What Chris Watts' Mom Did to Shanann's Memory After He Confessed

Cindy Watts went on camera after her son’s confession and said: “He’s not a sociopath.” Her son had just admitted to strangling his pregnant wife, smothering their two daughters, and disposing of the children’s bodies in crude oil tanks. And Cindy’s instinct was not to reckon with what he did. It was to defend who he was.

This episode follows the Watts parents from the sentencing courtroom — where they forgave Chris and quoted scripture — to the media interviews where Cindy blamed Shanann for the family’s disintegration. The Rzucek family responded with a public statement so furious it made national headlines. And Cindy later told Oxygen she would fight for her son whether he wanted her to or not.

Part of a six-part series on families that protect the accused. Not a retelling of the murders. A close look at why parental love, when tested by the worst imaginable truth, sometimes rewrites the truth instead of accepting it.

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