![]() She was upset, he said, because he had tried to talk to her about separating and ending their marriage, and she had retaliated by killing the girls. In his initial confession, Chris said that he had strangled Shanann in a "fit of rage" after watching her smother their two daughters, Bella and Celeste. On August 21, 2018, Chris was charged with his family's murders. Not long after, investigators found Shanann, Bella, and Celeste's bodies exactly where Chris said they were: at an Anadarko Petroleum site, with Shanann's body in a shallow grave and the two girls' bodies in oil tanks. Investigators took a gamble and allowed him to do so, and it worked: Chris confessed to his father that he had killed his wife. That afternoon, Chris vowed to tell police the truth if he could talk to his father first. Then, on August 15 (two days after his wife and daughters' disappearances) Chris failed a polygraph test - and that's when everything changed.įrederick Police Chief Todd Norris speaks at a press conference about Chris Watts’s arrest in August 2018. Meanwhile, investigators from the local police department, the CBI, and the FBI had been going through Chris's phone records, which showed that he had been having an affair with one of his coworkers from Anadarko Petroleum. He initially told police that he had no idea where Shanann, Bella, and Celeste might be, and he began giving media appearances appealing to the community for help in finding his missing family. In the days that followed, Chris's story changed drastically. So the next day, Shanann and the girls were officially declared missing, and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) released Endangered Missing Person alerts for them. The police conducted an investigation of the Watts' home that afternoon, and even though they found no signs of foul play, they did find Shanann's car and all of her personal belongings. ![]() MediaNews Group/Boulder Daily Camera // Getty Images Watts said Kessinger denied knowing he was married to try and "save face.Flowers, balloons, and other items are left in front of the Watts family home in memory of Shanann, Bella, and Celeste in August 2018. Watts told investigators that in June 2018, shortly after they met, he showed Kessinger a cellphone picture of Bella and Celeste, and Kessinger also saw a photo of Shanann on the lock screen of his phone. In a new interview, Chris Watts detailed the day he killed his pregnant wife, Shanann Watts, and their daughters Courtesy of family His mistress knew he was marriedĪccording to Watts, Nichol Kessinger knew he was married with children - something Kessinger denied. Watts told investigators he doesn't regret taking a plea deal, but had not thought he would be in prison for the rest of his life. A few weeks after his arrest, Watts said he confessed to his attorneys that he killed his family. ![]() They would've done anything I told them to do," he said. "I didn't want my attorneys to lie for me for two to four years. Why Watts pleaded guiltyĪfter doing interviews with the media begging for his wife and daughters safe return, Watts told investigators that he confessed and pled guilty so things would not drag out in court for years. He also said he tossed a book on therapy in the garbage to make it seem like Shanann thought their marriage couldn't be saved, the documents state. According to Watts, he took Shanann's wedding ring and left it on a counter so it would appear as if she wanted to divorce him. Creating an alibiĪfter murdering his family and disposing of their bodies, Watts told investigators that he went back to his home and tried to make it look as if Shanann had taken their children and left him. Watts told investigators that every time he closes his eyes, he hears his daughter's plea. ![]() He said the last words Bella spoke as he killed her were: "Daddy, No!" He then put her body in a separate oil tank before digging a hole in the field and burying Shanann.
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