CO - Shanann Watts (34, dec.), Celeste"Cece" (3) and Bella (4) - MEDIA, MAPS, TIMELINES - NO DISCUSS

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MAR 4, 2019
TUESDAY, MARCH 5: A shocking new confession from Colorado killer Chris Watts. Authorities reportedly recorded audio of Watts during a brand-new five-hour prison interview. On the tape, Watts reportedly reveals to investigators the horrifying truth about his wife and daughters’ final moments. What really happened to Shan’ann, Bella and Celeste? Shan’ann’s parents say they’ve been told what really happened, and in a Dr. Phil exclusive, their lawyers reveal the details of Watts’ devastating new confession.

Bella: "What are you doing with Mommy?"

 

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MAR 4, 2019
Chris Watts’ daughter Bella ‘pleaded’ with killer dad before her murder: Report
In a press release, the “Dr. Phil” show announced that Shannan Watts’ parents Frank and Sandra Rzucek will appear on a two-part show along with their attorney, and are expected to reveal more about what the release described as Chris Watts’ “full confession,” including the last words of his 4-year-old daughter, Bella, who Watts is believed to have asphyxiated. Prosecutors said Watts smothered the girls and strangled his wife, according to People.

According to the upcoming report of the interview, Bella “pleaded” with her father before her death.

The “Dr. Phil” episodes will air on March 5 and March 11.

 

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MAR 4, 2019
Attorney to Dr. Phil: Chris Watts Revealed Affair, Killed Shanann When She Said He Wouldn’t See the Kids Again
The lawyer for Shanann Watts‘ family tells Dr. Phil in a video preview of a Tuesday airing to come that Chris Watts killed his wife after revealing an affair and demanding a divorce. Attorney Steven Lambert said that the convicted murderer killed his wife after she said he wouldn’t see their kids again.

“He told her that it was pretty much over between them,” Lambert said. “[Shanann] had said something to effect of ‘Well, you’re not going to see the kids again.'”

“As a consequence of that conversation he strangled her,” he continued.

 

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MAR 4, 2019
Chris Watts' Daughter Walked in on Him Strangling His Wife: 'What Are You Doing with Mommy?'
A pre-recorded interview with attorney Steven Lambert will appear on Tuesday’s episode of Dr. Phil. In a clip of the interview obtained by PEOPLE, he describes the scene when Chris Watts strangled his wife before he smothered their two daughters last August.

“The night in question, Shanann came home,” Lambert tells Dr. Phil McGraw. “She and Chris got into a fight. They had made up, they were getting along quite well.”

“Later on, they got into a fight again,” Lambert, who is representing Shanann’s family in a wrongful death suit against Watts, continues. “In that fight, he essentially confessed to having an affair, that he wanted a divorce, that it was pretty much over between them. She said something to the effect of, ‘Well, you’re not going to see the kids again.’ As a consequence of that conversation, he strangled her to death.”

McGraw then asked if the girls witnessed their mother’s murder.

“Bella walked in and asked, ‘What are you doing with mommy?'” Lambert says.

 

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MAR 4, 2019
Chris Watts murdered his daughter after she walked in on him strangling his pregnant wife Shanann | Daily Mail Online
Chris Watts murdered his elder daughter after she witnessed him killing her mother according to an interview that will air Tuesday on The Dr Phil Show.

Steven Lambert, the lawyer who is representing the family of Shanann Watts in their wrongful death lawsuit, claims that his clients were informed of just how Watts carried out the brutal murders.

It started with Shanann threatening to keep their children from him after she learned of his affair, and ended with the mom and both daughters dead.

Bella reportedly spent her final moments begging her father to spare her life.

 

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MAR 5, 2019
Chris Watts Told Daughter 'Mommy's Sick' After She Saw Him Disposing of Wife's Dead Body
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A pre-recorded interview with attorney Steven Lambert will appear on Tuesday’s episode of Dr. Phil. In a clip of the interview obtained by PEOPLE, he alleges that 4-year-old Bella walked in on her dad disposing of her mom’s body by wrapping it in a sheet.

“Bella walked in and asked, ‘What are you doing with Mommy?'” said Lambert.

According to Lambert, Watts told his daughter, “Mommy is sick, and we need to take her to the hospital to make her better.”

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According to Lambert, the murder happened after an argument about the affair.

“In that fight, [Chris] essentially confessed to having an affair, that he wanted a divorce, that it was pretty much over between them,” Lambert told McGraw. “[Shanann] said something to the effect of, ‘Well, you’re not going to see the kids again.’ As a consequence of that conversation, he strangled her to death.”

