Nichol Kessinger dated Chris Watts in the summer of 2018, before he murdered his entire family.When Nichol Kessinger and Chris Watts met in June 2018, sparks flew immediately. The two soon began dating, and things between them got serious. But Chris had lied to Kessinger about his marital status from the beginning. And that August, he murdered his pregnant wife Shanann and their two young daughters in order to be with Kessinger.Though Chris had tried to make it look like his wife had taken their daughters and left of her own free will, investigators quickly saw through his charade. Chris was arrested, found guilty of first-degree murder, and sentenced to life in prison. Kessinger cooperated with the authorities, and stated that she was just as shocked as everyone else over Chris actions.So who is Nichol Kessinger? This is everything we know about the former girlfriend of Chris Watts, from how their relationship developed in the summer of 2018, to where she is today.Nichol Kessinger Becomes Chris Watts GirlfriendBefore she met Chris Watts, Nichol Kessinger had lived a fairly normal life. A Colorado native born in 1988, she graduated from Colorado State University with a Bachelor of Science in 2013. A few years later, in 2018, she was hired as a contract worker at Anadarko Petroleum in Platteville, Colorado. There, she crossed paths with Chris Watts for the first time. NetflixNichol Kessinger claimed that Chris Watts assured her that he was in the process of divorcing his wife.As Kessinger later told police, she thought that Chris was cute, and she noticed that he wasnt wearing a wedding ring. They bonded over fitness and cars, and soon started going on dates. We started hanging out pretty frequently in the last week of June, she told police, according to reporting from NBC News. He informed me that he did have two kids, that he was currently in the process of a separation from his wife. As far as I knew, that was becoming pretty finalized.But Chris was lying. He was not in the process of separating from his wife, Shanann. In fact, they were expecting their third child together. Shanann Watts/NetflixChris Watts, his wife Shanann, and their daughters, Bella and Celeste.Then Chris Watts wife and daughters vanished from their Colorado home. The Murder Of Shanann, Bella, And Celeste WattsOn August 13, 2018, a friend of Shanann Watts grew concerned when she failed to respond to text messages and missed a doctors appointment. They called the police, who conducted a welfare check. Chris Watts was at work, but there was no sign of Shanann Watts or their daughters. And though Chris said that Shanann had told him she was going to a friends house with the girls, police found her phone, keys, and purse at the house. With Shanann, Bella, and Celeste all seemingly missing, Chris Watts issued an emotional public plea for their return. Shanann, Bella, Celeste, if youre out there, just come back, like if somebody has her, just please bring her back, I need to see everybody, I need to see everybody, again, this house is not complete without anybody here, Chris Watts begged. Please bring them back.A Denver7 news interview with Chris Watts after he had murdered his family.But for Nichol Kessinger, the disappearance of Chris Watts family seemed suspicious from the beginning. For one, she hadnt known that Shanann was pregnant until she went missing. According to case files obtained by the Denver Post, Chris implied that he had just learned about the pregnancy himself, and that Shanann had told him that the baby was not his. Whats more, Chris had acted suspiciously. When Kessinger FaceTimed him on the night that his family disappeared, he was asleep, which struck her as odd given the situation. He was also lying on a mattress with no sheets, which also seemed strange, and seemed to have spent the day cleaning the house and doing laundry. And Chris seemed bizarrely nonchalant about his daughter Celestes epipen, which she needed for an extreme nut allergy.Nichol Kessinger began to suspect that Chris Watts was lying to her. So she called the police. Nichol Kessinger Alerts The PoliceI wonder if theres more to this story than I know because I think hes a really good guy, and you know, Im worried about his wife and kids, Nichol Kessinger told the police in a recorded conversation. And its just freaking me out because those little girls are just so little, and shes pregnant, you know? And its like wheres their mom?As the police noted: Nichol does not believe Chris ever went to look for his family She said [Chris] did not seem to be concerned as he should be and he was more concerned with their relationship.Weld County District Attorneys OfficeNichol Kessinger and Chris Watts. Kessinger believed Chris when he said he and his wife were separating, and she did not know that Shanann was pregnant. Cooperating with the police, Kessinger told investigators that she had confronted Chris about his familys disappearance. I kept asking him, What did you do, Chris? What did you do?' she said. I asked, Wheres your family? I texted Chris one last time, and I told him, If you did anything bad, youre going to ruin your life and youre going to ruin my life. I promise you that. And he responded, I didnt hurt my family, Nicky.'That was the last time that Nichol Kessinger and Chris Watts spoke.Nichol Kessinger turned out to have information that I can best describe as being a bombshell, remarked Weld County District Attorney Michael Rourke.But by that point Chris Watts family was already dead. He had strangled Shanann, smothered Bella and Celeste, and then dumped all three bodies at an oil site where he worked. All I could feel was now I was free to be with Nikki, he later wrote. Feelings of my love for her was overcoming me. I felt no remorse.Where Is Nichol Kessinger Today?It didnt take long for Chris Watts lies to catch up with him. On August 15, he admitted to murdering his wife, though he initially claimed that he had done so because she was strangling their daughters. The next day, their bodies were recovered. Shanann had been buried in a shallow grave; Bella and Celeste had been dropped in oil tanks. Weld County District Attorneys OfficeChris Watts mugshot. He was sentenced to life in prison.Chris Watts later plead guilty, and was sentenced to life in prison in 2018. But what happened to Nichol Kessinger? As the ex-girlfriend of Chris Watts, she became the subject of public scrutiny. Her Internet searches, which included browsing for wedding dresses and reading about Amber Fey, the girlfriend of convicted murderer Scott Peterson, were widely published, and her complicity in the murder of Shanann, Bella, and Celeste Watts was openly debated online. But Kessinger said nothing about the case for years. In 2018, she spoke out for the first time in an interview with the Denver Post. I dont think there is a logical explanation for what he did, Kessinger said. Its a senseless act, and its horrific.Since then, Nichol Kessinger has more or less disappeared from public life. Some outlets report that shes in witness protection, though this is unconfirmed. Her whereabouts today are unknown, and she has not commented further on Chris Watts. His location, however, is assured. He will spend the rest of his life in prison. After reading about Nichol Kessinger, the ex-girlfriend of murderer Chris Watts, discover the chilling story of Charles Stuart, the Boston man who shot his pregnant wife to death then tried to blame it on a Black carjacker. Or, learn about John List, the man who murdered his entire family and got away with it for 18 years.The post Who Is Nichol Kessinger? The Full Story Of Chris Watts Girlfriend appeared first on All That's Interesting.