CO - Shanann Watts (34), Celeste"Cece" (3) and Bella (4), Frederick, 13 Aug 2018 *Arrest* #11

[Layla123]

Am I the only person who would totally go on a trip without my husband for weeks? I've done it for photography reasons.... week, week and a half... I'd go for even longer. I mean, don't get me wrong, I miss him and all. But, he doesn't like going on my trips for wildlife photography. It isn't his "thing".

We’ve been on trips without each other, I’d say a week at the most, but not 6 weeks. Too long. We’d miss each other.

 

[Bill Carson]

What's a JA?

 

[Ronso]

What's a JA?

Use your imagination.

 

[Jennifer17]

Am I the only person who would totally go on a trip without my husband for weeks? I've done it for photography reasons.... week, week and a half... I'd go for even longer. I mean, don't get me wrong, I miss him and all. But, he doesn't like going on my trips for wildlife photography. It isn't his "thing".

My husband and I had many longish trips away from each other. He would go on man trips right up through the centre of Australia to the top end for two months and I would go overseas for a month. Not at the same time.

 

[SaguaroSpirit]

Use your imagination.

hee-haw

 

[Ronso]

We’ve been on trips without each other, I’d say a week at the most, but not 6 weeks. Too long. We’d miss each other.

I suppose it would depend on the trip. I get really intense on my photography trips and it's looking for things to photograph all day and sometimes well into the night. If I was visiting friends without my kids and husband, I probably wouldn't stay but a few days before I wanted to get back home. I get into the "zone" when I'm out with my camera.

 

[katydid23]

Am I the only person who would totally go on a trip without my husband for weeks? I've done it for photography reasons.... week, week and a half... I'd go for even longer. I mean, don't get me wrong, I miss him and all. But, he doesn't like going on my trips for wildlife photography. It isn't his "thing".

A week, week and a half---absolutely. But 6 weeks, that's a long time to leave your handsome, young husband alone at home. Asking for trouble, UNLESS you are planning to make your own exit anyway...

 

[Layla123]

My husband and I had many longish trips away from each other. He would go on man trips right up through the centre of Australia to the top end for two months and I would go overseas for a month. Not at the same time.

Well, if we were on a jury together you would have just changed my mind! We’re all different, aren’t we?

 

[Jennifer17]

A week, week and a half---absolutely. But 6 weeks, that's a long time to leave your handsome, young husband alone at home. Asking for trouble, UNLESS you are planning to make your own exit anyway...

I think that that may have been the case. I think that she knew of the affair/s.
My trips were when we were both retired.

 

[Ronso]

A week, week and a half---absolutely. But 6 weeks, that's a long time to leave your handsome, young husband alone at home. Asking for trouble, UNLESS you are planning to make your own exit anyway...

Plenty of people are away from their spouses for extended periods and they do just fine. My husband is pretty supportive of my photography, so he doesn't get upset when I want to do trips. I mean, I'm not gonna be away for six weeks unless I left the country, I'd think. (I could see a trip to Australia being that long, easily) I can navigate places in the US fairly well and get what I'm looking for within a matter of days. My last trip was 5 days and I came back with more pictures than I wanted to sort through and process. lol

Maybe her parents paid for the trip and it was so the girls could spend time with her family before school started and trips to visit would be less likely or a lot shorter. I can see something like that, and I don't necessarily think it means anything ominous on the horizon. My oldest three go visit my dad for a month over the summertime for this reason. It's the only time he gets to spend with them during the year since he lives a few states away.

 

[Bill Carson]

Use your imagination.

Ah. I always thought that was one word.

 

[Ronso]

Ah. I always thought that was one word.

It is- technically, but would you have figured it out if I only said J? lol

 

[Jennifer17]

Ah. I always thought that was one word.

Me too.

 

[Seattle1]

BBM. Thank you for those details. I had not heard how long he had been at the police station. I am not surprised to hear the interrogation lasted that long. In fact, it kind of seems they stopped the process before he made a full confession, so I wondered if he requested a lawyer, and they stopped the interview and arrested him with what they had. It will be interesting to find out.

