Welcome to The News at 4.
I'm Doug Pet Cash.
The 4th week of testimony in Loi
Valo de Bell's murder trial begn
with a major piece of evidence e
prosecution says links Valo to
the death of one of her childre.
Let's get right to investigative
reporter Morgan Romero live
outside the ADA County Courthoue
where this trial is underway.
Morgan, what was that important evidence?
Very important evidence here.
Doug ADNA, analyst testified this morning
that police sent her a strand of hair
from what she referred to as an adhesive,
and that hair sample matched Laurie Vallow.
We heard last week from an Idaho State
Police forensic analyst that adhesive
came from duct tape wrapped around JJ
Vallow's body when he was foundn
Chad de Bell's yard in June of .
So tape found on JJ matched his mom, Laurie.
I just talked to JJ's grandpa,
Larry Woodcock a few minutes ag,
he said that evidence.
Is a quote nail in the coffin,
and he believes it definitely
ties Laurie to JJ's death.
DNA analyst Keeley Coleman says Rexburg
police sent evidence to her in May of 2022,
so a couple years after the mur,
she had 3D NA profiles Laurie's her friend
Melanie Gibbs and her daughter Ty Lee.
Ryan's speaking to the partial DNA profile
from the hair matching Laurie's DNA profile,
Coleman said.
The probability of randomly selecting
someone in relation to that pro.
Is 1 in 71 billion.
Before jurors learned this information,
we asked Larry this morning how he felt
going into the 4th week of testy
as trial moves quicker than expected.
We'd look forward to this week being a
continued wind down of this.
The evidence has been substantil
and we just want what's right
for the children and this has
never been more, nothing more.
About where are the kids,
where are the kids,
where are the kids? And justice
after Coleman took the stand,
the FBI's case agent over the missing kids
case testified Rick Wright said he met.
With Ian Pawlowski,
the new husband of Laurie's niece Melanie,
who was very close with Laurie.
Ian agreed to record conversatis
he had with his wife, with Laur,
with Laurie's brother Alex Cox,
and with Chad Daybell.
Wright also talked about tracing Alex's
device in September and October of 20/19.
He says it was at Yellowstone National
Park on September 8th of 19 with Ty Lee
and Laurie when Ty Lee was last seen.
Based on Alex and Laurie's phone records,
Wright believes Ty Lee went back
to her mom's apartment that nig.
And that's her last known locat.
The next morning,
Alex's device hit at Chad's property near
the pet cemetery where Ty Lee's remains
were ultimately found burned and buried,
Wright testified just after Ales
phone left Chad's property.
PAD texted his then wife Tammy,
saying he burned tree limbs in the yard,
shot a raccoon and burned
it in their pet cemetery.
We've seen this text come up
multiple times throughout trial,
as we learned last week,
Wright confirmed Alex's phone
went back and forth between his
apartment and Laurie's apartment
the day after JJ was last seen.
That was September 22nd,
as well as to Chad's property
the morning of the 23rd.
The device hit near Chad's Pond,
close to where investigators.
Found JJ's body.
Wright also testified to how
frequently Alex's device went tn
ranges in Rexburg in Fremont Coy
in September and October of 201.
You heard me talk about earliers
case going a lot quicker than expected.
It is possible this trial wraps
up quicker than the 8 weeks that
we anticipated for it coming up
in the 4:30 half hour.
A Utah medical examiner,
the chief Utah medical examinero
did Tammy de Bell's autopsy after her
body was exhumed in December 20,
testified You're going to hear
what he had to say and what we.
During his testimony at 4:30,
Doug,
a lot
of important stuff coming
out again in trial today.
Morgan, thank you for bringing that to us
live outside the ADA County Courthouse.
We'll see you in 1/2 hour.
And for updates throughout the trial,
you can visit this story
on our website at ktvb.com.
And for more indepth coverage from court,
scan the QR code on your screen for a
link to all of our coverage of the trial.