Ellen Killoran

Ellen is a seasoned journalist and former media & entertainment reporter with a taste for true crime. Formerly a senior editor at IBTimes, her work has appeared in Forbes, Rolling Stone, Maxim, NYMag, Indiewire, and more. She co-produced the HBO documentary "Youth Knows No Pain" and appeared in a documentary series that aired alongside the Lifetime movie "Manson's Lost Girls." Tips: ekilloran@crimeonline.com

Chris Watts says mistress Nichol Kessinger LIED to police, knew he was married — and that he hopes she isn’t writing to him in prison under a fake identity

 Chris Watts says mistress Nichol Kessinger LIED to police, knew he was married — and that he hopes she isn’t writing to him in prison under a fake identity
Family Crime

Convicted family annihilator Chris Watts told investigators that the woman he was having an affair with at the time of his wife and daughters’ murders was aware he was married when they became involved. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Nichol Kessinger told the Denver Post in an interview published in November that she had been in …

March 7, 2019

Bella Watts cried as killer Dad Chris Watts dragged her mother’s body down the stairs; watched her father kill her little sister before dumping her body in an oil tank

Harrowing new details released from an interview confessed family-killer Chris Watts gave investigators last month show that 4-year-old Bella Watts witnessed her sister’s murder and the disposal of her body just before Watts strangled Bella to death, as she pleaded for her life. The Denver Post obtained the transcript of the February 18 interview in …

Family Crime
March 7, 2019

Cops find bags of adult teeth at Patrick Frazee’s property in search for Kelsey Berreth: Documents

Search warrants released by Colorado authorities this week showed that investigators found loose teeth during a search of accused killer Patrick Frazee’s home shortly after Kelsey Berreth’s disappearance. Berreth, who was engaged to Frazee, was last seen on Thanksgiving Day at a Safeway supermarket with her and Frazee’s 1-year-old daughter. The couple did not live …

Family Crime
March 5, 2019

Killer Dad Chris Watts ‘found God’ before confessing new, horrific details of family murder

Convicted family murderer Chris Watts is believed to have some type of religious awakening that prompted him to share new details about the brutal murders of his pregnant wife and two daughters with investigators in a late-February interview at the Wisconsin prison where Watts is serving multiple life sentences. As CrimeOnline previously reported, attorneys for …

Teen boy leaps to death from gym in luxury high-rise: Police
Juveniles
March 5, 2019

Teen boy leaps to death from gym in luxury high-rise: Police

A 17-year-old boy has been found dead of an apparent suicide on Manhattan’s Upper East Side neighborhood. The New York Daily News reports that the unidentified teen is believed to have jumped to his death from 23rd floor gym of the 50-story Bristol Plaza high-rise building on 65th Street and 3rd Avenue. Police reportedly believe …

Murder charges filed in disappearance of young Michigan woman last seen leaving her office
Missing
March 5, 2019

Murder charges filed in disappearance of young Michigan woman last seen leaving her office

Authorities in Michigan have charged a suspect with the presumed murder of a young woman who has been missing since December 2016. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Danielle Stislicki was reported missing after she did not appear for a planned dinner date with her best friend on December 2. Police found her car parked in her driveway …

Murder
March 4, 2019

Chris Watts’ daughter Bella ‘pleaded’ with killer dad before her murder: Report

The parents of Shanann Watts and their family attorney will appear on an upcoming episode of “Dr. Phil,” when they are expected to reveal more about a recent interview Chris Watts gave investigators about the murders of his pregnant wife and two young daughters, Bella and Celeste. Watts pleaded guilty to all three murders in …

‘Mom’ dumps injured toddler on the side of the road, speeds off: Police
Family Crime
March 4, 2019

‘Mom’ dumps injured toddler on the side of the road, speeds off: Police

A Maryland mother is under arrest after she allegedly left an 18-month-child on the side of the road and drove off, while reportedly under the influence of alcohol or drugs. WBAL-TV reports that Elizabeth Easton, 29, is facing multiple charges, including neglect, abuse, and reckless endangerment after she allegedly left a toddler with injuries alone …