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Speaker 1 (00:00):
They're the haunting final photos of an American family's last vacation.
There's mom Shanane Watts proudly snapping a photo of her
four year old daughter, Bella, who's bouncing on a trampoline.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
She was super with her girls. She interacted with her
girls the whole time.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
She was smiling, and she was taking pictures.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Only here on NBC Charlotte, a North Carolina mother taking
these family vacation photos in Myrtle Beach, capturing Shenane Watts
and her two daughters just days before they were murdered
allegedly by Shanan's husband and the girl's father, Chris Watts.
The woman who took these pictures says she spoke with
Shanan while their children played.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Michelle Greer met the Watts family while they were all
standing in line for the trampolines at a tourist attraction
in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. They got to talking.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
The thing that stands out is the amount of love
that she had for her daughters.
Speaker 4 (00:50):
Michelle Greer and her husband took their three sons to
Myrtle Beach this month, and that's where they met the
Watts family in line with the kids for the Bungee trampolines.
Michelle and Shanan hit it off right away.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
She told me she was expecting, so she was very
happy she was expecting again.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
She was wonderful with the girl. She was very happy
that they were there.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
But she says, Chris, on the other hand.
Speaker 5 (01:10):
He didn't engage a conversation. He was just kind of
standing there.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
And there's Chris Watt barely visible behind Shannan. It looks
as if he's checking his phone. Michelle says he seemed
indifferent to the fun his wife and kids were having.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
I got a night, name my Head, I fell fastered on,
I got.
Speaker 5 (01:38):
N Hello, and welcome to True Crime. Rocket Science the
most authentic voice in true crime. According to the Discovery documents,
Chanan wasn't sick while in North Carolina, you know, four
weeks on end, one week, two weeks, three weeks, four weeks.
But then the day that her husband, Chris Watched arrived,
(02:00):
Shenan suddenly started throwing up and had a bad headache.
At the same time, Chris Watts was apparently stand or fish,
but the people around them didn't really think much about it.
Another family member noted that when Chris Watts arrived in
North Carolina, he appeared to be quite cold towards Chinnan
and the children, And this person was another witness who
(02:21):
said that Sheannan was vomiting for most of the evening chillingly.
While this was going on, Chris was not supportive at
all to Sheannan, and people around them found this quite odd. Well,
I personally believe that was Watts's very first attempt to
get rid of Nico. On Discovery, page six eight five,
we get even more reinforcement to this notion that Sannan
(02:43):
is suddenly sick when Chris Watts arrives in North Carolina,
and yet Chris doesn't seem to care, perhaps because this
is exactly what he intended at the time. Apparently, Shenan
made a post about how she was dehydrated from being
in the South, and yet her companion said there was
no way she could be deydrated because she drank a
lot of water. So if Chris Watts did poisonou his wife,
(03:05):
how could he have done it? Was certainly by putting
something into her shake. She was taking shakes all the time,
and one thing he could have put in there was
a large dose of oxy right, they had that in
the basement. So let's look at what we're dealing with.
The moment Chris Watts arrives in North Carolina, everything's different.
Others besides Sanan noticed that what's appeared to be stand
(03:27):
orfish well, yes he was, and he had been standoffish
actually for several weeks because he'd been head over hills
on the Kessinger Affair roller coaster. Even though he was
in North Carolina now he was yearning to get back
on that roller coaster. He didn't want it to end.
What are we talking about here, When we talk about
(03:48):
being stand orfish stundorffish, well, it means distant, remote, detached, impersonal, withdrawn, reserved, unfriendly,
un sociable, cool, cold, disdainful, uninvolved, unresponsive, preoccupied, unconcerned, indifferent.
(04:09):
And if you look at those photos of Chris Watts,
isn't that exactly how he appears? And so if you
combine that and the moment what arrives in North Carolina
and Sannan becoming sick, you get a real sense of
just how dangerous the situation is, just how to what
extent Chris Watt has made up his mind what he
(04:29):
intends to do and what he intends for his unborn child.
