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 …
Authorities in California say a man has been arrested after setting a residential structure on fire Sunday morning. According to the San Diego Union Tribune, the suspect’s name was not immediately released, but officials say he might be homeless. Police …
An animal breeder in Oklahoma has been indicted as part of a federal investigation into the alleged murder-for-hire plot to kill a rival. According to Fox News, 55-year-old Joe Exotic operated until recently a private zoo in Wynnewood, which showcased …
Frankie Rzucek expressed gratitude to everyone who has tried to help his family after his pregnant sister and her two young daughters were brutally murdered, allegedly at the hands of her husband. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 33-year-old Chris Watts was …
The woman identified as Chris Watts’s mistress is reportedly cooperating with the investigation as two other people have come forward claiming to have had an affair with the Colorado father accused of killing his pregnant wife and two daughters. People …
A woman has come forward claiming to have been a mistress of accused family-killer Chris Watts — and she says they had violent sex. Radar Online published an interview with an unidentified woman who claimed she met Chris Watts on …
Chris Watts, the Colorado father suspected of killing his pregnant wife and two daughters, is reportedly on suicide watch in jail. Watts was arrested last month after his wife, Shanann Watts, and two young daughters went missing from their Frederick …
PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) — Shanann Watts will be remembered as a “woman of love” and her two young two daughters as being filled with life and joy, a priest said Saturday during a funeral service for the slain Colorado family …
Most people who knew Chris and Shanann Watts believed their marriage was a match made in heaven, and Shanann’s frequent Facebook posts consistently portrayed a beautiful, happy — and growing — family. But now that Chris Watts has been charged …
The Colorado father accused of killing his pregnant wife and two young daughters reportedly appeared unemotional and detached when he was arrested two days after his family was reported missing. A source close to the investigation reportedly told People that …
The man who claimed to have had an extramarital affair with Chris Watts before the Colorado father allegedly killed his pregnant wife and two young daughters is not the person authorities were referring to in redacted police documents that referred …
Authorities in California say a missing man’s home contained a disturbing clue. As KNTV reported, San Francisco police searched the home in the South of Market community after locals had reported resident Brian Egg had apparently disappeared. When he had …
Accused killer Chris Watts reportedly admitted he murdered his wife, but claims it happened after he found her strangling their two young daughters. Yet, a police source says there’s no evidence to suggest that the slain mother hurt her kids. …
A close friend of the Watts family said he believed until recently that the man now accused of killing his pregnant wife and two young daughters was devoted to the 3- and 4-year-old girls. According to Inside Edition, Kris Landon …
A close friend of Shanann Watts said the pregnant murder victim struggled with her suspicion that her husband — now accused of killing her and their two young daughters — had been cheating on her. As CrimeOnline previously reported, some …
The man charged with snatching Mollie Tibbetts as the Iowa college student was jogging, killing her and dumping her body in a rural cornfield made his first court appearance just as the medical examiner concluded she died from “multiple …
The Colorado father charged with murdering his pregnant wife and two young daughters and then hiding their bodies near his job claims his murderous rage was triggered by watching his wife strangle the girls. Nancy Grace explores the latest in …
Although he’s been cooperating with law enforcement and claimed he hired an accused murderer legally, a Brooklyn, Iowa, dairy farm owner says he’s been receiving threats after the arrest of a man who worked for him. KCCI reports that on …
A vehicle spotted on surveillance footage recorded near the scene of Mollie Tibbetts’ disappearance led to the identification and arrest of a suspect in her subsequent homicide. According to updates in the case, however, the Chevrolet Malibu was not registered …
A man admits to dumping Mollie Tibbetts body in a rural Iowa cornfield after encountering her while the college student was jogging, but Cristhian Rivera claims he doesn’t remember what happened to cause her death. Nancy Grace updates the tragic …
The man accused of kidnapping and killing University of Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts is expected to make his first court appearance on Wednesday afternoon. FOX reports that 24-year-old Cristhian Bahena Rivera, charged with the murder of 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts, is …
By RYAN FOLEY, Associated Press MONTEZUMA, Iowa (AP) — A man from Mexico living in the U.S. illegally has confessed to kidnapping college student Mollie Tibbetts while she was running in her small Iowa hometown, killing her and dumping her body …
New details emerged this week regarding the 2015 bankruptcy filing by Chris and Shanann Watts. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the Colorado couple had serious money trouble in the years prior to the deaths of 34-year-old Shanann Watts and their two …
The father of a pregnant woman found murdered with her two daughters faced her accused killer in court on Tuesday — the day after police unsealed an arrest affidavit showing that Chris Watts claimed his now-dead wife killed their little …
“Once they catch their breath, this will turn into a weapon going the other direction to catch the person who did it”
