His daughters were still alive, but his 4-year-old, Bella was asking what happened to her mother, Watts told police. He then took Celeste to the east well and dropped her in feet first, he told police. I won a raffle at work for a Rockies game. [The babysitter] recalled Chris and his daughters left her home at about 3.30pm.'. The vehicle seen in the video was used to carrytheslain family members his wife, Shanann, and the couples two young girls, Bella and Celeste, Weld County District Attorney Michael Rourke told KCNC. Within days, he was charged with killing his family. Watts, a 33-year-old Colorado oil worker, killed his wife, Shanann, who was 15 weeks pregnant, along with his two daughters aged three and four on August 13, 2018. He says Chris had walked from the garage to the front of the car, theres no visual of him walking back but hes seen coming out again from the garage to the front. Nick when describing what Chris did as far as cleaning up etc. "The external genitalia are largely normal adult female, however, the internal genitalia are protruding through the vaginal vault," the autopsy stated. Chris Watts' daughters Bella, Celeste suffered 'skin slippage' after their bodies were taken out of oil tanker. If this video really shows one of the girls walking out, then it proves SW did not kill the children. Shannan's dad Frank Rzucek saw Watts and Bella on Facetime that evening, telling cops she was happily eating pizza. We pay for your stories! Now, one of his coworkers has revealed how he first noticed Watts was changing. He booked the sitter, messaging: "Do you think McKenna is available to watch the girls for a few hours tomorrow night? To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. Lots of very strange glitches, almost like someone doctored the video, deleted the parts where something was going on and instead inserted duplicates of "nothing there", a lot of duplicates https://youtu.be/cNKqAv6l9_M. I know the red gas can was seized by police but was it tested at all? The evidence that destroyed the killer father's alibi has been revealed. All three autopsies cite the cause of death as the "asphyxiation due to manual strangulation by another individual. window.googletag.cmd.push(function() { I recall she was unearthed wearing a Tee, black bra and blue thong style underwear. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. hitType: 'event', [Chris] hasnt touched me all week, kissed me, talked to me except for when Im trying to figure out what is wrong.. They also found part of a broken rake that Watts confessed to using to clear the brush where he buried Shanann. Frank and Sandra Rzucek revealed that Shanann had overcome enormous obstacles to give birth to her two little girls, Bella and Celeste. He then spent a normal day at work and frequently texted his girlfriend, even as police began investigating his family's disappearance. ga('create', 'UA-67136960-15', 'auto', 'ads'); It starts with the fetus then skull commercial which clearly ups the anxiety in the room and as the video starts to play he realizes how much of his driveway can be seen and the panic sets in as he places his hands on his head then he turns away with that oh shit they got look on his face and then realizes hes making himself look guilty so he looks back at the video realizing that yes it looked suspect but he still had a chance to lie because no physical bodies were seen and the tension lifts from his face as he goes into lying mode. Chris Watts watched surveillance footage that showed him loading bodies into his truck just hours after he murdered his family The footage, captured by a police officer's bodycam and obtained. Bella was in the west oil tank and Celeste was inside the east tank. Just curious how you reached the conclusion her clothes were changed. } I believe he loads her into back seat on the driver's side of the vehicle, then goes around to the passenger side and pulls her in the rest of the way, which is blocked by the tree. Watching him watch the video is the best. Watts had pretended he was at a Colorado Rockies baseball game. }); It was later revealed that Watts had stuffed the bodies of his two children through an 8-inch hole in two oil tankers, scraping their arms and legs in the process. 'Trooper Reeder grasped the upper portion of her right arm to turn her over. The comments below have not been moderated, By Please fill in your e-mail so we can share with you our top stories! When he does appear on the camera side, hes carrying what appears to be a red gas can or toolbox. gads_event = event; There was also some skin on the plywood where her back made contact.'. Investigators reported that they found what looked like blonde hairs on at least one of the tank rims. He added: "If I could have my babies back home right now, I wouldI want them backI want everybody backthat is the Gods honest truth.". He texted Roberts that he would be making the drive out to one of the more distant oil fields that was managed by his company, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, the following day. Watts' co-worker Roberts later told the an agent with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation that it was 'unusual' that Watts had texted him on a weekend, and stated that he did arrive to the site alone on Monday morning. The recordings from the Weld County District Attorneys Office, captured by a nearby homes security camera, were obtained by KCNC. What exactly is the "Nate's cctv" Weld has been sending out. Any thoughts on this? Watts then put Bellas little body in the well and went to bury Shanann. hitType: 'event', Trooper Reeder then lifted her by both upper arms as I held her right leg. 