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

‘It was like he was on speed’: Girlfriend of killer Dad Chris Watts said he doubled-up on ‘Thrive’ nutritional patch, hardly slept and was rapidly losing weight [EXCLUSIVE]

The woman who had an affair with Chris Watts before he killed his family told police that he had been losing weight and was getting little sleep in the weeks before he murdered his pregnant wife Shanann Watts and their two daughters, 4-year-old Bella and 3-year-old Celeste. CrimeOnline obtained a transcript of an August 21 …

Police to offer reward for information about Colorado mom’s mysterious disappearance; no evidence Kelsey Berreth was in location where her cell phone pinged days after she vanished: Report
Missing
December 14, 2018

Police to offer reward for information about Colorado mom’s mysterious disappearance; no evidence Kelsey Berreth was in location where her cell phone pinged days after she vanished: Report

A candlelight vigil was held on Thursday night for the Colorado mother who vanished without a trace three weeks ago, as police are expected to offer a reward for information about her mysterious disappearance. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Kelsey Berreth, 29, disappeared on November 22 after meeting her fiancé Patrick Frazee to hand off their 1-year-old …

Family Crime
December 13, 2018

‘That was me freaking out’: New audio of Nichol Kessinger police interview details late night of phone calls, FaceTime with Chris Watts hours after Shanann, daughters went missing [EXCLUSIVE]

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 …

Family Crime
December 13, 2018

‘I can’t do this alone’: Texts show an increasingly distraught Shanann Watts worried about having a third baby as killer husband turns cold on her

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. …

Mother of missing Colorado woman reveals their last conversation on day Kelsey Berreth vanished
Missing
December 13, 2018

Mother of missing Colorado woman reveals their last conversation on day Kelsey Berreth vanished

The mother of a missing Colorado woman has described her last conversation with her daughter Kelsey Berreth before the 29-year-old mom vanished on Thanksgiving Day. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Berreth was seen with her one-year-old daughter at a Safeway supermarket near hear Woodland Park home on the day she went mysteriously missing. Berreth later met …

Fiancé of missing Colorado mom secures attorney, releases statement
Family Crime
December 12, 2018

Fiancé of missing Colorado mom secures attorney, releases statement

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 …

Family Crime
December 12, 2018

In Nichol Kessinger’s first interview with police, she said she wasn’t in love with killer dad Chris Watts: ‘It’s a horrible situation’ [EXCLUSIVE]

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 …

SEE IT: Police release surveillance footage showing missing Colorado mom just before she vanished on Thanksgiving
Family Crime
December 12, 2018

SEE IT: Police release surveillance footage showing missing Colorado mom just before she vanished on Thanksgiving

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 …

Family Crime
December 10, 2018

Recovery workers spent over 12 hours retrieving bodies of murdered sisters Bella and Celeste Watts from oil tanks where killer dad dumped them [VIDEO]

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 …