‘Frasier’ star testifies against release of sister’s killer

A man convicted of murdering the sister of actor Kelsey Grammer in Colorado 34 years ago was denied parole after the Frasier star testified against his release.

Freddie Glenn, who was convicted with two accomplices in the murder of 18-year-old Karen Elisa Grammer, was turned down for release by the state parole board, according to the Colorado Department of Corrections.

Grammer was abducted on July 1, 1975, from a Colorado Springs seafood restaurant where she worked. She was later killed.

In an audio recording of his testimony, the 59-year-old actor told Glenn he forgave him for the crime, but endorsing parole for the convicted killer “would be a betrayal of my sister’s life”.

Grammer said his sister was a bright woman with a promising future.

“I accept that you actually live with remorse every day of your life, but I have to live with tragedy every day of my life,” Grammer told Glenn.

Glenn was also convicted in the murders of two other people in separate crimes committed in the weeks leading up to Grammer’s killing.

Grammer has faced a series of tragedies. In 1968, his father was shot and killed by an intruder. In 1980, his twin half-brothers died in a scuba diving accident. In 2001, Frasier producer David Angell, died on board one of the planes in 9/11. In 2008, Grammer’s childhood friend, Ben Novack Jr was killed by his wife.