Chris Watts’ daughter’s heartbreaking final words before being killed by her dad

Chris Watts’ daughter’s final words before being brutally murdered by her father have been revealed.

Chris Watts brutally murdered his family in 2018. Credit: Pool / Getty

Watts, 39, is currently serving five life sentences without the possibility of parole for killing his wife Shannan, who was 15 weeks pregnant, and their daughters Bella, four, and Celeste, three, in Frederick, Colorado, in August 2018.

The suspect strangled his wife and smothered both of his daughters, later stuffing their small bodies into oil tanks with just eight-inch openings at the top. Shannan was buried in a shallow grave nearby.

The shocking case gripped the nation, not only because of the disturbing details but because the father of three initially portrayed himself as a desperate husband searching for his missing family.

In an interview with KMGH at the time, which was cited by ABC Action News, he claimed: “When I came home and then walked in the house, nothing. Vanished. Nothing was here. My kids are my life.” But just days later, he confessed to killing all three.

According to a report released by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, Bella’s final words were: “Daddy, no!” – a plea Watts said he still hears “every time he closes his eyes,” The Mirror reported.

Before that, Bella had watched in silence as Watts strangled her younger sister, Celeste, with her own blue Yankees blanket. She then asked her father: “Is the same thing gonna happen to me as Cece?”

The killer admitted that before the brutal slayings, he gave his wife OxyContin in an attempt to kill their unborn baby. He told investigators he had been thinking about murdering her “for weeks”.

Their final argument reportedly began when Shannan confronted him about his affair and told him: “You’re never gonna see the kids again,” according to a report that was released in February 2019 via CBS News.

Watts said he responded by telling her he didn’t love her, then strangled her with both hands.

“Every time I think about it, I’m just like, did I know I was going to do that before I got on top of her?” he later told investigators. “I just felt like there was already something on my mind, I wasn’t planning it but I was going to do it. I woke up that morning, and it was going to happen, and I had no control over it.”

He claimed Shannan didn’t fight back. Their daughter Bella walked in shortly after and asked: “What’s wrong with Mommy?”

Watts then drove all three bodies to an oil site owned by his employer. He said the girls fell asleep in each other’s laps in the back of his truck. Shannan’s body was on the floorboard.

At the burial site, Bella and Celeste reportedly asked: “What are you doing to mommy?” before Watts killed them both and placed their bodies in separate oil tanks.

Watts is currently serving five life sentences. Credit: Colorado Department of Public Safety

Watts later admitted that he left his late wife’s wedding ring on the counter to make it look like she had walked out on the family.

After first blaming Shannan for the murders of their children, Watts eventually pleaded guilty to all charges.

His in-laws requested that prosecutors not pursue the death penalty, and he was sentenced to five life terms, three to be served consecutively.