The mother of Chandra Levy, the Washington intern found murdered in a DC park a year after she disappeared in May 2001, sat down with Crime Stories’ Nancy Grace to discuss a possible new act being sought that would allow …
An arrest affidavit unsealed by authorities on Monday revealed that triple murder suspect Chris Watts told his wife Shanann Watts he wanted a separation just before he claimed to witness her strangling their young daughter via a baby monitor in …
A Colorado news station has obtained court documents detailing formal charges against Chris Watts ahead of a press conference scheduled for Monday afternoon to announce the charges. Court records obtained by the Denver Channel show that Watts, 33, has been …
Authorities will announce formal charges against Chris Watts, suspected of murdering his wife and two daughters, in a press conference at 4 p.m. Central Time on Monday. Fox 31 Denver reports that prosecutors will hold the press conference, which will …
The friend who dropped Shanann Watts at home just before the pregnant mother disappeared with her two young daughters has spoken out, revealing that she was suspicious of Chris Watts’s response to the news that his family had gone missing. …
The close friends who took in Chris Watts after his family’s disappearance say he was preoccupied with his representation in the media before he was arrested days later on suspicion of his wife and daughters’ deaths. According to the Daily …
The pregnant Colorado woman killed along with her two young daughters had defied the odds in conceiving a third child, according to new reports about the case. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Chris Watts, 33, is accused of murdering 34-year-old Shanann …
Jon Christopher Clark, arrested Friday on unrelated fraud charges, said he refused to take a lie detector test in connection with his girlfriend’s disappearance
Authorities in Colorado are expected to release an affidavit shedding some light on the suspected motive behind the brutal murder of a pregnant mother and her two young daughters earlier this month. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 33-year-old Chris Watts is …
A court order this week denied attorneys’ request on behalf of Chris Watts to obtain DNA evidence from the necks of his murdered young girls. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Watts is accused of killing his pregnant wife, Shanann, and their …
After initially pleading publicly for the safe return of his family, the Colorado father accused of killing his pregnant wife and two young girls is being compared to one of the most notorious domestic murderers in recent memory. As People …
Bella, the 4-year-old daughter of suspected murderer Chris Watts, sang a song about her ‘hero’ dad just two months before he is believed to have killed his whole family, including pregnant wife Shanann Watts. The video was reportedly posted to …
A court motion filed by defense attorneys for triple murder suspect Chris Watts indicate that the Colorado father may have strangled his pregnant wife and two daughters before dumping their bodies on the property of a petroleum company where he …
The Colorado man accused of slaughtering his pregnant wife and their two young daughters was more concerned about the family’s pet than his own family, according to a neighbor. Charyle Hallowell told Radar Online that Chris Watts loved the Dachsund …
As authorities are investigating the shocking disappearance and presumed murder of a pregnant mom and her two young daughters, public records have revealed that the Watts family experienced financial struggles in recent years. Fox 31 Denver obtained documents showing the …
Christopher Watts, the Colorado man who allegedly admitted to killing his pregnant wife and their two young daughters, reportedly sent his wife a doting text about her pregnancy months before the shocking slayings. According to the Daily Mail, Christopher, 34, text …
They met on Facebook, and it was on the social media platform that Shanann Watts described her husband as the “best thing that has ever happened” to her. The Colorado woman whose body was found on the property of her …
An Arizona woman remains missing 11 days after she reportedly sent a peculiar text to her roommate and vanished without a trace. Kiera Bergman, 19, was last seen August 4 at Indigo Creek Apartments in Glendale. Bergman’s roommate, Destiny Hall-Chand, told AZFamily …
A 66-year-old woman was attacked by a pair of pit bulls as she walked near her North Carolina home recently, local police revealed this week. According to the New York Post, the woman, who was not immediately identified by police, …
A Georgia father is facing homicide charges for allegedly fatally mowing over his 22-month-old son while texting. According to the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Trenton Cook, 24, was driving his 2002 Ford Explorer south down Bond Avenue on May 8 when he entered …
CrimeOnline has obtained exclusive video taken on the scene of a fatal police-involved shooting last month in the Los Angeles area. As Buzzfeed reports, the Los Angeles Police Department has confirmed that a female hostage was killed on June 16 …
The man found dead outside of a luxury Manhattan hotel reportedly left multiple suicide notes before leaping to his death. The New York Daily News reports that the man was 39 years old, though authorities have not yet released his …
Infamous grandmother Lois Riess, who is charged with murdering her look-alike in Florida in order to evade police after being wanted for her husband’s shooting death in Minnesota, is due in the state’s court Wednesday. Prosecutors announced earlier this month …
Haleigh Cummings disappeared from her Satsuma, Florida, bed after being put there by her father’s girlfriend nearly a decade ago. Nancy Grace re-examines the mystery with Klaas Kids Foundation founder and victims’ advocate Marc Klaas, Atlanta juvenile judge and founder of …
A Virginia man has died after accidentally stabbing himself in the groin with his sword. The New York Daily News reports that a 28-year-old man in Newport News was walking down stairs in an apartment building on Sunday while carrying …
