Becky Watts: The Final Betrayal

0:00 Speaker 1: On the evening of February nineteenth, twenty fifteen, sixteen year

0:04 Speaker 1: old Rebecca Becky Whats walked back into her family home

0:07 Speaker 1: in Crown Hill, Bristol, expecting nothing more than a quiet

0:12 Speaker 1: day after spending the night with friends. She was tired, cheerful,

0:16 Speaker 1: and looking forward to resting. Just hours earlier, she had

0:20 Speaker 1: been laughing, joking and making plans like any normal teenager.

0:25 Speaker 1: No one, not her friends, not her family, not even

0:29 Speaker 1: Becky herself could have imagined that she was walking into

0:32 Speaker 1: the final hours of her life. Twelve days later, police

0:36 Speaker 1: officers would enter a small wooden shed in Barton Hill

0:39 Speaker 1: after receiving shocking new information. Inside that cramped outbuilding, investigators

0:45 Speaker 1: discovered sealed bags and stacked containers arranged with horrifying precision.

0:50 Speaker 1: Hidden within them were the dismembered remains of Becky Watts.

0:54 Speaker 1: What followed would become one of the most disturbing murder

0:57 Speaker 1: cases in modern British criminal history. Becca Marie Watts was

1:01 Speaker 1: born on June third, nineteen ninety eight, in Bristol, England.

1:05 Speaker 1: Known affectionately as Becky, she was remembered as a gentle,

1:10 Speaker 1: funny and deeply caring girl. Those closest to her described

1:14 Speaker 1: her as shy around strangers, but completely different once she

1:17 Speaker 1: trusted someone. Her family often said she could light up

1:21 Speaker 1: a room with her energy and humor, but Becky's childhood

1:24 Speaker 1: was not an easy one. At just three years old,

1:28 Speaker 1: she was placed into foster care before eventually being raised

1:31 Speaker 1: by her father, Darren Galsworthy in Bristol. Darren adored his

1:36 Speaker 1: daughter and fought hard to build a stable life for her.

1:39 Speaker 1: Over the years. He formed a relationship with Angie, a

1:43 Speaker 1: woman who had a son from a previous relationship named

1:46 Speaker 1: Nathan Matthews. Nathan was twelve years older than Becky. As

1:50 Speaker 1: the two families blended together under one roof, they appeared

1:53 Speaker 1: to outsiders like any normal family trying to make things work.

1:57 Speaker 1: Darren later said he treated Nathan as his own son,

2:01 Speaker 1: but behind the scenes, darker problems were quietly developing. During

2:05 Speaker 1: her teenage years, Becky struggled deeply with bullying at school.

2:10 Speaker 1: Classmates targeted her over her weight, leaving lasting emotional scars. Eventually,

2:15 Speaker 1: the bullying became so severe that Becky developed anorexia nervosa.

2:20 Speaker 1: At her lowest point, she weighed dangerously little and required

2:24 Speaker 1: specialist treatment through Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. Despite everything,

2:29 Speaker 1: Becky fought her way back. By twenty thirteen, her health

2:33 Speaker 1: had improved dramatically. She slowly regained confidence, made close friends,

2:38 Speaker 1: and even started rebuilding her future. She enrolled in courses

2:42 Speaker 1: to complete her GCSEs, developed an interest in fashion, and

2:47 Speaker 1: entered a relationship with her boyfriend, Luke Oberhansley. Friends described

2:51 Speaker 1: her as happier than she had been in years. Then

2:54 Speaker 1: came February nineteenth, twenty fifteen. That morning, Becky returned home

3:00 Speaker 1: around eight am after spending the night with friends following

3:03 Speaker 1: a local skittles event. Witnesses later recalled how relaxed and

3:07 Speaker 1: happy she seemed. She planned to sleep before continuing her day.

3:12 Speaker 1: At approximately eleven am, Becky's stepmother, Angie, left the family

3:16 Speaker 1: home for a hospital appointment related to her multiple sclerosis treatment.

3:21 Speaker 1: Before leaving, she placed a spare key outside for her son,

3:25 Speaker 1: Nathan Matthews, who planned to visit later that morning with

3:28 Speaker 1: his girlfriend, shawna Whore. Just three minutes after Angie left,

3:33 Speaker 1: Becky sent a routine text message to a friend. It

3:36 Speaker 1: would be the last communication she ever sent. Nathan Matthews

3:40 Speaker 1: and shawna horr arrived shortly afterward. According to evidence later

3:44 Speaker 1: presented in court, Matthews had arrived prepared. Inside a large

3:49 Speaker 1: bag were handcuffs, tape, a stun gun, and a mask.

3:52 Speaker 1: Prosecutors argued that what happened next was not spontaneous violence,

3:56 Speaker 1: but a carefully planned attack. Inside her own bedroom, Becky

4:01 Speaker 1: was suffocated. Evidence suggested she fought desperately for her life.

4:05 Speaker 1: She was then stabbed fifteen times. What made the crime

4:09 Speaker 1: even more horrifying was what happened afterward. Rather than immediately fleeing,

4:14 Speaker 1: Matthews and Horse stayed inside the family home for hours.

4:18 Speaker 1: Other relatives returned throughout the day, completely unaware that Becky

4:22 Speaker 1: was already dead inside the house. Even Becky's boyfriend Luke

4:26 Speaker 1: arrived that evening searching for her, only to be told

4:29 Speaker 1: no one knew where she was. Meanwhile, Becky's body remained hidden.

