Chris Watts is a Colorado man who murdered his fifteen-week pregnant wife, Shannon Watts, and his two daughters, Bella and Celeste Watts.
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Wiki/Biography
Chris Watts was born as ‘Christopher Lee Watts’ on Thursday, May 16, 1985 (age 35 years; as in 2020) in Spring Lake, North Carolina, US. His zodiac sign is Taurus. He did his schooling from Pine Forest High School, North Carolina.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 10″
Eye colour: brown
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper
Family and ethnicity
parents and siblings
He was born to Cindy Watts and Ronnie Watts.
Chris Watts’s parents
He has a sister named Jamie Lynn Williams.
Chris Watts with his sister
Wife, children and relationships
In 2010, he met Shannon Watts, who was an independent representative at ‘Le-Well’, a multi-level marketing company that sells a product called ‘Thrive’. They were married on November 3, 2012 in Mecklenburg County.
Shannon and Chris Watts wedding photo
They had two daughters: Bella Marie Watts (born December 17, 2013) and Celeste Katherine “Sis” Watts (born July 17, 2015).
Chris Watts with his family
At the time of her death, Shannon was fifteen weeks pregnant with a son, whom the couple named Nico Lee Watts; Its due date was January 31, 2019. When he was married to Shannon, he started dating Nicole Kessinger. He had started dating her just two months before the Watts family murders.
Chris Watts with Nicole Kessinger
the murder
On August 13, 2018, at approximately 1:48 a.m., after Shannon returned home from a business trip to Arizona, Chris was at home with the children. In an interview with investigators, Chris described how he killed his wife and two daughters. According to Chris, after a fight with Shannon over the separation, he strangled her at his home in Frederick. After murdering Shannon, he dragged her body down the stairs when Bella saw him. According to Chris, Bella cried,
What is mom’s problem?”
Then he put Shannon on the floorboard and Bella and Cece in the back seat of his work truck. He took them in about 45 minutes to an oil site that was property of Anadarko Petroleum, where he worked. When he got there, Chris used a blanket to suffocate Cece and threw her into an oil tank. He returned and did the same to Bela. According to Chris, before Bella died, he asked her,
Is something like Sis going to happen to me?”
The place where Chris Watts’ children were hidden
After throwing both of his daughters into the oil tanks, he buried his wife in a shallow grave nearby.
The place where Shannon Watts was buried
Chris’s disappearance and arrest report
Shannon’s former friend and co-worker Nicole Utoft Atkinson drove her home from the airport on the morning of August 13, 2018.
Nicole Utoft Atkinson, friend and colleague of Shannon Watts
Later that day, Nicole began to worry because Shannon had missed her business meeting, her OB-GYN appointment, and Shannon had not responded to her texts. Nicole went to Shannon’s house at 12:10 pm, where no one answered the doorbell. Nicole contacted Chris, who had gone to work, and later called the Frederick Police Department. At around 1:40 pm an officer arrived at his home for a welfare check. Chris also arrived and gave permission for the police to search his house. During a welfare check, Shannon and her daughters were missing. Searchers later found Shannon’s purse containing her phone and keys, her car in the garage, and her wedding ring, which was found on the couple’s bed. The following day, the FBI and Colorado Bureau of Investigation joined the investigation. Initially, Chris told police that he did not know where his two daughters and wife were, and that he had not seen his wife since he left for work at 5:15 am on the 13th. He gave interviews to several media outlets in which he was seen pleading for the safe return of his wife and daughters. In an interview Chris said,
Shannon, Bella, Celeste, if you’re out there, come back. If anyone has it, bring it back. I want to meet everyone.”
He was arrested on 15 August 2018.
Chris Watts is being arrested
According to the arrest affidavit, Chris failed a polygraph test and confessed to killing Shannon. Before confessing, he asked investigators to speak to his father.
During the investigation, he claimed that he killed his wife in a fit of rage after she killed his daughters in response to a divorce request. He said he strangled Shannon and took all three bodies to a remote oil rig.
Chris Watts confessing his crimes to his father and investigators
He was fired from his job on the day of his arrest. Authorities found the bodies on August 16. Later, in an interview with the police, he confessed to his crimes of murdering his pregnant wife and daughters. After Chris was arrested for his wife’s murder, his mistress, Nicole Kessinger, went to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and told them that she believed Chris was going to divorce his wife. He said,
Chris often paid for dates with gift cards – possibly so his wife couldn’t keep track of his spending. He always paid from them. Always. But on the night of August 11, something changed during their last date. Instead of paying with his usual gift card, Watts paid with a personal credit card. It seemed as if he had nothing to hide. Or nothing to lose”
charges and punishment
On August 21, Watts was charged with five counts of first-degree murder of his wife and two daughters, including an additional count per child, citing “the death of a child not yet 12 years of age.” of age and the defendant was inside.” the position of trust of his two daughters”; illegal termination of pregnancy; and three counts of tampering with a dead human body. At his first court appearance, he was denied bail, and at a subsequent hearing, his bail was set at $5 million, with Chris required to put down a 15% deposit for his release.
