"My Dearest Chris," she began. And her family is fully prepared to do so.. Why? Shanann Watts' letter to Chris Watts was heartbreaking, especially in retrospect, a portrait of a woman doing everything she possibly could to salvage her failing relationship. Moreover, the mother blamed his wife for the tough marriage she put him through. I would have loved to hear some sympathy for Shannan and the kids from her, maybe then she wouldnt be so hated. After feeling sexually rejected by Chris, she texted a friend her suspicions that he was sleeping with someone else. I miss everything about you.". After intense questioning by the police, Chris confessed to murdering Shanann and their daughters and disposing of the bodies in the oil field where he worked, per Insider. Shanann Watts's parents Frank and Sandra Rzucek responded to Watts' family interview. "My mom just never thought she was good enough," Watts tells law officials at one point in the documentary. She was in control of everything until Shannan came along. Link your TV provider to stream full episodes and live TV. Chris admitted to first-degree murder and unlawful termination of a pregnancy, among other crimes, in the killings. Chris chose to murder [Shanann], Bella, Celeste, and Nico, her parents said. Did you see the YouTube video of Chris and his sister Jamie talking to each other during a visit. It was so disturbing and weird.. Jamie was so happy to see him and she was tearful, overly affectionate and so loving towards her big brother. 2019 Creative Expansions, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Then he killed his daughters Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3 at his job site on an oil field. Chris, who was facing the death penalty, wisely took deal and pled guilty to the murders. Chris Watts Confessed the Real Reason He Killed His Family in a Prison Letter, Nichol Kessinger Is Part of 'Chris Watts: Confessions of a Killer', but She Didnt Want the Spotlight, 'American Murder: The Family Next Door' Explores How Chris Watts Killed His Whole Family. After what she did, I could not put them with her, Ronnie recalled him saying. Meanwhile, Cindy claimed Shanaan was more capable than Christopher of murdering the two girls. Apparently, she followed both Chris and Shannan on . Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, breaking news, sweepstakes, and more! We're trying to move forward but it's a very hard task.". When Chris Watts was arrested for the murder of his wife and children, his parents, Cindy and Ronnie, couldn't believe it. According to KMGH, Cindy and Ronnie still believe the explanation Chris offered police in mid August that he killed Shanann after he watched her strangle their youngest daughter at their Colorado home when he told her he wanted to separate. She wrote about her encounters with Cindy Watts - a. Cindy Watts still blames Shan'Ann for her own demise. When Watts was handed his sentence in 2018, his mother Cindy stated, "I have always loved you and I still do. 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. He had revealed he killed his wife, but he later amended his statement and owned up to killing all three. Police. Watts said he told them Shannan wasn't feeling well before dragging her lifeless body down the stairs and into his truck. We discuss/debate the evidence of the case in this subreddit. 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. I couldn't do anything right," said Cindy to ABC11. and letters from Shananndetailing the breakdown of the couples marriage. Her husband, Ronnie echoed her sentiments, per The Sun. "People come up with all these narratives. 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?! "He has moved into general population and has a job now, but I can't talk about that any further," Ronnie added. 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. The mother of murder victim Shan'ann Watts describes spiritual visitations from her daughter . And yet his parents wonder. I wonder if she has even been to the cemetery yet, for the girls. Watts, 35, reportedly detailed the gruesome slaying of Shanann Watts in one of his prison letters and he also revealed that he'd been thinking about killing her for "weeks.". Cheryln added: "I especially wish his family well and for them to be able to come to terms with what has happened. These southern mothers I'm particularly referencing live in their own world and think everyone not born into their nuclear family is a peasant and beneath them. But inconsistencies in his statements to investigators stoked their suspicions and the facade he attempted to erect soon crumbled. Popplewell explainedthat up until the affair, the couple were happily married. My mother didn't seem to want me dating anyone. "Shanann Watts was a faithful wife, and the most gentle and loving mother in the world to her children Bella, Celeste, and Nico. ", "She said a lot of things about Chris in front of me that I didn't like," she told NBC. Though the evidence was against him and he admitted to the cold murders, his parents were unwilling to blame their son or hold him responsible. She left it for Chris before leaving on a work trip with friends. It caused a rift in the family dynamic and Shanann stopped talking to Chris' family. Cindy and Ronnie Watts, Chris mom and dad, spoke out Monday for the first time about the case in an interview with KMGH. He's not a monster," said the mother. ago ???? Copyright 2023 Distractify. Popplewell saidthe note reveals how "shattered" Shananns confidence was over the ordeal. Um no they don't. Cindy claimed her son changed after meeting Shanaan in high school. Then she. 