Who Is Chris Watt's Life After Killing Their Family?

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Author Fiona Guy said, ”family annihilators are a term used to describe someone who murders their entire family.” There are a couple of different scenarios that could lead to this, such as long-term chaos in a house, history of domestic violence, and even concerns about cheating on a spouse or partner. Most family annihilators usually take their own life after killing their family, but that's what makes Chris watt’s case different. From Chris not taking his life after the murders leaves to believe he could get away with it. Something else that is different with Watt’s case is, he had no history of domestic violence. What did happen though, was the confrontation from his spouse. Chris Watts was born May 16, 1985 in Fayetteville North Carolina …show more content…

Chris carries Shan'ann to his truck while covering her in a blanket. He then backs the truck up, which is caught on surveillance video, and drives about 40 miles to the oil site where he worked. After dumping Shan’anns body in the dirt, he grabs Celeste's favorite blanket and proceeds to smother her to death. As Chris took her body out of the truck, Bella unbuckled herself. According to Gian Tron, Bella asked Chris not to kill her, “Daddy please don’t do to me what you just did to Cece.”(2019 Para. 13) Weld County District Attorney Michael Rourke revealed how Bellas little body fought back when Chris refused to look up. “The connective tissue between her upper lip and her gum had a centimeter and a half laceration," he explained. "She bit her tongue multiple times before she died.” As her father suffocated her, she struggled to save her life. Chris took his innocent little girls and put their bodies in the oil tank then buried his pregnant wife’s body in the ground a few feet away which was confessed by Chris in …show more content…

During this test he couldn't control his breathing and you could tell from watching the tape that he was lying to all the questions that the lady was asking. After confessing to officials that he had murdered his wife, he decides to lie and tell them the reason for murdering Shan’ann was due to her smothering their daughters. The next day the three bodies were found at the oil site where Chris worked. That same day there was a bond hearing that Chris appeared at in Weld County which he was denied. On November 6, 2018 Chris Watts pleaded guilty to all nine criminal counts. Three counts of first-degree murder and an additional two first-degree charges for victims being 12 or younger. To add to that he faces another count for the unlawful termination of a pregnancy, also three counts of tampering with a body. Shan’anns family gave a request that the death penalty shouldnt be

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