Here's the exact quote as reported by Justin Lum on 29 February 2020:
Identify locations in northeast Arizona for white camps
Now the real northeast corner of Arizona belongs to the Navajo Nation, so Chad could only be referring to the so-called "Arizona Strip:"
Arizona Strip - Wikipedia
The Wikipedia article downplays the influence of FLDS in the area; other authors have other opinions. I have encountered no TOS-compliant evidence of a connection between Chad and any of the several FLDS variants, but it wouldn't surprise me. I think Chad's theology would find more sympathy in Colorado City and Fredonia than, say, Provo UT. MOO, JMO, IMHO and all the other O's
I also pay attention to his behavior before her met Lori, like predicting his wife's early death years earlier and often discussing it with his business partner and friend JR who had been having the same vision for even longer. When at a certain point a prediction of Tammy's accidental death didn't come true, their conclusion was that her time on Earth had been extended. And there was (allegedly) a third woman whose husband chased Chad away. IMO Chad had been on a wrong path for quite a while before meeting his match in Lori. As much as I'd like to believe that he had been devoted to Tammy until Lori led him astray, it doesn't look that way. Of course he wouldn't get locked up for just being a bad husband. His dark fantasies go way back. For that reason I don't think he's sorry for what he had done.
IMO, a small, but very important detail bridges these two lines of thought.
What is a modern day Mormon man to do when the Church has taught that multiple wives are a requirement for exaltation in the Celestial Kingdom, while at the same time it is against the laws of the United States government?
This, IMO, is the origin of the wish/dream/vision that Tammy would somehow die; because CD truly believed he was destined for exaltation, and wanted exaltation more than anything.
But he did not want to divorce Tammy. In fact, to divorce Tammy, in his mind, would be a sin that would subtract from his exaltation score. The only logical answer was that Tammy would have to die young, leaving him to remarry while never divorced.
To become exalted, another wife for him was necessary. It was what his faith taught. And he had been testing the waters with other women with that idea in mind for years, looking for a suitable candidate who took the idea seriously. He told them of his vision of his wife dying young to let them know that he would soon be legally available for re-marriage.
The hard part of this theory for many is this: in order for Chad to maintain mental integrity to himself and God, if he felt he could not divorce, then he also could not commit murder, or break any commandment. He had to be perfect.
Therefore, he would not have considered murder to be an option, nor would he have even suggested it. But he had met a woman who thought she could make all of his wishes come true. In her own grandiose mind, she thought she was truly supernatural.
Theological conundrums such as this are big topics of conversation among the younger LDS generation who through the internet have voiced their doubts, concerns, and disbelief. But it is acknowledged that among the generation that came of age in the 1980s and before, this was unquestioned historical doctrine straight from the mouths of prophets.
When the modern-day Church has become too "lukewarm", a return to the very beginning, fundamentalism, is the only option.
MOO
