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Coloradan who strangled wife, killed his 2 girls sentenced to life

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A man who strangled his pregnant wife and suffocated their two young daughters wanted to escape his marriage and growing family, prosecutor­s said Monday as a judge imposed a sentence of life without parole as part of a plea deal that kept the killer from facing the death penalty.

Christophe­r Watts, did not speak during the hearing.

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