A year before she “met” Chris Watts Nichol Kessinger was googling his name.
Two months after they started dating, he murdered his entire family.
Two months later, Watts murdered his entire family.
American Murder: The Family Next Door
At the beginning of this case, I was firmly on the side of Nichol Kessinger.
Perhaps because the police immediately halted their investigation afterwards.
He eventually mentioned his wife and children, but Kessinger claims he said he and Shanann were separated.
She says she discovered Watts was still married when watching a news report about his missing wife and children.
She also says she discovered that Shanann was pregnant through the news report.
Before Shanann got home from her business trip, Chris and Nichol Facetimed.
Chris was lying on his bare mattress.
Since it was late at night, Nichol said she thought this was strange.
When the bodies of his victims were recovered, they were wrapped in sheets.
The phone call was 111 minutes long.
However, this was after the police were already informed about the affair by a supervisor at Anadarko Petroleum.
[*] Nichol has no alibi for the time of the murders.
Kessinger lived in a town 25 minutes away.
[*] Nichol tried to destroy her sim card before giving her phone to investigators.
[*] Chris told law enforcement he tried first to subdue Shanann with Oxycontin.
He said where the Oxycontin came from is a secret he will take to his grave.
Being in your life is something I crave.
This is a common tactic used to distance yourself from someone you have wronged.
She may be in the witness protection program.
