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Judi Lynn

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Fri Aug 17, 2018, 10:51 PM Aug 2018

The Latest: Lawyer says girls' bodies were submerged in oil [View all]

Source: Associated Press

Updated 7:44 pm CDT, Friday, August 17, 2018

FREDERICK, Colo. (AP) — The Latest on the arrest of a Colorado man in the disappearance of his family (all times local):

6:30 p.m.

A lawyer for a Colorado man suspected in the deaths of his pregnant wife and two young daughters says the daughters' bodies were submerged in crude oil for four days before they were found.

Defense attorney James Merson made the statement in a court motion Friday. The motion asks a judge to order that DNA samples be taken from the children's throats.

In another motion, Merson asks that DNA samples be taken from the hands and nails of the body of the girls' mother.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/The-Latest-Colorado-fetal-homicide-law-at-issue-13163871.php













In this photo taken in May, murder victim Shanann Watts poses with a magazine spread featuring her family.
Now her all American husband Christopher has confessed to her killing, same as their wo young daughters

Colorado dad, Christopher Watts, who ‘murdered his pregnant wife and two daughters, aged 3 and 4, stuffed the toddlers’ bodies in oil and gas tanks so they wouldn’t smell’
Posted on August 17, 2018

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https://konniemoments.com/2018/08/17/colorado-dad-christopher-watts-who-murdered-his-pregnant-wife-and-two-daughters-aged-3-and-4-stuffed-the-toddlers-bodies-in-oil-and-gas-tanks-so-they-wouldnt-smell/
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Prayers for the wife and daughters benld74 Aug 2018 #1
A bit late for that, don't ya think? Liberalagogo Aug 2018 #13
Jeez. Tragic story. MontanaMama Aug 2018 #2
There were rumors of infidelity murielm99 Aug 2018 #3
They already filed for bankruptcy and wiped out their debts in 2015 dalton99a Aug 2018 #4
Another good looking psychopath kills his family. KWR65 Aug 2018 #5
Yup, reminds me of that creep Josh Powell obamanut2012 Aug 2018 #22
Movies made from tragedies like this should be required truthisfreedom Aug 2018 #6
My parents were talking to the Watts' neighbors ProudLib72 Aug 2018 #7
That doesn't sound like he was BigmanPigman Aug 2018 #9
I am guessing he showed her the bodies of the girls before he killed her. alphafemale Aug 2018 #10
That 'guess' is way over the top. SharonClark Aug 2018 #16
Over the top of strangling toddlers? alphafemale Aug 2018 #17
sad story Demovictory9 Aug 2018 #8
Much of this article is spent "prompting questions" about killing unborn as homicide. Snellius Aug 2018 #11
I caught on to that too. MontanaMama Aug 2018 #18
This story is being played up front on FOX News too. Probably for the same reason. Snellius Aug 2018 #19
How much more anti-choice can you get than murdering a woman to kill the fetus? alphafemale Aug 2018 #20
" He should have four counts of murder." That's what the article is trying to suggest. Snellius Aug 2018 #23
It was not her choice. alphafemale Aug 2018 #24
On the same page but think the pages got mixed up. Snellius Aug 2018 #25
So he had the legal right to force an abortion against her will. alphafemale Aug 2018 #26
God, No. Not at all. Not sure how you're getting that. Snellius Aug 2018 #27
If she were still here. alphafemale Aug 2018 #28
Jeez, that's too horrible than I could ever imagine. Snellius Aug 2018 #30
There are horrible things some men do to cause the death of a fetus. alphafemale Aug 2018 #35
I was disgusted by that, too. Totally underhanded to load what's supposed to be a news story. n/t Judi Lynn Aug 2018 #29
I bet you anything he had a girlfriend. Nt raccoon Aug 2018 #12
WTF is konniemoments.com WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2018 #14
Seems to be a kind of death-fetish site of weird killings and suicides. Slanted right. Snellius Aug 2018 #15
Lots of pics of Susan and Josh Powell and their kids smiling, too obamanut2012 Aug 2018 #21
Miserable bastards like this are why I still favor the DP. MicaelS Aug 2018 #31
Why He Did It RobinA Aug 2018 #33
It is impossible MFM008 Aug 2018 #32
Actually, pregnancy is one of the riskiest times for domestic abuse victims TexasBushwhacker Aug 2018 #34
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