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Watts Case

Lengthy documents detail marital problems, affair in Chris Watts murder case

Watts Case

Chris Watts case: What we know now and what's next

Chris Watts will die in prison, where he'll serve five life terms (two consecutively) plus 84 years after pleading guilty to five counts of first-degree murder, one count of unlawful termination of a pregnancy (for which he received 48 years) and three counts of abuse of a corpse (he was sentenced to 12 years for each charge).
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Chris Watts' parents question plea deal in murder of wife, daughters

The mother of Chris Watts wants to know whether he's really guilty of killing his wife and the couple's daughters -- and she accused his attorneys of cutting off contact with his family. Now she's wondering if it's too late to withdraw his guilty pleas on all charges, part of a deal he took to avoid the possibility of the death penalty.
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Chris Watts reaches plea deal in deaths of his pregnant wife, two daughters

In a plea agreement negotiated in the past few weeks, Weld County District Attorney Michael Rourke agreed that he would not seek the death penalty against Chris Watts.
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Chris Watts appears in court, faces minimum of life in prison if convicted of murder

Chris Watts waived his right to a preliminary hearing during a court appearance on Tuesday morning in Weld County for the murders of his wife, Shanann Watts, and daughters Bella and Celeste.
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Affidavit: Chris Watts claimed wife killed daughters, then he killed her

Chris Watts claimed that he asked his wife for a separation, and that she then strangled their kids and he, in turn, killed her in "a rage." The DA showed he didn't believe it, charging the man with all three murders and suggesting the girls may have already been dead when Shanann Watts returned from a business trip
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Read the full arrest affidavit in the Watts murder case

Chris Watts, the Frederick man at the center of a family tragedy, claimed that he killed his pregnant wife in "a rage" after he realized that she had strangled their two daughters – a shocking twist outlined in court documents made public late Monday afternoon.
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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.