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Judi Lynn

(160,545 posts)
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 12:25 AM Aug 2018

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.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Man-admits-wife-s-murder-blames-her-for-13170331.php

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Man admits wife's murder, blames her for daughters' deaths (Original Post) Judi Lynn Aug 2018 OP
Naturally no one believes this POS. Laffy Kat Aug 2018 #1
And papa bear said to the mama bear.... Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #2
He was "actively involved in an affair with a co-worker": dalton99a Aug 2018 #3
Thanks. I figured he was. Nt raccoon Aug 2018 #8
Yeah, that sounds likely. NBachers Aug 2018 #4
TOTAL bull shit Raine Aug 2018 #5
This asshole will be a selfish coward to the end. The mother did nothing to her children. Trust Buster Aug 2018 #6
Let us not forget Scarsdale Aug 2018 #7
Psychopaths always refuse to take responsibilty. Killing his wife wasn't enough for this selfish Trust Buster Aug 2018 #9
Death would be a blessing for him. Dave Starsky Aug 2018 #10
Well, children are an impediment to WhiteTara Aug 2018 #12
He murdered her, now he's trying to murder her memory. SunSeeker Aug 2018 #11
He's trying to save his ass TexasBushwhacker Aug 2018 #13

Laffy Kat

(16,383 posts)
1. Naturally no one believes this POS.
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 12:29 AM
Aug 2018

He was also having an affair with a co-worker. I hope they throw away the key.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
2. And papa bear said to the mama bear....
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 12:32 AM
Aug 2018

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.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
7. Let us not forget
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 07:16 AM
Aug 2018

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)
9. Psychopaths always refuse to take responsibilty. Killing his wife wasn't enough for this selfish
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 07:31 AM
Aug 2018

Creep. Now he wants to destroy her reputation. Not a big death penalty guy but could accept such a finding in this case.

WhiteTara

(29,718 posts)
12. Well, children are an impediment to
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 01:14 PM
Aug 2018

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)
11. He murdered her, now he's trying to murder her memory.
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 08:39 AM
Aug 2018

So typical of a misogynist, attacking the victim's reputation and blaming the crime on her.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,202 posts)
13. He's trying to save his ass
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 01:21 PM
Aug 2018

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.

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