April 21, 2024
Boise, ID (CBS2) — As we head into another week of the Chad Daybell murder trial here is a look back on what happened in court this past week.
Chad Daybell's attorney, John Prior, cross-examined Lt. Powell with the Fremont County Sheriff's Office. Lt. Powell filed the motion and presented arguments before a judge to have Tammy Daybell's body exhumed. Under direct testimony with prosecutors, Lt. Powell explained that he made the decision to have Tammy Daybell's body exhumed because of the number of deaths surrounding Chad and Lori, and the lack of any medical records that pointed to any health concerns.
During questioning Lt. Powell admitted that he never looked at the death certificate that said Tammy died of natural causes, likely a heart condition of some type. He also testified that he did not consider Tammy's recent bought of illness that was reported in a separate police report.
Chandler Detective Nathan Duncan testified about the day Lori's brother Alex Cox shot Charles Vallow in Arizona. Duncan also details extensive forensic evidence, like Charles emailing Tammy about Lori and Chad's affair at the time. Prosecutors want his testimony to show jurors the motive for Charles' murder.
Text message evidence indicates investigators believe Charles was killed for insurance money, but a week later, Lori texted Chad about a letter from the insurance company. Duncan says he finds no grief over Charles' death sifting through texts, emails, fake accounts, burner phones, and the like.
A Rexburg detective was called to the stand by the prosecution. Detective Chuck Kunsaitis established a financial timeline around the murders. He says there was a sudden change in spending on Tylee's account around the time they believed she was killed.
Kunsaitis explained Lori likely took control of Tylee's Venmo account after her murder and used that account to deposit her own money and launder it through Tylee's image.
Kunsaitis added police believe Tylee was killed within 10 days of receiving benefits in a personal account left to her by her late father.
Daybell is on trial for first-degree murder charges for the 2019 deaths of Lori's kids, seven-year-old JJ Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan, and his wife Tammy in late 2019. Detectives found the remains of the kids on his property in 2020.
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