Chris Watts Case - 1st Front Porch Interview - New — Transcript

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1. 0:01uh chris watts w-a-t-t-s
2. 0:05what's going on right now around your
3. 0:06house right now it's
4. 0:08got k-9 units the sheriff's department
5. 0:11everybody's like they're
6. 0:13they're doing their best right now to
7. 0:14figure out like if they can get a scent
8. 0:16and
9. 0:16see where they went if they went on foot
10. 0:19they went
11. 0:20in a car they went somewhere and right
12. 0:22now it's just like they've
13. 0:23they've been on point they're going
14. 0:25through the house trying to get a scent
15. 0:26and hopefully they can
16. 0:27pick something up to where it's it's
17. 0:29going to lead to something
18. 0:31what happened to me
19. 0:35like she came home from the airport 2
20. 0:37a.m and
21. 0:38i left around 5 15 she was still here
22. 0:42and like about 12 10 and that afternoon
23. 0:46her friend nicole showed up at the door
24. 0:47like i had texted shanann a few times
25. 0:49that day called her say
26. 0:50you know but she never got back to me
27. 0:53but she wasn't getting back to any of
28. 0:54her people as well
29. 0:55and that's what really concerned a lot
30. 0:57of people is like she's not getting back
31. 0:59to her like she doesn't get back to me
32. 1:00that's fine like she gets busy during
33. 1:01the day
34. 1:02but she can get back to her people which
35. 1:03was very concerning and nicole called me
36. 1:05when she was at the door
37. 1:06and that's when i came home and then
38. 1:09walked in the house
39. 1:10and nothing was vanished nothing was
40. 1:13here
41. 1:14i mean she wasn't she wasn't here the
42. 1:15kids weren't here nope nobody was here
43. 1:17what's your wife's name shenan
44. 1:19s-h-a-n-a-n-n
45. 1:22bella and celeste
46. 1:34and so how many times did you try
47. 1:36calling her
48. 1:37i called her three times texted her
49. 1:39about three times just to
50. 1:40say you know what's going on like i did
51. 1:43i cuz after that for the after i called
52. 1:45her and texted her once it's like
53. 1:47maybe she was just busy like she just
54. 1:49got back you know like everybody's
55. 1:51probably calling her from her trip she
56. 1:52just got back from arizona
57. 1:54and i figured she was just busy but
58. 1:57when her friend showed up that's what it
59. 1:58was like it registered like all right
60. 2:01this isn't right
61. 2:04do you think she just took off do you
62. 2:06think i mean right now i don't even want
63. 2:08to just like
64. 2:09throw anything out there like i hope
65. 2:12that she's somewhere safe right now
66. 2:13and with the kids but i mean
67. 2:17could she event because she just taken
68. 2:19off i don't know but if
69. 2:20somebody has her and they're not safe
70. 2:22like i want them back now
71. 2:25like that that's what's in my like if
72. 2:27they're safe right now they're going to
73. 2:28come back
74. 2:29but if they're not safe right now that's
75. 2:31what that's the not knowing part like
76. 2:33if they're not safe last night i was i
77. 2:36had every light in the house on
78. 2:37i was hoping that i would just get just
79. 2:40ran over by the kids running in the door
80. 2:41and just like barrel rushing me but it
81. 2:43didn't happen
82. 2:44and it was just a traumatic night trying
83. 2:46to be here
84. 2:50i'm gonna have some kind of tough
85. 2:51questions about the relationship with
86. 2:53the kids
87. 2:54i mean my kids are my life i mean those
88. 2:57those smiles light up my life
89. 2:59and this like i mean last night like
90. 3:01during like you know when they usually
91. 3:02dinner
92. 3:03it was just like i missed them like i
93. 3:05mean i missed tell them hey
94. 3:06you got to eat that or you're not going
95. 3:08to get your dessert you know just like
96. 3:10you're not going to get your snack
97. 3:11afterwards i miss that like i miss them
98. 3:13you know cuddle up on their couches
99. 3:15they have like a minnie mouse couch and
100. 3:16a sofia couch that they cuddle up on and
101. 3:18watch
102. 3:18you know bubble guppies or something and
103. 3:20it was just like you know i meant i've
104. 3:22i was it was tearing me apart last night
105. 3:25and i needed that i needed that last
106. 3:27night and
107. 3:28for that for nobody to be here last
108. 3:30night and to go into their rooms
