LIVE: Closing arguments in Chad Daybell trial

[@saimaleon7115]

Outstanding job by Lindsay Blake. Thank you for fighting with all your skills and intellect for justice for Tyler, JJ and Tammy.

[@dareneq1]

She was excellent.

[@kazmungovan117]

And didn’t defame or insult the victims and witnesses to this grizzly tragedy

[@adriennewalker1715]

Yep. She is a real star.

[@Annie-jc8ic]

Blessed Be and thank you xxx

[@annettelacey7913]

She done great, I couldn't listen to prior,He is such a creep, Everything he says rubs me the wrong way,Fancy standing up for daybell, Not a very honourable job, defending disgusting evil people like daybell & Lori,

[@flyoverurbangarden4315]

I feel for Pryor, he did the best he could with a crap client. Pryor's voice is as annoying as Chad's. That was an exhausting closing, the prosecutor is probably going to kick her shoes off and say "No one speak to me". She did a great job.

[@admin1815]

Prayers personality trait is he wants erybody to feel sorry for him. I hope no one falls I to his BS

[@JoST41]

I had to put it in 2x speed to after about 2 minutes of Prior. Prosecution backed up everything with facts. Defense was all fluff with a few vague “could have been” or “maybe” thrown around that to me was not believable by a reasonable person with common sense.

[@norffyesquivel3440]

I hope Chad gets 3 life sentences without parole . RIP Tammy, JJ, Taylee and Charles .

[@susandepompa5546]

Prior has no clue what he’s talking about

[@adriennewalker1715]

FACT: seems to me that John Prior can pronounce Voir Dire perfectly when he so desires, but not when he is attempting to present himself as a simple, jobbing, defence lawyer, just doing his best for his poor, innocent and oh so maligned client … he does it with other words and phrases too …. He’s such a phoney.

[@JulieMatthews-b8y]

An accurate description of Prior.

[@mcdonols]

I can listen to judge Boyce read instructions all day

[@WiseChild1987]

4:45:37 Geez Prior, of course the jury is going to only decide this case on the evidence! They knew nothing about this case and haven’t been able to speak with anyone about it, or read or watch about it! You shouldn’t be scolding them like that! It sounds like you’re talking to us, not the jury. Very rude and disrespectful!

[@JulieMatthews-b8y]

Very disrespectful…as usual.

[@judyhendriks4184]

I thought JP was sarcastic too!!!

[@SerenDipity64711]

Mr. Prior's defense pales into insignificance after hearing the damning speech of Miss Blake. Prior knows he has nothing. I believe he knows Chad is guilty.

[@Grace_Robbins]

How or can we get notifications that the jury is back?

[@loveforeignaccents]

Click on that notification bell!

[@Grace_Robbins]

​@@loveforeignaccentsThanks 👍🏻

[@loveforeignaccents]

@@Grace_Robbins 👍👍

[@purltwotogether8218]

I'm glad Prior reminded us again and again that we don't have to agree with Chad's clown religion. But I think harping on "show me the text saying let's kill the kids" and also emphasising common sense was a mistake; my common sense and reason tell me that if I was conspiring with someone to commit murder, I'd discuss it in private, not over text.

[@SerenDipity64711]

Exactly! Who in their right mind, is going to text words like that?? It would be far too dangerous and incriminating. We all know that.

[@JulieMatthews-b8y]

Correct.

[@loveforeignaccents]

"They were going to kill Chad next" is the dumbest defense I've ever heard. Talk about grasping at straws. What would either of them have to gain by that?!?

[@KAinFL]

Exactly!!! Why shoot Chad on 10/9??? I was screaming at the laptop for Lindsey to jump on that!!

[@doobygelman5454]

Yes, I just wrote that too. He just sunk his client what a total imbecile

[@annamortimer]

But it was a paintball gun, right? 😂 He makes all that effort to show it was a paintball gun and then he says that Alex was actually trying to shoot Chad, not Tammy. Which is it, Prior? 🤷‍♀️😂

[@KimfromMichigan-x2u]

​@@annamortimeroh that's a good one

[@BusyMagnaBee]

Chad wasn’t married to Lori on Oct 9, 2019. If Alex killed him that day, Tammy gets the life insurance benefits. Pryor lost all reasonable doubt traction at that point. He’s definitely grasping.

