Vigil Held in Colorado Town for Slain Pregnant Woman and Daughters

Vigil Held in Colorado Town for Slain Pregnant Woman and Daughters
Christopher Watts is escorted into the courtroom before his bond hearing at the Weld County Courthouse in Greeley, Colorado on Aug. 16, 2018. Joshua Polson/The Greeley Tribune/Pool via AP
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Mourners gathered on Friday in a small Colorado town where the remains of a pregnant woman and her two young daughters were reportedly discovered in oil storage tanks the day after police took the father into custody for their murders.

Shanann Watts, 34, and her daughters Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3, were reported missing from their home in Frederick, 25 miles north of Denver, by a family friend on Monday afternoon, touching off an exhaustive search by law enforcement agencies.