CO - Shanann Watts (34), Celeste"Cece" (3) and Bella (4), Frederick, 13 Aug 2018 *Arrest* #10

[bluesneakers]

He didn’t expect his wife’s friend to get all protective and call the cops because she was worried about Shanann. Had he not been interrupted with a delayed flight and her friend, this would be a missing person case still, IMO.

I wonder how much he had ready to go to make it look like she'd left him. I think it was all supposed to start that night when he got home from work and discovered them missing.

 

[esmerelda]

I had the story wrong, i had thought the hairdresser was talking to sw about marital problems right in front of cw. Anyway i never go to one.

Oh goodness, my Southern grandmother used to give my mom the business about going to get my hair done, I've been in a chair since IDK when! I don't know which was worse, not attending church or the hair salon. Lol

 

[PommyMommy]

This was asked in the A&L case a few times and the families said that they got to choose the dates for the obit. I think one used the day they were found and the other the day they went missing. They picked them themselves, though.

Yes, completely up to the family when the date is unknown/unconfirmed, as it should be.

 

[Mrspratcher]

No, it’s the date officially determined by Medical Examiner.

The results of the autopsy were released? Do you have a link?

 

[RavenCC2020]

I'd like to know what the dad told him to do and say, iirc he wouldnt confess until he was able to talk privately with dad.

Not sure. His dad could have just asked him what happened and he didn't want to admit he was responsible for the death of the kids so came up with the Shannan did it claim. Once spoken, his dad probably felt he should confess and explain what happened this under the assumption that his dad believed him.

 

[kimlynn]

Let’s not bring the friend back into this.

The friend that tried to save SW and the children? Why so angry about her?

 

[Ray_of_hope]

On the death certificate, yes, but not the obituary in most cases. As I stated earlier, Abby and Libby's families got to choose the date for the obits which is why they are different. The same for our family. We were given the choice. Depending on the newspaper and funeral home, families are often given the choice to write the obits themselves. They just print whatever the family gives them. The obit date and death certificate date can differ because obits tend to be printed sooner-often before toxicology and autopsy are complete.

That is my experience and observation as well (exactly what you wrote).

 

[margarita25]

They've been added. Thanks, Magz.

Here’s a good quote from the Fox link:

“The video shows Watts giving a PowerPoint presentation that he titled "Communication Speech, Relationship Deterioration and Repair."“

Chris Watts, accused of killing family, made video about saving relationships

Eta: just chilling:

“Why do marriages fail? Sometimes it's because one partner develops an interest in a co-worker. So says Christopher Watts -- now accused of killing his family -- in a YouTube video posted in April 2012.“

 

[DAdvocate]

Are we sure the tanks even had oil in them?

 

[Jennifer17]

Are we sure the tanks even had oil in them?

It has been reported that they were almost full.

 

[margarita25]

“"Sometimes you find your partner no longer attractive physically or in their personality," he says in the video. "When you are in a relationship you have to show desire, lust toward your partner. Sometimes when you get married that the lust and the desire kind of fall by the wayside a little bit."“

Snip

“At another point, Watts says: "Even at the job. You might meet a new person and (it) could strengthen into something else and could weaken the bond you have with the partner you have."

"And you feel that you might be better with someone else that you've met," he declares. "You think that you can no longer do — that your partner is someone that you can't be with."”

Chris Watts, accused of killing family, made video about saving relationships

 

[CFlo]

Oooh. Then I hope I’m wrong about him disposing of all three at the same time, because if he took the girls out first there would likely be evidence supporting that. Which would show that Shanann couldn’t have killed the kids.

Jump roping in.... you two make great points!! The only two times that have been mentioned were twice early morning on the same date, nothing re: night before officially.
Yes, please let it be two trips.

 

[FlossyMay]

How did they get the bodies out of the tanks? I've been trying to figure that out for days.

 

[Ravenesque]

Maybe CW wanted to spare her family the heartbreak that she killed her girls. Maybe that’s why he tried to make it like they just left.

Maybe he is lying and he killed all of them. His interview, the fact that he placed his babies in oil/gas tanks says a lot about him. His actions mean more than any thoughts we may have about those that were murdered. May they Rest In Peace and may justice be swift.

 

[Jennifer17]

How did they get the bodies out of the tanks? I've been trying to figure that out for days.

I think that maybe they had to drain the tanks. There was quite a time between them announcing that they knew where the bodies were and the recovery of them.

 

[DAdvocate]

How did they get the bodies out of the tanks? I've been trying to figure that out for days.

Easy if they didn’t have oil in them.

 

[PommyMommy]

Here’s a good quote from the Fox link:

“The video shows Watts giving a PowerPoint presentation that he titled "Communication Speech, Relationship Deterioration and Repair."“

Chris Watts, accused of killing family, made video about saving relationships

Eta: just chilling:

“Why do marriages fail? Sometimes it's because one partner develops an interest in a co-worker. So says Christopher Watts -- now accused of killing his family -- in a YouTube video posted in April 2012.“

I know, right?!

And this:

"Even at the job. You might meet a new person and (it) could strengthen into something else and could weaken the bond you have with the partner you have."

"And you feel that you might be better with someone else that you've met," he declares. "You think that you can no longer do — that your partner is someone that you can't be with."

 

[margarita25]

I’m starting to wonder if maybe he had some freaky sexual desires going on. The whole strangulation thing too, I was watching “Evil Lives Here” on ID (amaaazing show, everyone must watch ), this recent episode was about SK Randall. He was all about the strangulation during sex, his wives said. This could very well be a huge stretch to CW, I realize that, just mentioning that strangulation is so common in sexual crimes. And since he himself used the word “lust”...I know, a stretch maybe, just sayin..

 

[Rayleengale]

If they hated him so much why include his last name when referring to them!!!!

I can’t believe we are now speaking ill toward his family.

They included his last name because they were his wife and kids. Emphasis on the word...were.
His arrest has come at the time the bodies were discovered. The shock and horror has probably overwhelmed all involved.

 

[Layla123]

The more FB videos I watch of CW with the girls and SW selling stuff the more I’m convinced he didn’t kill his daughters. Something going on in the look in her eyes in the videos.

I honestly don't see that at all. He could have just left, walked away, even gone away. Not murder. I just can't believe that.

But he did murder. He strangled Shanann. And you are choosing to believe when this “loving father”ran into that room when he thought his child was being strangled, or had just finished being strangled, didn't scream at his wife, “Stop! What are you doing?” Didnt check first to see if his child was still alive, didn’t perform CPR, just walked over to his wife and strangled her. His life wasn’t threatened, he was twice her size, she couldn’t strangle him. Goes beyond my ability to believe. Just can’t agree with you, doesn’t make sense.