First off, god bless these little babies and Shannan. I'm going to imagine that they are in a love-filled afterlife with nothing but flowers and sunshine and cuddles.
Second...I have to admit, CW puzzles me. On one hand, his actions were those of a completely sociopathic monster. On the other, he didn't quite behave like some others we have seen - first, he was a terrible liar, second, he caved really quickly, asked for his daddy, etc... and now this. He must be some weird breed of narcissist sociopath whose cowardice and need for attention and approval outweigh the arrogant part of his personality. Or, he was so insanely sex-crazed love-crazed whatever that his affair with NK turned him into a monster, and now that the love spell is wearing off, he's returning to his more true personality...temporary insanity, but obviously not the legal kind? He's twisted, no doubt, and he and his family clearly suffer from all sorts of personality disorders and make me want to puke, I'm just trying to figure out what flora or fauna he is in the spectrum of many of the heinous killers we've seen here on and off Websleuths.
And I totally assumed his parents would be on Dr. Phil, thank GOD it's Shannan's, I could not take any more of their denial and defense and probably victim blaming.
I haven't seen it mentioned but...I wonder though, if this come to Jesus, confess all, etc...is it some possible pre-suicide thing? I agree with those that he wants someone to listen with a sympathetic ear, and for whatever reason, those people are LE and agents who he bonded with during the initial investigation. It happens.