While she gave Chris many opportunities to be honest, Popplewell noted he continuedto "lie to her and she believes him and she gives him the benefit of the doubt.. They're just a "little better" than everyone else. "I asked Chris, 'If you did not do this, do not confess to something you didn't do,'" she said. I just want him to fight. Days before Shanann Watts was murdered by her husband Chris Watts, she wrote a thoughtful and heartfelt letter to him in which she expressed her desire to fix their crumbling marriage. Shes completely on the money, the documentarys director Jenny Popplewell told Oxygen.com, adding that Shanann pinpointed the very moment that their relationship fell apart. Hardly ever do people plan murders to be rid of their partner and kids. When it came time to be a husband to his wife he felt like he was betraying his mom. He strangled Shanann while she was 15 weeks . They just thought that Shanann had taken me away from them, to Colorado. D.A. "Christopher, I don't see him capable at all" However, Watts admitted to him smothering both his daughters. He remains behind bars at the Dodge Correctional Institution in Waupun, Wisconsin. Chris admitted to first-degree murder and unlawful termination of a pregnancy, among other crimes, in the killings. Shanann and Chris Watts | Facebook. ? . Watts previously told investigators that Shannan's killing was a spur-of-the-moment crime of passion and didn't admit to planning it. I wonder does she realize how hated she is? "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. Sign up forOxygen Insiderfor all the best true crime content. It's very sad. It was a very hard relationship, said Cindy. KILLER dad Chris Watts revealed grisly details of his pregnant wifes murder in a bombshell prison letter, according to reports. The letter had sat on the bed for over a month. "The . Thanks for contacting us. His eldest daughter, Bella, even begged him to spare her life after seeing what he had done to her younger sister. I agree. The couple spoke out after watching the Netflix documentary, American Murder: The Family Next Door. "Hes not a sociopath. Read on to find out what's really going on with Chris Watts' parents. Want to keep up with the latest. [2] It got to a point that he was telling me so many lies that I eventually told him that I did not want to speak to him again until his family was found.. Shanann, who Popplewell feels has been unfairly criticizedas being bossy by people online following the murders due to her assertive nature, vows to do whatever it takes. It was shocking that his parents chose to forgive him when he wasn't theirs to forgive. 2020 THE SUN, US, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | TERMS OF USE | PRIVACY | YOUR AD CHOICES | SITEMAP, Sick Watts murdered his pregnant wife Shanann Watts and their two young children, Chris' parents, Cindy and Ronnie, are still in constant contact with their son, The family at a court hearing after Watts was sentenced to life in jail, Watts made a startling confession to his dad Ronnie, seen in the new documentary, The family together during happier times before Watts killed his family, Shannan and her two children, Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3, were murdered in August 2018, Cheryln Cadle spent months writing to sick killer Watts and visiting him in jail for her book, Shanann with her adorable children before the family were killed, Cheryln's new book - The Murders of Christopher Watts - will be released in the coming months, The murderer, 35, is now behind bars at Dodge Correctional Institution in Wisconsin and has moved into general population, his dad claims, Netflixs American Murder: The Family Next Door reveals final texts between Chris and Shannan Watts before he slaughtered her and his two toddler daughters, Chris Watts parents still SUPPORT evil murderer son but say they live with tragedy of losing grandchildren every day, Ex-George Bush staffer Steve Schmidt says fly on Mike Pence during debate was a mark of the DEVIL, Dog owner cuts eye and snout holes in the garden fence so her two labradors can watch her come home, Chilling bodycamera video shows Breonna Taylor dead in hallway for SEVERAL MINUTES before cops checked for a pulse, Trump showed Playboy model Karen McDougal Melania pics after sex romp in their marital bed,' former friend claims, Trump says there is enough evidence to CHARGE Obama and Biden for spying on his campaign, Cardi B leads liberal celebs in calling Mike Pence a 'homophobic fascist' and 'f**king dick' in debate meltdowns, Huge fire engulfs 33-storey block of flats in South Korea raining burning debris over city as residents escape to roof, Kazakhstan publishes pictures, names and addresses of all child sex attackers and castrates some, School bus driver, 53, raped and choked girl, 15, to death then claimed he was forced to kill her by gun-toting biker'. 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. This WHOLE TIME, she has been defending Chris, and supporting him. 