4:34 Speaker 1: Later that night, Matthews and Horror transported her remains in

4:38 Speaker 1: the trunk of their car back to their apartment in

4:40 Speaker 1: Barton Hill, and then, unbelievably, they continued their evening as

4:45 Speaker 1: though nothing had happened. They ordered takeaway food, watched television,

4:49 Speaker 1: made phone calls. The next morning, Nathan Matthews was captured

4:53 Speaker 1: on CCTV purchasing a circular power saw, gloves, goggles, and

4:58 Speaker 1: cleaning supplies from a local B and Q store. Over

5:01 Speaker 1: the following days, surveillance cameras recorded both Matthews and Whore

5:05 Speaker 1: buying bleach, drain cleaner, and additional cleaning products. Investigators would

5:11 Speaker 1: later describe the actions as cold, deliberate, and methodical. Inside

5:16 Speaker 1: the bathroom of their apartment, Becky's body was dismembered. The

5:21 Speaker 1: remains were placed into bags and boxes before being moved

5:24 Speaker 1: to a nearby shed belonging to neighbours Carl Demetrius and

5:27 Speaker 1: Jane Parsons. The couple later claimed they had no idea

5:31 Speaker 1: what was inside the packages stored on their property. Back

5:34 Speaker 1: at the family home, panic slowly began to spread. When

5:38 Speaker 1: Becky failed to return home and left behind her phone, laptop, money,

5:43 Speaker 1: and clothes, her family realized something was seriously wrong. On

5:47 Speaker 1: February twentieth, she was officially reported missing. Avon and Somerset

5:52 Speaker 1: police launched a massive search operation. Social media exploded with

5:57 Speaker 1: the hashtag hashtag find Becky. Volunteers searched parks, woods, rivers,

6:03 Speaker 1: and abandoned areas throughout Bristol detectives issued emotional public appeals

6:08 Speaker 1: directly to Becky, hoping she might still be alive somewhere.

6:12 Speaker 1: Her father, Darren appeared on television fighting back tears. Beck's

6:16 Speaker 1: if you're watching this, please come home. We love you

6:19 Speaker 1: so much. The heartbreaking reality was that Becky had already

6:23 Speaker 1: been dead for days. Throughout the investigation, Nathan Matthews and

6:27 Speaker 1: shawna Whore inserted themselves into the search. They comforted family

6:32 Speaker 1: members spoke with detectives, claimed they had heard Becky leave

6:36 Speaker 1: the house shortly after arriving on February nineteenth. For nine days,

6:41 Speaker 1: investigators treated them as witnesses, but behind the scenes, detectives

6:46 Speaker 1: were quietly piecing together a different story. CCTV footage became

6:50 Speaker 1: the turning point. Investigators discovered Matthews purchasing the power saw

6:55 Speaker 1: and cleaning products immediately after Becky vanished. Additional surveillance footage

7:00 Speaker 1: showed the couple buying batteries for the stun gun before

7:03 Speaker 1: arriving at the family home on the morning of the murder.

7:06 Speaker 1: Phone records, forensic evidence, and witness statements slowly destroyed their

7:11 Speaker 1: version of events. On February twenty eight, Matthews and Horror

7:15 Speaker 1: were arrested days later. Following a confession from Matthews, police

7:20 Speaker 1: searched the shed in Barton Hill. Inside they found Becky Watts.

7:24 Speaker 1: The discovery devastated the nation. At Bristol Crown Court, prosecutors

7:30 Speaker 1: described the murder as sexually motivated. Investigators uncovered disturbing material

7:35 Speaker 1: on phones and computers belonging to Matthews and Horror showing

7:38 Speaker 1: an obsession with petit teenage girls. Matthews admitted killing Becky,

7:43 Speaker 1: but claimed he only intended to frighten and kidnap her.

7:46 Speaker 1: He pleaded guilty to manslaughter instead of murder. The jury

7:50 Speaker 1: rejected his story completely after just a few hours of deliberation.

7:55 Speaker 1: Nathan Matthews was convicted of murder, conspiracy to kidnap, pervert

8:00 Speaker 1: the course of justice, and preventing a lawful burial. SHAWNA.

8:04 Speaker 1: Horr was convicted of manslaughter and multiple related offenses in

8:08 Speaker 1: November twenty fifteen. Matthews received a life sentence with a

8:12 Speaker 1: minimum term of thirty three years. Horror was sentenced to

8:16 Speaker 1: seventeen years in prison. During sentencing, the judge described the

8:20 Speaker 1: crime as horrifying, grotesque, and carefully planned for Becky's family. However,

8:27 Speaker 1: no punishment could erase the pain. In April twenty fifteen,

8:31 Speaker 1: loved ones gathered at Saint Ambrose Church in Bristol to

8:34 Speaker 1: say goodbye. Becky's father described her as beautiful, funny, loyal

8:40 Speaker 1: and full of life. He said she had left an

8:42 Speaker 1: enormous void behind. Even years later, the murder of Becky

8:46 Speaker 1: On continues to haunt Britain, not only because of the

8:49 Speaker 1: brutality of the crime, but because of who committed it.

8:53 Speaker 1: A young girl who survived bullying, mental illness, and years

8:57 Speaker 1: of personal struggles was ultimately killed inside her own home

9:00 Speaker 1: by someone her family trusted completely, And perhaps the most

9:04 Speaker 1: chilling detail of all was this. For nine days after

9:07 Speaker 1: Becky disappeared, her killer stood beside her grieving family, pretending

9:11 Speaker 1: to help search for her, while already knowing exactly where

9:15 Speaker 1: she was