Convicted child and wife killer Chris Watts reportedly converted to Christianity after watching CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace discuss the case.
According to DailyMail, former cellmate Dylan Tallman, who had been housed in a cell next to Watts in 2020, said the notorious murderer “fell to knees and confessed his sins” after watching Grace address him on TV.
“[Nancy Grace] was talking about what he had done, and she was yelling,’ Tallman said.
“She addressed him through the TV, saying, ‘Chris Watts, I want to talk to you.’ They showed pictures of his wife and daughters.
“I think that was his rock bottom, when he was confronted with all the things he had done and how many lives he had ruined. That was a lot for him. He turned to God after that.”
Tallman added that Watts wouldn’t talk about the murders unless it was through Scripture in the Bible. The pair reportedly spoke through the thin walls inside a Wisconsin correctional facility, sometimes daily and for hours.
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As CrimeOnline previously reported, in November 2018, Watts admitted to murdering his wife, Shanann, at their home in Frederick, Colorado. She was pregnant with their third child.
He also admitted to killing their two young daughters, Bella and Celeste.
In August 2018, Watts strangled Shanann at their home, he drove her body to a worksite, where he suffocated Bella and Celeste. He buried Shanann, pregnant at the time, in a shallow grave and dumped the girls’ bodies inside oil storage tanks.
Weld County District Court Judge Marcelo Kopcowe sentenced Watts to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Watts had been having an affair at the time.
Tallman said Watts continued to correspond with women while locked up, sometimes writing 15-page letters and making continuous calls.
“He will talk to a girl and she becomes his everything really fast,” Tallman told DailyMail.
“He becomes obsessed with a woman and she becomes all he can think of – and he’ll do whatever they ask him to do.”
Some women have reportedly put money on Watts’ books.
Watts is currently housed at the Dodge Correctional Center in Waupun, Wisconsin. He’s serving five life sentences.
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