Good Housekeeping reports that after his confession, Watts told investigators where they could find his wife's and daughters' remains. Shanann, Bella, and Celeste were discovered shortly afterward at the Anadarko Petroleum site, Watts' place of employment. According to Heavy, Shanann was found wrapped in a sheet and had been wearing nothing but a t-shirt and underwear. The shallow grave she had been placed in had been dug by Watts with a shovel. Shanann's autopsy concluded that her cause of death was asphyxiation due to manual strangulation. Her neck muscles had been bruised and the manner of death was deemed a homicide.

At the time of her death, Shanann had been 15 weeks pregnant (via MEAWW). Heartbreakingly, the autopsy noted that the fetus had been expelled from her body post mortem and had largely decomposed. Although the gender could not be determined at the time, People writes that the Watts had previously told family and friends that they were expecting a baby boy they were planning to name Niko Lee. Bella and Celeste's cause of death was found to be asphyxiation due to smothering and also deemed a homicide. Per Insider, Watts later pleaded guilty to all nine counts against him. He was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences, without the possibility of parole.

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