Found Deceased CO - Shanann Watts (34), Celeste"Cece" (3) and Bella (4), Frederick, 13 Aug 2018 *Arrest* #26

[flourish]

How about when he changed his story from the time he admitted to killing all three to: his wife killed the two children?

There was a headline stating he'd confessed to all. That has not been substantiated and was likely an erroneous assertion based on assumption. The court documents don't support that assertion.

 

[esayer]

I agree. I watched NUA fb live video where she says Please check on someone if you feel something isn’t right. I think she really regrets not doing something earlier. I just can’t even imagine.

Yes and if I was dropping off my friend who was concerned about going inside her home with her husband, I would have gone in with her.

 

[Medstudies]

I would fully expect him to stay in the marital home, one he solely held the mortgage on, until his wife returned. Nothing abnormal about that. There is also no such thing as a 'legal separation' in Colorado.

For the rest, changing the locks on marital property is pointless as each have property rights until the divorce is filed and no judge would have entertained an emergency protective order claim from either party at that point, there was no legal standing.

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BBM

Yep!
Other points :
just because his name was on the mortgage doesn’t mean she wasnt equally entitled to ownership. Community property is property acquired during the marriage, regardless of titling.

And, How could we possibly know what a judge would decide?

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[Jennifer17]

Yes and if I was dropping off my friend who was concerned about going inside her home with her husband, I would have gone in with her.

The friend may have ended up dead too in that scenario.

 

[PommyMommy]

Sounds logical to me. I've believed the girls were killed on the 12th as one of the neighbors reported he was BBQ alone on the 12th. I looked for the link about what the neighbor saw and now I can't find it.

I can't find the original story at the moment either and having to run out the door in a few minutes, but AB talked about it on one of her shows. Transcript is here: CNN.com - Transcripts

 

[margarita25]

Don't most couples put the house on the market after one leaves and split the profits if any?

Unless maybe one wants to keep it as an investment?

 

[Tippy Lynn]

Maybe not til trial.

@gitana1 , @amandaa , @Mrspratcher . Tia.

It’s going to be a long time if we have to wait until trial.

 

[violet101]

Yes and if I was dropping off my friend who was concerned about going inside her home with her husband, I would have gone in with her.

It’s 2am after a long weekend of travel. I bet she was dead tired and never could have imagined it would turn out this way. Can’t fault NUA for what she did.

 

[Whiteorchids]

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I wish SW would have called LE to do a well person check when he wouldn't let her talk to them.

 

[esayer]

The friend may have ended up dead too in that scenario.

I'm not so sure, 2 against one. IMO he killed her right when she got home to prevent her finding out what happened to the girls.

 

[esayer]

It’s 2am after a long weekend of travel. I bet she was dead tired and never could have imagined it would turn out this way. Can’t fault NUA for what she did.

Not faulting her at all. Just saying I would have gone in with her if she was that concerned and saying things like 'If you don't hear from me' etc.

 

[Jennifer17]

Unless maybe one wants to keep it as an investment?

I actually kept the family home when my husband and I parted ways and did not sell for another ten years when I wanted to move to another town.

 

[Madison418]

Yes and if I was dropping off my friend who was concerned about going inside her home with her husband, I would have gone in with her.

Right but she couldn't have known. Everyone is saying they didn't think CW was capable and I'm sure even his wife didn't think he would do something so horrific. I don't even think her mind would go there, she probably was thinking she was walking into a big fight with him and had maybe even told NUA to not come in. We just don't know...

 

[AChristie]

Hi everyone... I was a member a few years back and got busy with life. I've lurked on cases that I've followed but never posted so my profile was deleted. Anywho… I had to come back and post my thoughts on this case. MOO
Perhaps this has been put out there, maybe not, so here is my theory:

SW comes home early Monday morning, the house is quiet and she checks on the girls, everything is fine and she goes to bed thinking that CW is asleep. He is faking sleep and waits for her to fall asleep. Perhaps she takes sleep inducing medication which knocks her out. Then he suffocates her by putting something over her face or strangles her and she doesn't struggle because she's knocked out. He then goes in and does the same to the girls; he may have given them something to induce deep sleep too. It's a couple of hours after SW came home (4am-ish) when he finishes and needs to move the bodies downstairs to his truck. In a panic, he's trying to tie up all the loose ends but he needs to get rid of the bodies before the sun rises, so he leaves the house in disarray (bedding on the floor, etc). He had preplanned where he was going to take them and had the grave already dug for SW. He didn't go back home but went directly to work afterwards. He may have thought he'd have time to get home and cleanup the house, take out the trash, etc. before anyone suspected SW and the girls were missing.

He didn't count on N being on high alert based on what she knew from SW. *Thanx N!

 

[bonjoviblonde]

So LE telling SW's family that CW confessed to killing them all was a false headline? So who lied? LE or SW's brother? Because surely it wasn't CW who lied.

 

[BayouBelle_LA]

The friend may have ended up dead too in that scenario.

So why not call the police and have them go in?

 

[book-thinker]

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SW wanting to talk to her daughters prior to flying home, SW missing both girls, wanting to hear their voices, wishing them a good night and telling them both I love you . Then CW not allowing SW to speak to the girls.

Makes totally sense what happened that early morning

 

[flourish]

Let's please make sure we're providing links and not posting or quoting gossip so the mods can clean up easier if needed. Thanks. I'm not a moderator nor pretending to be just want the thread to stay open. Just a friendly, non-bossy reminder

 

[Sleuthine]

Wasn't she gone for 5 weeks? How long had she been back? I thought it was a short time. I know he joined her the last week but what day did she return from the longer trip?

IIRC August 8, that Wednesday

 

[PommyMommy]

Hi everyone... I was a member a few years back and got busy with life. I've lurked on cases that I've followed but never posted so my profile was deleted. Anywho… I had to come back and post my thoughts on this case. MOO
Perhaps this has been put out there, maybe not, so here is my theory:

SW comes home early Monday morning, the house is quiet and she checks on the girls, everything is fine and she goes to bed thinking that CW is asleep. He is faking sleep and waits for her to fall asleep. Perhaps she takes sleep inducing medication which knocks her out. Then he suffocates her by putting something over her face or strangles her and she doesn't struggle because she's knocked out. He then goes in and does the same to the girls; he may have given them something to induce deep sleep too. It's a couple of hours after SW came home (4am-ish) when he finishes and needs to move the bodies downstairs to his truck. In a panic, he's trying to tie up all the loose ends but he needs to get rid of the bodies before the sun rises, so he leaves the house in disarray (bedding on the floor, etc). He had preplanned where he was going to take them and had the grave already dug for SW. He didn't go back home but went directly to work afterwards. He may have thought he'd have time to get home and cleanup the house, take out the trash, etc. before anyone suspected SW and the girls were missing.

He didn't count on N being on high alert based on what she knew from SW. *Thanx N!

Welcome Back, @AChristie ! ​

 

[NuttMegg]

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I wonder when SW's last text/call to NUA was. Did NUA ever say she got a text or call that night, ie before not getting through the next morning?