Horror: Chris Watts Drove Dead Wife, Still Living Children, ’45-Minutes’ To Oil Field Deaths

FREDERICK, CO. (THECOUNT) — Christopher Watts, the Colorado man who confessed to killing his pregnant wife and two young daughters, reportedly drove the girls along with their dead mother’s body on a 45-minute drive to a secluded oil field.

While at the field, he smothered the youngest with her favorite blanket and killed his 4-year-old after she watched her sister die and pleaded with her father for her own life, an attorney for the wife’s family said.

Steven Lambert, who is representing the wife’s family in a wrongful death suit, revealed the gruesome details during an interview with Dr. Phil which aired Tuesday, reported Fox7Austin.

Watts is behind held in the Weld County Jail after police sources said he confessed to killing his pregnant wife Shannon Watts, 34; and daughters, Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3.

Watts is charged with three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of tampering with physical evidence, local news reports said. source

The trio were reported missing. CBI and Frederick police issued a missing-endangered alert for the missing. A family member said Watts’ car keys, purse and other daily personal items were all found left behind.