[@kristenbradley6958]

If Chad wasn’t ok with Alex k!llling ppl based on his “teachings” then he would have stopped him after Charles. He wouldn’t have continued associating with the murderers either. He was obviously a conspirator! There’s no getting out of it now!!

[@Tadzio5050]

Remember the cop recalling who Chad was in that "chat" with Lori, and that he'd just met Chad with Alex downstairs. Chad gives Alex a blessing but he's afraid of him? Chad tells Alex he needs his help so Alex skips Hawaii to help Chad, but Chad's afraid of him? Make it make sense.

[@nikki4490]

I hope he sees his beautiful ex wife's face and the beautiful life he had every night when he sleeps. I hope he sees those beautiful children's faces and the lives he stole from them, I hope he sees Charles a real protector flashing across his vision every day he has left. He picked murder and power.. they are what this trial is about. Tammy! JJ! Tylee!! I hope the jury are as confident as the public 🙏 ❤

[@s.c.2424]

He never will because he's so self absorbed, but wouldn't that be nice? He had a woman doing the hardwork as he sat around telling stories. Just another man who thought the grass was greener elsewhere and it's sad. Tammy deserved so much better. Tylee and Jj deserves better as did Charles.

[@tatianagutierrez6536]

Me too!

[@KimfromMichigan-x2u]

I hope he has nightmares 😊😊😊😊

[@dianahernandez1709]

He is too evil to care. He is horrendous

[@admin1815]

Even though there wasn't enough evidence against him with Charles, he is guilty of conspiracy in that death too.

[@davidfann5397]

Biggest mistake putting kids on stand they hurt instead of helped

[@lucylowe4506]

He was doomed even before then, the kids just showed themselves up as liars and showed chads full extent of his manipulation

[@annie-k5213]

Also what a despicable thing to ask of your children. But I think they are brainwashed

[@JaneDoe-vi5yc]

Weirdest kids ever.

[@81suze]

They are guilty too

[@dareneq1]

The daughter is just plain evil.

[@Rochelleht]

Ugh. Makes me sick every time he says Chad was exercising his “traditional Mormon beliefs “. Not! He’s been excommunicated. Most of the witnesses against him are members of the LDS church. None of them ascribed to his stupid beliefs. The crap he was doing was NOT traditional LDS practice. So gross.

[@BootsEditor11]

Yup. And Church of the Firstborn is fundamental cult nonsense. Usually these creeps collect wives, the younger the better.

[@patriciaguidry2580]

I’m not even Mormon and I knew that. How dare he insult the LDS then say Chad is innocent in the same breath idiots

[@cathrynmorgan8254]

I mean there's light and dark talked about in the Book of Mormon, but it's not the same as Chad's beliefs. I agree with you and I am no longer LDS.

[@amylynnnich607]

I agree!!! Let’s hope and pray there are a couple Mormon jurors, so they’ll also recognize this dumpster! Being in Idaho there will obviously be a couple on the jury!??

[@judytruesdell6816]

Tradition Mormon beliefs= having the AUTHORITY to perform certain sacred acts; Chad had/ has NO AUTHORITY, the Holy Priesthood withdrew from him long ago. The little green men that John Prior dances with in his backyard that he talked about makes light of the fact that three humans are no longer walking this earth, due to Chad’s earthly, carnal desires. The prosecution MORE than proved that Lori, Alex & Chad agreed, ( making an agreement). IMHO

[@JoST41]

I honestly tried to put myself in the mindset of a juror and be completely neutral. With that mindset, the defense was all over the place and the state was straight facts setting up the entire situation beyond a reasonable doubt.

[@mspitstoptoyou]

All over the place indeed. Like I commented on someone who said they thought he did a "good job": Pryor lies about the instructions they were given, he lies about the testimony, and then he tries to pin the murders on Melanie Gibb David Warwick, then also on Lori, Chad's "goddess lover" who he married and her brother! Then I guess all of the evidence presented and the connecting dots is just one big coincidence, huh?

[@mfrancisco4242]

I tried also. Prosec has all the evidences and defense only has the powerpoint of chains and asking the jurors to find had NOT GUILTY.

[@terryrouch3367]

Same

[@ddb8274]

Don’t believe that John Prior had any experience in Criminal Law. Believe he deals in Civil Law. Sorry but JP sucks! Almost 5 years to prepare. He watched everyday of Lori’s trial and learned nothing. He was greedy for the almighty dollar and thought he could bow out before this hot mess went to trial. Bravo Judge Boyce didn’t allow JP to hand off this case to a Public Defender. Thanks to JP Chad should GO DOWN for the count and spend the rest of his life in jail. He can try to save souls in prison with The Church of the First Born!

