Chris Watts was cheating on Shanann (who was pregnant with their third child, a son) with a colleague, Nichol Kessinger, who he called "Nikki." Police investigated the Watts' Colorado home, but it seemed like Shanann and her daughters had just vanished into thin air. In all our wedding pictures she is holding HIS HAND not her husbands. Cindy and Shanann never had a good relationship and the former even skipped their wedding. She thinks its because shes fallen out with his family, she told. It was a very hard relationship [with Shanaan] as far as Im concerned. I couldnt do anything right.. An officer noted: "Shannan's mother called during this time . In a letter to a stranger, Chris reportedly revealed the details of how his family died at his hands and that he had planned it, as per Daily Mail. He only wanted her out of the way. New Report Details Most Bizarre Evidence From Chris Watts Family Murder Case. The story he told me that night, I believed it: The way he looked at me, the way he was crying, I believed it.. The parents of the Colorado man who murdered his pregnant wife and two young daughters claimed their son was in an abusive marriage with a manipulative woman who was more capable of carrying out the slayings than he was. . None of it is true. I agree. Its hard for me to believe that he would hurt them girls no matter what, he said. Even Chris Watts knows this to be true. I will be civil and get along with your mom, we just all need to have mutual respect. sentenced to three consecutive and two concurrent life sentences, Chris Watts' Confession Letters Reveal Horrifying Murder Details About His Slaying of Shanann Watts and Daughters, Chris Watts Home Where He Murdered Wife Shanann and Two Daughters Still for Sale, how Shanann Watts family feels about Netflixs. Cindy claimed her son changed after meeting Shanaan in high school. "Family killer" Chris Watts murdered his pregnant wife and his kids mercilessly. Its a truly tragic read, she said. "There's not one day that goes by that I don't wake up with them on my mind, I go to sleep with them on my mind, I will never, ever get over this. His father Ronnie, too, supported his son. shanann did but Cindy certainly didn't BeWittyAtParties 7 mo. Shanann and Chris Watts | Facebook. Shes been happily married for eight years, shes pregnant with her third child and all of a sudden he doesnt want to be in this relationship anymore. She pointed out that Chris had gained Shanann's trust after she went through a divorce in her early twenties. His mom was so far away from reality that she even blamed Shanann for her own murder. Shanann was 15 weeks pregnant with the couple's son when Chris strangled her to death inside . I missed your morning breath, your touch, your lips against mine. It puts me in awful form. Hes going to die in prison and theres no telling what will be done to him in prison and I just want him to fight, his mom said. After feeling sexually rejected by Chris, she texted a friend her suspicions that he was sleeping with someone else. She is a lot like my ex mil who told me when we married that I took her FIRST LOVE away from her. When Chris Watts was arrested for the murder of his wife and children, his parents, Cindy and Ronnie, couldn't believe it. The letter was featured in the hit Netflix documentary American Murder: The Family Next Door. not an ounce of sympathy for Shannans family, she is a horrible woman. I missed smelling you in the sheets. We discuss/debate the evidence of the case in this subreddit. He wrote that the little girls both regained consciousness and got out of bed bruised and traumatized after he had killed Shannan, who was 15 weeks pregnant. Reached by PEOPLE, Shananns father declined to comment further. Watts later pleaded guilty to all three killings and his mistress Kessingerhas been taken into witness protection in another state. It comes and then it passes away.". A pregnant Shanann Watts vowed to do whatever it took to save her marriage with Chris Watts, days before he killed her and their daughtersBella and Celeste. I'm living it, and I have been living it every single day for two years. It all started on August 18 when the three were reported missing. His children were innocent, beautiful babies, that did nothing wrong ever! Yet Chris Watts still chose to murder Shanann, Bella, Celeste, and Nico. Shanaan, 34, was 15 weeks pregnant with a boy, Nico, at the time. His former confidante, Cheryln Cadle, a true crime author who is releasing a new book, The Murders of Christopher Watts, after writing to him and visiting him in prison, has also watched the program. She had just visited Chris parents in North Carolina and Chris mother Cindy Watts bought pistachio ice cream for the visit, according to a 2019 interview between Chris and investigators obtained by Oxygen.com. He was charged with five counts of first-degree murder (one for each person he killed, plus two additional counts for the slayings of Bella and