What are people thinking of 'American Murder: The Family Next Door' on Netflix? *MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS*

[Monk9306]

Watched it tonight with my partner and was left absolutely heartbroken and feeling very shocked! What did other people think?

It does make the mind boggle to think of these women that want to befriend such a monster. I mean, obviously he'd never get out anyway so the relationship wouldn't be a physical one but why would any woman give a shit like him the time of day? To do what he did he must be rotten to the core. It wasn't a moment of sheer madness after he'd been driven to despair with no way out, he planned it and carried it out and then the way he disposed of the bodies afterwards was just brutal. And then he calmly spoke to the police right after. He should have had the death penalty imo.

He should have had the death penalty

Do you really think that or is it just emotion speaking?

I think it's quite disturbing how much some of you are relishing this case - sharing distressing details that Netflix chose to omit.

I don't see anyone on here relishing the crime

I had no idea that he drove Shannan out to that lonely place with Bella and Celeste and then killed them there 😭 The drive was around an hour so you’d have thought that he would have had time to reflect and maybe drop the girls somewhere safe on the way. Selfish, cruel man. I really enjoyed the programme even though it was heartbreaking. You could see him 💩 💩 his pants though when he realised his neighbour had CCTV, he couldn’t even look at the TV screen.

@LaureBerthaud yes I do think he deserves the death penalty, killing his wife and children is about as bad as it can get.
Who's relishing anything? 🙄

NK being in witness protection and writing to him in prison is speculation not fact.

NK has certainly made herself scarce but apparently wouldn’t qualify for witness protection.

Chris Watts has stated he gets mail from someone who he thinks might be NK but that could just be wishful thinking on his part.

yes I do think he deserves the death penalty, killing his wife and children is about as bad as it can get

So it’s ok for the State to murder a murderer?

Yep!
He'd be dealt with humanely and with dignity though unfortunately, which is something his poor innocent family didn't get. Maybe it would be better if I said he should have been smothered and then stuffed through an 8inch hole forcefully into an oil tank?

There is no dignity or humanity in the dark penalty. It degrades all involved in it.

Death penalty, though dark penalty would be very apt.

He confessed to the murders to avoid the death penalty. That amazes me, after what he has done, why would he want to live?

Then I read that in prison he has now found God who has, of course, forgiven him. Countless women write to him declaring their love. There are many Reddit posts blaming Shannan and saying she drove him to it and that he is blameless. His mother claims it was a forced confession.

I guess that's how he lives his life, in total denial, surrounded by enablers. My heart broke for Shannan's parents who couldn't even fly the girls' bodies back to their home town due to the fire risk after their bodies had been in the oil tankers. The funeral directors had to drive them carefully across country.

I'm surprised people see life in prison as the soft option, that the death penalty is worse. To me spending the rest of his life incarcerated, thinking about the terrible crimes he has committed, knowing it's all his fault he can't be living the life he wants free in the world - that's worse than a little injection followed by eternal sleep. And it's what he deserves.

What struck us was how emotionally detached he appeared until the final breakdown with his father. Even those videos taken by the wife looked more staged for Facebook than real spur of the moment encounters.We couldn’t remember any results from any psychological evaluation.

His mother has been and always will be in denial.