mother. If you have any information regarding this murder, please call Investigator Bruce Isaacson, 720-874-4022.