The Perfect Father

The True Story of Chris Watts, His All-American Family, and a Shocking Murder

De: John Glatt

Narrado por: Shaun Grindell

In the early morning hours of August 13, 2018, Shanann Watts was dropped off at her Frederick, Colorado, home by a colleague after returning from a business trip. It was the last time anyone would see her alive. By the next day, Shanann and her two young daughters, Bella and Celeste, had been reported missing, and her husband, Chris Watts, was appearing on the local news, pleading for his family's safe return. 

But Chris Watts already knew that he would never see his family again. Less than 24 hours after his desperate plea, Watts made a shocking confession to police: He had strangled his pregnant wife to death and smothered their daughters, dumping their bodies at a nearby oil site. Heartbroken friends and neighbors watched in shock as the movie-star handsome, devoted family man they knew was arrested and charged with first degree murder. 

The perfect mask Chris had presented to the world in his TV interviews and the family's Facebook accounts was slipping - and what lay beneath was a horrifying image of instability, infidelity, sexual ambivalence, and boiling rage. 

In this first major account of the case, best-selling author and journalist John Glatt reveals the truth behind the tragedy and constructs a chilling portrait of one of the most shocking family annihilator cases of the 21st century.

©2020 John Glatt (P)2020 Tantor

Many facts I didn't know

If you want to know a lot of facts missing from all the youtube channels this is the book for you. It fills in a lot of the gaps. A must read

Narrator

This account is a very sad story indeed. My main problem with it is the British narrator. Somehow he draws my attention away from the actual story progresses.

Absolutely heartbreaking

I could not stop listening. Even though I knew how this would end I wanted it to not be real. So many different emotions. Very well written just wish it was fiction.

I still don't believe his confessions.

I liked it overall, but nothing new to me. I finished in 1 night.

detailed

very good detailed book about the family. from start to finish. rest in peace girls