[@akelly4207]

I think the case against Chad is much stronger than the case against Lori and he even took more steps to cover his tracks. But still I think it’s clear he is guilty.

[@savannahbentley3797]

This man sitting here SMIRKING throughout closing is absolutely insane.

[@KathleenMcGettigan]

He. is. evil.

[@nenej12]

He is definitely smirking RIGHT IN COURT IN FRONT OF THE JURY & IM SURE THEY SAW! LETS GET THIS VERDICT DELIVERED TOMORROW, ENOUGH OF HIM!

[@archangel7987]

Psychopath!

[@POKECINET]

He is the devil.

[@dareneq1]

I wondered if I was imagining that smirk.

[@katliese]

No Chad DNA on the shovel but he admitted to burying the raccoon! 😮

[@trailertrish]

🎯🎯🎯

[@katliese]

Yay he is Guilty as Charged!!

[@mspitstoptoyou]

Wow. He defames Chad's sister-in-law Heather. Bravo, defense attorney. I really hope they don't let him get away with these outrageous accusations.

[@greeneyedsoutherngirl6468]

Unfortunately, I think they have immunity from lawsuits during court proceedings

[@annettelacey7913]

Who would ever want to defend people like this, Prior knows chads guilty,How do these lawyers sleep at night like for a example Casey anthony How do her lawyers sleep at night getting her off and destroying the rest of her family's lives,I couldn't even listen to defence closing argument's,I just cant stand prior,I don't even want to hear what he has to say or listen to his sleezy voice,

[@asamatteroffact9247]

@@annettelacey7913 He does have a very nasty sounding voice and you can tell he has no problem lying.

[@mspitstoptoyou]

@@annettelacey7913 Yep, I'll never understand it. But there's always somebody willing to do the dirty work. I guess the rationalization is that everyone deserves a defense? I don't know if I believe that. But it's difficult in cases like this where there is no "smoking gun" - there's no confession, there's no direct physical evidence showing him murdering any of the victims... I don't envy the jury.

[@claudiarnebeker773]

I understand we need defense attorneys, not all cases the accused is guilty, of course. But, to be a defense attorney, it seems that they have to be willing to use all types of defense practices, real/fantasy, truth/lies, deceitful statements, false accusations, to win a case. Not all of them, but the majority can be nasty to the victims, knowing their client’s guilt. I have a friend, who was an attorney and had her own law firm with her husband. She had been working as an attorney for almost ten years and her husband joined her later in her practice. She was so miserable working, trying so hard to get justice for the victims of crimes. To the end, the level of abuse her victims endured by the perpetrator’s attorneys, took a toll on her health, family life, mental well being, motherhood, spiritual life to the point of manifesting physically. They sold their business, moved to the US to start a new life. Her husband worked as a mechanic and she went back to school. She said it was the best decision they had ever made for their family, because moving to the US, it was the first time she had the opportunity to be a mother to her children and a wife to her husband. What she learned from those years being an attorney, traumatized her for life, she didn’t know the level of evil people were able to afflict upon others, without any type of guilt. And the type of strength the victims had to learn to be able to cope with the consequences of the trauma of the abuse, cruelty, crimes committed against them. 😢

[@Cdekk-123]

Mr Prior did his best to raise reasonable doubt. Ms Blake tied it all together. Totally up to the jury now. I just can't forget the Casey Anthony trial. She was so guilty...at least in my mind...and got off. You just never know until the verdict is read. Hopefully there will be justice here for Tylee, JJ and Tammy.

[@asamatteroffact9247]

Casey got off because the jury did not understand reasonable doubt; they went by beyond ALL DOUBT!

[@tytypartridge3135]

Casey anthony is not a common occurrence it takes prosecution botching the job very badly to get off or over charging especially on Murder 1 which they did. On the other hand prosecution did an excellent job with this case.