Shannan is sick and out of sorts. What arrives in
town after not seeing his family for five weeks? You know,
his wife is thirteen weeks pregnant, and I think this
shows you. On the flight to North Carolina, What's already
knew what he had to do. And I'm sure when
(04:49):
Shnando was on her flight to Colorado on August twelfth,
about two weeks later, What's knew what he was going
to do as well. In a sense, if What's It's
succeeded in stopping the pregnancy on July thirty first, perhaps
he would have stopped there. But as it was, the
risk of the pregnancy remained, which meant what do you
(05:10):
think it meant? It meant the risk to his relationship
with Kessinger persisted, and that was something he wasn't prepared
to tolerate. Wat's probably got very little sleep the night
before at Kessinger. I mean, unless he was able to
sleep on the plane at any rate. While Wats and
his wife texting each other about wake up calls and
(05:30):
loving each other, why don't simply say to each other, well,
isn't it obvious? Because on his first night in North Carolina.
They sleeping apart. In fact, Sinnan is sleeping on the couch,
presumably in the family lounge. Meanwhile, Chris Watts is keeping
his mistress in the dark about something as well. Guess what.
Him and Schinnan aren't separated, well, not until August first,
(05:54):
and the night of July thirty first, heading into August
first is really the first time she Nan realizes something
is seriously wrong, something is off. It's only on the
first night with her man that Channan is alerted for
the first time that he might not be with her.
That is, and just have a look at what Sheannan
(06:15):
posts on social media on this particular day. You need
to ignore. Look at those words. You need to ignore
what everyone else is doing and achieving. Do you think
that is really good advice in the situation she is in.
You need to ignore what everyone else is doing. Your
life is about breaking your own limits and outgrowing yourself
(06:36):
to live your best life. Now, think about those words
in the context of her husband. He's about to break
his own limits. He's about to decide to live his
best life. You are not in competition with anyone else.
Plan to outdo your past, not other people. What Chris
wasn't his plan to outdo some of the people around him.
(06:57):
The morning after Shenan's headaches and vomit and sleeping alone
in the couch seem to have passed well. Now She's
excited about August and thriving again on August first. What's
missing from this anecdote? While there's zero mention of a
significant change in her life, her husband is back at
her side after five weeks apart. Besides that, Shenan seems
(07:19):
to be in a position to counsel and provide guidance
to others less fortunate than herself. I am just truly
blessed in love, waking up thankful and happy. It doesn't
take a genius, an expert, an FBI agent, or even
a rocket scientist to gauge the level of harmony or
happiness from these pictures and video. Nan also documents in
(07:41):
a clip poster to Facebook just how happy she and
the family are. It's the first time the kids are
at the beach, and but Belle is actually mostly terrified
and unwilling to hold her father's hand. Shenan never mentions
what's and Watts never talks to her. There's very little
in the phone data review regarding August first, just the
(08:02):
fact that Wat's took assorted photographs of his children on
carnival rides at the Pavilion Park in Myrtle Beach. The
people around them assume that what so silence is just
really the same old introvert they've seen before. But actually
it's not the same Chris. He's changed, You've changed. While
he stands dumbly in the sea with Shenan's camera mercilessly
(08:25):
trained on him, What's must be wondering whether Kassinger will
see this, And if Shenan is suspicious of an affair, well,
wouldn't she want her whoever it is, to see it?
The question is did she and if she did, what
did she think? Well I'm not going to take it
further than that, but i want to ask you guys,
do you agree. Do you think that when Chris Wat's
arrived that very first day in North Carolina did he
(08:49):
attempt to poison Shannan? And do you also think if
he did, he did so by putting oxy into her
shake and that's why she immediately felt sick? Or do
you think there's some other explanation let me know in
the comments, thank you for listening, and I'll see you
guys next time.
