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

New docs show Chris Watts lies, contradictions in polygraph test: Family-killer claimed to be at a baseball game when he was on a date with his mistress; tried to paint his murdered wife as ‘unstable’
Family Crime

The transcript of a polygraph test along with a conversation Chris Watts had with his father shows how the confessed family-killer changed his story about the events leading up the murder of his pregnant wife and two young daughters. The Weld County District Attorney’s Office released nearly 2,000 pages of discovery documents in the Chris …

Family Crime
November 23, 2018

‘Make sure there isn’t some other b*** I have to kill’: Friend of Shanann Watts suspected Chris Watts was cheating after he suddenly became cold and distant

As Shanann Watts confided in her friends about the sudden problems in her marriage to Chris Watts, at least one of them suggested Chris may have been seeing someone else. Fox 31 Denver obtained documents released by the Weld County District Attorney’s office this week, detailing the final days and weeks of Shanann’s life, before …

Family Crime
November 22, 2018

New documents in Chris Watts murder case reveal bizarre search histories of confessed family-killer and his new girlfriend

New documents released by the Weld County District attorney have provided more details about the relationship between Shannan Watts and Chris Watts, and revealed the unsettling search histories of the confessed killer and his mistress. CBS News Denver has obtained thousands of pages of documents from the Weld County District Attorney’s office, revealing Shannan Watts’s …

Tom Cruise is aware of and participates in Scientology abuses, claims former member
Celebrity Justice
November 21, 2018

Tom Cruise is aware of and participates in Scientology abuses, claims former member

Leah Remini has spoken out about Tom Cruise’s elevated role in the Church of Scientology, insisting that he’s not an innocent victim of the controversial religion as many might believe. In an interview with the Daily Beast, the former King of Queens star — who famously defected from Scientology and has been outspoken about the …

Family Crime
November 20, 2018

Before her murder, Shannan Watts strongly suspected killer husband Chris Watts was cheating

The Colorado woman murdered by her cheating husband strongly suspected he was having an affair in the weeks before she and her young daughters were killed — and she was right. On Monday, Chris Watts was sentenced to three lifetime prison terms without the possibility of parole after he pleaded guilty to killing his pregnant …

Juveniles
November 20, 2018

Investigator believes Maddie McCann is still alive — and doesn’t know who she is

A retired private investigator who worked in the case of missing Madeleine McCann, a British 3-year-old who disappeared over a decade ago while on vacation with her family in Portugal, is convinced Maddie is still alive and being held captive. David Edgar, a retired Detective Inspector who worked for the family on the missing persons …

BREAKING: Police officer in critical condition following mass shooting at Chicago hospital
Violent Crime
November 19, 2018

BREAKING: Police officer in critical condition following mass shooting at Chicago hospital

A police officer is among those injured in a mass shooting at Mercy Hospital in Chicago. CBS News reports that police were responding to what they described as an “active shooter situation” on the hospital’s campus in the city’s south side. Chicago Police spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi reportedly said on Twitter that an officer had been critically …

Family Crime
November 19, 2018

BREAKING: Chris Watts sentenced for murder of pregnant wife and two daughters

Chris Watts was sentenced on Monday to three consecutive life prison terms following his guilty plea to murdering his wife Shannan Watts and their daughters Bella and Celeste. According to the Associated Press, the sentences come without the possibility of parole. Watts was given an additional 48 years in prison for the unlawful termination of …