[@kimsmith5083]

Plus Casey only killed 1 person not 4. So even if there is reasonable doubt in one charge he has all the other charges

[@mainehomeagent]

Idaho is not Florida

[@ButterflyGirl822]

As a Floridian who lives 30 minutes away from where poor Caylee was found, I watched the trial every day, and even I thought she might be found not guilty. Not because she wasn't guilty, but the prosecution failed to truly tie the case together. I was concerned about trial by media and watched it with an open mind to see what the evidence actually proved, and the jury made the right decision based on what they were given. Her defense team, although despised by the public, was able to create some reasonable doubt. I don't see this happening in the Daybell trial, thank God! They have proof on top of proof on top of proof. The defense was defenseless!

[@My-22-Cents]

You were right Nate. Lindsey Blake for closing. And it was the right choice. She is a powerful speaker and tied it all together well. A good thing for the jury to hear from her as their last voice of reason. Those closings were long though. Still concerned about guilty for the murder of the children. The waiting game begins. I don’t think jury will rush, but I don’t think they’ll want to be held over the weekend either. I’m going Friday around lunch time.

[@loveforeignaccents]

They were long as hell! At least conspiracy for the kids, I think.

[@annamortimer]

She is a great lawyer.

[@My-22-Cents]

@@loveforeignaccents yes I agree. Conspiracy is a slam dunk and all charges for Tammy.

[@Bevaboo]

I doubt they'll rush it, but you have to keep in mind that they're looking at another two weeks of this case, should they return with a guilty verdict. I can't imagine having been restricted from speaking to my family about my day for such a long time, being required to see and hear the things they've seen and heard, and not being able to talk about what they're feeling. It would be pure hades. I think the only delays might come if a juror isn't convinced one way or the other and a discussion has to happen. If I were on the jury, I'd be eager to get my life back and see if a verdict could be reached asap.

[@loveforeignaccents]

@@Bevaboo Two weeks to determine DP or life/no parole? I don't think so.

[@Sakurako_world]

I am praying for a Guilty verdict. I truly don't understand how these criminals can sleep peacefully after they did all this. How is it possible? It's so sick

[@asamatteroffact9247]

They not only sleep well but they snore!!

[@eileenstehr7680]

Special “ place “ for them someday and somewhere, where They will NEVER Sleep!!!

[@MargaretAnneRae-fw7nh]

They don’t have a conscience.

[@suedaniel147]

Well said… Truly heartbreaking.

[@debrachase3131]

If Chad had been knocked off instead of Tammy... Tammy would get the life insurance, not Lori.

[@pennycallahan-jj8km]

What was prior thinking when he said that?????

[@archangel7987]

Yes, that’s correct!

[@electacute9254]

Yeah, that argument made no sense, unless Lori took out a life insurance on Chad somehow.

[@Ileana97511]

💩 so full of 💩

[@Ileana97511]

Can we get these delusional kids to talk the truth for mom’s sake?!

[@debrachase3131]

"Chad Daybell wasn't there???" He texted Tammy from "there" and covered the obvious activity with a raccoon story.

[@HeatherRP]

Doesn’t matter if he was there. He’s the reason why the murders happened even if he was at Del Taco waiting for Alex.

[@katliese]

Bumbling Chad sounds like Warren Jeffs in his speech.

[@heatherrisberg8757]

Yes, so creepy

[@katliese]

I think he was aspiring to be that!

[@anchmcle]

Can you image, finally, the jury can talk about it.

[@heatherrisberg8757]

Zombies. Betcha none of them thought THAT was a word they would hear in a trial. And the horror of it all. They have to all be traumatized. I feel for them and the poor families and innocent victims.

[@karennotAkaren1]

@@heatherrisberg8757years ago when I first was trying to explain this whole situation to my husband he asked me like 10x and we’re they all on heavy drugs? He couldn’t believe this was happening without a substance fueling the situation

[@dianepeters8775]

Just catching up now. Sure wonder why they didn’t close those darn blinds from the very beginning…BIG difference!!!

[@shieh.4743]

They did for a while, but the jury asked for more natural light.

[@McQuizzical]

Well done everyone. Such a professional and well run court room. Sending best wishes to the jury as they deliberate on their verdict. May justice be served.

[@debrachase3131]

Oh, gimme a break, Prior. You think when Tammy parked in the wrong driveway and Alex had to run around the house, giving Tammy time to get out and start unloading the truck...that he thought Tammy was Chad, when he repeatedly pulled the trigger? Prior thinks when Tammy demanded to know what Alex thought he was doing, Alex thought it was Chad's voice as he pulled the trigger? When she yelled for Chad, did Alex stick around to shoot Chad, when he came outside???? Get a grip!

