FULL TESTIMONY: School principal Richard Garner testifies in Chad Daybell trial

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Central Elementary School principal Richard Garner testifies in Chad Daybell's murder case. Here is his complete testimony from April 26, 2024.
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[@karendecarlo4083]

Tammy was way too good for Chad!

[@s.c.2424]

Hearing him was so emotional. She sounds rather intelligent and super helpful. Chad had nerve to call her lazy. I think he should have directed that to his side piece who used her kids money to survive vs a job. Hmmm

[@angelapyle7301]

Great point🎉

[@BobTheSchipperke]

The principal is a good witness. Everything he said was spot on to what elementary education is like. He was a good guide on what was going on.

[@shiningstar2903]

Logical, methodical, concise and to the point.

[@ckallen1546]

For all of Chad Daybell’s talk of Light & Dark. His ratings of Light & Dark….Tammy Daybell was a brilliant force of nature! Tammy’s community lost A LOT when her LIGHT left this world 🥲

[@tallflatlander3493]

I doubt if Chad knew half of al that Tammy did in her job at the school or how well-loved she was by the students and the staff.

[@tamarikimani5701]

He was busy burying bodies of husbands in his circle.rexburg has alot of missing people i guess🤔🤔

[@jessid2011]

You're right! But the thing is, Chad is much too self involved to care about all Tammy did and how much she mattered. All he cared about was being viewed as a somebody and all the attention he got for it. Pathetic little man with a big ego.

[@juliecrane9647]

​@@jessid2011Exactly my thoughts. Ppl like him, deep inside, don't think much of themselves but they're all they can talk about. Lori the same self absorbed type and they fed off of each other. Ugh.

[@PellyjellyMom]

I cannot get over how Chad has no reaction to any positive affirmations regarding Tammy. I think a kind memory or word from a co-worker, a fellow church member or relative would emote a smile of memory, reflection or regret for her loss would come but he has NOTHING. It is sickening, absolutely heartless. He is the Devil.

[@MsTammi125]

Look at him for what he did. He deserves no mercy, no benefit of the doubt, nothing. He showed the world who he truly is every step of the way. He's a coward.

[@denisekinzle1672]

She had a good heart

[@catworld8119]

@@denisekinzle1672 Both in the healthy way and the humanitarian way, that statement fits perfectly! :-) She sounds lovely, her only flaw was choosing doughboy for a husband.

[@rhondasisco-cleveland2665]

With a narcissist, nothing she would have done would have been good enough. They devalue everyone, to make themselves look better.

[@hilriekemp]

Are you serious? And I'm not being facetious or condescending. I'm generally curious that's it's hard to believe that he hasn't responded to anything about Tammy. I mean this is the same guy who called Tammy lazy ane said she was depressed all the time after she was deceased, at her wake infront of family, colleagues and loved ones smh. This guy's is a slimy grease ball. Who took advantage of anyone and everyone he could and I'm adding Lori as one of his victims as well. The amount of loyalty, admiration and love she's continued to show to him, all while he's throwing her and Alex under the proverbial bus. Tells need all I need to know about Chad smh. His kid's, friends, Tammy, family members and acquaintances all thought he was nice, meek and unassuming because he manipulated each and everyone of them. With Lori being the worst victim of his he callously labeled her children dark all while excluding all 5 of his children, grandchildren or family members except Tammy (inconvenience). But labelled Lori's 2 immediate kids, husband and anyone who was a hindrance to Lori and his relationship with Lori unfettered. She wasn't the person she is now before Chad got his hooks into her and because of her strong religious beliefs and mental health issues she was easily manipulated by the conman named Chad Daybell. She didn't allow her defense to bad mouth Chad once during her trial and still refuses to talk or implicate him. She truly believes in Chad and the lies he's told her she's a true believer, that's not an act she's putting on. No sane human being could keep that facade up unless it's not and that's really what she believes smh. Which I always hope that she never comes to the realization of what he got her to do and what she's truly done in the eyes of her lord. Not to mention the pain and anguish that will inevitably start creeping into her heart, because if that day were to ever come I believe that she'd bring and end to herself. This isn't a normal situation not even in the realm of the abnormal, so one must think into possibilites of the extreme. And there's nothing more extreme and outlandish than a mother killing her two children because a sociopathic manipulator conman. Thought she the most beautiful woman in the world and wanted her all to himself and because of her fragile mind, strong faith and belief in the fantastical it was a perfect storm of destruction. So it must be the most plausible answer at least to me anyway. But I appreciate anyone who read this all it's just my thoughts and theories

