

'The second victim was then placed into a body bag and taken to the Weld County Coroner’s vehicle.'īella was 4 and her sister Celeste had just turned 3 at the time they were murdered by their father. 'Sergeant Armstrong continued to monitor the second victim, using a four-gas monitor, as the Weld County Coroner and Pathologist attempted to remove the crude oil utilizing several oil absorbent pads. The body was turned over to the Weld County Coroner. We exited the tank and walked over to the field south of the tanks. We did not locate any additional evidence in tank. 'Trooper Reeder and I then walked around the inside of that tank which also had approximately 4” of crude sludge in it.
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'There was also some skin on the plywood where her back made contact,' reads the report. Some skin was also lost while the body was being moved to the oil pool. There was also some skin on the plywood where her back made contact.' The report also notes: 'During this extraction there was some skin slippage where we had to touch the victim’s body. As the victim was passed through the manway Trooper Bandy and Sergeant continued to support her body as she was placed into a containment pool.' 'Trooper Bandy grasped the left wrist and shoulder area as Sergeant Armstrong did the same on the right side. Trooper Reeder and I then passed the body through the manway,' reads the report. At this point, Trooper Reeder was able to secure her left arm and left leg. 'I grabbed her right arm near the wrist area and moved her towards the manway. The men next went about removing the body of the second victim, which was found in the second oil tank. That skin was retrieved and given to a member of law enforcement on the scene.Ĭaught: Watts watches himself load the bodies into his truck on a neighbor's surveillance camera The victim was then moved out of the tank, but during the process hand her hand 'degloved' of its skin. Trooper Reeder held her left arm and left leg as we moved the body towards the manway.' Trooper Reeder then lifted her by both upper arms as I held her right leg. 'Trooper Reeder grasped the upper portion of her right arm to turn her over. It appeared to be a small female child,' reads the report. There was a body face down on the south side of the tank with the head facing west. 'Trooper Reeder went in first then me close behind. Photos were taken and then the men began the process of removing the body from the tank.īecause of the level of oil sludge and toxic fumes, the men could only remain in the tank for a matter of minutes, making the process that much more complicated and difficult. 'Sergeant Armstrong told me he could see what looked like a body face down on the south side of the tank.' 'Sergeant Armstrong went up to the top of the tank and looked in the thief hatch,' states the report. Once the tanks were emptied, the bolts on the tank doors at the base of the barrel were taken off by the team on the scene. 'We anticipated the bodies to be covered in crude oil and were going to use the pools to put each body in, once recovered.' 'While the first crude tank was being off-loaded, Trooper Bandy, Reeder and I put rope handles on two containment pools,' wrote Tropper Wilson. The troopers who headed up the retrieval process arrived on the scene around 9am on the morning of August 16.
