Found Deceased CO - Shanann Watts (34), Celeste"Cece" (3) and Bella (4), Frederick, 13 Aug 2018 *Arrest* #43

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  • #881
Thanks Gitana1. Do you think his actions after the murder(s), especially the cover up and gruesome means employed, will offer the prosecution a major opportunity to refute "heat of passion"? Also wouldn't their size and strength difference and her health and pregnancy factor in to the amount of appropriate response in defending himself or others?

Clearly. IMO his behavior and actions are powerful consciousness f guilt evidence. This is behavior that only the guilty display. Not even innocent insane people act like that. I've not seen one case.

As to the size differential and early considerations, perhaps. I'm not actually sure how that would act. I can ask my law partner.
 
  • #882
My reponses to @wildflower@ from earlier. The red text is my response ans is IMO:

We know little other than an adult , two children are dead. True

We know he is in jail and his confession. True

That is it. I disagree. We know a whole lot more. We know the probable crime scene, we know where the bodies were disposed. We know who disposed of them. We know that the defendant has lied repeatedly. We knoe the defendant was having an affair

We have no idea if she wanted to save the marriage. Or if she wanted to end it. Your point is?

We have no idea if she was pregnant. Prank pregnancy tests are easy to obtain. He’s been charged with death of an unborn child. I’m pretty sure the autopsy confirmed she was pregnant

We have no idea who the father is. Are you speculating? What is your point?

We have no idea if she was not having affair. Double negative means you think she was having an affair? Link please .....

We have no idea why he placed the deceased the way he did. He admitted killing SW and buried her to hide evidence. If SW killed girls then there is no reason to hide them, unless he’s trying to hide evidence that would further prove his guilt

We have no idea what the Hippa stuff is about.

We have no idea now when the children were killed. Yes we do, between e/o party Sunday afternoon and 5am Monday

Some things we know: (I disagree, should read "Some things I think I know, mixed with a handful of opinion and dab of speculation". IMO)

The notion of an ambush does not really fit with the suitcase being placed where it was, the purse, nicely placed on the counter, the shoes orderly placed . This is an opinion. That fits with the confession. This is your OPINION. It doesn’t do anything to prove CW’s innocence. Premeditation could have occurred were he in bed waiting for SW upstairs too

Much has been made of the car seats in her car. All the car seats in the car does is fit in with the confession. It just says that she didn’t leave with the girls in another vehicle, and CW didn’t have time/think of clearing it up. Doesn’t do anything to prove CW’s innocence.

The pillow case and sheet in garbage can seem most explained by the confession - someone not really thinking all that clearly cause he just killed his wife and his two kids are dead in his house. Again this is your OPINION. If he wasn’t thinking clearly, he wouldn’t have the clarity of thought to start removing evidence, it would be left in place IMO

Much has made about him grilling . She described him eating steaks all the time - I do not think this was some big plan - he liked steak. Again, this is an OPINION. Someone of a different opinion could argue he was trying to look like things were “normal” in the house. Or it may be meaningless and the girls could be in bed already or playing.

The garage door deal not working has not been disputed by LE - so it appears that was the truth. Again this is your OPINION. If LE found the keypad to be working I can not see why they would announce it to the media, that is evidence for trial

We have no idea if someone who acknowledged a need for order did not by habit leave her keys in her car, in the garage - in fact it makes some sense as it relates to her need for order.. Again this is an OPINION. The known fact I think you’re trying to say, is that the keys are in the car. This could be nothing, or there could be more to it ….. who was planning to drive off?

The location of the cell phone, if anything, indicates a chaotic event, as reported in the confession. Your OPINION. Your assumption that it ended there as the result of a chaotic event isn’t the only outcome, it could have been placed there innocently or deliberately, it doesn’t clear or convict CW. On the contrary, I think it was planted there when LE turned up. This is one of the first things CW would have wanted to locate while he was planning damage limitation on the drive home. imo

The notion that bed was stripped (observers) might actually be bed linen being accidently ripped off during violent activity as indicated in the confession. If it were an attempt to hide anything they would not just be there. This is your OPINION. He might not have had time to dispose of the evidence. It also does not match the confession because CW said he strangled SW in Cece’s room, not their bedroom

The girls blankets missing fits with the confession - he stated he moved and deposited the children. Excellent, you haven’t given your opinion when you claim something to be known fact! Presumably the blankets were located with the girls bodies, does nothing to clear CW, he just used the blankets to carry/wrap up the bodies as they may have been to hand, or for some bizarre “sentimental” or comforting reason as some suggest

The girls beds not being made fits with her description of him acting liking a bachelor when she was gone. What is your point? The bed’s being made suggests the girls had been in bed before they were killed, but doesn’t prove they were killed in their beds, forensic reports should clear that up

The likelihood of steroid abuse is high. His fluctuations in body were drastic and marked. Most of us are aware of roid rage which is in line with the confession as it relates to losing it. Where is the evidence he was on steroids? Please provide a link. Otherwise this is just your OPINION and should be said

All the doubt about the male sex partner ignore the fact that LE found him via CW cell phone - which matches how Trent described they met (cell). What is your point? That CW IS gay and had a homosexual relationship? Or that CW told the truth about something?

Connections have been made of the alleged choking during sex. That has been extrapolated out to the killing. The same person described him as going off during sex - obviously that individual was not bothered by it in that she continued to have sex with him. Mutual role play is in all likelihood more likely. What is your point? This is all your OPINION, again. What are the known facts you declare? What the alleged partner said on TV? If not please provide a link as I have not read anywhere the opinions of the AP (named in affidavit) and her sexual relationship with CW

We have no confirmation of wild statements on her part. She got her own house at 25 while making 24K a year. Locate the house - I have - laughable. What is your point?? Again you’re giving an OPINION. I think you’re implying that SW lied about owning her first house on her then salary. How does that prove CW’s innocence? Being flippant doesn't portray you as someone with a whole lot of sympathy for the victim's side of the story? IMO

We know about financial problems while seeing her expensive closets, manicures, travel and a Lexus. We see him in an old truck and some cheap shorts and shirt. It would be logical to conclude that the financial problems were of her making. Again, your OPINION. Again, your point is? I think you're implying that CW didn’t want any part in portraying an image of “living the American dream” and that SW drove this and is to blame for CW murdering her? If so, why not say so and declare as your OPINION?

