Chris Watts murder house where he brutally slaughtered wife and kids goes on sale for $775K

The five-bed Colorado home where convicted killer Chris Watts strangled his pregnant wife before murdering their two daughters is on the market for $775,000. 

Watts, 36, strangled his partner Shanann - who was 15 weeks pregnant with their son - inside the five-bed family home on August 13, 2018. 

He took her body away in his truck with his two daughters, Bella, four, and Celeste, three, before smothering them both with a blanket.

Since the horrors which unfolded behind the doors came to light, the house has been on and off the market as a presumably hard sell for estate agents. 

It last sold in November 2022 for $600,000, and since then the formerly brown exterior of the property has been repainted white. 

The five-bed Colorado home where convicted killer Chris Watts strangled his pregnant wife before murdering their two daughters is on the market for $775,000

Listing photographs show that the house has hardly been changed since the Watts lived there. Pictured, Watts in the home's foyer when police attended the house in 2018

The house was previously listed under a fictitious address on reality website Rocket Homes

The house was built in 2013 and the Watts were its first owners. It features five bedrooms, four bathrooms and three parking spots. They paid around $400,000 for it

Watts (left), 36, strangled his wife Shanann (right) - who was 15 weeks pregnant with their son - at the home on August 13, 2018. He later took her body away in his truck with his two daughters, Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3, and smothered them both with a blanket

But the clean largely autumnal-colored interior remains unchanged from when the Watts family lived there, according to advertising photographs.  

The 4,200-square foot home with views of the Rocky Mountains is located at 2825 Saratoga Trail in Frederick, Colorado.

Built in 2013, the Watts were the original owners of the five-bedroom four-bath property which was then priced at around $400,000. 

In 2015, the couple filed for bankruptcy, according to documents obtained by CBS Denver, after failing to meet their $3,000 monthly mortgage payments. 

They were due to appear in court in August 2015 after they were sued by the homeowner's association for $1,533.80 and issued a summons.

But after his arrest in 2018, Watts defaulted on the mortgage and it remained unoccupied for years. 

After the murders, the lender foreclosed the property and placed it on the market - and since it didn't sell, it remained an asset for Watts. 

'It's not getting any bids because people know the sordid history of the house, and nobody wants it,' Denver-based bankruptcy attorney Clark Dray told Realtor.com in 2020.

It's now being touted as a 'beautiful home' with a 'spacious open-floor plan' including a 'gourmet kitchen with granite counters' and a 'cozy gas fireplace'.

'Wow, this is a beautiful home! Nothing like this one for sale at this price, in the area,' the Zillow listing for the property reads. 

The kitchen, which features a marble island and dark wood cabinetry, looks untouched since police showed up to the house with body cams in 2018.

In 2018, soon after the murders, visitors would come to the house and leave gifts and tributes for the murdered mother and daughters 

The laundry room and bathroom, which were painted bright blue, have remained that color

The kitchen, which features a marble island and dark wood cabinets, looks almost untouched

At his trial, Watts pleaded guilty to avoid the death penalty, which has since been abolished in Colorado 

Watts is pictured standing near the front door of his old home

Police body camera footage shows the interior of the Watts home back in 2018

Watts killed Shannan after she came home from a business trip to Arizona in 2018.

He strangled her in bed and then put her body and their two daughters in his truck and drove to isolated oil storage tanks owned by Anadarko Petroleum, where he worked.

He buried his wife in a shallow grave and then smothered his two daughters and placed their bodies inside the storage tanks.

For two days Watts claimed that he had nothing to do with his family's disappearance and even appeared on television to plead for them to come home.

After his arrest he initially claimed that Shanann had killed the girls after he had told her he wanted a separation, and then he had strangled her in anger.

At his trial, he pleaded guilty to avoid the death penalty, which has since been abolished in Colorado.

He is serving five life sentences plus 48 years in prison without the possibility of parole at the Dodge Correctional Institution in Waupun, Wisconsin.