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Tonight on Crime & Justice, a former roommate of Chris Watts is speaking out in an exclusive interview with Ashleigh. Did he notice anything unusual or odd about the accused killer dad before his pregnant wife and daughters were found dead? Plus, more whining from Watts about his media coverage from behind bars as the judge denies his request for an investigation into press leaks. And trash pickup was the day before the 33-year-old man was arrested. Did investigators get to sift through the trash before it got taken away? via Knit

New developments in the Watts family murder case as Colorado prosecutors are demanding that accused killer dad Chris Watts turn over DNA samples, fingerprints and photographs. Now, the Crime & Justice team is getting an inside glimpse of what's going on behind closed doors. 33-year-old Watts, accused of killing his pregnant wife Shanann and their two young daughters last month, has been sitting in the Weld County Jail under "Close Watch Protocol," a technical name for suicide watch. Guards check on the suspect every 10 to 15 minutes to ensure his well-being and sources say Watts' "depression is settling in and he's despondent." A former Oklahoma state senator convicted of child sex trafficking was sentenced to 15 years in prison today. 36-year-old Ralph Shortey, who was married to a woman at the time, was found at a Super 8 Motel with a 17-year-old boy in March 2017, along with condoms, lube and marijuana. According to police, the teen told authorities that he and Short

Attorneys for the Frederick man charged with murdering his family are accusing prosecutors and police of leaking information about the case to the media. According to court documents, Chris Watts' attorneys asked the court to open an investigation into whether information was illegally provided to the press. via Knit

New court documents have been released in relation to the Watts family massacre and we're getting new insight into what could've happened on that fateful day. Host Jean Casarez revisits the street the Watts lived on and takes a deeper look at the surveillance camera that may have brought Chris' entire story down. Was he thinking up new scenarios of how his family went missing in those TV interviews? Was he trying to set up an abduction scenario as his defense? As cops and investigators remain tight-lipped, the Crime & Justice team lifts away the shroud of secrecy in the hunt for new clues. Jean speaks to Kirk Nurmi, Jodi Arias' former attorney, to find out what it's like to be a public defender in such a high-profile case. Tonight in San Diego, police are searching for the killer of 21-year-old Marine Sergeant Christopher Truax Jr, who was was found shot to death in his car Friday night. Investigators say there was a woman found in the car with him but she is considered to only

Chris Watts, 33, Shanann's husband and father to the girls, was charged with nine counts of felony in the deaths of his wife and daughters. He is being held pending a November court appearance. Jennifer Azqueta of Clifton did not know Shanann Watts well but remembered speaking to her on the phone about a month before her death. "I was devastated to know I spoke to her just a month before," Azqueta said. "Just no words." Pictures of Shanann, Bella and Celeste were placed around the park with candles lighted nearby and flowers on hand during the roughly 20-minute ceremony in front of about 100 people. Shanann Watts' unborn son was to be named Nico. Four white balloons were released into the sky during the vigil, and the crowd held lighted candles to show their support. via Knit

As a video montage began to play, audience members were asked to notice the smiles and happiness of the Watts family. The joy turned to sorrow, though. Shanann Watts, 34, who was Shanann Rzucek when she lived in Clifton and attended School 11, was 15 weeks pregnant when she and her daughters, Celeste, 4, and Bella, 3, were killed in August in Frederick, Colorado. At a Friday night vigil in her former city, a crowd of saddened Clifton residents lent their support for the family of their former neighbor at Albion Park. via Knit

The case of the Watts family murders remains shrouded in mystery. While Chris Watts is kept in Weld County Jail under close watch, questions still surround this baffling story. Tonight, we take a closer look at some clues in Shanann Watts' social media posts. Were there signs of marital problems leading up to the crime? Did Shanann know that Chris was being unfaithful? Could Shanann's Facebook timeline give us some insight into what was going on in that home? Plus, just hours before his trial was set to begin, Tyler Tessier was found dead in his cell. Tessier was accused of murdering his pregnant girlfriend, Laura Wallen, in 2017. He spoke at a news conference after his girlfriend's disappearance, pleading for the public's help in finding her. Days later, her body was found with a gunshot wound to the head and Tessier was arrested for her murder. At 4:55 Thursday morning, about 30 minutes after Tessier was woken up to prepare for his court appearance, he was found hanging in his cell with

Sources say that Chris Watts, the man suspected of murdering his wife, Shanann, and two daughters, Celeste and Bella, is now under suicide watch in the Weld County Jail. Watts, who told local news stations he had "no inclination" of where his wife and daughters were just days before their bodies were found, is reportedly under "close watch protocol" so that he does not harm himself. Days after the funeral and burial of the victims cause of death and autopsy results have still not been released. With hours of home videos posted on social media portraying what appears to be a happy family, two major questions remain-if Chris Watts did commit the crimes he is accused of, how did he do it? And most mystifying of all-why did he do it? Plus, we'll be addressing some questions from our own Facebook community about this tragedy and mystery that has gripped the nation. via Knit

Family and friends gathered Saturday in North Carolina to say goodbye to a pregnant Frederick woman and her two preschool-age daughters who were killed last month. Shanann Watts, 34, was found in a shallow grave and daughters Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3, were found in an oil tank days after they were reported missing. Police arrested Shanann's husband Chris, after he had been interviewed by several local news stations about his family's disappearance. He now faces nine felony counts, including five counts of first-degree murder and one count of unlawful termination of pregnancy. Tonight, we uncover new information about what Chris is doing behind bars-and we reveal actual video of the baby monitor in the Watts home. Is his story about seeing his wife strangle their kids through the baby monitor even plausible? And what clues do the caskets at their funeral reveal about how they may have died? via Knit

