Chris Watts, the 41-year-old convicted killer serving multiple life sentences for murdering his pregnant wife Shanann and two young daughters in 2018, has ended his relationship with Lizzie Henderson, a 39-year-old realtor he had been planning to marry whilst imprisoned. Watts told Henderson that God had instructed him to end the relationship, weeks after his prison romance was publicly revealed; sources indicate his mother Cindy's disapproval of Henderson was instrumental in the breakup, reflecting a longstanding pattern of family influence over Watts' romantic choices.

Henderson had relocated from Ohio to Wisconsin to be closer to Watts at Dodge Correctional Institution and visited him 20 times in 2025, even legally changing her surname to Watts. The abrupt ending is particularly striking given that faith had been central to how the couple described their relationship, and Henderson had already filed paperwork to change her name and spent Christmas Day with him in 2024. The breakup also comes amid revelations that Watts was simultaneously corresponding with multiple other women through handwritten love letters, and witnessed accounts of the couple kissing during prison visits in August 2025.