Born May 30th, 1989, 32 years young, died on February 8th, 2022 in Franktown Colorado. Daughter of Michael and Kelly DeVol.

Jessica was a joyful, spark of life, full of kindness who enjoyed the outdoors and her animals.

The family will celebrate Jessica's life at a later date with family and friends.

We thank our family and friends for your unwavering support

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Denver Gazette Feb 10, 2022

"Authorities on Thursday identified the victims of a double homicide in southeast Douglas County as Bryan Todd Gray, 34, and Jessica Ann Mitchell, 32.

Their cause and manner of death are still under investigation, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. 

Authorities arrested Casey Devol, 29, on Wednesday in Salina, Kansas, in connection with the deaths in Douglas County. He is awaiting extradition back to Colorado, officials said. 

Devol is believed to have been related to Mitchell and friends with Gray, Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock has said. 

Investigators identified Devol as a suspect after obtaining surveillance footage from the home. He left the home several times to grab guns from his truck, Spurlock said. 

Authorities learned about the homicides on Tuesday afternoon after a person who was scheduled to do business with the victims found their bodies."

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Denver Gazette August 7th, 2023

"Man gets 97 years in Franktown double homicide solved with a recording

Casey Devol pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of Jessica Mitchell and Bryan "Todd" Gray.

Jessica Mitchell's recording of her own murder was the critical clue investigators needed to arrest her younger brother for the bizarre crime.

On Monday, a judge sentenced Casey Devol to 31 to 97 years in prison for shooting and killing Mitchell, her boyfriend, and beating their dog to death last year, according to a news release from the 18th Judicial District Attorney's Office. 

Devol, 31, avoided trial and pleaded guilty last month to two counts of second-degree murder in the February 2022 shooting deaths of Mitchell, 32, and her boyfriend, 34-year-old Bryan "Todd" Gray, near Franktown.

Devol also pleaded guilty to one count of felony animal cruelty. 

Other charges, including two counts of first-degree murder after deliberation, were dismissed. 

Mitchell started recording at dinner and for some reason never turned it off.

"She hadn't stopped the recording yet so the entirety of the murder, him staging and taunting the bodies, him beating the dog with a hammer was all recorded," said Gray's sister, Lindsey Bingel.

She said that the recording of the dinner conversation was jovial, but that at some point Devol left the house to get his gun. According to the arrest affidavit, Mitchell was shot in the stomach and was found with a large pry bar lying across her body. Gray had a wound to his head and a plate of food on top of him, "as if he was getting ready to eat," the arrest document said. 

Gray was the father of two young girls. 

18th Judicial District Attorney John Kellner said that Jessica may have started recording because "she sensed something was wrong." Said Kellner, "When no eyewitnesses to these murders existed, a digital recorder device became a voice for the victims." 

A friend of Gray's found the bodies of Mitchell and Gray in their garage Feb. 8 when he visited the home to deliver a car title. Surveillance cameras on the property helped Douglas County detectives identify a suspect carrying firearms into the garage and a friend helped identify that person as possibly being Devol. He was arrested in Kansas the day after the bodies were discovered.

Mitchell's digital recorder containing the "lengthy recording" wasn't discovered until her autopsy. "