Summary of tweets for Friday, April 28th - Day 13
State witness:
Fremont County Coroner Brenda Dye /
Part 2
Nate Eaton
@NateNewsNow
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28m
NEW THREAD: We are back from the break. Coroner Brenda Dye remains on the stand and Lindsey Blake will continue direct examination.
Blake shows a close-up photo of Tammy Daybell's face with pink sputum coming from her mouth. Chad described to Dye that Tammy's head and upper part of her body fell out of the bed.
"If she had actually fallen out of bed, would you expect to see the foam dripping somewhere else or a different direction?" Blake asks. Dye says yes.
Dye says when she grabbed the towel in the bedroom, it had residue on it so it appeared Chad had tried to wipe her face.
Dye attended the autopsy on Tammy conducted by a medical examiner in Utah. Dye says the medical examiner determined the cause of death as asphyxiation and manner of death was a homicide. Dye says she has no reason to dispute those findings.
Blake asks Dye if she intends to modify the death certificate in Tammy's case. Dye says yes. She will change cause of death to asphyxiation with the manner of death homicide. Blake has no further questions. Jim Archibald will conduct cross-examination.
Archibald asks if Dye has changed the death certificate. Dye says she has not pending trial. Archibald asks what will change at the trial. Dye says when she spoke with vital statistics, the cause of death is pending until she changes it.
Archibald asks Dye if the time of death has changed for Tammy. Dye says no.She says the original cause of death was pulmonary edema & manner of death was natural causes. Archibald asks why it has not changed. Dye says it's because of the medical examiner who performed the autopsy
Dye says she told Chad Daybell there might be an autopsy. He told her he did not feel it was necessary. Dye responded that if they felt it was necessary, they would do one. "Emma, the daughter, was very adamant about not having an autopsy done.
Garth was also on scene. He did not voice his opinion," Dye says. Emma was against it because she didn't want that done to her mom, Dye says.
Dye says she believed Chad Daybell's version of events. "Chad Daybell convinced you and the deputy and the investigator that nothing bad happened?" Dye said that was the conclusion. Archibald has no further questions. Blake has nothing further. Dye is released from the stand.
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