Man admits wife's murder, blames her for daughters' deaths
Source: Associated Press
Kathleen Foody, Associated Press
Updated 11:18 pm CDT, Monday, August 20, 2018
DENVER (AP) A Colorado man is due back in court Tuesday to formally learn that he has been charged with the murders of his pregnant wife and two daughters.
Christopher Watts also faces charges of unlawful termination of a pregnancy and three counts of tampering with a deceased human body. It is not clear whether he will enter a plea during the court appearance.
A court filing unsealed Monday say Watts admitted to police that he killed his wife. But he said he strangled her in "a rage" when he discovered she had strangled their two daughters after he sought a separation.
The document says the 33-year-old man then drove his wife and daughters' bodies to an oil work site where he buried 34-year-old Shanann Watts and put the bodies of 4-year-old Bella and 3-year-old Celeste inside an oil tank.
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Laffy Kat
(16,383 posts)He was also having an affair with a co-worker. I hope they throw away the key.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Yeah, right. The normal thing to do with your dead babies after you go into a rage over someone else killing them is to put them in barrels of oil. And then go on tv and talk about how your wife and your babies are missing.
Let's see. If we go by the Scott Peterson murder of his pregnant wife, the cause is that divorce isn't an option, because he's still stuck with 18 years of child support payments. And she'd get half the assets.
I just don't understand how someone could kill two children, much less his own children, and so young. Adorable little girls. I've seen on tv that it's hard to strangle someone, and takes time. Horrible.
dalton99a
(81,515 posts)raccoon
(31,111 posts)NBachers
(17,120 posts)Raine
(30,540 posts)but I've heard of others using that same crap to excuse what they've done.
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)that he also ended the life of his yet-to-be-born son. The woman he was having an affair with must have lousy taste in married men, too.
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)Creep. Now he wants to destroy her reputation. Not a big death penalty guy but could accept such a finding in this case.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)I doubt he would do very well in prison.
WhiteTara
(29,718 posts)sexy sexy affair with coworker. However, it sounds like he really wanted "his cake and to eat it too." I'll do what I want and you have to do what I want too.
SunSeeker
(51,571 posts)So typical of a misogynist, attacking the victim's reputation and blaming the crime on her.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,202 posts)Colorado has the death penalty. One of the crimes subject to the death penalty is murdering a child under age 12. However killing a pregnant woman is also a capital crime.