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Chris Watts to Wed Lizzie Henderson 8 Years After Family Murders
Visitation logs show Lizzie Lee Henderson visited Watts at least 23 times in 15 months as prison records and a name-change filing fueled backlash.
- Eight years after murdering his family, Chris Watts has applied for a marriage license from Dodge Correctional Institution in Waupun. The 41-year-old convicted killer is reportedly seeking to wed 39-year-old Lizzie Lee Henderson, who relocated from Ohio to be near him.
- In August 2018, Watts strangled his 34-year-old pregnant wife, Shanann, who was 15 weeks pregnant with their unborn son, Nico, in Frederick, Colorado. He then disposed of their daughters Bella and Celeste at an oil site where he was employed.
- Inside Edition visitation logs reveal Henderson has visited Watts at least 23 times over a 15-month period, with each visit lasting up to three hours. Court records show she filed to legally change her name on September 12, 2025, and has been seen wearing rings on her left finger.
- Backlash from the relationship has emerged from Henderson's own family, with her sister Fredericka Henderson voicing strong opposition. Her brother Johnny Henderson, incarcerated in Ohio on unrelated charges, claimed his sister minimized Watts' crimes when describing his history to him.
- Under Wisconsin Department of Corrections policy, incarcerated individuals may request marriage, but applications require formal approval from the prison warden following background checks. Henderson told the Daily Mail, "How things began is between me, him, and God," declining to explain the relationship further.
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Chris Watts Seeks Marriage From Prison 8 Years After Murdering His Pregnant Wife and Two Daughters
Chris Watts, the Colorado man who strangled his pregnant wife and smothered their two young daughters in 2018, has applied to marry a woman he met from behind bars. Watts, 41, is reportedly seeking to wed 39-year-old Ohio realtor Lizzie Henderson, who has relocated to Wisconsin and visited him dozens of times at the maximum-security prison where he is serving five consecutive life sentences. The pair have submitted a formal marriage request thro…
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