Killer dad Chris Watts who murderd his pregnant wife and suffocated his two daughters, 4 and 3, before stashing their bodies in oil drums now blames his wife for the horrific murders and offers up vile excuse [Video]

04:24 EDT 23 Aug 2024, updated 07:10 EDT 23 Aug 2024

Killer dad Chris Watts has secretly offered up a vile excuse for why he murdered his pregnant wife and two daughters, three and four, more than six years on from his horrific crimes.

Watts, 36, strangled his partner Shanann – who was 15 weeks pregnant with their son – inside their five-bed family home in Frederick, Colorado, on August 13, 2018 after she came back from a business trip to Arizona.

The killer, who is serving more than five life sentences for his sick crimes, took her body away in his truck with his two daughters, Bella, four, and Celeste, three, before smothering them both with a blanket. Watts buried his wife in a shallow grave, and dumped his daughters’ bodies in oil storage tanks. 

In newly revealed letters, seen by the New York Post, he said he sought refuge with his mistress Nichol Kessinger as she …