While she gave Chris many opportunities to be honest, Popplewell noted he continuedto "lie to her and she believes him and she gives him the benefit of the doubt.. Even Chris Watts knows this to be true. But Chris father, Ronnie, is still in disbelief. I can't and won't lose you without fighting for 'us'! The Netflix documentary examines raw and firsthand footage to reconstruct the chilling disappearance and eventual murder of Shanann and her two children, Bella and Celeste, introducing us to families on both the husband and the wife's sides. "Christopher, I don't see him capable at all" However, Watts admitted to him smothering both his daughters. Chris had become cold and distant about five weeks before the murders and Shanann began to suspect an affair. Popplewell explainedthat up until the affair, the couple were happily married. Ronnie, 63, added: "He has not been able to watch it [the documentary], he was never told about it or asked about it. Meanwhile, Cindy claimed Shanaan was more capable than Christopher of murdering the two girls. In a bombshell turn of events, on Nov. 6, 2018, Watts pleaded guilty to the slayings of his pregnant wife and their young children in exchange for being spared a possible death sentence. While Shanann had suspicions that he was seeing someone else, Chris did not confirm it to her until the night he knew he would take her life. "I would say she's more capable than Christopher," she said. At the . They asked me why she couldnt fight back, its because she couldnt fight back. Even when the evidence was against Chris and he confessed to his crimes, his parents have been unable to condemn their son for it. He strangled Shanann while she was 15 weeks . She is almost 86 now but still refuses to accept responsibility for her actions. Eventually, when he was found out leading to confession to his crimes, he left his parents confused. He pled (sic) guilty to murdering his family because he is guilty," they said, in a statement, as per the Denver Channel. She said, "I would say she's more capable than Christopher," Cindy said. Watts was convicted of the 2018 murders of his two young daughters, Bella and Celeste, and his pregnant wife Shanann. 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. Celeste was allergic to nuts, which prompted Shanann to yell at Cindy about the ice cream choice. He then drove his dead wife and two frightened daughters to a remote oil field owned by his former employer, Anadarko, bringing his lunch, a shovel, rake, and gas can with him, the Mail reported. It wasn't until Chris was in prison that he revealed to investigators how the murders happened: He told Shanann he wanted to separate so he could be with his girlfriend Nichol Kessinger. During their correspondence, Watts revealed gruesome details about the August 2018 murders in Colorado and how he smothered his 35-year-old wife and children. She wheeled on me and exploded in a rage, as if I were the one who had done something wrong. Desperate to find explanations for Chris distant behavior, Shanann theorizedthat Chris wasmad over family drama. Chris admitted to first-degree murder and unlawful termination of a pregnancy, among other crimes, in the killings. Shanann Watts surprises Chris Watts with pregnancy test Watch on In retrospect, this moment may have been the beginning of the end. 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I can't even explain how much this pain hurts. 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. I think Cindy would have disliked any woman Chris married. Ronnie and Cindy Watts staunchly defended their son, Chris Watts, saying in their first interview that he wasnt a psychopath or monster despite pleading guilty to the heinous murders last week. On August 13, 2018, Colorado dad Chris Watts murdered his pregnant wife, Shanann Watts (she was carrying their son, Nico), and their two daughters, 4-year-old Bella and 3-year-old Celeste. We still love our son no matter what and we miss our grand babies. I will be civil and get along with your mom, we just all need to have mutual respect. His daughter Bella also witnessed her father wrapping her mother's body. She doesnt understand what shes done.. ? . These statements, however hurtful and inaccurate, will never alter the truth about [Shanann], and will never alter the truth about the crimes committed by their son, Chris Watts, her parents said. While she gave Chris many opportunities to be honest, Popplewell noted he continuedto "lie to her and she believes him and she gives him the benefit of the doubt.. American Murder: The Family Next Door is available on Netflix Wednesday. Necessary-Ad-4945 10 mo. The parents of the Colorado man who murdered his pregnant wife and two young daughters claimed their son was in an abusive marriage with a manipulative woman who was more capable of carrying out the slayings than he was. His mom was so far away from reality that she even blamed Shanann for her own murder. Chris Watts Says "I Don't Blame The Kids" During Police Polygraph, Natasha Atchleys Brother Speaks With Cold Justice Team, Steve Spingola Tells the Story of the Ding-Dong Ditcher, Days before Shanann Watts was murdered by herhusband. I would have loved to hear some sympathy for Shannan and the kids from her, maybe then she wouldnt be so hated. ", His father Ronnie said, "The Bible says if we confess our sins, God is faithful and just and will forgive us. I went downstairs and confronted my mother in the kitchen. Shanann even went into detail about missing her sex life with Chris, obviously having no idea the note would eventually be read by millions before going back to begging her husband and father of what would have been three children to just work things out with her despite some issues with his parents. He also wrote of the act of the murder, "I knew if I took my hands off of her, she would still keep me from Nikki.". Christopher Lee Watts and Shanann Cathryn Watts (ne Rzucek, January 10, 1984 - August 13, 2018) were from North Carolina: Christopher from Spring Lake and Shanann from Aberdeen. Chris Watts acted like he was upset they were gone. 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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | TERMS OF USE | PRIVACY | YOUR AD CHOICES | SITEMAP, Disturbing prison letters from Chris Watts to a crime author detailed Shannan Watts' horrific death, 'Her eyes filled with blood; as she looked at me and she died,' Chris Watts wrote, In the letters, he also admitted to killing their two kids, Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3, while Shannan was 15 weeks pregnant, 'When she started to get drowsy, I somehow knew how to squeeze the jugular veins until it cut off the blood flow to her brain, and she passed out,' Watts told Cadle, Watts was imprisoned for killing his family on August 13, 2018, The family of Shanann Watts and her daughters Bella and Celeste approach a hearse outside of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Pinehurst, North Carolina, in September 2018, Watts is seen here being strip searched by investigators just hours before he was arrested for the murders of his pregnant wife and their two young daughters, Details of their marriage and grisly end was revealed in a Netflix documentary, Cadle wrote to Watts three times before he answered, Watts watches his neighbor's surveillance footage which has captured the moment he loaded the bodies of his family into his truck after murdering them, Watts appeared to confess to killing his two daughters in the letters obtained by the Mail, Heartbreaking evidence photos and video of stained shirt, underwear and bra Shanann Watts was wearing when her husband murdered her, Cadle's book on the murders is due for release on October 7, Shannan was captured by the doorbell cam in Colorado returning from a business trip the day she died, Shannan died of strangulation and crude oil was found in the little girls' lungs, Netflixs American Murder: The Family Next Door reveals final texts between Chris and Shannan Watts before he slaughtered her and his two toddler daughters. 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