My speculation was that once CW made good on his promise to tell the truth (re. location of the babies), after granted permission to speak with Dad, they let him hit his bunk. It's never been clear to me that if he was going to confess, why he and his Dad didn't just first meet with counsel, and arrange to turn himself in. He had to know the walls were closing in. In fact, the supporting friends he spent Tuesday night with went to the police right after CW left to collect his Dad ad the airport because they realized by morning that CW and his story was off. Perhaps CW was still believing his own story. MOO

 

[Jennifer17]

Plenty of people are away from their spouses for extended periods and they do just fine. My husband is pretty supportive of my photography, so he doesn't get upset when I want to do trips. I mean, I'm not gonna be away for six weeks unless I left the country, I'd think. (I could see a trip to Australia being that long, easily) I can navigate places in the US fairly well and get what I'm looking for within a matter of days. My last trip was 5 days and I came back with more pictures than I wanted to sort through and process. lol

Maybe her parents paid for the trip and it was so the girls could spend time with her family before school started and trips to visit would be less likely or a lot shorter. I can see something like that, and I don't necessarily think it means anything ominous on the horizon. My oldest three go visit my dad for a month over the summertime for this reason. It's the only time he gets to spend with them during the year since he lives a few states away.

I live in Australia and no Australian goes anywhere overseas for a week. It takes so long to get anywhere and costs so much, you would be meeting yourself coming back.

 

[Jennifer17]

My speculation was that once CW made good on his promise to tell the truth (re. location of the babies), after granted permission to speak with Dad, they let him hit his bunk. MOO

He is not a chess player. It seems that he has no long view.

 

[PrimeSuspect]

It is- technically, but would you have figured it out if I only said J? lol

LOL I thought it was a person, like someone doing a JA!

Edit: Just in case I'm confusing everyone, Jodi Arias. CW is certainly going down the same path, where he's got to build a case around SW, the victim, to make him appear holier than thou.

JA claims - self-defense/perverted man,
CW claims - retaliation for killing children/mentally unstable or w/e else.

 

[Bill Carson]

I live in Australia and no Australian goes anywhere overseas for a week. It takes so long to get anywhere and costs so much, you would be meeting yourself coming back.

Go 'fer a Kiwi holiday, mate!

 

[Layla123]

Where’s the mod’s tonight? How come we’re not getting shut down? I’ve been dying to say something, but been afraid it’s in violation of the rules, but I can’t keep it in any longer! I think Sgt. Ian Albert, of the Frederick, Colorado Police Dept., is so hot! Hope he’s as good a cop as he is good looking!

 

[molly1255]

Same thoughts. There really was no alternative? Really? And to do it in such a ridiculous and sloppy manner!

I hate to give him any semblance of excuse, but I truly believe he was experiencing some form of mental illness.

I've known four people who were diagnosed with schizophrenia - a very serious mental illness. It doesn't take people very long to realize there is something wrong, because of their behavior and the things they talk about.

I also, unfortunately, have known someone who is a psychopath. Some call it sociopath and there is a lot of disagreement over the terms, but it is agreed that both fall into the cluster B spectrum of personality disorders, specifically anti-social personality disorder.

Except for his parents and some other family members who know his full history, no one, and I mean no one had the slightest clue there was anything at all wrong with him. He is good-looking, charming, articulate, soft-spoken and comes off as an easy-going, really nice guy. Everyone trusted him. He carried on his act for several years. After he did his "thing", and left everyone mortified, he then tried to act like he was the one who was a victim.

Skip forward and he's living a new life, in a different state, with a new job and new wife, who only knows what he wants her to know. My guess is, he's also got a new personality to go along with his new life. His family will never tell his new wife about his past, because they've had to deal with the damage he's caused numerous times, over many years, and they prefer to have him be someone else's problem and just hope for the best. His previous victims won't tell the new wife, either, because they are terrified of him. They have seen what he is capable of doing and they watched his mask come off.

He's never had so much as a speeding ticket.

Crazy - no. Disordered - yes. They do not just snap. They prey on nice, normal and trusting people and when they are tired of their current situation, they do their "thing", which is always beyond hideous. It's also confusing because it makes no sense.

JMO