Part 1: Melanie Gibb describes Chad and Lori Daybells' religious beliefs and her relationship with the couple | East Idaho News
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Doubting the beliefs
Lori eventually stopped going to church but would attend the temple as often as she could. It was her favorite place, according to Gibb, and even though she was still married to Charles, and Chad was married to Tammy, they went together.
One day, Lori told Gibb she was sealed to Chad.
Latter-day Saints believe relationships continue after death for a husband and wife who are sealed in the temple. Sealings are performed by officiators in the temple and are recorded in church records. People cannot be sealed to a second spouse if they are legally married to a living person already.
“(Lori said) they felt they were sealed by those on the other side of the veil that had the authority to do that,” Gibb says. “She said it was OK they did this because they had been married so many times before, that their (current) spouses would understand someday.”
Other teachings alarmed Gibb, such as Chad creating a spiritual “portal” in Lori’s closet or other places.
“A portal is a spot where he said a prayer or something to create the portal. I wasn’t there, so I don’t know. … (But) it was a way for them to interact spiritually,” Gibb says. “I thought it was different. I thought, ‘How do you do that?’ … It was pretty extreme, but to me, everything was new.”
Gibb says Chad had an extensive chart that ranked people based on their spiritual level. It showed Biblical apostles, the current Latter-day Saint 12 apostles, celebrities, friends and family members. It was four pages, and Gibb says it detailed how many lives each of the people have lived, whether they were “dark” or “light” spirits, their previous names, and other bizarre information.
Lori had experienced 21 lives, and Chad was on his 31st life, according to the chart. Both had lived five lives on this earth, and Chad was considered a Holy Ghost.
She said she always had a “little bit of doubt” about what Chad was saying and Lori did too.
“Two to three times, (Lori) said to me, ‘If Chad is Satan, he sure is a good one,'” Gibb says. “That tends to lead me to believe she wasn’t 100% convinced either.”
Chad and Lori only seemed to share these extreme beliefs with those who were close to them. Looking back now, Gibb believes they kept it private so their church membership would not be put in jeopardy.
“When you go in the temple, there are certain questions they ask you to see if your belief systems are consistent with the doctrine,” Gibb says. “They were inconsistent, so that’s the reason they’re going to be secretive about it.”
She said their doctrine was not affiliated with any Christianity she knew of.
“It’s not doctrine that comes from Jesus Christ – it comes from the Adversary (devil),” she said.
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In part 2 of our interview, Gibb discusses Lori’s move to Rexburg, Tammy Daybell’s death, Charles Vallow’s death, zombies and the call from Chad Daybell that changed everything. It will be posted Wednesday on EastIdahoNews.com at 8 a.m. MST.
That doesn’t seem to make sense. It isn’t like Lori has a whole lot going on in jail. I remember Means making such a big deal in his two hour vent session that he specifically made sure he knew what was going on and had his things lined up right. If that’s true, then maybe he is either swamped with discovery, isn’t being paid by CD and Lori, or decided he didn’t need to show up. It’s possible he forgot, but I can’t imagine he doesn’t have a secretary who could help keep appointments straight. Either way that can’t be good a good look for them as clients if Means isn’t paying attention to when he needs to be present. All jmo
