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S17E250 - True Crime Time for August 14, 2026 | Chris Watts Confesses: The Murders of Shanann, Bella & CeCe (Part 2)

Published: August 14, 2026

Duration: 40:00

In Part Two of this special True Crime Time series, Cyndi Overton continues the heartbreaking story of the Watts family murders, picking up moments after Shanann Watts returned home during the early morning hours of August 13, 2018. Rather than relying on Chris Watts' changing stories, Cyndi reconstructs the case using surveillance footage, police body camera video, investigative findings, and documented evidence to follow the investigation as it unfolded.

The episode follows investigators through the critical first hours after Shanann's disappearance, including Nicole Atkinson's decision to request a welfare check, Officer Matthew Koonrod's body camera footage, Chris Watts' suspicious...