Watts later told police he’d put all three bodies in his truck then driven them to the oil plant where he worked. ibid.
So who is Nichol Kessinger? … Chris Watts said things like Nikki put him on a leash. As soon as their eyes met he was hers. True Crime Recaps: Chris Watts’ Mistress, Youtube 26.47, 2020
‘It’s like a nightmare that I just can’t wake up from.’ ibid. Chris Watts, interview day before arrest
‘Every time I close my eyes I just see her saying, ‘Daddy, no.’’ ibid.
His wife was in a shallow grave and his daughters were hidden in the oil batteries. ibid.
Chris Watts is a murderer, a monster, and these days he’s also a matchmaker and a missionary. True Crime Recaps: Latest on Chris Watts: The Matchmaker Inmate, Youtube 6.14, 2021
He murdered his entire family in 2018 so he could start a new life with his mistress. Now he’s serving five life sentences. ibid.
In January 2009 Sheri Coleman told a friend if something happens to me Chris did it. Her marriage was disintegrating before her eyes. True Crime Recaps: The OG Chris Watts? Secret Life that Led to Tragedy, Youtube 19.01, 2022
May 5th 2009: Police walked into a scene straight out of a nightmare. Sheri Coleman and her sons, 11-year-old Garret and 9-year-old Gavin were in the reds. Bright red ligature marks were still vivid on their necks. Sheri had three of those marks and a black eye. She had fought hard to live. ibid.
Fresh scratches on his [Chris] hands and arms. And his knuckles looked red. ibid.
Chris Watts spent his birthday being shunned by inmates and guards … He is in protective custody. True Crime Recaps: (No) Happy Birthday for Chris Watts, Youtube 1.00 short, 2022
Chris Watts thinks he deserves to get out of prison. The sooner the better. True Crime Recaps: Chris Watts Wants Out of Prison! Youtube 16.52, 2022
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In early June of 2009 Eli’s wife, Barbara Weaver, was shot in the heart while she slept, but no-one in the house heard a thing. Eli had left at 3.30 a.m. to go fishing. True Crime Recaps: 3 Terrifying Amish Murders, Youtube 37.28, 2021
Eli and Barbara were married for ten years and they had five children. ibid.
His history with other women was not so much a secret as he thought. ibid.
WEAVER, WARD: Killer Trials TV - Katu online - People Magazine Investigates -
Two vulnerable teenage girls are kidnapped in broad daylight ... The long struggle to bring their killer to justice. Killer Trials s1e6: The Trusted Neighbour, ID 2013
Miranda Gaddis & Ashley Pond, 2002. ibid.
Weaver is indicted on seventeen separate charges. ibid.
Weaver’s behaviour changes rapidly. ibid.
Ward Weaver pleads guilty to aggravated murder. He is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. ibid.
Oregon – Ten years ago Thursday, the second of two Oregon City girls who were killed by their neighbor was kidnapped.
Two months before Miranda Gaddis disappeared, her classmate, Ashley Pond, vanished.
Both were kidnapped and killed by Ward Weaver, who’s serving life in prison for the crimes.
Why he did it has been relatively unknown and unreported. But now, Miranda's sister, Miriah, knows what happened. She got answers from Weaver after he went to prison.
‘He honestly thought when Miranda was walking up the hill to the school bus that Miranda had saw something he was in the middle of doing and he got scared and panicked. So he told her: “Hey, Ashley’s inside. Ashley wants to come home and Ashley’s scared.” So, Miranda went over,’ Miriah said.
Preying on a 13-year-old’s desire to help, using the idea of her 12-year-old friend, Ashley, as bait, Weaver employed the ultimate deception. Katu online article 8th March 2012
‘My [Ashley Pond] daughter: she didn’t make it into school.’ People Magazine Investigates s3e6: Fallen Angels, 911 call, Discovery 2020
‘There were over 100 sexual offenders in the neighbourhood … We’re gonna hit on to a graveyard of little girls.’ ibid. rozzer
Over the next two years Ward Weaver manages to make his trial just as sensational as his crimes. ibid.
Without a confession, police can only speculate on what really happened to Ashley and Miranda. ibid.
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Harvard Medical College, Boston, on November 25th 1849: inside one of the laboratories George Parkman lay dead murdered by Professor John White Webster … Somehow Professor Webster had managed to make the body of his victim simply vanish. Gabriel Weston: Catching History’s Criminals I: A Question of Identity, BBC 2015
The 19th century saw the emergence of dentistry as a respected branch of medicine … In a stroke of luck for detectives, George Parkman had bad teeth … This was the legal birth of forensic dentistry. ibid.
