Becky Watts: The Final Betrayal

0:00 On the evening of February nineteenth, twenty fifteen, sixteen year old Rebecca Becky Whats walked back into her family home in Crown Hill, Bristol, expecting nothing more than a quiet day after spending the night with friends. She was tired, cheerful, and looking forward to resting. Just hours earlier, she had been laughing, joking and making plans like any normal teenager. No one, not her friends, not her family, not even Becky herself could have imagined that she was walking into the final hours of her life.

0:34 Twelve days later, police officers would enter a small wooden shed in Barton Hill after receiving shocking new information. Inside that cramped outbuilding, investigators discovered sealed bags and stacked containers arranged with horrifying precision. Hidden within them were the dismembered remains of Becky Watts. What followed would become one of the most disturbing murder cases in modern British criminal history. Becca Marie Watts was born on June third, nineteen ninety eight, in Bristol, England.

1:05 Known affectionately as Becky, she was remembered as a gentle, funny and deeply caring girl. Those closest to her described her as shy around strangers, but completely different once she trusted someone. Her family often said she could light up a room with her energy and humor, but Becky's childhood was not an easy one. At just three years old, she was placed into foster care before eventually being raised by her father, Darren Galsworthy in Bristol. Darren adored his daughter and fought hard to build a stable life for her.

1:39 Over the years. He formed a relationship with Angie, a woman who had a son from a previous relationship named Nathan Matthews. Nathan was twelve years older than Becky. As the two families blended together under one roof, they appeared to outsiders like any normal family trying to make things work. Darren later said he treated Nathan as his own son, but behind the scenes, darker problems were quietly developing. During her teenage years, Becky struggled deeply with bullying at school. Classmates targeted her over her weight, leaving lasting emotional scars.

2:14 Eventually, the bullying became so severe that Becky developed anorexia nervosa. At her lowest point, she weighed dangerously little and required specialist treatment through Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. Despite everything, Becky fought her way back. By twenty thirteen, her health had improved dramatically. She slowly regained confidence, made close friends, and even started rebuilding her future. She enrolled in courses to complete her GCSEs, developed an interest in fashion, and entered a relationship with her boyfriend, Luke Oberhansley.

2:50 Friends described her as happier than she had been in years. Then came February nineteenth, twenty fifteen. That morning, Becky returned home around eight am after spending the night with friends following a local skittles event. Witnesses later recalled how relaxed and happy she seemed. She planned to sleep before continuing her day. At approximately eleven am, Becky's stepmother, Angie, left the family home for a hospital appointment related to her multiple sclerosis treatment. Before leaving, she placed a spare key outside for her son, Nathan Matthews, who planned to visit later that morning with his girlfriend, shawna Whore.

3:30 Just three minutes after Angie left, Becky sent a routine text message to a friend. It would be the last communication she ever sent. Nathan Matthews and shawna horr arrived shortly afterward. According to evidence later presented in court, Matthews had arrived prepared. Inside a large bag were handcuffs, tape, a stun gun, and a mask. Prosecutors argued that what happened next was not spontaneous violence, but a carefully planned attack. Inside her own bedroom, Becky was suffocated. Evidence suggested she fought desperately for her life.

4:05 She was then stabbed fifteen times. What made the crime even more horrifying was what happened afterward. Rather than immediately fleeing, Matthews and Horse stayed inside the family home for hours. Other relatives returned throughout the day, completely unaware that Becky was already dead inside the house. Even Becky's boyfriend Luke arrived that evening searching for her, only to be told no one knew where she was. Meanwhile, Becky's body remained hidden. Later that night, Matthews and Horror transported her remains in the trunk of their car back to their apartment in Barton Hill, and then, unbelievably, they continued their evening as though nothing had happened.

4:46 They ordered takeaway food, watched television, made phone calls. The next morning, Nathan Matthews was captured on CCTV purchasing a circular power saw, gloves, goggles, and cleaning supplies from a local B and Q store. Over the following days, surveillance cameras recorded both Matthews and Whore buying bleach, drain cleaner, and additional cleaning products. Investigators would later describe the actions as cold, deliberate, and methodical. Inside the bathroom of their apartment, Becky's body was dismembered.

5:20 The remains were placed into bags and boxes before being moved to a nearby shed belonging to neighbours Carl Demetrius and Jane Parsons. The couple later claimed they had no idea what was inside the packages stored on their property. Back at the family home, panic slowly began to spread. When Becky failed to return home and left behind her phone, laptop, money, and clothes, her family realized something was seriously wrong. On February twentieth, she was officially reported missing. Avon and Somerset police launched a massive search operation.

5:55 Social media exploded with the hashtag hashtag find Becky. Volunteers searched parks, woods, rivers, and abandoned areas throughout Bristol detectives issued emotional public appeals directly to Becky, hoping she might still be alive somewhere. Her father, Darren appeared on television fighting back tears. Beck's if you're watching this, please come home. We love you so much. The heartbreaking reality was that Becky had already been dead for days. Throughout the investigation, Nathan Matthews and shawna Whore inserted themselves into the search.

6:30 They comforted family members spoke with detectives, claimed they had heard Becky leave the house shortly after arriving on February nineteenth. For nine days, investigators treated them as witnesses, but behind the scenes, detectives were quietly piecing together a different story. CCTV footage became the turning point. Investigators discovered Matthews purchasing the power saw and cleaning products immediately after Becky vanished. Additional surveillance footage showed the couple buying batteries for the stun gun before arriving at the family home on the morning of the murder.

7:06 Phone records, forensic evidence, and witness statements slowly destroyed their version of events. On February twenty eight, Matthews and Horror were arrested days later. Following a confession from Matthews, police searched the shed in Barton Hill. Inside they found Becky Watts. The discovery devastated the nation. At Bristol Crown Court, prosecutors described the murder as sexually motivated. Investigators uncovered disturbing material on phones and computers belonging to Matthews and Horror showing an obsession with petit teenage girls.

7:40 Matthews admitted killing Becky, but claimed he only intended to frighten and kidnap her. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter instead of murder. The jury rejected his story completely after just a few hours of deliberation. Nathan Matthews was convicted of murder, conspiracy to kidnap, pervert the course of justice, and preventing a lawful burial. SHAWNA. Horr was convicted of manslaughter and multiple related offenses in November twenty fifteen. Matthews received a life sentence with a minimum term of thirty three years.

8:14 Horror was sentenced to seventeen years in prison. During sentencing, the judge described the crime as horrifying, grotesque, and carefully planned for Becky's family. However, no punishment could erase the pain. In April twenty fifteen, loved ones gathered at Saint Ambrose Church in Bristol to say goodbye. Becky's father described her as beautiful, funny, loyal and full of life. He said she had left an enormous void behind. Even years later, the murder of Becky On continues to haunt Britain, not only because of the brutality of the crime, but because of who committed it.

8:53 A young girl who survived bullying, mental illness, and years of personal struggles was ultimately killed inside her own home by someone her family trusted completely, And perhaps the most chilling detail of all was this. For nine days after Becky disappeared, her killer stood beside her grieving family, pretending to help search for her, while already knowing exactly where she was