Add to the list of documents and evidence missing. 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. I wonder if he had a thought to incinerate Shannan's body, and the sheet left at Cervi was intended to start the fire. FREDERICK, COLORADO: Chris Watts, who worked as an oil field operator at Andarko Petroleum in Frederick, Colorado, committed a truly shocking crime, killing his own family. 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. hitType: 'event', Some footage of the surveillance show a small shadow moving towards CW from the garage. Watts had just failed a polygraph test at the police station when he asked to speak with his father who was in the waiting room. Lets examine something from the Watts Crime Scene and find out | True Crime Rocket Science / #tcrs. There is a channel explaining all this but Im not sure about linking it. 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. They could actually see what he was carrying? 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. The graphic autopsy reports, released by the Weld County Coroner, detailed the condition of all the three bodies that were recovered from an oil site owned by Anadarko Petroleum. Autopsy reports of Chris Watts' two slain daughters, 4-year-old Bella Watts, and 3-year-old Celeste Watts, revealed that the children were smothered to death and that little Bella even attempted to fight off her murderous father, biting her tongue and cheeks in the process. However, he has since pleaded guilty to killing his daughters and wife. 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 toxicology results likely represent decomposition and an artifact of being submerged in an oil tank for several days. [Chris] hasnt touched me all week, kissed me, talked to me except for when Im trying to figure out what is wrong.. I watched the part of the video you are referring to, wanting to know how much time passed from dragging Shannan until he returns to the garage, but we next see him coming out from the garage again less than a minute later. Ill THRIVE for Shanann everyday! #thriveexperience #thrivelevel #shanannwatts #family #celestecathryn #bellamarie #nicolee, A post shared by Carlie (@_blonde.love_) on Oct 6, 2019 at 6:17pm PDT, In Watts confession, he said he smothered his 3-year-old daughter who they called CeCe by putting a blanket over her head and covering her mouth and nose with his hands as his daughter Bella watched. Police investigating the family's disappearance had very quickly become suspicious of Watts and learned of an ongoing affair with a co-worker. The experts couldn't determine its gender given the condition of the fetus and it was given to the CBI for genetic analysis. At 5pm he text co-worker Kodi Roberts to say he was going to go to a far-out oil fields that managed by his company, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation the following day. Watts also moves the pick-up forward slightly at some point during the operation, so that its completely obscured behind the neighbors tree. It later emerged he was visiting his mistress, Nichol Kessinger. Frank Rzucek stated in an interview with police that he spoke with both Watts and Bella, who was eating cold pizza and candy. Following the other's lead, etc. window.googletag.pubads().addEventListener('slotRenderEnded', function(event) { You can WhatsApp us on 07810 791 502. The manner of death is homicide," their autopsy stated. 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. if(document.querySelector("#ads")){ Footage of Chris removing the bodies was edited to mask the bodies This is why there are so many little artifacts in that video. After they probed it, they found it to be the fetus that had expelled out of her body post her death. On November 19, 2018, Christopher Watts, 33, was sentenced to three life sentences without the possibility of parole for the August 2017 killings of his pregnant wife and two young daughters. According to the confession notes he may have had to manipulate her to get her inside.. That day he did not seem to be out of sorts according to Roberts, but did make multiple trips to his car. Required fields are marked *. 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. Details of their murders have continued to unravel since Watts' was arrested on August 16 - three days after a friend first reported Shanann Watts and the girls missing. }); Nicol said: "It's like, you know, I'm gonnawake up every day and know that likethis mum and her unborn child and thesetwo little girls are not around anymoreand it breaks my heart.". The moment that Watts realized he was done for was captured on a Policeman's bodycam, and the footage has been released. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. As the children were passed out of the tanks, their skin came away from their bodies. '[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. 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]. 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It was later discovered that Watts was having an affair with a fellow co-worker at the oil company. Parking the Lexus on the street accomplished two things: 1) Shanann couldnt see when he left or came as the garage was hooked to Vivint 2) he had an excuse to come and see the footage (he told Nate thats why he was parking it on the street: to lure the criminals). Watts said Bella woke up twice in the night to ask when her mum was coming home. Watts was having an affair, and rather than face a messy divorce he killed his wife and slaughtered his children. Bella followed because she was following her sister and she trusted her father. Trooper Reeder then lifted her by both upper arms as I held her right leg. 