

Additionally, their homeowner’s association sues them for unpaid HOA fees. With a combined income of $90,000 in 2014, in addition to credit card debt, student loans and medical bills, the couple file for bankruptcy in June 2015, stating that their $3,000 mortgage and $600 car payments took up most of their $4,900 in monthly expenses.

June 2015: The Watts files for bankruptcy “She was determined to stay healthy and with her love for her Celeste, every moment with her was a blessing.” “Oh how Shan’ann was so excited to be able to have another child because of her battle with Lupus,” the family obituary reads. Nicknamed “Cece,” younger daughter Celeste Cathryn Watts is a summer baby, also born in Colorado. July 17, 2015: Second daughter Celeste is born She spent every minute thanking God and taking care of her precious gift that the Lord had blessed her with,” their obituary reads. “Shan’ann was so excited to have her first baby girl. The couple’s first child, daughter Bella Marie Watts, is born in Colorado. The couple tie the knot in Charlotte, North Carolina.ĭecember 17, 2013: First child Bella is born November 3, 2012: Shan’ann and Chris marry One thing led to another and eight years later, we have two kids, we live in Colorado and he’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me.” “I was like, ‘What the heck? I’m never going to meet him.’ Accept. “I got a friend request from Chris on Facebook,” she says in the Facebook video that was later released.


Shan’ann calls Passaic, New Jersey her hometown on Facebook, but later moved to North Carolina where she and Chris meet through social media. 2010: The couple meet when Chris sends Shan’ann a Facebook friend request *Warning: Some details in this story may be found disturbing Still, no one could have ever guessed the chillingly brutal murders that were about to put an end to their happily ever after. Husband Chris Watts, then 33, and wife Shan’ann, 34, just found out they were expecting a son to join 4-year-old Bella and 3-year-old Celeste in their suburban home of Frederick, Colorado, about 27 miles north of Denver.Īs the family balanced Chris’ job as an operator at Anadarko Petroleum and Shan’ann’s frequent business travels for the nutrition supplement company Le-Vel, their lives centered around their daughters, as shown in Shan’ann’s frequent Facebook posts.įrom the outside, they appeared to be a happy suburban family, but Shan’ann’s friends had recently started hearing about trouble in paradise. The reports also show that Shanann’s fetus had been expelled from her body, which was buried in a shallow grave.The summer of 2018 should have been a joyous one for the Watts family. In the video of Chris Watts’s confession, previously published on CrimeOnline, investigators appear incredulous that he was able to fit the bodies into the tanks, but Watts claimed he was able to do so without difficulty. The reports show that the bodies of both little girls were placed inside oil containers with a narrow opening that was only 8 inches in diameter. The graphic autopsy reports detail the condition of all three bodies after they were recovered from an oil site owned by Anadarko Petroluem, where Chris Watts buried them. The plea deal meant that he was spared the death penalty, and was instead sentenced to multiple life prison terms without the possibility of parole. Watts has since pleaded guilty to killing his wife and daughters, as well as a charge of unlawful termination of a pregnancy. The Weld County Coroner released the complete autopsy reports of Bella, Celeste, and Shanann Watts, who were murdered by Chris Watts on August 13.Īs CrimeOnline previously reported, Chris Watts tried to pin the murders of 3-year-old Celeste and 4-year-old Bella on his wife when he first confessed to murdering Shanann, who was 15 weeks pregnant at the time.
