On the day he killed his pregnant wife and two daughters,Chris Wattsspoke to his mistress on FaceTime — and according to what the woman told investigators, Watts was quiet during the call but was “fixated” on her and “star[ed] at her.” In the weeks leading up to the early-morning Aug. 13 murders, Watts was having an affair with with coworker Nichol Kessinger — even as Shanann was desperately trying to salvage their crumbling relationship....

Photo: Shanann Watts /Facebook Colorado fatherChris Wattsfaces nine charges in the triple slaying of hispregnant wife and their two young daughters, prosecutors announced on Monday. Chris, 33, is further charged with unlawful termination of a pregnancy in the first degree, because Shanann, 34, was15 weeks pregnantwhen she was killed. Chris Watts.Joshua Polson/AP/REX/Shutterstock Rourke did not elaborate on that charge at Monday’s news conference, beyond restating the statute. Chris also faces three counts of tampering with a dead body as authorities believe he concealed the remains of his alleged victims on the property of an oil and gas company where he was working....

Chris Watts— the Colorado man whostrangled his pregnant wife and smothered their two daughterslast August — has provided more details about his crimes to investigators. A statement to PEOPLE from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation confirms authorities met with Watts, 33, on February 18. Officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Frederick Police Department were also present. Investigators “interviewed Christopher Watts for the purpose of developing further insight into the case,” the statement reads....

Anonline petitionurges the Wisconsin Department of Corrections to forbid family murdererChris Wattsfrom displaying photos of his slain wife and two daughters.“Allowing a murderer to keep a trophy of his victims goes against the purpose and mission statement of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, which emphasizes public safety and victim advocacy,” the petition states.The 33-year-old is serving multiple life sentences after pleading guilty last November to the August 13, 2018, murders of his pregnant wife,Shanann, 34, and the couple’s two young daughters, Bella, 4, and Cece, 3....

Family murdererChris Wattsspeaks every day to photos he keeps in his prison cell of his slain pregnant wife and two daughters, according to his February confession from inside a Wisconsin prison. Watts, 33, also told investigators from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation he reads a book to his daughters every night, and also reads the Bible. The newly released Feb. 18 audio confession laid out chilling details of the murders of his 34-year-old wife Shanann and the couple’s daughters, Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3....

Nov. 6, 2019, marks the one-year anniversary of Chris Watts’ guilty plea to the brutal August 2018 murders of his pregnant wife, Shanann, and their two young daughters, Bella and Celeste. A source tells PEOPLE that the murderer — who has claimed to have found religion in prison — “will reflect on his sins, like he does every day.” After being sentenced to multiple life sentences on Nov. 19, 2018, Watts, 34, proclaimed himself a “servant of God,”writing in a letter to his mother last June, “I’m still a Dad!...

Chris Watts, who is in prison for killing his entire family, is weighing his legal options to decide whether to appeal his conviction.A source close to Watts tells PEOPLE that Watts is “looking into ways to appeal” his punishment — and has been researching his case and other similar cases.“Obviously, it would be an uphill battle for him, because he pleaded guilty,” says the source, who has knowledge of Watts’ legal case....

Photo: Weld County Sheriff’s Office Chris Watts, the man accused ofkilling his pregnant wife and two young daughtersin August, has been sitting in a Colorado jail for more than a month, cut off from most of the media coverage swirling around his case, a source who speaks with him tells PEOPLE. Watts has known his case was a big story locally. But according to the source, it wasn’t until recently that the 33-year-old — who occasionally speaks with guards and can speak with other prisoners — learned his case had become internationally infamous....

Chris Wattsis no longer in Colorado. Theconvicted triple-murderer— who is serving multiple life sentences without the possibility of parole — has been moved from a prison in the Denver area to another facility outside the state of Colorado. The Colorado Department of Corrections confirms the move to PEOPLE, but would not disclose where Watts is now. A source close to Watts tells PEOPLE that the move happened last weekend — and that there was no objection from prosecutors who put Watts behind bars or his defense lawyers....

Chris Watts.Photo: Joshua Polson/AP/REX/Shutterstock Chris Watts, the Colorado father accused ofmurdering his pregnant wife and their two young daughtersin August, has been sitting in jail for more than a month — and, according to one source with whom he has been in touch, “He has nothing to do but reflect on what happened. That’s basically it.” His cell is no less sparse. PEOPLE has learned that the 33-year-old has just two personal effects: a Bible and a photo of his wife and children, 34-year-old Shan’ann Watts and girls Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3 — the same people he allegedly killed....

After he strangled his pregnant wife,Chris Wattswrapped her body in a sheet and drove 45 minutes to an oil field with his two daughters in the truck. Once there, he buried the woman’s body before smothering their children to death. On Tuesday’s episode ofDr. Phil, attorney Steven Lambert, who is representing slain momShanann Watts‘ family in a wrongful death suit against Chris, shared chilling details of the murders of the mom and girls Bella, 4, and 3-year-old Celeste....

Shanann Watts had known about her husband Chris’ affair prior to her death. A lawyer for the Watts family, Steven Lambert, spoke with Dr. Phil McGraw in apre-recorded interviewduring which Lambert shared new details of the murder of the pregnant Colorado mom and her daughters Bella, 4, and 3-year-old Celeste. “In that fight, [Chris] essentially confessed to having an affair, that he wanted a divorce, that it was pretty much over between them,” Lambert tells McGraw....

As he strangled her,Chris Wattssays his pregnant wifeShananndid not fight back, struggle or scream for help. Instead, the 34-year-old mother of his two daughters may have started praying, Watts said in a newly released prison confession. The Feb. 18 confession ofWatts— behind bars for the rest of his life after pleading guilty to the Aug. 13, 2018, slayings of Shanann and the couple’s daughters, Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3 — provides chilling new details about the murders and what life was like in the Watts home in the months and years leading up to the killings....