could have been a protective/ kind impulse not uncommon to a good police officer.
cleaning up blood in the middle of investigation is likely going to contaminate/compromise the scene
It's possible you're right, and it's the kindness factor. I know of a case in which the victim was shot, but not discovered for a couple of days during a heat wave. When found, the wounds were not visible to officers. Given age/sex/etc, it was believed to be natural causes.
A deputy offered to and received permission to remove and burn the mattress that the victim was found on. This was totally altruistic in intent, intended to spare the family the difficult task; I was one of several people who heard the conversation. Later, things got messy with the realization that it was a murder, and this action, that was intended to be helpful, caused an awful lot of grief for an awful lot of people. Up to and including accusations against certain members of the law enforcement and their families.
Nearly 20 years later, the case is still unsolved... and they lost a crucial piece of potential evidence that day. In all honestly, though - it would have been lost prior to the discovery it was a murder, anyways. The family or friends of the family would have dealt with the mattress.
(And hey - that case doesn't seem to be on here, but it is out there, so if you recognize it, please do me a kindness and don't out me. I've been vague, but I know some of you have long memories, and I've talked about it elsewhere online.)
We also heard from a VI (
@Maxxer500) that Chad's children cut contact with Tammy's side of the family:
"I'm of the impression that the Daybells cut contact with us at Chad's request, there's talk that he's been telling them we betrayed their family, but I'm not too sure on this."
ID - ID - Joshua Vallow, 7, & Tylee Ryan, 17, Rexburg, Sept 2019 #2
Did
@Maxxer500 say why they were saying they "betrayed their family"? That seems like such an odd thing to say. And I haven't seen a post from Maxxer500 lately - hope they're doing ok.
Also of note is that JJ's first words were "Bye bye Ty".
I seem to remember something saying that JJ was with Kay and her husband until he was about 18 months old... wouldn't that suggest that he said that prior to being adopted by CV & LV? So it likely would have been when he was NOT yet living in the same household as Tylee... at least that's what I was thinking.
Yes! You said exactly what I was now thinking after a rewatch. Why "Miss Daybell". That suggest she was the target not CD.
I'm not clear on where on the timeline this "Miss Daybell" occurred, (and don't have time to follow this back tonight, it's bedtime)... and I'm a bit puzzled. If it was before Lori & Chad's supposed marriage, she wouldn't yet be Daybell... and if it was after, wouldn't she be Mrs, not Miss?!?
"How come yourey not wearing underwear right now?"
I totally want Nate to ask her this. Or Justin. That'd work, too.