'Devastated' and 'Sincerely Sorry': What Family Murderer Chris Watts Had to Say as He Was Sentenced
It was, he knew, likely a meaningless thing to say. ButChris Wattssaid it anyway: He was sorryfor murdering his pregnant wife, Shanann Watts, and theirtwo young daughters. “Although he understands that words are hollow at this point, he is sincerely sorry for all of this,” his attorney said. Prosecutor Michael Rourke described for the court how Chris strangled 34-year-old Shanann, his wife of nearly six years, with his bare hands not long after she returned home from a weekend work trip....