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Chris Watts, who’s serving a life sentence for killing his spouse and two youngsters in 2018, texted his mistress after the murders, stating that he “did not damage my household,” in accordance with new video launched by the household of Shanann Watts.
The video reveals Watts’ mistress, Nichol Kessinger, in an interview with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation that’s dated August 16, 2018.
“If you happen to did one thing unhealthy…you are going to break your life…and if you happen to did one thing unhealthy…you are going to break my life,” Kessinger allegedly texted Chris Watts. “I promise you that.”
“I did not damage my household Nikki,” Chris Watts allegedly responded.
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CHRIS WATTS, CONVICTED OF KILLING HIS COLORADO FAMILY, AN ‘OUTCAST’ IN PRISON: REPORT
Christopher Watts is in court docket for his arraignment listening to on the Weld County Courthouse on August 21, 2018 in Greeley, Colorado. Watts faces 9 fees, together with a number of counts of first-degree homicide of his spouse and his two younger daughters. (Photograph by RJ Sangosti – Pool/Getty Pictures)
Kessinger advised the Colorado Bureau of Investigation brokers that was the final time that she spoke with Chris Watts.
Chris Watts strangled his spouse, who was 15 weeks pregnant on the time, on Aug 13, 2018, then took her physique to the oil firm he labored for, the place prosecutors stated that he buried her and his two kids, Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3.
Authorities imagine that Chris Watts killed his household due to an affair. Shanann Watts advised Chris that he would not be capable to see their kids once more after he stated that their marriage was over, then he strangled her of their mattress.
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NETFLIX DOC PUSHES CHRIS WATTS’ MISTRESS TO CHANGE NAME
Nichol Kessinger stated Chris Watts advised her he was ending up divorce proceedings along with his spouse and {that a} month into their relationship he advised her the divorce was remaining. She reportedly utilized to vary her title on the hells of a Netflix documentary detailing the occasions that led as much as Watts murdering his household. (Photograph by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Put up through Getty Pictures)
In the course of the interview with police simply three days after Chris Watts killed his household, Kessinger stated that he didn’t have a marriage ring on when the 2 met, and did not disclose that he was in a relationship, and stated that she did not see something regarding about the way in which wherein he spoke about his household.
“It wasn’t something out of the unusual or something that will scare me,” Kessinger stated. “Even to today, even after all the pieces that I’ve discovered, I nonetheless look again at that, and I do not see any crimson lights about the way in which he spoke about his household.”
Watts dwelling in Frederick, Colo., will likely be offered to the very best bidder in April. (Getty Pictures)
Chris Watts and Kessinger met at work, the Anadarko Petroleum Company.
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In 2018, the Day by day Mail reported that Kessinger utilized for a reputation change in Jefferson County, Colo., following the discharge of a Netflix documentary on the occasions main as much as Chris Watts’ arrest.
Fox Information’ Louis Casiano and David Aaro contributed to this report
CORVALLIS — Oh boy, it is certainly tempting to lay into the Oregon Ducks today. To say they bought into their own hype. Label them paper tigers. Call for everyone to lay off the talk of a playoff.
They were supposed to manhandle the team from the panhandle. Instead, it was nearly a Vandal scandal.
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SALT LAKE CITY — Hundreds of people crowded the south steps of the Utah State Capitol on Saturday for International Overdose Awareness Day.
The day is recognized on a global scale every year on Aug. 31. It is the world’s largest annual campaign to end overdose and remember loved ones who died due to overdose.
Beginning in 2021, Overdose Awareness Day was officially recognized in Utah.
FOX 13 News spoke with Richard Beeman on Saturday. He lost his son, Jesse, to an overdose on May 14, 2011.
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“He was a wonderful kid, a real wonderful kid. Did a lot for people, cared about everybody but himself, he did,” said Beeman.
Beeman said his son’s death happened just shy of his 20th birthday.
“I wish I could have saved him,” said Beeman. “He OD’ed the third time and passed away.”
It’s a feeling Terry Olsen knows all too well.
“It’ll be 10 years that I lost my 25-year-old son Dane to a heroin overdose,” said Olsen.
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Olsen is a board member of Changes Parent Support Network, which she describes as a support group for families who have a loved one causing conflict in their home.
“The whole experience when we went through our loss, the support I received from other people … saved my sanity, helped me work through something that wasn’t in the script for our life,” said Olsen.
The theme of the event at the capitol on Saturday was “Together We Can.”
Names of loved ones lost to an overdose were read. Several speakers also stepped up to the microphone to tell their story, like Tiffany Naccarato.
“I want to say thank you to the people who helped save my life. A lot of them aren’t here today, they were not able to stand here, and it makes me happy that they chose to save my life,” said Naccarato, who serves as the community impact manager for Utah Support Advocates for Recovery Awareness. “I’m actually a 12 survivor of overdose.”
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Olsen told FOX 13 News on Saturday that she is grateful every year to see the response, the people that show up to support this event and the people who are there to honor those who have been lost.
She also wants to help find solutions.
“And help for the people who are still here that we want to see not on a poster at the next overdose awareness,” said Olsen.
Provisional data from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics indicate there were an estimated 107,543 drug overdose deaths in the U.S. during 2023. That is a 3% decrease from the estimated numbers in 2022.
This marked the first annual decrease since 2018.
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On Friday, Utah Governor Spencer Cox issued an order for the U.S. flags and Utah flags to be flown at half-staff on all state facilities in recognition of Overdose Awareness Day.