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Morning threa: Lori Vallow trial - week 4

Lori is chatting with Mr Thomas and flipping through her notes. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork Judge Boyce is on the bench. The jury is being brought up #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork The state will call Keeley Coleman. She is Sr DNA analyst,

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@LawCrimeNetwork Lori is watching the witness as she goes through her credentials. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork The witness is explaining what DNA is and how they process it. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork In May 2022 they received 3 DNA profiles from Tylee, Lori, and Melanie Gibb as well a hair attached to a piece of adhesive

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@LawCrimeNetwork She explains how they processed their hair for testing

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@LawCrimeNetwork The hair sample belonged to Lori Vallow

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@LawCrimeNetwork Rob Wood has no further questions. Mr Thomas is up for cross exam. He goes through her education #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork Lori doesn't have much reaction to her being named as the source of the hair sample. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork We are going through the proficiency tests she has to take and asks if they're surprise or known to them. She says they're told up front. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork Now he's asking her about being a fact witness in other cases. This is a common theme with cross exam by the defense is a deep dive into the education of the witness #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork They are looking over her case report. Mr Thomas puts the results of the report on the screen. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork Thomas - 99.9% of human DNA is the same. He says the human genome is immense and loci is brought up. There were 22 loci samples tested. A loci is essentially a genetic street address of where the DNA is. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork Mr Thomas is asking if how she tested would be acceptable for the FBI with the loci. The lab requires 3 and the FBI requires 20. Each lab has a minimal threshold of how many loci they need to test. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork This is pretty technical testimony and Mr Thomas has me confused at bit but ultimately he is saying that she is missing 13 of. the 20 ileal the FBI would require and he says that's a lot. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork Thomas points out 17 out of the 20 profiles the FBI requires were missing #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork Cross over. Lori talking to Archibald. Rob Wood back up for redirect. He asks if he tested this sample against a known profile - she said 3 (Tylee, Lori, Melanie Gibb). She said it is common to rely on partial profiles and this is common in hair #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork She is going back over how they prep the sample for testing #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork The hair was found on duct tape in the presence of decomposition fluid which is why they wash the sample to remove any residual biological material #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork Lori is writing on her paper. She is kind of laughing when she talks to Mr Thomas #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork There's a different standard to get a profile in the FBI database than to just get the profile for comparison. She didn't need the FBI threshold to get what she needed #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork It is common to rely on a partial profile and happens regularly. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork She had 7 full and 3 partial loci. Those matched Lori. The probability of this DNA being Lori's is 1 in 71 billion. That means if she sticks her hand in a hat she would expect to see this DNA profile 1 in 71 billion profiles #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

I’m surprised the defense didn’t say she lived with him and not out of the question her hair could’ve been transferred there

@LawCrimeNetwork We are at our break a little early for the defense to look over something. Should resume in 5 minutes #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork We are back on the record. The next witness is Ricky Wright. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork He was a special agent with the FBI. He is now a contract special investigator. We are going through his education. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork He worked mainly with crimes against children and was the coordinator. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork In 2018 transferred to Pocatello from Denver. He was a criminal investigator covering 17 counties. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork He became involved in the case on Nov 27, 2019. He was contacted by Lt Ron Ball from Rexburg about JJ. The FBI gets involved when a child is missing under 12 years of age under suspicious circumstances. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork At that time only JJ was known to be missing. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork They learned Tylee was missing. Initially they thought she was with family in AZ and when nobody had seen her she was considered missing as well. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork At this time Tammy's Death was being investigated as was Charles Vallow. At this point they were also investigating the attempted murder of Brandon Boudreaux. He met with Ian Pawlowski, who was the new husband of Melaniece. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork He talked to Ian at the Rexburg PD. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork After speaking with Ian the concern for the safety of the kids increased. They asked him to record conversations he was a party to and he agreed. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork He recorded some conversation with Melaniece, Lori, Chad, and Alex. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork The recordings were given to investigators and the recordings extracted and entered into custody #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork He asked for additional assistance in looking at location data associated with Alex Cox by the FBI team who specialized in phone pings. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork The dates they focused on when the children were last seen. The witness requested he provide everything from the month of September 2019 and later the month of October #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork A powerpoint is going to be admitted to show the findings. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork Mr Thomas asks to voir dire the witness about the powerpoint #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork Mr Thomas asks when he finished it and he said he worked with the prosecutors last night. He asks if they told him the things they needed to come out due to holes in their case? #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork The witness says this was to assist HIM in his testimony #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork He''s asked if anything anyone has testified to came up last night. He says no. Thomas has no objection #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork Alex Cox Phone - email is [e-mail] and his phone number is on the screen #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork 9/1/19 was when his phone was 1st pinged in Rexburg Idaho in the evening. It came from St George UT. The device spent its evenings at the townhomes from unit 175

9/5/19 the phone started staying in unit 107.

