Summary of tweets for Thursday, May 11th - Day 22
Rebuttal by Madison County Prosecuting Attorney Rob Wood.
And Jurors are picked for deliberations. Deliberations started approx. 2:15pm to 6:30pm (15 min lunch) ~4 hours.
Nate Eaton
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NEW THREAD: We are back in the courtroom. Lori has her back to the crowd and appears to be wiping tears from her face. John Thomas is close to her and has his arm on the back of her chair. She does not appear to be happy.
Jim Archibald has joined Lori and John at the table. It appears they are trying to cheer her up.
The prosecutors are at their table. Rob Wood will give a rebuttal in just a moment.
Boyce is on the bench. Jurors are being brought in.
Wood: "Ladies and gentlemen, the state has met its burden beyond a reasonable doubt. Reason and common sense. The evidence in this case is clear. The evidence in this case points to one common thread and that thread is Lori Vallow.
The defense says she's not a killer. She is a killer. Lori is the connection to the deaths. What connection does Chad Daybell have to Charles Vallow? Lori. Why did we talk about Charles Vallow? The motive.
The defense says the math doesn't add up. The defense didn't give you all the numbers."
Wood: "When Lori wants something, she finds a way to make it happen. She learned her lesson with Charles when she didn't get the money so she waited until after the money hit her back before she killed Tylee. You heard evidence multiple times - she called Tylee dark.
She learned her lesson and with JJ, she waited until after the money hit her bank to kill Tylee. When the whole word is out looking for your kids, does a good mom dance on the beach in Hawaii? No. Does a good mom bury her children in her ground and go bury a recent widower? No."
Wood: "She knew her children were dead because she helped plan it. She knew her children were dead because she encouraged it."
Wood: "Lori was tired of the obstacles. She was tired of JJ. She didn't want to deal with him so she found someone else who could and they buried him in the ground."
A graphic is shown on the screen that says "Lies Lori told - tell is what REALLY happened." There are 14 circles with statements in each circle - from Tylee Ryan attending BYU-Idaho to Charles Vallow dying of a heart attack to telling Melanie Gibb that JJ was with Kay.
Wood: "Remember the last thing Summer testified to you?Hher own sister? When she was asked if Lori had been honest with her about the kids? Her response was Lori had lied. Lori lied to cover her crimes. Repeatedly.
Does a good mom jet off to Hawaii when the rest of the world is looking for her kids?"
Wood: "The innocent don't need to lie. The guilty lie."
A slide is on the screen that says "show you the evidence." Wood tells jurors to listen to the jail phone call from Chad to Lori: "You will hear the guilt and the fear in her voice because she and Chad both know what the police are going to find."
He tell them to watch the body camera footage when she and Chad are chilling by the pool.
Wood pushes back on the defense that Lori's hair could have been on the sock, pajamas or in the bag. He says the hair was not in those places - it was on duct tape surrounding the plastic bag. "Lori knew exactly what was going on.
Wood mentions the storm text. "What does Chad say? 'Grab me by the storm and I will follow you to the end of the universe!' Not, 'Follow me, Lori.' Don't let Lori pin this all on one other person."
Wood: "When Chad Daybell is texting her about going into the light, we all know what that means. And what does she say? 'Let's not kill kids' - no, she says, 'That is sweet.' Lori's own words hold her words against her.
Think about the times she says she has no more patience." Wood shows slides of texts between the two about death percentages and romantic texts.
Wood: "When Chad says the kids are 2 or 3 percent, she's upset it's not zero. The defense says there's no text about killing the kids. (Wood now quotes) 'Do you think there's a perfectly orchestrated plan to take the children?'"
Photos of Tammy, Tylee and JJ are on the screen. Wood: "If she didn't intend for their children to die, what mother doesn't go report that they are missing or dead?
It makes no sense to say she is a good mom when she's not reporting the deaths of her children or that her children are missing. She intended the deaths. You have the evidence. You must convict her."
Wood: "When Lori would tell her friend (Zulema) that nothing she did in this life counted for her, that she could do whatever she wanted, she made a little motion. (he taps the podium and raises his hand and says, 'Doesn't count for me').
Well make it count for Lori Vallow that Tylee Ryan will never go to college. That her remains were buried and put in a bucket. Make it count for Lori Vallow that JJ Vallow, a boy with special needs, had a plastic bag over his head and fought for his life.
And make it count for Lori that Tammy Daybell had to die so Lori could get to that money. Ladies and gentlemen, reason and common sense. Reason and common sense. You must convict her."
Wood's arguments are over. Boyce addresses the jury and says only 12 of them will deliberate. The clerk will draw six numbers of who the alternates are. These people will go home and be dismissed but need to be reachable should they need to be recalled.
Boyce tells them they still cannot discuss the case until it's over. They can't talk to the media or anyone else until they've been notified that a verdict has been reached.
Boyce sincerely thanks them and now the clerk will draw six random numbers assigned to the juror seat numbers.
The following jurors will go home: 18, 1, 2, 17, 3, 7. All the jurors leave the courtroom and now the remaining jurors will come back in to be sworn in for deliberations.
Seven men and five women remain on the jury.
Two bailiffs are being sworn in to watch over the jury, keep communication from getting to them and make sure they will be secure. Boyce tells the jury the case is now in their hands.
Jurors walk out of the courtroom. Lori is whispering to her attorneys.
Boyce asks attorneys on both sides for their contact information in case something comes up. "With that, we will be adjourned until we hear back from the jury."
Jim Archibald is leaving the courtroom but Larry Woodcock grabbed his hand and is shaking it like they are old friends. Larry has told me in the past he knows the attorneys are doing their job and respects them. Around 50-75 people are mingling in the courtroom.
Sketches from today.
Jurors have left every day at 3:30 p.m. during the trial. Not today. They are still deliberating.
Lori's defense attorneys remain in the courtroom but the prosecution team left shortly after the jury did. Larry and Kay Woodcock are here in their seats. Just spoke with Larry - he thanks everyone for their concern and is feeling much better.
He's watching videos on his iPad as he waits. Kay is chatting with Tammy Daybell's aunt.
We're told jurors have stopped deliberating for a quick 15 minute dinner break.
Jury has adjourned for the day. Will be back tomorrow at 9.
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