In August of this year, Shanann Watts’ marriage was crumbling. The Colorado woman’s husband, Chris – a normally loving affectionate man – had become cold and distant. He’d stopped touching her, kissing her, would barely speak unless spoken to.
“He has changed,” the 34-year-old mother of two texted a friend, according to KDVR. “I don’t know who he is.”
Then on August 9, Chris finally spoke up. He no longer wanted their unborn child, he no longer wanted their marriage.
“He said we are not compatible anymore!” Shanann wrote. “He refused to hug me after he said he will try to ‘work’ it out! Said he thought another baby would fix his feelings. Said, he refused couples counselling.
“My eyes burn from crying so much.”
Then later: “I grabbed his hand during ultrasound. He didn’t grab back.”
Within days of those messages, Shanann was dead.
Text conversation with Shannan and her friend Taylor about canceling the gender reveal party for their unborn son Nico: #ChrisWatts @DenverChannel pic.twitter.com/ecd7z28Eq0
— Jennifer Kovaleski (@JennKovaleski) November 22, 2018
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I am writing to a man in prison who is on death row for the murder, aged 19 whilst depressed and on drugs, of his girl friend and her young son. Why is he not on death row for a far more serious murder.
If this was about a female murderer it would be far more sympathetic, all about her cries for help that went unheeded. But because it's a man he's just plain evil. Actually no, he was probably crying out for help too, but nobody cared. Men just suck it up right? Wrong.
Did you miss the part where he killed his wife, unborn child & two daughters because he was having an affair & wanted to end their marriage? I don't think anyone would be "far more sympathetic" if a woman did this!
This man did not "cry out" he murdered his family - I think there are better ways to end a marriage don't you?!
The only one I've felt any remote empathy for the Hunts in Lockhart NSW. In pretty much every other case the killer doesn't seem to be "crying out for help" but more fuelled by jealous rage and anger.
Yes, he is plain evil because he murdered his pregnant wife and 2 small daughters because he was having an affair and didn't want to be married anymore, not just because he is a man. He's a monster who deserves no sympathy whatsoever. If he was struggling, he should have sought help and faced up to what he had done, not killed his wife and daughters in cold blood.
What's more - dumping his daughters' bodies in oil vats? WTH? Seriously, what person could possibly do this? He may very well have mental health issues, but that isn't an excuse for treating his family like garbage.