The Watts family murders occurred in the early morning hours of August 13, 2018, in Frederick, Colorado, US.While being interviewed by police, Christopher Lee Watts (born May 16, 1985) admitted to killing his pregnant wife Shan'ann Cathryn Watts (née Rzucek, born January 10, 1984) by strangulation and her unborn son, Nico Lee Watts in utero. Eventually, Watts admitted that his family was dead and that he alone was the killer.
From there, the relationship did develop past a friendship level, she said. Luther (8 p.m., BBC America) - This beloved (but super dark) Idris Elba crime drama returns for it’s fifth season. In tonight’s season premiere, DCI John Luther (Elba) and his new recruit (Wunmi Mosaku) investigate a new spate of murders on the streets of London. From the time Shanann Watts and her daughters disappear, authorities and friends became aware that Chris Watts was not the man he made himself out to be.
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Telling his kids their mother is sick, he loaded her body and his two daughters into his truck (he laid the dead body on the floor, with the two girls sitting on the seats) and drove to the oil site, where he smothered the girls one by one. Back in November 2018, Watts was sentenced to life in prison for the brutal murders of his wife Shanann Watts, and their daughters Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3.
A new true-crime documentary on Netflix aims to shed light on the horrific Watts family murders. In a follow-up interview from prison, he told the full story of what happened. Family Man, Family Murderer: An ID Murder Mystery is a new Investigation Discovery documentary special that examines the intimate details that led up to the triple homicide and delves deep into the mind of the man who was capable of perpetrating such horror.
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Do I wish I hadn’t watched the last five minutes with Watts’ confession to police? They first bonded over the Michael Peterson case. These same questions still plague investigators, even though Watts has been behind bars since August 2018, and is set to remain there for the rest of his life. Yet, it would take three months for him to tell authorities the true story of what transpired that night. Authorities continued asking him whether that's the story he wanted to stick with, and when he continued, he told officials that the girls were put in 20-foot tanks at the oil-storage site where he worked. North Carolina will be final resting place for mom and 2 daughters killed in Colorado. Chris Watts pleaded guilty to 9 counts, including the murder of his kids.
But that image of perfection was shattered when his pregnant wife and two daughters went missing from their family home in small town of Frederick, Colorado on August 13, 2018. Family Man, Family Murder: An ID Murder Mystery (10 p.m., Investigation Discovery) - This special on the case of Chris Watts, the Colorado man who annihilated his entire family last summer, is particularly difficult to watch. According to authorities, he made phone calls after the murders and called the girls' school to un-enroll them.
And that he wasn't always truthful in his marriage to Shanann, whom he'd been married to since in 2012. Later, we find out he did not pass the Polygraph test — but Watts remained adamant that he did not lie during the test. With Kaylee Brooks, Diane Dimond, Sawyer Ruth Johnson, Talley LaFlamme. What’s allowed in NC’s Phase 3?
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Learn more in Over My Dead Body podcast. Now there’s a book about the case. He also apparently texted a realtor to sell the house, and texted his girlfriend. After giving Chris Watts three life sentences, the presiding judge said that this was the most "vicious and inhumane" crime he had ever dealt with. Also read: Murder Charges Dropped Against Curtis Flowers, Subject of True Crime Podcast 'In the Dark'. Subscribe for unlimited digital access to the news that matters to your community. When it became clear he lied on the Polygraph test, he told investigators that in response to him asking Shanann for a separation, Shanann smothered the kids and he "freaked out and did the same thing to her."
Yep. A new Investigation Discovery (ID) channel documentary about how Colorado man Chris Watts murdered his pregnant wife and two daughters is set to premiere on Sunday. See below for 9 most shocking revelations from the documentary, hitting Netflix on Wednesday. "American Murder: The Family Next Door" is Netflix's newest true-crime doc that tells the story of the Watts family murders through body-cam footage, home videos, text messages, social media posts and interrogation room footage. Watts later admitted to cheating on Shanann. This one-hour documentary shows police body cam footage from the day Shannan was reported missing by her friend, and that is truly fascinating. Chris Watts pleaded guilty to 9 counts, including the murder of his kids. Seeing his reaction when the neighbor plays security footage of him backing his truck into the garage to load up Shannan’s body was riveting.
Watts murdered his wife Shannan, who is from North Carolina, and then killed the couple’s two tiny daughters, disposing of their bodies in oil drums at his place of work. Watch him comb through records; interview family members, witnesses and investigators; and piece together the known facts of each case. According to her, Watts said he had two daughters but was separating from his wife. During a jailhouse confession in February, Watts said he strangled his wife Shan'ann while she lay in their bed in the early morning hours of August 13. NBC reports the latest in the case of Florida State teacher Dan Markel, shot to death in the garage of his Tallahassee home. (Spoiler alert: Do not read on if you don't want to know what happens in Netflix's "American Murder."). https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/chris-watts-murders-documentary-tell-all
In November, he finally confessed to killing his wife and children. Chris Watts appeared to have it all: a happy marriage, a beautiful home, and a growing family. Yikes. Watts weirdly consented to a polygraph test, and the tester said that no one would do the test if they were guilty.