"I asked Chris, 'If you did not do this, do not confess to something you didn't do,'" she said. In all our wedding pictures she is holding HIS HAND not her husbands. I think Cindy would have disliked any woman Chris married. According to KMGH, Cindy and Ronnie still believe the explanation Chris offered police in mid August that he killed Shanann after he watched her strangle their youngest daughter at their Colorado home when he told her he wanted to separate. Tammy Lee, an investigator in the case, conducted the . Watts sobbed in court as he pleaded guilty to five counts of murder in the first degree, three counts of tampering with a deceased human body, and one count of unlawful termination of a pregnancy. (I lived almost 3 hours away.) Hes not a psychopath.. Everyone turned on him (even Kessinger) everyone except his family. Behind Chris Watts Decision to Plead Guilty Eventually He Acknowledged His Life Was Over, Why Did Chris Watts Murder His Wife & Kids? I couldn't do anything right," Cindy told ABC11. She was right; Chris had been carrying on an affair with a co-worker. "He's going to die in prison. "I have always loved you and I still do. She also portrayed the dead woman as a negative influence on him. I wonder does she realize how hated she is? And for the Rzuecks [Shanann's family] to be able to heal. Chris faces life in prison when hes sentenced Monday. I miss everything about you.". 2019 Creative Expansions, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Shanann was 15 weeks pregnant with the couple's son when Chris strangled her to death inside . Shes doing everything she can to fix it., The note ends with Shannan writing, I will always fight for our marriage and you.. When we divorced because he was a serial thief and cheater she was happy. THE parents of twisted killer Chris Watts have revealed they still support their evil son but live with the tragedy of losing their grandchildren "every day". He said, "Chris, I forgive you and your sister forgives you and we will never abandon you," according to The Sun. Frankie Rzucek, Shanann Watts' brother says he and his family have been 'attacked on social media by online trolls' after the docu on Chris Watts' murders (RJ Sangosti - Pool/Getty Images, Netflix) Years after Chris Watts infamously slaughtered his wife Shanann Watts ' and his two daughters four-year-old Bella and three-year-old . The shocking murders sparked speculation that Chris was secretly gay and having an affair and that he and Shanaan were on the brink ofseparating. 2019 All of the posters created for this website are copyright of Lessons Learned in Life, https://www.the-sun.com/news/1566222/american-murderer-chris-watts-parents-book-netflix-documentary/, https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/chris-watts-case/chris-watts-parents-break-their-silence-about-son-s-case, https://abc11.com/chris-watts-update-parents-news-family/4677948/, https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/chris-watts-daughter-4-begged-22768811. The letter is the first time he's acknowledged killing his kids. "Christopher, I don't see him capable at all.". Cindy claimed her son changed after meeting Shanaan in high school. Popplewell saidthe note reveals how "shattered" Shananns confidence was over the ordeal. He insisted both of the girls were dead when he dropped them in the oil tankers. In turn, Cindy kicked Shanann out of the house. The letter was featured in the hit Netflix documentary American Murder: The Family Next Door. Shanann Watts's parents Frank and Sandra Rzucek responded to Watts' family interview. This is the hardest thing I have ever gone through, but you are worth it. The terrified children found Watts wrapping their mom in a bed sheet, the letter said. This WHOLE TIME, she has been defending Chris, and supporting him. Cindy and Ronnie Watts, Chris' mom and dad, spoke out Monday for the first time about the case in an interview with KMGH. After dumping his wife's remains on the ground, Watts smothered little Celeste with her own blanket while her sister watched before dropping her body through an eight-inch hatch in one of the oil tankers. We discuss/debate the evidence of the case in this subreddit. None of it is true. "This case is unbelievable, the interest there has been. Hes going to die in prison and theres no telling what will be done to him in prison and I just want him to fight, his mom said. She was also the best daughter any parent could ever hope for. Saying stuff like, "We know how she was." It was a very hard relationship, said Cindy. "Christopher, I don't see him capable at all" However, Watts admitted to him smothering both his daughters. The letter had sat on the bed for over a month. I missed talking to you in person. When our daughter died 2 Easter Sunday ago she never talked to me at Erins funeral or the dinner my family paid for. Hardly ever do people plan murders to be rid of their partner and kids. The couple lived in Frederick, a small town north of Denver.. She pointed out that Chris had gained Shanann's trust after she went through a divorce in her early twenties. We are most hurt by the people who we have let our guard down with and her guard was firmly on the floor with him.. He was normal, he didnt have a temper, he was just easy-going like his dad. "Hes not a sociopath. After the bodies were discovered, he was arrested and ultimately pleadedguilty to themurders; he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. These southern mothers I'm particularly referencing live in their own world and think everyone not born into their nuclear family is a peasant and beneath them. Instead of condemning his repulsive and heinous actions she talks about Chris's teenage years, she praises him for being a great son and the best line of all she says loudly in front of Shannans crying family "we forgive you son" -What in the actual F**k!