For some reason they fled to the other side of the country leaving interior furnishings there. The current house was nicely appointed, before Thrive - so one would have to come to the conclusion that she spent the money for the new house.
This is getting repetitive ….. speculation, your OPINION. What is your point? How does this prove CW’s innocence …. Please explain

That in and of itself is more than curious. WHY? Please explain. What is your POINT? It is curious that they bought new house furnishings when they moved house? Really? Well I’ve done that …. A few times. It hasn’t driven me to murder

Thrive does not give folks cars. The small print on the stuff indicates that if targets are met they are given CREDIT toward a car. Common sense ,from a financial point of view clearly indicate that giving away luxury vehicles to people who sell a certain amount of patches would not be ideal from a corporate level. This is your OPINION and has been discussed IN DEPTH if you care to read the first 20 threads before you became a WS member. Besides, we have been asked by Tricia NOT to discuss

If one checks out the guy at the head of thrive you will find he was fired from his previous position for money mismanagement. Irrelevant, not allowed to discuss (*MODS*)

The family is destroyed. I agree So whatever image was created by her was obviously a fabrication. A big one. Again … this is an OPINION., Your POINT IS?

In essence what little we have fits his confession, while her declarations of what was going on in the house warrants much scrutiny. Again this is YOUR OPINION and I have not read any “declerations” by SW because, unfortunately CW confessed to killing her.

The defense instantly wanting neck info - if anything gives much merit to his version. Defense attorneys do not typically beg for forensic tests that convict their clients from the onset. Your OPINION. Again. If and when the Autopsy report is released then we will be able to do something other than wildly speculate about this.

We have no idea what medications she was on. But there was mention that some was left downstairs in her purse. I agree!! You are declaring some facts. Logically this would indicate that whatever the medication was probably much more a PRN (xanax possibly) as opposed to some life threatening medication. Ohh, here we go. Speculation again

His statement that he went downstairs justs fits. He just did not want to deal with a emotional outburst at that time and just stepped away. YOUR OPINION …… come on, please! I have no doubt he went downstairs, more than once, but this does not prove innocence, there are bound to be slivers of truth running through his statement. My OPINION is that if there was a heated argument and CW wanted to “get away from it” downstairs, SW would have followed him down, not stayed in bed saying "OK honey, we'll carry on this argument when you get back" .... please. Also neighbours would have probably heard . JMO


The notion that he needed her financially is incorrect. He was making reasonably money and was involved with an affluent family. If anyone would have financial struggles in the event of divorce in all likelihood it would be her. OPINION …zzzz

He had skill sets (car/oil) - she sold patches of something. Your flippancy is suggesting, quite strongly , that you are not open to both sides of this story as I, and many are trying to be?

The notion that it is speculation that she killed two children is just not the case. I sort of agree, it is not speculation, it is CW's word as per affidavit. That is what police have stated he said as fact. So what is your point? LE are lying?? Nobody is making up the possibility that that is what happened. CW is. IMO

Can not be a rule in or a rule out. Until evidence proves it beyond reasonable doubt in a Court of Law - that is what the Justice System is for.

The hero notion of her friend is also somewhat out there. What difference does anybody’s opinion on here whether NUA is a hero or not have on proceedings?? IMO …. At last …… the reality here (you just contradicted yourself – reality or opinion?) is her best friend knew she could be emotionally fragile and possibly self harm. What? That’s the first I have heard of that!? NUA “knew that SW could self harm”. Really? Please post the LINK. At no time did the friend report that she had concerns of her being in physical danger (DV). Nor has anyone else involved ever made mention of such. Most FA don’t have a history of DV, read previous threads where it’s discussed in DETAIL

The friend rushing over there in such a short period of time actually feels much more like a suicide concern than a triple murder notion. What is your point? Are you saying NUA was worried that SW would commit suicide and NOT worried about what might happen with CW? Really, where are the LINKS please. Welfare checks (for their age group) would be more self harm than anything else. Is this an OPINION or have you got evidence to back it up?? If so, please link

She was histrionic to say the least. Wow, another unbridled opinion, you’re not holding back. And who was "she" - NUA or SW? You’ve lost me now. A dramatic suicide attempt after learning that her rock, her life, the bestest thing ever ever in her life, on the planet, seems far more likely on the friends part. What? SW made a suicide attempt? What? This is getting incoherent. Please post a link or is this more speculation?

It the friend was so scared she was with a murderer she would have placed the welfare call from where she was - you can not be wasting time if your friend is with a wild murderer. I’m pretty sure neither SW or NUA feared things would have escalated as such. I agree. SW would not have left the girls in a “wild murderers “ care

His locking the door from the inside is what someone who just killed someone would do. What? Your OPINION, again. I lock my door from the inside. What’s your point? I assume you are referring to NUA’s statement that the front door was locked differently. What I infer from this is that no one could have left via the front door, unless someone was still alive in the house, which they were not. So the last person to leave the house left by some other exit other than the front door. Make of that what you wish. So what was your point again?

