Chris Watts was back in the news recently.
And it made us wonder if there was a connection between these new reports and
some long standing rumors that have been circulating. Maybe yes, maybe no,
but I want to know what you think. So let me catch you up real.
Quick.
I'm Chris with True Crime Recaps. Now earlier last month,
OK magazine broke the news that Chris left his Fruit of the Loom
boxers, petroleum jelly, baby oil,
and some other personal items in this inmate's cell.
Meet Chris's 'brother in spirit.' This is 32 year old Dylan Tallman.
He's been in and out of prison since 2006, mainly for drug related crimes,
most recently for meth. And believe it or not, he's also an aspiring writer.
In March, 2013, he self published a book about his life,
called a Blessing in Disguise.
We went ahead and looked it up on Amazon and here's the gist of what it's about
based on the description.
"A young individual named Dylan was robbed of his youth,
losing everything every average young man should obtain.
He was brought up having nothing, having to earn everything on his own.
At 16, he was forced to live on his own holding no work experience.
His only talent was music. He was introduced to the drug dealing lifestyle,
becoming successful. As he grew so did his money,
clientele and eventually his enemies.
He outsmarts the police and accumulates every young man's dream money,
women and respect. He ends up in the worst situation of his life,
receiving a lengthy prison sentence. Now, knowing only the criminal lifestyle,
how.
Will he evolve?" Hm.
Now, is that supposed to be Dylan's life story or Eminem's? Well,
in any case, here's why it's important.
He and Chris got so close because they were writing their own book together.
A book of prayers. Notice I said were.
You see Dylan was recently transferred out of Dodge Correctional and into a
mental health facility.
A variety of lawsuits that Dylan filed against the prison system would have you
believe that the transfer was an answer to his prayers,
but now that he no longer has a cell next to Chris, this woman, Dylan's fiance,
says the two prisoners miss each other like crazy. I mean,
it's pretty easy to see what Dylan was getting out of the relationship. Now,
according to reports,
Chris says those items found in Dylan's cell were just gifts for his good
friend. In addition to that,
Chris was also helping Dylan communicate with his friends and family by passing
on messages through his own visitors.
Turns out the prison frowns on that kind of friendship. And as a result,
Chris lost his phone privileges for two weeks and couldn't buy anything at the
prison canteen for a month. But according to Dylan's fiance,
it's not what we think. She says their relationship was purely spiritual,
but was it really? Let's see if we can connect some dots here. Okay.
So we know Chris was leading a double life with Nichol Kessinger when he killed
his family, but was she the first affair he had? Maybe not.
Check out part of an interview Inside Edition did with a man who claims he dated
Chris from June, 2017 to the spring of 2018.
29 Year old Trent Bolte claims he met Watts on the dating app.
So you didn't know if he was bisexual or gay.
Bolte first came to public attention last August when he spoken not on this late
to HLN, Ashley Banfield, Chris Watts, former lover.
Now he's decided to come forward and let his face be seen.
Police took Bolte's story seriously and made public this interrogation
video.
So we talked about money for sex. Um,
how you guys met the amount of times you guys met.
We talked a little bit more about Chris. Um, so I believe you now.
He shared several messages between the two of them. I miss your face.
Watts wrote in this text. Bolte said they did what most couples do.
And watch Netflix together, got him into Orange Is the New Black.
Did that become one of his favorite shows? Yeah.
You can watch the rest of that interview at the link in the description below.
Now when FBI agents asked Chris about that relationship in February of
2019, Chris denied it. But as we all know, Chris,
isn't exactly known for telling the truth is he? And based on this latest news,
linking he and Dylan this way it does make Trent's claim seem a lot more
credible don't you think? Now I have one more news story for you.
When Chris worked for Anadarko,
he took out a $500,000 life insurance policy.
If something happened to him, Shanann would get 100% of that money.
If something happened to Shanann, Bella or Celeste,
the policy would pay out percentages of that 500,000 for each of them.
After the murders,
based on the percentages automatically allocated by the policy,
it paid out 450,000.
Now in the case that something happened to all three of them, Shanann, Bella,
and CeCe, the money would then go to the primary insured,
which is Chris Watts. But in this case,
the primary insured is also their killer so Chris isn't eligible for the payout
thanks to a law called the Slayer statute.
It basically means a criminal can't profit off his crime. But in this case,
there's another law at play.
Since Chris doesn't have any living descendants or a spouse, under Colorado law,
the money goes to his closest relatives. This would be his parents,
but in June of 2019,
Chris filed paperwork for the money to go to Shanann's parents.
But according to the documents published by OK magazine,
Chris's parents also filed a claim for that insurance money. Days later,
Shannan's parents placed a lien on the Watts family home in the amount of
$6 million, 521 and 50 cents.
The exact amount they were awarded in their wrongful death lawsuit against Chris
last November. When they might see any of that money is anyone's guess.
As of this broadcast,
the 4,000 square foot home has been sitting empty since the murders in
August, 2018. I mean, would you want to live there?
Yeah, neither would we.
Logically we have to wonder how much that insurance money may have played into
Chris's plans don't we? I mean,
could that have been a big part of his grand getaway scheme to run off with his
mistress and live happily ever after?
Let's not forget he did say multiple times that it never occurred to him to just
divorce Shanann.
Maybe the reason was that murder was just so much more profitable.
What do you think? In the end,
Chris and Shanann's families agreed on a settlement according to a recent
article published by OK. Her family ended up with
$375,000 and his parents walked away with $75,000.
Just another sad twist to this tragic case that's still full of more questions
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