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5 Disturbing Similarities Between Chris Watts and Scott Peterson

The cold-blooded killers who craved a new life

Bertilla Niveda
6 min readMar 4, 2021
(Left) Chris and Shanann Watts, (Right) Laci and Scott Peterson | Facebook

“I finished putting the girls to bed, I walked away and said, “That’s the last time I’m going to be tucking my babies in.” I knew what was going to happen the day before and I did nothing to stop it!”

These are the chilling words of Chris Watts about what was on his mind when he murdered his two little girls.

Researchers have come up with 4 types of family annihilators — self-righteous, disappointed, anomic, and paranoid killers.

A detailed breakdown of the four psychological profiles | Image source

But Chris Watts does not directly fall into any of these categories. And neither does Scott Peterson, who was convicted for a very similar, equally horrifying crime 14 years before Watts.

This piece highlights the terrifying similarities between these two criminals who were hoping to get a fresh start, through the worst possible endings.

1. They killed their families

Both Chris Watts and Scott Peterson murdered their pregnant wives and in Chris Watts’s case, he went even further and murdered his…

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Bertilla Niveda
Bertilla Niveda

Written by Bertilla Niveda

Artist, engineer, and writer with a lot to say. You can connect with me at bertillaniveda@gmail.com | Learn more→ https://bit.ly/3Ba489Q

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