[@trailertrish]

thats like confusing Brian Laundries mom for him. 😂😂😂

[@debidriscoll8108]

The detectives did an amazing job for these trials

[@JankyJann]

EAST IDAHO NEWS: please go to Lindsay Blake’s rebuttal when she referenced the fact that Tylee’s cause of death couldn’t be determined because “Tylee’s body was burned.” Chad smiled at the word “burned.” Pure unadulterated evil! I have chills. Update 6:24:30 timestamp. It’s a few seconds after.

[@prentfaiyaz]

Please do

[@MultiPetercool]

Chad: “Jesus made me do it”

[@JankyJann]

@@prentfaiyaz Start around 6:24:30, a couple of seconds after.

[@joycemarie9702]

Ugh! He is so gross ….he absolutely smirked/smiled. I hope and pray that Chad Daybell receives his comeuppance swiftly! Guilty on all counts.

[@kathyflinn8070]

Chad is now know as.....slug!😂😂

[@kimberlyzamora4437]

I pray Chad's family is there listening to her closing arguments. He lost his mind in the name of lust and greed. Lori was crazy going in the door but Chad allowed her in his life. None of this would have happened had he really been a loving, God fearing man HIS family believes he is. The jury will get it right. RIP Charles, Tylee, JJ and Tammy.

[@macb8309]

Chad and his Tiny Storm….

[@Bevaboo]

Oh, he was just as crazy as Lori. They fed off each other's madness.

[@valerien.579]

@macb8309 😂😂😂😌👏👏👏👏

[@trailertrish]

they know and they dont care. its been 4 years. if they dont get it buy now they never will.

[@HaveHimJolene]

I would LOVE to know if Emma is still talking with Lori on phone calls with the jail! Also, is she still putting money on her books? Prosecution missed a huge opportunity with this. They have access to all of those records. That would tell the jury so much if Chad is still having Emma put money on her books. Or it would help the defense if Emma has not been putting money on Lori’s books and talking to her on the phone. It could be very telling either way!

[@ktj6796]

Prior said I'm not gonna take a long time. ... unlike the staaaaaaate... then he said well i am taking a long time. Then he said This is about religion!!! Then he said This isn't about religion folks! 🤪😝🤪😝🤪😝🤪 Omg come on man. Does anybody have a straw he can grasp at???

[@judyeason299]

Thank you Nate for all you have done. I am grateful appreciate for your hard work. You are the best.

[@Jessica.Kennedy.1981]

Yup, thanks Nate. You’re a pleasure to watch for coverage & recap on these cases. We’ll miss you when it’s all over & he’s declared guilty on all charges. Though I liked your idea of you & the Mrs traveling around covering court cases after the kids are grown. I would totally watch!! ❤

[@sunshinegal4294]

EVERY single time Lindsey Blake states “Chad said, ‘if someone is a zombie they had to die.’” Chad shakes his head no!! Every time. No other time do I recall him shaking his head no. What’s up with that? What about everything else being said? He’s hung up on that and yet it’s been proven that those in his way that were labeled zombies were killed!!! Charles, Tylee, JJ & Tammy!!! Hellooo Chad!!! Brandon was the lucky one who got away from being murdered after Alex missed when he shot at him & I believe he also saved his children’s lives by keeping them away and moving them around hiding them from Melani or they would be dead too as Chad had labeled them dark as well.) Have you ever wondered how many others may have been killed that we don’t even know about that were under Chad’s spell?

[@saltandpepper986]

I think Chad is trying to get people to think that his info was accurate… that dark or zombie meant their body was going to die, period. Not that he would kill them. Like he had the insider plan and it happened naturally that they would die. I think he is portraying that he believes that.

[@moniqueratelle-babin2155]

I had him zoomed in whole time. He also nodded no when LB mentioned chad had Google about wind direction . He did it another time.e and his brows went up. When Pryor was throwing Lori under the bus by saying all Lori wanted was money. Ong I thought chad was gonna start bawling. His lips were shut tight but the lips and chin had tremors. He looked exactly tly like someone trying REALLY hard not to cry or show emotion. He did not like Pryor saying Lori only wanted the money and not him. That chad would of been the 5th husband to die. 😅

[@elizabethreyes9820]

Even at the closing arguments, Pryor has to take a swipe at Lindsey Blake for taking 2 hours! Jeez this person is shameless and unprofessional!