Celeste because they were under 12 years old), one count of unlawful termination of a pregnancy and three counts of tampering with a deceased human body. It was just on and on and on and I just had a bad feeling.". I just want him to fight. "He's going to die in prison. Shanann Watts Family Was Incredibly Firm in Not Wanting Death for Murderous Husband. After watching American Murder: The Family Next Door more than once, I had questions. Shanann, 34, was a faithful wife, and the most gentle and loving mother in the world to her children Bella, Celeste, and Nico [her unborn child], her parents said, according to local TV station KMGH. Kim Kauffman, creator of the victim bashing Chris Watts the Revelation and the Reckoning. Distractify is a registered trademark. Shanann even went into detail about missing her sex life with Chris, obviously having no idea the note would eventually be read by millions before going back to begging her husband and father of what would have been three children to just work things out with her despite some issues with his parents. While Cindy wakes up every morning "just crying thinking this is not going to be what's going to happen every single day," and finds it "so hard to get through it," she and her husband Ronnie Watts said in court in November 2018 that they forgave their son. My mother left it on my former bed. Initially, he told cops that he had flown into a rage and killed Shanann after falsely claiming she had strangled their daughters. Instead, they tried to defend him on numerous occasions. "As for Christopher, I hope he can find some contentment where he is and hopefully he can use what has happened to help other inmates that come through the system.". When he first confessed, Chris said that his wife Shanann killed his two daughters, Bella and Celeste. Tammy Lee, an investigator in the case, conducted the . Initially, he had claimed that his family was missing and even joined searches for them. ", https://www.the-sun.com/news/1566222/american-murderer-chris-watts-parents-book-netflix-documentary/https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12883693/chris-watts-parents-murder-shanann-colorado/https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/chris-watts-case/chris-watts-parents-break-their-silence-about-son-s-casehttps://abc11.com/chris-watts-update-parents-news-family/4677948/https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/chris-watts-daughter-4-begged-22768811. Strange to me that when Shanann "left" for 5 weeks Chris cheated. But inconsistencies in his statements to investigators stoked their suspicions and the facade he attempted to erect soon crumbled. Chris Watts acted like he was upset they were gone. His eldest daughter, Bella, even begged him to spare her life after seeing what he had done to her younger sister. The 33-year-old pleaded guilty to killing his wife Shanann Watts and their children Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3, in exchange for avoiding the death penalty as part of a plea deal. In these letters, Watts admitted that he unsuccessfully tried to smother their young daughters after an argument with Shannan, using "a pillow from their bed.". "He's got a real fan base of people that believe he's innocent," she said. Coverage of the latest true crime stories and famous cases explained, as well as the best TV shows, movies and podcasts in the genre. "Her eyes filled with blood; as she looked at me and she died. Last night he was arrested for their murders. Chris Watts' confession letters from prison,however, paint an even darker picture than what he told investigators: He premeditated the slayings of his pregnant wife and their toddlers. Cheryln added that she's disgusted he still has a "fan club" with numerous women still writing to him in prison, according to her sources. 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They asked me why she couldnt fight back, its because she couldnt fight back. Popplewell explainedthat up until the affair, the couple were happily married. Rape survivor slams Gabby Petito Utah cop over handling of her case, 'Dark details' about boyfriend of US swim champ who mysteriously died, Disturbing red flags of Lindsay Clancy's psychosis before she 'killed 3 kids', Mysterious powder swamps US skies as residents report dust-covered cars, 2020 THE SUN, US, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | TERMS OF USE | PRIVACY | YOUR AD CHOICES | SITEMAP, Disturbing prison letters from Chris Watts to a crime author detailed Shannan Watts' horrific death, 'Her eyes filled with blood; as she looked at me and she died,' Chris Watts wrote, In the letters, he also admitted to killing their two kids, Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3, while Shannan was 15 weeks pregnant, 'When she started to get drowsy, I somehow knew how to squeeze the jugular veins until it cut off the blood flow to her brain, and she passed out,' Watts told Cadle, Watts was