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MORNING THREAD:

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Tammy Daybell's sister Samantha is expected to continue her testimony this morning.

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@LawCrimeNetwork Lori is wearing a black top. She's chatting with Thomas. Chipper as always.

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@LawCrimeNetwork All rise for Judge Boyce. Lori is in all black, pants, shirt, jacket.

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@LawCrimeNetwork Tammy Daybell's sister, Samantha Gwilliam, is back on the stand. She testified for about 15 mins yesterday. She talked about the pet cemetery on Chad & Tammy's property and that Tammy had visited her two weeks before her death.
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@LawCrimeNetwork Tammy Daybell's picture is put back on the screen.

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@LawCrimeNetwork When Tammy visited her two weeks before her death, she looked very healthy and was doing well per Samantha. On Oct. 19th Chad called Samantha to tell her Tammy died. The funeral "was very quick" which Samantha said was odd. #LoriVallowTrial
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@LawCrimeNetwork Samantha asked Chad why he was burying Tammy in Springville and not Rexburg. She said Tammy's kids were in Rexburg, etc... Chad told her it was too cold/snowy in Rexburg.

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@LawCrimeNetwork Samantha found out one month to the day of Tammy's burial that #ChadDaybell was remarried. You don't get married 4 weeks after the death of your wife.....we found out it was only 2 weeks...we were devastated.

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@LawCrimeNetwork Chad told Samantha's husband that his new wife's name was Lori Ryan and that her husband had died from a heart attack. Samantha immediately started searching the internet and found she was really Lori Vallow and Charles didn't die from a heart attack. #LoriVallowTrial

@LawCrimeNetwork Samantha found Charles' obituary and learned there were kids involved. She asked #ChadDaybell if Lori had children. He told her Lori had no children and they were going to be empty nesters.

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@LawCrimeNetwork End of direct. Now cross-exam by Archibald.

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@LawCrimeNetwork Archibald hands Samantha Tammy's obituary. She said she wrote it along with her parents. Chad gave her some information.
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@LawCrimeNetwork "Tammy Daybell passed away peacefully in her sleep." Archibald where they info came from. Samantha said that came from #ChadDaybell.
flammfh.com/obituary/tamar…
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@LawCrimeNetwork Archibald asks Samantha about Chad's near-death experience books. She said she read one of them. Chad talked about his near-death experiences. Archibald asks about Chad trying to make money off his spiritual experiences.
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@LawCrimeNetwork Tammy didn't go to the conferences with Chad. Chad would go and try to sell his books. Tammy would stay home with the kids, other responsibilities.

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@LawCrimeNetwork Tammy would help with the graphics on Chad's books and help publish them.

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@LawCrimeNetwork Lori is watching this questioning very intently. It's all about Chad. She isn't writing, doesn't have her head down. #LoriVallowTrial @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork Archibald asking about #ChadDaybell's time working at a cemetery. Chad became a sexton. merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sex…)

@LawCrimeNetwork In July 2019, Tammy and Chad were in Utah. They showed up at Samantha's door with a bday present for her. Chad wouldn't come out of the car. This was very odd per Tammy's sister.

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@LawCrimeNetwork Archibald asks Samantha if she felt something was off when Chad described how Tammy died. She said yes. Now asking about Tammy thinking some kids were shooting at her with a paintball gun. (Prosecutors says it was Alex Cox w/real gun)
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@LawCrimeNetwork Archibald asks if Samantha ever met Chad's new wife. She said no, they (Lori & Chad) left for Hawaii shortly after they found out Chad had remarried. (Yesterday was the first time Samantha saw Lori in person)
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@LawCrimeNetwork Archibald ends with "I'm sorry for the loss of your sister." Samantha sounds like her voice cracked when she replied "Thank you."

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@LawCrimeNetwork Blake on redirect. Chad and Tammy had five children together? Yes. And all 5 of those children are still alive? Yes.

Samantha Gwillam done testifying and released from subpoena. She stays in the courtroom with her husband.

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@LawCrimeNetwork Next witness is Deputy Colter Cannon with Fremont County. He's currently a school resource officer and also a regular deputy.
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@LawCrimeNetwork Now Lori is back to writing.

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@LawCrimeNetwork Deputy Cannon responded to a call at the Daybell residence. He spoke with Tammy Daybell. Chad was there and their son Garth. This was what Tammy thought was the paintball incident. #LoriVallowTrial @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork Tammy said she was getting groceries out of her car when a male wearing all black with a ski mask approached. She heard two pops and she screamed for Chad. The male ran away.
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@LawCrimeNetwork The deputy didn't go house-to-house...it was dark and he said Tammy was convinced it was a paintball gun.

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@LawCrimeNetwork Now cross-exam by Archibald. Cannon didn't see any paintball marks anywhere. No other physical evidence. #LoriVallowTrial @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork No re-direct.

@LawCrimeNetwork Next witness: Deputy Helena Kaaiakamanu, a patrol officer in St. Anthony, Idaho police dept. She previously worked as a dispatcher for the Fremont Co. Sheriff's office.

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@LawCrimeNetwork We're going to hear the 911 calls about the "paintball" incident. Joseph Murray - Daybells' son-in-law called 911 and so did Tammy Daybell.

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@LawCrimeNetwork Joseph Murray 911 call: He and Daybells' daughter Emma lived kitty-corner from Chad & Tammy. "...she thinks a man wearing a ski mask came up to her with a paintball gun, wasn't loaded, nothing came out of it....after she screamed for her husband, he ran off."

