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0:01At first I couldn't believe that
0:03they were missing.
0:05If they were, I couldn't really I didn't
0:07know at the time if they were missing or
0:08not.
0:09So basically what I did was went to my
0:11security camera footage, checked it out,
0:14went back to the police
0:16and told them basically what I had and
0:18they eventually wanted to come in and
0:20look at it.
0:22>> Chris Watts convicted of murdering his
0:24pregnant wife and two daughters. How
0:26well do you know your spouse?
0:27>> Time exclusive with his neighbor who
0:29handed over the video.
0:31>> Watch, I'll show you.
0:32>> That led to his arrest. [music]
0:33>> Heard.
0:34>> A pregnant mother, Shanann Watts, and
0:37her two daughters, CC and Bella, killed
0:40at the hands of her husband, their
0:42father, Chris Watts. Today, an exclusive
0:45interview with a neighbor close to the
0:47family who's now being called a hero for
0:50helping police put Chris Watts behind
0:52bars. What made a man most people
0:54thought was a loving husband and dad
0:57turn into a killer?
1:00>> This story shocked the world. A
1:02devastated father pleading for the
1:04return of his pregnant wife and their
1:06two small daughters who'd vanished after
1:09his wife returned from a weekend [music]
1:11business trip.
1:15>> If you're [music] out there, just come
1:17back. If somebody has her, just please
1:19bring her back.
1:20>> If you believe every victim deserves to
1:22be remembered and every truth deserves
1:24to be told, subscribe to the crime
1:27narrator. These stories live on because
1:29you're here to hear them.
1:31>> On the quiet morning of August 13, 2018,
1:35the neighborhood of Frederick, Colorado
1:37looked like any other peaceful suburban
1:39street.
1:40The sun was rising slowly, casting soft
1:44light over rows of tidy homes and quiet
1:46driveways. But behind one of those
1:49doors, something had already gone
1:51terribly wrong.
1:53Next door to the Watts family lived a
1:55man who would soon become one of the
1:57most important witnesses in the entire
1:59case, Nathan Trenholm Stitch, often
2:02known simply as neighbor Nate.
2:05Like many homeowners, Nate had installed
2:08a security camera facing the street and
2:10his driveway.
2:11It was meant for safety, just a way to
2:14keep an eye on the neighborhood.
2:16No one could have imagined that this
2:18simple camera would soon capture moments
2:20that investigators would analyze again
2:23and again.
2:24That morning, while most of the
2:26neighborhood was still quiet, Nate's
2:28camera recorded unusual activity coming
2:31from the home of Chris Watts and Shannan
2:33Watts.
2:35Later, when police arrived to
2:37investigate the sudden disappearance of
2:39Shannan and her daughters, Nate did
2:41something that would change everything.
2:44He invited officers inside his house to
2:46review the footage.
2:48What the camera showed was subtle, but
2:50strange.
2:52Chris Watts was seen backing his truck
2:54into the driveway early that morning.
2:56Something Nate immediately noticed was
2:58unusual.
3:00In that neighborhood, people normally
3:02parked on the street or kept their
3:03trucks in the garage.
3:06But that morning was different.
3:08As investigators watched the footage
3:10inside Nate's living room, the tension
3:13in the room began to rise. Even Nate
3:16himself started pointing things out as
3:18the video played.
3:20Small movements, suspicious timing,
3:23quiet details that didn't seem right.
3:26And in that moment, it became clear.
3:28Nate had seen something that might
3:30reveal the truth about what happened
3:32that morning.
3:34But this was only the beginning.
3:36Because what Nate noticed next would
3:38leave investigators, and eventually the
3:40entire world, asking one chilling
3:43question.
3:45What was Chris Watts really doing that
3:46morning?
3:48Backhand index pointing right if you
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3:59investigations.
4:01As the police sat inside the living room
4:03of Nathan Trappanastitch, the atmosphere
4:06was tense.
