LIVE UPDATES | Rexburg detective takes the stand on day 5 of Chad Daybell trial

LIVE UPDATES FROM THE CHAD DAYBELL TRIAL

Excuse the typos – these are live updates from the courtroom

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8:56 a.m. Wood moves to admit another exhibit. It has several pages. The first page is an electronic signature card document for the JP Morgan Chase account. Charles and Lori used this account in Arizona and it interacts with Tylee’s joint account when they send money between accounts.

8:50 a.m. Wood displays an exhibit on the screen. It is a list of financial accounts associated to Lori and Tylee. The first account on the list is from JP Chase – a joint account with Lori and Charles. There is another JP Chase account with Lori and Tylee. There is a business account with Lori and Charles. There is also a BBA Compass account for Lori and there is another BBA Compass account with Tylee and Lori. There is a Barclays Hawaiian credit card that Lori shared with Charles. There is a Barclays credit card between Lori and Alex. There is a First Hawaiian Bank account for Lori and a Chase Southwest card for Lori. There is another business account for Charles and a $2 million life insurance policy for Lori.

8:48 a.m. Kunsaitis says in a missing person case, a lot of information can be learned by looking at bank statements and financial accounts.

8:46 a.m. There were cell phone bills, bank statements and letters from IRS in the post office box. Some abandoned mail from apt. 107 was also turned into the police department. Kunsaitis served warrants and subpoenas to banks and cell phone companies.

8:45 a.m. Kunsaitis went to the storage unit with a warrant. He found a couple of items inside – a tote, a baseball glove and some other things. Kunsaitis wrote a warrant in Dec. 2019 for a post office box in Sugar City. He found a large bundle of unopened mail – around 100 pieces – addressed to Lori Vallow, Charles Vallow and Alex Cox.

8:42 a.m. Kunsaitis has been a detective since 2011. On Nov. 27, 2019, Kunsaitis became aware that Det. Hermosillo was conducted searching warrants at three townhomes on Pioneer Road: 174, 175 and 107. Kunsaitis walked through apartment 175 to look for evidence. He found a printer in the bedroom and an invoice for a storage unit at Self Storage Plus.

8:40 a.m. Det. Kunsaitis is sworn in. Wood will be questioning him and says he has a lot of evidence he plans to discuss with the detective. The bailiff carries a large tote full of binders and paperwork to the witness stand.

8:39 a.m. Boyce says a question has arisen about who the alternate jurors will be. He says according to Idaho law, when the case is ready for deliberation, the alternate jurors will be randomly selected.

8:37 a.m. Jurors are in their seats. John Prior is at the defense table sitting next to Chad Daybell. Chad is wearing a blue dress shirt with a red tie. Fremont County Prosecutor Lindsey Blake, Madison County Prosecutor Rob Wood, Special Prosecutor Ingrid Batey and Fremont County Deputy Prosecutor Rocky Wixom are at the prosecution table.

8:30 a.m. We are back in the courtroom for day 5 of Chad Daybell’s trial. Rexburg Police Det. Chuck Kunsaitis will be the first witness called by the prosecution today.