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As CrimeOnline previously reported, Chris Watts tried to pin the murders of 3-year-old Celeste and 4-year-old Bella on his wife when he first confessed to murdering Shanann, who was 15 weeks pregnant at the time. Watts has since pleaded guilty to killing his wife and daughters, as well as a charge of unlawful termination of a pregnancy. The plea deal meant that he was spared the death penalty, and was instead sentenced to multiple life prison terms without the possibility of parole. The graphic autopsy reports detail the condition of all three bodies after they were recovered from an oil site owned by Anadarko Petroluem, where Chris Watts buried them. WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT The reports show that the bodies of both little girls were placed inside oil containers with a narrow opening that was only 8 inches in diameter. In the video of Chris Watts’s confession, previously published on CrimeOnline, investigators appear incredulous that he was able to fit the bodies into the tanks, but Watts claimed he was able to do so without difficulty. The reports also show that Shanann’s fetus had been expelled from her body, which was buried in a shallow grave. The full autopsy reports are included below: Watts Aggregate Autopsy Reports by EKilloran on Scribd Skip to content CRIME NEWS Frazee Lori Vallow Cult Figure Watts JonBenet Ramsey McCann Gannon Stauch Nora Quoirin DURST Zahau Van Gogh EVEREST INCEL MH370 Trending Search A complete autopsy of the victims of Chris Watts – his daughters Bella and Celeste, and wife Shanann Watts—revealed that Shanann's fetus had been expelled from her body, which was buried in a shallow grave. Watts, a 33-year-old Colorado oil worker, killed his wife, Shanann, who was 15 weeks pregnant, along with his two daughters aged three and four on August 13, 2018. Watts, who had initially reported them missing and had made a public plea for their return, was arrested as he admitted to killing them. It was later discovered that Watts was having an affair with a fellow co-worker at the oil company. He dumped the bodies of his children in two oil tankers, where he worked. The bodies were found four days later. Shanann’s body was recovered from a shallow grave near the  \ntankers.ADVERTISEMENT The graphic autopsy reports, released by the Weld County Coroner, detailed the condition of all the three bodies that were recovered from an oil site owned by Anadarko Petroleum. All three autopsies cite the cause of death as the \"asphyxiation due to manual strangulation by another individual. The manner of death is homicide. \" Shanann's autopsy, however, revealed a heartbreaking detail about the child she was carrying at the time of the murder.ADVERTISEMENT Christopher Watts is in court for his arraignment hearing at the Weld County Courthouse on August 21, 2018 in Greeley, Colorado. Watts faces nine charges, including several counts of first-degree murder of his wife and his two young daughters. (Getty Images) Graphic Content Warning: The autopsy states the mother's internal genitalia was protruding and there was a tissue attached to it that had largely decomposed. After they probed it, they found it to be the fetus that had expelled out of her body post her death. The experts couldn't determine its gender given the condition of the fetus and it was given to the CBI for genetic analysis. Although the experts couldn't determine the gender of the baby, it is publicly known that the Watts were expecting a baby boy and had named him Niko. \"The external genitalia are largely normal adult female, however, the internal genitalia are protruding through the vaginal vault, \" the autopsy stated. \"This likely represents prolapse of the uterus due to pregnancy and postmortem artifact. Adjacent to the probable uterus is a largely degraded portion of tissue that is unfor","cbCaivebaM54R0pU","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivebaM54R0pU","pdf",264908,"English","# Overview of the autopsy reports\n## Timeline and legal outcome\n## Recovery location and autopsy conclusions","[{\"question\":\"What information do the released reports cover?\",\"answer\":\"They cover autopsy findings for Shanann Watts and her daughters Bella and Celeste, including condition after recovery and medically stated cause and manner of death.\"},{\"question\":\"How did Chris Watts’ case progress after the initial confession?\",\"answer\":\"The text states Watts pleaded guilty to killing his wife and daughters and to a charge of unlawful termination of a pregnancy, receiving multiple life prison terms without parole as part of a plea deal.\"},{\"question\":\"What do the reports say about the fetus Shanann was carrying?\",\"answer\":\"The text describes that Shanann’s fetus had been expelled after death, with measurements provided and transfer for genetic analysis; the experts could not determine gender due to the fetus’s condition.\"}]","Shanann Autopsy Report | PDF",1789132670]