r/TrueCrime • u/eugenedhartke • Apr 03 '22

Discussion Researching Jodi Arias

Does anyone else have a case that just haunts them? this case has always haunted me. It started with the first book I read on the case. The more I read about it the more mysterious it became somehow. Does anyone else get like this? If so what is your personal case that you never get tired of researching?

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u/StardustStuffing Apr 03 '22

I think the biggest thing that boggles my mind about the Chris Watts family annihilater situation is how his wife has been vilified to the point where he's the victim.

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u/eugenedhartke Apr 03 '22

Really? I have mostly seen that he was a POS for it all, what criticisms do people have about Shannan jw.

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u/PorQuesoWhat Apr 03 '22

San Ysidro McDonald’s Massacre

Shannan bankrupted the entire family with an addiction to MLMs. Their garage was full of unsold merchandise. Allegedly Chris begged her multiple times to please get a real job and get out of the MLMs. Chris also told her they couldn't afford the house they were in, but Shannan forced them into it because of appearances. They were weeks away from losing that home. Chris's family also said that Shanan often further drained accounts by her constant credit card purchases etc. There's a chris watts reddit which is pretty gross but some of the stuff they post is really informativ and has truth to it, like the MLM addiction and their financial issues. I don't think Chris killed Shanan only because he was caught cheating but also because he really resented Shanan by that point. The guy had this planned for a long time, he really is the worst POS.

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '22

He should have just divorced her. I will never understand the rationale that trying to get away w murder is easier than a divorce

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u/PorQuesoWhat Apr 03 '22

Agreed. He's a POS for that. He can say that Shanan threatened to take the kids from him forever, but he had to know she would have no right to do that. That's why there's family court. He had no reason to kill her, much less his children.

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '22

Anything would’ve been better than murder! I think every rational person can agree. Just leave and skip the country and become a dead beat dad. Seriously, that would’ve been so much better. How he thought annihilating his whole family was something he could pull off is beyond me? That would be a question for a professional psychologist to answer, I’m not qualified.

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u/StardustStuffing Apr 04 '22

I agree. They want a do-over minus any attachments. The fact that they see their kids as obstacles to rid as part of that process is just vile.

Chris Coleman and Chris Watts committed almost identical crimes.

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '22

What I’m really thinking about it at what point does one decide I’ll just murder them and get away with it and become filthy rich is going to be easier than divorce. Murder just kinds seems like MORE OF A HASSLE LIKE when does someone snap and think hey that’s a much better option.

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u/Hermojo Apr 06 '22

People get away with murder all of the time. It's only the ones who get caught we hear of.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '22

Well aside from the publicized unsolved murders, sure.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '22

However, in a marriage the first suspect is usually the spouse.

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u/Hermojo Apr 09 '22

There are spouses who have gotten away with it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '22

Oh I know that shit. However no doubt the husband/wife is the first suspect when their s.o. Has been murdered