Found Deceased CO - Shanann Watts (34), Celeste"Cece" (3) and Bella (4), Frederick, 13 Aug 2018 *CW GUILTY* #54

[Only4Justice]

I saw embarrassment and shame.

Me too.

 

[ChiCubs2016]

My heart breaks for what SW and the girls had to go through. Just beyond words. So glad the Prosecutor gave such a detailed timeline and so much evidence. What is the world made CW think he could get away with this? Calling the school, a realtor? How could he explain that?

 

[PommyMommy]

Wow. What time did he call his coworkers to say he is going in early?

Plus he called the school to unenroll the girls the next day.

Plus he called a realtor to see about selling the house.

Just wow.

Cold blooded, premeditated murder. May he rot in hell. MOO

 

[NuttMegg]

I don't understand who made the comment about one tank being emptier, and about the sound one of the girls made to hit the oil.

And. if Bella was scratched on entry to the tank, and if blonde hair was found on one of the hatches, this must mean that they were dumped without being in plastic bags.

 

[wyldcynic]

i held out for a long time hoping that he did not go into this intending to kill the girls. this changes everything. i literally can't even comprehend this level of human depravity.

 

[Jupiter05]

DA Rourke: Watts un-enrolled the girls in school. He contacted a realtor to sell the house and he texted with his girlfriend about their future together in the days after they died.

 

[Layla123]

I’ll bet he’s kicking himself for lying about the way that the kids died.

An unnecessary lie that certainly hurt his scenario.

Not that anyone would have bought it anyways.

There’s a big difference between smothering and strangling, even on those teeny tiny baby monitors. Dumb a$$.

 

[Tortoise]

I don't understand who made the comment about one tank being emptier, and about the sound one of the girls made to hit the oil.

That's what he told police, for some reason.

 

[katie565]

I just feel so very very sad.

Same. My heart is crushed and I feel like I’m still not breathing right after holding my breath in horror. Her poor, poor, beautiful family. I’m just speechless

 

[BrownRice]

Note to self - don’t rely on HLN. Half was commercials.

Will YouTube carry the press conference?

 

[Gardener1850]

I saw embarrassment and shame.

Good. I hope he feels that way for the rest of his life. I don't think he can feel for anyone other than himself, however. Embarrassment and shame might be as close as it gets. He premeditated this entire crime and then lied to the cameras with a smile on his face. How could he? How could he not feel anything for his flesh and blood babies? For his wife who was trying to save their marriage? It baffles... There are no answers. MOO.

 

[newsjunkie]

Blue lips. He saw blue lips, but not over the monitor when they were “being strangled” no not until he lifted the pillow off their faces.

 

[Gardenista]

Yes!! I didn’t even catch that.

They had him dead to rights on that. Which, I assume, is why he capitulated.

 

[UKslueth2018]

Denver feed is on but not sure if she realises that xx

 

[zea mays]

So, this was the evidence that I heard:

• Shanann was strangled, but no other injuries (specifically, hyoid bone intact)
• Bella was smothered and had defensive wounds (several bites to her tongue and a torn frenulum)
• Cece was smothered with no other injuries
• He texted his coworkers the night before that "he would take care of the site"
• He was acting normally when the coworkers arrived at the site later in the day
• He had several searches for jewelry, vacation destinations, etc for NK
• He unenrolled the children from school
• He contacted a realtor about selling the house
• He was seen going to the truck three times on the neighbor's camera
• Shanann had sent him books about repairing their marriage - that book was thrown in the trash

 

[Nellie Nelson]

I don't understand who made the comment about one tank being emptier, and about the sound one of the girls made to hit the oil.

And. if Bella was scratched on entry to the tank, and if blonde hair was found on one of the hatches, this must mean that they were dumped without being in plastic bags.

It was Chris Watts - he told LE he thought one tank was fuller than the other, because of the difference in 'splashing' sound the girls bodies made as they landed in the oil.

 

[MCDRAW]

I'm assuming that weekend meeting Cw's family had was eye opening for them. They finally looked like they were grieving. I felt terrible for them all. He never even looked at his family.

 

[BrownRice]

So, this was the evidence that I heard:

• Shanann was strangled, but no other injuries (specifically, hyoid bone intact)
• Bella was smothered and had defensive wounds (several bites to her tongue and a torn frenulum)
• Cece was smothered with no other injuries
• He texted his coworkers the night before that "he would take care of the site"
• He was acting normally when the coworkers arrived at the site later in the day
• He had several searches for jewelry, vacation destinations, etc for NK
• He unenrolled the children from school
• He contacted a realtor about selling the house
• He was seen going to the truck three times on the neighbor's camera
• Shanann had sent him books about repairing their marriage - that book was thrown in the trash

Excellent recap.

 

[NuttMegg]

Note to self - don’t rely on HLN. Half was commercials.

Will YouTube carry the press conference?

No kidding. HLN didn't spool badly but they cut out to commercial right before the Watts spoke. Never again, HLN.

 

[stereopticons]

So much more premediation than I anticipated. And poor Bella. There are no words.