Just wanted to bring this forward from a previous thread to help prove that the evil didn't snap but instead planned to murder his family for his own selfish reasons:
GUILTY - CO - Shanann Watts (34), Celeste"Cece" (3) and Bella (4), Frederick, 13 Aug 2018 *CW LWOP* #70
@Best of What's Around
Yeah, for someone who was on a "rage" auto pilot - not thinking - and always "didn't know what else to do" - he sure did do a LOT of THINKING things that morning!
-throws out relationship book so it would look like SW decided to leave him
-takes SW's wedding ring off so he can leave it behind as evidence she left him
-backs truck up to garage to block camera view and hides what he puts in truck (his family)
-brings trash bags for this and we think the gas can which he likely was considering using not for himself but for later cover up but discarded the idea due to time or what he thought were better ideas
-texts and tries to call almost every coworker that morning who could possibly show up - from before he even murdered his girls throughout the process - in a casual, care free manner - never coming across as stressed to them. He even "lol" on a text to a coworker before 9 am. He sure spent a lot of time texting calling for someone not in their right mind!
-texts his wife just after to ask where she is taking his kids!
-calls the school and realtor ASAP
-looks up song lyrics for Nikki (or was it for her? such a coincidence that "battery" is another name for one of those oil tanks and the song mentions rage, kill, and family). Huh.
-not a single coworker that morning notice anything about his demeanor amiss - just his clothes.
-takes time to take pics of wildflowers, presumed to be for NK who liked them
-stops on way home to LE to throw away his murder clothes, children's blankets/toys.
-drives by home in his neighborhood on way home to give realtor the thumbs up that it is the same model home so she can get moving on the comps report to get his home on the market asap.
-makes another text/call to SW on the way home.
I'm probably missing some...and this is only what we KNOW he was "thinking" in service of his crimes and future life that morning.
I'd also like to add:
-Made sure he would be alone early Monday at the site he planned to dispose of his family.
-Wrote a letter dated 8/06/18: "If anyone gets this letter, I would never do anything to hurt myself or my children or my wife. If anything happens to me, please investigate my wife."
-Told NK, the Watts clan and his best friend about his plans to divorce Shan'ann.
-Never mentioned anything about divorce to Shan'ann.
-Shan'ann's friends and family knew nothing about a separation or divorce, just that he was acting distant.
-He did zero research into divorce, finding an attorney, child custody, etc.
-Brushed off NK's efforts to find him an apartment big enough for him and the girls because he knew he wouldn't need more than a one bedroom, and not until the house was sold.
-It was his idea to sell the house, and he probably planned to stay there until it was sold.
-Texted the creepy doll pic to Shan'ann, which she posted on FB.
-Researched pricing on a new luxury SUV because he planned to cash in on the house quickly and would need a new car since he was planning to abandon/destroy the Lexus and his work truck wasn't for personal use.
I believe his evil plan was to make it look like his 'spiteful' wife took his 'beloved' daughters from him because he was going to leave her.
He capitalized on the estrangement resulting from nutgate, telling his family one thing and Shan'ann another.
He actually thought that people would believe his lies and view him as a sympathetic figure rather than the prime suspect in the disappearance of his pregnant wife and little girls.
JMO
