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Friday, May 15, 2026

Watts Murders: Rzucek Family Haunted By Conspiracy Theories Years After Crimes - CBS Denver

(CBS4) – Nearly four years after Chris Watts brutally murdered his pregnant wife and two young daughters, Shanann Watts’s parents tell CBS4 they continue to be relentlessly targeted by conspiracy theorists on popular websites like YouTube. Frank and Sandy Rzucek, and their son Franky, tell CBS4 they have been physically, emotionally and financially exhausted by unfounded claims by conspiracy theorists who believe they played roles in their family’s murders in Colorado.

“We’ve been still very sad and upset,” said Frank Rzucek, Shanann Watts’s father. “It is terrible what we have to go through with social medias threatening us.”

In an exclusive interview with CBS4’s Dillon Thomas, Rzucek said the online attacks from around the globe have not slowed pace since Chris Watts originally told investigators that his wife killed Bella and Celeste Watts, causing him to snap and kill Shanann.

However, Chris Watts has repetitively confessed to killing his entire family since reaching a plea agreement in November of 2018. Chris confessed on the record to murdering his wife in their Frederick home before killing his two daughters at a remote oil drilling location in Weld County. Watts, with tears in his eyes, went into extreme detail with investigators about how he murdered his family, resulting in multiple life sentences in prison.

However, with no evidence or backing from any law enforcement agencies in Colorado, conspiracy theorists online have launched virtual attacks on Shanann and...



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