He asked to speak to his father before confessing. According to the arrest affidavit and footage from a security camera in the interview room, he failed a polygraph test and subsequently confessed to murdering Shanann. Legal proceedings Arrest and charges Ģ Oil storage site where the bodies of Shanann, Bella and Celeste were discovered Investigators with search dogs could be heard on the property during the interview. He gave interviews to Denver stations KMGH-TV and KUSA-TV outside the house, pleading for the return of his wife and daughters.
Watts initially told police that he had no idea where his family might be and that he had not seen his wife since 5:15 am the previous day, when he left for work. The FBI and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) joined the investigation the next day. Shanann's wedding ring was found on the bedside table. Her car, which still contained the girls' car seats, was in the garage. Her phone was later located between the couch cushions in the family home. Searchers discovered Shanann's purse containing her keys and the children's medicine. During the welfare check, Christopher gave the police officer permission to search the house, where the family dog was discovered unharmed, but no sign of Shanann or the girls was found. When the doorbell and knocks went unanswered, Atkinson notified Christopher, who was at work, and called the Frederick Police Department.Ī Frederick police officer arrived to conduct a welfare check at about 1:40 pm. After Shanann missed a business meeting, Atkinson went to the Watts residence at about 12:10 pm. Later that day, Shanann and the girls were reported missing by Atkinson, who became concerned when Shanann missed a scheduled obstetrics and gynecology appointment and failed to return her text messages. Over that weekend Watts was home with their daughters. Disappearance Īt approximately 1:48 am on Monday, August 13, 2018, Shanann, returning from a business trip to Arizona, was driven home by her friend and colleague Nickole Utoft Atkinson. Christopher was employed by Anadarko Petroleum, while Shanann worked from home selling a product called Thrive for the multi-level marketing company Le-Vel. The Watts family lived in a five-bedroom home at 2825 Saratoga Trail in Frederick, Colorado, which they purchased in 2013, and declared bankruptcy in 2015.
At the time of her death, Shanann was 15 weeks pregnant with a son who was to be named Nico. The couple had two daughters: Bella Marie Watts (Decem– August 13, 2018) and Celeste Cathryn "CeCe" Watts (J– August 13, 2018). They met in 2010 and were married in Mecklenburg County on November 3, 2012, according to online records. He was sentenced to five life sentences without the possibility of parole, three to be served consecutively.Ĭhristopher Lee Watts and Shanann Cathryn Watts (née Rzucek, Janu– August 13, 2018) were from North Carolina: Christopher from Spring Lake and Shanann from Aberdeen. On November 6, 2018, Watts pleaded guilty to multiple counts of first-degree murder as part of a plea deal when the death penalty (which was later abolished in Colorado in 2020) was removed from sentencing. He later admitted to murdering his children. Watts initially maintained his innocence in his family’s disappearance, but was arrested on August 15 after confessing to murdering Shanann in an interview with detectives. He buried Shanann in a shallow grave near an oil-storage facility, and dumped his children's bodies into crude oil tanks. In the early hours of August 13, 2018, in Frederick, Colorado, American oil field operator Christopher Lee Watts (born May 16, 1985) murdered his pregnant wife Shanann (34) by strangulation, and their two children Bella (4) and Celeste (3) by smothering them.
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