“Nothing less than a maximum sentence would be appropriate,” he said.

The prosecution said Watts searched for secluded vacation spots, researched jewelry, and texted the woman at all hours. “He had a desire for a fresh start,” with his mistress. Have a tip or story idea? He said the girls both died from smothering. Email us. He formerly worked as news editor and weekend editor at Rare. Rourke said that Watts “coldly and deliberately ended four lives,” not in a fit of rage, but in a “calculating manner.” He said that the discussion surrounding an “emotional conversation” between Christopher Watts and his wife Shanann that preceded her murder and the murder of her children is still only known to him. “It was not done in an uncontrolled vengeful manner,” he said. What we do know, Rourke said, is that Watts strangled Shanann to death with his own hands and “slowly took her life.”. At the end of that lengthy statement from Rourke, Christopher Watts’ attorney said that Watts was “sincerely sorry for all of this,” and “understands that words are hollow at this point.”.

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“The despicable act of disposing of the bodies in the manner in which they were done in this case,” he said.

He contacted a realtor to discuss selling of his house and he texted his girlfriend about their future. “In one final sign of callousness he drove them to a location where he thought no one would ever find them.”. “I could objectively say that this is the perhaps the most inhumane and vicious crime that I have handled out of the thousands of cases that I have seen.”. Matt Naham is managing editor of Law&Crime. “What must Bella, age 4, and Celeste, age 3, thought as their father, the one man on this earth who was supposed to protect them […] snuffed out their lives?”. “You don’t annihilate your family and throw them away like garbage,” Rourke said. “The man seated to my right smothered his daughters,” Rourke said. Weld County DA Michael Rourke revealed the shocking evidence the prosecution obtained when it comes to the brutal and unconscionable murders perpetrated by Christopher Watts against his wife Shanann, unborn son Nico, and young daughters Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3. Rourke said that the autopsy did not show that Celeste had similar signs of external injury, but “Celeste was smothered nonetheless.”, Then Watts “calmly and methodically loaded their bodies into his work truck,” Rourke said. Prosecution Describes in Chilling Detail How Chris Watts ‘Coldly,’ Brutally Murdered His Whole Family Matt Naham Nov 19th, 2018, 1:03 pm Weld County DA Michael Rourke revealed the shocking evidence the prosecution obtained when it comes to the brutal and unconscionable murders perpetrated by Christopher Watts against his wife Shanann , unborn son Nico , and young daughters Bella , 4, and … “He ensured that they would not be together, even in death,” disposing of their bodies in separate locations. He said Bella had scratches on her buttocks from being shoved through that hatch.

Or to keep it anonymous, click here. “Get a divorce!”. With that, he sentenced Watts to life in prison without parole. The prosecution said that said that Watts’ motive was simple. The prosecution said that everything that happened after the killings indicated otherwise. “Bella fought back for her life.”, “She bit her tongue multiple times before she died,” he said. “Bella and Celeste were thrown away,” Rourke said, adding that Bella was shoved through an 8-inch hatch at the top of the oil tank she was dumped in. One of them was Watts chillingly telling their school that the girls were being unenrolled. “The man she loved choked the life out of her,” Rourke said. The judge called this a “senseless crime” and a “vicious” crime. Have a tip we should know? Watts initially claimed that he strangled his wife because she killed the kids.

They said that even the morning after he killed his family, he made several phone calls.

Rourke said that Shanann Watts’ family, the Rzucek family, was much more merciful to Christopher Watts than he was to his wife, daughters and unborn son.