According to page 685 of the Discovery Documents on August 21st, 2018:
Colorado Bureau of Investigation CBI Agent MATTHEW SAILOR and Agent TRACI SCHWARTZBAUER, responded to the DoubleTree hotel located at 119 7th Street in Greeley, Colorado to interview FRANKIE RZUCEK, brother of SHAN’ANN WATTS. The interview began at approximately 15:47 hours, and was conducted in his hotel room, #205.
On the night of August 14, CBI agent Greg Zentner was dispatched to Boulder to interview the most crucial witness in the Watts case. The transcript below is an excerpt from a 72 page document spanning 3223 lines of text.
CrimeRocket is the first to reproduce and analyze this critical transcript in-depth. The entire transcript has been broken down into 15 sections.
Nickole describes Watts “tell her” [presumably Shan’ann] that he didn’t want the baby.
Nickole describes Josh Rosenberg and Watts as “bros”.
Nickole describes a woman calling her [perhaps Agent Tammy Lee] and wonders if the status of the case has changed from a Missing Persons case to something else.
Nickole sends texts to the officers phone so that he has the contact details of Shan’ann’s friends [Cristina, Addy, Cassie and Josh].
The audio for the above transcript is available here.
On the night of August 14, CBI agent Greg Zentner was dispatched to Boulder to interview the most crucial witness in the Watts case. The transcript below is an excerpt from a 72 page document spanning 3223 lines of text.
CrimeRocket is the first to reproduce and analyze this critical transcript in-depth. The entire transcript has been broken down into 15 sections.
The fifth part includes:
The fact that it was Watts job to do the laundry [all the laundry].
The obvious assessment that Watts couldn’t strip the bed if Shan’ann was still asleep in it [and Shan’ann would never have thrown the sheets on the floor].
Nickole’s response to Watts announcing that he’d “found” Shan’ann’s wedding ring.
The unusual circumstances around the discovery of the phone.
The audio for the above transcript is available here.
Note: TCRS provides video commentary and analysis of the Atkinson Transcripts, including clips from the actual audio of Nickole’s interview, in a companion series to these blog posts available on Patreon.
At 34:35 in the clip below, Watts heads into the master bedroom and comes out holding Shan’ann’s ring.
On the night of August 14, CBI agent Greg Zentner was dispatched to Boulder to interview the most crucial witness in the Watts case. The transcript below is an excerpt from a 72 page document spanning 3223 lines of text.
CrimeRocket is the first to reproduce and analyze this critical transcript in-depth. The entire transcript has been broken down into 15 sections.
The fourth part includes:
Nickole’s concerns and suspicions when Watts arrives and immediately ducks into the garage
Watts strange entry into the house
The audio for the above transcript is available here.
The fifth part deals with Nickole’s impressions inside the house/crime scene in more detail.
On the night of August 14, CBI agent Greg Zentner was dispatched to Boulder to interview the most crucial witness in the Watts case. The transcript below is an excerpt from a 72 page document spanning 3223 lines of text.
CrimeRocket is the first to reproduce and analyze this critical transcript in-depth. The entire transcript has been broken down into 15 sections.
The second part includes:
Confirmation that their flight was supposed to land at 23:25. It arrived instead at 12:45.
Shan’ann’s neck was really bothering her [this may have been why she felt out of sorts].
According to Nickole the doctor’s appointment was at 09:00.
Shan’ann expected get three hours sleep on Monday, from 02:00 until 05:00 [05:00 was the time Ceecee woke up].
Chris Watts first version of how the girls and Shan’ann had left the house was to Nickole, telling her “a friend must have picked them up or something…”
Nickole called Watts three times before he answered at approximately 12:27.
According to Nickole, Deeter had been “caged”, something they usually did when everyone left the house.
The audio for the above transcript is available here.
The third part includes Nickole’s explanation for why she called the cops when she did.
On the night of August 14, CBI agent Greg Zentner was dispatched to Boulder to interview the most crucial witness in the Watts case. The transcript below is an excerpt from a 72 page document spanning 3223 lines of text.
CrimeRocket is the first to reproduce and analyze this critical transcript in-depth. The entire transcript has been broken down into 15 sections.
The first part includes:
Shan’ann waiting outside the house on the porch for Nickole to pick her up [so as not to wake the children]
Nickole’s concern and suspicion around Shan’ann’s purse
Nickole’s first text to Shan’ann on Monday August 13 was at 08:43 and again at 08:55.
The audio for the above transcript is available here.
The second part includes Nickole’s reason for going to the house in the first place.
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