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‘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]
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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 …

College professor dad kills toddler daughter, himself amid bitter custody battle: Report
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December 13, 2018

College professor dad kills toddler daughter, himself amid bitter custody battle: Report

A former Florida college professor and his 3-year-old daughter were reportedly found dead in his home Monday afternoon in what police are investigating as a murder-suicide. According to the Tampa Bay Times, the grisly discovery was made after Laurel Friedman called police requesting a welfare check for her daughter and her estranged husband, Ayhan Aytes, 48, …

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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. …

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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 …

Hania Aguilar Update: Police overlooked evidence in 2016 rape that would have put suspected killer behind bars before he raped, killed teen girl [Prosecutor]
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December 12, 2018

Hania Aguilar Update: Police overlooked evidence in 2016 rape that would have put suspected killer behind bars before he raped, killed teen girl [Prosecutor]

North Carolina authorities apparently didn’t follow up with evidence left behind after a woman was raped in 2016, which could have put the man accused of killing teen girl Hania Aguilar behind bars, a prosecutor said on Tuesday. The News & Observer reports that Robeson County District Attorney Johnson Britt said authorities let evidence “slip through …

UPDATE: High school football player pleads NOT GUILTY to killing pregnant cheerleader girlfriend
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December 11, 2018

UPDATE: High school football player pleads NOT GUILTY to killing pregnant cheerleader girlfriend

A 16-year-old Indiana boy pleaded not guilty Tuesday to murder and feticide charges despite allegedly admitting to stabbing his ex-cheerleader girlfriend to death and dumping her body in a dumpster. Charged as an adult, NBC News reported that Aaron Trejo entered his pleas during his arraignment and was ordered to be held without bail. The Mishawaka High School …

Babysitters jailed for toddler’s beating death claimed he fell down stairs; boy’s mom charged for failing to protect him: Prosecutor
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December 11, 2018

Babysitters jailed for toddler’s beating death claimed he fell down stairs; boy’s mom charged for failing to protect him: Prosecutor

An Ohio mother and two babysitters are facing criminal charges after authorities said a 3-year-old boy died from multiple traumatic injuries while in the sitters’ care—a place a pediatrician reportedly told the mother to stop taking him to after discovering concerning wounds. WICU and WSEE reported that mother and daughter Valorie D. Olah and Samantha M. Olah …

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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 …

DEVELOPING: High school football player arrested after pregnant cheerleader’s body found in dumpster
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December 10, 2018

DEVELOPING: High school football player arrested after pregnant cheerleader’s body found in dumpster

A 16-year-old Indiana boy remains in custody a day after his classmate—a 17-year-old pregnant ex-cheerleader—was reportedly found dead in a dumpster Sunday morning. The South Bend Tribune reported that Aaron Trejo is facing possible murder charges for the death of Breana Rouhselang, who was a student manager of the Mishawaka High School football team and a former …