American Murder: The Family Next Doorrevealed a lot aboutthe Chris Watts case.
Certainly the Watts' social media pages gave the impression that all was well in their happy home.
But as we now know, that wasn’t the case.
What else didAmerican Murder: The Family Next Doorreveal about this tragedy?
Read on to find out everything we learned while watching the devastating true crime story play out.
Sadly, that baby would never get the chance to come into the world.
“He appeared to be a good listener.”
She even ended up canceling the baby’s gender reveal because Chris seemed cold as ice during the ultrasound.
For as dismal as things seemed, Shanann held onto the hope that things could improve.
It’s like he wasn’t even trying to hide his affair!
That outing is what finally tipped Shanann off to the fact that Chris was cheating on her.
A confrontation was, as viewers ofAmerican Murder: The Family Next Doorknow, inevitable.
However, when pressed, he didn’t know the friend’s name.
That evening, Chris made a plea on a local television station, asking his family to come home.
“We had an emotional conversation, I’ll leave it at that,” he said.
“But I just want them back.
I just want them to come back.”
After texting Chris to see what he had to say about the disappearances, Kessinger knew something was up.
It was yet another one of those hard-to-watch moments inAmerican Murder: The Family Next Door.
Five days later, Chris was arraigned as Shanann’s family tearfully looked on.
What really happened the night the Watts family was killed?
Things were so loud that young Bella reportedly walked in and asked what was going on.
There he shared that he smothered his two young children and threw their bodies into an oil barrel.
Chris is now serving five life sentences without the possibility of parole, according toThe New York Times.
However, that hasn’t stopped legions of fans from writing to Chris in prison, as noted byPeople.
“He had nothing better to do, so he wrote them back.”
That’s how Chris found himself with several pen pals, with whom he communicates on a regular basis.
“They have compassion on him, despite what he did,” the source continued.
