A South Dakota woman traveling for the holidays was fatally shot while in her car — and her two children are believed to have witnessed the fatal shooting. WTVD reports that Melissa Peskey, a South Dakota-based realtor, was driving to North Carolina with her two children, ages 5 and 11, to visit family for the holidays …
Authorities in Florida say a man claims he was forced to fatally shoot one of his adult sons in an effort to save another son. According to People, the domestic disturbance reportedly occurred early Sunday morning at a family home in Stuart. Police believe 56-year-old John Maloney shot 30-year-old Joseph in the head when the …
A spokesperson for the Weld County District Attorney’s office said that prosecutors there were just as surprised by Chris Watts’s seemingly sudden decision to plead guilty to murdering his pregnant wife and two children as the curious public that has been gripped by the tragic family killing. CrimeOnline contacted the Weld County District Attorney’s office …
A new report claims that Nichol Kessinger, the woman who was having an affair with Chris Watts when he murdered his pregnant wife and two young daughters, had enrolled in the witness protection program and assumed a new identity hundreds of miles from her Colorado home. According to RadarOnline, a source close to the investigation …
Authorities in Oregon say a man is facing criminal charges after he was arrested on suspicion of stabbing his feather multiple times during a domestic dispute. According to KPIC, authorities were called to a residence near the intersection of 28th Street and Centennial Boulevard in Springfield on Friday in response to a reported disturbance. Upon …
A Michigan couple allegedly failed to tell police that their adult son mutilated the body of a missing woman who was reportedly found earlier this month in the man’s apartment and shared basement. James Howard Chance, 76, and Barbara Louise Chance, 63, were recently charged with perjury and being an accessory after the fact in connection with Jared James Chance’s …
The woman who was involved in an affair with Chris Watts contacted investigator following a formal interview to follow up on some of their questions, and provided more detail about the conversations she had with Watts the day his pregnant wife Shanann and young daughter Bella and Celeste disappeared– before Watts was arrested for murdering …
In the days preceding her murder, Colorado mom Shanann Watts was increasingly worried about raising her growing family as a single mother, text messages to her friends show. Shanann Watts was 15 weeks pregnant with her third child, a boy, when Chris Watts murdered her and their young daughters Bella and Celeste on August 13. …
The fiancé of a young mother who vanished on Thanksgiving Day in Colorado has released a statement through his attorney. KOAA News 5 reports that Patrick Frazee, the fiancé of Kelsey Berreth, gave the news station a statement regarding Frazee’s involvement in the investigation. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Berreth, 29, went missing on November 22, the …
CrimeOnline has obtained audio of the first interview Chris Watts’ girlfriend Nichol Kessinger gave investigator, before Watts was arrested for murdering his pregnant wife Shanann Watts and daughters, 4-year-old Bella and 3-year-old Celeste. The Weld County District Attorney’s office provided an audio recording of Nichol Kessinger’s August 15 police interview in response to a Colorado …
Authorities in Colorado have released video footage of a now-missing young woman, taken at a grocery store the day she was last seen. Kelsey Berreth, 29, of Woodland Park vanished on November 22, Thanksgiving Day, after being spotted in a Safeway supermarket with her 1-year-old daughter. Berreth then reportedly met with her fiancé Patrick Frazee, who …
A new report released by Colorado authorities details the grueling ordeal of retrieving the bodies of Bella and Celeste Watts from the oil tanks where Chris Watts dumped their bodies. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Watts directed authorities to an oil field owned by his then-employer, Anadarko Petroleum, shortly after confessing to murdering his pregnant wife …
