
-With AAP
1. The moment Chris Watts’ story fell apart, just two days after killing his wife and two daughters.
A newly-released video shows the moment authorities arrested Chris Watts – two days after his pregnant wife Shanann and their two daughters were murdered.
In a video obtained by PEOPLE and excerpted by 9News in Denver, Watts is seen to be questioned by hours by police on August 15.
He underwent a polygraph test but failed it. When questioned about what really happened, Watts maintained his innocence.
“I didn’t lie to you on that polygraph, I promise,” he told an officer before requesting a meeting with his father.
After speaking to his dad, Watts told authorities that he saw Shanann killing Celeste in the baby monitor and he strangled her in a rage, but police did not believe this version of events.
The video shows police asking Watts to stand up and face the wall before he is handcuffed and arrested, just hours before police announced they’d discovered the bodies of Shanann, Bella and Celeste on a property owned by the Colorado man’s former employer.
The girls had been submerged in crude oil vats, while their mother, who was 15 weeks pregnant, had been buried in a shallow grave nearby.
At his sentencing in November, Weld County District Attorney Michael Rourke said Shanann had been strangled, and Watts’ daughters were smothered. His four-year-old daughter Bella showed signs of fighting for her life.