The perfect father The true story of Chris Watts, his all-American family, and a shocking murder
Book - 2020
"In The Perfect Father, New York Times bestselling author John Glatt reveals the true story of a Colorado family whose storybook life turned into a nightmare. In the early morning hours of August 13th, 2018, Shanann Watts was dropped off at her Frederick, Colorado home by a colleague after returning from a business trip. It was the last time anyone would see her alive. By the next day, Shanann and her two young daughters, Bella and Celeste, had been reported missing, and her husband, Chris Watts, was appearing on the local news, pleading for his family's safe return. But Chris Watts already knew that he would never see his family again. Less than 24 hours after his desperate plea, Watts made a shocking confession to police: he had... strangled his pregnant wife to death and smothered their daughters, dumping their bodies at a nearby oil site. Heartbroken friends and neighbors watched in shock as the movie-star handsome, devoted family man they knew was arrested and charged with first degree murder. The perfect mask Chris had presented to the world in his TV interviews and the family's Facebook accounts was slipping-and what lay beneath was a horrifying image of instability, infidelity, sexual ambivalence, and boiling rage. In this first major account of the case, bestselling author and journalist John Glatt reveals the truth behind the tragedy and constructs a chilling portrait of one of the most shocking family annihilator cases of the 21st century"--
- Subjects
- Genres
- True crime stories
Case studies - Published
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New York :
St. Martin's Press
2020.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- First edition
- Physical Description
- x, 288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- ISBN
- 9781250231611
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Part 1.
- 1. A Star Pupil
- 2. "Very Insecure"
- 3. Courting
- 4. The Engagement
- 5. Moving to Colorado
- 6. 2825 Saratoga Trail
- 7. Bella Marie
- 8. "You Are an Amazing Husband and Father"
- 9. Thrive
- 10. Daddy's Thrivin
- 11. #TeamRockStars
- 12. "He Completes Me"
- 13. Punta Cana
- 14. "Fat Burning Machine"
- 15. "A Very Active Father"
- 16. "I'll See You Next Year"
- 17. "Such a Beautiful Couple"
- Part 2.
- 18. "Oops... We Did It Again"
- 19. "My Daddy Is a Hero"
- 20. "Electric Woman That Takes My Breath Away"
- 21. Nutgate
- 22. Hie Bachelor Life
- 23. "Worst Summer Ever"
- 24. "You Fell Out of Love with Me"
- 25. Nico Lee Watts
- 26. "Sweet Dreams My Sexy Empanada"
- 27. "Felt the Baby Move Twice This Weekend!"
- Part 3.
- 28. Battery
- 29. "He's Not Acting Right"
- 30. "Please Pray!!"
- 31. "We Had an Emotional Conversation"
- 32. "The Tale of Two Chrises"
- 33. The Polygraph
- 34. "A Lifeline"
- 35. "They're in the Oil Tank?"
- 36. Recovery
- 37. "The Manner of Death Is Homicide"
- 38. "They Seemed like the Picture of Suburban Bliss"
- 39. The Funeral
- 40. A Plea Deal
- 41. "You Heartless Monster"
- 42. A Confession
- Epilogue