@LawCrimeNetwork Very pretty, young female juror wears large, oversized sweatshirts. (At least she did yesterday and today). Interesting wardrobe choice for cour.t

@LawCrimeNetwork Now Tammy's 911 call: (Jury is hearing Tammy's voice for the first time).
"He was all dressed in black and had a ski mask on....he's gone now....he had a paintball gun like he was going to shoot at me...I yelled to my husband and he took off running.
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@LawCrimeNetwork Tammy was convinced it was a paintball gun.

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@LawCrimeNetwork Next witness: Christina West, formerly with the Fremont Co. Sheriff's office as a dispatcher. #LoriVallowTrial @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork West received the 911 call about Tammy Daybell's death. We're about to hear that call.
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@LawCrimeNetwork Oct. 19, 2019 - 911 call starts off with crying in the background. "We just found my mom, she's on the ground...she's stiff and I don't know..."

Chad gets on the phone, "Um, she's clearly dead."

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@LawCrimeNetwork Chad is crying (not sure if it's real) on the 911 call saying Tammy's body is "frozen".

Lori is writing.

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@LawCrimeNetwork Archibald on cross. He asks about Chad asking for a coroner. West says no, he said his house is on the corner. (Does Archibald not know what is said in this call before hearing it just now?)

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@LawCrimeNetwork That was an odd and sort of a mistake of a cross-exam.

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@LawCrimeNetwork Morning break.

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@LawCrimeNetwork No shackles on Lori today. She just returned to the courtroom following the morning break.
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@LawCrimeNetwork Next witness: Officer Alyssa Greenhalgh, Rexburg P.D.

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@LawCrimeNetwork Greenhalgh was working at the Fremont Sheriff's office the day of Tammy's death.

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@LawCrimeNetwork When Greenhalgh arrived on scene Chad and Garth were in the living room. Chad was crying. Garth was quiet.
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@LawCrimeNetwork Officer Greenhalgh went into the bedroom and saw Tammy's body on the bed. Chad told her Tammy's body had been moved to the bed.
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@LawCrimeNetwork Chad said Tammy had woken up around midnight w/a coughing fit and vomited in the bathroom. They both went back to sleep. Around 5:40am he felt the covers move off of him and saw that Tammy had partially fallen off the bed and wasn't responsive.
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@LawCrimeNetwork Chad and Garth moved Tammy's body back to the bed and covered her.
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@LawCrimeNetwork Chad said Tammy didn't like to go to the doctor. She had a cold and had fallen in the driveway previously but other than that no other health problems.

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@LawCrimeNetwork Chad did say that Tammy had issues with her blood pressure. The coroner and deputy coroner responded to the scene and a mortician.
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@LawCrimeNetwork Garth Daybell offered no information.

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@LawCrimeNetwork Witness now looking through scene photos from Tammy's death.
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@LawCrimeNetwork Archibald objects to the photos saying the graphic nature is more prejudicial than probative. Judge overrules.
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@LawCrimeNetwork 1 - photo of the bedroom with Tammy in the bed. Only her head is sticking out above the covers. He head is not on the pillow, about 2 feet below.
2- photo of bedroom floor with a mat, towel and clothing.
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@LawCrimeNetwork 3 - Photo of Tammy's body on the bed. This is closer up. Note: Tammy's sister is not in the courtroom. #LoriVallowTrial @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork 4 - photo of Tammy in the bed. Pink-reddish foam running out of her mouth and down her cheek. Her head is slanted a little to the left.
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@LawCrimeNetwork 5- Closer up photo of Tammy's body. Can clearly see the reddish foam.
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@LawCrimeNetwork 6- Close up of Tammy's body with the covers now pulled down to about her waist. Lividity on her back and legs.
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@LawCrimeNetwork 7 - Very close up of Tammy's head with the reddish pink foam running out of her mouth.
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@LawCrimeNetwork Tammy had a small bruise on her arm.
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@LawCrimeNetwork Next photo is of Tammy at the morgue. Horrible close-up photo of her face. Foam had been removed from her face at this point.
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@LawCrimeNetwork No further questions on direct.
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@LawCrimeNetwork Jurors are pretty stoic. Taking notes as they see pictures of Tammy's body.

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@LawCrimeNetwork Lori was writing during direct but now looking up as Archibald questions the officer. He says dead bodies don't move so Tammy would have been alive when she fell off the bed at 5:40? (or Chad lied about that)

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@LawCrimeNetwork Redirect: Did it appear Tammy had only been dead for 20-30 mins when you arrived? Officer says no. She was cold to the touch, signs of lividity.

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@LawCrimeNetwork Next witness: Cammi Willmore, Fremont Co. EMT.

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@LawCrimeNetwork Willmore was the deputy coroner in Oct. 2019.
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@LawCrimeNetwork Willmore had never responded to a death that's cause was asphyxiation.
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@LawCrimeNetwork Deputy coroner testifies Chad Daybell was "appropriately" distraught when she arrived at the home.
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@LawCrimeNetwork Chad told Willmore the same story about Tammy coughing, vomiting. He told her Tammy was in menopause and she liked to sleep with her leg outside the covers. Tammy was out of the bed with her head and body down and one of her legs was twisted in the blankets. #LoriVallowTrial

@LawCrimeNetwork Chad told the deputy coroner that he had gotten Garth to help him put Tammy back in bed.
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@LawCrimeNetwork Showing the deputy coroner the pictures of Tammy we just saw with the last witness.
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@LawCrimeNetwork Willmore said she remembers thinking the foam was odd. She touched the body and rigor mortis had set in. #LoriVallowTrial @LawCrimeNetwork