Chris Watts: The Father Who Lied About His Missing Family

Chris Watts: The Father Who Lied About His Missing Family August 13, 2018. Frederick, Colorado. Shanann Watts and her daughters Bella and Celeste are missing, and her husband Chris Watts tells police he left for work that morning and they were home. The officer's bodycam is rolling. So is the neighbor's camera. This documentary rebuilds the Watts family case from the actual recordings: Frederick Police bodycam, the neighbor's surveillance playback, the recorded police interviews and polygraph, the arrest, and the court records through his guilty plea and sentencing. At every step it shows what investigators knew at that moment, and how the account of Christopher Lee Watts fell apart against it. His February 2019 prison statements are kept separate and identified as a later account. Which moment did his story fall apart for you? Drop the timestamp. And tell us which case CASE STATIC should take on next. Subscribe for true-crime documentaries built from the primary recordings and records. No re-enactments. CHAPTERS 00:00 A family is missing 00:24 Shanann, Bella and Celeste 01:24 The unanswered morning 03:27 Chris returns home 06:55 The neighbor's camera 09:16 The search expands 09:38 Chris's public account 10:02 The first interview and an outside lead 11:31 Testing the workday account 13:55 The examination and parallel site search 14:24 The post-test interview 17:13 A request to speak with his father 18:05 An admission and a location 19:39 Arrest and recovery 20:54 The guilty plea and sentence 21:56 The later prison interview 22:56 Remembering the family SOURCES AND RECORDS FBI Vault — Shanann Watts Murder Investigation: https://vault.fbi.gov/shanann-watts-m... Weld County District Attorney — Chris Watts guilty plea: https://www.weldda.com/News/2018-News... Frederick Police bodycam, acquired mirror:    • Chris Watts first police contact   Neighbor-camera playback in police bodycam, via 9NEWS:    • RAW: Chris Watts reacts to neighbor's surv...   9NEWS public interview:    • RAW: Man accused of killing wife, daughter...   Released police interview, via 9NEWS:    • RAW: Chris Watts confesses to killing preg...      • RAW: Chris Watts confesses to killing preg...   Sentencing coverage, via 9NEWS:    • Judge officially sentences Chris Watts to ...   DA-released oil-site imagery, via 9NEWS:    • Video, photos show oil site where bodies o...   EDITORIAL NOTES Narration, evidence boards, desktop graphics and summaries are original editorial work. Some pauses are shortened and source excerpts are selected; these edits are identified where relevant. Google Earth imagery shows the location after 2018 and retains provider attribution. Released document redactions are preserved. Chris's false accusation against Shanann is corrected, and his February 2019 statements are identified as a later account. If you notice a factual error, please identify the timestamp and source so it can be checked. #ChrisWatts #TrueCrime #Bodycam