Nichol Kessinger reveals the CHILLING last message she received from killer Chris Watts
Chris Watts’ mistress Nichol Kessinger told the police that he lied to her when she asked him if he had murdered his pregnant wife and two young daughters in newly released footage. Kessinger can be seen speaking with the investigators and mentioning how she did not see any red flags that would hint the 36-year-old could kill his wife and children.
Watts killed his wife Shanann, and two young daughters – four-year-old Bella and three-year-old Celeste – on August 13, 2018, in Frederick, Colorado. The man first strangled his wife, who was 15 weeks pregnant with a son, before smothering the girls with a blanket over their heads. Three days after the incident, Kessinger was interrogated by the investigators. The video of this interrogation, which was released by Shannan's brother Frankie Rzucek Jr, shows Kessinger saying, “I was still in my head. I was stressed out.”
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“So I texted Chris one last time, and I told him, ‘If you did anything bad, you're going to ruin your life and you're going to ruin my life. I promise you that,’” she stated. Kessinger also noted that in response to her message, Watts said “I didn't hurt my family, Nicky.” “And that was the last text. I never said another word to him after that,” she added.
The video also showed the woman detailing her dating life and how she met Watts when they both worked at Anadarko Petroleum. Kessinger used to serve as a health and safety worker at the office, while Watts usually worked on the field as an oil well operator. She said, “There were several discussions that we had about his current relationship and where it had gone. He talked about his kids from time to time. But the thing was that he was never hostile. It was never anything aggressive. It was still very kind. He was just like, ‘This is not working.’”
Kessinger went on to say, “It wasn't anything out of the ordinary or anything that would scare me. Even to this day, even after everything that I've found out, I still look back at that, and I don't see any red lights about the way he spoke about his family.” Kessinger also disclosed a discussion she had with Watts after the triple murder. The man had apparently told her that Shannan left the house without her wedding ring.
He also reportedly asked, “How much do you think it's worth?” “And I remember hearing him say that and being like, ‘What the f**k?’” the mistress said, who allegedly advised him to pawn the jewelry but he said "he would probably have it appraised," the Daily Mail reported. “It was like really awkward,” Kessinger remarked.
Watts is currently behind bars at the Dodge Correctional Institution in Waupun, Wisconsin, after getting five life sentences along with 48 years in prison without the possibility of parole. And though Kessinger claimed to not be in contact with Watts after her last text to him, Watts' fellow inmate David Carter said that she had been writing him letters last year.
Carter told Daily Mail, “He told me she said that she needed to speak to him to clear some things up. He wouldn't tell me exactly what she had said. He wasn't supposed to have any contact with her, but she initiated it by writing to him.”
He also revealed that Watts justified his crime by saying he took his wife’s life because he did not want to pay child support, and also didn't want the third child, and feared he would lose their house in Frederick, Colorado, in a divorce.
“I don't buy any of that though. I couldn't ever kill my entire family just because I didn't want a child or didn't want to pay child support. I have a lot of things going on in my life, but I have never wanted to stop and kill my entire family because I wanted certain things to go my way,” Carter added.