"My mom just never thought she was good enough," Watts tells law officials at one point in the documentary. Chris pleaded guilty to all nine charges against him, including first-degree murder for killing Shanaan and their two daughters, 3-year-old Celeste and 4-year-old Bella, in August. It discusses the brutal 2018 murders of Shanann Watts and the couple's daughters Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3, after their bodies were found at a nearby oil plant and Watts was convicted after an astonishing confession. In all our wedding pictures she is holding HIS HAND not her husbands. 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. Coverage of the latest true crime stories and famous cases explained, as well as the best TV shows, movies and podcasts in the genre. I couldn't do anything right," Cindy told ABC11. "We are not here to ask for leniency and are not in any way condoning or tolerating the crime that has occurred or the pain that has been caused," they wrote in a letter to the court. ago It's well documented that Cindy did this. Trigger warning: The story contains graphic details of the murder that some readers may find distressing. Chris faces life in prison when hes sentenced Monday. 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. However, Chris never wanted to improve the relationship. New Report Details Most Bizarre Evidence From Chris Watts Family Murder Case. 2019 Creative Expansions, Inc. All Rights Reserved. By the time the sentencing rolled around, Cindy and Ronnie had come to accept Chris' fate. Chris parents, who havent spoken much to their son since his Aug. 15 arrest, said they believed his initial version of events: He killed his wife after witnessing her strangling Celeste. I will do anything for you," she continued. "Shanann Watts was a faithful wife, and the most gentle and loving mother in the world to her children Bella, Celeste, and Nico. Initially, he had claimed that his family was missing and even joined searches for them. Police investigated the Watts' Colorado home, but it seemed like Shanann and her daughters had just vanished into thin air. Get all your true crime news from Oxygen. Its hard for me to believe that he would hurt them girls no matter what, he said. "People come up with all these narratives. Shes begging him to fight these charges - I get its unconditional love & her first thought is to believe her son & his original story. but how does she think he's going to fight shoving his babies in an 8" hole, 20 feet into oil? 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. We still love our son no matter what and we miss our grandbabies. During their correspondence, Watts revealed gruesome details about the August 2018 murders in Colorado and how he smothered his 35-year-old wife and children. Shanann was a wonderful soul. THE parents of twisted killer Chris Watts have revealed they still support their evil son but live with the tragedy of losing their grandchildren "every day". "My Dearest Chris," she began. not an ounce of sympathy for Shannans family, she is a horrible woman. Editors note: This article was originally published on September 30, 2021. I knew she was gone when she relieved herself," Wattsrecalled after killing his wife in a bombshell letter to Cheryln. Chris chose to murder [Shanann], Bella, Celeste, and Nico, her parents said. Chris Watts is in a maximum-security prison in Wisconsin and will remain there for the rest of his life. He then attempted to play the role of a concerned husband and dad. He's not a monster," said the mother. I will do anything for you.. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7520985/Chris-Watts-chilling-letter-confessing-killed-family.html, https://www.the-sun.com/news/1566222/american-murderer-chris-watts-parents-book-netflix-documentary/, https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/chris-watts-case/chris-watts-parents-break-their-silence-about-son-s-case, https://abc11.com/chris-watts-update-parents-news-family/4677948/. "Please, daddy, do not do to me what you just did to Cece," said the 4-year-old in tears, according to Mirror Online. Desperate to find explanations for Chris distant behavior, Shanann theorizedthat Chris wasmad over family drama. Christopher Lee Watts and Shanann Cathryn Watts (ne Rzucek, January 10, 1984 - August 13, 2018) were from North Carolina: Christopher from Spring Lake and Shanann from Aberdeen. Though the evidence was against him and he admitted to the cold murders, his parents were unwilling to blame their son or hold him responsible. "She was a good soul," Frank told ABC in a previously released clip from the 20/20 episode. He strangled Shanann while she was 15 weeks . She doesnt understand what shes done.. Chris Watts still chose to dump the bodies of his own family in oil tanks. Her husband, Ronnie echoed her sentiments, per The Sun. Eventually, when he was found out leading to confession