This is the moment Chris Watts, husband and father of two girls, realized the neighbor’s CCTV had captured footage that didn’t match what he told police. His hands went behind his head as the video played. His wife and daughters were missing. Full story 🧵
Chris Watts lived with his wife Shanann and their two young daughters, Bella and Celeste, in Frederick, Colorado. On August 13, 2018, Shanann was dropped off at home around 1:48 a.m. by her friend Nicole Atkinson, after returning from a business trip. Later that morning, Shanann
But a neighbor’s security camera cast doubt on his story. The footage showed Chris backing his truck into the garage at 5:17 a.m., making several trips from the house to the vehicle—loading something large into it. When police replayed the footage for him, Chris stood with his
Police learned Chris had been having an affair with a coworker, Nichol Kessinger, who believed he was in the process of separating. Phone records showed they had been in constant contact, and Chris had even told her that Shanann was “gone.” Kessinger later cooperated with
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Chris Watts pretending to plead with his family to come back home on TV—knowing he had already killed them just hours earlier.
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