 

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MAR 5, 2019
Dr. Phil on Monday will be calling out the pathologic trolls.

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MAR 5, 2019
Bella Watts Walked In on Dad Chris Watts Disposing of Mom Shan'ann's Body: Lawyer
The last moments of little Bella Watts’ life were filled with terror and confusion, as the 4-year-old girl walked in on her father disposing of her mother’s body before he turned his ire on her and her sister, an attorney for the victims’ family said.

“What are you doing with mommy?” Bella asked her father, Chris Watts, as he wrapped the body of his pregnant wife, Shan’ann Watts, in a sheet after strangling her, Steven Lambert, a lawyer for Shan’ann’s family, said during an appearance on "Dr. Phil."

In a clip of the interview, which will air Tuesday and was obtained by People, Lambert told Dr. Phil Chris killed his wife and daughters after he and Shan’ann fought over his affair.

“… [H]e essentially confessed to having an affair, that he wanted a divorce, that it was pretty much over between them,” Lambert said. “She said something to the effect of, ‘Well, you’re not going to see the kids again.’ As a consequence of that conversation, he strangled her to death.”

 

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MAR 5, 2019
Gray Hughes Investigates

 

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MAR 5, 2019
VIDEO - Dr. Phil McGraw – A Preview of a Special 2 Part Dr. Phil Exclusive: Chris Watts’ Full Confession; His Daughter’s Final Words

Dr. Phil McGraw – A Preview of a Special 2 Part Dr. Phil Exclusive: Chris Watts’ Full Confession; His Daughter’s Final Words

Dr. Phil previews graphic details (warning) of his intense 2 part episode on the Watts family homicide.

 

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MAR 5, 2019
Killer Dad Chris Watts ‘found God’ before confessing new, horrific details of family murder
Convicted family murderer Chris Watts is believed to have some type of religious awakening that prompted him to share new details about the brutal murders of his pregnant wife and two daughters with investigators in a late-February interview at the Wisconsin prison where Watts is serving multiple life sentences.

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According to the lawyers’ account, Watts revised his story in last month’s prison interview with investigators from multiple agencies, and shared a shocking new claim: That his daughters Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3, were still alive when he drove them, with their mother’s body in his pickup truck, to an oil field where he buried Shanann, smothered both girls, and stuffed each of his daughter’s bodies in an oil tank.

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Watts reportedly told investigators that Bella had walked in on him as he was wrapping Shanann’s body in a sheet, and that he told Bella her mother was sick and needed to be taken to the hospital. Following the 45-minute drive to the oil field, Watts reportedly admitted that Bella witnessed him smother her younger sister and pleaded with him not to do the same to her.

Asked why Watts would suddenly decide to share this new information with investigators, given that his case is closed and the sentence has been delivered, one of the lawyers said that he believed Watts had discovered religion since he arrived in prison.

“He is claiming that he is remorseful, and he has found God,” Thomas Grant of the Grant & Hoffman Law Firm told Dr. Phil.

 

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MAR 5, 2019
Chris Watts' 4-year-old pleaded for her life, attorney says - CNN
Chris Watts' 4-year-old daughter knew her mother and younger sister, Celeste, had just been killed -- and she feared she would be next.

"Please Daddy, don't do to me what you just did to Cece," said Bella, according to a lawyer for the family of Shanann Watts, the girls' mother.

Earlier, Bella had walked into the room just after Watts had strangled his wife, Shanann, and was wrapping her in a sheet to dispose of her body. "What are you doing with Mommy?" Bella asked her father.

Bella's last words and other details about the disturbing familial murders were revealed by attorney Steven Lambert on Tuesday's "Dr. Phil" show.

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"I don't think he will ever tell us. I don't think he will give an honest assessment of why he did what he did, how he did what he did," Weld County District Attorney Michael Rourke said.

But in the "Dr. Phil" interview, Lambert said the couple got into a fight and Chris Watts confessed he was having an affair. He also said he wanted a divorce and declared that their relationship was over.

"And she had said something to the effect of, 'Well, you're not gonna see the kids again.' As a consequence of that conversation, he strangled her to death," Lambert said.

As Watts was preparing to move the body, Bella walked in and asked about her mother, Lambert said.

"She's 4, what we've been told she's quite smart -- was quite smart -- and knew something likely was up. And what he said was that, 'Mommy is sick, we need to take her to the hospital to make her better,'" Lambert said.

Lambert said his understanding is that Chris Watts put Shanann's body in his truck and then put his children, who were alive at the time, into the truck. He took Celeste's favorite blanket and smothered her, Lambert said.

