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Executive Producer at Law&Crime Network, a Dan Abrams production. Opinions are my own. IG: @cathyrussonlawcrime
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Apr 18 8 tweets 13 min read
Melanie Gibb secret recorded phone call with #ChadDaybell and #LoriVallow on 12/8/19. I transcribed the call a few years ago. Here it is:
Melanie: Oh, ok. Um, I just wanted to ask you a question if you don't mind, Lori?
Lori: Yeah (unintelligible)
Melanie: I want to know..you know how we talked about JJ going to Kay's house and you told me they went there and now he's not there, I was wondering what happened.
Lori: (pause) Well, I had to move him somewhere else because of her actions so.
Melanie: Was she doing something? I guess she was trying to come get him or something, like trying to kidnap him?
Lori: Well it's just, yeah, it's just she said multiple times before that um..
Melanie: Ok, well you know I asked Chad the other day, hey um you know where is JJ and he said for my security he didn't want me to know so is there a reason I should be in danger to know where he is?
Lori: No, it's his danger. It's the danger that there's people after me.
Melanie: K
Chad: If you knew that puts you in a danger
Lori: Well, just in a bad position
Chad: Yeah, bad position Lori: Everybody if they don't know anything then they don't have to say they know.
Melanie: Right, so just worried, ok
Lori: To keep him protected and..
Chad: To keep you protected.
Lori: To keep everybody else...
Melanie: I appreciate that. I was wondering why you told the police that he was with me?
Lori: I just needed to (either you or use) to have somebody that I so I wouldn't have to tell where he really was cause they were gonna tell Kay where he is.
Melanie: Oh, so do you think it's like your family or like your family, your dad or those people
Lori: Well my family, well not my whole family, but as you know most of my family is working against me and with her basically.
Melanie: Yeah. Is JJ safe?
Lori: He is safe and happy.
Melanie: Ok, well that's good to hear. Um, are you afraid of anything like are you just afraid that he um that I could be in danger like your..like I don't..like if I knew how could that hurt me? I don't understand how it could hurt me if I knew where he was?
Lori: Well I'm just not telling anybody so no one has to say where he is or get questioned about where he is so I can keep him as safe as possible.
Melanie: Yeah, um. Well, I hope that he's ok and I hope you guys are ok. I did have a question. I asked Al at one point, your brother, um if I wanted to know, you know like where he was and he said I did not want to know and that he could not be found, so what does that mean?
Mar 23 12 tweets 6 min read
PHOTOS THREAD: (I won't post the most graphic). #RubyFranke #JodiHildebrandt PHOTOS THREAD: (I won't post the most graphic).
Jodi's kitchen....a lot of food in the pantry
#RubyFranke #JodiHildebrandt
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Mar 22 28 tweets 20 min read
JOURNAL ENTRIES Part 2 🧵: Reminder R is 12 turning 13 yr old son. E is 9 yr old daughter. #RubyFranke is the author of these journals. R escaped #JodiHildebrandt's home in Ivins, UT on 08/30/23. These journal entries happen in the weeks leading up to that.

