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Chris Watts’ murder home is in high demand among macabre buyers from ACROSS THE GLOBE

'I get calls once a week from people who want to buy that house - calls from people in Germany and people here locally. People want to buy it,' lawyer Clark Dray said

DENVER, COLORADO: People from as far as Germany are taking interest in buying Chris Watt’s Colorado home where he murdered his entire family in 2018. Bankruptcy lawyer Clark Dray told The Independent, “It’s hard for me to say what it’s about. Some of it is morbid curiosity, some of it is just people having a hard time getting a home in this market and they’ll do whatever it takes.”

As per reports, the house, located a half-hour north of Denver, is currently in legal trouble after the August 2018 tragedy when Watts killed his pregnant wife Shanann, and two young daughters — four-year-old Bella, and three-year-old Celeste. The 37-year-old convicted felon, who is currently behind bars in Wisconsin after being awarded a life sentence for murder and body tampering, is still the owner of the house. But almost a year later after the crime, Shanann’s parents closed down a $6m wrongful death suit with him, “prompting a lien to be applied to the Frederick, Colorado house - meaning that proceeds from any sale would be turned over to them,” the Independent reported.

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When the lawsuit was filed by Shanann’s parents, it stated, “As Sandy Rzucek puts it, she feels like she dies every day and is always missing and crying for her precious family. Even to this day, it is hard for the Rzucek family to get out of bed, they cry all the time, every day and every night.”

Dray explained that he has no direct connection with the case or to the house, which was bought in 2013 for under $400,000 by Chris and Shanann Watts. But he reportedly got involved after he was quoted about bankruptcy and foreclosure processes regarding the property that consists of five bedrooms and four bathrooms. He added, “I get calls once a week from people who want to buy that house - calls from people in Germany and people here locally. People want to buy it, but it can’t be bought ... it’s not on the market.”

On the other hand, it has also been reported that many of Watts’ neighbors have sold their properties and left the area after the 2018 horror that not just made the place infamous but also attracted a lot of unwanted attention. A person, who used to live there at the time of the triple murder, reportedly said that “​​certain neighbors innocently gave interviews about the case" and were subsequently "hounded", "forcing them to flee.”

Meanwhile, people on the internet have reacted to buyers’ interest in the doomed house that saw the murders of three innocent people. A user tweeted, “Why on earth? A woman that was pregnant & 2 little girls were murdered there. It should be knocked down.” Another user wrote, “Read an article about how people globally try buying the house Chris Watts murdered his family in, people are f**king vile,” before noting, “Like I like true crime stuff as much as the next guy but I think this surge of obsession with it is pretty disturbing.” A tweet read, “There are people willing to buy the Chris Watts murder house because it's just so cheap.”