[@DawnStarkman-kn7wx]

I hope the Jury sees what we all see in Chad. A lazy grifter who threw his wife 6 feet under along with 2 beautiful kids. He may be quiet and meek but he is a wolf in sheep's clothing.... As for Prior he makes my skin crawl and not because he is a defence attorney. He's just a bully. But if you remember so was Amber Heard's attorney... Different trials of course but both defence attorneys beyond gross!

[@DawnStarkman-kn7wx]

Everybody loved Tammy but her husband.... 😢

[@marshapieroni6677]

I don't believe someone like Chad Daybell is capable of love.

[@juliecrane9647]

Seems he's only capable of lust and greed. He and Lori cut from the same cloth. Together they were the perfect storm and felt entitled to dive into both at any cost. They're pigs but think they're saviors...and ppl followed and worshipped them.

[@Pennylee58]

Look at him fidgeting, he cannot take the fact of someone praising lovely Tammy.

[@tamarikimani5701]

How gross,i think Chad is a serial killer,

[@TheCruelbartender]

Monster, diabolical liar.

[@angelapyle7301]

Typical narcissist

[@amlacy9127]

I can’t get over him calling her lazy and putting her down for her depression at her own funeral. No respect for the woman who sustained and supported him and their 5 kids for decades.

[@carolerichard5250]

Tammy seemed like a true angel. Her loss absolutely tragic.😢😢😢

[@MaryFilkins]

Oh my heart. This woman IS amazing. Clearly destroyed by her unfaithful husband. Get a divorce,move ON, NOT MURDER

[@trixietripodi688]

Chad needed the insurance money!!!

[@2012puzzle]

I guess one of the reasons he didn’t felt the divorce was an option is because he lived in a religious community where he wanted to be respected. Divorce would put a shadow on his reputation

[@catworld8119]

@@2012puzzle But having an extra marital affair with a married woman ..... murdering his wife, his girlfriend's kids, jetting off to Hawaii a week or so after his spouse "dies suddenly" ..... no shadow on his reputation on that one. :-) Crazy MAN to think a divorce was worse than all of the rest. He wanted the freedom and her insurance money to be with his goddess Lori. 🤢😵‍💫

[@bobbicatt]

But then he wouldn’t get his pay day to support his serial killer new wife. We all know Chad doesn’t like to work.

[@Cookingforacrowd]

It’s not about divorce/religion…. He killed her because he wanted the insurance money. Chad was starting his own church- he wasn’t about following anyone’s rules.

[@marciayoung8735]

Healthy and energetic Gee Chad, she sure doesn't seem lazy to me, maybe if you would have gotten a full time job you would probably have been lazy too, also your children couldn't help out with the house ??

[@amlacy9127]

HE should have been handling everything with the house. It burns me up to think about him lazing around “writing” and probably going on and on about his creative process when Tammy was working a real job, handling all the housework, basically running Chad’s publishing company and taking care of 5 kids.

[@angelapyle7301]

Damn straight, Chad does a whole lot of projecting 😢

[@seachell2973]

What woman raising 5 kids can be lazy???

[@minniemercury4818]

Tammy sounded like an absolutely amazing person. So sad and senseless that she would be murdered like this.

[@catworld8119]

It sure seems that Tammy was not lazy or suffering from a heart ailment. She wouldn't have had the stamina to work with young children in classes of possibly 20+ all day, set up computer labs, conduct computer lab with kids, help out in the lunchroom, take kids for recess, walk kids to and from lab, library, classrooms! Then she was participating in 5K runs on top of being active in LDS events, homemaker, Mom, wife, daughter, friend and coworker. No wonder so many of her coworkers loved her! Working with young children is fun but it is also exhausting. You're hands on all day every day. Then the extra work related activities without the students. (Retired first grade teacher here) Pryor is such a sleezeball, trying to get the Principal to take back his assessment of Tammy's health. Disprove he DIDN'T see her at the race. It didn't work.

