I'll be shortening this up a bit....
Tuesday, August 4th:
*Preliminary Hearing (Day 2 of 2) (re all charges) (@ 9am MT) – ID –
Joshua Jaxon (JJ) Vallow (7) &
Tylee Ashlyn Ryan (16) (JJ last seen 9/23/19 & Tylee on 9/8/19, Rexburg; found 6/9/20 buried in Daybell’s yard in Salem, ID) –
only for *Chad Guy Daybell (51) arrested &
charged (6/9/20) with 2 felony counts of destruction, alteration or concealment of evidence & concealing remains. Plead not guilty. $1M bond.
*Charged (7/1/20) with 2 felony counts of conspiracy to commit concealment, destruction or alteration of evidence. Bond stays at $1M.
Court info from 6/10/20 thru 7/24/20 reference post #932 here:
Found Deceased - ID - Joshua Vallow, 7, & Tylee Ryan, 16, Rexburg, Sept 2019 *Arrests* #48
7/27/20 Update: DECISION: Judge Eddins rules that Daybell & Vallow’s preliminary hearings in high profile case will be broadcast/live streamed to the public & hearings will be in person. One media outlet for video, One outlet for photo. Rob Wood motion to reconsider is denied. Order: Conflict of Interest: "Sealed hearings were held regarding a potential attorney conflict of interest. The Court listened carefully to the oral arguments and thoroughly reviewed documents submitted by the State and counsel for the Defendant. After exhaustive analysis, the Court finds that any conflict of interest has been adequately waived for the current proceedings. This case can proceed forward with current counsel." It is so Ordered. CourtTV will be broadcast hearing.
8/3/20 Update: They convened to the judge’s chambers for a sidebar meeting requested by Chad's attorney. Judge Faren Eddins asks for opening arguments. Both side declined. State calls Rexburg PD Detective Ray Hermosillo to the witness stand. Hermosillo did a welfare check at Vallow’s townhome on 11/26/19 in regards to JJ Vallow. He says he made contact with Daybell & Vallow’s brother Alex Cox - per the affidavit. He was asked to seize a jeep that was in Lori Vallows possession and he was asked to do intermittent surveillance. He was later asked to do the welfare check on JJ Vallow. Hermosillo says there are no photos discovered of Tylee Ryan after 9/8/19 & no photos found of JJ after 9/22/19. Also no verified sightings of the siblings after those said dates according to Hermosillo.
Exhibit #1 is birth certificate for JJ. His given birth name is Canaan Trahan born May 25, 2012.
Exhibit #2 is adoption certificate for JJ. The adoptive parents being Charles and Lori Vallow.
Exhibit #3 is JJ's revised birth certificate with his adoptive name.
Exhibit #4 is Tylee's birth certificate.
Exhibit #5 is a marriage certificate for Chad Daybell & Lori Vallow in Kauai. Dated November 5, 2019.
Exhibit #6 ?
Exhibit #7 ?
Exhibit #8 is a photo of JJ, Tylee and Alex. Obtained from Lori's icloud account. It's the Yellowstone photo taken Sept 8, 2019.
Exhibit #9 is a photo of JJ sitting on a couch, also from Lori's icloud account, taken Sept 22, 2019.
Exhibit #10 is an aerial photo of Chad Daybell's property in Fremont County.
Cross examined by Prior. Next witness RPD Lt. Ron Ball. Going through the collection of the two bodies from the property of Daybell's. Exhibit 11 is being admitted. Prior wants to approach the bench. Judge asks defense & prosecution to go into chambers for quick recess. Exhibit 12 has also been handed to Det. Ball, this is a document also from the ISP forensic services. Exhibit 13 has just been handed to Det. Ball, a document from the ISP forensic services as well. And cross-examined by Prior. Next witness is Rexburg PD Detective David Stubbs. Stubbs is trained in data collection & part of the Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children taskforce. Exhibit #14 is the recordings from Det. Stubbs body camera from Nov 26, 2019 welfare check on JJ entered into evidence. Body cam footage played. Woods moves to cell phone records & about GPS tracking. And cross examined. Next Wynn Hill. He is employed with BYU Idaho as Dean Of Students. No info of Tylee being enrolled at BYU. Next Melanie Gibb called to the stand. She is one of the last people to have seen JJ alive, according to court documents. Gibb secretly recorded a phone conversation with Lori & Chad re JJ on 12/8/2019. Phone call is played in court. On Dec. 8, Gibb said she called police in AZ about the conversations (the recorded conversation) she says she had with Chad & Lori on 12/8/19. Done for the day; cross examination in the morning of 8/4/20. From Court site: 7/28/20: Daybell. Subpoena Special Agent Benjamin Dean (FBI) & Subpoena Special Agent Steven Daniels(FBI). 7/29/20: Daybell: Subpoena to Rylene Nowlin & Subpoena to Gary Lyu(FBI).
*Lori Norene Vallow aka Lori Norene Daybell (46/now 47) – Pretrial conference hearing for Madison County on 1/4/21 & trial set for 1/25/21; preliminary hearings for Fremont County on 8/10 & 8/11; guardianship hearing on 9/30.