More details continue to surface about the investigation into the disappearances and death of Shanann Watts and her two young daughters, as People magazine has confirmed more about what led to Chris Watts’s arrest on August 15, two days after …
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 …
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 …
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. …
Shannan Watts had been trying to save her marriage in the days leading up to her murder
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 …
More than three years after killing his girlfriend’s mother, 29-year-old Nicholas Godejohn was convicted of first-degree murder this week. According to the New York Post, the decision came on Friday and could result in a life sentence when Godejohn is …
The parents of Chris Watts, who pleaded guilty last week to murdering his pregnant wife and two daughters, have said they believe the late Shannan Watts was “more capable” of killing her daughters Bella and Celeste than their son was. …
The mother of the Colorado man who pleaded guilty earlier this month to killing his pregnant wife and two daughters says she believes he was coerced into taking a plea deal and did not commit all three murders. As CrimeOnline …
The day after Colorado father Chris Watts pleaded guilty to murdering his pregnant wife Shannan Watts and daughters Bella and Celeste, Nancy Grace appeared on Daily Mail TV to talk about the plea deal that stunned those who have been …
The confessed killer wore a bullet-proof vest as he delivered his guilty pleas
The District Attorney did not reveal why Watts’s court date was moved up by nearly two weeks
Jayme Closs is still missing a week after her parents were found shot dead in their Wisconsin home, but new details are emerging about what police know in the two murders and apparent kidnapping of the 13-year-old. Nancy Grace explores …
An unidentified family member of two slain Wisconsin parents and missing teen, Jayme Closs, is clueless as to why the adults were killed, describing the mother as a caring woman who had no known enemies. FOX News reports that the …
A 911 call placed from inside a Wisconsin home on Monday, which led police to discover teen girl Jayme Closs missing and her parents deceased, apparently came from her mother’s cell phone. KARE 11 reports that the Barron County 911 dispatch …
Friends and family of a 19-year-old South Dakota woman killed in a car crash are speaking out after the driver who caused the deadly collision was fined $120 and avoided jail. Speaking with Daily Mail, mother Barb Olson, 50, described the …
The arrest of a man dressed in black, armed with a rifle and described as a survivalist may be connected to a series of shootings at a popular camping area in Southern California, including one that resulted in the death …
Court filings and testimony related to the incomplete divorce of a Tennessee mom who was found dead with her four adopted children in an apparent murder-suicide this week shed more light on her relationship with her estranged husband, but many …
The body of a Georgia middle school teacher, accused of sexually assaulting a student, was found in Gwinnett County on Wednesday. Gwinnett Daily Post reports that 28-year-old Zachary Meadors was found slumped over inside a vehicle parked off of the 200 block of Scenic …
Authorities released additional details on missing Wisconsin teen, Jayme Closs, on Wednesday, confirming she was in her home in Barron when her parents were killed. CBS reports that while family members told the station the front door of 13-year-old Jayme’s …
Defense attorneys for accused family murderer Chris Watts are asking a judge to file a sealed motion involving health records. The Denver Post reports that Watts’s attorneys have requested to file a sealed pleading that includes information typically protected under …
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Former USA Gymnastics president Steve Penny was arrested Wednesday after a Texas grand jury indicted him, alleging he tampered with evidence in the sexual assault investigation of now-imprisoned gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. In a statement issued …
Authorities say a missing Michigan teen was found “unharmed” inside a truck traveling through Kentucky this week. According to Fox News, Michigan investigators contacted law enforcement in Kentucky to share a tip that a man traveling with the missing girl …
Newly-released home surveillance and dashcam footage apparently show an off-duty Illinois police sergeant shooting an unarmed autistic man in a 2017 incident that law enforcement initially portrayed as an armed confrontation. The Guardian reported that footage released Tuesday by the Civilian Office …
A 3-year-old Massachusetts boy who vanished in 2016 was reportedly found Tuesday living with his mother in Florida. According to the Orlando Sentinel, Christina Hale, 40, took her son, Matthew Hale, from Webster, Massachusetts, in September 2016 after the boy’s …
An Ohio woman has been extradited to Pennsylvania after being arrested on suspicion of committing sexual acts against her own 3-year-old daughter, and assisting her ex-boyfriend in producing pornographic images of the girl, authorities announced Tuesday. Kayla Parker, 26, …
