Family Homicide

criminal-justice

Chris Watts is a Colorado man convicted of planning and carrying out the murders of his wife, Shanann Watts, and their two daughters, Bella and Celeste, in August 2018. The case...

crime_and_justice

The phrase "a deadly American family" is typically used by researchers, journalists, and public health officials to describe a U.S. family unit in which one or more members died...

family-violence

A son killing his parents is a rare but deeply consequential event that challenges basic assumptions about family safety and trust. This evergreen explainer defines the phenomen...

criminal-cases

In the Watts family homicide case, the last confirmed words spoken by the daughters, 4-year-old Bella and 3-year-old Celina, were with their mother, Shanann Watts, shortly befor...