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What If Chris Watts' Mistress Actually Killed His Wife And Kids?
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What If Chris Watts' Mistress Actually Killed His Wife And Kids?

Nichol Kessinger, who is now in some type of protective custody, maybe got away with murder.

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Ted Bauer
Jan 12, 2025
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Most people who might stumble across this story know the basics of the Chris Watts case: in 2018, he murdered his pregnant wife and two existing daughters, and received five life sentences for it. He’s now at Dodge Correctional in Wisconsin, where initially he had photos of those he murdered on the walls, but I believe the courts made him take those down. I’ve also seen stuff about him being in homosexual relationships in prison while also receiving panties and other fan mail from women. Society is very odd.

The centerpiece of the Watts case was Nichol Kessinger, who was his mistress at the time. She apparently got witness protection and lives elsewhere — the true crime boards claim Washington state — under a new name. There are a lot of inconsistencies in Kessinger’s stories and public interrogations, including claiming she didn’t know Watts’ wife was pregnant, even though she regularly checked his wife’s Facebook and it’s literally all she posted about.

Sometime during COVID, Netflix did a special on the Watts case. I think it was called American Family: Murders Next Door. In fact, yes, here’s the entire trailer:

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