109. 3:32and not and know that i wasn't going to
110. 3:34turn the rain machines on
111. 3:36i know that i wasn't going to turn their
112. 3:38monitor on no i wasn't going to kiss
113. 3:39them
114. 3:40to bed tonight it was
115. 3:43it was i that's why last night it was
116. 3:46horrible
117. 3:47i couldn't do it it i just
118. 3:51i just want i want everybody just come
119. 3:52home like wherever they're at come home
120. 3:55that's what i want
121. 4:05um
122. 4:10she came back sunday to send a two at
123. 4:11night yeah because her flight got
124. 4:13delayed
125. 4:14from arizona because of like other
126. 4:16storms around the nation
127. 4:18so you're supposed to get home like 11
128. 4:19she got home at like 148
129. 4:21got about about two what was she going
130. 4:23for like family trip
131. 4:25it was a thrive direct sales uh it was a
132. 4:27local event that was down there between
133. 4:29a bunch of leaders and
134. 4:30in the company and that night that day
135. 4:34she was back i mean
136. 4:35now i left work for work early that
137. 4:37morning like 5
138. 4:3915 5 30 so like she barely let me
139. 4:42she barely got barely gotten into bed
140. 4:44pretty much
141. 4:46this might be a tough question but
142. 4:49did you guys get into an argument before
143. 4:51she left it wasn't it wasn't like an
144. 4:52argument we had emotional conversation
145. 4:54but i'll leave it at that but it's
146. 4:57i just want them back i just i just want
147. 5:00them to come back
148. 5:02and if if they're not safe right now
149. 5:05that's what's
150. 5:06that's what's tearing me apart because
151. 5:08if they are safe they're coming back but
152. 5:10if they're not
153. 5:11this this this has got to stop like
154. 5:12somebody has to come forward
155. 5:16yeah they've been in constant contact
156. 5:18like every hour
157. 5:19i mean it's i mean everybody back in
158. 5:22north carolina and
159. 5:23the east coast i mean from maine to
160. 5:26florida
161. 5:27what is her parents saying to you like
162. 5:29no just like like
163. 5:31if they need to get on a flight just let
164. 5:32them know because i mean they don't
165. 5:34they feel helpless right now because
166. 5:35they're on the opposite side of the
167. 5:37country
168. 5:38i mean colorado is i mean
169. 5:41you can't just drive around and look i
170. 5:43mean it's just like
171. 5:44you wouldn't really know what you're
172. 5:45looking for that's what the cops pretty
173. 5:46much told that first day i was like i
174. 5:48want to get out and drive around this
175. 5:49you won't know what to look for um last
176. 5:52couple questions
177. 5:53uh what is what does law enforcement
178. 5:56would have the
179. 5:57police or the sheriffs or your neighbors
180. 6:00is anybody
181. 6:00what is what's police saying to you
182. 6:03right now this is
183. 6:04what they're doing right now is with the
184. 6:07k9 in the sense i think this is the
185. 6:08biggest thing this is the biggest thing
186. 6:10they've done so far because
187. 6:11yesterday that all the frederick police
188. 6:12department did all the searching of the
189. 6:14house and tried to gather whatever
190. 6:15information they could and with
191. 6:18detectives
192. 6:18officers and sergeants and today it's i
193. 6:21mean
194. 6:22obviously with all the activity that's
195. 6:23around it's
196. 6:26it's it's there's a lot going on around
197. 6:28here and i really hope that
198. 6:29all this can lead to something positive
199. 6:33what did uh your neighbors did they see
200. 6:36anything
201. 6:37no like we've we've uh the police
202. 6:39department went door to door
203. 6:41asking like cameras and everything just
204. 6:43like
205. 6:44nothing and my last question
206. 6:48if you have any of those real questions
207. 6:50my last question is
208. 6:51if your wife can see this if she if she
209. 6:54can watch this
210. 6:56what would you like to tell your wife
211. 6:57and your kids shenan bella
212. 6:59celeste if you're out there just just
213. 7:02come back
214. 7:03like if somebody has her just please
215. 7:06bring her back
216. 7:07i need to see everybody i need to see
217. 7:09everybody again this house is not
218. 7:10complete with
219. 7:11without anybody here please bring it
220. 7:14back
221. 7:18that's it i can take that mic off you
222. 7:19know