7/15/23:
There are days & nights that reveal God's most poignant mercies & miracles. Last night God gave me a miracle I absolutely will never ever forget. I know when God gives you an errand. You do the best you can to fulfill it, He will protect you.
I went to bed around 12:10 am. E on the floor next to my bed. R on the patio outside my sliding glass window.
Oh man...just writing this I am shaking. Shaking if Pam (Ruby's friend) hadn't volunteered to take A (different daughter) to American Fork (city in Utah) for her LCT test then I would not have been here. And my life & Jodi's & my families would forever be different.Image JOURNAL ENTRIES Part 2 🧵: Reminder R is 12 turning 13 yr old son. E is 9 yr old daughter. #RubyFranke is the author of these journals. R escaped #JodiHildebrandt's home in Ivins, UT on 08/30/23. These journal entries happen in the weeks leading up to that.
07/15/23:
At 2:45 am I woke straight up out of bed. I couldn't see R. He was gone. I opened the sliding glass door & there was no sign of him. He left an arrangement of rocks in letters & words. He wrote me a message. Too scared.. I forgot how to read. I ran to Jodi's room & woke her up. The message said, "JAIL I Will Call When I get there." J (another daughter) and I scoured the house & yard. Jodi got flashlights. Jodi & J took her car & I got E up & went in mine. Oh God! Oh Father! We need a miracle. We need your help now! Send the hosts of heaven. Show us where R is.Image
Mar 22 25 tweets 13 min read
JOURNAL ENTRIES 🧵:
06/30/23 - R refuses to do wall sites. He says he is done.
07/01/23 - R to stay outside. Sleep outside. Only come in to use the bathroom & shower.
07/14/23 - E refuses to work. Screams. Has hair shaved off.
07/15/23 - R runs away around 1:15 am. Ruby finds him at 3:14 am. Jodi, E, J drive to Arizona to find propetry. Land!

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JOURNAL ENTRIES
07/09/23: R turns 12 tomorrow. I never envisioned him being 12 & still pooping/peeing himself. Satanic choices lead one to becoming destitute - even in the most affluential homes.

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Mar 22 18 tweets 5 min read
KEVIN FRANKE POLICE INTERVIEW 🧵

Hold on, it's going to be a bumpy ride.

Reminder, I'm tweeting shorter clips today. Our YouTube channel will have full videos.

I'll keep all of Kevin's police interview clips in this thread.

#RubyFranke #JodiHildebrandt Kevin Franke is read his Miranda rights.
Feb 8 19 tweets 4 min read
WATCH LIVE: Opening statements in Missing Daughter Murder Trial – NH v. Adam Montgomery – Day 2 via @YouTubeyoutube.com/live/mbwLjXzCU… In their opening today the defense will admit that #AdamMontgomery is guilty of Abuse of a Corpse and Falsifying Evidence which included "conceal or remove the body of.." #HarmonyMontgomery. I expect we'll here details on that during their opening. Remember, Harmony's body has never been found.Image
Dec 18, 2023 11 tweets 3 min read
🧵 HORRIFIC details in #RubyFranke plea deal: From approx May 22, 2203 to Aug 30, 2023 (day son escaped), the defendant intentionally or knowingly inflicted and allowed another adult to inflict serious physical injuries upon her children that were ages 9 and 11/12 (I believe the son was 11 and turned 12 over the span of the above dates). HORRIFIC details in #RubyFranke plea deal: The defendant's actions involved the physical torture of RF. RF was forced to do physical tasks for hours and days at a time. These included wall-sits, carrying boxes full of books up and down stairs and working outside. RF was forced to do outside labor without shoes and in the summer heat.
Nov 27, 2023 42 tweets 8 min read
WATCH LIVE: Young Thug, YSL RICO Trial — GA v. Jeffery Williams, et al —... via @YouTubeyoutube.com/live/vyRfqgT_N… The state said they were going to whittle down the current indictment due to the number of defendants that have taken deals or been severed. We don't know what that looks like yet. They will include some of the defendants, even if they have taken a plea, if it is applicable to charges current defendants are facing. #YoungThug #YSL
Nov 6, 2023 8 tweets 2 min read
BREAKING: Verdict reached in FL v. #CharlieAdelson. WATCH LIVE:

#DanMarkel The jury deliberated for 3 hours, 15 mins before reaching a verdict in FL v. #CharlieAdelson. WATCH LIVE:
Oct 31, 2023 23 tweets 5 min read
Afternoon 🧵- Next witness for the state is audio/video forensic engineer, James Mcelveen

#DanMarkel #CharlieAdelson
Image Mcelveen cleared up the audio in the "Dolce Vita" recording.

