They began dating in June 2018 and Kessinger has maintained that she didn't know he was married and that he told her not only that he and Shanann were separated, but that Shanann was pregnant with another man's child. Thanks for contacting us. Chris Watts' mother reportedly gave Shannan's youngest daughter nuts to eat despite a known, severe allergy to them. By the time the sentencing rolled around, Cindy and Ronnie had come to accept Chris' fate. Ronnie and Cindy Watts, who say they will always love their murderer son despite his horrendous crimes, claim the 35-year-old killer knows "nothing" about the new program, after reports he is feeling "shame" over it being aired. Then when the DIL doesnt respond positively, she uses that as proof that her son married the wrong woman. "He's going to die in prison. I am so lost for words. In a bombshell turn of events, on Nov. 6, 2018, Watts pleaded guilty to the slayings of his pregnant wife and their young children in exchange for being spared a possible death sentence. It's something that stays with you.". 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. I agree. It comes and then it passes away.". Chris, who was facing the death penalty, wisely took deal and pled guilty to the murders. Chris chose to murder [Shanann], Bella, Celeste, and Nico, her parents said. But inconsistencies in his statements to investigators stoked their suspicions and the facade he attempted to erect soon crumbled. "Being in the presence of someone, you look at them and their eyes turn black, it does something to you. Cadle included Watts' correspondence in her book Letters From Christopher," which is due to be published Wednesday, October 7. "I would say she's more capable than Christopher," she said. "All kinds of people will form opinions because of this tragedy but what they say doesn't matter," part of it read. Watts was convicted of the 2018 murders of his two young daughters, Bella and Celeste, and his pregnant wife Shanann. Sign up forOxygen Insiderfor all the best true crime content. For those that didn't tune in, don't worry, we've got you. I couldnt do anything right.. He had revealed he killed his wife, but he later amended his statement and owned up to killing all three. 2019 Creative Expansions, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Cheryln added: "I especially wish his family well and for them to be able to come to terms with what has happened. Watts was convicted of the 2018 murders of his two young daughters, Bella and Celeste, and his pregnant wife Shanann. Last night he was arrested for their murders. She says the last time she spoke with Watts he was "dead set" against going for an appeal, adding he is "very afraid" to go back to Colorado after receiving death threats. 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.. However, his family stood by him instead of condemning his unforgivable actions. Hes going to die in prison and theres no telling what will be done to him in prison and I just want him to fight, his mom said. A lot of questions. He insisted both of the girls were dead when he dropped them in the oil tankers. While a full picture of the couples life may never be made public, those who knew them have described a seemingly happy union possibly beset by tension. Lessons Learned In Life strives to offer you unique illustrations, posters and quotes besides collecting the information from the internet, books , magazines and various visual media. as being bossy by people online following the murders due to her assertive nature, vows to do whatever it takes. In pleading guilty last week, Chris admitted he was lying. 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. 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. Shanann Watts/Netflix/2020. "He thinks he can control you with his mind, and that's what he tried to do with me. Im so sorry for their huge loss. Shanann was 15 weeks pregnant with the couple's son when Chris strangled her to death inside . Shanaan, 34, was 15 weeks pregnant with a boy, Nico, at the time. When it came time to be a husband to his wife he felt like he was betraying his mom. 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." Shanann Watts (center) and her daughters. She is a lot like my ex mil who told me when we married that I took her FIRST LOVE away from her. "I asked Chris, 'If you did not do this, do not confess to something you didn't do,'" she said. c/o @DenverChannel pic.twitter.com/BAfwUcXI7Z. I missed watching you laugh and play with the kids. When people have difficulties in their marriage, they work it out or they part ways. And yet his parents wonder. I like what you said about Cindy Watts acting more like a jealous GF than a mother. Raw video: On Tuesday Chris Watts pleaded for the safe return of his pregnant wife Shannan and their two children. On August 13, 2018, Colorado dad Chris Watts murdered his pregnant wife, Shanann Watts (she was carrying their son, Nico), and their two daughters, 4-year-old Bella and 3-year-old Celeste. She was right; Chris had been carrying on an affair with a co-worker. The last 5 weeks have been so hard. Even CW says he mom did that. In turn, Cindy kicked Shanann out of the house. "It was pretty much just my mom and my sister, they didn't like her. She is almost 86 now but still refuses to accept responsibility for her actions. The shocking murders sparked speculation that Chris was secretly gay and having an affair and that he and Shanaan were on the brink ofseparating. The cruel man, who pleaded guilty to the murders, was given five life sentences and placed in a maximum-security prison in Wisconsin. Shanann Watts Family Was Incredibly Firm in Not Wanting Death for Murderous Husband. "This case is unbelievable, the interest there has been. Shanann was a wonderful soul. 