RAW: Chris Watts, husband of missing Frederick woman, interviewed by Denver7's Tomas Hoppough — Transcript
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- 0:00yes Chris watts waa TTS right now it's
- 0:08got canine units the Sheriff's
- 0:10Department
- 0:11everybody's like there they're doing the
- 0:13best right now to figure out like if
- 0:15they can get a scent and see where they
- 0:17went they went on foot they went in a
- 0:20car or they went somewhere and right now
- 0:22it's just like they've never been on
- 0:24point they're going through the house
- 0:25trying to get scent and hopefully they
- 0:27can pick something up to where it's it's
- 0:29gonna lead to something what happened oh
- 0:32[Music]
- 0:34shoot she came home from the airport 2
- 0:37a.m. and I left around 5:15 she was
- 0:41still here and like about 12:10 and that
- 0:45afternoon her friend Nicole showed up at
- 0:47the door like I had texted a few times
- 0:49that day called her say you know but she
- 0:52never got back to me but she wasn't get
- 0:53back to any of her people as well and
- 0:55that's what really concerned a lot of
- 0:57people's like she's not getting back to
- 0:59her like she wasn't about to me that's
- 1:00fine like she gets busy during the day
- 1:01fleshing it back to her people which was
- 1:03very concerning and Nicole called me
- 1:05when she was at the door and that's when
- 1:07I came home and then walked in the house
- 1:10and nothing it's vanished nothing was
- 1:13here I mean she wasn't it she wasn't
- 1:15here the kids weren't here nope nobody
- 1:17was here
- 1:18scheana I say Jay and Ana belén Celeste
- 1:25Celes de for in the fellas for Celeste
- 1:31is three and so I called her three times
- 1:38texted about three times just to say you
- 1:41know what's going on like I did I could
- 1:44after that for the after I called her
- 1:45and text her once it's like right maybe
- 1:48she was just busy like she'd just gotten
- 1:49back you know like everybody's probably
- 1:51calling her from her trip she just got
- 1:52back from Arizona and I figured yes she
- 1:56was busy but when her friend showed up
- 1:58that suppose like it registered like
- 2:00right this isn't right
- 2:04I think she just took off anything I
- 2:06mean right now I don't even want to just
- 2:08like throw anything out there like I
- 2:10hope that she's somewhere safe right now
- 2:13and with the kids but I mean could she
- 2:18event because she just taken off I don't
- 2:19know but if somebody has her and they're
- 2:21not safe like I want them back now like
- 2:25that that that's what am I like if
- 2:27they're safe right now they're gonna
- 2:28come back but if they're not safe right
- 2:31now that's what that's the not knowing
- 2:32part like if they're not safe
- 2:34last night I wish I had every light in
- 2:36the house on I was hoping that I would
- 2:38just get just ran over by the kids
- 2:41running in the door and just like barrel
- 2:42rushing me but it didn't happen and it
- 2:44was just a traumatic night trying to be
- 2:47here kids are my life I mean those those
- 2:57smiles light up my life and there's like
- 2:59I mean last night like Darla Edie you
- 3:02know when they usually dinner it was
- 3:03just like I missed them like I mean I
- 3:05missed tell them hey you got to eat that
- 3:07or you're gonna not gonna get you're
- 3:09just certain you know and just like not
- 3:10gonna get your snack after I missed that
- 3:12like I missed them you know cuddle up on
- 3:14their couches
- 3:15they have like a Minnie Mouse couch and
- 3:16Sophia couch that they cuddle up on and
- 3:18watch - no Bubble Guppies or something
- 3:20and it was just like you know I mean
- 3:21I've I was it was tearing me apart last
- 3:25night and I needed that I needed that
- 3:27last night and for that nobody to be
- 3:30here last night and to go into their
- 3:32rooms and not and know that I wasn't
- 3:34gonna turn the rain machines on I know
- 3:36that I wasn't gonna turn their monitor
- 3:38on
- 3:38no I wasn't gonna kiss him to bed
- 3:40tonight it was it was like that's why
- 3:45last night was horrible I couldn't do it
- 3:48yeah I was
- 3:51I just want I want everybody just come
- 3:52home wherever they're at come home
- 3:54that's what I want she came back Sunday
- 4:10send it to you and yeah cuz her flight
- 4:13got delayed from Arizona cause like
- 4:15other storms around the nation so you're
- 4:18supposed to get home like 11:00 she got
- 4:20home at like 148 down bad not to it was
- 4:25a thrived wrecked sales it was a local
- 4:28event that was down there between a
- 4:29bunch of leaders and in their company
- 4:33day she was back now let I left work
- 4:36work early that morning like 5:15 5:30
- 4:39so like she barely let me she barely got
- 4:43barely got in the bed pretty much
- 4:50it wasn't it wasn't like an argument we
- 4:53had emotional conversation but I'll
- 4:54leave it at that but it's I just want
- 4:58the back I just I just want them to come
- 5:01back and if if they're not safe right
- 5:05now that's what's that's what's tearing
- 5:07me apart because if they are safe
- 5:09they're coming back but if they're not
- 5:10this this this has got to stop like
- 5:12somebody has to come forward yeah
- 5:16they've been in constant contact like
- 5:18every hour I mean it's I mean everybody
- 5:21back in North Carolina and the East
- 5:23Coast I mean from Maine to Florida
- 5:27what is your parent saying to you
- 5:29they're just like hey if they need to
- 5:31get on a flight just let them know
- 5:32because I mean they don't maybe they
- 5:34feel helpless right now because they
- 5:36they're on the opposite side of the
- 5:37country I mean this Colorado is I mean
- 5:40can't just drive around and look I mean
- 5:43it's just like you wouldn't really know
- 5:45what you're looking for that's what the
- 5:46cops dream of talking about that first
- 5:47day I was like I want to get out and
- 5:48drive around this you wouldn't know what
- 5:50to look for
- 5:54[Music]
- 6:02right now this is what they're doing
- 6:05right now is with the k-9 in the sense I
- 6:08think this is the biggest thing this is
- 6:09the biggest thing they've done so far
- 6:10because yesterday that all federally
- 6:12department did all the searching of the
- 6:14house and try to gather whatever
- 6:15information they could and with the
- 6:18detectives officers and sergeants and
- 6:20today it's I mean obviously with all the
- 6:23activity that's around it's it's there's
- 6:27a lot going on around here and I really
- 6:29hope that all this can lead to something
- 6:31positive no like we've we've the police
- 6:39final minute door-to-door asking like
- 6:42cameras and everything just like nothing
- 6:46my last question if you haven't even
- 6:48heard something my last question if your
- 6:51wife can see this if she can watch this
- 6:57Shannon Celeste if you're out there just
- 7:01just come back like if somebody has her
- 7:04just please bring her back I need to see
- 7:07everybody I need to see everybody again
- 7:09this house is not complete with without
- 7:11anybody here
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