Chris Watts - who brutally murdered his pregnant wife, Shanann, and their two young daughters - has not abandoned his womanizing tendencies, even from behind bars.
Despite serving a life sentence for the murders, the 41-year-old former oil worker allegedly continues to manipulate and woo women, using emotional and religious tactics to keep their attention.
Chris Watts' Continuing Attempts to Woo Women in Prison
Watts, who is serving five consecutive life sentences at the Dodge Correctional Institution in Waupun, Wisconsin, has reportedly been in contact with a number of women, sending handwritten letters that range from several pages long to full of religious symbolism and Bible references.
One of these women, a 36-year-old admirer named Deborah, spoke exclusively with The Daily Mail about her experience with Watts.
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Deborah, who first encountered Watts through news reports, was drawn to his "handsome eyes" and his sincere-sounding words. As a Christian, she believed Watts’ claims that he had found religion in prison.
In late 2022, she sent him her first letter. To her surprise, Watts wrote back, and their correspondence continued for several years. Over time, however, their relationship began to change, with Watts becoming increasingly focused on his religious convictions, ultimately telling Deborah that they could no longer be together. In his final letter to her in late 2025, he wrote, "I believe that in a different time, I would have been able to be with you. But God has other plans for my life."
Watts’ Narcissistic Religious Claims
In letters to Deborah, Watts made several unsettling comparisons between his own life and the suffering of Jesus Christ, a tactic some criminal experts have described as typical narcissist behavior.
In a letter dated October 2025, Watts wrote, "God had a plan for me. He wants me in prison. This is His will, just like it was His will for Jesus to die for us. He wants to bring people closer to him through my suffering."
Continuing this comparison, Watts stated, "I will never fully understand what Christ went through when he was crucified, but my trials have given me a glimpse of it." He also expressed his belief that, like Jesus, he was fulfilling a higher purpose. "I am open to God's will, just like Jesus was open to the will of his father. He did not want to die but it was his father's will. I believe it’s his will that I am here. The only thing I regret is that I cannot see you."
Watts' Prison Behavior: A Pattern of Manipulation
While imprisoned, Watts has reportedly corresponded with up to a dozen women at a time. Known for his prolific letter writing, he often sends multiple pages filled with religious rhetoric, painting himself as a transformed man. Despite this, he has not escaped his past manipulative behavior.
Former prison mate Dylan Tallman revealed that Watts "can't resist women's attention" and that his letters often make the women his "everything." Tallman noted that Watts was fixated on female attention and that many women wrote to him in prison, receiving regular responses in return.
Watts' Infamous Crimes and His Justifications
In August 2018, Chris Watts carried out a horrifying crime that left the nation in shock. He murdered his wife Shanann by strangling her in their Colorado home, then suffocated their two young daughters, Bella (4) and Celeste (3), before disposing of their bodies at an oil site where he worked. He later claimed that his desire to start a new life with his mistress, Nichol Kessinger, was the driving force behind the murders.
Watts' letters often reference his actions and provide a disturbing glimpse into his distorted justifications. In one letter to Tallman, Watts blamed Kessinger for his family’s deaths, calling her a "harlot" and a "Jezebel."
In his mind, she enticed him to commit the murders, writing, "The words of a harlot have brought me low. Her flattering speech was like drops of honey that pierced my heart and soul. Little did I know that all her guests were in the chamber of death."
A Disturbing View on Divorce and Adultery
In one of his letters, Watts further justified his actions by commenting on divorce and infidelity from a religious perspective. "Marriage was from the beginning," he wrote, adding that divorce was "tolerated due to the hardened hearts of the Israelites."
He described infidelity as a sin against both the wife and God, yet in his correspondence with Deborah, Watts claimed to have changed. "I was a cheater before, I committed adultery," he confessed.
"That was a sin. But I'm a changed man. Christ has forgiven me from everything. I am justified with him, and he views me as a saint. He sees only Christ's righteousness when he sees me; he sees me as sinless."