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. ago It's well documented that Cindy did this. The letter was featured in the hit Netflix documentary American Murder: The Family Next Door. 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. Next, how Shanann Watts family feels about Netflixs American Murder: The Family Next Doorher brother speaks out. However, Chris never wanted to improve the relationship. Desperate to find explanations for Chris distant behavior, Shanann theorizedthat Chris wasmad over family drama. ago ???? I completely agree and I actually feel sorry for Chris because of her what a wicked horrible excuse of a mother he's perfect let's commit adultery and say he's finally seen the light what a piece of s*** scumbag hag. 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. Hardly ever do people plan murders to be rid of their partner and kids. I agree with you. Chris Watts acted like he was upset they were gone. She left it for Chris before leaving on a work trip with friends. They met in 2010 and were married in Mecklenburg County on November 3, 2012, according to online records. It all started on August 18 when the three were reported missing. Thank you,Brigitte Nicole,Creator/Administrator of Lessons Learned In Life. He pleaded guilty that November to all three slayings. "He was normal, he didn't have a temper, he was just easy-going like his Dad. 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. However, despite his heinous crimes, his family is supportive of him and believes his "very hard relationship" was responsible for the crime. Thats how Shanann Watts family is reportedly describing a recent interview by her killer husbands parents in which they defended him and claimed his marriage was very hard and even abusive. He wrote that the little girls both regained consciousness and got out of bed bruised and traumatized after he had killed Shannan, who was 15 weeks pregnant. This b**** ruined his life I think she deserves at least half the time that he has to serve I think she's a horrific human being and she will reap what she has sowed, I can understand why in the one csll he just called his dad, they speak about football games as if nothing ever happened. Two days later, however, Chris failed a lie detector test by such an extreme margin that police convinced him to confess, and even then, he was still dishonest: He alleged that Shanann had murdered their daughters and that he killed her in retaliation. The Watts family thought he was cheating because money was disappearing, but he was doing drugs. Ronnie supposedly did do "blow" when Chris left home. During one of the interviews, she tried to pin the murder of the two children on Shanann. I couldn't do anything right," said Cindy to ABC11. I went downstairs and confronted my mother in the kitchen. In doing so, they felt the need to make vicious, grotesque and utterly false statements.. Then his mom is non stop lying to him "people all over the world believe in you!" "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. An officer noted: "Shannan's mother called during this time . The parents of the Colorado man who murdered his pregnant wife and two young daughters claimed their son was in an abusive marriage with a manipulative woman who was more capable of carrying out the slayings than he was. 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. It caused a rift in the family dynamic and Shanann stopped talking to Chris' family. 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. 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. The couple spoke out after watching the Netflix documentary, American Murder: The Family Next Door. 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. CKSaps 2 yr. ago Hes not a sociopath, Cindy told KMGH from the North Carolina home she shares with husband Ronnie. He said, "Chris, I forgive you and your sister forgives you and we will never abandon you," according to The Sun. as he killed her. For one thing, I didn't feel like I was getting the . Weird. What a stupid horrible Exuse of a mother, she goes on and on about how perfect he is yet she did throw daggers on their marriage and she even mentions when he decides to leave the marriage which is not supposed to happen he has finally seen the light?! They will NEVER accept you and go out of their way, by their actions, to show you how unwelcome you are, and will always "put you in your place" to keep their imaginary position of queen of the universe. I knew if I took my hands off of her, she would still keep me from Nikki. Then he killed his daughters Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3 at his job site on an oil field. Desperate to find explanations for Chris distant behavior, Shanann theorizedthat Chris wasmad over family drama. Watts later pleaded guilty to all three killings and his mistress Kessingerhas been taken into witness protection in another state. hes completely on the money, the documentarys director, the very moment that their relationship fell apart. 