Someone who just murdered someone would also lie. The uproar over his porch interview never made any sense to me. The nationwide shock that a murderer would try to hide that he just committed a murder is the norm. It is not this big mystery. It is the stuff of all true crime. Your point is …..??????? What members on one side of this discussion have said, repeatedly, is that, if CW hadn’t killed the girls, hiw could he be so calm in the porch interviews about 30 hours later. We all agree he was lying. But no expression of emotion from CW is what surprised members. No uproar from the 60,000 or so posts I’ve read. Please link, I may have missed the one you are referring to

The same applies to not calling 911. Murderers do not call 911 generally speaking. There are logical reasons for this --three dead bodies would result in a visit from LE - just how it would work out. Some members would argue that a father who played no part in killing his daughters wouldn’t “dispose” of them the way he did? A fair point I think IMO

HIV entering the dialog is strange IMO. For someone who reports she has many illnesses the jumping to the Hipaa stuff as being HIV related was, in this day and age shocking. A quarter of all new HIV diagnoses are heterosexual contact. Irrelevant

We can not jump to the conclusion that because they charged him with all deaths means that is what occurred. Charging a dead person is rather meaningless. It is a high profile case. I don’t see anyone jumping to any conclusions, I see intellectual discussion of the evidence, probabilities of events occurring and reasoning behind these possible outcomes. That’s what a forum is for. You can’t stop people forming opinions, and judging, if they see it that way. Reading your (often biased) decisions, it seems to me that you yourself have already "jumped to conclusions". JMO

At the end of the day we have to conclude that there certainly are secrets here - they are not acting like confident prosecutors at all. Well, you certainly kept the best till last. First that is your OPINION and secondly, it is not the prosecutor’s job to keep us Joe Public filled in with all the latest developments. They are following legal process and carrying out their job in a responsible manner as far as I see, as are the Defense team I’m sure

There might be reasons for this. What reason? You said all the above, you’ve given your opinion in 1322 words. Surely you could enlighten us with one more .......
Thank you for such well-written responses, MarkMorris.
I agree with your remarks.
MOO.
 
  • #883
lighter sentence?

he confessed to murder one. I do not think he is getting a lighter sentence.

especially on a high profile case with details like this

juries are people -- sticking children in oil tanks is pretty gruesome .

He confessed to murder one and will be gone forever.

The death penalty does not really mean anything other than wasting millions of dollars.

Keep him in jail.
He did not confess to murder one. He confesses to murdering her in a rage because she was strangling their daughter. At most, that would be a confession on 2nd degree or manslaughter
 
  • #884
What I am saying (it is mo) is that to me, it is within the realm of probability that a young lady who described herself as being fragile in her videos about how everything was so bad earlier that there might be a pretty intense response to actually hear what she might have heard that night.

For any individual who endlessly tells the world how her husband is the best. The greatest. Her rock. She could not survive without him. Would not be here if it were not for him. That is the greatest. That takes total care of her. The provides for her better than any other person she has ever met in her existence thus far - in her life. The best daddy ever. The best husband ever. Ever.

Might be pretty traumatized to finally hear, for the first time, that this greatest person ever is actually leaving.

That is an emotional conversation. Out of anything he said that description of the night so struck me. His leaving the area fits with what I think actually happened.

SHE lost it - at first not him. MOO. She also might have learned that night for the very first time that he found love with someone else might be pretty upsetting.

To then learn that in addition to learning your rock. your foundation, what you take in every breath for every minute of your life , has also been enjoying sex with men - that is a reasonably rough conversation.

For someone who endless states how another person is the rock of their lives - it might make some sense to feel some deep wounding, rage.

The notion that someone in that moment might not want to strike back in the most dramatic fashion is really not all that out there.

What way could she hurt him the most. He had love. Employ. His children. In a rage IMO that is what happened that night.

Just like each of you have your opinion - I do as well.

One can not have it both ways. Either it was all a commercial or a cover for a very scared and lonely young lady. Per her reports she describes being left by everyone.

IMO in reality the chronic need to endlessly chant how awesome he is indicative of some profound insecurities.

Kind of like hearing herself say it all the time. It certainly is not typical at that point in a relationship. At first maybe - after years of marriage it was strange and peculiar.

Just another angle - it is not beyond being possible. LE filed all the charges weeks before any medical examination.

To conclude that LE does not believe him when they charged him with it all, instantly, weeks before anything was known, is more than curious.

Every state is different - but there sure is an interesting and relentless need to keep the autopsy secret. That also, is not common.

That is what I think happened. Difference is what makes the world interesting.
There isn’t anything curious about LE immediately charging him with five counts of murder, after hearing his story.

His account goes against human nature, as it does against common sense. It is quite frankly, insane.

Lifetime movies, are not real life, although I’m not sure that they’re this bold.

In the history of The American Justice System, hell, in the history of Western civilization, nothing like what this man claims, has EVER happened.

Two parents did not turn into Albert Desalvo at the same time, on the same night.

The surviving parent, did not innocently do the one thing that only a killer could do.

-Dump the bodies of his family like trash.

He’s not just the worst father in the world, he’s a killer on top of that.

A family annihilator.
 
  • #885
What I am saying (it is mo) is that to me, it is within the realm of probability that a young lady who described herself as being fragile in her videos about how everything was so bad earlier that there might be a pretty intense response to actually hear what she might have heard that night.

For any individual who endlessly tells the world how her husband is the best. The greatest. Her rock. She could not survive without him. Would not be here if it were not for him. That is the greatest. That takes total care of her. The provides for her better than any other person she has ever met in her existence thus far - in her life. The best daddy ever. The best husband ever. Ever.

Might be pretty traumatized to finally hear, for the first time, that this greatest person ever is actually leaving.

That is an emotional conversation. Out of anything he said that description of the night so struck me. His leaving the area fits with what I think actually happened.

SHE lost it - at first not him. MOO. She also might have learned that night for the very first time that he found love with someone else might be pretty upsetting.

To then learn that in addition to learning your rock. your foundation, what you take in every breath for every minute of your life , has also been enjoying sex with men - that is a reasonably rough conversation.

For someone who endless states how another person is the rock of their lives - it might make some sense to feel some deep wounding, rage.

The notion that someone in that moment might not want to strike back in the most dramatic fashion is really not all that out there.

What way could she hurt him the most. He had love. Employ. His children. In a rage IMO that is what happened that night.

Just like each of you have your opinion - I do as well.

One can not have it both ways. Either it was all a commercial or a cover for a very scared and lonely young lady. Per her reports she describes being left by everyone.

IMO in reality the chronic need to endlessly chant how awesome he is indicative of some profound insecurities.

Kind of like hearing herself say it all the time. It certainly is not typical at that point in a relationship. At first maybe - after years of marriage it was strange and peculiar.