to his crimes, he left his parents confused. "He thinks he can control you with his mind, and that's what he tried to do with me. I was shocked to see videos that I thought were private of Shanann and the kids, showing me on the slip and slide in the backyard. Then when the DIL doesnt respond positively, she uses that as proof that her son married the wrong woman. "Being in the presence of someone, you look at them and their eyes turn black, it does something to you. It was a very hard relationship (with Shanann) as far as I'm concerned. Shanaan, 34, was 15 weeks pregnant with a boy, Nico, at the time. "I don't want to lose you EVER! The Netflix documentary examines raw and firsthand footage to reconstruct the chilling disappearance and eventual murder of Shanann and her two children, Bella and Celeste, introducing us to families on both the husband and the wife's sides. Cindy claimed her son changed after meeting Shanaan in high school. Cheryln added: "I especially wish his family well and for them to be able to come to terms with what has happened. Desperate to find explanations for Chris distant behavior, Shanann theorizedthat Chris wasmad over family drama. The next time I walked into her house for a visit, she didn't even mention that I had mail on the bed upstairs. 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. Then she. She wheeled on me and exploded in a rage, as if I were the one who had done something wrong. 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.". The couple lived in Frederick, a small town north of Denver.. When I once went to her house to discuss our marital issues she threw me though a glass door and down 4 concrete steps into the side of a car. She asked Watts to take her mother to the hospital but the man did not pay attention to her cries. However, despite his heinous crimes, his family is supportive of him and believes his "very hard relationship" was responsible for the crime. Weird. After feeling sexually rejected by Chris, she texted a friend her suspicions that he was sleeping with someone else. Chris Watts was cheating on Shanann (who was pregnant with their third child, a son) with a colleague, Nichol Kessinger, who he called "Nikki." "They asked if we wanted to see it before it was released, which I declined to, [but] I wanted to see what the narrative was going to be. During one of the interviews, she tried to pin the murder of the two children on Shanann. Chris is going to spend the rest of his life in prison and is receiving letters, including romantic ones. In a handwritten love letterShanann Wattswrote to husbandChris Wattsjust before her death, she revealed that she was desperate to save their marriageand that she had no idea that the man she loved most would soon murder her, their unborn son Nico and their two young daughters. Like father, like son?? "Hes not a sociopath. "Their words should be like the wind. The deal with prosecutors spared him from the death penalty. Watts, 35, reportedly detailed the gruesome slaying of Shanann Watts in one of his prison letters and he also revealed that he'd been thinking about killing her for "weeks.". Your brother just annihilated your nieces, nephew and sister in law but no mention of that Jamie? Many people are against Shanann.". She incorporated parts of the completed letter into the documentary. We're trying to move forward but it's a very hard task.". Chris Watts Confessed the Real Reason He Killed His Family in a Prison Letter, Nichol Kessinger Is Part of 'Chris Watts: Confessions of a Killer', but She Didnt Want the Spotlight, 'American Murder: The Family Next Door' Explores How Chris Watts Killed His Whole Family. Cindy added that she suspected Chris was pushed to take a plea deal by his attorney's who didn't think he'd win in a trial, given that he'd already confessed. It has been so overwhelming and I feel like I have to do something not help my son, I just, I need to do something, she said. Celeste was allergic to nuts, which prompted Shanann to yell at Cindy about the ice cream choice. We love you and forgive you son," Cindy said in court. His daughter Bella also witnessed her father wrapping her mother's body. In the early morning hours of August 13th 2018, Shanann, Bella and Celeste Watts were murdered by husband and father, Chris Watts. She visited Watts in prison three times for research and they wrote to each other. 