WEBSTER, MALCOLM: Married to a Psychopath TV - A Killer's Mistake TV - Meet, Marry, Murder TV -
Malcolm was a truly lovely, friendly, warm, cuddly, fun, humorous person. But we realised there were things that were definitely wrong. Married to a Psychopath I, woman, Channel 4 2022
Imagine falling in love with the perfect partner only to find out they want to steal your money. Worst of all, they are prepared to kill you for it. ibid. caption
In 2002 qualified nurse Malcolm Webster is living in Oban after accepting a job at the local hospital. ibid.
In Spring 2006 the angling club reports that £4,000 has been stolen. Later that year the police learn that Malcolm Webster is linked to a series of much more sinister crimes. ibid.
In the ensuing months after that [marriage] I started noticing a bitter acrid taste in my food. He drugged me because he could. ibid. Felicity Drumm, newly wed wife
Malcolm Webster flees New Zealand before any police charges are made against him. He takes with him Felicity’s $140,000 life savings. ibid. caption
In December 2006, Oban Police open an investigation into Malcolm Webster codenamed ‘Operation Liffey’. They soon identify his next likely victim: his new partner, Simone Banerjee. ibid.
Claire Morris and Malcolm Webster are eight months into their marriage when tragedy strikes … ‘Malcolm’s had an accident and Claire didn’t make it.’ ibid.
Following her death, Malcolm Webster receives more than £200,000 from Claire’s life insurance policy. ibid.
Childhood friends first became aware of Webster’s obsession with fire at scout camps. ibid.
Summer 2007: Police have been investigating Malcolm Webster for over six months but with no evidence they are powerless to act. Married to a Psychopath II
Malcolm Webster flees Oban. Simone Banerjee is safe. ibid.
In December 2007, determined to find a breakthrough into the suspicious death of Claire Morris, police are hoping body tissue samples were kept from her post-mortem in 1994. ibid.
With new evidence and more than 1,000 witness statements, Malcolm Webster is finally charged. ibid.
February 2011: Malcolm Webster is on trial at Glasgow High Court, facing multiple charges, including murder and attempted murder. ibid.
He decided he was going to stage a road traffic collision and effectively set the vehicle on fire with his wife in the passenger seat incapacitated. A Killer’s Mistake s2e3: Malcolm Perry, Quest Red 2023, man
Claire had ten insurance policies on her life. ibid. psychologist
He was secretly feeding her sedatives. ibid.
Since his schooldays he’d been a pyromaniac. ibid.
He starts to repeat the pattern of the relationship with Claire. ibid.
It’s the stuff of nightmares. The person you trust most has been planning your murder from the day you met. Meet, Marry, Murder s1e3, Netflix 2022
Her skull was welded to the back of the chair of the car. Her bones were welded to the seat. ibid. victim’s brother
WEEDON, LYNN murder: The Playboy Bunny Murder TV -
London’s Playboy club was the embodiment of Hugh Heffner’s fantasy, a celebration of sex and glamour. But in 1975 it was rocked by the brutal murder of a Playboy bunny named Eve Stratford. The Playboy Bunny Murder II, ITV 2023
Police find DNA link in murders of school pupil and Bunny girl. ibid. newspaper headline
The DNA link between the murders of Eve Stratford and Lynne Weedon was absolutely baffling. The two victims seemed to inhabit different worlds … Lynne Weedon was a 16-year-old schoolgirl who had gone out with friends to a pub in the suburbs on Wednesday evening in 1975 but never came home. ibid.
Many people had come to wonder if Peter Sutcliffe was the killer. ibid.
Elizabeth Parravicini: Struck over the head with a blunt object. ibid.
Policeman B had been routinely questioned in 1977 in relation to the murder of Elizabeth Parravicini … This man had been found guilty of a shocking but unrelated crime … Policeman B had perpetrated terrible crimes. ibid.
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3 Women Slain In Park: Find Bodies In Starved Rock Cave. Murders at Starved Rock I: The Boogeyman, Morning Democrat Thursday 17 March 1960 front page, HBO 2021
Chester Weger was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of murder back in 1961. ibid. news
2004: Forty-five years ago a student of mine in my first year teaching told me about have been raped in Matthiessen State Park. ibid. Sue Ocepeck, former school teacher
Dishwasher Confesses Illinois Park Slayings. ibid. newspaper headline