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@LawCrimeNetwork They found the photo of Tylee and JJ in Yellowstone. Up until then they didn't know what happened to Tylee after Yellowstone #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork 9/8/19 - Alex's phone locations
11:52 - Maverick gas station
1:29 - Entrance of Yellowstone
2:50-2:57 - Old Faithful
3:04-3:22 - Old Faithful Lodge Cafeteria
3:42-4:04 - Old Faithful rim (Last photo at 3:49PM)
4:15- 4:27 - Old Faithful parking lot
#lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

@LawCrimeNetwork They show an over head and point out the locations listed above #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork 5:12-6:40 traveling through the park and leaving the park 6:40

6:45 - 7:02 - Buckaroo's Bill's BBQ #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork Lori is taking a lot of notes right now. The jury is focused on the powerpoint #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork They focused in on the boardwalk area after photos of JJ, Tylee, and Alex were found on Lori's "Lori4Style" iCloud account at Old Faithful geyser #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork They show the photo of Tylee, JJ, and Alex taken at 3:49 PM #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork They show an overhead view with timestamps of their travels that day #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork It didn't seem there was any pause from their travels or stops in unpopulated areas and maintained its speed. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork 8:37-9:35 - At the townhomes
9:43-9:53 - Mavericks gas station
10:44-11:15- Lori's apartment
11:44 - Alex's townhome

9/9/2019
3 dats points: 2:42 AM - 3:37AM - Lori's townhome (4 meter radius)
4:37AM, 4:39, 4:41, 5:14, 6:47, 8:49 - Alex's townhome (8-37 meters)
#lorivallow… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

@LawCrimeNetwork What caught his attention was it was normal for Alex's phone to be in Lori's apt from 8PM-12AM and would go to his townhome and stay all night. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork This was unusual for Alex's phone being at Lori's during the night. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork They show an overhead photo of the distance from Lori and Alex's townhomes is about 80 meters. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork Lori is all ears with this witness. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork 9/9/19
9AM- Leaves townhomes
9:15 - arrives at Chad's residence
9:15-11:45 - At Chad's
9:21 - behind residence (6m radius)
9:22 - By gate on northwest corner of property
10:39 - Behind residence (43 m radius)
10:57 - behind residence (5 m radius)
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@LawCrimeNetwork 11:45 - Alex leaves Chad's residence
11:52 - Alex at Del Taco

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@LawCrimeNetwork Slide showing data points right near the pet cemetery/fire pit. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork 9:21 was the 1st data point near the pet cemetery. 6m radius.
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@LawCrimeNetwork The data point near the fence is an alternate entrance with a gate to allow a vehicle to get onto the back part of the property. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork Witness says several devices were gathered in this case and they show the text from Chad to Tammy at 11:52 AM taken from a device taken from Chad's during the search warrant in January 2020. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork "Well, I've had an interesting morning. I felt i should burn all the limb debris by the fire pit before it got soaked by the coming storms. It goes on to day he shot the raccoon and buried it. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork This made their ears go up. They didn't understand the significance of why Alex was there at this time. Coupled with the text Chad sent Tammy showed he was on the property at the same time as Alex. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork Then it became part of the investigation. An additional search warrant for Chad's property was obtained after the text to Tammy from Chad was discovered along with the pings. This was when they found the bodies of JJ and Tylee. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork 9/22/29 (The night JJ murdered)
4:26-5:08- Alex at Lori's
5:09-5:11- Alex's townhome
5:12-6:45 - Lori's
6:46-8:03 - Alex's
8:04-8:09- Lori's
8:11-11:56- Alex's

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@LawCrimeNetwork 9/24/19
12:11-9:41AM - Alex's apartment
9:41-9:55 - Traveling to Chad's
9:55-10:12 AM - At Chad's for 17 min
9:56 - 10:02 - By pond on property
10:05- 10:07 - front door of house
10:12 - Heading south away from Chad's
10:22-11:14 - at Lori's townhome
#lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

@LawCrimeNetwork By the pond pings were 3-4 m radius #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork The front of the house had larger radius - 68-92 m #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork Overhead Google Earth image showing the phone right by where JJ's body was found as well as near the garage and front of the house. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork When the warrant was executed on 6/9/19 as we know JJ and Tylee's bodies were found in the areas Alex was pinged at on the dates they were buried #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork Alex's phone on the property
9/6 12:42-12:53 - 11 MIN
9/9 9:15-11:45 (Tylee)
9/23- 9:55-10:12
9/25 - 10:05-10:22 - mainly at front of house. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork Alex's phone was pinged 3x at window tinting shop
9/23 1:53-1:58
9/25
9:02-9:03
11:57-11:59
Slide showing Tylee's Jeep with tinted windows and a receipt for
10/1/19 at 1:12 - Los Favoritos Mesa AZ (10/2 attempt on Brandon