4:07The television screen displayed the
4:09security footage from early that
4:11morning. Standing nearby was Chris Watts
4:14himself, watching the video along with
4:16the officers.
4:20>> Probably be tomorrow.
4:28If you can park out there on the side I
4:30just want to get everything back in.
4:32It'd be easier than lugging everything
4:33out there, all the tools I had to bring
4:34in.
5:27What I was going to do with this.
5:31>> Um
5:33My detective just showed up.
5:35Um the hip right here want to talk to
5:37you. You probably
5:38Like I said, you might have to call at
5:39the bank and see if there's any kind of
5:41activity.
5:42Um
5:44>> Cuz if there is any sort of action out
5:46there
5:46>> On his cameras there
5:47>> I would have
5:47>> Like we had I had we had issues the
5:49other other week when people were coming
5:51were stealing stuff out of like garages
5:53and stuff like that.
5:54>> And I had parked my truck
5:56>> I had your truck right here.
5:57>> Yeah.
5:58>> See if someone
5:59>> anything See where someone tried to
6:00jimmy with a flathead screwdriver.
6:02Over there. And it was just like
6:04>> But if any action would have happened,
6:06any cars or anything left your house, I
6:08would have
6:08>> if it would have been like right in that
6:09area, it would have picked I mean
6:11>> Oh, it'll pick up anything coming down
6:13the street this way.
6:14>> It would have been right there, wouldn't
6:14it?
6:15>> Oh, yeah. Okay.
6:17Watch. I'll show you.
6:19There's nothing on here. We've already
6:20watched that one.
6:22But I think you'll see this car.
6:26What security system do you have?
6:28It changes the top.
6:30You can see this car starting to back
6:31down the street.
6:32>> That one.
6:33>> Oh, look. Look.
6:35>> See what I'm saying? It picked up all
6:36the way down there.
6:37>> That's cool.
6:38>> And he's next door.
6:40>> Here we go.
6:42>> Probably in this bedroom.
6:45Here we go. Watch.
6:46>> Cuz yeah, we can pick up cars coming
6:48this way. I get anything coming this way
6:49and making a turn.
6:51So, and usually at night I pick up the
6:54car pulling a U-turn.
6:56So, unless they pulled right here
6:58>> Yeah.
6:59>> But I would have caught her walking it
7:00out.
7:07Diesel.
7:08>> It's good.
7:11>> At first glance, the footage seemed
7:13ordinary.
7:14Chris's truck slowly backed into the
7:16driveway of the Watts home before
7:18sunrise. The neighborhood was quiet, the
7:21street empty, and nothing appeared
7:24obviously alarming.
7:25But as the video continued, Nate began
7:28pointing out details that didn't seem
7:30normal.
7:32Nate explained that Chris almost never
7:34parked his truck that way. Normally, he
7:37would park on the street or leave the
7:39truck in the garage. Backing it directly
7:42into the driveway was something Nate had
7:44rarely seen before.
7:46The camera showed Chris walking back and
7:48forth between the house and the truck
7:50several times.
7:52Each trip looked like he was loading
7:54something.
7:56Investigators watched closely as Chris
7:58moved quickly, occasionally glancing
8:00around. Some moments were hard to see
8:03clearly, but the repeated trips raised
8:06serious questions.
8:08Standing in the room, Chris appeared
8:10visibly nervous. His arms crossed
8:12tightly across his chest as he watched
8:14the screen.
8:16At one point, Nate later said he noticed
8:18Chris's behavior change as the footage
8:20played.
8:22It was almost as if Chris realized how
8:24much the camera had captured.
8:27Police officers quietly continued
8:29watching.
8:31To them, this wasn't just a neighbor
8:33security recording anymore.
8:35It was potentially the timeline of the
8:37last known movements before Shannan
8:39Watts and her daughters disappeared.
8:42The footage didn't show everything
8:44clearly, but it showed enough to make
8:46investigators suspicious.
