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Chris Watts, a man who infamously took the lives of his whole family in a chilling crime, now claims a transformation, asserting that God has absolved him of his sins.
The 40-year-old, currently serving a life term for the 2018 killings of his expectant wife and their two little daughters, shared these startling thoughts in letters sent from prison to one of his middle-aged female correspondents.
His handwritten letters are often several pages long, with references to Bible verses and religious symbolism.
‘I am a changed individual,’ he expressed in one of the letters reviewed by the Daily Mail, though the recipient chose to remain anonymous. ‘I am no longer the person who committed those dreadful actions. As noted in 2 Corinthians 5:17, “if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” That’s who I am now – a new creation.’
‘I understand that God perceives me not as a sinner who took his family’s lives, but as His child. I have admitted my wrongdoings. I receive forgiveness. The most challenging task has been forgiving myself.’
In August 2018, oil worker Watts took the lives of his wife Shanann, 34, along with their daughters, Bella, four, and Celeste, three, at their expansive home in Frederick, Colorado.
Shannan – who was 15 weeks pregnant with a boy the couple planned to call Nico – had asked Watts for a divorce after uncovering an affair.
He was sentenced to life without parole in November 2018 and now resides at Dodge Correctional Institution in Wisconsin.
Watts admitted to killing wife Shanann and daughters Bella and Celeste in August 2018 – but now contends that he has been forgiven by God
The Watts family lived in an comfortable home in an upscale Colorado neighborhood
But despite the gravity of his crimes, Watts says he has been cleansed of his horrific ‘sins’.
‘God has separated me from my sin as far as the east is from the west,’ he writes.
‘But forgiveness of self is another matter entirely and it has taken me years to find my peace, the peace that passes all understanding.
‘I am finally at peace with myself.’
In an April letter to his female pen pal, Watts again put forth his often repeated, skewed suggestion that his lover, Nichol Kessinger, was actually responsible for the murders.
‘I have always taken full responsibility for what I did, even though I was misled by a wicked woman,’ he wrote in the April letter.
‘She was a harlot, a Jezebel who led me astray. Who spoke sweet words of destruction.
‘But I will let God have his justice with her. I was weak and I let her cloud my morals and my judgement.’
It’s not the first time he’s made similar claims towards Kessinger.
After his family went missing, Watts appeared on local news to beg for their safe return, although he knew where he had stashed their dead bodies
Shanann Watts was pregnant with the couple’s first son when she was murdered. She had planned to call him Nico
‘I was having an affair with this girl and I ended up in love with two women at the same time,’ Watts allegedly wrote to his former jailhouse friend Dylan Tallman in 2019.
‘It’s what led up to what happened. She is of evil spirits, like Jezebel.’
In an open letter to God in 2020, Watts wrote a prayer of confession. ‘The words of a harlot have brought me low,’ he wrote.
‘Her flattering speech was like drops of honey that pierced my heart and soul. Little did I know that all her guests were in the chamber of death.’
Kessinger has never been charged with any crime and police do not believe she was involved in the murders.
She has not responded to the Daily Mail’s requests for an interview. She has changed her name and lives in another part of Colorado.
The facts of the murders are uncontroverted.
Watts was embroiled in an affair with Nichol Kessinger, who he met at work
Nicole Kessinger, pictured, insisted that she believed Watts was separated when they started their affair – and swore she had no idea he was going to kill his family
Chris Watts is serving five consecutive life sentences for the brutal murders
In a recorded confession, Watts acknowledged the affair with Kessinger, who believed that he was separated. He also admitted to killing his entire family
On August 13, 2018, Watts was embroiled in an affair with Kessinger when he strangled his wife, Shanann, in their Colorado home. He then drove her body to a job site at the oil company where he worked, and buried her in a shallow grave.
After he disposed of his wife’s body, Watts then smothered daughters, Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3, while they begged for their lives.
He dumped the girls’ lifeless bodies in large oil tanks on the property. He then went on the local news after claiming that his family was missing and begged for their safe return.
Authorities soon realized that Watts was responsible for his family’s deaths. In a recorded confession, Watts acknowledged the affair with Kessinger, who believed that he was separated. He also admitted to killing his entire family.