They're the haunting final photos of an American family's last vacation.
There's mom Shanane Watts proudly snapping a photo of her
four year old daughter, Bella, who's bouncing on a trampoline.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
She was super with her girls. She interacted with her
girls the whole time.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
She was smiling, and she was taking pictures.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Only here on NBC Charlotte, a North Carolina mother taking
these family vacation photos in Myrtle Beach, capturing Shenane Watts
and her two daughters just days before they were murdered
allegedly by Shanan's husband and the girl's father, Chris Watts.
The woman who took these pictures says she spoke with
Shanan while their children played.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Michelle Greer met the Watts family while they were all
standing in line for the trampolines at a tourist attraction
in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. They got to talking.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
The thing that stands out is the amount of love
that she had for her daughters.
Speaker 4 (00:50):
Michelle Greer and her husband took their three sons to
Myrtle Beach this month, and that's where they met the
Watts family in line with the kids for the Bungee trampolines.
Michelle and Shanan hit it off right away.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
She told me she was expecting, so she was very
happy she was expecting again.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
She was wonderful with the girl. She was very happy
that they were there.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
But she says, Chris, on the other hand.
Speaker 5 (01:10):
He didn't engage a conversation. He was just kind of
standing there.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
And there's Chris Watt barely visible behind Shannan. It looks
as if he's checking his phone. Michelle says he seemed
indifferent to the fun his wife and kids were having.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
I got a night, name my Head, I fell fastered on,
I got.
Speaker 5 (01:38):
N Hello, and welcome to True Crime. Rocket Science the
most authentic voice in true crime. According to the Discovery documents,
Chanan wasn't sick while in North Carolina, you know, four
weeks on end, one week, two weeks, three weeks, four weeks.
But then the day that her husband, Chris Watched arrived,
(02:00):
Shenan suddenly started throwing up and had a bad headache.
At the same time, Chris Watts was apparently stand or fish,
but the people around them didn't really think much about it.
Another family member noted that when Chris Watts arrived in
North Carolina, he appeared to be quite cold towards Chinnan
and the children, And this person was another witness who
(02:21):
said that Sheannan was vomiting for most of the evening chillingly.
While this was going on, Chris was not supportive at
all to Sheannan, and people around them found this quite odd. Well,
I personally believe that was Watts's very first attempt to
get rid of Nico. On Discovery, page six eight five,
we get even more reinforcement to this notion that Sannan
(02:43):
is suddenly sick when Chris Watts arrives in North Carolina,
and yet Chris doesn't seem to care, perhaps because this
is exactly what he intended at the time. Apparently, Shenan
made a post about how she was dehydrated from being
in the South, and yet her companion said there was
no way she could be deydrated because she drank a
lot of water. So if Chris Watts did poisonou his wife,
(03:05):
how could he have done it? Was certainly by putting
something into her shake. She was taking shakes all the time,
and one thing he could have put in there was
a large dose of oxy right, they had that in
the basement. So let's look at what we're dealing with.
The moment Chris Watts arrives in North Carolina, everything's different.
Others besides Sanan noticed that what's appeared to be stand
(03:27):
orfish well, yes he was, and he had been standoffish
actually for several weeks because he'd been head over hills
on the Kessinger Affair roller coaster. Even though he was
in North Carolina now he was yearning to get back
on that roller coaster. He didn't want it to end.
What are we talking about here, When we talk about
(03:48):
being stand orfish stundorffish, well, it means distant, remote, detached, impersonal, withdrawn, reserved, unfriendly,
un sociable, cool, cold, disdainful, uninvolved, unresponsive, preoccupied, unconcerned, indifferent.
(04:09):
And if you look at those photos of Chris Watts,
isn't that exactly how he appears? And so if you
combine that and the moment what arrives in North Carolina
and Sannan becoming sick, you get a real sense of
just how dangerous the situation is, just how to what
extent Chris Watt has made up his mind what he
(04:29):
intends to do and what he intends for his unborn child.
