The alleged attempt was unsuccessful, though Shanann did become ill, according to Cadle.Ĭadle said that Chris also confessed to her via letter that he attempted to murder his two daughters in their bedroom before killing Shanann. She said he told her he never wanted that baby and that it was easier to cheat if his wife wasn’t pregnant. “What he wanted her to do was for her to miscarry.” “He tried to poison Shanann with a large dose of it,” she said. But that facade soon crumbled: it became evident that he'd been having an affair and, after the bodies were discovered, he was arrested before ultimately pleading guilty to their murders he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Then, he attempted to play the role of a concerned husband and dad whose family had gone missing. The narrative established through investigator interviews and court documents is that he first strangled his wife Shanann, who was 15 weeks pregnant with their son, inside their Frederick, Colorado home before smothering their young daughters, Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3. Watts killed his entire family in August 2018. Related video: Meet the woman standing up for Chris Watts An author and pen pal of notorious family killer Chris Watts says he confided in her that he buried his wife Shanann’s body away from their children’s bodies because he "hated her so much" at that moment.Ĭheryln Cadle, the author of " Letters from Christopher: The Tragic Confessions of the Watts Family Murders," was featured in Lifetime's "Cellmate Secrets: Chris Watts," which premiered Friday night.Ĭadle "became intrigued by Chris over the course of his trial and began exchanging letters with him and eventually met him in-person, where he allegedly revealed more to her than he did to the FBI,” Lifetime states in a press release for the show.
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