Chris Watts during the court hearing
On September 1, Watts paid $750,000 and was released pending legal proceedings. On November 6, he pleaded guilty to the murders, and the death penalty was not pursued by the district attorney at the request of Shannan’s family, who accepted the plea agreement. On November 19, Chris received five life sentences – three consecutive and two concurrent, without the possibility of parole; He received an additional 48 years for the unlawful termination of his wife’s pregnancy and an additional 36 years for three charges of tampering with a dead body. Later, Chris had his $5 million bail revoked and was immediately taken on remand. On December 3, 2018, Watts was moved to a location out of state due to “security concerns” and on December 5, 2018, he arrived at Dodge Correctional Institution, a maximum-security prison in Waupun, Wisconsin.
Property
Chris and his wife Shannon owned a five-bedroom, four-bathroom home at 2825 Saratoga Trail in Frederick, Colorado. The house was purchased in April 2013 with a loan of $392,709. As of 2020, the home is valued at $583,500.
Chris and Shannon Watts House
Salary
As an employee of Anadarko Petroleum, he earned an annual salary of $61,000, according to his bankruptcy records filed in 2015.
Facts/General Knowledge
- In high school, he was a bright student and wanted to become the chief technician for a National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) crew.
- In 2003, he placed third in the NC Automobile Dealers Association competition held in Winston-Salem and was awarded a $1,000 scholarship to the Universal Technical Institute and NASCAR Technical Institute in Mooresville.
- In June 2015, Chris and Shannon jointly filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in Colorado federal court. At the time, Chris was an employee of Anadarko Petroleum, and Shannon and Chris owed him $44,800; His bankruptcy case was closed in October 2015.
- In July 2018, Shannon and Chris’ homeowners association ‘Wyndham Hill Master Association Inc.’ Due to some financial reasons he was sued for a fee of $1,533.
- The Watts family murder case has been featured on numerous news channels and talk shows, including the ABC News television newsmagazine 20/20, the Dr. Phil Show, and The Dr. Oz Show.
The Watts family murder case is being discussed on Dr. Phil’s show.
- On January 26, 2020, the American cable channel Lifetime released a film named ‘Chris Watts: Confessions of a Killer’. The film stars Sean Claire and Ashley Williams as Chris Watts and Shannon Watts. However, Shannon’s family was unhappy with the film as they were not advised or informed about the film.
- A Netflix documentary titled ‘American Murder: The Family Next Door’ featuring the Watts family murder case, directed by Jenny Popplewell, was released in September 2020. The documentary included archival footage of the case, social media posts, law enforcement recordings, text. Messages, and home videos, without any statement or act.
- Several authors have written books on the Watts family murders and Chris Watts; Some of the books are: ‘The Perfect Father: The True Story of Chris Watts, His All-American Family, and a Shocking Murder’ (2020) by John Glatt, ‘Letters from Christopher: The Tragic Confessions of the Watts Family Murders’ (2019 ) by Cheryln Cadle and Christopher Watts, ‘My Daddy is a Hero: How Chris Watts Went from Family Man to Family Killer’ (2019) by Lena Derhalli, ‘Two Faces: The Mysterious Mistress and the Confession’ (2019) by Nick Wan Der Leek, ‘Too Faced: Oblivion’ (2019) by Nick van der Leek, ‘Too Faced: Drilling Through Discovery’ (2019) by Nick van der Leek, ‘Too Faced: Beneath the Oil’ (2020) by Nick van der Leek Leaked, and ‘Chris Watts’ Mistress: Nicole Kessinger’s Final Interview on August 23, 2018 – The…’ (2020) by Cindy George.
- Tania Hagen’s fiction book ‘No Inclination: Inspired by the Chris Watts Case’, published in January 2020, was inspired by the Watts Family Murders.
- He has a tattoo of the band Metallica on his back, a sun symbol and barbed wire tattoo on his left arm, and a snake head and diamond tattoo on his right arm.
chris watts tattoo
- He is a big fan of the band Metallica and according to investigation documents of the case, he Googled the lyrics of Metallica’s song ‘Battery’ after committing the murder of his wife and daughters.
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