Introduction

The Watts family murders are one of the most gruesome and newsworthy stories of the past couple of years. Christopher Lee Watts, then 33 years of age, murdered his pregnant wife, Shannon Rouschek, by strangulation. He later admitted to murdering their daughters, Bella and Celeste, four and three years old,. By smothering them with a blanket over their heads. What caused an otherwise mentally healthy person to snap?