Michelle Greer, a woman who spent time with the family at Myrtle Beach two weeks before the murders, told USA Today that Shanann was an engaged, involved, and loving mother, whereas Chris seemed eerily distant. “She was wonderful with the girls,” Greer said. “She told me she was expecting; she was very happy. She was very engaged with her little girls. … He didn’t seem engaged at all. There wasn’t any affection. She [Shanann] was very engaged with the girls, and he was just kind of standing there.” An official cause of death has not been released in the murders of Shanann, Bella, and Celeste Watts, though authorities have reason to believe the two little girls were strangled. No motive has been released either, though Chris Watts also confessed to having an affair with a coworker, and authorities uncovered that Chris and Shanann were struggling with debt in the months leading up to the murders. Watts is being held without bond at Weld County Jail on the outskirts of Greeley, Colorado.
