DEC 6, 2018
Chris Watts led deadly double life before murdering family
From the outside,
Shanann Watts seemed ecstatic about the summer she was going to spend with her family. She shared on Facebook that she, along with her two girls, would be visiting relatives for an extended period in North Carolina.
“We had a lot of fun,” Shanann Watts’ father, Frank Rzucek, told “20/20” in an exclusive interview, remembering fondly visiting the beach with his granddaughters.
“We played in puddles. We went to the zoo,” his wife and Shanann’s mother, Sandra Rzucek told “20/20” in an exclusive interview.
Chris Watts had stayed at home in Colorado working – but even from afar, Shanann Watts began to sense a change in her husband.
Sandra Rzucek said her daughter had told her that the transformation happened over the course of “a few weeks, maybe a month.”
“If you are done, don't love me, don't want to work this out, not happy anymore and only staying because of kids, I NEED you to tell me," Shanann Watts wrote in one text.
“She was missing him a lot. She was looking forward to him getting there,” said her friend Addy, who asked that her last name not be used.
The night she was to return home from her training in Scottsdale, a storm delayed her flight. Shanann Watts enjoyed a final dinner with her closest friends, seeking advice and support on a marriage that she would never get the chance to work on.