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]. Watts was sentenced to five life sentences without the possibility of parole. Watts' co-worker Roberts told investigators it was "unusual" for Watts to text him on a weekend. MEAWW is an initialism for Media Entertainment Arts WorldWide. Shanann had been diagnosed with Lupus, a life-threatening long-term auto-immune condition. First, the two 400-barrel oil tanks had to be manually drained. Chris Watts confessed to killing his pregnant wife and two young daughters. There was also some skin on the plywood where her back made contact.'. ga('ads.send', { 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. Your email address will not be published. media-tech companies with hubs around the world. Watts is seen wearing an orange teeshirt, cap and sunglasses as he buys breakfastBut he only confessed to part of his crime after failing a lie detector test and still did not admit to smothering their two daughters, Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3, in Colorado. 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 Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. We collect and tell stories of people from all around the world. 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. The autopsy states the mother's internal genitalia was protruding and there was a tissue attached to it that had largely decomposed. The bodies were found four days later. Watts stated that he had asked Shannan, 34, for a divorce and that she had lashed out at him by murdering the two children. MEAWW brings you the best content from its global team of o Surveillance Footage whered it comefrom? Or was the Lexus not parked out on the street while Chris was loading the truck? 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. I had to watch it a couple of times but yes I see it. However, he later entered a guilty plea in exchange for five life sentences without parole. Even so, Watts seems to take precautions by mostly loading the bodies on the side of the truck that's opposite [and out of view] of surveillance camera. All three autopsies cite the cause of death as the "asphyxiation due to manual strangulation by another individual. It appeared to be a small female child,' reads the report. In another portion of the video, Watts appears to be near the vehicle and placing somethingin the trucks bed, KCNC reported. Chris Spargo For Dailymail.com, REVEALED: Chris Watts' mistress was searching for wedding dresses a week before murders, Googled 'anal sex' prior to last date and asked how much Amber Frey made from her book deal, Revealed: Killer dad Chris Watts played out 'rape fantasy' with woman he met on Tinder who says she was forced to fight him off after he tried an unwelcome sex act after Chick-fil-A date, Mom who lost both sons to fentanyl blasts laughing Biden, Two Russian tanks annihilated with bombs by Ukrainian armed forces, Isabel Oakeshott receives 'menacing' message from Matt Hancock, Pavement where disabled woman gestured at cyclist before fatal crash, Pro-Ukrainian drone lands on Russian spy planes exposing location, 'Buster is next!' Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team? Kessinger said while their relationship may have 'accelerated the process', she believed Watts would have committed the murders if she was around or not. The comments below have not been moderated, By McCoy said usually Watts was wearing his newer boots with his pants over the boots. In order to remove the girls from the tanks, the oil had to be drained from the well and the east tank took six hours to drain, according to the CBI report. 'Trooper Reeder grasped the upper portion of her right arm to turn her over. He told investigators that he killed his wife, Shanann, because she killed their daughters. Chris Watts: The Gamechanging Video Surveillance Footage whered it comefrom? "There is postmortem artifact consisting of bloating, the marbling of the abdominal surfaces, and areas of skin slippage. The process of removing the bodies began at 5am on the morning of August 16 and would go on for almost 14 hours, with the report noting that at 6:45pm that evening members of the Colorado State Patrol cleared the scene. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. 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. let gads_event; "Based on the history provided and the autopsy findings, the cause of death is asphyxiation due to smothering. 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? What exactly is the "Nate's cctv" Weld has been sending out. hitType: 'event', His daughters were still alive, but his 4-year-old, Bella was asking what happened to her mother, Watts told police. It was Trinastich who provided investigators with the gamechanging video surveillance that showed not only Chris Watts backing up his truck and leaving on the morning of the murders, but also that no one else left the Watts home that morning. hitType: 'event', 'Trooper Reeder went in first then me close behind. 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Another aspect that I believe supports this idea is her make-up/mascara. 'We anticipated the bodies to be covered in crude oil and were going to use the pools to put each body in, once recovered.'