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Court documents: Body of Shanann Watts found in shallow grave

Court documents: Body of Shanann Watts found in shallow grave

Court documents: Body of Shanann Watts found in shallow grave

Chris Watts, 33, was being held without bail Saturday on suspicion of three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of tampering with a deceased body in the killings of his wife and daughters.

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Documents: Defense filing suggests Watts girls were strangled

Their father, Chris Watts, was arrested late Wednesday night and is being held on suspicion of three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of tampering with a deceased human body. A law enforcement source told 9Wants to Know that Chris Watts confessed to killing his wife and two daughters.

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Coroner positively identifies the bodies of Shanann Watts and her two daughters

The Weld County Coroner's Office has positively identified the three bodies recovered on Thursday as Shanann Watts and her two young daughters, Bella and Celeste.

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GONE COLD | Into the woods: Where is DeCorrius Jones?

A man, allegedly high on acid, attacks his mother and girlfriend, then runs into the woods behind his apartment, never to be seen again.

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Colorado mom and husband described as 'perfect couple' ahead of alleged murders

Shanann Watts, 34, had two young daughters, Bella, 4, and Celeste - who went by CeCe-, 3, with Chris Watts. Shanann was 15 weeks pregnant at the time she was killed. According to a Facebook post from her brother, she was expecting a little boy.

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Financial issues plagued Chris and Shanann Watts 3 years before alleged killings

Investigators said they recovered the body of Shanann Watts, a pregnant mother from Frederick, Colorado, who was reported missing with her two young daughters Monday. Her husband, Chris Watts, was arrested late Wednesday and is being held on suspicion of three counts of first-degree murder. Before the alleged killings, documents show the Watts declared bankruptcy.

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Co-workers reveal moments leading up to Seattle plane theft

Co-workers talked to the KING 5 Investigators about Richard Russell's final shift at Horizon before stealing a plane from Sea-Tac Airport.

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Arkansas officer fired after telling group of black men they 'don't belong' in his city

An England police officer has been fired after a video was posted on Facebook of him telling a group of black men that they "don't belong" in his city.

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Documents: Man at New Mexico compound was training kids for school shooting

Court documents detail what investigators encountered as they searched compound.

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Police officers who flipped a coin to see if a woman went to jail fired

First reported by 11Alive, a speeding motorist was arrested after two officers appeared to flip a coin to determine her fate.

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Teen following police commands is brutally attacked by Roswell K-9

It's a video you don't want to see but can't afford to miss.

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Officers in 'coin-flip arrest' put on leave after 11Alive starts asking questions

It wasn't until the video appeared in court - and after an 11Alive investigation - that two officers were put on administrative leave. That's roughly 90 days after the April arrest.

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