Dad Murders His Wife & Kids Then Googles Lyrics to a Metallica Song: 'Lunacy Has Found Me'

Chris Watts‘ pregnant wife and two young daughters had been dead only a few hours when — in the brief windowbetween murdering themand coming underthe suspicion of police— he reportedly took the time to look up the lyrics to a Metallica song.

Colorado prosecutors have said thatShanann Watts, Chris’ pregnant wife of nearly six years, was strangled before sunrise in their Frederick home on Aug. 13.

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Shan’ann Watts (right) and her daughters.Shanann Watts /Facebook

Surveillance video recorded him leaving his home about 5:30 a.m. on Aug. 13to dump his victims’ bodies, less than four hours after Shanann had returned from a weekend work trip.

He exhibited other strange behavior before his arrest, authorities have said, including calling his girls’ school to say they would not be attending the upcoming year and contacting his Realtor about selling his home.

Among the revelations in the investigative documents are text messages between Shanann and Chris, and Shanann and a friend, that show the strain their relationship was under in the weeks before the murders.

KDVR reports that on Aug. 7, six days before she was killed, Shanann shared with a friend that she was concerned Chris had pulled so far away from her that he may never return.

“What if he really doesn’t love me anymore?!” she texted.

The situation confused and saddened her, Shanann wrote: “We’ve never had a problem in our relationship like this. No joke. NEVER. THIS IS TOTAL LEFT FIELD.”

source: people.com