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. 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. "Shanann Watts was a faithful wife, and the most gentle and loving mother in the world to her children Bella, Celeste, and Nico. This evil woman is the epitome of narcissistic mothers. I will be civil and get along with your mom, we just all need to have mutual respect, she wrote. 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. They just thought that Shanann had taken me away from them, to Colorado. Chris Watts was charged with the murders of Shanann and their daughters Bella and Celeste on Aug. 21, 2018. In exchange for his guilty plea, Chris was spared a possible death sentence and instead will spend the rest of his life in prison, according to prosecutors. I can't even explain how much this pain hurts. 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.". Watts previously told investigators that Shannan's killing was a spur-of-the-moment crime of passion and didn't admit to planning it. Apparently, she befriended the Watts family after the murder. "Chris, I forgive you and your sister forgives you and we will never abandon you," he said. D.A. I just want the truth because hes not the sociopath next door. Related: Chris Watts' Confession Letters Reveal Horrifying Murder Details About His Slaying of Shanann Watts and Daughters. She was also the best daughter any parent could ever hope for. Honestly, my ex-MIL lives in North Carolina too, and she is the EXACT same way. "He was normal, he didn't have a temper, he was just easy-going like his Dad. The deal with prosecutors spared him from the death penalty. Watts told Cadle that "little quiet Bella had a will to live" and was the only one to put up a fight against him, saying "daddy, no!" 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We quickly learn throughout the course of The Family Next Door that Chris' mother, Cindy Watts, did not get along with her daughter-in-law, Shanann, in the slightest. I wonder if she has even been to the cemetery yet, for the girls. We still love our son no matter what and we miss our grand babies. 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. I want him to plead not guilty to the children.". While Shanann had suspicions that he was seeing someone else, Chris did not confirm it to her until the night he knew he would take her life. Saying stuff like, "We know how she was." Cindy said she told her son: If he wasnt a murderer, he should not plead. Four days earlier, Chris, 33, pleaded guilty to murdering Shanann,. 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. Initially, he told cops that he had flown into a rage and killed Shanann after falsely claiming she had strangled their daughters. 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. Their false statements, however hurtful and inaccurate, will never alter the truth about Shanann, and will never alter the truth about the crimes committed by their son, Chris Watts.. Watts previously told investigators that Shannan's killing was a spur-of-the-moment crime of passion and didn't admit to planning it. At the . He's not a monster," said the mother. What happened? Cindy wondered. She also portrayed the dead woman as a negative influence on him. 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.. They said he told them he hid his daughters bodies in oil tanks away from Shanann, who was buried in a nearby shallow grave, to keep them apart. She wheeled on me and exploded in a rage, as if I were the one who had done something wrong. It was a very hard relationship [with Shanaan] as far as Im concerned. Chris parents did not return a call. I don't want him to take this plea deal. I can't even explain how hard this pain hurts. "He likes that attention, but as time goes by people are going to drop off. , she wrote a thoughtful and heartfelt letter to him in which she expressed her desire to fix their crumblingmarriage. I would have preferred those not to be in there, but they were, and there's nothing I can do about it. He's not a psychopath," his mother claimed in a televised interview. When she returned, he killed her. "All the weeks of me thinking about killing her, and now I was faced with it. This WHOLE TIME, she has been defending Chris, and supporting him. Cheryln added that she's disgusted he still has a "fan club" with numerous women still writing to him in prison, according to her sources. 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. Part of what got him there was actually Nichol Kessinger's cooperation with police. Related:What Happened to Nichol Kessinger? (I lived almost 3 hours away.) "She was a good soul," Frank told ABC in a previously released clip from the 20/20 episode. "It was a very hard relationship. Popplewell found photographs Shanann took of different drafts of that letter on her phone, which Shananns family provided to her. "By that time I was just kind of sick of his stunts, trying to control the narrative," she told The Sun. ", His father Ronnie said, "The Bible says if we confess our sins, God is faithful and just and will forgive us. Um no they don't. The parents told ABC 11 that Chris relationship with wife Shanann was abusive and that she isolated him from his family. She had just visited Chris parents in North Carolina and Chris mother Cindy Watts bought pistachio ice cream for the visit, according to a 2019 interview between Chris and investigators obtained by. Pregnant Shanann Watts and daughters Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3, were reported missing on Aug. 13, 2018 after she missed an OB-GYN appointment. "Ronnie and I watched it on Saturday night. In all our wedding pictures she is holding HIS HAND not her husbands. 