8:49And for Nate, the feeling in his gut
8:50grew stronger.
8:52Something about that morning wasn't
8:54right.
8:55What the camera had captured might only
8:58be pieces of the story, but those pieces
9:00were beginning to form a disturbing
9:02picture.
9:04And soon, investigators would begin
9:06asking even more difficult questions.
9:09As the footage continued playing inside
9:11the home of Nathan Trappanastich, the
9:14room grew increasingly quiet. The police
9:17officers were focused on every second of
9:19the video. Beside them stood Chris
9:22Watts, arms folded, trying to appear
9:24calm.
9:26But Nate noticed something strange.
9:34>> From the start, it picks up motion and
9:36like five minutes.
9:37I got you.
9:41>> That was the start of the video?
9:42>> Yep.
9:43That was 1:48
9:46in the morning.
9:52>> It didn't pick her up going into the
9:54house though.
9:54>> It didn't.
9:58And I usually pick him up when he comes
10:00walking through here.
10:01>> Mhm.
10:02>> I pick him up.
10:04So it doesn't show her walking into the
10:06house.
10:18But she would have walked by right in
10:20this spot.
10:26That's why.
10:27>> Okay.
10:28>> Yeah, they're gone.
10:33It picks up all these people coming in
10:34and out.
10:35>> Oh.
10:35>> Yeah.
11:05Can you know that it's still live cuz of
11:07the white light?
11:08>> Mhm.
11:10How long does the typical record for?
11:12>> 30 seconds I believe.
11:14at a time.
11:19But this is at 1:48 and then the next
11:21one I have is at 5:00 whatever.
11:24So nothing No cars came through cuz I
11:27guess with the headlights it picks up
11:29the headlights
11:29>> Oh yeah.
11:30>> And my vivid said that at 5:27 my garage
11:34door was left open.
11:39But that could have been the sensor as
11:40well.
11:41It says it was shut during the day, but
11:43I think when Nikki's
11:45uh
11:47son, he may have tried to move the sit
11:49the door around maybe when they were
11:50trying to get in the door in the garage
11:52door and he probably broke the the laser
11:54there.
11:55That's when the my alarm started going
11:56off.
11:57>> Well, I know he said the front door he
11:58tried going in, but he had the dog.
12:00>> Yep. That's That's
12:01>> So that's when it all went off.
12:02>> As the video played, Chris didn't seem
12:04curious or concerned like someone whose
12:06family had just disappeared. Instead, he
12:10looked nervous. His body language seemed
12:12tense and at times he avoided looking
12:15directly at the screen.
12:17Then something happened that caught
12:19everyone's attention.
12:21In the footage, Chris was seen walking
12:23back and forth between his garage and
12:25his truck several times.
12:28Each trip lasted only a few seconds, but
12:30the pattern looked unusual. It seemed
12:33like he was loading things into the
12:35vehicle.
12:36Nate leaned forward and pointed at the
12:38screen.
12:40"That's not normal," he said.
12:42The officers looked closely. From the
12:45angle of the camera, some movements were
12:47difficult to see clearly, but the
12:49repeated trips were impossible to
12:51ignore.
12:53At one moment, a shadow appeared near
12:55the truck door. Something moving briefly
12:58before disappearing from view. It was
13:00unclear what it was, but the officers
13:03took note.
13:04Standing behind them, Chris shifted his
13:07weight uncomfortably.
13:09Nate later recalled that he had a
13:11strange feeling watching Chris react to
13:13the footage. Instead of explaining what
13:16they were seeing, Chris mostly stayed
13:18silent.
13:20For investigators, this video was
13:22beginning to establish something
13:23critical, a timeline.
13:26It showed that Chris had been active
13:28very early that morning, moving items
13:31between the house and his truck just
13:33hours before Shannan Watts and her
13:35daughters were reported missing.
13:38The evidence wasn't complete yet.
