The case has been connected in the media to the crime of family annihilation.[16] Many of these crimes occur in August, before school starts, which may delay detection and investigation.[17] According to former FBI profiler Candice DeLong, cases such as Chris Watts's are rare, because "family annihilators usually commit suicide after the murders,"[18] an action that Watts claimed to have contemplated out of guilt for his actions.[19] Also, Watts had a new girlfriend, that he was very excited about, on the side.