A motive in the murder case has not been confirmed as allegations of Chris' infidelity draw greater scrutiny. Those who know the Watts family have described a seemingly happy union possibly beset by mounting tension. "It's beyond belief, really," friend told PEOPLE. "And it makes you wonder about other people you know. If this couple who seemed so perfect was like this, what are the other couples like?" via Knit

A man has made astonishing claims that he was the gay lover of Christopher Watts - the father-of-two accused of murdering his wife and two children in Colorado. Crime & Justice can't independently verify his story. via Knit

Crime and Justice producers reaches out to a former lover of Chris Watts, a father who is accused of murdering his wife and two daughters. via Knit

A Denver criminologist has claimed that the father accused of murdering his pregnant wife and their two children did so because he wanted to start a new life with his lover. via Knit

Picture-perfect family slaughtered in home? Coed died from multiple sharp force injuries via Knit

The weekslong search for Mollie Tibbetts, a 20-year-old Iowa student who disappeared while jogging, came to a grisly end Tuesday when a man guided investigators to a body in a cornfield. While authorities have yet to confirm the body is Tibbetts, they arrested Cristhian Bahena Rivera, 24, on first-degree murder charges. The discovery dashed the hopes of family and friends who had scoured Poweshiek and nearby counties as rewards grew to nearly $400,000. Tibbetts, officials said, is believed to have been abducted on July 18 as she went out for an evening jog. Rivera, who's an undocumented immigrant, told them Monday that he saw and pursued her, getting out of his car and running beside Tibbetts. She warned him she would call police, officials told reporters Tuesday. The suspect, who said he blacked out at some point, led authorities to the field Tuesday morning, they said. A body, dressed in Tibbetts' clothing, was covered in corn leaves. A murder suspect told police in Colorado he strangled his preg

Shocking reason behind massacre revealed? Cops: Dad killed family, then went on TV to say they're missing via Knit

A Colorado man is facing three counts of murder and three counts of tampering with physical evidence after his pregnant wife and two young daughters disappeared this week, police say. 33-year-old Chris Watts was taken into custody Wednesday night and is being held in the Weld County jail, north of Denver. Shanann Watts, who was 15-weeks pregnant, was reported missing on Monday along with her two daughters, Bella, 3, and Celeste, 4. Colorado officials confirmed their deaths in a press conference today, stating they are "quite certain" Shanann's body has been found, and "we have strong reason to believe we know where the body of the children are, and recovery efforts are in process." According to police, Shanann's body was found on property where her husband worked. A friend of Shayna Hubers took the stand yesterday to tell the court about foreboding text messages from the weeks before Hubers allegedly shot her boyfriend six times and killed him. One of the texts read, "When

Newly-released body cam video shows the moment officers shot a Florida man after he stole one of their tasers and pointed it at them. Just before, the Miami-Dade police officers rescued 29-year-old Jahmal Parker from crashing his car into the lake. In the video, Parker can be seen running off with the taser and ignoring multiple officers' orders. That's when they shot him in the leg. Since then, Parker has been charged with six felonies, one misdemeanor and two driving-related infractions. His next hearing is scheduled for August 23. Accused boyfriend killer Shayna Hubers appears to be shifting defense tactics, now claiming she shot her lover six times in self-defense when he became angry over her inability to orgasm. Hubers is on trial for killing attorney Ryan Poston, whom she was dating when he was murdered in October 2012. She was convicted in his death but now has a second shot at freedom after it was discovered that a juror during the original trial failed to report a felony conviction. The d

A hero police officer saved the life of a domestic violence victim outside a Las Vegas apartment complex where the woman was viciously stabbed by her boyfriend. The Metropolitan Police Department responded to a call about a stabbing from a female neighbor who witnessed the horrific incident at The Virginia Apartments last Wednesday night. Frantic 911 audio hears the neighbor as she explained how the attack by 30-year-old William Fuller went down. Body cam shows Sgt. Daniella Cino at the time she arrived to the scene moments later. Fuller stood over his unidentified girlfriend's body, sporting a white T-shirt splattered in her blood. A Utah man flew a small plane into his own house early Monday just hours after he had been arrested for assaulting his wife in a nearby canyon where the couple went to talk over their problems, authorities said. Duane Youd, 47, was killed in the crash after he piloted the Cessna Citation Jet 525 from a nearby airport. His estranged wife, Sandy, and her son who were in the h

In Pennsylvania, dozens of drivers passed by a simple traffic stop that would turn into a full-on shootout, though the people driving by probably didn't think much of it because at first, everything was under control. Two state troopers pulled over a young man for speeding and just as they were about to send him on his way, they noticed signs of drug use. That's when they busted out the handcuffs and the driver busted out of their grip. 22-year-old Daniel Clary opened fire and left those officers for dead so he could drive himself to the hospital where he was treated for multiple gunshot wounds and eventually, put in handcuffs for good. During the dramatic shootout caught on camera, Corporal Seth Kelly was shot in the neck, should and thigh. He managed to apply his own tourniquet to his bleeding leg before he was rushed to the hospital. That's where he was declared dead for ten minutes before spending 12 days in a coma, and finally waking up. Corporal Kelly reportedly has no memory of the traff