[@nicolejensen2403]

And proceeds to take plenty of time himself…. The difference is in the organization, and of course the actual facts.

[@familythrailkill402]

He's not a traditional Mormon!

[@LynetteShearer-sc9gr]

If he is such a good member of the of the Church of Jesus Christ of Later- Day- Saints, why did he have an affair and twist every teaching around. We see that Satan does not support his followers. There is so much evidence that says he is guilty, I hope they find him that way.

[@searchingforjustice8800]

Priests perform exorcisms Chad. You are not a priest.

[@foodchoicemattersandmore616]

As a “gatherer,” Chad NEVER said “I want to gather the sick, the elderly, the children, the impoverished ….” Why would Prior insinuate that?

[@JulieMatthews-b8y]

Prior 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡

[@McCains-xz1yn]

Oh PLLLLLEEEEAAAASSSEEEE!! "I buried a dead animal in the excat spot they found the girl but i had no idea those kids were there!" REALLY??? This guy is fuckn TERRIBLE!

[@LarryGoldenTalksLikeBuckwheat]

Such a waste of time. His attorney should’ve just stood up when proceedings first started and just said “I got nothing”.

[@valerien.579]

😂

[@melaniemccoard2359]

Do you think Prior realizes he's quoting Dwight Schrute? "Fact!"

[@Jessica.Kennedy.1981]

I’m sure not, he thinks he’s all original. So funny 😂 Good catch on that catch phrase by Dwight!

[@Jailbird3]

Look at that chump’s face during closing… he knows his goose is cooked

[@robertakuhl4554]

Oh my gosh my thoughts exactly. He almost looks demented at times.

[@lucylowe4506]

I wonder if chad and lori realise a whole nation hates them, or do they just explain us away as “zombies” and “dark” I’m not sure how they could live with themselves, they cheated Tammy, Charles, JJ and Tylee out of their lives, I hope they are haunted by their souls everyday 🫢

[@helenfrances4332]

Lori is in cuckoo land. Won’t care. Chad … kill your wife for someone was has been married 5 times! Wake up!

[@susandepompa5546]

I can’t believe prior is putting in Kay Woodstock…I’m praying Guilty verdict on death row investigation🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@pattih7]

Thank you, Nate anda, for bringing livestream! Prayers for Justice for all. 🙏🙏🙏

[@footballfootball6693]

Let’s hear it for the Pot Stirrers!!!🎉💪🏽👏 Chin up Heather! You’re a rockstar ❤🙏

[@SerenDipity64711]

🥰

[@karenhansen1945]

Verdict Thursday 1:15 PM. Thanks for all of your wonderful coverage Nate!

[@lisadove3996]

That’s my guess too!

[@McQuizzical]

Wow JP certainly threw out a lot of spaghetti there. Interesting that he admitted Alex was the shooter of Tammy, only attempting to change the target to Chad.

[@moniqueratelle-babin2155]

Pryor screwed up cause he was telling jury that chad was the one Alex was trying to shoot for insurance...uh no...Tammy was still alive SHE would of got the money. He was pulling stuff out of the air. Lying about things that were testified over and over. Ais defence lawyer allowed to lie and make up all kinds of wacky theories?? Wth!

[@JulieMatthews-b8y]

@@moniqueratelle-babin2155Correct.

[@yabberingon6746]

Prior wins. He managed to force us listen to his voice for hours without saying anything coherent.

[@SerenDipity64711]

🤣

[@questianna]

Chad in his patriarchal blessing sounds a lot like Warren Jeffs, another conman.

[@tytypartridge3135]

The state tied in all the evidence quite well. Prior shouldn’t have used the strategy of blaming police for DNA evidence on tools, slamming Tammy and just generally lying because prosecution easily dismantled him in rebuttal.

[@CathyPrior-v5n]

Easy for you to say

[@tytypartridge3135]

@@CathyPrior-v5ngo troll somewhere else.

[@JoST41]

The state spelled it out with facts and evidence. Prior tried to spell it out but all he had was fluff with a couple vague ideas thrown in

[@greenman6141]

@@CathyPrior-v5n You area correct. It IS easy to say. The truth is.

