They are also placing the child with that abusive parent when abuse is substantiated. Some viewers — and investigators — noted his unusually restrained demeanor as he spoke about his missing family, despite his emotional words. The book is supposedly titled All My Broken Pieces and portions of it were leaked on Reddit and Facebook last year. We love you and forgive you son.”. These cases, and hundreds of others like them, have generated increasing national attention and have pushed leaders at the state and federal level to take action to insure child safety in family courts. A recent press release by the Maryland governor’s workgroup on family courts called it a “troublesome epidemic.”, “This workgroup is based on a heightened awareness of a troublesome epidemic, where evidence suggests children and the protective parent are not seen as credible when reporting abuse in the midst of a custody proceeding,” the press release read. Nevertheless, mothers are at a particular disadvantage when raising allegations of child abuse by the father in family court, said Joan Meier with George Washington University. Of batterers convicted on a misdemeanor domestic violence charge, 31% were arrested again within a year of being released and 44% were arrested again within two years of being released; in both instances the most common re-arrest was for felony assault, according to a study by the Center for Court Innovation. “And the courts have been widely misled by this.”. In cases in which the court believed that the mother was an “alienator,” the mothers lost custody 73% of the time, the study found, including cases in which the court acknowledged that the father had a history of abuse. When Katie Tagle’s son Wyatt was killed, her case made national headlines. But a four-month investigation by the Deseret News found that in many cases family courts are failing to protect children, placing them instead in the hands of an abusive parent. It was a story he had written her, but it wasn’t fiction: the characters were Tagle, Garcia and, their baby, Wyatt. She completely shut me down.”, His father, Ronnie, chimed in adding, “If he didn’t kill the children, I want him to face that and let them prove it.”. He was also having an affair with Nichol Kessinger, a colleague of his. What happened to Tagle and her late son Wyatt was not an isolated incident.
There is no word yet on if or when the book will be released. Cindy supposedly could not believe that her son had committed the heinous crime despite him having confessed to it. RJ Sangosti/Pool/Getty, Credit:
While Chris' legal team has not officially offered an explanation of the deaths, an arrest affidavit obtained by PEOPLE outlines a startling confession. Watts, 33, is currently in prison after being charged with the murder of his pregnant wife Shanann, and their daughters Bella, and Celeste at their home in Frederick, Colorado. "Its an [indescribable] feeling when people all over the globe reach out just to send their condolences or be a listening ear.". He was also sentenced to 48 years for the unlawful termination of pregnancy, NBC News reported. It was only after authorities allegedly discovered he was having an affair with a co-worker that Watts told them the "truth". Now, the horrific Watts family murders are the subject of a controversial new Lifetime movie, Chris Watts: Confessions of a Killer. In 2019, Maryland Gov. She put forward an email in which Garcia admitted to hitting her, and a sheriff’s report made after he pushed her down during a custody exchange and threatened to kill her. THE parents of convicted killer Chris Watts live in North Carolina and are reportedly working on a book about how their son's actions affected his family’s life forever. He had recently petitioned the court successfully for shared custody of their 9-month-old baby, Wyatt. Then he "went into a rage" and killed Shan'ann, later hiding all three bodies at the oil work site. These services include substance abuse treatment, domestic violence assessment, psychological counseling, anger management and assistance with housing and employment.