13:41But suspicion was growing quickly.
13:43And Nate had already begun to realize
13:46something chilling.
13:47The camera outside his house might have
13:49captured the first clues to a tragedy
13:52that the entire country would soon be
13:54talking about.
13:56As investigators continued reviewing the
13:58footage inside the home of Nathan
14:00Trinastich, their attention shifted
14:03between the screen and the man standing
14:05beside them, Chris Watts.
14:08The video itself was already raising
14:10questions, but Chris's reactions were
14:12beginning to raise even more.
14:15While the officers carefully analyzed
14:17the movements captured on camera, Chris
14:20seemed increasingly uncomfortable.
14:23He shifted his weight from foot to foot,
14:25crossed his arms tightly, and avoided
14:27long eye contact with the screen.
14:30To Nate, something about the situation
14:32felt strange.
14:34Normally, if someone's family had
14:36suddenly vanished, they would be
14:38desperate for answers. They would watch
14:41the footage closely, hoping to see
14:43anything that could help find their
14:45loved ones.
14:46But Chris didn't react that way.
14:49Instead,
14:51Nate later recalled that Chris seemed
14:53tense, almost as if he already knew what
14:55the video might reveal.
14:58At one moment in the footage, Chris was
15:00seen standing beside his truck for
15:02several seconds before walking back into
15:04the garage again.
15:06The action was brief, but investigators
15:08paused the video and replayed it.
15:11Every detail mattered.
15:14The officers quietly discussed the
15:15timeline. According to the video, Chris
15:18had been loading items into his truck
15:20very early that morning. Hours before
15:23anyone reported Shannan Watts and the
15:26children missing.
15:27The silence in the room became heavy.
15:30Even Nate began to feel uneasy watching
15:33everything unfold. He later described
15:36that moment as the first time he truly
15:39felt something serious might have
15:40happened.
15:42As the footage ended, the officers
15:44thanked Nate for sharing the recording.
15:47>> Is that right?
15:50And our
15:50remote on the outside doesn't work
15:53anymore. It got wet and
15:55the whole radio doesn't
15:56>> Yeah, that was it.
15:58>> Okay.
15:59All right. Appreciate your time.
16:00>> Yeah, no problem.
16:02>> Thanks.
16:02>> Hopefully something comes up here.
16:04>> Yeah.
16:12>> May I
16:13You just want to go talk to him? I'm
16:14going to get his info real quick.
16:19No.
16:33Right.
17:03>> But they left the house with more
17:04questions than answers.
17:07And while Chris tried to appear
17:08cooperative, investigators were
17:11beginning to form a troubling suspicion.
17:14The neighbor's camera had captured
17:16something important.
17:18Something that might soon reveal the
17:20truth about that morning.
17:22By the time investigators left the home
17:25of Nathan Chrzanowsticz, they knew the
17:27security footage was more important than
17:29it first appeared.
17:33>> Are you able to record this?
17:34>> Uh-huh.
17:37I have to call Comcast so that they can
17:39get in to do whatever.
17:41I watched him just get out.
17:44And he walked back and forth at the
17:45time.
17:53Speaking of seeing him on the street,
17:54you know, my wife and I were kind of
17:55wondering when she was on vacation if
17:57something happened cuz I heard them
18:00full out screaming at each other at the
18:01top of their lungs and he gets crazy.
18:04>> Was he? And that's pretty recently?
18:05>> Yeah.
18:08I got a feeling that's why she went and
18:09visited people is cuz she wanted to get
18:11away from the situation.
18:14>> Give me that.
18:15>> I think he did.
18:16It was kind of odd to me. Why would he
18:18pull the tarp up and go over to the car?
18:20>> Right.
18:22>> Yeah, I've never seen him pull that.
18:24I've never seen him If he loads his
18:25stuff, he normally just walks back and
18:27forth but I get him on camera.
18:29>> What What does he usually load up?
