KILLER DAD CHRIS WATTS: "GENDER REVEAL PARTY MADE ME A KILLER”

Newly revealed text messages between Shanann Watts and a friend reveal her heartbreak as her marriage falls apart. Shanann canceled a gender reveal party planned for August 7, about a week before she was strangled by her husband. She had splurged over $800 on a cake, cookies, party supplies and flowers Then texts between the husband and wife revealed the collapsing marriage.

Shanann wrote "Chris told me last night he's scared to death about this third baby and he's happy with just Bella and Celeste and doesn't want another baby." She then said she thought Chris was having an affair. Days later, Shanann and her two daughters were dead.

Joining Nancy Grace today:

• Cheryln Cadle - Author of a new book "Christopher Watts a Failed Life," "The Murders of Christopher Watts" and "The Many Faces of Christopher Watts: A 5-year Update", website: www.cherylncadle.com
• Dr. Geri-Lynn Utter - Clinical Psychologist, Author of "Mainlining Philly: Survival, Hope and Resisting Drug Addition," and "Aftershock: How Past Event Shake Up Your Life Today", and Producer of "Utter Nonsense," a documentary of exploration of addition and severe mental illness, available to stream on Apple TV and Prime Video, website:drgerilynnutter.com, Instagram & Facebook: DrGeriLynnUtter
• Dr. Kendall Crowns - Chief Medical Examiner Tarrant County (Ft Worth), Host of Podcast "Mayhem in the Morgue", Lecturer: Burnett School of Medicine at TCU (Texas Christian University)
• Mark Peper - Criminal Defense Attorney, The Peper Law Firm; X: @PeperLawFirm
• Dave Mack - Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories'

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