There's something beyond evil
or beneath evil. This is it,
and they're all accountable
for their actions in it.
The circumstances around Tammy Debell's
death were the center of testimony today
in Lori Valo Debell's murder tr.
Along with being charged
with her own kids murders,
Valo was accused of conspiracy o
commit murder in Tammy's death.
Tammy was married to Lori's
current husband Chad,
before she was killed in October of 2019.
Investigative reporter Morgan
Romero was in court all day,
where prosecutors called a lot of witnesses.
In a short amount of time,
10 people took the stand,
some testifying for just a few minutes.
This was the first time the
prosecution really dug into Tamy
de Bell's death in this trial.
The most powerful witness on Fry
was Tammy's sister, Samantha William.
She told jurors just two weeks r
her sister died, Chad married Laurie.
Williams said she was devastateo
learn that Chad told her and her husband
he and Laurie connected becausey
were both grieving a dead spous.
Chad told everyone. At 49 year ,
Tammy was sick and woke up cougg
and vomiting before she died in
her sleep on October 19th, 2019.
Attorneys questioned nine other,
including Fremont County law
enforcement in coroners.
And people Tammy worked out with
who testified to how healthy
she was before she died.
We heard the 911 call Chad and his son
made the morning Tammy was found dead.
In it, Chad is crying and distraught.
We saw graphic photos of how law
enforcement and coroner's found Tammy's
body with a pink foam on her ch.
They thought that was odd,
along with how young she was,
but they didn't think an autopsy was needed.
They ruled her death natural.
It wasn't until a few months afr
Tammy died when the investigation into
Laurie's missing kids picked up that law
enforcement exhumed Tammy's body and a
Utah medical examiner did an autopsy.
That autopsy found Tammy was
killed and died by asphyxiation.
Prosecutors charged Chad with Tammy's murder,
but we don't know who exactly
they think killed her.
Many of the victim's family
members have been in court,
some to testify,
others to see the trial play out in person.
JJ Valo's grandparents and their
strength have been a constant.
I look forward to a verdict in 0
days and hopefully everything gs
right and we get to meet out on
the front step here and I get to
celebrate for a moment. For Lors
uncle, Rex Connor, Monday was the first
time he'd seen his niece in five years.
He remembers her as a loving and patient mom,
especially when it came to
JJ and his special needs.
But as more details came out
about her missing kids,
he knew Lori had to be involved.
And do you believe this theory,
sort of, that Alex was their fall guy?
He was the one that carried out
the the murders potentially.
I'm sitting in trial,
I believe Chad and Lori were a t
more involved than I did before going
to the trial and hearing those,
all the details, all the eviden.
So yes, I believe all three
of them are serial killers.
And as far as who did The Dirty work hearing?
Hearing the detail on Wednesday in court,
I First of all,
it doesn't matter to me who did you know,
the actual dirty work.
You know, if you're involved
in this to any degree,
and I'm talking about other peoe
that may not be these three
you're involved in any degree,
you are guilty of of the same
of their deaths.
Rex doesn't think Laurie and Chd
believed the extreme religious
teachings they touted about peoe
being possessed by evil spirits.
He thinks they use that to
manipulate those around them and were
motivated by money, lust and po.
Rex also recognizes the mental
illness component here. Ultimat,
Rex wants as many answers as possible
and for people to be at peace with the
sentencing in the outcome. Back to you.
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