. When they finally were able to remove the children, both were wearing their nightgowns. About the living shadows I havent seen or heard anything about where Dieter was during the loading of the truck? This story has been shared 124,807 times. Are you a true crime Rookie or Rocket Scientist? News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. [The babysitter] recalled Chris and his daughters left her home at about 3.30pm.'. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. 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. There was a body face down on the south side of the tank with the head facing west. I recall she was unearthed wearing a Tee, black bra and blue thong style underwear. This is why I wonder where the kids were at that time? This proves SW didn't kill the kids to people who still wonder. December 7, 2018 Share a story idea with ABC News Live 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. Officers in self-contained breathing gear to protect them from the fumes entered the tanks and removed the bodies of the little girls. 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. Dieter was known to howl whenever he was put into his cage when they would leave the house and I would imagine CW letting him walk about freely during the loading as opposed to risking the attention of the howling. It also noted "abundant skin slippage" on the bodies. Press J to jump to the feed. When Nickole Atkinson arrived at the house, Watts saw her on his porch camera [relayed to his smartphone]. The creator of the video mentioned something really interesting. }); Watts claimed that he put the girls down before 8pm and that Bella woke up twice, running out to ask when her mom would be returning home. Shananns body was recovered from a shallow grave near the tankers. Nick Thayer also knew that Watts knew about Trinastichs camera. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Shanann had an inkling that all was not well, and confided in a friend: He has changed. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. Now, in new true-crime documentary Chris Watts: A Faking It Special a body language expert examines television footage of Watts appealing for his family's return in the immediate aftermath of . ga('ads.send', { Shanann Watts' fetus had been expelled from her body that was buried in shallow grave by husband Chris Watts. Thats where Watts told police he smothered both of his daughters and put their bodies in two different oil wells. , updated That is so sad, he's a monster. It was later discovered that Watts was having an affair with a fellow co-worker at the oil company. 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. According to the CBI, the well site is in a remote area accessible by various dirt roads. ', The report also notes: 'During this extraction there was some skin slippage where we had to touch the victims body. The idea is that the police released little carefully edited clips of the footage in the discovery. Many people have not seen this video of Chris Watts walking backwards dragging Shannan in the sheet on the ground and loading Shannan in the truck (9:35 in video). Watts, who had initially reported them missing and had made a public plea for their return, was arrested as he admitted to killing them. I agree that him fiddling around the truck with the gas can was just to make it look like he was having a normal day. At this point, Trooper Reeder was able to secure her left arm and left leg. His father dropped his head into his hands and said:'Oh my god.'. Just totally sickening. Watts pleaded guilty in the face of overwhelming evidence in order to avoid the death penalty. ga('ads.send', { Gina Torres's Husband: Inside the Actress's Marriage to Laurence Fishburne and Her New Romance, Taylor Lewan's Wife Taylin Met Him 10 Days before Valentine's Day, Parents Abandon Newborn for Having Down Syndrome, Nurse Gives Him a Mother's Love, Sarah Lancashire's Boss Peter Salmon Left His Wife of 20 Years for Her - inside Their Blended Family with 6 Boys, Grieving Mother Sells Deceased Baby's Crib to Elderly Man, He Brings It Back a Week Later, 20 Years after Newborn Daughters Death, Man Hears, Dad, I Finally Found You Story of the Day. } I've watched this video so many times and I can't see him walking backwards. In fact, the footage did not capture anyone leaving the house that day but Watts. By not having her in trousers, maybe he was trying to create the impression she was abducted, sexually assaulted and then murdered. The new video occurred on the day after committing the murders. Watts is serving a life sentence in the US for killing his wife Shanann, 34 - who was carrying his unborn son, Nico - and two daughters, Bella, four, and Celeste, three, so he could be with . 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. And during all of that, he was texting on and off as well. The security footage was taken from a neighbour's home and released by . Nick when describing what Chris did as far as cleaning up etc. It clearly shows him bend down to pick up a walking Bella after carrying CeCe there first. Thanks for contacting us. So CW was able to hide lots. All Lupus pregnancies are considered high risk, but Shanann was determined to have a family. },false) Do we have footage of Chris moving the truck out of the driveway and replacing the Lexus in the garage that Monday morning? 