"At this point, Bella had unbuckled herself from the vehicle," Lambert said. Watts walked back to the truck and that's when Bella made the plea for her life, Lambert said.

 

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MAR 6, 2019
Chris Watts drove 45 minutes with dead wife, 2 daughters, before killing them at oil field: family’s attorney
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Watts then went into a rage and strangled his wife to death, Lambert said. As he was wrapping her body in a sheet, 4-year-old Bella walked into the room and asked: “What’re you doing with mommy?” Lambert said Watts told his daughter: "mommy is sick and we need to take her to the hospital to make her better."

With Shannan’s dead body in his truck, Watts drove his two daughters to an oil-and-gas field in Weld County, about 45 minutes away, Lambert said. He then smothered Celeste with her favorite blanket while her sister watched, Lambert added.

After Watts removed Celeste body from the truck Bella said: “Please daddy, do not do to me what you just did to Cee Cee,” according to Lambert. Watts dumped the girls’ bodies in an oil tank and buried his wife in a shallow grave.

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Watts reportedly offered authorities the new details from behind bars in February, according to The New York Post. Shannan's family has not listened to Watts' supposed confession but was reportedly briefed on what was said. Audio from Watts' exchanges with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, FBI and Frederick police investigators will be released on Thursday, The Denver Post reported.

 

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MAR 5, 2019
Remembering Shan’ann Watts, And Her Children Bella, Celeste And Nico

 

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MAR 6, 2019

 

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MAR 6, 2019
Chris Watts agreed to provide details about murders of wife and daughters after he discovered god | Daily Mail Online
It seems that Chris Watts' decision to finally share the details of how he killed his pregnant wife and two daughters may have something to do with divine intervention.

The killer dad, 35, who is currently serving three life sentences behind bars has discovered God in prison according to members of the legal team for the family of his deceased wife.

'We don't believe that he has been offered anything, or that here is anything that could be given to him or traded,' said one of the lawyers about Watts decision to speak with authorities.

'So I think it is the jailhouse religion. Our understanding is that he is now remorseful, and he's found God.'

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'We've had a few different conversations with him. It's almost eerie how normal some of the conversations go with him, and I don't know exactly what that's about or anything,' said Lambert.

'He's been very forthcoming. It's almost like calling a neighbor.'

The lawyers also say that Watts is 'friendly,' and appears happy to be hearing from them in prison.

 

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MAR 6, 2019
Lawyer details reported Chris Watts confession on 'Dr. Phil': What we know
Through an open records release, the Coloradoan, which is part of the USA TODAY Network, on Thursday morning will obtain and provide coverage of:

• Two audio files totaling about five hours
• Images of Christopher Watts
• A Colorado Bureau of Investigation report
• A letter from Colorado Department of Public Safety Executive Director Stan Hilkey

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At Watts' sentencing, Weld County District Attorney Michael Rourke invited Watts to come forward at some point and reveal how and why he committed these murders.

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Watts' parents also said in statements to the court during the sentencing hearing they hoped he would someday come forward with the truth about what happened to Shanann, Bella, Celeste and unborn baby Nico.

 

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MAR 6, 2019
‘Please Daddy’: Chris Watts’ Daughter Pleaded for Her Life After Her Mother and Sister Were Killed, Attorney Says
Lambert said his understanding is that Chris Watts put Shanann’s body in his truck and then put his children, who were alive at the time, into the truck. He took Celeste’s favorite blanket and smothered her, Lambert said.

“At this point, Bella had unbuckled herself from the vehicle,” Lambert said. Watts walked back to the truck and that’s when Bella made the plea for her life, Lambert said.

At Watts’ sentencing, prosecutors said Bella fought back, but was killed. Prosecutors also argued that Watts did not kill her in a rage but deliberately and viciously.

 

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In his own words, voice: Chris Watts details murders of pregnant wife, daughters
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation plans to release five hours of audio recordings with admitted killer Chris Watts.
March 6, 2019

And now, five hours of recorded interviews with Watts – conducted Feb. 18 by investigators with the Frederick Police Department, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, and the FBI – are set to be made public Thursday morning.

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Once it's released, listen to the interview on our YouTube page, read updates and watch our coverage throughout the day on 9NEWS and 9NEWS.com.”

 

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Chris Watts' daughter pleaded for her life, attorney says
Mar 05, 2019

“(CNN) — Chris Watts' 4-year-old daughter knew her mother and younger sister, Celeste, had just been killed -- and she feared she would be next.

"Please Daddy, don't do to me what you just did to Cece," said Bella, according to a lawyer for the family of Shannan Watts, the girls' mother.“