wednesday evening. chris watts was taken into custody. no, he wouldn t do anything. and then i seen his interview, i was like oh, my god. something s not right. shanann s brother directly accuse accused chris watts. this piece of blank may he rot in hell. he killed my pregnant sister and two nieces. police have not suggested a motive. watts told reporters that he and his wife exchanged words. it wasn t like an argument. we had an emotional conversation i ll leave it at that. still on shanann s facebook page of a happy family. i got a friend request from chris and i thought, whatever, i m never going to meet him.
chris watts expected to appear in a colorado courtroom today after formally being charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of his pregnant wife and two young daughters. court documents reveal that watts claimed he killed his wie after she killed the girls. prosecutors are not buying the confession. at the news conference, shanann s father thanked the community. we want to thank the police department and agencies involved to find my daughter, granddaughters and niko. thank you, everyone, for coming out to the candlelight vigil and saying all your prayers. they are greatly appreciated. keep the prayers coming for our family. how difficult that must have been. we have more from cnn s scott mclean in frederick, colorado.
crude oil. i am shanann s dad. this is her big brother. we d like to thank all the agencies for working so hard to find my daughter, granddaughters. thank you for coming out to the candlelight vigil and saying all of your prayers. they re greatly appreciated. keep them coming for our family. shepard: he mentioned his two daughters and niko. that s the name that they were planning to give to their unborn child. we have late word that the plane carrying 16 passengers that took off from teterboro and lost a couple of wheels or couple tires blown is about to land. but flight air traffic control
charges filed in a horrific and incomprehensible triple murder. this afternoon, my office filed former charges against christopher lee watts. reporter: chris watts, accused of murdering his pregnant wife shanann, and two daughters, celeste, 3, and bella, 4. he was the one for me, and he is amazing. reporter: nickole atkinson was the last friend to see shanann, dropping her off 2:00 a.m. friday from a late business trip. shanann goes missing later that day, but atkinson says chris seemed unconcerned. he just kept saying that he didn t know where she was, that she was on a playdate, but he couldn t give us the name of the friend. reporter: atkinson says a neighbor s security camera should have seen them leaving for that playdate, but she says the footage only shows chris, driving away in his work truck at 5:15 a.m. what does that tell you? that there was something seriously wrong.
because it s the way the grand jury works. but the fact of the matter is when you have the special grand juries i assume this is a special grand jury, they are together for 18 months and there is no defense lawyer. so you can expect that dynamic to take place. eric: andrew mccarthy who has done work on terrorism back in 1993 with the world trade center attack, the first one. thank you for joining us. thanks. sandra: colorado husband and father christopher watts has been formally charged with murdering his pregnant wife and their two daughters as watts claimed his wife killed the girls before he killed her. we have more on this from denver. according to the arrest affidavit chris watts is trying to put part of the blame on his pregnant wife, shanann. he is charged with killing her, their two daughters and their unborn child. at a news conference the district attorney announced the