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Christopher Watts


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  •   Watts born May 16 1985, Shanann Watts, born Jan10 1984
  •  They met in 2010   they were married 2 years later
  •  Shanann gave birth to Bella Marie Watts (born 17 Dec 2013
  •   second daughter Celeste Cathryn or "CeCe" Watts (born 17 July 2015). 
  •    In June of 2015 the couple filed for bankruptcy
  •   Watts was working as an operator for   Anadarko Petroleum, while Shanann worked from home selling a product called Thrive, 
  •    Shanann was 15 weeks pregnant with a son named Nico Lee. 
  •  June 2018: Watts starts talking to Nichol Kessinger
  •  Chris wraps Shan’ann in a blanket and carries her to his truck.
  •   He puts the kids in the backseat  Kessinger works at Anadarko Petroleum
  •   he came by her office and struck up a conversation.. 
  •   They meet outside of work later that month. 
  •   By July 2018: their relationship becomes sexual, seeing her about four or five times a week 
  •    August 9,: Shan’ann leaves on business to Arizona
  •   Aug 11  Watts hires a babysitter and goes out with Kessinger
  •   Shanann returned home. At 1:48a.m. on August 13, 
  •    Also on August 13,: Watts kills Shan’ann and their daughters      
  •   He then smothers Celeste in a blanket. 
  •    He then does the same with Bella in another tank.
  •  Chris also buries his wife’s body in the ground nearby
  •   Shan'ann is reported missing at around 1:40 p.m. by Nickole Atkinson.
  • Shan’ann’s phone, keys and purse are found at the house
  •   Her car, was in the garage.
  • Shanann's wedding ring was found on her and Christopher's bed. 
  •  he told investigators about the affair & admitted to strangling Shanann to death.
  •  Watts tried to falsely blame Shanann for her daughters' murders claiming that he had seen her killing them on the baby monitor in their bedroom & he attacked her in a blind rage. 
  •  Chris  pleaded for their return: 
  •  Chris fails a polygraph test 
  •   August 16, The three murdered bodies are recovered at Chris’ worksite. 

References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watts_family_murders
https://www.insider.com/chris-watts-murder-timeline-2018-12
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7520985/Chris-Watts-chilling-letter-confessing-killed-family.html
Photographs:
https://www.google.com/search?q=chris+watts+pictures&rlz=1C1GCEA_enAU936AU936&oq=chris+watts+pictures&aqs=chrome..69i57.10755j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Resources:
https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/mentalhealth/Pages/contact-service.aspx#24-hour
https://www.beyondblue.org.au
https://www.betterhelp.com
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