Son of man who ‘went out and never came back’ nearly 60 years ago finds skeleton in basement of home
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The skull shows signs of blunt force trauma
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November 24, 2018
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’
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 …
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November 23, 2018
Man stabs father-in-law during Thanksgiving Day dispute: Cops
Authorities in Connecticut say a man was arrested on suspicion of stabbing his father-in-law during an argument this week. According to the New Haven Register, 23-year-old Rasheen Johnson is accused of stabbing the victim, 37-year-old Kareem Henderson, at a residence in Hamden on Thanksgiving Day. Investigators say law enforcement officers responded to the scene at …
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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 …
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November 22, 2018
Five-time US Olympian stabbed, sister killed, in violent attack by sister’s ex: Police
A U.S. Olympian was injured this week as she attempted to save her sister from a fatal stabbing. According to the New York Post, Danielle Scott witnessed the alleged attack on her sister, 51-year-old Stephanie Vallery, by the latter’s estranged husband. Police say 49-year-old Michael Vallery fled the scene and authorities were still looking for …
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November 22, 2018
9-year-old boy beaten to death with broom handle for refusing to do homework: Police
French authorities say several members of the same family were arrested on suspicion of fatally beating a 9-year-old boy earlier this year. According to the Straits Times, the incident occurred at a home in Mulhouse, a city in eastern France, on Sept. 17. Investigators believe the relatives beat the young child to death after he …
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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 …
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November 21, 2018
4-year-old boy kills himself with gun left on shelf after his father smokes pot
A Pennsylvania father will spend up to two years behind bars after his son picked up a loaded gun and fatally shot himself while in the 23-year-old man’s custody in June 2017. According to the New York Post, Ryan Koch was sentenced this week after pleading guilty earlier this year to involuntary manslaughter. His son, …
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November 21, 2018
Mom reportedly with severe depression throws 2-month-old baby from moving car, killing the infant: Police
A California woman visiting Indonesia reportedly threw her own infant daughter out of a moving car before trying to kill herself, authorities announced Wednesday. USA Today reports that 32-year-old Nicole Stasio is accused of throwing her 2-month-old baby out of the a car while at a Denpasar intersection on Tuesday evening. She then allegedly tried to take …
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November 21, 2018
CEO found fatally shot, wife and children found burned to death in mansion as police arrest brother for arson: Report
A New Jersey man and his family died Tuesday as a fiery fire engulfed their $1.5 million mansion. NBC New York reports that two adults and two children died after the fire consumed their Colts Neck, New Jersey, home. Authorities identified the victims as Keith Caneiro, 50, his wife Jennifer Caneiro, 45, and their two young …
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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 …
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November 19, 2018
‘Bella fought back for her life’: Prosecutor reveals details of grisly Chris Watts family killings for the first time at Colorado father’s sentencing hearing
Shannan Watts had been trying to save her marriage in the days leading up to her murder
