In The Perfect Father, New York Times bestselling author John
Glatt reveals the tragedy of the Watts family, whose seemingly perfect
lives played out on social media--but the truth would lead to a vicious
and heartbreaking murder.
In the early morning hours of August 13th, 2018, Shanann Watts was
dropped off at home by a colleague after returning from a business trip.
It was the last time anyone would see her alive. By the next day,
Shanann and her two young daughters, Bella and Celeste, had been
reported missing, and her husband, Chris Watts, was appearing on the
local news, pleading for his family's safe return.
But Chris Watts already knew that he would never see his family again.
Less than 24 hours after his desperate plea, Watts made a shocking
confession to police: he had strangled his pregnant wife to death and
smothered their daughters, dumping their bodies at a nearby oil site.
Heartbroken friends and neighbors watched in shock as the movie-star
handsome, devoted family man they knew was arrested and charged with
first degree murder. The mask Chris had presented to the world in his TV
interviews and the family's Facebook accounts was slipping--and what lay
beneath was a horrifying image of instability, infidelity, and boiling
rage.
In this first major account of the case, bestselling author and
journalist John Glatt reveals the truth behind the tragedy and
constructs a chilling portrait of one of the most shocking family
annihilator cases of the 21st century.
