When pregnant Shanann Watts and her two daughters, Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3, disappeared from their Colorado home in mid-August 2018, Shanann’s husband, Chris, appeared in front of news cameras to beg for his return and stated: “It’s like a nightmare from which I can’t wake up.”
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In the investigation that followed, Watts allegedly told authorities that Shanann had strangled his daughters and that he strangled her, and then transported the three bodies to an oil site where he worked. Watts later confessed to killing the children as well. He was charged with three counts of first-degree murder.
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“He started making really dumb mistakes very early on,” Dr. Phil says of Watts’ initial media interview. What does it say about the signs psychologists look for when conducting behavioral analysis on criminal suspects?
Plus, hear what Nancy Grace, legal commentator, journalist and founder of Crimeonline.com, has to say about the investigation.
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‘Chris Watts is what we call a family annihilator,’ says former FBI criminal profiler