Just another angle - it is not beyond being possible. LE filed all the charges weeks before any medical examination.

To conclude that LE does not believe him when they charged him with it all, instantly, weeks before anything was known, is more than curious.

Every state is different - but there sure is an interesting and relentless need to keep the autopsy secret. That also, is not common.

That is what I think happened. Difference is what makes the world interesting.
I have always thought that her "endless" public praising of her husband was indicative of his insecurity. I feel that she complimented him because she felt he needed it. We have no evidence that she was insecure. In fact, her former teacher had expressed how impressed he was with her compassion and how her self confidence had grown over the years. In my opinion, CW was the unstable one, and needed her encouragement and even her direction. He does not seem to be very assertive. More of a follower. He may have needed her affection and attention constantly to feel assured of her love for him.
I also do not think that she heard for the first time that night that he was unfaithful. According to her friend during an interview, ( I don't know which source) she stated that SW was aware that CW may be cheating on her.
In another post you stated her behavior was histrionic. Do you have any examples or evidence to show that this is true? Or is it an assumption? In all the videos I have seen I have never seen her being overly dramatic, nor have I heard that from anyone who has been interviewed. Jmo
 
  • #886
What I am saying (it is mo) is that to me, it is within the realm of probability that a young lady who described herself as being fragile in her videos about how everything was so bad earlier that there might be a pretty intense response to actually hear what she might have heard that night.

For any individual who endlessly tells the world how her husband is the best. The greatest. Her rock. She could not survive without him. Would not be here if it were not for him. That is the greatest. That takes total care of her. The provides for her better than any other person she has ever met in her existence thus far - in her life. The best daddy ever. The best husband ever. Ever.

Might be pretty traumatized to finally hear, for the first time, that this greatest person ever is actually leaving.

That is an emotional conversation. Out of anything he said that description of the night so struck me. His leaving the area fits with what I think actually happened.

SHE lost it - at first not him. MOO. She also might have learned that night for the very first time that he found love with someone else might be pretty upsetting.

To then learn that in addition to learning your rock. your foundation, what you take in every breath for every minute of your life , has also been enjoying sex with men - that is a reasonably rough conversation.

For someone who endless states how another person is the rock of their lives - it might make some sense to feel some deep wounding, rage.

The notion that someone in that moment might not want to strike back in the most dramatic fashion is really not all that out there.

What way could she hurt him the most. He had love. Employ. His children. In a rage IMO that is what happened that night.

Just like each of you have your opinion - I do as well.

One can not have it both ways. Either it was all a commercial or a cover for a very scared and lonely young lady. Per her reports she describes being left by everyone.

IMO in reality the chronic need to endlessly chant how awesome he is indicative of some profound insecurities.

Kind of like hearing herself say it all the time. It certainly is not typical at that point in a relationship. At first maybe - after years of marriage it was strange and peculiar.

Just another angle - it is not beyond being possible. LE filed all the charges weeks before any medical examination.

To conclude that LE does not believe him when they charged him with it all, instantly, weeks before anything was known, is more than curious.

Every state is different - but there sure is an interesting and relentless need to keep the autopsy secret. That also, is not common.

That is what I think happened. Difference is what makes the world interesting.

1. Women who kill their children overwhelmingly show evidence of mental health issues/volatile behavior prior to the murders. 911 calls. Hospitalization. Suicide attempts and threats. Threats to do harm. Dosmetic violence.

There is no evidence of that here.

2. Nicole Utoft has spoken quite a bit about why she was concerned. Not once did she mention that it was because SW had been acting weird or because she felt she was in danger of harming herself, despite desperate attempts of various people attempting to make that allegation. It's just not reality.

She has been clear as to her reasons for alarm. SW's pregnancy and not feeling well, not answering the phone, car parked in the garage and notably, CW's nonchalant behavior and stranger attempts to deflect (we are separating) are what worried her.

3. There has not been one real case in written history that I can find where one parent kills their children and in a rage the other one immediately kills that parent, in the exact same manner.

4. I have not heard of one case where one parent murders their children and the other parent fails to call for help and instead quietly and stealthily immediately conceals the crime and hides the bodies, except when they are implicated in the deaths of the children.

5. Insecurity doesn't equal murder.

6. If there was anything significant in the autopsy report for the defense they'd request a bond hearing.

7. I have cited a few high profile cases where the state sought to seal autopsy reports until trial and one lesser known homicide case in CO. It's not super common but in cases that are in the news there's a reason for the state to want to seal info that makes the defendant look bad. No one wants end up with geniuses like the jurors who served at the casey anthony trial. Except the defense.

And the more stuff is published, the more likely that is.

I still remember days of jury selection. One after another possible juror eliminated: "Yes I read the news and I feel she's guilty."

What were they left with? People who don't read the news and/or people who didn't find the facts released due to sunshine laws, indicative of her guilt.

Prosecutors like to avoid that.

8. Affairs are present in many cases of male family annihilators.

9. Murder is the second cause of death of pregnant women.
 
  • #887
I have always thought that her "endless" public praising of her husband was indicative of his insecurity. I feel that she complimented him because she felt he needed it.
That's what I think, too.
 
  • #888
One can not have it both ways. Either it was all a commercial or a cover for a very scared and lonely young lady. Per her reports she describes being left by everyone.

Respectfully snipped for brevity.

I can understand the statement that one can't have it both ways, however, this is not an either/or situation. One can put on a face for the sake of selling without it being a cover for insecurities. One can make 'commercials' without it being ALL a cover. Social media allows us to show the world what we want to show it, and what we choose to show it may be true, but it certainly isn't all of a person.

As an example, one may assume based on the things that I choose to post on my Facebook that I am obsessed with foraging, cooking, photography and ridiculous things my husband says. That would be true. But that is such a small piece of me, the things I choose to share on the interwebs. I am much, much more than my SM, and I have no doubt Shanann was as well.
 
