A new Netflix documentary trailer has shown killer Chris Watt's smiling wife talking about their happy family life in home video footage before he murdered her and their two daughters, 4 and 3, and stuffed the little girls' bodies in an oil tank. ?
A new Netflix documentary 'American Murder: The Family Next Door' airing from September 30 will look into the grisly murders including the apparent picture perfect family life that led up to the crimes and the killer's efforts to convince cops his wife had ran away with their kids.
A new Netflix documentary trailer has shown killer Chris Watt's smiling wife talking about their happy family life in home video footage before he murdered her and their two daughters, 4 and 3, and stuffed the little girls' bodies in an oil tank.
Pictured Chris Watts with his wife Shanann and daughters Celeste and Bella before he murdered them.
The online streaming giant dropped a trailer for the true-crime show, directed by Jenny Popplewell and Oscar-winning executive producer James Marsh.
The show will bring together 'raw, firsthand footage' and examined 'the disappearance of Shanann Watts and her children, and the terrible events that followed', Netflix says.   .
The trailer begins with home doorbell footage showing Shanann arriving back at the family home the night before she was strangled to death by her cheating husband. .
'I went through one of the darkest times in my life and then I met Chris and he's the best thing that has ever happened to me,' Shanann Watts tells the camera in the chilling footage in the Netflix trailer speaking of her happy family life before her husband murdered her .
Chris Watts strangled his pregnant wife, 34, killing her and their unborn son Nico in their bed at their home in Frederick, Colorado, in August 2018?
The new documentary will look into the grisly murders including the apparent picture perfect family life that led up to the crimes and the killer's efforts to convince cops his wife had ran away with their kids.
The show also gives a glimpse into what appeared to be a perfect happy family life, with smiling photos of the young family and archive footage of the kids blowing out candles on birthday cakes
In one home video in the trailer, Chris appears to be the image of the doting father playing with little Bella and Celeste and their toys.Â
The couple's wedding day footage also plays across the screen
The footage shows the moment the net closed in on the depraved killer
Shanann speaks of their happy family life in home video footage before the murders
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