imprisoned for killing his family on August 13, 2018, The family of Shanann Watts and her daughters Bella and Celeste approach a hearse outside of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Pinehurst, North Carolina, in September 2018, Watts is seen here being strip searched by investigators just hours before he was arrested for the murders of his pregnant wife and their two young daughters, Details of their marriage and grisly end was revealed in a Netflix documentary, Cadle wrote to Watts three times before he answered, Watts watches his neighbor's surveillance footage which has captured the moment he loaded the bodies of his family into his truck after murdering them, Watts appeared to confess to killing his two daughters in the letters obtained by the Mail, Heartbreaking evidence photos and video of stained shirt, underwear and bra Shanann Watts was wearing when her husband murdered her, Cadle's book on the murders is due for release on October 7, Shannan was captured by the doorbell cam in Colorado returning from a business trip the day she died, Shannan died of strangulation and crude oil was found in the little girls' lungs, Netflixs American Murder: The Family Next Door reveals final texts between Chris and Shannan Watts before he slaughtered her and his two toddler daughters. Watts was convicted of the 2018 murders of his two young daughters, Bella and Celeste, and his pregnant wife Shanann. People may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. He reportedly wrote that he surreptitiously gave Shannan the opiate painkiller Oxycodone to kill their unborn child, telling Cadle: "I thought it would be easier to be with Nichol if Shanann wasnt pregnant. ", Describing her death, Watts wrote: "When she started to get drowsy, I somehow knew how to squeeze the jugular veins until it cut off the blood flow to her brain, and she passed out.". The letter had sat on the bed for over a month. Towards the end of her life, Shanann had realized that she was not giving Chris enough respect and was going to change. Prosecutors have said they have a partial motive in the case that will likely come out at or after Chris sentencing next week. Hes not a psychopath.. Ronnie and Cindy Watts, who say they will always love their murderer son despite his horrendous crimes, claim the 35-year-old killer knows "nothing" about the new program, after reports he is feeling "shame" over it being aired. Oct 16, 2020 In a handwritten love letter Shanann Watts wrote to husband Chris Watts just before her death, she revealed that she was desperate to save their marriageand that she had no idea. Two days later, however, Chris failed a lie detector test by such an extreme margin that police convinced him to confess, and even then, he was still dishonest: He alleged that Shanann had murdered their daughters and that he killed her in retaliation. "The . I have to know why., Shanaans parents, Frank and Sandra Rzucek, fired back at the Wattses interview by defending their slain daughter as a faithful wife and the most gentle and loving mother in the world., Monday evening, the parents of Chris Watts gave an interview in which they attempted to defend their son. Cheryln added: "I especially wish his family well and for them to be able to come to terms with what has happened. ", His father Ronnie said, "The Bible says if we confess our sins, God is faithful and just and will forgive us. Even when the evidence was against Chris and he confessed to his crimes, his parents have been unable to condemn their son for it. Shanann Watts/Netflix/2020. (I lived almost 3 hours away.) I can't even explain how hard this pain hurts. ago ???? He planned it out so he could be with his mistress, Nichol Kessinger, but she was not aware that he was married. It's something that stays with you.". Watts, who is from Colorado, killed his pregnant wife Shanann, and his daughters, Bella and Celeste in August 2018 after he wanted to start a new life with his lover. Watts killed his entire family in August 2018. Shes completely on the money, the documentarys director Jenny Popplewell told Oxygen.com, adding that Shanann pinpointed the very moment that their relationship fell apart. "It was a very hard relationship. Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, breaking news, sweepstakes, and more! Thats how Shanann Watts family is reportedly describing a recent interview by her killer husbands parents in which they defended him and claimed his marriage was very hard and even abusive. We have zero contact. ", In other interviews, Cindy admits she didn't like Shanann or the way she treated her son, and didn't even attend their wedding "because Shanann and I just couldn't get along. The wife killer is currently serving multiple life sentences in a Wisconsin prison for the savage murder of Shannan and two young daughters, Bella, four, and Celeste, three, on August 13, 2018, in Colorado. 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