'Trooper Bandy grasped the left wrist and shoulder area as Sergeant Armstrong did the same on the right side. hitType: 'event', Also, very strange that Frankie Junior said he saw another video which was "too disturbing for the public" as he put it; and then, a couple of months ago this Frankie's post was scrubbed from the internet, but we remember his statement about "there was another video". Frank Rzucek stated in an interview with police that he spoke with both Watts and Bella, who was eating cold pizza and candy. TheWeld County District Attorney's office released the footage in which Watts says: "She hurt them. A separate video, released previously of the same morning, shows Watts carrying the bodies of his 15-week-pregnant wife and two young daughter Bella, four, and Celeste, three, out to his car at 5.30am. Something seemed slightly off about Chris Watts on Aug. 13, a co-worker told police, but he couldn't imagine the reason why - that Watts had earlier that morning dumped the bodies of his pregnant wife and two daughters, whom he'd killed just hours earlier. Shanann Watts' fetus had been expelled from her body that was buried in shallow grave by husband Chris Watts. It also noted "abundant skin slippage" on the bodies. 'Celeste and Bella are friends of her younger brother. However, he has since pleaded guilty to killing his daughters and wife. The service station video shows a man who is calm, and seems at odds with the atrocious crime he had just committed. Authorities have since released a number of files related to the case, including police station footage of Watts telling his father that he 'freaked out' and murdered his wife. window.googletag.pubads().addEventListener('slotRenderEnded', function(event) { claimed he caught her strangling their daughters. And then I killed her. It was tested. There is an approximate 17 cm umbilical cord extending to disrupted placental disc. Following the other's lead, etc. He admitted to assuring his daughter that she would see her mother in the morning. I won a raffle at work for a Rockies game. Officers in self-contained breathing gear to protect them from the fumes entered the tanks and removed the bodies of the little girls. The girls, who'd been smothered by Watts'. Did it have anything in it? Then Watts did the same thing to Bella, but he told police she said, No, Daddy! and put up a fight while he suffocated her. It clearly shows him bend down to pick up a walking Bella after carrying CeCe there first. She was too young to comprehend what was going on but old enough to be fearful. 17:55 EST 29 Nov 2018 The men next went about removing the body of the second victim, which was found in the second oil tank. His mistressNicol Kessinger told cops that Watts told her he was getting a divorce and failed to mention thatShanann was pregnant. Watts was formally charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder, one count of unlawful termination of a pregnancy, and three counts of tampering with a deceased human body. We dont know what cover up and cleaning up operations Watts did inside the house after the crime. Watts, per his own admission in interviews with law enforcement officials, then took his daughters home, gave them both showers, fed them pizza and got them each a snack before putting them to bed. He even text a co-worker laying plans to dump their bodies then took them home for pizza before murdering them in their beds. After they probed it, they found it to be the fetus that had expelled out of her body post her death. Watts had told authorities just one day prior that it was his wife Shanann who killed the girls, claiming that he in turn murdered her in a rage. We've received your submission. There is a 10 second delay and he must have bypassed the motion detector somehow within that 10 secs, coming from the passenger side back to the garage, is my guess, because that would have taken far less than 10 secs. ga('ads.send', { The children and the mother were each pronounced dead at different times, pointing to the difficulty of the recovery process of their bodies. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. When he does appear on the camera side, he's carrying what appears to be a red gas can or toolbox. Granted, most women dont go to bed wearing a bra, if she was even strangled in her sleep, but due to pregnancy and larger breasts, maybe she opted to keep a bra on. That video would later be used to draw out Watts' confession before he was formally charged with murder. The experts couldn't determine its gender given the condition of the fetus and it was given to the CBI for genetic analysis. Watts pleaded guilty in the face of overwhelming evidence in order to avoid the death penalty. But later he admitted that in the early morning hours of August 13, after telling Shanaan that he wanted out of the marriage, and after some emotional conversation, he strangled her in their bed. McCoy said usually Watts was wearing his newer boots with his pants over the boots. Because when NUA, her son, and the police were there, the Lexus was in the garage. Their mother and unborn baby brother Nico were found just 100 yards away in a shallow grave. So, perhaps the little shadows CW appears to bend down to was the dog? This community exists to discuss the murders of the Watts family and the subsequent arrest of Chris Watts. Watts, who had initially reported them missing and had made a public plea for their return, was arrested as he admitted to killing them. Last week video was released showing the moment Chris Watts confessed to his dad that he killed his pregnant wife - but still blaming her for their daughter's deaths. 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Shanann's father was one of the last people to see the girls, revealing he spoke to them on FaceTime on Sunday evening. reporters on a platform technologically tailored to meet the needs of the modern reader. Shananns body was recovered from a shallow grave near the tankers. Chris Watts told detectives that, when he backed his truck into the driveway, it was his wife and daughters' bodies he loaded into the back seat, the affidavit states. Watts had told police and his wife Shanann's friends and family that she and daughters Bella and Celeste had run off that day while he was at work, but footage proved that was not the case. A babysitter, who was the sister of the birthday boy whose party Watts and the girls attended that Sunday, also spoke with an agent with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. Where Chris Watts Familys Dead Bodies Were Found, Please review our privacy policy here: https://heavy.com/privacy-policy/, Copyright 2023 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. At 16:25 is where it is believed CW is bending down