18:31>> All he usually has is a lunch box
18:34and a
18:36book bag, looks like a computer,
18:39and usually a water jug. That's it.
18:42But the fact that he was in here and
18:44explaining to the owner over and over
18:46and over
18:47>> For odds.
18:48>> Yeah, he doesn't He doesn't look
18:50worried.
18:51He looks like he's trying to cover his
18:53tracks.
18:57You know, what I'm saying?
18:58>> Right.
18:59>> But if he's loading his stuff, why would
19:00he walk in back and forth?
19:03But I can't see what he's doing in the
19:05back of the truck cuz he pulled in with
19:06the door up.
19:07>> Yeah.
19:08>> But he knows my camera's there.
19:13>> Any other neighbors have cameras around
19:14here, you know?
19:15>> Um
19:18I'm sure a bunch of them do, but I'm not
19:19going to know it.
19:20>> Okay.
19:22>> You can have a look at that if you want.
19:24>> Yeah, I'll look at it. I'll
19:25>> You can have
19:25>> I'll do a search here in a minute.
19:27>> I just All these boards kept coming up
19:29missing, so we moved in here. I put this
19:31in.
19:34And like you said, someone was breaking
19:35into it. He said that someone was
19:37breaking into his tool box of his truck.
19:40So, I told him to make it private so he
19:41could park
19:41>> The video didn't show everything
19:43clearly, but it provided something
19:45crucial, a timeline.
19:48It showed Chris Watts moving back and
19:50forth between his home and his truck
19:51very early that morning.
19:54The repeated trips, the unusual parking
19:56position of the truck, and the timing
19:58all raised serious questions for
20:00investigators.
20:02Soon after, officers began comparing the
20:05footage with other evidence they were
20:07gathering in the case involving Shan'ann
20:10Watts and her daughters.
20:12Phone records,
20:14witness statements,
20:16Chris's own explanations.
20:18Piece by piece, the timeline of that
20:21morning started coming together.
20:23For Nate, the realization was
20:25unsettling. The small security camera he
20:28had installed simply to watch over his
20:30driveway had accidentally captured some
20:33of the most important clues in the
20:35investigation.
20:36>> Parked his truck out there in case they
20:38saw something.
20:42Sweetheart,
20:43I know you want to go play with the baby
20:45so bad.
20:48>> Her mom just texted me and said that he
20:50was in the garage having a seizure and
20:52that he was
20:54>> Okay.
20:55>> Just for your info.
20:57>> Don't you think it's Look at the
20:59>> I know. I'm trying to
21:00>> it's odd.
21:01No, I'm just saying it's kind of odd
21:02that he pulled his truck back behind my
21:04camera.
21:07That cut off the the truck's in the
21:09garage right now.
21:12And he never backs his truck into the
21:13driveway anyway.
21:14>> we're going to keep in the back of our
21:16>> diesel
21:17>> He's like, he never backs his truck up.
21:18My mom said it to him. He's like, he
21:19carries his stuff out from the house.
21:21>> Yeah.
21:21>> He doesn't back his truck up.
21:22>> Well, I have him on camera doing that
21:23when he does it.
21:25Cuz when he was parking his truck over
21:26here, the other thing that was odd is
21:28while she was gone, he kept parking his
21:30truck and her car over here.
21:35And I used to see him walk out of this
21:37house right here.
21:38>> So, he took the car out of the garage?
21:39>> Oh, the car was parked over there for a
21:41long time, like couple days.
21:44>> This is last weekend?
21:46>> Uh, no.
21:47It was when she was gone for the 6
21:49weeks.
21:49>> Oh.
21:51>> But I thought it was kind of odd that he
21:52never parked in front of here or like
21:54here. He said someone broke into his
21:56truck and he parked over there.
21:59I have no idea.
22:02Hey, that was totally suspicious.
22:05He's normally You you can ask them. He's
22:07normally quiet. He won't say a thing.
