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Colorado officials say they have found the bodies of pregnant woman Shannan Watts and her two children. Police say Watts' husband, Chris, confessed to killing all of them.

FREDERICK, Colo. -- The bodies of two young girls allegedly murdered by their father were found inside "mostly full" oil and gas tanks, according toKMGH.

"In my heart, I believe that she is somewhere and I hope that she is safe," Chris Watts said. "I don't know what to do right now. I just feel so alone in this house right now. I don't know where to go from here."

Law enforcement continue to investigate the killings of a Frederick mother and her two young daughters as national attention to the case grows.Police arrested Christopher Watts, 33, late Wednesday night in connection with the death of his wife, Shanann Watts, and two daughters, 4-year-old Bella and

FREDERICK, Colo. (AP) — After his pregnant wife and two daughters disappeared, Christopher Watts stood on his porch in Colorado and lamented to reporters how much he missed them.He longed for the simple things, he said, like telling his girls to eat their dinner and gazing at them as they curled up

FREDERICK, Colo. — Investigators believe the bodies of 4-year-old Bella Watts and her 3-year-old sister Celeste have been found, Frederick police said Thursday night.

FREDERICK, Colo.- Bodies believed to be those of Christopher Watts’ two young daughters were recovered late Thursday in Colorado, bringing to a tragic close a missing persons’ case that captured the nation’s attention.

FREDERICK, Colo. — Shanann Watts’ Facebook page painted a portrait of a happy married life — of a woman dedicated to her husband and their two young children. She called her husband “my ROCK!” and said he was “the best dad us girls could ask for.”

FREDERICK, Colo. --As stunned friends and family search for a possible motive in the case of a Colorado man accused of killing his pregnant wife and two young daughters, a June 2015 bankruptcy filing paints a picture of a family caught between a promising future and financial strain.

Coast mothers have a lot to say about a Colorado murder case involving the deaths of a mother and her two young daughters.On Aug. 14, 33-year-old Christopher Watts of Frederick, Colorado pleaded for the return of his pregnant wife, Shanann, and their two daughters in a media interview.By Thursday mo

According to ABC affiliateKMGH, law enforcement officials said 33-year-old Christopher Watts confessed to killing 34-year-old Shanann Watts, who was 15 weeks pregnant, and their two daughters, 3-year-old Celeste and 4-year-old Bella, just hours after giving a tearful plea for them to return home.

Christopher Watts glances back at a Weld County Sheriff's Deputy as he is escorted out of the courtroom at the Weld County Courthouse Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Greeley, Colo. Watts, of Colorado, whose wife and daughters disappeared this week was arrested on suspicion of killing them.Joshua Polson/

"This is absolutely the worst possible outcome that any of us could imagine. And I think our hearts are broken for the town of Frederick as much as anybody's," said John Camper, director of the CBI.

The husband, Chris Watts,confessed to killing them Tuesday, according to law enforcement sources. Police found three bodies on Thursday matching the descriptions of themotherand herdaughters, who were 3 and 4 years old.

The 3-year-old and 4-year-old and their mother, Shanann Watts, were reported missing Monday from their Frederick home.

Prosecutors are expected to charge Christopher Watts, 33, on Monday. Watts was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of three counts each of murder and tampering with a deceased human body in the deaths of his pregnant wife, 34-year-old Shanann Watts, and their daughters, 4-year-old Bella and 3-year-old C

FREDERICK, Colo. – With the case documents currently sealed by a judge regarding the investigation into why 33-year-old Chris Wattsallegedly killed his pregnant wife and two young daughters, more information about the family is filling in holes in the timeline surrounding the killings.

FREDERICK, CO — Two bodies that police believe are the remains of missing Frederick children 4-year-old Bella and 3-year-old Celeste Watts were located Thursday afternoon, police said.

FREDERICK, Colo. – Authorities say they have recovered the body of a woman they are “quite certain” is that ofmissing Frederick woman Shanann Wattsand say they believe they know where the bodies of her two young daughters, Celeste and Bella, are located, though they hadn’t been recovered as of Thurs

John Camper, director of the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, told reporters Thursday that investigators have found Shanann Watts' body and were trying to recover what they believe are the bodies of 4-year-old Bella and 3-year-old Celeste from Anadarko Petroleum Corp. property.