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. "By that time I was just kind of sick of his stunts, trying to control the narrative," she told The Sun. Shanann and Chris Watts | Facebook. When I read the news, I found out he was still married and his wife was 15 weeks pregnant, Kessinger said, adding that she repeatedly questioned him about his circumstances and had no clue Shanann was pregnant with his child. We love and forgive you son," she said, adding that she was horrified by his actions. Moreover, the mother blamed his wife for the tough marriage she put him through. All Rights Reserved. Shanann Watts surprises Chris Watts with pregnancy test Watch on In retrospect, this moment may have been the beginning of the end. Chris, who was facing the death penalty, wisely took deal and pled guilty to the murders. I missed everything about you. "Her eyes filled with blood; as she looked at me and she died. I couldnt do anything right.. "Her eyes filled with blood; as she looked at me and she died. I would have loved to hear some sympathy for Shannan and the kids from her, maybe then she wouldnt be so hated. Saying stuff like, "We know how she was." Cindy and Shanann never had a good relationship and the former even skipped their wedding. During the interview, Cindy even said it was more likely for Shanann to have killed the babies. She is almost 86 now but still refuses to accept responsibility for her actions. I wonder does she know how hated she is? "To me, all [the lawyers] wanted to do was save his life," she said. as being bossy by people online following the murders due to her assertive nature, vows to do whatever it takes. A few weeks before the tragic incident, Cindy had thrown her daughter-in-law out of the house for yelling at her over ice cream choices. Ronnie echoed that, saying, Theres a whole lot of unanswered questions about the case to me everything happened too quick there, from a case status thing to a plea.. In turn, Cindy kicked Shanann out of the house. I would have preferred those not to be in there, but they were, and there's nothing I can do about it. What in the hell is wrong with his mother? He remains behind bars at the Dodge Correctional Institution in Waupun, Wisconsin. She thinks its because shes fallen out with his family, she told Oxygen.com. Want to keep up with the latest. In a scene that got cut from the final version of the documentary, it was revealed at their wedding that Shanann was the first person to say I love you" in their relationship. I am so lost for words. After dumping his wife's remains on the ground, Watts smothered little Celeste with her own blanket while her sister watched before dropping her body through an eight-inch hatch in one of the oil tankers. She also portrayed the dead woman as a negative influence on him. It was a very hard relationship, said Cindy. CKSaps 2 yr. ago Chris Watts Says "I Don't Blame The Kids" During Police Polygraph, Natasha Atchleys Brother Speaks With Cold Justice Team, Steve Spingola Tells the Story of the Ding-Dong Ditcher, Days before Shanann Watts was murdered by herhusband. Distractify is a registered trademark. However, his mother, Cindy Watts, was in denial that her son was a killer. He was sentenced to three consecutive and two concurrent life sentences for the murders, plus an additional 48 years for unlawful termination of a pregnancy and another 36 years for tampering with Shanann and their daughters' corpses. Watts who had been having an affair with his co-workerNichol Kessingerindicated in the letters that he thought about killing his family in the days leading up to their deaths. He said, "Chris, I forgive you and your sister forgives you and we will never abandon you," according to The Sun. I knew she was gone when she relieved herself," Watts recalled in a bombshell letter to author Cheryln Cadle, which was obtained by the Daily Mail. Chris Watts, 33, pleaded guilty to murdering his 34-year-old wife, who was pregnant with a son they had already named Nico, and their two daughters Celeste, 3 and Bella, 4, in August. Meanwhile, Cindy claimed Shanaan was more capable than Christopher of murdering the two girls. Even Chris Watts knows this to be true. It was shocking that his parents chose to forgive him when he wasn't theirs to forgive. We discuss/debate the evidence of the case in this subreddit. ET In American Murder: The Family Next Door, viewers get an intimate look at the life and family of Chris Watts, who on Aug. 13, 2018, murdered his pregnant wife, Shanann, and their two children by strangulation. Our introduction to Cindy comes at a time when she refuses to take her granddaughter Cece's allergies seriously and feeds her ice cream she's allergic to, leading Shanann and her to argue and Shanann to eventually storm out of their house during a visit to North Carolina, where Watts' parents lived. Um no they don't. c/o @DenverChannel pic.twitter.com/BAfwUcXI7Z. Shanann's family don't feel the same way and have condemned the Watts' statements. He planned it out so he could be with his mistress, Nichol Kessinger, but she was not aware that he was married. Just days before the murders, Shanann gave Chris ahandwritten letter. Last night he was arrested for their murders. And yet his parents wonder. He added, "He's taking it one day at a time, just like we are. Oxygen Insider is your all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more. 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