Shannan is sick and out of sorts. What arrives in
town after not seeing his family for five weeks? You know,
his wife is thirteen weeks pregnant, and I think this
shows you. On the flight to North Carolina, What's already
knew what he had to do. And I'm sure when
(04:49):
Shnando was on her flight to Colorado on August twelfth,
about two weeks later, What's knew what he was going
to do as well. In a sense, if What's It's
succeeded in stopping the pregnancy on July thirty first, perhaps
he would have stopped there. But as it was, the
risk of the pregnancy remained, which meant what do you
(05:10):
think it meant? It meant the risk to his relationship
with Kessinger persisted, and that was something he wasn't prepared
to tolerate. Wat's probably got very little sleep the night
before at Kessinger. I mean, unless he was able to
sleep on the plane at any rate. While Wats and
his wife texting each other about wake up calls and
(05:30):
loving each other, why don't simply say to each other, well,
isn't it obvious? Because on his first night in North Carolina.
They sleeping apart. In fact, Sinnan is sleeping on the couch,
presumably in the family lounge. Meanwhile, Chris Watts is keeping
his mistress in the dark about something as well. Guess what.
Him and Schinnan aren't separated, well, not until August first,
(05:54):
and the night of July thirty first, heading into August
first is really the first time she Nan realizes something
is seriously wrong, something is off. It's only on the
first night with her man that Channan is alerted for
the first time that he might not be with her.
That is, and just have a look at what Sheannan
(06:15):
posts on social media on this particular day. You need
to ignore. Look at those words. You need to ignore
what everyone else is doing and achieving. Do you think
that is really good advice in the situation she is in.
You need to ignore what everyone else is doing. Your
life is about breaking your own limits and outgrowing yourself
(06:36):
to live your best life. Now, think about those words
in the context of her husband. He's about to break
his own limits. He's about to decide to live his
best life. You are not in competition with anyone else.
Plan to outdo your past, not other people. What Chris
wasn't his plan to outdo some of the people around him.
(06:57):
The morning after Shenan's headaches and vomit and sleeping alone
in the couch seem to have passed well. Now She's
excited about August and thriving again on August first. What's
missing from this anecdote? While there's zero mention of a
significant change in her life, her husband is back at
her side after five weeks apart. Besides that, Shenan seems
(07:19):
to be in a position to counsel and provide guidance
to others less fortunate than herself. I am just truly
blessed in love, waking up thankful and happy. It doesn't
take a genius, an expert, an FBI agent, or even
a rocket scientist to gauge the level of harmony or
happiness from these pictures and video. Nan also documents in
(07:41):
a clip poster to Facebook just how happy she and
the family are. It's the first time the kids are
at the beach, and but Belle is actually mostly terrified
and unwilling to hold her father's hand. Shenan never mentions
what's and Watts never talks to her. There's very little
in the phone data review regarding August first, just the
(08:02):
fact that Wat's took assorted photographs of his children on
carnival rides at the Pavilion Park in Myrtle Beach. The
people around them assume that what so silence is just
really the same old introvert they've seen before. But actually
it's not the same Chris. He's changed, You've changed. While
he stands dumbly in the sea with Shenan's camera mercilessly
(08:25):
trained on him, What's must be wondering whether Kassinger will
see this, And if Shenan is suspicious of an affair, well,
wouldn't she want her whoever it is, to see it?
The question is did she and if she did, what
did she think? Well I'm not going to take it
further than that, but i want to ask you guys,
do you agree. Do you think that when Chris Wat's
arrived that very first day in North Carolina did he
(08:49):
attempt to poison Shannan? And do you also think if
he did, he did so by putting oxy into her
shake and that's why she immediately felt sick? Or do
you think there's some other explanation let me know in
the comments, thank you for listening, and I'll see you
guys next time.
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