Both are rather unattractive individuals suffering from low IQs, shallowness & an unhealthy dose of materialism.
As for his motives – Shannan appears to have been an absolute nightmare to be around. Indeed, she has all the hallmarks suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) which was given fuel by social media & her MLM gig. He loathed his life and his wife. Kessinger probably talked to him and treated him in ways that Shannan did not and for the first time in years – thanks to Kessinger – he had light at the end of his miserable, dark marital tunnel.
Divorce – in his own simple, emotionally charged mind – was not an option, however. There is no way he would be truly free if he divorced and he’d spend the next 18 years tied to a woman he despised. Years of additional misery beckoned and with it highly diminished chances of a happy relationship with Kessinger (or another woman). Thus, Shannan and the kids had to go.
It’s a terrible story & one that is played out daily. Thankfully very few result in acts of homicide and filicide.
In POST TRUTH, the 100th True Crime Rocket Science [TCRS] title, the world’s most prolific true crime author Nick van der Leek demonstrates how much we still don’t know in the Watts case. In the final chapter of the SILVER FOX trilogy the author provides a sly twist in a tale that has spanned 12 TCRS books to date. The result may shock or leave you with even more questions.
SILVER FOX III available now in paperback!
“If you are at all curious about what really happened in the Watts case, then buy this book, buy every one he has written and you will get as close as humanly possible to understanding the killer and his victims.”- Kathleen Hewtson. Purchase the very highly rated and reviewed SILVER TRILOGY – POST TRUTH COMING SOON.
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Book 4 in the TWO FACE series, one of the best reviewed, is available now in paperback!
“Book 4 in the K9 series is a must read for those who enjoy well researched and detailed crime narratives. The author does a remarkable job of bringing to life the cold dark horror that is Chris Watts throughout the narrative but especially on the morning in the aftermath of the murders. Chris’s actions are connected by Nick van der Leek’s eloquent use of a timeline to reveal a motive.”
Both are rather unattractive individuals suffering from low IQs, shallowness & an unhealthy dose of materialism.
As for his motives – Shannan appears to have been an absolute nightmare to be around. Indeed, she has all the hallmarks suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) which was given fuel by social media & her MLM gig. He loathed his life and his wife. Kessinger probably talked to him and treated him in ways that Shannan did not and for the first time in years – thanks to Kessinger – he had light at the end of his miserable, dark marital tunnel.
Divorce – in his own simple, emotionally charged mind – was not an option, however. There is no way he would be truly free if he divorced and he’d spend the next 18 years tied to a woman he despised. Years of additional misery beckoned and with it highly diminished chances of a happy relationship with Kessinger (or another woman). Thus, Shannan and the kids had to go.
It’s a terrible story & one that is played out daily. Thankfully very few result in acts of homicide and filicide.