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. "People come up with all these narratives. I could never forgive my son if he did something like what Chris did. We're trying to move forward but it's a very hard task," according to The Sun. He put Bella, Celeste and their mother's body in his truck and drove to the oil site, where he smothered Bella and Celeste and left their bodies in oil tanks and buried Shanann's corpse. shanann did but Cindy certainly didn't BeWittyAtParties 7 mo. His surprise plea marked a sudden end to a case that some observers expected to drag on for years. At the . We still love our son no matter what and we miss our grand babies. "My mom just never thought she was good enough," Watts tells law officials at one point in the documentary. Four days earlier, Chris, 33, pleaded guilty to murdering Shanann, his wife of nearly six years, and daughters Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3. I agree with you. Watts sobbed in court as he pleaded guilty to five counts of murder in the first degree, three counts of tampering with a deceased human body, and one count of unlawful termination of a pregnancy. I love seeing their smile with you.". The discovery documents portray the stark reality of a family falling apart, and a 33-year-old man who decided murdering three innocent people was the easiest way out of his marriage and life as a father. Chris, who was facing the death penalty, wisely took deal and pled guilty to the murders. Then his mom is non stop lying to him "people all over the world believe in you!" She thinks its because shes fallen out with his family, she told. I missed watching you laugh and play with the kids. We love you and forgive you son," Cindy said in court. His parents said Monday they were unaware he was preparing to plead guilty, and Ronnie said he can only think it was to spare both families the pain of a protracted trial. *THIS IS A TRUE CRIME SUBREDDIT* He then drove his dead wife and two frightened daughters to a remote oil field owned by his former employer, Anadarko, bringing his lunch, a shovel, rake, and gas can with him, the Mail reported. Chris and Shanann's relationship had spiraled. Absolutely delusional. New Report Details Most Bizarre Evidence From Chris Watts Family Murder Case. "It's nothing he hasn't lived through, he saw it, they didn't even show all the conversations that Christopher had with his dad, they didn't show anything, there was so much left out. And Chris Watts still chose to lie about it until he could lie no more. I went downstairs and confronted my mother in the kitchen. "She [Shanann] would do . On 13 September 2018, CNN reported " Kim Kaufmann wrote in to us and said, many people are behind Chris. "She was a good soul," Frank told ABC in a previously released clip from the 20/20 episode. Watts was convicted of the 2018 murders of his two young daughters, Bella and Celeste, and his pregnant wife Shanann. 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. Thank you,Brigitte Nicole,Creator/Administrator of Lessons Learned In Life. Shannan's cause of death was strangulation while an autopsy found crude oil in Bella and Celeste's throats, stomach and lungs. "By that time I was just kind of sick of his stunts, trying to control the narrative," she told The Sun. Chris' parents, Cindy and Ronnie Watts, didn't attend their son's 2012 wedding, his mother later told North Carolina's 9News, "because Shanann and I just couldn't get along. After the bodies were discovered, he was arrested and ultimately pleadedguilty to themurders; he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Shanaan, 34, was 15 weeks pregnant with a boy, Nico, at the time. Its a truly tragic read, she said. The mother of murder victim Shan'ann Watts describes spiritual visitations from her daughter . Cindy claimed her son changed after meeting Shanaan in high school. She is using this creator Miss Mensa to gain sympathy for her son, so she can continue to blame the vic. 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. I wonder does she know how hated she is? It hurts me. When he first confessed, Chris said that his wife Shanann killed his two daughters, Bella and Celeste. Chris Watts acted like he was upset they were gone. His former confidante, Cheryln Cadle, a true crime author who is releasing a new book, The Murders of Christopher Watts, after writing to him and visiting him in prison, has also watched the program. Chris faces life in prison when hes sentenced Monday. I missed talking to you in person. I was just so surprised that this woman who has been the dominant person in the relationship, she has the power over whether or not they will be together in the beginning, put her heart on her sleeve and told him she loved him, she said. American Murder: The Family Next Door a documentary on the Watts family murders incorporates textsand letters from Shananndetailing the breakdown of the couples marriage. When we divorced because he was a serial thief and cheater she was happy. . 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.". In pleading guilty last week, Chris admitted he was lying. He wasnt touching or hugging or doing stuff like that.. During one of the interviews, she tried to pin the murder of the two children on Shanann. He then attempted to play the role of a concerned husband and dad. I couldnt do anything right.. I didn't like the way . If this actually happened like theyre saying that it did, that he killed them, then what was the trigger? Cindy told KMGH. "Family killer" Chris Watts murdered his pregnant wife and his kids mercilessly. Then she. The deal with prosecutors spared him from the death penalty. In a letter to a stranger, Chris reportedly revealed the details of how his family died at his hands and that he had planned it, as per Daily Mail. Rape survivor slams Gabby Petito Utah cop over handling of her case, 'Dark details' about boyfriend of US swim champ who mysteriously died, Disturbing red flags of Lindsay Clancy's psychosis before she 'killed 3 kids', Mysterious powder swamps US skies as residents report dust-covered cars, 2020 THE SUN, US, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | TERMS OF USE | PRIVACY | YOUR AD