Chad Daybell trial: Lori Vallow’s friend confronted with subpoena outside court in cult prophet case

A recording is played in court of Mr Daybell giving a patriarchal blessing to Lori Vallow’s brother Alex Cox two weeks before he died.

The recording was found on Vallow’s iCloud.

Patriarchal blessings are used in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Det Duncan says he has some basic knowledge of the church and that a stake patriarch is authorized to give a patriarchal blessing.

Mr Daybell was not authorized to give blessings.

The recording from November 2019 reveals Mr Daybell crying while giving the blessing. A woman’s voice was heard in the video and Duncan said he believed it to be Vallow.

Daybell tells Alex Cox that great warriors and powerful goddesses were needed.

“You were selected to help protect your sister. You helped her in numerous probations to be a defender.”

Daybell tells Cox that he has already assisted him and Vallow “in ways you can never be repaid.”

“Well done. Thy soul is cleansed. All is well,” Daybell says.

He blesses Cox with knowledge and says he will now move forward as a true warrior in ways that can be demonstrated through physical action and spiritual power.

Daybell tells Cox that he will be known throughout the world for his good heartedness and willingness to save souls all over the world through portals.

“You will begin to gather the souls who come until Christ. I see you in New Jerusalem but more importantly I see you as a messenger of the Lord.”

Cox will be a prophet and share his own experiences of overcoming adversity, Daybell says. He tells Cox he will give tremendous blessings to people and “raise their vibrations.”

Daybell says as the Second Coming approaches, Cox will know when it’s time to move to the other side. His spirit will leave his body and he will be welcomed by the Savior.

Alex Cox died two weeks later on 12 December 2019.

A patriarchal blessing includes a declaration of a person’s lineage in the house of Israel and contains personal counsel from the Lord, according to churchofjesuschrist.org.

As a person studies his or her patriarchal blessing and follows the counsel it contains, it will provide guidance, comfort, and protection.

Patriarchal blessings are used in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Chad Daybell’s affair with Lori Vallow was exposed in emails and text messages read in court at the doomsday cult author’s triple murder trial.

Detective Nathan Duncan, who investigated the 2019 shooting death of Vallow’s fourth husband, Charles Vallow, revealed how Charles confronted Vallow about the affair.

He texts Vallow and tells her, “she better explain” or he will contact Daybell’s then-wife Tammy.

Charles sent an email to Tammy’s work email on 29 June 2019 that said he had some “vital and disturbing” information about her husband and his wife.

“I apologize to be the one sending this but something has to be done. I feel it’s best if I shed some light on this issue,” he told her.

Another email has the subject: “Your husband and my wife…” and the email continues: “are having an affair. I have definite proof. If you care to see it, contact me.”

Det Duncan says Charles sent emails to Tammy but there is no indication she looked at the emails or received them before her death.

The detective later said he believed Alex Cox did not act alone in the shooting death of Charles Vallow. He said he recommended Daybell for charges in connection to Charles’ death, however, he has not been charged.

The court also heard a recording of Daybell giving a patriarchal blessing to Alex Cox.

Daybell says as the Second Coming approaches, Cox will know when it’s time to move to the other side. His spirit will leave his body and he will be welcomed by the Savior.

Alex Cox died two weeks later on 12 December 2019.

The day before Lori Vallow’s 16-year-old daughter Tylee Ryan was burned and buried in a shallow grave on Chad Daybell’s Idaho property in 2019, the Doomsday author searched online about wind direction, his trial heard Tuesday.

FBI Tactical Specialist Nicole Heideman testified in the Boise, Idaho courtroom that Mr Daybell searched Google for “ssw wind” and “what is the definition of ssw direction” from his Google account on 8 September 2019.

It’s believed Tylee was burned and buried in his yard the next day.

Mr Daybell also searched for malachite jewelry, which is the ring he gave Vallow, months before his then-wife Tammy’s mysterious death. Just a few weeks after her death, Mr Daybell and Vallow got married on a beach in Hawaii.

Defence attorney John Prior argued that Mr Daybell’s searches were not as suspicious as they appeared to be. He argued his client had texted Tammy about “burning limbs” around the same time he was searching for wind direction.

Mr Prior also told the court that the pair may have been having an affair, and looking up wedding items, but that doesn’t make him a murderer.

Mr Prior also pointed out there were no searches on life insurance for children - which was found in Lori Vallow’s Google searches as presented to court.

He asked Ms Heideman: “There’s no email or search on ‘let’s kill two children’ is there?”

Ms Heideman responded there is not.

Day five of testimony in Chad Daybell's trial is starting.

The first witness called by the prosecution today will be Rexburg Police Detective Chuck Kunsaitis.

Attorney Rob Wood is questioning him.

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Three days after Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow got married in Hawaii, they inquired about a property on the islands.

A document shown in court on Wednesday was an email from Chad.Daybell@gmail.com to Julie Black with Hawaii Dreams Realty on 8 November 2019.

“We are interested in seeing this property,” the email read. “Would the owners be interested in leasing this property to a clean couple with no kids or pets.”

Rexburg Police Detective Chuck Kunsaitis, who is on the witness stand, says at the time of the email, the children were missing.

Detective Kunsaitis became emotional on Wednesdayl while testifying about Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow’s final bank transactions months before their bodies were found buried on Chad Daybell’s property.

He said Tylee Ryan, 16, had been spending money daily in August of 2019 but then stopped.

Her card was used for the last time in person at a McDonald’s in St. George on 1 September 2019, while the family was moving to Idaho.

The first witness to take the stand for the state on Thursday is Melanie Gibb.

Gibb was Lori Vallow’s former friend who was there when Vallow met Chad Daybell in October 2018.

She also testified at Vallow’s trial last year about the couple’s extreme religious beliefs.

Gibb said Vallow believed her kids were "zombies" and that her son, "JJ," was possessed by an evil spirit.

Melanie Gibb, the former friend of Lori Vallow, was in the hallway on a break during Chad Daybell’s murder trial, when a man served her with papers.

She refused to take them and defense attorney John Prior came out of the courtroom and told her she had to accept.

The prosecutors came out and said she can’t be served a subpoena while on the stand. It appears Prior wants Ms Gibb as a defence witness. The attorneys met with the judge in chambers briefly before testimony continued.

During Lori Vallow’s trial last year, prosecutors played a phone conversation between Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell and her former best friend Melanie Gibb in court.

Daybell’s trial is now hearing the recording a year later.

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