A woman in China reportedly killed herself and her two children following the death of her husband—only for the man to admit that he faked his death to get himself out of debt. Per the BBC, the 34-year-old was presumed …
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FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — Seven South Carolina law enforcement officers were shot, one fatally, in a confrontation with a suspect who held children hostage in a home and fired on deputies, officials said. The suspect was taken into custody after …
A coroner has completed the autopsy reports for Shannan Watts and her daughters Bella and Celeste, who were found dead last month on the property of a petroleum company where Shanann’s husband Chris Watts worked. Watts has been charged with …
Attorneys for a man suspected of killing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts filed a “Bill of Particulars” on motion on his behalf Friday, claiming prosecutors have not presented enough evidence for them to build a proper defense. ABC13 reports …
A New York man was arrested on Thursday night in connection with a girl who disappeared on Wednesday. As of Friday morning, she still hasn’t been found. ABC10 reports that authorities arrested 19-year-old George Torres and charged him with endangering the welfare …
Authorities in Hudson Falls, New York, say a 12-year-old girl who disappeared earlier this week is believed to have left the area, possibly en route to New York City. According to the New York Post, Washington County investigators believe Malaya …
“He feels like no one understands him”
“She was a very insecure young lady,” Shanann Watts’s former teacher said
Before Chris Watts confessed to police that he killed his pregnant wife Shanann Watts, he had a one-on-one conversation with his father. The arrest affidavit obtained by CrimeOnline last month shows that Chris Watts asked to speak to his father …
Authorities in New York confirmed witness reports that a panhandler stabbed a man in the neck this week after the victim refused the suspect’s request for a dollar. The suspect was not named in initial reports, but witnesses told local …
Two teenagers were fatally shot by their own father before he took his own life in what police say is a devastating double-murder suicide in rural Indiana, the IndyStar reports. The children’s mother called police Friday morning after she was …
The family of an 84-year-old woman filed a lawsuit against a Missouri nursing home on Thursday, claiming their elderly mother was repeatedly raped and sodomized while employees did nothing to intervene. KMOV4 reports that Dolores Green’s children allege that while …
Multiple people, including infants, have been injured in a stabbing at a private day care in Queens, New York. The New York Post reports that three infants under the age of a year and two adults were wounded when an …
Prosecutors in the Chris Watts murder case are seeking the suspect’s footprints, reportedly for comparison to evidence found at the crime scene. Watts was arrested last month and charged with the murder his pregnant wife Shanann Watts and their daughters …
Money set aside to fund the search for a British toddler who disappeared more than a decade ago during a family vacation to Portugal. According to the U.K. Daily Mail, Madeleine McCann’s parents are due in court over coming weeks …
Reality is sinking in for family murder suspect Chris Watts as he remains on suicide watch in a Colorado jail. Watts was arrested last month and charged with the murder of his pregnant wife Shanann Watts and their young daughters …
Canadian authorities say a woman was killed and a 2-year-old girl was mauled in an attack at an Alberta residence last week. According to CTV News, the victim owned the animal, which was identified as a Pitbull and boxer mixed …
Prosecutors in the Chris Watts murder case have requested DNA and fingerprints from the triple homicide suspect, in what appears to be an effort to determine his involvement in the alleged strangulation of his wife and daughters. Watts is charged …
By RACHEL D’ORO, Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A search that includes 17 FBI agents has yielded no sign of a 10-year-old girl who went missing in a remote, largely Inupiat Eskimo town north of the Arctic Circle on Alaska’s …
The man who said he had a secret affair with accused murderer Chris Watts has revealed more about their alleged relationship and the murder suspect’s claims about the state of his marriage. Chris Watts is facing three first-degree murder charges …
Defense lawyers for accused family murderer Chris Watts are claiming that prosecutors in Colorado have leaked information to the media. Court documents obtained by the Denver Post show that Watts and his defense team are asking for an investigation into …
Two honor students at a Michigan high school got into a violent altercation inside of a classroom at Warren’s Fitzgerald High School this week. The two girls had been friends prior to their falling out over the love triangle, according …
As the man accused of killing Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts earlier this year prepares for a first-degree murder trial, reports indicate he is trying to secure U.S. government funding for his mounting legal defense bills. Cristhian Bahena Rivera was …
