Episode 1248
Watts family murders
Fri, 2020-Oct-02 01:13 UTC
Length - 1:43
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With 429,118 views on Thursday, 1 October 2020 our article of the day is Watts family murders.
The Watts family murders occurred in the early morning hours of August 13, 2018, in Frederick, Colorado, US. While being interviewed by police, Christopher Lee Watts (born May 16, 1985) admitted to killing his pregnant wife Shan'ann Cathryn Watts (née Rzucek, born January 10, 1984) by strangulation and her unborn son, Nico Lee Watts in utero. He later admitted to killing their daughters, four-year-old Bella and three-year-old Celeste, by smothering them with a blanket. He pleaded guilty on November 6, 2018, to multiple counts of first-degree murder as part of a plea deal when the death penalty was removed from sentencing. He was sentenced to five life sentences without the possibility of parole, three to be served consecutively and two to be served concurrently.
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