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Netflix releasing documentary on Shanann Watts family murders

Netflix will release a documentary on Wednesday detailing the murders of Shanann Watts and her young daughters.

Jessica Patrick, WRAL multiplatform producer

Netflix releasing documentary on Shanann Watts family murders

Lawyers: Shanann Watts' family was not consulted about Lifetime movie

In November, E! News announced the movie, "Chris Watts: Confessions of a Killer," would premiere on the Lifetime Movie Network on Jan. 25.

Jessica Patrick, WRAL digital journalist

Lawyers: Shanann Watts' family was not consulted about Lifetime movie

Judge orders Chris Watts to pay $6M settlement to slain wife's family

A judge has ordered Chris Watts to pay more $6 million in damages to Shanann Watts' family.

Timeline: What happened in the year following the Chris Watts family murders

This complete timeline details events of the Chris Watts murders from Aug. 2018, when the crime occurred, to Nov. 2019, when Lifetime announced it would release a new movie based on the real-life events of the Colorado family, which had ties to North Carolina.

New Lifetime movie will tell the story of the Watts family murders

A new movie coming to Lifetime in January is based on the real-life murders of Shanann Watts and her two little girls by husband and father Chris Watts.

At 3 on WRAL: Dr. Phil interviews Shanann Watts' parents

A special episode of Dr. Phil featuring an interview with the parents of Shanann Watts will air on WRAL-TV at 3 p.m. on Monday.

Shanann's father details murder of his daughter

Frank Rzucek provides chilling details in the slaying of his daughter and three grandchildren.

Dr. Phil confirm third child's parentage

Dr. Phil confirms with the family of Shanann Watts that she was pregnant and the child was Chris Watt's baby.

Shanann Watts' father tells detail of his daughter's slaying to Dr. Phil

Shanann Watts' father Frank Rzucek Sr. recounts how his son-in-law killed his wife and the couple's three children.

Former detective: Chris Watts 'exercised the evil within him'

A retired Raleigh police detective spoke Thursday night about what investigators are calling a "unique case."

Watts on deaths of wife, daughters: I did not know who I had become

On Feb. 18, over a span of five hours, Watts shared with investigators more disturbing details in how he killed his wife, Shanann, and their two daughters in August 2018. The interview took place in the prison where Watts is serving three life sentences for the murders of his family.

Shanann Watts' lawyer details last moments of daughter's lives

Chris Watts' daughter walked in on him while he was disposing of his wife's body last August, a lawyer representing Shanann Watts' family told Dr. Phil during an interview that aired Tuesday on WRAL.

Chris Watts reveals new details about his affair during in-prison interview

Text and recorded audio files were released by Colorado officials Thursday after an in-prison interview with Chris Watts.

Jessica Patrick, WRAL digital journalist

Chris Watts reveals new details about his affair during in-prison interview

On WRAL at 3 p.m.: Lawyer tells Dr. Phil Chris Watts' daughter saw her mother's strangulation

Authorities say Chris Watts, who's been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his pregnant wife and their two daughters, told investigators during a five-hour prison interview what happened in his victim's final moments. In a Dr. Phil exclusive, the lawyers of Shanann Watts' parents reveal the details of Chris Watts' devastating confession. This episode airs at 3 p.m. Thursday on WRAL. (Copyright Peteski Productions, Inc.)

Chris Watts describes 'nightmare' of family missing before murder charges

New video from police sheds light on what led police to arrest Chris Watts, a Fayetteville native and Colorado resident, after his family disappeared.

Brian Shrader, WRAL anchor/reporter

Chris Watts describes 'nightmare' of family missing before murder charges

'Life will never be the same': Friends, family share emotional statements at Chris Watts sentencing

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.

Chris Watts sentenced to life in prison

Christopher Watts will be sentenced Monday to spend the rest of his life in prison for the deaths of his wife and two young daughters.

Watts' parents, in-laws may testify before he gets life sentence

A plea agreement calls for Chris Watts to be sentenced to a minimum of three consecutive life terms without parole for the deaths of his two daughters and pregnant wife.

'He lied about everything': Chris Watts' girlfriend speaks to Denver Post

When Nichol Kessinger started dating Christopher Watts in July after meeting him at work, she thought of him as "soft spoken" and a "good listener," she said in an interview with the Denver Post.

Plea deal reached in case of man accused of killing wife, children with NC ties

According to the NBC affiliate in Denver, Colorado, a plea deal has been reached in the case of Chris Watts, who is accused of killing his pregnant wife Shanann Watts and their children in August.

Hundreds pay respects to Shanann Watts, daughters

About 200 people gathered Saturday in Moore County to pay their final respects to Shanann Watts and her two young daughters, all of whom will be buried in North Carolina after they were murdered in Colorado, allegedly by her husband and the father of the girls.