to pick up one of the children (the "shadow" part of the video). He dumped the bodies of his children in two oil tankers, where he worked. We are one of the worlds fastest growing Once the tanks were emptied, the bolts on the tank doors at the base of the barrel were taken off by the team on the scene. Did Chris Watts not mind his wife Shanann humiliating him on Facebook? Chris Watts. New video of Chris Watts, the Colorado man who was sentenced this month for killing his pregnant wife and their two daughters in August, surfaced Thursday that reportedly showed him. There is a channel explaining all this but Im not sure about linking it. They were in extreme trauma seeing their mother in a sheet, in the middle of the night, my kids and most of the young children around 4 I have taken care of would be following their father, clinging to him for comfort and assurance that all was ok. It appeared to be a small female child,' reads the report. The body was turned over to the Weld County Coroner. December 7, 2018 Share a story idea with ABC News Live Ther girls were found in two different oil wells that contained crude oil. The report reveals that the diameter of the oil tank's opening was only 8 inches, meaning it would have been too small to fit Shanann's body. In the clip, Watts is shown surveillance footage captured by a neighbor's security camera that showed him loading his family's bodies into his truck. The seats in the back of the truck can be lifted up and it is possible he put her under the seats then put them back down so the children could sit. }); How long have Keir Starmer and Sue Gray been secretly cooking up their plot? In Watts first confession he lied. Shanann's autopsy, however, revealed a heartbreaking detail about the child she was carrying at the time of the murder. Two months alter, Watts changed his story and entered a guilty plea to all three murders. Because of the level of oil sludge and toxic fumes, the men could only remain in the tank for a matter of minutes, making the process that much more complicated and difficult. Watts himself is also dressed in dark clothes: a dark shirt, navy blue baggy trousers and black boots [though not the boots he normall wore]. "And I think you already know that. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. Watts set up the babysitter the night before by texting her father, stating: 'Do you think McKenna is available to watch the girls for a few hours tomorrow night? And he mentioned the mascara running down her face as well. 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This is also based on the children being murdered first. Watts was having an affair, and rather than face a messy divorce he killed his wife and slaughtered his children. , updated This sub is for factual information, mourning, and speculative discussion only - no harassment of the victims or family members. Yes definitely walking backwards dragging Shannan. His story was that hed asked for a separation and then a short time later he claimed he caught her strangling their daughters which caused him to fly into a rage and do the same to Shanaan, according to investigation documents by the Colorado Bureau of Investigations. if(document.querySelector("#adunit")){ Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. An itemhe was holding resembled a red gasoline can. Press J to jump to the feed. This crime was portrayed in the Netflix series 'American Murder: The Family Next Door'. This idea goes along with the statements from Shannans family about Chris carrying the bodies and possibly got Chriss parents to understand his guilt. So CW was able to hide lots. Watts admitted to killing his wife but claimed that he had done so after she had killed the couple's two tiny daughters, Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3. Yes, there is a way to test whether bodies could be placed through the Thief Hatch with [or possibly without] breaking bones but youre not going to like it, Welcome to the Post Truth Phase of the Chris Watts Case, Exclusive Interview with the Lindstrom Couple, Proof The Third Baby Was All Chris Watts Idea, The Final Three Weeks of the Phone Data Review #2YearsAgoTodayCW. media-tech companies with hubs around the world. We did not locate any additional evidence in tank. So it would make no sense to let her get into bed and go to sleep, because the real Shanann would have removed it [she was OCD in that respect]. Lupus can complicate pregnancy with an increased risk of miscarriage, premature delivery, and preeclampsia, as well as heart problems in the baby. It was later discovered that Watts was having an affair with a fellow co-worker at the oil company. Bella had a cut on the inside of her lip and a bite on her tongue. } Bella adored her baby sister. Or was the Lexus not parked out on the street while Chris was loading the truck? So Watts was likely aware that while the surveillance video captured him, it couldnt see everything he was doing, and since he went to work each day, the small area showing him leaving wouldnt reveal any more than him simply leaving to go to work on an average work day. We exited the tank and walked over to the field south of the tanks. In his haste to get dressed, probably due to frantic cleaning up operations inside the home [showering, vacuuming, wiping Shananns handset, cleaning, re-clothing Shananns body, doing the laundry, wrapping Shananns body in a sheet and the children in garbage bags] Watts forgets to tuck in his one trouser leg. },false) Watts was employed by the Anadarko Petroleum Corporation at the time. Thats where Watts told police he smothered both of his daughters and put their bodies in two different oil wells. Watts stated that he had asked Shannan, 34, for a divorce and that she had lashed out at him by murdering the two children. The moment Chris Watts realizes he was caught on surveillance footage Authorities say a neighbor's security video shows Chris Watts making three trips from the house to his truck carrying something the morning his wife and children disappeared. ', The report also notes: 'During this extraction there was some skin slippage where we had to touch the victims body. Some people believe Nicole Kessinger was involved, but I do not. , updated AmoMama creates engaging, meaningful content for women. 