Husband arrested in killing of pregnant wife, 2 young kids; her body found
Husband arrested in killing of pregnant wife, 2 young kids;
A
Colorado man is facing charges in connection with the killing of his
pregnant wife and two young daughters after the mother and their little
girls went missing earlier this week.
Shanann
Watts, who was 15 weeks pregnant, and the couple's daughters, Celeste,
3, and Bella, 4, were reported missing Monday by a family friend,
according to police in Frederick, about 35 miles north of Denver.
A body believed to be Shanann Watts has been recovered, officials said Thursday.
Authorities
have a "strong reason to believe" they know where the girls' bodies are
and recovery efforts are underway, officials added.
PHOTO: Shanann Watts, 34, and her two daughters ages 3 and 4 are missing in Frederick, Colo. (Town of Frederick, CO)
Watts'
husband, Chris Watts, who initially spoke out to the media when his
family went missing, was taken into custody Wednesday.
PHOTO: Christopher Watts is accused of killing his wife and two daughters in Colorado. (Weld County Sheriff)
Chris
Watts, 33, was booked on three counts each of first-degree murder and
tampering with physical evidence. He is set to appear at a bond hearing
Thursday afternoon.
"I'm pissed, raged, miserable," Shanann Watts' brother, Frankie Rzucek, told ABC News.
"I
just want to know why," he wrote on Facebook. "My precious family my
one and only sibling, my sister Shanann, 2 adorable nieces Bella and
Celeste and her soon to be found out unborn son Niko."
"May Satan have mercy on his soul," Frankie Rzucek wrote.
Family friends who stood by the husband said they were shocked to hear of his arrest.
Chris Watts had initially told reporters that his wife, 34, disappeared without a trace, leaving her purse and keys at home.PHOTO: A memorial outside the home of Shanann Watts in Colorado. (ABC News)"When I came home and then walked in the house, nothing. Vanished. Nothing was here," he told ABC Denver affiliate KMGH-TV Tuesday. "My kids are my life. ... I mean, those smiles light up my life."Friends
who spoke with Chris Watts after his family's disappearance said the
only thing missing in the house was his daughter's treasured baby
blanket.An
Endangered Missing Alert has been issued for Shannan Watts (age 34),
and her two daughters, Celeste and Bella Watts (ages 3&4). Shannan
is also 15 weeks pregnant. Last seen in the Frederick
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