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Nichol Kessinger applies for proper name change to seek fresh start two years later Chris Watts murdered wife and kids

Updated On : 06:34 PST, Oct 17, 2020

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Nichol Kessinger, the woman who had an thing with Chris Watts while he killed his wife and two daughters, has reportedly attempted to change her name. Co-ordinate to a report in Daily Mail service, the 32-year-sometime applied for a name alter before this month in Jefferson County, Colorado, and a hearing regarding the same is prepare to be held on Thursday. Kessinger has not been heard from since 2018 and the concluding time she was seen was when she walked in and confessed to the cops that she had an matter with the begetter of two.

Kessinger and Watts met through piece of work and had reportedly fallen in honey very quickly equally he cheated on his wife. The two spent time together during weekends and even went on embankment vacations before Watts was caught past his wife Shannon, who had then confronted him about the matter. Subsequently being caught, Watts decided to take intendance of his 34-year-old pregnant wife by killing her in bed at their home in Frederick, Colorado.

He then drove a dead Shannon and his daughters Bella, iv, and Celeste, 3, to an oil field where he strangled his daughters with a blanket and squeezed them into an oil tank. Kessinger'due south request for a name change came after the release of Netflix'south hitting documentary, 'American Murder: The Family Next Door'. Since the release of the documentary, interest in Watts' case has increased and then has the involvement in Kessinger as information technology mentions her in events leading up to the triple homicide.

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After her confession to the police, it was reported that she was placed in witness protection and got a fresh outset in a new city away from Florida. A source close to Kessinger at that time had said, "She has received several threats, public shaming and could exist considered one of the 'most hated women' in America. She plans to commencement fresh with a new proper name, new town and ultimately a new identity," Daily Mail reported.

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Kessinger had also told the police that Watts had just informed her that he had 2 daughters and claimed that he had separated from his wife. She was unaware that Watts' married woman was meaning with their son Nico. Subsequently news of Watts' crime bankrupt, everything virtually Kessinger including her browsing history was dissected past the media. The fact that she had researched anal sex or searched for a wedding wearing apparel had all become headlines. The i search that was cited past the constabulary was near Kessinger researching about Amber Frey, how much she earned through her volume deal and if people hated her. Frey was the one who had an matter with murderer Scott Peterson and claimed that she was not enlightened of him existence married.

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