#charlieadelson #danmarkel
Oct 30, 2023 23 tweets 4 min read
BREAKING: Convicted murderer Katherine Magbanua takes the stand in the #CharlieAdelson trial.
Image WOW! Katherine Magbanua says she lied when she testified in both of her trials. She said she lied when she said she had nothing to do with the murder of #DanMarkel.
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Oct 27, 2023 34 tweets 7 min read
Afternoon 🧵- After lunch, #DanMarkel's attorney in the custody dispute took the stand. Stephen Webster testified Dan told him in a video call with his sons he heard Donna Adelson off camera refer to Dan to this kids as "stupid" as in "stupid is on the phone". Webster said in general Dan wasn't vindictive and thought this custody dispute would work itself out. Note: Webster did not testify in Garcia/Magbanua or Magbanua retrial. Next witness is #CharlieAdelson's ex-girlfriend, June Umchinda. Charlie grins as she introduces herself.

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Oct 27, 2023 28 tweets 7 min read
🧵 Wendi Adelson is back on the stand this morning. She is still under cross-exam, however in this case, cross is more like direct and direct is more like cross. #CharlieAdelson #DanMarkel Image Per prosecutors: Wendi Adelson was going through a bitter custody dispute with her ex-husband #DanMarkel. The Adelson family wanted Wendi to move with the boys closer to them. Dan did not want that. The accusation is her brother #CharlieAdelson masterminded a hit on Dan. Image
Oct 26, 2023 27 tweets 7 min read
Afternoon 🧵- Medical examiner took the stand after lunch and testified that #DanMarkel died from 2 gunshot wounds. 1 bullet to the cheek, 1 bullet to the brain.

#CharlieAdelson Image Next witness is FBI investigator Patrick Sanford. Jury sees surveillance footage from the gym where #DanMarkel was working out and Siegfredo Garcia/Luis Rivera were in a car following.
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Oct 26, 2023 22 tweets 7 min read
🧵 #CharlieAdelson has entered the courtroom on day 1 of his murder/conspiracy trial. Adelson is accused of being the mastermind behind the murder of his ex brother-in-law #DanMarkel.
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ON THE WITNESS LIST: Three other defendants that were convicted in connection with the killing of #DanMarkel. Sigfredo Garcia -the trigger man. Katherine Magbanua, mother to Garcia's children & dating Adelson at one time.Luis Rivera, took a plea, was with Garcia at the killing.

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May 11, 2023 44 tweets 31 min read
Crowd! Incredible numbers of people here for closing argument day in #LoriVallowTrial @LawCrimeNetwork @LawCrimeNetwork The attorneys are in, no #LoriVallow yet.

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May 10, 2023 9 tweets 6 min read
Court will be in session at 1pm MT/3pm ET finalizing jury instructions. @PrettyLiesAlibi and I will be tweeting the details.

#LoriVallowTrial @LawCrimeNetwork @PrettyLiesAlibi @LawCrimeNetwork We walked in the courtroom and #LoriVallow was the only person in here with bailiffs. Sitting by herself at defense table.

#LoriVallowTrial
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May 9, 2023 70 tweets 46 min read
I'm inside the #LoriVallowTrial courtroom today. We expect the state to rest at some point today. Will #lorivallow take the stand?

@LawCrimeNetwork @LawCrimeNetwork Lori is wearing a blue polka dot puffy vest with a blue long-sleeve shirt, and blue pants.
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Apr 28, 2023 28 tweets 18 min read
AFTERNOON THREAD

#LoriVallowTrial @LawCrimeNetwork This will be a short thread as court is ending early today.

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Apr 28, 2023 77 tweets 52 min read
MORNING THREAD:

#LoriVallowTrial @LawCrimeNetwork Tammy Daybell's sister Samantha is expected to continue her testimony this morning.

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Apr 27, 2023 39 tweets 26 min read
Afternoon thread

#Lorivallowtrial Lori just poured herself a glass of water...seems chipper...

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