'We anticipated the bodies to be covered in crude oil and were going to use the pools to put each body in, once recovered.'. window.adsContainer = {"positionAfterTitle":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle5_Rel_Newrev","isOrganicUserAd":true,"max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position2":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_After_Title_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position3":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Below_Next_Rel_Newrev","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position4":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle_Rel_Newrev","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position5":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle1_Rel_Newrev","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position6":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle2_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position7":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle3_Rel_Newrev","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position8":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle4_Rel_Newrev","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position9":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle5_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position10":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle6_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position11":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle7_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position12":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle8_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position13":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle9_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position14":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle10_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position15":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle11_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position16":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle12_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"positionTop":{"code":"Article_Desktop_970x250_Header_Rel","isOrganicUserAd":false,"max_width":970,"max_height":250},"positionBottom":{"code":"Article_Desktop_Sidebar_Bottom_Rel_Newrev","isOrganicUserAd":true,"max_width":300,"max_height":600},"positionBottomRight":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_After_Title_Rel_Newrev","isOrganicUserAd":true,"max_width":336,"max_height":280}} Earlier this month, Chris was sentenced to life in prison after he pled guilty to killing his pregnant 34-year-old wife Shan'ann Watts, and their daughters, Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3, in August . reporters on a platform technologically tailored to meet the needs of the modern reader. }); MEAWW is an initialism for Media Entertainment Arts WorldWide. Definitely hard to watch that evil in progress. Murdaugh is heckled as he leaves court, Ken Bruce finishes his 30-year tenure as host of BBC Radio 2, Missing hiker buried under snow forces arm out to wave to helicopter, Hershey's Canada releases HER for SHE bars featuring a trans activist, Insane moment river of rocks falls onto Malibu Canyon in CA, Fleet-footed cop chases an offender riding a scooter, Family of a 10-month-old baby filmed vaping open up. True Crime Analysis, Breakthroughs, Insights & Discussions Hosted by Bestselling Author Nick van der Leek. This story has been shared 134,152 times. By Video Shows Chris Watts Loading Truck After Killing Pregnant Wife, Daughters CBS Colorado 97.5K subscribers Subscribe 236 261K views 4 years ago Newly released video, obtained from the Weld. He did not realise that moment earlier Watts had buried Shannon in a shallow grave, and dumped the two girls in oil tanks. According to the confession notes he may have had to manipulate her to get her inside.. However, he has since pleaded guilty to killing his daughters and wife. All Lupus pregnancies are considered high risk, but Shanann was determined to have a family. Moments later, a truck can be seen reversing. Shanann Watts was pronounced dead at 5 am on August 16, Celeste at 3:40 pm, and Bella at 5:50 pm on the same day. Bella was 4 and her sister Celeste had just turned 3 at the time they were murdered by their father. You can see CW walk towards the child pick her up and place in his truck. '[The babysitter] stated the following day, Sunday August 12, 2018, Chris, Celeste and Bella came to her home for a birthday party for her younger brother,' reads the CBI report. Even so, Watts seems to take precautions by mostly loading the bodies on the side of the truck thats opposite [and out of view] of surveillance camera. Adjacent to the probable uterus is a largely degraded portion of tissue that is unfortunately covered in sandy debris from the gravesite. She broke down in tears in the chat with police just days after Watts had murdered his family. In one of the videos, Watts, in the top left, is briefly spotted walking down his driveway. The toxicology results likely represent decomposition and an artifact of being submerged in an oil tank for several days. READ NEXT: How did Robert Hansens Wife & 2 Kids Have No Idea He Was a Serial Killer? }); I had two young daughters close in age like that and they behave much like twins together, children of that age. hitType: 'event', Footage has also been released which shows the moment he was told he hadfailed a polygraph test. According to Watts, he placed all three bodies in the cabin portion of the truck, behind the front passenger seat. Youre a lot more perceptive with things like that Ive noticed, wondering what I may have missed! That day he did not seem to be out of sorts according to Roberts, but did make multiple trips to his car. Authorities say Watts, 33, killed his wife Shanann, 34, and their daughters, Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3, on August 13 before disposing of them at a secluded site where he worked.
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