Killer father Chris Watts spent his time in a Wisconsin maximum-security prison working as a guard while exchanging letters with pen pals.
On August 13, 2018, Watts strangled his wife Shanann – who was 15 weeks pregnant with their son – inside the couple’s home in Frederick, Colorado. He later smothered their daughters, Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3.
The 36-year-old is serving five life sentences plus 48 years in prison without the possibility of parole at Dodge Correctional Institution in Waupun, Wisconsin.
Not only does Watts work as a caretaker, but he maintains an active correspondence with several women, many of whom believe he is innocent, according to Interior Edition.
“In my <3 you are a great guy," Candace wrote. "If you answer me, I'll be the happiest girl in the world, that's for sure." She punctuated the note with "#TEAMCHRIS", "#CHRISISINNOCENT", "#ILOVEHIM", and "#TOOCUTE".
Convicted murderer Chris Watts – currently serving five life sentences plus 48 years in prison without the possibility of parole – now works as a guard while trading details of his murders with correspondents
Watts was found guilty of murdering his pregnant wife Shanann and their two daughters Bella and Celeste in 2018
“In my <3 you are a great guy," Candace wrote. "If you answer me, I'll be the happiest girl in the world, that's for sure." She punctuated the note with '#TEAMCHRIS', '#CHRISISINNOCENT', '#ILOVEHIM' and '#TOOCUTE'
Within weeks of jail, Watts received nearly 60 letters from complete strangers expressing both love and hate for the killer.
Tatiana writes, “Found myself thinking about you a lot,” along with a pic of herself in a bikini.
Kim told Watts she “hopes to brighten your days” while Hannah said “I feel that connection with you.”
The women wrote Watts in the past, with the killer even sharing gory details of the murders.
Cherlyn Cadle appeared on a new episode of Lifetime’s Cellmate Secrets to share personal details from letters she exchanged with Watts.
Cadle, a Midwestern author and grandmother of 12, claimed the murders were premeditated based on what he told her behind bars.
“He told me he would dream of killing Shanann,” Cadle said. “She would yell at him or be upset about something and he wouldn’t fight back, but he would just stand there and dream about what it would be like to kill her.”
Cadle said FoxNews she wrote to Watts in prison after watching his first television interview.
Within weeks of jail, Watts received nearly 60 letters from strangers expressing both love and hate for the killer.
Kim told Watts she ‘hoped to brighten your days’ while Hannah said ‘I feel that connection with you’
Many women sighed their letters with hearts and x’s and o’s
Cherlyn Cadle, 67 (left) appeared on a new episode of Lifetime’s Cellmate Secrets to share personal details of letters she exchanged with family killer Chris Watts (right)
Cadle wrote her first letter to Watts in February 2019. In a neutral tone, she laid out her intention to write a book, saying she never doubted her guilt. Eventually, they struck up a correspondence, with Watts telling her about his life and the murders. Pictured: Watts writes to Cadle in April 2019
“When I saw his first interview, I don’t know, I watched it that morning and I just felt something really spoke to me,” she said. “It was like a call for me to contact him and see if he would share his story with me.”
“I knew he was guilty. You could tell by the way he was talking, by the body language,” Cadle added. “But it was just one of those things where I really felt like I was supposed to.”
Watts finally responded to Cadle after his third letter in early 2019.
“He was responsive from the start,” Cadle recalled. “He said God told him to answer. I think because I was a mother and a grandmother, he didn’t feel any kind of threat.
When Watts sent him a 12-page letter outlining the details of each murder, Cadle immediately became emotional.
“I broke down and started bawling,” Cadle admits. ‘I cried and cried. I couldn’t believe what he had done to those girls… It was a real shock to read his letter.
“I knew in my heart at that moment that this was the true and true confession. He said it was planned straight away,” she added. ‘It was premeditated. And he wanted to wipe the slate clean. He wanted to start over. He didn’t want to bring any baggage into the new relationship. And there was a good sized insurance policy… It changed everything for me.
Calde also mentioned that Watts was already getting “a lot of fan mail from women sending him pictures of themselves in bikinis” declaring their love for him.
Watts strangled Shannan and put her body and their two daughters in his truck and drove to isolated oil storage tanks owned by Anadarko. Above, in court three days after the murders
After exchanging several letters and talking to him on the phone several times a week, Cadle agreed to meet Watts in prison.
“I hate to even admit it because he’s a murderer and what he’s done is so horrible, but when I first met him he had this childish behavior,” she said. . “He was sweet, soft-spoken and just came across as a nice guy. And it remained that way throughout our communications. That changed when he started talking about the murders.
It does not appear that Watts responded to any of the other women based on follow-up notes from a few of the senders, which often included more photos and expressed their love for the criminal and belief that he was innocent. of all crimes.
Watts killed Shannan after returning from a business trip to Arizona in 2018.
He strangled her in bed, then put her body and their two daughters in his truck and drove to isolated oil storage tanks belonging to Anadarko Petroleum, where he worked.
He buried his wife in a shallow grave, then suffocated his two daughters and placed their bodies inside the storage tanks.
For two days, Watts claimed he had nothing to do with his family’s disappearance and went on television to beg them to come home.
After his arrest, he first claimed that Shanann killed the girls after telling her he wanted a separation, then he strangled her in anger.
At his trial, he pleaded guilty to avoid the death penalty, which has since been abolished in Colorado.
He is serving five life sentences plus 48 years in prison without the possibility of parole at Dodge Correctional Institution in Waupun, Wisconsin.