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. 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. "The last thing on earth I want is for you to hurt. There are plenty of wonderful women/ mothers in North Carolina, however there are numerous mothers in that area with this shitty mindset. Everyone turned on him (even Kessinger) everyone except his family. I missed watching you laugh and play with the kids. I agree with you. They're just a "little better" than everyone else. The terrified children found Watts wrapping their mom in a bed sheet, the letter said. Press J to jump to the feed. "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. I want him to plead not guilty to the children.". Yet Chris Watts still chose to murder Shanann, Bella, Celeste, and Nico. I wonder does she know how hated she is? "Her eyes filled with blood; as she looked at me and she died. Shes begging him to fight these charges - I get its unconditional love & her first thought is to believe her son & his original story. but how does she think he's going to fight shoving his babies in an 8" hole, 20 feet into oil? sentenced to three consecutive and two concurrent life sentences, Chris Watts' Confession Letters Reveal Horrifying Murder Details About His Slaying of Shanann Watts and Daughters, Chris Watts Home Where He Murdered Wife Shanann and Two Daughters Still for Sale, how Shanann Watts family feels about Netflixs. THE parents of twisted killer Chris Watts have revealed they still support their evil son but live with the tragedy of losing their grandchildren "every day". Shanann was 15 weeks pregnant with the couple'sson when Chris strangled her to death inside their picturesque Frederick, Colorado home. She was not saying she didn't forgive him she was actually saying he's perfect in blaming the murder victim did you not listen to this video? And Chris Watts still chose to lie about it until he could lie no more. Raw video: On Tuesday Chris Watts pleaded for the safe return of his pregnant wife Shannan and their two children. Trigger warning: The story contains graphic details of the murder that some readers may find distressing. 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 . An officer noted: "Shannan's mother called during this time . Related:What Happened to Nichol Kessinger? The last 5 weeks have been so hard. 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. The story he told me that night, I believed it: The way he looked at me, the way he was crying, I believed it.. Next, how Shanann Watts family feels about Netflixs American Murder: The Family Next Doorher brother speaks out. I have to know why., Shanaans parents, Frank and Sandra Rzucek, fired back at the Wattses interview by defending their slain daughter as a faithful wife and the most gentle and loving mother in the world., Monday evening, the parents of Chris Watts gave an interview in which they attempted to defend their son. "I was never a person who had anxiety issues, but spending time with him the way that I did "Looking back on it all, there are a few things I wish I'd done differently. Like father, like son?? "All kinds of people will form opinions because of this tragedy but what they say doesn't matter," part of it read. Instead, they tried to defend him on numerous occasions. She thinks its because shes fallen out with his family, she told Oxygen.com. 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. None of it is true. He said, "Chris, I forgive you and your sister forgives you and we will never abandon you," according to The Sun. I don't want him to take this plea deal. I can't even explain how hard this pain hurts. Absolutely delusional. She also portrayed the dead woman as a negative influence on him. I think Cindy would have disliked any woman Chris married. Watts was convicted of the 2018 murders of his two young daughters, Bella and Celeste, and his pregnant wife Shanann. 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'. He strangled Shanann while she was 15 weeks . The request not to seek the death penalty came from Shannan's family. 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. [2] Chris parents did not return a call. If this actually happened like theyre saying that it did, that he killed them, then what was the trigger? Cindy told KMGH. He planned it out so he could be with his mistress, Nichol Kessinger, but she was not aware that he was married. And for the Rzuecks [Shanann's family] to be able to heal. This WHOLE TIME, she has been defending Chris, and supporting him. But despite Chris' violent actions, he seemed to have the support of his parents. 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. Its hard for me to believe that he would hurt them girls no matter what, he said. It has since been updated. Cadle included Watts' correspondence in her book Letters From Christopher," which is due to be published Wednesday, October 7. I get riled up every time I think of her telling that monster that she forgave him during the sentencing hearing in the courtroom, and in front of Shananns family. I went downstairs and confronted my mother in the kitchen. 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. 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