'Very open to the idea': Julia Wandelt takes DNA test to verify if she is missing Swiss girl Livia Schepp, Kayla Lemieux: Teacher with prosthetic Z-cup breasts suspended WITH PAY after pics show her dressed as man, 'We have lots to reveal': Madeleine McCann lookalike Julia Wandelt posts footage of meeting with PI probing claims, Lindsay Clancy case: Psychologist reveals psychosis red flags family members could have spotted, Baby Mia Jade Riley: Parents Lani and Tom Riley speak out after dog attack killed their 5-week-old infant. Some people believe Nicole Kessinger was involved, but I do not. eventAction: 'load' This also explains why Atkinsons vehicle is seen arriving but not leaving. "lt's with people I don't know from work, but I haven't been to a game in a while where the kids aren't involved and only last an inning lol.". https://crimerocket.com/2019/02/21/chris-watts-which-documents-are-still-missing-and-how-to-request-documents-from-weld-county/, Someone already has put it. Either Nate or Coonrod said, "the only way they could have left the house is through your truck" and stupid Chris responds, "Okay.". She said that Saturday Watts had asked her to mind the children while he attended a Rockies game. }); You did not pass the polygraph test. Lupus can complicate pregnancy with an increased risk of miscarriage, premature delivery, and preeclampsia, as well as heart problems in the baby. eventAction: 'click_ads' Chris Spargo For Dailymail.com Two months alter, Watts changed his story and entered a guilty plea to all three murders. document.querySelector("#ads").addEventListener('click',function(){ Unbeknownst to Roberts, he had just buried his wife in a shallow grave and dumped his daughters in an oil tank. We are one of the worlds fastest growing ga('create', 'UA-67136960-15', 'auto', 'ads'); Their report said that at the highest point of her buried body there was only three inches of dirt covering her. Moments later, a truck can be seen reversing. }); A complete autopsy of the victims of Chris Watts his daughters Bella and Celeste, and wife Shanann Watts revealed that Shanann's fetus had been expelled from her body, which was buried in a shallow grave. Please fill in your e-mail so we can share with you our top stories! Bella was in the west oil tank and Celeste was inside the east tank. media-tech companies with hubs around the world. Some have speculated that this may be Bella. We exited the tank and walked over to the field south of the tanks. 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. The Colorado Bureau of Investigations described the site as a cattle ranch in rural Weld County with numerous oil and gas wells leased to Anadarko.. Watts had pretended he was at a Colorado Rockies baseball game. before he left the house the morning of August 13, what do you mean when you say re-clothing Shananns body? Watching him watch the video is the best. Shanann's autopsy, however, revealed a heartbreaking detail about the child she was carrying at the time of the murder. It was just a few hours after he buried the body of his wife and dumped his daughters in oil tanks that Chris Watts' alibi began to fall apart. He admitted to assuring his daughter that she would see her mother in the morning. So if he knew he was on camera, why did he think he could get away with a triple homicide? }); Did Chris Watts not mind his wife Shanann humiliating him on Facebook? According to the New York Times, the judge said, This is perhaps the most inhumane and vicious crime I have handled out of the thousands of cases that I have seen.. Killer Chris Watts can been seen loading his car before driving off with the bodies of pregnant wife and two daughters. While he initially told investigators and the media that he didnt know where his wife and daughters were, eventually Watts confessed to killing all of them. Yep, I see it hard to watch but I think I agree. Watts was employed by the Anadarko Petroleum Corporation at the time. Watts then put Bellas little body in the well and went to bury Shanann. Days later, authorities found his wife's body in a shallowgrave on an oil and gas work site and the girls were found dumped in oil tanks nearby. eventAction: 'click_adunit' The vehicle seen in the video was used to carry the slain family members - his wife, Shanann, and the couple's two young girls, Bella and Celeste, Weld County District Attorney Michael Rourke . CHILLING footage shows the moment triple-murderer Chris Watts stops to buy breakfast on the morning he disposed of the bodies of his wife and children. 'Sergeant Armstrong continued to monitor the second victim, using a four-gas monitor, as the Weld County Coroner and Pathologist attempted to remove the crude oil utilizing several oil absorbent pads. Watts had to have known if her body was ever found, her clothing would tell them whether she went out afterwards or not. Chilling new surveillance footage has captured killer dad Chris Watts driving away from his Colorado home after loading histruck with the bodies of his pregnant wife and two daughters. , updated Watts told investigators that he used a rake, which broke, to try to clear some brush and weeds, then used a shovel to dig a hole to bury his wife. Within days, he was charged with killing his family. The video is just those clips run together so it can not make sense as a whole. Did it have anything in it? While the truck is idling, he also turns off the light thats shining almost directly into the neighbor opposites window. That skin was retreived and given to a member of law enforcement on the scene. This is also based on the children being murdered first. Ive maintained from the very beginning that Shanann was murdered immediately after entering the house. window.googletag.pubads().addEventListener('impressionViewable', function(event) {