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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

"Killer Dad" Chris Watts murders pregnant wife and 2 little daughters, wants "DO-OVER!"

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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True Crime, News

4.2 • 8.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Killer dad, Chris Watts, reportedly wants a do-over, and is “exploring his options” for an appeal. This, after a family friend says he is feeling regret about murdering his pregnant wife and two young daughters. Nancy's expert panel weighs in: Dr. William Morrone: Renowned Medical Examiner Vincent Hill: Private Investigator Bethany Marshall: Psychoanalyst Kathleen Murphy:  Family attorney Robyn Walenski: Crime online investigative Reporter

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MUSIC

0:06.0

Crime stories with Nancy Grace.

0:09.0

It's a dark and disturbing dive into the mind of triple murderer Chris Watts, heard in a newly

0:14.9

released interview with investigators.

0:16.9

That's the next answer.

0:17.9

I know you've asked you about some of these questions, if it doesn't make sense.

0:20.9

His wife, Shenan, 15 weeks pregnant, seen here coming home from a business trip in

0:25.0

August.

0:26.0

Watts says they argued she accused him of cheating and told him this.

0:32.0

Watts says that triggered him into a rage.

0:37.8

He says Shenan did not fight back as he strangled her to death.

0:49.0

The couple's daughters, Watts says, woke to see their mother face down in bed wrapped

0:53.4

in a sheet.

0:54.4

Watts says he drove his wife's body from their Frederick, Colorado home to a remote oil

1:03.7

field.

1:04.7

His girl sitting in the back seat there, Watts says he strangled three-year-old Celeste

1:09.4

and four-year-old Bella.

1:10.9

Now behind bars, Chris Watts, the so-called killer dad, says he's had time to reflect,

1:18.1

to think about his past and wish he had, quote, handled things differently.

1:26.0

Well that's certainly putting perfume on the pig.

1:28.6

I mean, it's he graced this as crime stories.

1:31.4

Thank you for being with us with me in All Star Panel.

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