Chris and Shanann Watts' seemed to be in love, say friends, family: 20/20 Dec 7 Part 1

Their lives are enviable for many following Shanann Watts on social media, until the community's perception of their happy family is shattered when Shanann and her daughters go missing.

[marianikolopoulou]

"He is the best thing ever happened to me".
No, poor girl, he wasn't.

[dianadundidit]

" My daddy is a hero"
my heart is tearing up from the agony

[Renae]

“He was so in love with her”

No, he wasn’t. You don’t destroy the people you love.

[vinalipatel]

The saddest part to watch is shannans dad crying in the courtroom.

[karlas]

It’s weirdly uncomfortable how much Bella looked like him :(

[hannahmccoy]

It’s actually good she recorded everything...it shows how Chris acted with them. Everything was a lie. He’s a psychopath.

[larcm]

People who show off their affection out for public display are usually all in unhappy marriages. I never display my love for my wife in public like a show off, but we are madly in love.

[karlafbr]

I dont like this overexposure from Facebook, Instagram, YouTube. I think, if you are really happy you dont need to post everywhere.

[Amyanntrigg]

it’s so scary how he looked like every other normal person. he honestly has made me scared to get married 💔

[nathaliebazinga]

I am still in disbelief that a woman who starts dating a guy and he says he has kids and is divorcing his wife, wouldn't do a background check on him or at least look at his wife's social media - it's especially odd because his wife kept posting stuff on the net all the time. She's obviously lying to cover her ass. She knew all along.

[GradKat]

I don’t think Chris Watts is capable of loving anyone.

[whodeany]

In my experience, people who post their relationships all over social media like this, are deeply insecure and unhappy about it and seek public validation through a persona for their happiness.

[sweetdixie]

This life they lived on Facebook was far from a true story .

[kathrynoneill]

Chris was just going through the motions with his wife and children. I don't believe he has ever loved anyone. Just himself.

[thereseward]

Appearances can be deceiving- no loving father puts his dead children in an oil tank

[manifestpositiveenergy]

To think if she never accepted that freind request that day on Facebook she would have lived its crazy how one thing u do can change your life

[eshjane]

Poor lady. She thought she met her Prince Charming but really found the devil 👿. RIP

[erinlee]

It really breaks my heart when I heard his daughter says "My daddy is my hero" 😭😭😭

[dk]

Whenever someone posts things about their love life and relationship on social media, in 90% of the time there is something wrong with that relationship.

[treysf]

It’s really chilling to watch them all happily enjoying each other while they were alive not even knowing what was going to come 😢😢😢