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Lawyers seek DNA swabs

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His income as an operator for Anadarko Petroleum and hers from a children’s hospital weren’t nearly enough.

They struck a deal with their creditors, and Shanann Watts got a new sales job doing direct sales for a “lifestyle system” called Thrive.

They stayed in their big two-storey house, and the family kept growing.

In a statement to CBS4, Shanann Watts’ family said her husband confessed to the killings.

“It is with deep hurt, confusion and anger to confirm our beautiful cousin Shanann Watts, her unborn child, and her two angelic daughters, Bella (4), Celeste (3) were viciously murdered by husband Chris Watts,” the family said.

 ?? Photos / AP ?? Authoritie­s are expected to file formal charges against Christophe­r Watts, an oil and gas worker who authoritie­s said dumped the bodies of his wife Shanann and daughters Bella, 4, top right, and Celeste, 3.
Photos / AP Authoritie­s are expected to file formal charges against Christophe­r Watts, an oil and gas worker who authoritie­s said dumped the bodies of his wife Shanann and daughters Bella, 4, top right, and Celeste, 3.

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