My sister Amanda Raymond-Trupp had her life taken from her by Christopher Watts in 2001. She was only 13 years old. Watts had given her a fatal amount of drugs, then proceeded to sexually assault her while she was unconscious. Afterwards, other party goers had defaced her body with permanent marker.
Christopher Watts got 12 years in prison. He previously served 4 years in prison for the sexual assault of a different young girl. At the time he had murdered my sister he was already a criminal.

I can’t outline how many times Watts has breached his parole since he was released from prison. For one, by now it’s just too much to keep track of, but mostly because no one tells my family anymore. They gave up on keeping us informed. The only reason we found out about his latest transfer is because a local detective had got in contact with my mother. We had no say, no control, and no power in the decision. We were always told he would never be allowed back in Ontario. Now he is going to be residing in a city that is a mere 3 hours away from myself, my mother, and my siblings. That’s not even the worst part. My partner was born and raised in Kingston. His entire family has a life there — my family by extension. I have spent time in Kingston, we’ve gone there for the holidays. It’s a city that we’ve considered moving to one day, and starting a family there.

It has never felt good knowing the vile monster that killed my sister is able to walk free, but at least he was in a completely different province for a long while. Now he is way too close to home. It’s surreal just how close he is. It makes me anxious, for myself, and my family that lives there. I don’t want to be anywhere near him, and I don’t want him anywhere near them. I’ll never be able to comfortably visit with him now residing in Kingston.

Christopher Watts is a sexual predator. He has been diagnosed as psychotic by medical professionals. He is a high risk criminal. Every chance he gets while on parole he makes contact with underage women. That list of things he can’t do provided by the parole board, is utterly useless, and I highly encourage it to be disregarded by the public because it doesn’t matter to him. He will do whatever it takes to get what he wants.

My mother and I have not known peace since the death of Amanda. It feels like every couple years we have to live through the trauma all over again whenever Christopher Watts shows up in the news. We are exhausted, fed up, and angry. I’m tired of seeing news articles written about Amanda’s death, and seeing the comments and shares. Every time I read something about the case it feels like an out of body experience. I still can’t process that the “13-year-old girl” they’re writing about used to take me to the park, push my stroller, and watch movies with me. The door to her bedroom was painted gray with two big dust bunnies from The Big Comfy Couch. She had a pet rabbit once, and caught a spider in the lid of a glass candle just so she could scare me with it. She loved Missy Elliot, and playing sports. She used to be ours.

If you have concerns about Christopher Watts being in your community, please reach out to the media, local community centers, schools, etc. And please feel free to share this post. Lets show the board that we don't want this monster in our community.

Thank you to everyone who has been supportive of my family through all of this. You are deeply appreciated.