  • #889
You do realize that these videos you saw were ALL made for a specific purpose, right? These videos that you described were all 'work' videos made by SW, in order to ADVERTISE her Thrive lifestyle.

These videos were not 'real life.' You did not get a snippet of their reality. The rest of her day and night did not look exactly like her few minutes of live streaming.

She was DIRECTING those work commercials. When directing a commercial, one orders others around. They set the stage and direct the movements and activities. That's why all you see is her 'directing' everyone.

The rest of the day/night would be her doing the things that you described above----playing with her girls, talking with her husband and fixing their meals, driving them to play dates, etc etc. She didn't film everything, just what she needed for her work content.
And as another explanation for why she “directed play”: maybe he didn’t have the first clue of how to actually interact and play with his girls?

MOO: he was detached and uninterested in his family. Heck, perhaps he is just a personality disordered person incapable of affection?

I mean really, how many people need to have explained to them how to play Santa to their own children? (How hard to tell your spouse you don’t want to? Looks like he failed Adulting 101.)
 
  • #890
Okay, this is my opinion based on the available facts and evidence. Shanann was a beautiful, bright woman who grabbed life with both hands and lived it. She was a fighter and a winner. She seemed to view problems as a challenge, not an obstruction or deterrent. She recovered from a failed divorce, rebuilt her life and bought her own home. She entered into and built a new relationship. She dealt with and overcame serious health issues (Lupus is serious!) She moved to a new state and helped save for and purchase another home. She maintained strong family relations and built her own family. She made the decision (She and Chris decided, based on their needs and situation) to take a bankruptcy. She overcame the bankruptcy and built a successful business. She also built strong friendships. She gave and she shared. She was a loving wife and mother. If another divorce had been necessary she would have dealt with it effectively and recovered, because that is what she did. I believe, that she would have been even stronger and more determined, because she would have been fighting for and taking care of, not just herself, but her three precious children! And she had built a foundation of strong family and friends that would have supported her. (NUA may very well have risked her life to check on SW with such persistence) .

CW, on the other hand, was a user. He recognized, on some level, that he could use SW and he pursued her until she relented. I have seen little, if any evidence he was a loving husband and father. more like just a participant. I have seen little, if any evidence that CW built friendships. He played a part that got him what he wanted and/or needed, until he tired of the role and wanted something else. Then his family became an obstruction to be removed. CW is a liar (in words and actions), an adulterer, and finally a killer. His words and actions, beginning at 5:00 A.M. Monday morning until he was arrested, speak volumes, to me, of who and what he is; cold, selfish, manipulative, and evil. He piled the bodies of his dead family, like bags of refuse to be removed, into the back of his truck. He drove a far distance to hide the bodies, separately from each other (was this a macabre personal statement?). He buried his wife where the body was exposed to animals and the elements and then desecrated his precious daughters bodies by forcing the bodies into a dark, dank tank of oil, and then he blithely went on with his life. He later posed and preened and happily lied, while knowing the truth. His behavior was so bizarre and discomfiting that his friends/neighbors reported it to the police. The prosecution felt they had sufficient evidence to support five First Degree Murder charges along with other charges.

All of this is my opinion, but it is supported with facts and evidence.
 
  • #891
Clearly. IMO his behavior and actions are powerful consciousness f guilt evidence. This is behavior that only the guilty display. Not even innocent insane people act like that. I've not seen one case.

As to the size differential and early considerations, perhaps. I'm not actually sure how that would act. I can ask my law partner.
Thanks again. Good info. I believe, here in Texas, that a response is supposed to be mitigated by the situation and the danger posed.
 
  • #892
1. Women who kill their children overwhelmingly show evidence of mental health issues/volatile behavior prior to the murders. 911 calls. Hospitalization. Suicide attempts and threats. Threats to do harm. Dosmetic violence.

There is no evidence of that here.

2. Nicole Utoft has spoken quite a bit about why she was concerned. Not once did she mention that it was because SW had been acting weird or because she felt she was in danger of harming herself, despite desperate attempts of various people attempting to make that allegation. It's just not reality.

She has been clear as to her reasons for alarm. SW's pregnancy and not feeling well, not answering the phone, car parked in the garage and notably, CW's nonchalant behavior and stranger attempts to deflect (we are separating) are what worried her.

3. There has not been one real case in written history that I can find where one parent kills their children and in a rage the other one immediately kills that parent, in the exact same manner.

4. I have not heard of one case where one parent murders their children and the other parent fails to call for help and instead quietly and stealthily immediately conceals the crime and hides the bodies, except when they are implicated in the deaths of the children.

5. Insecurity doesn't equal murder.

6. If there was anything significant in the autopsy report for the defense they'd request a bond hearing.

7. I have cited a few high profile cases where the state sought to seal autopsy reports until trial and one lesser known homicide case in CO. It's not super common but in cases that are in the news there's a reason for the state to want to seal info that makes the defendant look bad. No one wants end up with geniuses like the jurors who served at the casey anthony trial. Except the defense.

And the more stuff is published, the more likely that is.

I still remember days of jury selection. One after another possible juror eliminated: "Yes I read the news and I feel she's guilty."

What were they left with? People who don't read the news and/or people who didn't find the facts released due to sunshine laws, indicative of her guilt.

Prosecutors like to avoid that.

8. Affairs are present in many cases of male family annihilators.

9. Murder is the second cause of death of pregnant women.
Bravo and kudos. To me, that answers all of the nonsense.
 
  • #893
Thank you for you always thoughtful and carefully worded posts gitana1. I for one sincerely appreciate your input as always!
 
  • #894
My reponses to @wildflower@ from earlier. The red text is my response ans is IMO:

We know little other than an adult , two children are dead. True

We know he is in jail and his confession. True

That is it. I disagree. We know a whole lot more. We know the probable crime scene, we know where the bodies were disposed. We know who disposed of them. We know that the defendant has lied repeatedly. We knoe the defendant was having an affair

We have no idea if she wanted to save the marriage. Or if she wanted to end it. Your point is?

