The reason Shannan Watts and her kids were killed is not what you think

Shannan Watts met her husband Chris when he friended her on Facebook.
They got married and moved from North Carolina to Fredrick, Colorado in 2012.
They had two beautiful girls, three year old Celste and four year old Bella.
She was also fifteen weeks pregnant with a son, whose name was going to be Nico.
Shannan worked as a representative for a health and wellness company Level.
Chris worked for a local gas and oil company called Anadarko Petroleum Company.
People close to the family said that Shannan and her husband seemed to get along great and had a happy family,

Monday, August 13, 2018, Shannan was coming home from a business trip from Arizona.
1:48 a.m., was dropped off from the airport to her house by her friend.
A neighbor's security camera shows her enter her house.
Chris claims he woke up that he woke up between 4 and 5 a.m. to get ready for work.
5:27 a.m., the neighbor's security camera shows Chris backing up his truck to his garage.
Later, Chris told law enforcement that he was backing up his truck in order to load some tools.
10 a.m. the next morning, Shannan misses her doctor appointment.
This is were friends and family, that are not Chris, get concerned.

The friend that dropped Shannan off says that Shannan wasn't responding to any of her texts or calls.
Chris says that he doesn't think anything is wrong.
He thought she was just at a play date with the kids or something.
This is when one of Shannan's friends goes to her house and couldn't located her or the girls.
Chris says this is when he realizes something is wrong and calls the police around 1:40 p.m.

There is still no sign of Shannan and no one can get a hold of her.
Chris let officers search his house.
There wasn't any evidence at this point that Chris had anything to do the their disappearances or anyone else for that matter.
The police were still concerned however, all of Shannan's personal items, like her keys and purse, were still in the house.

Tuesday August 14, the Colorado Bureau of Investigations and the F.B.I. issued a missing person's alert for all three of them and started aiding in the search.

Chris did an interview about his missing family.
He states that he had an emotional conversation with Shannan, but nothing was wrong.
He said that he just wanted them back.
In the interview he smiles in some parts and sways nervously back and forth.

Wednesday, August 15, police started investigation using a drone.
They found bedsheets somewhere, that matched the the ones from the house that were in the trashcan.
After this, they found that Chris was having an affair with a co worker.
At this point, Chris said that "I will tell the truth after i talk to my father."
After he talked to his father, Chris, at 11:30 p.m., he was arrested.

The friends of the family he was staying with, had became suspicious of Chris and called the police.

Saturday, August 16, Chris admitted to killing his wife and kids.
Then he slightly changes his story and said that Shannan strangled the girls and he became enraged at her.
Then he said he strangled her to death.

Around 2:30 p.m., Chris appeared in court where he was denied bail.
While he was waiting in jail, he told authorities where he had put the three bodies.
He put the bodies on the same oil field that he worked on.
Shannan was in a shallow grave and the two girls where in oil drums, submerged in oil.

Friday, August 17, autopsies were done on the bodies.
Not much info of this has been released to the public.
People close to the investigation say that they were all possibly strangled and they have found no evidence that Shannan had any part in the girls' death.

4 p.m., August 20, Chris was officially charged with nine counts.
Three counts of murder in the first degree, unlawful termination of pregnancy in the first degree and three counts of tampering with a deceased human body.

Chris and Shannan filed for bankruptcy in 2015.
Some people speculate that this is one of the reasons why Chris snapped.
Some people also say that they didn't want to be tied down, or maybe he wanted to be with the co worker he was having an affair with.

August 29, a male lover of Chris Watt's comes forward.
He says that Chris told him that Shannan was verbally abusive to him and that he felt trapped in the marriage.

Maybe this is why Chris snapped?
Did he finally get tired of hiding his double life?
Maybe the fateful day of Shannan and the girl's death is when Shannan found out about his gay lover and Chris didn't want anyone to know?

Chris' next schedualed court appearance is November 19.
No word yet on if the prosecutors are going to seek the death penalty.

Rest in Peace Shannan, Celeste, Bella and Nico