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He added, "He's taking it one day at a time, just like we are. ago It's well documented that Cindy did this. Chris chose to murder [Shanann], Bella, Celeste, and Nico, her parents said. They will NEVER accept you and go out of their way, by their actions, to show you how unwelcome you are, and will always "put you in your place" to keep their imaginary position of queen of the universe. This b**** ruined his life I think she deserves at least half the time that he has to serve I think she's a horrific human being and she will reap what she has sowed, I can understand why in the one csll he just called his dad, they speak about football games as if nothing ever happened. Related:What Happened to Nichol Kessinger? The request not to seek the death penalty came from Shannan's family. And her family is fully prepared to do so.. In a scene that got cut from the final version of the documentary, it was revealed at their wedding that Shanann was the first person to say I love you" in their relationship. Chris Watts' Mother Didn't Get Along With His Wife Shanann By Pippa Raga Sep. 30 2020, Updated 3:06 p.m. Ronnie and Cindy say they regularly speak to the twisted killer and claim he's "heartbroken" and has turned to religion, spending days in his cell writing in his prison journal. Eventually, suspicion fell onto Chris when it came to light that he was having an affair with his co-workerNichol Kessinger. When people have difficulties in their marriage, they work it out or they part ways. Shes been happily married for eight years, shes pregnant with her third child and all of a sudden he doesnt want to be in this relationship anymore. In a handwritten love letterShanann Wattswrote to husbandChris Wattsjust before her death, she revealed that she was desperate to save their marriageand that she had no idea that the man she loved most would soon murder her, their unborn son Nico and their two young daughters. Chris admitted to first-degree murder and unlawful termination of a pregnancy, among other crimes, in the killings. "Her eyes filled with blood; as she looked at me and she died. Shanann was 15 weeks pregnant with the couple'sson when Chris strangled her to death inside their picturesque Frederick, Colorado home. Shanann's family don't feel the same way and have condemned the Watts' statements. A new documentary on the Watts family murders shines a spotlight on the deteriorating relationship between Colorado family annihilator Chris Watts and his wife, Shanann. I can't and won't lose you without fighting for 'us'! He wrote that the little girls both regained consciousness and got out of bed bruised and traumatized after he had killed Shannan, who was 15 weeks pregnant. Ronnie and Cindy Watts, who say they will always love their murderer son despite his horrendous crimes, claim the 35-year-old killer knows "nothing" about the new program, after reports he is feeling "shame" over it being aired. Link your TV provider to stream full episodes and live TV. When Watts was handed his sentence in 2018, his mother Cindy stated, "I have always loved you and I still do. I wonder does she know how hated she is? Shanaan, 34, was 15 weeks pregnant with a boy, Nico, at the time. Shanann was 15 weeks pregnant with the couple'sson when Chris strangled her to death inside their picturesque Frederick, Colorado home. "It's nothing he hasn't lived through, he saw it, they didn't even show all the conversations that Christopher had with his dad, they didn't show anything, there was so much left out. He pleaded guilty that November to all three slayings. "To me, all [the lawyers] wanted to do was save his life," she said. "He's taking it one day at a time, just like we are. Then he killed his daughters Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3 at his job site on an oil field. ET In American Murder: The Family Next Door, viewers get an intimate look at the life and family of Chris Watts, who on Aug. 13, 2018, murdered his pregnant wife, Shanann, and their two children by strangulation. When the Netflix documentary American Murder: The Family Next Door that focused on his crime was released, Watts's father stated, "He has not been able to watch it [the documentary], he was never told about it or asked about it." The request not to seek the death penalty came from Shannan's family. Cindy Watts wasn't able to accept that her son killed his own daughters even after he confessed to it. I'm living it, and I have been living it every single day for two years. I would have loved to hear some sympathy for Shannan and the kids from her, maybe then she wouldnt be so hated. 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