We have no idea if she was pregnant. Prank pregnancy tests are easy to obtain. He’s been charged with death of an unborn child. I’m pretty sure the autopsy confirmed she was pregnant

We have no idea who the father is. Are you speculating? What is your point?

We have no idea if she was not having affair. Double negative means you think she was having an affair? Link please .....

We have no idea why he placed the deceased the way he did. He admitted killing SW and buried her to hide evidence. If SW killed girls then there is no reason to hide them, unless he’s trying to hide evidence that would further prove his guilt

We have no idea what the Hippa stuff is about.

We have no idea now when the children were killed. Yes we do, between e/o party Sunday afternoon and 5am Monday

Some things we know: (I disagree, should read "Some things I think I know, mixed with a handful of opinion and dab of speculation". IMO)

The notion of an ambush does not really fit with the suitcase being placed where it was, the purse, nicely placed on the counter, the shoes orderly placed . This is an opinion. That fits with the confession. This is your OPINION. It doesn’t do anything to prove CW’s innocence. Premeditation could have occurred were he in bed waiting for SW upstairs too

Much has been made of the car seats in her car. All the car seats in the car does is fit in with the confession. It just says that she didn’t leave with the girls in another vehicle, and CW didn’t have time/think of clearing it up. Doesn’t do anything to prove CW’s innocence.

The pillow case and sheet in garbage can seem most explained by the confession - someone not really thinking all that clearly cause he just killed his wife and his two kids are dead in his house. Again this is your OPINION. If he wasn’t thinking clearly, he wouldn’t have the clarity of thought to start removing evidence, it would be left in place IMO

Much has made about him grilling . She described him eating steaks all the time - I do not think this was some big plan - he liked steak. Again, this is an OPINION. Someone of a different opinion could argue he was trying to look like things were “normal” in the house. Or it may be meaningless and the girls could be in bed already or playing.

The garage door deal not working has not been disputed by LE - so it appears that was the truth. Again this is your OPINION. If LE found the keypad to be working I can not see why they would announce it to the media, that is evidence for trial

We have no idea if someone who acknowledged a need for order did not by habit leave her keys in her car, in the garage - in fact it makes some sense as it relates to her need for order.. Again this is an OPINION. The known fact I think you’re trying to say, is that the keys are in the car. This could be nothing, or there could be more to it ….. who was planning to drive off?

The location of the cell phone, if anything, indicates a chaotic event, as reported in the confession. Your OPINION. Your assumption that it ended there as the result of a chaotic event isn’t the only outcome, it could have been placed there innocently or deliberately, it doesn’t clear or convict CW. On the contrary, I think it was planted there when LE turned up. This is one of the first things CW would have wanted to locate while he was planning damage limitation on the drive home. imo

The notion that bed was stripped (observers) might actually be bed linen being accidently ripped off during violent activity as indicated in the confession. If it were an attempt to hide anything they would not just be there. This is your OPINION. He might not have had time to dispose of the evidence. It also does not match the confession because CW said he strangled SW in Cece’s room, not their bedroom

The girls blankets missing fits with the confession - he stated he moved and deposited the children. Excellent, you haven’t given your opinion when you claim something to be known fact! Presumably the blankets were located with the girls bodies, does nothing to clear CW, he just used the blankets to carry/wrap up the bodies as they may have been to hand, or for some bizarre “sentimental” or comforting reason as some suggest

The girls beds not being made fits with her description of him acting liking a bachelor when she was gone. What is your point? The bed’s being made suggests the girls had been in bed before they were killed, but doesn’t prove they were killed in their beds, forensic reports should clear that up

The likelihood of steroid abuse is high. His fluctuations in body were drastic and marked. Most of us are aware of roid rage which is in line with the confession as it relates to losing it. Where is the evidence he was on steroids? Please provide a link. Otherwise this is just your OPINION and should be said

All the doubt about the male sex partner ignore the fact that LE found him via CW cell phone - which matches how Trent described they met (cell). What is your point? That CW IS gay and had a homosexual relationship? Or that CW told the truth about something?

Connections have been made of the alleged choking during sex. That has been extrapolated out to the killing. The same person described him as going off during sex - obviously that individual was not bothered by it in that she continued to have sex with him. Mutual role play is in all likelihood more likely. What is your point? This is all your OPINION, again. What are the known facts you declare? What the alleged partner said on TV? If not please provide a link as I have not read anywhere the opinions of the AP (named in affidavit) and her sexual relationship with CW

We have no confirmation of wild statements on her part. She got her own house at 25 while making 24K a year. Locate the house - I have - laughable. What is your point?? Again you’re giving an OPINION. I think you’re implying that SW lied about owning her first house on her then salary. How does that prove CW’s innocence? Being flippant doesn't portray you as someone with a whole lot of sympathy for the victim's side of the story? IMO

We know about financial problems while seeing her expensive closets, manicures, travel and a Lexus. We see him in an old truck and some cheap shorts and shirt. It would be logical to conclude that the financial problems were of her making. Again, your OPINION. Again, your point is? I think you're implying that CW didn’t want any part in portraying an image of “living the American dream” and that SW drove this and is to blame for CW murdering her? If so, why not say so and declare as your OPINION?

For some reason they fled to the other side of the country leaving interior furnishings there. The current house was nicely appointed, before Thrive - so one would have to come to the conclusion that she spent the money for the new house.
This is getting repetitive ….. speculation, your OPINION. What is your point? How does this prove CW’s innocence …. Please explain

That in and of itself is more than curious. WHY? Please explain. What is your POINT? It is curious that they bought new house furnishings when they moved house? Really? Well I’ve done that …. A few times. It hasn’t driven me to murder

Thrive does not give folks cars. The small print on the stuff indicates that if targets are met they are given CREDIT toward a car. Common sense ,from a financial point of view clearly indicate that giving away luxury vehicles to people who sell a certain amount of patches would not be ideal from a corporate level. This is your OPINION and has been discussed IN DEPTH if you care to read the first 20 threads before you became a WS member. Besides, we have been asked by Tricia NOT to discuss

If one checks out the guy at the head of thrive you will find he was fired from his previous position for money mismanagement. Irrelevant, not allowed to discuss (*MODS*)

The family is destroyed. I agree So whatever image was created by her was obviously a fabrication. A big one. Again … this is an OPINION., Your POINT IS?

