A Colorado man was sentenced Monday to life in prison after pleading guilty to murdering his pregnant wife and their two young daughters and dumping their bodies on an oil work site. Christopher Watts pleaded guilty on Nov. 6 to three charges of murder in the deaths of his wife, Shanann Watts, and their young […]
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Seventeen days. It only took 17 days for a perfectly healthy little boy to go from his first symptoms of illness to his life being taken away by an aggressive and rare form of cancer. Luke Morin was just 5-years-old when he died. “Our boy was stolen from us,” his mother, Jill Morin, said through […]
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A Colorado mother says her son killed himself after being bullied at school. Leia Pierce told KDVR that her 9-year-old son, Jamel Myles, came out to her as gay over the summer. “And he looked so scared when he told me. He was like, ‘Mom I’m gay.’ And I thought he was playing, so I looked back […]
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The father of murdered Colorado woman Shanann Watts sobbed in court on Tuesday as a judge read the charges against the woman’s husband Christopher Lee Watts aloud. Christopher Lee Watts, the man accused of murdering his pregnant wife and two young daughters, only spoke “yes, sir” and “no, sir” when asked by Judge Marcelo A. […]
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The bodies of two young girls were submerged in crude oil for four days before authorities discovered them on Thursday, according to court documents filed Friday by an attorney defending the girls’ father against accusations that he killed his children and wife. The motion filed Friday by Christopher Watts’ attorney, James Merson, also asked that […]
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Authorities say the husband of a missing family in Colorado has been charged with three counts of first-degree homicide murder and three counts of obstructing justice. The Frederick Police Department said Chris Watts was taken into custody Wednesday night. Watt’s pregnant wife, 34-year-old Shanann Watts, and their two daughters, 4-year-old Bella and 3-year-old Celeste were […]
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The Christian baker whose refusal to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court is suing Colorado after the state ruled that he had discriminated against another customer, this time a transgender woman. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, attorneys for the baker, Jack Phillips, who owns Masterpiece Cakeshop, claim that […]
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Warning: This article contains details that may be upsetting Investigators say a Denver teenager facing charges in the death of her 7-year-old nephew told them she was upset with the boy because he lay on her bed and refused to leave her room after he asked her to play video games with him. “She told […]
