The autopsies revealed the girls were smothered and confirmed Shanann was strangled. Watts told police he killed Shanann after she strangled the girls. Three days later, police found the bodies of Shanann and the girls on property that belonged to an oil and gas company where he worked. Watts told police he last saw his wife when he left for work that morning. The case started when friends of Shanann reported her missing Aug. Watts's sentence also included penalization for the killing of his unborn son, Nico. He sentenced Christopher Watts to three consecutive life sentences without parole in the murders of his wife, Shanann and their daughters Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3. 19, a judge in Weld County brought a murder case that devastated the community of Frederick to a close. The current setback distance of 1,000 feet was not changed, but the definition of a school was. Drilling must now take place 1,000 feet away from school property and athletic fields as opposed to just a school's building. The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission changed what's called the state's school setback rules. In late December, the state's oil and gas industry agreed to distance its work from schools. They said they want to address the dangers of oil and gas extraction if state leaders fail to take effective action to protect homeowners from drilling. Among those was the group Colorado Rising, which announced in December a new effort to to possibly bring back a similar statewide measure in the 2020 election. Supporters said the measure put public safety first. Opponents of 112 believed the limitations that would have come with the measure would have devastated the state's economy. The measure, which ultimately failed at the polls, would have banned drilling within 2,500 feet of occupied buildings and vulnerable areas like schools and parks on non-federal land. Some of the biggest campaign spending of the election cycle in 2018 was done in the battle over Proposition 112, which would have required greater oil and gas setbacks for new drilling projects in Colorado. While left-leaning candidates were widely winners on Election Day, several statewide ballot initiatives which had strong support from Democrats failed, including a new tax for education and a plan to fund transportation projects. Democrats were also voted in to the attorney general and state treasurer positions, and Democrats also took over the Colorado Senate. Mike Coffman, who has represented Colorado's 6th Congressional District for five terms, was voted out and will be replaced by Democrat Jason Crow. The election of Polis was part of a wave of discontent voters showed statewide towards Republican candidates. Democratic Colorado Governor-elect Jared Polis arrives onstage with running mate Dianne Primavera on Nov. John Hickenlooper, who is leaving the position because of term limits, in January. CNN called Colorado's election of the country's first openly-gay governor one of the good things 2018 brought. The following 10 stories were featured prominently in CBS4 newscasts and made big headlines on this year.Ĭolorado Elects Jared Polis Governor As Part Of Statewide 'Blue Wave'ĭemocrat Jared Polis emerged victorious in a hard-fought primary election in June and then went on to handily defeat Republican nominee Walker Stapleton in November's midterm elections election in Colorado. DENVER (CBS4) – As CBS4 continues Covering Colorado First, we take a look back at the 10 biggest news stories in the state in 2018.
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