I doubt that he’s capable of telling us the truth.

Well, I wasn't going to go down this route, but they're a white family. I haven't blamed her for it; I don't think she is in any way involved in it, and I think she's only guilty of having an affair. I have no interest at all in what Chris Watts has to say; he’s changed his story so many times.

It’s just a very poor side of human nature. So I think the justice system for this situation worked. Among the never-before-seen material the family allowed included in the film is video footage from Shanann and Chris’s wedding, as well as a moving letter than Shanann wrote to her husband weeks before he killed her. If you look back at Shanann’s Facebook page, she doesn’t mention Chris or how wonderful he is after he starts detaching from her. I’m telling Shanann’s story, so if it wasn’t an issue or concern for her, then I didn’t cover it.

284 talking about this. After her body was found, Shanann Watts’ Facebook page was retitled “ Remembering Shanann Watts.” 34-year-old Shanann Watts was 15-weeks pregnant when she went missing and now husband Chris Watts was arrested. He knew it was just a matter of time, but couldn’t admit it, just like he couldn’t admit his affair to Shanann.

We can't pass off this behavior as one of those things, like “Boys will be boys.” Women are more likely to be killed by their intimate partners, and it’s a sad fact that it needs to be on us to protect ourselves.

There are definitely people who are genuinely interested in true crime and in this case specifically, and they wanted to talk about it online. Chris Watts ultimately confessed to strangling 34-year-old Shanann, who was 15 weeks pregnant with a boy, and then smothering 3-year-old Celeste.

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Was that again something you left out deliberately?

But he’s also said in other interviews that when he was walking in that day, he felt he wouldn’t walk out.

We know what the trigger was: It was an affair that got too much for him, and he made a ridiculous choice to get rid of one life for another.

Source: Shanann Watts (Facebook) According to the Netflix documentary American Murder, Shanann Watts was 34 years old in 2018. Are you at all curious in his version of the story?

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And that’s absolutely fine; it’s an interesting subject. That’s the story I wanted to show: We’re not here to solve the crime, because no one will understand why Chris did this. “This is a man who is a stranger to the truth so I'm not looking to him to give us any facts in the film,” Popplewell says emphatically.

Shanann Watts was murdered by her husband, Chris Watts, on Aug. 13, 2018. And eventually he does take that lead, because it’s easier for him than to admit what he really did.

“We couldn’t have made this film two or three years ago,” Popplewell says.

Shanann’s open social media page made her a huge target; I haven't seen any victims of a crime targeted as much as she was. “He's someone we just watch tell lie after lie after lie.”. I would like to think that anyone watching this realizes that Chris never raised his voice or his hand to Shanann until that last moment, and then this is where it went. People have questioned her parenting style, and what kind of car she drives — they’re picking her apart. I decided that rather than our film telling people what to think, we could just show them.”, Premiering on Netflix on Sept. 30, American Murder shows viewers not only material that Shanann filmed or wrote herself, but also footage from police body-cams, interrogation rooms, news reports and even a neighbors’ security camera. Over here in the U.K., it’s not because law enforcement prevents you from leaving, it’s just very, very difficult to leave an abusive relationship. “That letter corrected the narrative by showing she wanted to make their relationship work. I think he was just thinking, "What would an innocent person do right now?" Yahoo Entertainment: How much of this documentary was, for you, a way to comment on how our lives today are documented on social media and elsewhere? (Photo: Netflix/YouTube), Chris Watts in police body-cam footage featured in the Netflix documentary, Christopher Watts at his sentencing in November 2018. I felt like it exonerated her.”, Popplewell makes it clear that the film’s ultimate intention is not to re-try the case, but instead offer confirmation that Chris Watts and Chris Watts alone is responsible for the deaths of his family. As someone observing America from overseas, were there any quirks of the justice system that you were surprised by? Chris Watts, Shanann Watts, and their two daughters, 4-year-old Bella and 3-year-old Celeste.

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They said that he didn't have the right to take their daughter’s life, and they certainly don't have the right to take his life. Did you try to speak to Nichol Kessinger? ', Fiery interview between Ted Cruz and Chris Cuomo turns personal: 'Why don't you talk to the president like you talk to my brother?
He was there for hours and hours, and was often lying and giving them nothing. It's human nature that you would fight back.

But as I show in the film it was always about what was going on with Chris. To that point, you touch on the way some people online sought to blame Shanann, but it’s not a major topic. Filed under Chris Watts, murder, netflix, true crime, 9/17/20. “Everything was captured on camera in some kind of recording device.”, Much of the private footage that the director incorporates into the film was made publicly available by police, although she still made a point of seeking the cooperation of Shanann Watts’s family. We don't have the death penalty here [in England], but then that wasn't a situation there, either. Maybe, I don't know.

Based on what you observed, did it make you more confident in the way police operate?

There have been multiple stories in America of law enforcement protecting male abusers, especially in cases when they are also police officers.
I don't even know that the story that he detailed in his confession is correct. Yes, I didn't think that they deserved any more screen time. Why do you think he agreed to go through with it anyway?


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