[@openyoureyesandsee7018]

Tammy was faithful to the end. Chad didn't deserve her.

[@Piat65]

She is in heaven he will burn in hell

[@nvbccjarmst]

She was such a kind loving hard hard-working lady and I understand he said about her at her funeral that she was lazy. She birthed him 5 children. I also read that she was the main breadwinner. I sure hope they nail him for the death penalty.

[@LoLo-hd4tz]

Chad wants everyone to believe his wife was so sick or unhealthy that she didn't even go to the doctor to find out what was wrong with her? What kind of man who thought his wife was unhealthy would have not insisted she go to a doctor? Hes a liar, a murderer and The good Lord will judge him. I hope the jury gets this right!

[@SuntoSet77]

Your points well taken. Also do you know if Tammy had a primary care Dr? If she had Chad's imaginary illnesses..wouldn't they be documented somewhere. Unless Tammy didn't go to Dr's...my own Mom didn't believe in Dr's .. not for religious reasons. She died of a massive widowmaker at 62yrs old. But everyone of us 6 kids n my Dad knew she had heart trouble she ignored.. friends knew. Chad's makes it seems only he knows the truth about Tammy. He's so full of it and is going down !

[@ChrisSharpe-ug3kt]

That pricipal is a stud for being kind ..bless his wife

[@teresaacevedo1731]

Such a beautiful lady indeed ! Chad and Lori are monsters.

[@bryanwhitefanforever]

Did Pryor just call him detective mattingly??? Lmao

[@tjkasgl]

I'm starting to think the Daybell son assisted in killing her

[@hayleymortensen3185]

I have had that same thought.

[@angelapyle7301]

I know that weren’t fazed by mom quick death & dads quick marriage & cheery on top deceased children, found buried in their families pet cemetery ⁉️🤮🤮🤮

[@denisekinzle1672]

Well it does seem that way

[@bex4438]

Yes I’ve thought this for awhile

[@Piat65]

I also think Garth has a few fries missing from his happy meal

[@debbiefreeman9481]

Chad took Tammy away from all those people. When people commit murder they don’t think about all the people in that person’s life and how their act of murder effects so many more people than just that one person they killed.

[@calleenramsay625]

Chad was to busy to bother with setting up the memorial, he had more pressing matters as in planning to move in with Lori, he makes me 🤢

[@seachell2973]

If Pryer keeps saying “ok” after every question, trying to give the impression he knows something he doesn’t,I’m going slap him

[@thisaintsyourmomsaccount9693]

Chad sits motionless like a toad on a log….evil human

[@Bren.L.A]

Tammy sounds like a busy wife to me. Plus her exercising & blogging class.

[@denisekinzle1672]

Yes but he thought video game s were slacking off his son said.

[@Superwoman19692]

Chad could show some sort of emotion for mother of his children and wife for 25 years. It’s very telling

[@hollyk7052]

His ego makes him an idiot fr

[@louesparza8003]

He is worthless!

[@joytoyouandme4593]

Sounds like Prior is beginning to lay a foundation for when Tammy’s children testify. Making it sound like Tammy’s work mates and friends didn’t really know what was going on. Also Chad seems to have many different scenarios as to when and how Tammy died. How does he know she choked to death if he was asleep? Or was she having heart issues? I guess you could liken choking to death with being suffocated, since the later causes lack of air. I believe she died closer to midnight, as rigor mortis had already set in by early morning. I hope his children wake up and smell the coffee, your Dad made sure your Mom died. I would never speak to my father again, especially to start with, when he married another woman within two or so weeks of my Mother dying.

[@malalola317]

I agree with you 100%

[@shaustin22]

Great witness.

[@reneesantiago6496]

Is it me or does this community and school remind you of Napoleon Dynamite’s??? 😂😂😂😂

[@MKConnecticut]

Prior totally GASLIGHTS witnesses! Anybody else notice that?

[@macecrawford2860]

Tammy please rest in peace. You will have justice soon. I pray the jury makes the right choice.