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. He pled (sic) guilty to murdering his family because he is guilty," they said, according to Denver7. Chris Watts still chose to dump the bodies of his own family in oil tanks. . The cruel man, who pleaded guilty to the murders, was given five life sentences and placed in a maximum-security prison in Wisconsin. "Family killer" Chris Watts murdered his pregnant wife and his kids mercilessly. And Chris Watts still chose to lie about it until he could lie no more. "Hes not a sociopath. I missed smelling you in the sheets. Chris Watts' Mother Didn't Get Along With His Wife Shanann By Pippa Raga Sep. 30 2020, Updated 3:06 p.m. "Christopher, I don't see him capable at all" However, Watts admitted to him smothering both his daughters. Popplewell explainedthat up until the affair, the couple were happily married. "Her eyes filled with blood; as she looked at me and she died. Please read the rules before posting or commenting. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. 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She asked Watts to take her mother to the hospital but the man did not pay attention to her cries. Towards the end of her life, Shanann had realized that she was not giving Chris enough respect and was going to change. On 13 September 2018, CNN reported " Kim Kaufmann wrote in to us and said, many people are behind Chris. These statements, however hurtful and inaccurate, will never alter the truth about [Shanann], and will never alter the truth about the crimes committed by their son, Chris Watts, her parents said. Shes been happily married for eight years, shes pregnant with her third child and all of a sudden he doesnt want to be in this relationship anymore. She made me so angry. "It was about typical of what I thought it would be, I wasn't shocked by any of it really. He was also charged for the death of his unborn child, whom Shanann had named Nico. I love seeing their smile with you.". Shanann, 34, was a faithful wife, and the most gentle and loving mother in the world to her children Bella, Celeste, and Nico [her unborn child], her parents said, according to local TV station KMGH. Cindy Watts wasn't able to accept that her son killed his own daughters even after he confessed to it. 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. Your brother just annihilated your nieces, nephew and sister in law but no mention of that Jamie? It hurts me. No copyright infringement is intended. American Murder: The Family Next Door is available on Netflix Wednesday. ", "She said a lot of things about Chris in front of me that I didn't like," she told NBC. Cindy and Ronnie Watts, Chris mom and dad, spoke out Monday for the first time about the case in an interview with KMGH. "My mom just never thought she was good enough," Watts tells law officials at one point in the documentary. Then, when I saw the preview yesterday for his video calls he's had with his family, coming out later this month, his mom is acting like he, and Shan'ann just got into a fight, and he slapped her. After watching American Murder: The Family Next Door more than once, I had questions. She wrote about her encounters with Cindy Watts - a. "Im gonna write to you so much" , "we miss you so much" , "your hair looks so good!!!" *THIS IS A TRUE CRIME SUBREDDIT* Colorado husband and father Chris Watts pleaded guilty to the August murders of his pregnant wife, Shan'ann, and daughters, 3-year-old Celeste and 4-year-old Bella, after having previously attempted to place the blame on Shan'ann for their . Christopher, I dont see him capable at all, but if something happened that night and that did happen God forbid if it did happen what was the trigger? Lessons Learned In Life does not claim credit and own any of the matter compiled from them . ", In other interviews, Cindy admits she didn't like Shanann or the way she treated her son, and didn't even attend their wedding "because Shanann and I just couldn't get along. I am so lost for words, she wrote. I found the letter--it was obviously a card or invitation--opened it, and discovered that the party had been the prior week. You crazy bit*h. Agreed! On Aug. 15, 2018, less than a week after his wife and daughters disappeared, Chris Watts failed a polygraph test. Chris was actively cheating on his wife with a co-worker at the time of the murders, according to police. Raw video: On Tuesday Chris Watts pleaded for the safe return of his pregnant wife Shannan and their two children. 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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. , Chris admitted he was just easy-going like his Dad time goes by online! 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