Nate Eaton
Appearances
Dateline NBC
Lori Vallow Daybell: The Jailhouse Interview
Well, surely Charles expected some reaction from Tammy, but... Nobody knows who opened that email, but it had been opened and deleted, and Charles Vallow's email had been blocked.
Dateline NBC
Lori Vallow Daybell: The Jailhouse Interview
So it's possible that Tammy Daybell did see the email and think, what is this? This is a weirdo. I'm going to delete it and block him. Or another theory is that Chad Daybell kept an eye on her email, deleted it, and then blocked the email in case Charles tried to contact her again.
Dateline NBC
Lori Vallow Daybell: The Jailhouse Interview
She found out within a few days that she was not getting any of the money because Charles had changed the beneficiary months earlier to his sister when he realized that Lori's mental health was not 100% and he was concerned that something might happen to him.
Dateline NBC
Lori Vallow Daybell: The Jailhouse Interview
There was the belief among them that he had a big life insurance policy. He made good money, he had a good job, so they knew that he had access to money.
Dateline NBC
Lori Vallow Daybell: The Jailhouse Interview
And so when Tammy Daybell pulled in the driveway she normally didn't park in, it likely threw Alex off. He had to run further than he would have, and it could have shaken that gun. Thus, the gun misfired or didn't fire at all.
Dateline NBC
Karen Read's retrial kicks off. A verdict in the "Mommy Doomsday" case. And Scott Peterson's blockbuster filing.
Thank you.
Dateline NBC
Karen Read's retrial kicks off. A verdict in the "Mommy Doomsday" case. And Scott Peterson's blockbuster filing.
Lori Vallow had no reaction. She stood up, walked out of the courtroom, and that was that.
Dateline NBC
Karen Read's retrial kicks off. A verdict in the "Mommy Doomsday" case. And Scott Peterson's blockbuster filing.
Yeah, I've been here the past few weeks, and what a ride it's been.
Dateline NBC
Karen Read's retrial kicks off. A verdict in the "Mommy Doomsday" case. And Scott Peterson's blockbuster filing.
Well, it was a decision she made kind of at the last minute. Nobody knew if she was going to testify or not. The judge asked her when it came time for the defense to present their case if she planned to call any witnesses. She said no, and then she said the defense rests.
Dateline NBC
Karen Read's retrial kicks off. A verdict in the "Mommy Doomsday" case. And Scott Peterson's blockbuster filing.
I think a lot of people were caught off guard.
Dateline NBC
Karen Read's retrial kicks off. A verdict in the "Mommy Doomsday" case. And Scott Peterson's blockbuster filing.
Trina Kaye really stressed that this was a premeditated execution of Lori Vallow's fourth husband because Lori Vallow thought she would be getting $1 million in life insurance money and she wanted to be with her new boyfriend, now husband, Chad Daybell.
Dateline NBC
Karen Read's retrial kicks off. A verdict in the "Mommy Doomsday" case. And Scott Peterson's blockbuster filing.
Right, yes. She texted Chad something to the effect of, bad news, I'm not the beneficiary.
Dateline NBC
Karen Read's retrial kicks off. A verdict in the "Mommy Doomsday" case. And Scott Peterson's blockbuster filing.
The prosecutor said, Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell believed that a spirit, a zombie, you could say, named Ned had inhabited Charles's body. Chad then wrote back, I wonder if he made the change before he got two bullets to the chest. That's a lot. Pretty chilling evidence there.
Dateline NBC
Karen Read's retrial kicks off. A verdict in the "Mommy Doomsday" case. And Scott Peterson's blockbuster filing.
Lori prepared a passionate closing argument, and she really tried to stress that this was a family tragedy and not a crime.
Dateline NBC
Karen Read's retrial kicks off. A verdict in the "Mommy Doomsday" case. And Scott Peterson's blockbuster filing.
She did try to testify a couple of times during that closing statement, which was not allowed. The prosecution objected to that.
Dateline NBC
Karen Read's retrial kicks off. A verdict in the "Mommy Doomsday" case. And Scott Peterson's blockbuster filing.
The first day, the jury deliberated about 17 minutes. That probably gave them enough time to pick a foreperson, and then they probably said, we're going to go home and sleep on this. They came back the next day on Tuesday, and they total deliberated a little less than three hours.
Dateline NBC
Karen Read's retrial kicks off. A verdict in the "Mommy Doomsday" case. And Scott Peterson's blockbuster filing.
Verdict was guilty. Lori Vallow had no reaction. She kept a very serious face. She stood up, walked out of the courtroom, and that was that.
Dateline NBC
Karen Read's retrial kicks off. A verdict in the "Mommy Doomsday" case. And Scott Peterson's blockbuster filing.
The family members who were there on behalf of Charles Vallow were smiling, felt relief. You know, it was just a very memorable day that's been almost six years coming.
Dateline NBC
Karen Read's retrial kicks off. A verdict in the "Mommy Doomsday" case. And Scott Peterson's blockbuster filing.
Very surprised, Andrea. Shocked, you could say. They did not know anything about what happened in Idaho, that Lori Vallow is a convicted killer for killing her two children and her new husband's wife. They didn't know any of this. They didn't know that Dateline's done multiple episodes about this story.
Dateline NBC
Karen Read's retrial kicks off. A verdict in the "Mommy Doomsday" case. And Scott Peterson's blockbuster filing.
So as they were walking out of that deliberation room, somebody said, Google Tylee Ryan, her daughter. And one of the jurors I spoke with said they pulled it up right there and were stunned to see that Tylee was dead. And, uh, Many of them said they were going to go home and watch all the datelines and really get caught up to speed on this complicated, crazy case.
Dateline NBC
Karen Read's retrial kicks off. A verdict in the "Mommy Doomsday" case. And Scott Peterson's blockbuster filing.
Juries really paid attention to Lori Fallow Daybell's behavior during the trial.
Dateline NBC
Karen Read's retrial kicks off. A verdict in the "Mommy Doomsday" case. And Scott Peterson's blockbuster filing.
How much of that did that play into a factor in the decision?
Dateline NBC
Karen Read's retrial kicks off. A verdict in the "Mommy Doomsday" case. And Scott Peterson's blockbuster filing.
They were not impressed with her defense as she represented herself. When it came time for the defense, they were hoping to hear something. They were hoping she would testify. When she simply said that she was resting, a lot of them were disappointed. They wanted to hear more.
Dateline NBC
Karen Read's retrial kicks off. A verdict in the "Mommy Doomsday" case. And Scott Peterson's blockbuster filing.
You know, that's the great question. I have a feeling she has one more trial that she will try to do it again, and we will see what happens there.
Dateline NBC
Karen Read's retrial kicks off. A verdict in the "Mommy Doomsday" case. And Scott Peterson's blockbuster filing.
Yes, we have one more, and it is the final one. Lori Vallow is charged with conspiracy to commit the murder of her former nephew. Brandon Boudreaux is his name. He was married to Lori's niece, who was involved in their group. He was driving home from the gym one day when somebody shot at his window, nearly killed him. And that person, the shooter, police believe is Alex Cox, who's Lori's brother.
Dateline NBC
Karen Read's retrial kicks off. A verdict in the "Mommy Doomsday" case. And Scott Peterson's blockbuster filing.
So that trial is set to begin the beginning of June.