[@jessid2011]

I am so glad that Tammy is finally being described and her personality is coming through! That didn't really happen in Lori's trial, and it is so necessary for this jury to understand just how heinous and despicable Chad & companies actions were. He didn't deserve her! I am grateful that her community remembers her so fondly though.

[@hollyk7052]

It’s clear she was a great person, she deserves to be remembered that way, I feel for Charles too.

[@DarylMiller-hz2vp]

He has NO soul.

[@Piat65]

If any at all it’s black

[@samanthaorchard6174]

⁠@@Piat65who has no soul? Chad, Prior or both?

[@sylviasull]

That toad dared call her lazy.

[@CrankyScientist]

I think Chad never really thought through exactly what Tammy's death would be like. He just wanted her gone, and failed to realize how much she meant to other people.

[@karencarter8029]

How can Chad just sit there oblivious?!!

[@louesparza8003]

He's a sociopath.

[@hollyk7052]

The ego of Chad knows no bounds. He discarded her, and Tammy was far too valuable for him in every way. Her kids are blind.

[@jenawilson7242]

Sit down Prior

[@savannahthomas9841]

Wasn’t this witness on the stand last week?

[@Piat65]

I thought so

[@ChrisSharpe-ug3kt]

Lets make bets..i bet chad never cries

[@jaala1759]

I was worried about the judge allowing Prior to bully on and on but I’m impressed that he’s calling him out and trying to not let him determine the course of questioning, etc.

[@louesparza8003]

Lazy bum Chad was tirelessly supported by his good-hearted wife while he sat on his butt writing fantasies he thought would make him seem special and gave him the freedom to travel around to meet women. Tammy worked for an hourly wage and did extra duty to get free lunches. They couldn't be more opposite. When she passed away, everyone loved and missed her, but no one except their family misses him. Good riddance to him.

[@debbiefreeman9481]

Chad and Lori had to tell so many lies.

[@tamihansen362]

Great witness. So sorry for Tammy and her children.

[@Laurie-gg2yp]

Not sorry for kids, they are defending him. How can they not be upset their mother is dead, murdered by their father.

[@louesparza8003]

Well, two of them testified for Chad. It's possible that the other three have been enlightened.

[@jasmin0930]

Tammy sounds like an amazing coworker and I’m sure it carried over to her personal life. She was probably a great friend, sister, aunt, daughter, mom and wife. Probably just a great person. It’s sad that he felt he needed to murder her to be able to get together with Lori. R.I.P. Tammy 🙏🏼

[@Lemonbonbon]

CAN SOMEBODY TEACH PRIOR HOW TO USE A MIC 🤦‍♀️

[@jaala1759]

Elaine……

[@louesparza8003]

Funny!

[@HoneyWindbutton]

Way too many ads. Gonna watch elsewhere

[@Piat65]

Why didn’t Chad put up his own house for bond for Lori?

[@sonjabrisson8318]

He tries to guilt neighbors into it saying Jesus wants them to get his killer spouse out of jail...gross. and he wanted to live with them? No friends!

[@rhondasisco-cleveland2665]

He’s…(prepare yourself) SELFISH.

[@marshapieroni6677]

Because he's a greedy, murdering pos

[@sonjabrisson8318]

@therealz360z7 Thank you.

[@TrishHere-d1g]

Wow now that dont sound like a lazy woman, chad talked about. SHAME SHAME ON HIM I hope chad gets his in prison. Unbelievable, poor Tammy nd the kids

[@chrislee1096]

Often what son in law Joe Murray think

[@kathleenlowy4230]

Tammy sounds like a lovely woman- far outshined Lori Vallow...Chad Daybell obviously is a shallow, vain selfish man who did not deserve Tammy...yes she was irreplaceable

[@elizabethsprecher2132]

❤❤❤

[@bethmcright9731]

Chad unreal / His Lawyer. He is Good lawyer tho Ugghh

[@patgal2359]

He cant hug emma after her mother dies because hes a guy? Weird

[@carolerichard5250]

My daughter is a teacher. The principal and teachers are absolutely ingrained to do no touching of students for ANY reason less it be misinterpreted and the school, teacher, or principal end up in a lawsuit. It is simply his training kicking in.

[@ncarow]

Central Elementary… not Central Elemtary