22:10He's over here telling telling you three
22:12times what he took out, what he did,
22:14what he did, what he did.
22:16He's very
22:18He never talks. So, the fact that he's
22:20over here blabbing his mouth makes me
22:22kind of suspicious.
22:24>> Yeah, but I mean, put yourself in his
22:26situation.
22:27>> Oh, I agree.
22:28>> You know, anyone's going to be nervous.
22:30They don't know what to do.
22:32>> What seemed like an ordinary suburban
22:34morning was now part of a case that
22:37would soon capture national attention.
22:40As the investigation continued, the
22:42evidence began pointing more strongly in
22:45one direction.
22:46Detectives revisited the footage again
22:48and again, analyzing every moment and
22:52comparing it to Chris's statements.
22:54And slowly, the truth began to surface.
22:58The quiet neighborhood in Frederick,
23:00Colorado would soon become the center of
23:02one of the most shocking family crime
23:04stories in recent history.
23:07For many people following the case,
23:09Nate's footage became one of the most
23:11unforgettable moments because it showed
23:14how sometimes the smallest pieces of
23:16evidence can reveal the biggest truths.
23:20A neighbor's camera,
23:22a quiet street.
23:23>> Um
23:24>> No, I agree, but I'm just saying the way
23:26he
23:27told you three times what he brought
23:28with him, why is he telling you exactly
23:30what he brought with him instead of
23:32saying, "Oh, they didn't see anybody out
23:34here. He didn't see anybody doing
23:35anything."
23:36You know what I'm saying?
23:37>> Mhm.
23:37>> Why is he so worried about you knowing
23:39what he's carrying out? That's all I'm
23:41saying.
23:43>> Who is the detective talking to?
23:45>> What's that?
23:46>> Who is the detective talking to?
23:48>> He's talking to her right now.
23:49>> Hey, you okay if we just walk through?
23:51Yeah. Can I look at her phone if it's
23:52still up there?
23:53>> Yeah. Okay.
23:55I guess.
24:07What's this door right here go to?
24:09Locked.
24:10Do you have a key for it?
24:11>> Yeah, I do.
24:15You got the key for the kids?
24:16>> Yeah, they they wake up, they'll just go
24:18right here and just climb in the
24:19bathtub.
24:19>> Yeah.
24:24>> Oh, that's right.
24:24>> So, you normally
24:25>> Yeah, I know.
24:26>> So, you normally keep it locked?
24:27>> Yeah, cuz they
24:28>> Yeah.
24:29>> They would go in there and they'd be in
24:30soap. Like last time we had Vaseline
24:32everywhere. Yeah. So, that was not fun.
24:36>> So, does she normally make the beds, the
24:38kids' beds?
24:39>> No.
24:40>> What's going through your mind right
24:41now?
24:42>> I just I don't know
24:44I don't know where my kids are. I don't
24:45know where Shannan is. It's
24:47it's not something I could ever
24:50ever fathom would happen in my lifetime.
24:52And
24:53I I have no inclination of where she is.
24:56>> Yeah.
24:57>> I've re- We've reached out to friends,
24:59family, our fam- Both of our families
25:01are
25:02back in North Carolina.
25:03So, they're
25:05beside themselves. Like, we all have
25:07friends in North Carolina. We have
25:08friends here. We have friends
25:09everywhere.
25:10And not knowing like where she is or
25:12where the kids are, it's
25:15I I
25:16I don't know what to do right now. I
25:17just feel so alone in this house right
25:18now, and I don't know I don't know where
25:20to go from here right now.
25:22>> And you said you had to stay here by
25:23yourself last night. I when I opened the
25:24door, it's like your emotions like
25:26>> I mean, my heart's my heart's racing a
25:27mile a minute. I mean, just
25:29everything that's happening the last
25:31last few days is just it's
25:34earth-shattering right now. It's like my
25:35world's been turned upside down.
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