Chris Watts was convicted of murdering his pregnant wife Shanann and their two daughters in 2018. Watts‘ mistress, Nichol Kessinger, played a key role in his arrest.
YouTube Nichol Kessinger and Chris Watts. In August 2018, Chris Watts pleaded guilty to murdering his pregnant wife, Shanann Watts, and their two daughters – Celeste,3, and Bella,4. At the time, Watts was having an affair with a woman named Nichol Kessinger, who played a major role in Watts’ arrest after she gave a detailed statement to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation about their relationship. Watts and Kessinger began having an affair in late June 2018, approximately two months before Watts’ family went missing. The two first connected while working at The Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in Colorado – the same location where the bodies of Watts’ wife and children were found. Although Watts maintained his innocence at first, he later admitted that his relationship and desire to start a new life with Kessinger led him to murder his family. On November 7, Watts pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and nine other charges relating to the deaths of his wife, his children and his unborn child. Watts was convicted and given five life sentences, three of which would be served consecutively, without parole. Shanann Watts was 15 weeks pregnant at the time of her death. While Kessinger played a key role in Watts’ arrest, she also faced intense media backlash after she was named as Watts’ mistress. She deactivated her social media accounts shortly after her name was released, and once Watts was finally convicted, she moved out of Colorado and fell off the grid. According to Distractify, there is currently some speculation that Kessinger entered the Witness Protection Program to start a new life. Keep reading for details. YoutubeChris Watts was having and affair with Nichol Kessinger when he killed his wife Shanann and their two young daughters. Kessinger told the Denver Post in 2018 that she was unaware Watts was still married, or that his wife was pregnant, when the affair first began.