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@LawCrimeNetwork 10/18/19 8:05 PM
Chic-Fil-A - Ammon, ID
Tammy died overnight on 10/18 into 10/19

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@LawCrimeNetwork Device purchases:
9/25/19 - 7:03-7:18 - Walmart (receipt at 7:10 PM) cash purchase

10/8/18 (Day before attempt on Tammy)
3:01 - 3:37 - Walmart (receipt 3:25)

These were recovered April 10, 2020

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@LawCrimeNetwork After the search warrant and Alex's death items were tossed by the property management company and some things were kept. They found 2 cell phones and turned those over. One was a Trac Phone bought at Walmart #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork Lori has been writing the entire time. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork They show the receipts from the phone purchases. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork Mr Thomas asks how many receipts he has gotten over the 20 years he's worked with the FBI and he said a lot. He asks how does he know this was the actual receipt and noticed that he didn't put his initials on there. Asks if he referenced the store number. Agent says he doesn't… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

@LawCrimeNetwork The agent is looking over his report to see if he put anything identifying that receipt in there as the one he got that day #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork The agent put in the store number and phone number associated with the device purchased #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork Thomas objects saying he can't say these are the specific receipts. Judge Boyce overrules. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork The receipts matched location data to Alex. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork 9/30/19-10/3/19 - When Alex is traveling to AZ to try and kill Brandon they noticed deviations in his normal pattern of where he is.
9/30 - 1:17-4:32 - Alex at his townhome
9/30, 10/1-2 - Stays in Lori's
10/3 - Back to Alex's
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@LawCrimeNetwork Gun range visits

9/3/19 -
1:45-1:46 - gun range
2:05 - 2:36 - Walmart
2:59-4:51 - gun range

9/26
4:54- 6:58 - Gun range

9/27
3:54-6:45 - gun range

9/28
3:25-5:58 - gun range
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@LawCrimeNetwork Overhead of gun range with data points at firing lines going downrange. There are different meters as it progresses down this line that he visited #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork So essentially as he moved down the line the distances got longer #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork The device was not over at the short range pistol area #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork 10/7/19 Multiple gun ranges (some narrow times - could have driven by)
12:40- left immediately
1:09- Alex apartment for 1 min
1:25-1:29 - gun range
1:50-2:16 - gun range
2:37-2:43 - Alex' apt
3:03-3:24 - gun range
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@LawCrimeNetwork 10/8/19 (Day before Tammy was shot at)

10:28-10:29 gun range
11:07-12:29 - gun range

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@LawCrimeNetwork 10/12
2:57-5:01 - gun range - near 50 yard range

10/13
12:49-2:40
Rifle and pistol range

10/15
2 shooting ranges
8:01-9:20
9:34-10:15 Walmart
10:24-12:16 - Alex Apt
12:17-1:17 - Lori's apt
1:41 - 1:56 - Chad's
4:23-6:17 gun range

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10/9/19 (Day Tammy shot at)
3:54 - 4:12 - Alex at gun range

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@LawCrimeNetwork There were weapons found left in Lori's apartment after they all left. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork Wifi data points from 10/9/19 - data shows Alex in parking lot and spread out inside the gun range building. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork He went to the Sportsman Warehouse to investigate. He got receipts for all purchases the time the device was there. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork Receipt -
Items purchased that got his attention
Bull frogg rain pants - in possession of property manager of townhouse
Glove
Cammo Beanie
Ski mask
soft drink
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@LawCrimeNetwork Items smilier to what Alex bought #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork They found Alex searched for Frog Togg pants on Google. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork The property manager had the pants and they were retrieved by investigators. The pants were the same sku and size. They still had the tags on them #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork 10/9/19 (Attempt on Tammy)
4:12 PM- Alex leaves Sportsman's Warehouse
4:50-5:03 - In vicinity of Daybell house, Travels past the residence 2x.
4:51 - located at parking pull out
5:16 - 11:52 - phone at his townhome

10/10
12:03 am-11:28 pm - Alex's apartment

#lorivallow… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

@LawCrimeNetwork CORRECTION: 11:28 AM on 10/10

@LawCrimeNetwork Overhead of Daybell property showing Alex's movements the day Tammy was shot at #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork 4:52 PM- Pinged 525 yards from Daybell residence - there's an irrigation canal right where he was parked.
He noted the road is narrow, no shoulder, and slopes to a ditch. No place for a car. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork He points out the pull off and says if someone needed a car to be parked that would be in that area. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork The Trac Phone bought on 10/8 was activated 10/9 at 1PM #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork 7:16 - Alex's phone is at the townhome and stays that nght
7:13-10:30 With the new device - it communicated 10 times with a device associated with Chad. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork They were not able to retrieve the messages sent between Alex and Chad. #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

@LawCrimeNetwork Lunch recess #lorivallow @LawCrimeNetwork

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