In essence what little we have fits his confession, while her declarations of what was going on in the house warrants much scrutiny. Again this is YOUR OPINION and I have not read any “declerations” by SW because, unfortunately CW confessed to killing her.

The defense instantly wanting neck info - if anything gives much merit to his version. Defense attorneys do not typically beg for forensic tests that convict their clients from the onset. Your OPINION. Again. If and when the Autopsy report is released then we will be able to do something other than wildly speculate about this.

We have no idea what medications she was on. But there was mention that some was left downstairs in her purse. I agree!! You are declaring some facts. Logically this would indicate that whatever the medication was probably much more a PRN (xanax possibly) as opposed to some life threatening medication. Ohh, here we go. Speculation again

His statement that he went downstairs justs fits. He just did not want to deal with a emotional outburst at that time and just stepped away. YOUR OPINION …… come on, please! I have no doubt he went downstairs, more than once, but this does not prove innocence, there are bound to be slivers of truth running through his statement. My OPINION is that if there was a heated argument and CW wanted to “get away from it” downstairs, SW would have followed him down, not stayed in bed saying "OK honey, we'll carry on this argument when you get back" .... please. Also neighbours would have probably heard . JMO


The notion that he needed her financially is incorrect. He was making reasonably money and was involved with an affluent family. If anyone would have financial struggles in the event of divorce in all likelihood it would be her. OPINION …zzzz

He had skill sets (car/oil) - she sold patches of something. Your flippancy is suggesting, quite strongly , that you are not open to both sides of this story as I, and many are trying to be?

The notion that it is speculation that she killed two children is just not the case. I sort of agree, it is not speculation, it is CW's word as per affidavit. That is what police have stated he said as fact. So what is your point? LE are lying?? Nobody is making up the possibility that that is what happened. CW is. IMO

Can not be a rule in or a rule out. Until evidence proves it beyond reasonable doubt in a Court of Law - that is what the Justice System is for.

The hero notion of her friend is also somewhat out there. What difference does anybody’s opinion on here whether NUA is a hero or not have on proceedings?? IMO …. At last …… the reality here (you just contradicted yourself – reality or opinion?) is her best friend knew she could be emotionally fragile and possibly self harm. What? That’s the first I have heard of that!? NUA “knew that SW could self harm”. Really? Please post the LINK. At no time did the friend report that she had concerns of her being in physical danger (DV). Nor has anyone else involved ever made mention of such. Most FA don’t have a history of DV, read previous threads where it’s discussed in DETAIL

The friend rushing over there in such a short period of time actually feels much more like a suicide concern than a triple murder notion. What is your point? Are you saying NUA was worried that SW would commit suicide and NOT worried about what might happen with CW? Really, where are the LINKS please. Welfare checks (for their age group) would be more self harm than anything else. Is this an OPINION or have you got evidence to back it up?? If so, please link

She was histrionic to say the least. Wow, another unbridled opinion, you’re not holding back. And who was "she" - NUA or SW? You’ve lost me now. A dramatic suicide attempt after learning that her rock, her life, the bestest thing ever ever in her life, on the planet, seems far more likely on the friends part. What? SW made a suicide attempt? What? This is getting incoherent. Please post a link or is this more speculation?

It the friend was so scared she was with a murderer she would have placed the welfare call from where she was - you can not be wasting time if your friend is with a wild murderer. I’m pretty sure neither SW or NUA feared things would have escalated as such. I agree. SW would not have left the girls in a “wild murderers “ care

His locking the door from the inside is what someone who just killed someone would do. What? Your OPINION, again. I lock my door from the inside. What’s your point? I assume you are referring to NUA’s statement that the front door was locked differently. What I infer from this is that no one could have left via the front door, unless someone was still alive in the house, which they were not. So the last person to leave the house left by some other exit other than the front door. Make of that what you wish. So what was your point again?

Someone who just murdered someone would also lie. The uproar over his porch interview never made any sense to me. The nationwide shock that a murderer would try to hide that he just committed a murder is the norm. It is not this big mystery. It is the stuff of all true crime. Your point is …..??????? What members on one side of this discussion have said, repeatedly, is that, if CW hadn’t killed the girls, hiw could he be so calm in the porch interviews about 30 hours later. We all agree he was lying. But no expression of emotion from CW is what surprised members. No uproar from the 60,000 or so posts I’ve read. Please link, I may have missed the one you are referring to

The same applies to not calling 911. Murderers do not call 911 generally speaking. There are logical reasons for this --three dead bodies would result in a visit from LE - just how it would work out. Some members would argue that a father who played no part in killing his daughters wouldn’t “dispose” of them the way he did? A fair point I think IMO

HIV entering the dialog is strange IMO. For someone who reports she has many illnesses the jumping to the Hipaa stuff as being HIV related was, in this day and age shocking. A quarter of all new HIV diagnoses are heterosexual contact. Irrelevant

We can not jump to the conclusion that because they charged him with all deaths means that is what occurred. Charging a dead person is rather meaningless. It is a high profile case. I don’t see anyone jumping to any conclusions, I see intellectual discussion of the evidence, probabilities of events occurring and reasoning behind these possible outcomes. That’s what a forum is for. You can’t stop people forming opinions, and judging, if they see it that way. Reading your (often biased) decisions, it seems to me that you yourself have already "jumped to conclusions". JMO

At the end of the day we have to conclude that there certainly are secrets here - they are not acting like confident prosecutors at all. Well, you certainly kept the best till last. First that is your OPINION and secondly, it is not the prosecutor’s job to keep us Joe Public filled in with all the latest developments. They are following legal process and carrying out their job in a responsible manner as far as I see, as are the Defense team I’m sure

There might be reasons for this. What reason? You said all the above, you’ve given your opinion in 1322 words. Surely you could enlighten us with one more .......