CHOICES | SITEMAP, Disturbing prison letters from Chris Watts to a crime author detailed Shannan Watts' horrific death, 'Her eyes filled with blood; as she looked at me and she died,' Chris Watts wrote, In the letters, he also admitted to killing their two kids, Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3, while Shannan was 15 weeks pregnant, 'When she started to get drowsy, I somehow knew how to squeeze the jugular veins until it cut off the blood flow to her brain, and she passed out,' Watts told Cadle, Watts was imprisoned for killing his family on August 13, 2018, The family of Shanann Watts and her daughters Bella and Celeste approach a hearse outside of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Pinehurst, North Carolina, in September 2018, Watts is seen here being strip searched by investigators just hours before he was arrested for the murders of his pregnant wife and their two young daughters, Details of their marriage and grisly end was revealed in a Netflix documentary, Cadle wrote to Watts three times before he answered, Watts watches his neighbor's surveillance footage which has captured the moment he loaded the bodies of his family into his truck after murdering them, Watts appeared to confess to killing his two daughters in the letters obtained by the Mail, Heartbreaking evidence photos and video of stained shirt, underwear and bra Shanann Watts was wearing when her husband murdered her, Cadle's book on the murders is due for release on October 7, Shannan was captured by the doorbell cam in Colorado returning from a business trip the day she died, Shannan died of strangulation and crude oil was found in the little girls' lungs, Netflixs American Murder: The Family Next Door reveals final texts between Chris and Shannan Watts before he slaughtered her and his two toddler daughters. "He has moved into general population and has a job now, but I can't talk about that any further," Ronnie added. 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. - WTF??!!!!!!!!!!! We take care to give due credit if the artist is known. 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. Four days earlier, Chris, 33, pleaded guilty to murdering Shanann,. as he killed her. "He was normal, he didn't have a temper, he was just easy-going like his Dad. Ronnie and Cindy Watts staunchly defended their son, Chris Watts, saying in their first interview that he wasnt a psychopath or monster despite pleading guilty to the heinous murders last week. When Chris Watts was arrested for the murder of his wife and children, his parents, Cindy and Ronnie, couldn't believe it. A lot of questions. "It was pretty much just my mom and my sister, they didn't like her. After the bodies were discovered, he was arrested and ultimately pleadedguilty to themurders; he was, a documentary on the Watts family murders. I want him to plead not guilty to the children.". Strange to me that when Shanann "left" for 5 weeks Chris cheated. Cindy explained that she thought Chris made a false confession. He wrote that he secretly gave Shanann 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.". It comes and then it passes away.". The Watts family thought he was cheating because money was disappearing, but he was doing drugs. The cruel man, who pleaded guilty to the murders, was given five life sentences and placed in a maximum-security prison in Wisconsin. Chris Watts still chose to dump the bodies of his own family in oil tanks. After killing Shanann, he smothered the couples two young daughters, Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3, before dumping all their bodies at an oil drilling site where he worked. I will be civil and get along with your mom, we just all need to have mutual respect. The Chris Watts documentarydropped on Netflix in 2020 and shed light on the horrifying 2018 crimes. I can't and won't lose you without fighting for 'us'! Desperate to find explanations for Chris distant behavior, Shanann theorizedthat Chris wasmad over family drama. We have zero contact. Watts reportedly detailed the murder of Shannan Watts in one of his prison letters - as he also revealed that he'd been thinking about killing the loving mum for "weeks." Details of the. Chris Watts's mother said she thought Shanann was more capable of killing their daughters than Watts, who admitted to the crime. When the Netflix documentary American Murder: The Family Next Door that focused on his crime was released, Watts's father stated, "He has not been able to watch it [the documentary], he was never told about it or asked about it." She is almost 86 now but still refuses to accept responsibility for her actions. Celeste was allergic to nuts, which prompted Shanann to yell at Cindy about the ice cream choice. Chris is going to spend the rest of his life in prison and is receiving letters, including romantic ones. ", Related:Chris Watts Home Where He Murdered Wife Shanann and Two Daughters Still for Sale. 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. But, it seems that a former Colorado dad, Chris Watts, wanted his family dead for weeks. "He likes that attention, but as time goes by people are going to drop off. Chris had become cold and distant about five weeks before the murders and Shanann began to suspect an affair. It was a very hard relationship [with Shanaan] as far as Im concerned. His daughter Bella also witnessed her father wrapping her mother's body. I can't even explain how hard this pain hurts. Lady, I get that he is your son, but for the love of God, he brutally murdered his entire family! 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