I think his questioning shows his current strategy, even if that might change before trial. I think he deliberately mixed it up so that the prosecution wouldn't see where he was going with it. If you notice he changed tack a few times, but I think on reviewing it all that he was surreptitiously building up to his last question on the subject, which in the event was successfully objected to by the State. His inference seems to be that she didn't tell anyone, not even Chad, imo.
Day 2
1:07:50 - 1:08:33
JP: So you had known Miss Vallow at that point for how long?
MG: A few weeks.
JP: Okay. Did you form a friendship?
MG: Yes.
JP: Was it an immediate friendship?
MG: Yes.
JP: Would you describe…obviously I heard some of your testimony on that tape, but from that time in October until you know maybe the beginning of last year, you had a very close friendship, would that be fair?
MG: Yes.
JP:
Sisters.
MG:
Possibly.
JP:
Well possibly, or were you that close?
MG: We were close.
JP: Okay. You shared a number of things.
MG: Yes.
JP: You shared your belief about having visions, about things that may happen in the future, correct?
MG: Not my visions, not her visions.
JP: Okay. Okay.
[Diverts to how many times MG spoke with Gilbert police. Then her meeting with the prosecutor. Then how many times she spoke to the FBI.]
1:23:06 – 1:25:40
JP: I want to switch gears a little bit if we may, and I’d like to talk about Alex Cox. How would you describe your relationship with Alex Cox?
MG: Um a friend, friendly with each other.
JP: How many times did you meet Alex Cox?
MG: Multiple times, I cannot recall.
JP: When is the first time you met Alex Cox?
MG: Shortly after meeting Lori. Um between October and November of 2018.
JP: Okay. How would you describe the relationship, based on the knowledge that you have, between Alex Cox and Lori Vallow?
MG: I’m sorry the relationship I have or they have?
JP: They have, the two of them.
MG: Oh, those two together, um they were good friends and siblings to each other, um they got along really well.
JP:
Well they were very close with each other were they not?
MG:
Yes.
JP: In fact isn’t it true that when they moved from Arizona to Idaho, Alex moved as well isn’t that true?
MG: Correct.
JP: And in fact he tried to get an apartment right next to Lori’s, isn’t that correct?
MG: I believe so.
JP: Right. And he actually gave up a job so that he could be with Lori in Idaho, is that correct?
MG: I don’t know if he gave it up.
JP: Okay. Did he do that previously as well? In Texas or something like that, do you have any recollection of that?
MG: I don’t know.
JP:
So when you describe they had a close relationship it was a little more than close. They were extremely close, weren’t they?
RW: Objection, speculative.
JP: There’s no speculation it’s a specific question. Were they extremely close?
JFE: Miss Gibb I’m gonna authorize the question to be answered if you know the answer to that question.
MG: I would say yes.
JP: Okay. Now you listened to the tape recording that you recorded and that was in December of last year, is that correct, that tape recording? The 21 minute recording with Lori…
MG: ...Yeah December 8th.
JP: You remembered the date.
MG: I did.
JP: Okay.
Diverts to whether MG was prompted by LE to make that call and her objectives for recording the call.
1:26:30
JP: Now I took the liberty of listening to that tape a number of times, and
I found something quite interesting, is that Lori Vallow said on the tape that she would not tell anything to Al. When she said she would not tell anything to Al who’s the Al she’s talking about?
MG: Her brother.
JP: That would be Alex Cox?
MG: Correct.
JP:
And she also talked about not telling you anything as well. Correct?
MG: Correct.
JP:
And you two were more than close friends, you were almost sisters with Lori Vallow weren’t you?
MG: We were really close.
JP:
Well were you almost sisters, would you describe it as that close?
MG: Um, possibly.
JP:
Okay. Is there a reason why you’re not saying yes?
MG: Well it’s just a big word to say you’re sisters with somebody. I haven’t known her for very long so it’s only been a few months.
JP: Okay. But you knew her long enough to make that phone call to try to get her to help you clear your name, right?
MG: Partially.
JP: Okay. Now would you describe Lori as someone who’s a persuasive person?
MG: Yes.
JP: And she’s got quite a dynamic personality doesn’t she?
MG: Yes.
JP: And she’s very convincing isn’t she?
MG: Yes.
JP:
And if she says that she would not discuss anything with any of her children or their whereabouts with anybody close to her, would that be a fair statement?
MG: Yes.
JP:
So she would, no matter who it is, she would probably refrain from giving out any information if it served her purpose…
RW: Objection speculative. Calls for facts not in evidence.
JFE: Sustained.
(JP looks at notepad.)
JP: I’d like to switch gears a little bit.