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Hi. My name is Larry Spino, and today I'm gonna
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be going over the Kristopher Watson the Watts family murder
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case. So this main picture is my evidence wall as
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all the information I'll be going over, including the background,
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the victims where their bodies were found and who found
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them, the evidence that was received during this case and
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the suspect, his background and his motive in the middle,
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I have my ability.
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Ah, graffiti in a picture of the Watts family.
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So first from a bibliography I use four articles went
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from the Colorado biography dot com, the U.
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S. Son and The New York Times.
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I also use the Netflix film called American Murder of
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the Family Next Door.
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So to get into the background the life of for
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Marriage. So Shannon had already been divorced once and was
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diagnosed with Lupus, which is an auto immune disease.
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And Shannon and Chris for actually met in 2010.
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They're being Facebook friends, but they never pictured anything more
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than being online acquaintances.
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But they eventually did meet, and Shannon was in a
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really dark period of her life while going through really
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good treatments, and she gave Christopher every out, but he
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decided to stick with her throughout everything but Christmas.
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Parents and sister did not like Shannon, but despite that,
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they eventually got married on November 3rd, 2012 in the
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beginning. So after the marriage in North Carolina, they actually
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moved to Frederick, Colorado.
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And since Shannon was sold, she couldn't bear Children due
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to her Lupus diagnosis.
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She did actually have two Children, Bella and Celeste Watts,
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General works for direct sales company called Thrive, while Christopher
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worked as an operator for oil and gas and Darko.
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So the final week, sitting up to the murders, Shannon
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and Chris for actually having relationship issues Shannon Fellows just
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a one way relationship emotionally, emotionally and physically, and just
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that Christopher didn't care for her anymore.
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A week prior to the murders, Shannon and her two
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daughters actually left for North Carolina for continuous six weeks,
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split their families walkers for stayed home in Colorado to
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quote work.
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But he's actually going out on dates and having an
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affair with 30 year old Nicole Kissinger.
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Pictured on the right, Um, Shannon would actually constantly calling
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texting. But since he was on these days with Nicole.
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He would ignore them, and then he would make up
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the excuse that he was either working, sleeping or working
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out. And she just said that she couldn't come home
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if they were still having issues.
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But he denied that they were ever having issues in
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the first place.
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Shannon, Even when he when she confronted him about having
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a mistress, he still denied it.
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Okay, um, so more information.
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After coming home from North Carolina, Shannon left for work
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retreat in Arizona.
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So Nikola, considered Shannon's friend and co worker, dropped her
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off at 2 a.m. On August 13th and ultimately was
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the last person to see her.
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When she called Shannon, there was no response.
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So she went to her house, didn't show for a
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doctor's appointment.
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She called the police to tell that she was concerned
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for her friend, which ultimately led to the opening of
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this investigation.
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So who, What wear?
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On the morning of August 13th, 2018, Christopher actually strangled
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and suffocated Shannon until she died in their home, Richard
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Colorado. He then proceeded alot gin body in his car,
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with bullets less sitting above her at 5 a.m. He
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then drove 45 minutes to get from their home to
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the Location Survey Ranch, where he then did strangle and
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killed both of his daughters.
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You then hit their bodies and proceeded to Goto work
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afterwards, and it is claimed that he did call on
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the cold the woman he was having an affair with
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to speak of their lives together.
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So the victims.
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So the three victims we have is first being Shannon
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Watts, the wife.
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She was 34 years old.
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She was born in 1984.
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She works for a company called Thrived, and she was
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actually 15 weeks pregnant with their son, Nico.
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At the time, she was known as beautiful fighting soul
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who was determined that anything she put her mind to
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and she had hundreds of Facebook friends and was really
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well liked.
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So she was ultimately killed to do association by manual
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strangulation. In the bed she shared with crisper, she dried,
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trying to save a relationship, which she gave 110% of
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herself in.
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Although she was constantly letting Christopher know that she loved
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him and that she'd always fight for him.
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Christopher just decided that it wasn't enough for him anymore.
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So but the Watts, the oldest daughter, she was four
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years old.
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She was going to 1013.
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And she was kind of gun as a miracle, baby,
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since she was told that Shannon was told that she
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was able to have kids.
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But she ultimately looked up to her father and considered
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him her hero.
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Despite everything, Um, she also died you to asphyxiation by
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her blankie at Servi Ranch.
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She was also the blast die between your sister and
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her mother.
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So finally we have Celeste walks.
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The youngest daughter.
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She was three years old.
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She was always seen laughing and smiling, and she actually
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dreamed of becoming.
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Also, when she was older, she died the exact same
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way as Bella.
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She died due to association by the blankie she carried
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around and was the first guy when they arrived to
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severe. So next we have whether your body is found.
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Their bodies were found that Christopher's worth location 45 minutes
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away from their homeless, every ranch pictured off the top
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rights. Their bodies were found on August 16th, 2018 by
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investigators after Christopher's confession.
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The photo on the left is where Shannon's body was
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found buried in fetal position while the picture on the
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rise were Bella and Celeste, Bodies were found and they
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were found inside the crude oil tanks at the location.
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Next we have the evidence.
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So this is some physical.
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Indirect evidence is that Christopher's neighbor's surveillance cameras actually showed
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Chris for loading.
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Something would happen to be Shannon's body into his work
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truck at 5 17 on August 13, 2018.
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Another piece of physical evidence is that Christopher failed his
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polygraph test, which ultimately led to his confession.
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Direct evidence from him actually killing Shannon and his two
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girls. He didn't it.
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So some biological evidence is that the sheet that Shannon
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was wrapped in was actually found at the location, and
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I had trace evidence of Shannon's hair on it.
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Picture to the right.
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So next we have the suspect and who Motive?
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Who did it So Christopher Watts actually did confess three
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days after the murder, so there was no other potential
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suspects, and after failing the polygraph tests, the police were
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completely certain that he was the one that did kill
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his family.
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But prior to the polygraph, because for denied everything he
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was accused of until he actually admitted what he did
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to his father.
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Some background on him.
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He was 35 at the time.
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He was an operator.
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Added Darko.
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He's always seen this quiet, very chill and calm, family
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oriented. And the chin in thought that he was her
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light after she after he stuck with her through a
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really dark time and as mentioned before he denied all
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accusations, including his affair and relationship problems.
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So his motive.
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The motive was a woman, and he got a new
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life in.
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The only way to get that new life was to
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get rid of his old one.
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So picture on the right was Nicole Kissinger, his mistress,
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the woman he had an affair with.
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She was 30 years old, four years younger than Shin,
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and she's very fit.
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They actually met at work in 2000 and 18.
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A month prior to the murders in June, the relationship
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became very intimate.
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In official, they wanted many dates, including where he was
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quote at work, as he told Shannon and Chris for
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Actually did tell Nicole he was divorced.
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So yeah, and ultimately just some more background information on
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this was that Christopher was tried and sentenced to three
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consecutive life terms.
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Had Dodge Correctional Institution in a maximum security prison in
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Wisconsin. He is not currently serving his sentences without ever
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having the possibility of parole.
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And despite his claim that he did confront Shannon about
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wanting a divorce, she hurt balance list, strangled until they
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turn blue.
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And then he killed her to retaliate.
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He does now admit to killing all three of them.
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And Shannon did not kill his girls.
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So, yeah, that's my time.
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My murder case.
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Thank you.