Chris Watts buried wife Shanann in a 'disrespectful' way leaving investigators disturbed: 'She was curled up, as if just thrown in like trash'
The investigators who had worked on the Chris Watts case have revealed details of the moment that they came across Shanann Watts and her children's bodies.
David Maloney, who is a laboratory manager at the Denver Forensic Science Laboratory, said that when they take part in excavations, they usually find bodies laid out in a manner that’s more respectful than it was in Watts' case. "Shanann was curled up as if just thrown in. It was almost discarded like trash and then covered with dirt."
Watts had become one of the most infamous family murderers after he had confessed to killing his pregnant wife Shanann as well as their two young daughters Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3.
Watts had initially claimed that his wife and children went missing on August 13, 2018, and denied knowing anything about their disappearance.
He eventually confessed to the murders.
He had a marked up picture of the oil field where he had hidden the bodies so investigators could find the bodies.
When the investigators found the bodies of Bella and Celeste, they had been shoved into two separate oil tanks.
"Getting them out of those tankers was a very complicated process," Maloney explained, before revealing that they had to wait until the next day to retrieve the bodies.
Kirby Lewis, who was an agent at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, shared that the next morning investigators "arrived with this sense of dread" because they knew what the mission was. "You know that you’re recovering the bodies of two small children."
MEAWW had previously reported that Watts pleaded guilty to multiple counts of first-degree murder last year and was sentenced to five life sentences without the possibility of parole, three to be served consecutively and two to be served concurrently.
He also received an additional 48 years for the unlawful termination of his wife's pregnancy and 36 years for three charges of tampering with a deceased body.
Watts is currently serving his sentence at the Dodge Correctional Institution, a maximum-security prison, in Waupun, Wisconsin.