Murder For Two

New remarks attributed to Chris Watts, the Colorado man serving life sentences for killing his pregnant wife Shanann and their two daughters in 2018, suggest he now claims the murders were pre-planned and that he is shifting blame toward his former mistress, Nichol Kessinger. True-crime commentators are debating whether the claims are credible or another attempt to deflect responsibility.

The 2012 disappearance and murder of 16-year-old Skylar Neese in Star City, West Virginia, is back in discussion. Skylar vanished one summer night and was later found to have been killed by two of her closest friends, a betrayal that shocked the United States and became one of the country's most talked-about juvenile crime stories. New retrospectives are retelling the case, focusing on the broken friendship and the investigation that uncovered the truth.

A 19-year-old was shot multiple times in Putnam County, and two people have been arrested and charged with murder in connection with the killing. Local outlet WGXA reported the arrests, drawing attention to the deadly shooting in the Middle Georgia county.

Nine people, including two children, have been found dead at a home in Pennsylvania in what authorities are describing as a suspected murder-suicide. Details about the victims and circumstances have not yet been fully released, and the case is drawing national attention as investigators work to establish what happened.