Convicted Killer Chris Watts Spends Most of His Time Reading His Bible and Living in Fear

In August 2018, Chris Watts was dutifully playing the role of the grieving husband and father. His wife and two daughters had disappeared, and he seemed appropriately devastated during multiple television interviews.

Two days after they vanished, Watts was arrested in connection with their deaths. Police would later learn he killed all three of them and dumped their bodies at an oil site where he worked. Where is Chris Watts now? He's living his worst life.

In November 2018, Watts was sentenced to five consecutive life sentences, plus an additional 48 years for unlawful termination of his now-deceased wife’s pregnancy, and 36 years for tampering with a dead body. During his sentencing, the New York Times reported that Judge Marcelo Kopcow described what Watts did as "perhaps the most inhumane and vicious crime I have handled out of the thousands of cases that I have seen." He is currently at Dodge Correctional Facility in Waupun, Wisc.

According to a source, his life in prison hasn’t been easy. In May 2021, People reported that Watts has been “ostracized" by both the prison guards and his fellow inmates since his sentencing. The source revealed, "No one wants anything to do with him. He's on the lowest social tier of the entire prison. He's in protective custody because if he's around other inmates, he'd be in real danger. He's an outcast, even among criminals."

The source suggested that Watts is likely “the most hated man” in prison and spends the majority of his time alone, Another jail source told People that Watts spends a great deal of time reading his Bible and responding to "racy letters" from women who believe he's been wronged. "They send sexy pictures, and he responds," said the source. "There are a lot of women who think he's handsome and misunderstood. They send a lot of letters."

The New York Post spoke with three inmates at Dodge Correctional Facility who said when Watts isn't answering letters from misguided women, he is participating in Bible study. While he has never been attacked in prison, most of the inmates there reportedly wouldn't mind the opportunity to hurt Watts. "He’s the lowest of the low at Dodge," said Eddie Nieves, who spent a year at the prison with Watts. "A lot of people want to get their revenge for those girls."

Nieves went on to say that Watts is protected by the prison guards. Without them, he might not be alive today. Dylan Tallman, who worked on a book with Watts, called him an outcast. "When people found out that his victims were two little girls, they wanted to kill him. He had nowhere else to turn; I think I was his only friend," explained the writer.

As of July 2024, Watts hadn't received any visitors for weeks. The only people Watts sees are a priest and on occasion, how own mother. "He’s f--ked in the head," said Nieves. "When you’re in prison with a lot of guys who did really bad things, but you’re still considered the worst person there, you’re just evil."