Chris Watts Claims Dark Fate Forced Him to Kill Pregnant Wife and Daughters: “It Was Gonna Happen”
Ever wonder what drives a seemingly average guy to shatter the perfect picture of family life? On the eighth anniversary of Chris Watts’ horrifying crime — the brutal murder of his pregnant wife Shanann and their two young daughters — he now claims he had “no control” over what happened, saying it was “just gonna happen.” It’s chilling to hear such words from a man who once played the grieving husband on live TV, tears streaming, only to later confess to strangling Shanann after a bitter fight, then hiding the bodies in a remote oil field where he worked. Beneath the surface of what looked like a fairy tale lay a storm of hatred, infidelity, and dark intentions — a twisted tale that still leaves us asking: how do monsters like this hide in plain sight? If you think you know the story, think again — the layers of deceit and cruelty are as unsettling as ever.
Chris murdered his 34-year-old wife, Shanann Watts, who was 15 weeks pregnant with their third child at the time, and their two daughters, Bella Watts, 4, and Celeste Watts, 3, on August 13, 2018. He then dumped their bodies at the remote oil field in Colorado where he worked.
When his family suddenly went “missing,” the now 41-year-old sat down for several live interviews to voice his supposed grief over their disappearance.
On camera, he shed tears, playing the part of the loving dad and doting husband, before eventually breaking down when confronted with police evidence.
At first, Chris told officials that hours after she returned home from a trip, he asked Shanann for a separation. He then claimed that she had killed their two daughters out of revenge, causing him to go into a “rage” and strangle her.
He recalled that after Shanann returned home from her trip, they did indeed fight. Chris confessed to having an affair and said he didn’t love his wife anymore. When she threatened to leave him and take the children, he jumped on top of her in their bed and strangled her.
“I didn’t want to do this, but I did it,” Chris said on tape during an audio recording of his confession. “I don’t even want to say it felt like I had to. It just felt like there was already something in my mind that was implanted that I was gonna do it, and when I woke up that morning, it was gonna happen, and I had no control over it.”
After killing Shanann, he loaded her body into the bed of his truck and drove with their daughters to the remote oil field where he worked. He buried Shanann in a shallow grave, and then smothered Celeste and Bell – placing their bodies in oil tanks.
Police found their remains on August 17, 2018.
“He would say the most awful things… talking her down and making her seem like a horrible, unstable person… say[ing] he wished she’d work and complain that he had to support her,” she claimed. “Any shot you could take, he took… he just did not like that poor woman.”
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