Text messages between Shanann and her friend, during NC trip, about one week prior to murders.
@6:05
Aug 4, Saturday
SW: ...
I don't want him staying with us in Colorado...
start @6:48
Aug 5, Sunday
SW: ...Drove 3 hours in silence.
I told him to find a place when we get back and I'm putting house on market he said nothing......
....I need to move out of colorado. Too expensive to live alone with 3 kids. I'm not moving to NC....
...Housing doesn't take long to sell. But apartment in Colorado cost same as owning. So I have to figure this out and where I'm going before putting house on market...
...I don't even know where to begin besides find a place to live where I have some kind of support...
I'm gonna start selling things at the house when I return. Take kids out of school to save money. His family gets what they wanted..
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...I don't even know if I can take kids out of state. I don't expect him to fight me...
Start @ 9:11
Aug 6, Monday
SW: ...Chris doesn't want this baby. Said he's scared to death and he's happy with just Bella and Celeste! He thought he wanted another baby. How I got this out of him I said do you want me to abort?
...He was ready to call it quits without working it through. Just like his family does.
I will fight for full custody..He said not divorce right away..
I guess CW asked NK to find him an apartment on Aug 5?
By this time Shanann wasn't going to take his abuse sitting down. She was going to fight fiercely and she let him know. I think this surprised him.
(then, I think by Aug 9, Thursday, he decided to get rid of his family. Much simpler in his mind, than to go through a divorce.)