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The Colorado house where Chris Watts murdered his family has found a buyer

The Colorado house where Chris Watts murdered his family has found a buyer

For almost three months, the Colorado property where Chris Watts murdered his pregnant wife and two young daughters has apparently found a buyer.

According to property records, the Frederick, Colorado home has been for sale since Wednesday, July 3. As PEOPLE previously reported, it was first listed on the market in April for $775,000, but the price was reduced to $750,000 in late April.

After a second price reduction in May, the home was listed for $749,500 when it entered “sale pending” status. The 4,177-square-foot property has five bedrooms and four bathrooms, and the nearby Colorado Rocky Mountains can be seen from the house.

The listing is currently owned by Rovena Flores of Dream Real Estate.

Chris Watts in the Colorado house where he murdered his family.

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The house played a major role in the September 2020 Netflix documentary American Murder: The Family Next Doorwhich delves deep into Watts’ motive behind the murders.

It goes on to explain how the property became a crime scene after Watts strangled his wife Shanann – who was 15 weeks pregnant with their son at the time – and suffocated their two young daughters, Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3.

The Watts family.

Shanann Watts/2020/Netflix


According to officials, Chris’ motive for these unbelievable crimes was an affair with his colleague, who believed he had already separated from Shanann before the murders.

He was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to the murders in November 2018 to avoid a possible death penalty.

Chris Watts at the Weld County Courthouse on November 19, 2018.

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The Watts family bought the Colorado home in 2013 for $399,954. Nearly four years after the 2018 crimes, the house sat vacant until it was purchased for $600,000 in 2022, property records show.

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Chris later defaulted on his mortgage after the murders and the lender foreclosed on the property. His debts increased when he agreed to pay Shanann’s parents $6 million after they filed a wrongful death lawsuit against him.

PEOPLE has reached out to broker Flores for comment but has not yet received a response.