Welcome Mark Morris.:):):)
You're relatively new, and you have worked hard, in answering many points.
Thanks.
 
  • #895
Thank you for this, and your entire well-thought-out post. I very much appreciate the time you took to write it.

I understand we have to explore both sides of the situation because of his accusations. But some of this has gone so far past victim bashing to the baseless evisceration of a dead woman’s character that I need to take a break. I’m thoroughly disgusted.

I agree, it's so sad, I hope to God her family realize that most people do not believe Chris Watts dreadful lies and they do not have to listen to this type of thing in court. He is entirely 100% typical of all family annihilators that I have read about. I find it very hard to understand why some people find his lies about Shannan even remotely credible.
 
  • #896
I agree, it's so sad, I hope to God her family realize that most people do not believe Chris Watts dreadful lies and they do not have to listen to this type of thing in court. He is entirely 100% typical of all family annihilators that I have read about. I find it very hard to understand why some people find his lies about Shannan even remotely credible.
Hear hear. You've said what I wanted to say but couldn't find the words and kept deleting. He leaves me quite speechless.
 
  • #897
I agree, it's so sad, I hope to God her family realize that most people do not believe Chris Watts dreadful lies and they do not have to listen to this type of thing in court. He is entirely 100% typical of all family annihilators that I have read about. I find it very hard to understand why some people find his lies about Shannan even remotely credible.
Yup. He’s cut from the same cloth as so many before him. He is the quintessential example of a family annihilator.

She has none of the characteristics shared by women who have killed their kids.

It’s pretty simple math.

And that’s without even factoring in all the incredibly incriminating facts here.
 
  • #898
The financial conclusions were reached by careful review of the bankruptcy filing. Interestingly, in America medical bills are often a huge part of bankruptcy. It struck me as unique that in the filing there was minimal health care bills.

For a family system to have 75% of the family very sick (per SW report) most of the time there was a chiropractor bill in the bankruptcy. In the videos everyone looks fine.

In addition , the alleged fertility problems are certainly not illustrated in the facts of the matter. It appears, in very short order, she gave birth, on time, to two children. In any SM I did not come across anything related to difficulties while pregnant. That does not mean there were not any, but interesting.

We have a person allegedly suffering with two lifelong chronic illnesses whose primary symptom is fatigue - appearing to have a lot of energy of filming and vacationing etc etc.

Doing the math in the last 60 months she spent 22 months pregnant. That might be exhausting for a healthy woman!

There is no way to determine if one has fibromyalgia. There is however a lot of information as it relates to fibromyalgia, malingering and personality disorders.

Just saying.

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1.........0i71j35i39j35i304i39j0i7i30.mgskcjaVHJo

"There is no way to determine if one has fibromyalgia. There is however a lot of information as it relates to fibromyalgia, malingering and personality disorders."

I disagree. A board certified rheumatologist is fully capable of making an accurate diagnosis of fibromyalgia.

What is known, for a fact, is that people who are diagnosed with auto-immune diseases such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis have a much higher chance of developing fibromyalgia than those who do not have the underlying auto-immune disease.

The over-all estimate of those who suffer from fibromyalgia is 5%. Lupus.org states the estimate of lupus patients who suffer from fibromyalgia is 30%. I have RA and fibromyalgia. I believe the estimate for RA patients who also have fibromyalgia is even higher.

Trust me, you do not want to develop one these auto-immune diseases and you also do not want to receive an additional diagnosis of fibromyalgia.

When an auto-immune disease patient is also diagnosed with fibromyalgia, they are not treated as if they have a personality disorder or that they might be malingering. The rheumatologist knows for a fact that their patient has both problems and they work diligently to arrive at a combination drug therapy that helps their dual diagnosis patient live a better, and less painful life.

You might consider reading the following attached from lupus.org and perhaps do some additional research on auto-immune diseases as they pertain to fibromyalgia.

Strategies for managing pain
 
  • #899
"She was gone a lot vacationing" is misleading. CW joined her on almost every Lifestyle Getaway that she or they earned. She also made ordinary business trips as it was the nature of her business. You may be confusing "vacationing" with "business." She was in sales. It required travel. I am sure there are lots of folks here who travel for business. I did it myself for years and believe me, it was no "vacation."

Here are a few photos of BOTH CW and Shanann vacationing. They BOTH seem to be enjoying themselves. WS limits the number of photos to 10 per post, but there are many more. Link to photos here: https://www.facebook.com/ShanannWatts/photos?lst=100004929826139:507111934:1541086709&collection_token=507111934:2305272732:6&next_cursor=MDpub3Rfc3RydWN0dXJlZDoxMDE1NDc4NTk1OTEwMTkzNQ==

Puerto Vallarta:
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Las Vegas:
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San Diego
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Chris and I earned a full expense trip to Mexico and up until today we couldn't go bc we didn't have help with the girls! My mom and dad made it work and my mom is coming to take care of our girls for the 4 days (I threw two extra days in so I can spend time with her too!) Truly blessed to have supportive parents! #Blessed #PuertoVallarta #Lifestylegetaway#Fullexpensepdtrip — with Bella Marie Watts,Celeste Cathryn and Frank Rzucek.
Shanann Watts
Thank you for posting this. I'm glad this is a victim-friendly site, for the most part, and that we're supporting a pregnant woman and her babies who were ruthlessly murdered by the man she loved and trusted.
In one of the photos above, she is embracing him and I can't bear to think of what his strong, python-sized arms did to her and the toddlers.
No matter what you may think of her -- her work, her social media presence etc, she was a young, pregnant mom who was murdered. There is NO REASON I can think of for anyone to kill a pregnant woman and innocent little girls. No reason whatsoever, unless you're a an evil monster.
MOO.
 
  • #900
First off, there's no excuse for what CW confessed to. The odds are he killed his daughters too. However, I wouldn't be completely shocked to find out he didn't kill his daughters. Since so many on here are convinced he's guilty as charged it's hard to discuss possibilities that fall outside of his confession.
jmo
 
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