[@jeffb6350]

HE IS NOT A ‘TRADITIONAL MORMON’

[@jaycees9287]

I am surprised they never brought back up how prepared JJ’s grace was including the obvious care of the trimming of the tree roots and such that add Chud contributed there based off his Sexton experience. Hopefully a juror remembers. Now just waiting for a verdict. I guess since they are sequestered they will keep them in a Hotel. If it goes past Friday, probably the weekend off but I think there could be a verdict by Friday afternoon.

[@fifi199991]

It’s killing me listening to Pryor but remain determined to suffer to the end and then NEVER listen to this insanity again

[@famousamos1]

Ok so if John Prior is basically saying that Lori and Alex did all the killings and planted JJ and Tylee on his property to set him up. Why doesn’t Chad testify to this and give all the details what he knows that transpired about killing Tylee and JJ?!?!

[@suedaniel147]

Because he wouldn’t have a chance in Hell anyone would believe him.

[@famousamos1]

⁠Lol I’d like to quote from My Cousin Vinny movie. “Does the defense case hold water?? 💦 “ 🤭😂🤣

[@debrachase3131]

No "agreement"?...they substituted the word "plan" They cooked up a PLAN ~ (noun)1.a detailed proposal for doing or achieving something." 2."an intention or decision about what one is going to do." (verb) 1.decide on and arrange in advance." 2."design or make a plan of (something to be made or built)." It's not a plan among a group of people without agreement. There was an agreement. A semantic jig is being danced.

[@misskelly9821]

He makes it sound like unless there’s a signed contract by all parties, there’s no agreement..

[@misskelly9821]

He makes it sound like unless there’s a signed contract by all parties, there’s no agreement..

[@moniqueratelle-babin2155]

I honestly wanted to throw up when pryor trying to make chad sound like a saint by helping the sick the elderly ect. What a crock of ppoop

[@saltandpepper986]

HeEee WaS a gAThhhErER😵‍💫

[@JaneSmith0709]

The entire Daybell family is a bunch of sociopaths.

[@SerenDipity64711]

Except Heather, his brother's wife.

[@JaneSmith0709]

@@SerenDipity64711 I meant blood Daybells.

[@SerenDipity64711]

@@JaneSmith0709 I agree!

[@Soffity]

If Alex really believed he had killed Charles to get rid of the Zombie why did he make up the “self defence, hit with a baseball bat’ for the police, if he really believed it why didn’t he say “I killed him because he was a zombie”

[@SerenDipity64711]

true..notice that none of them, Chad, Lori and Alex speak 'normally' to law enforcement every time, with no references to light, dark, exaltations, zombies etc. etc. They are all diabolical people using those terms for their 'elite' followers only to coerce and control them.

[@JulieMatthews-b8y]

@@SerenDipity64711 very true.

[@jimanddonnadexter523]

Thank you for bringing this to us in Eastern Idaho. Prayers for everyone.

[@RachelHensley-pc3nn]

Prior's closing statement keeps pointing out the case FOR guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. He has pointed out Chad's fingerprints were missing from the tools, his phone data was conspicuously unavailable during the critical moments, Lorrie killed for insurance....but never mind Chad had his wife increase her life insurance before she dies....terrible, terrible closing argument.

[@Schmitty0404]

Thank you so much Nate and Team for all of your hard work to bring this trial to all of us. Hopefully it will be a quick verdict and the families can maybe begin to get some peace and rest.

[@susandepompa5546]

Please Guilty Guilty Guilty

[@misskelly9821]

Wrong Prior- This was not about religion, and not once did the state relate committing murders due to Chads religious beliefs..it was about his mid life horniness, money and the powerful sway he had over naïve gullible women…he wanted to play god and get laid.

[@Littleorangecats]

Listening to Pryor give his closing, I feel like he’s yelling at me.

[@ardenpeters4386]

no no no NOT TRADITIONAL LDS BELIEFS UGH....GET THE FACTS CORRECT. Chad was mot a sealer ..he can not seal himself......I can't believe how poorly you researched the LDS FAITH... CHAD IS NOT A MEMBER ANYMORE

[@kathleenthorpe5284]

Prior says there was no agreement? Remember the audio recording between Lori and Chad where she asked him is there an all-emcompasssing plan for the kids and he answered that there is magnificent, beautiful plan. What the heck?

[@helenofthedead]

Blake is a force of nature. I adore her. She's faught against Lori and Chad for so so long now. This is the final stretch.

[@shannonlera3844]

He wants to 'gather the children and the sick and the elderly'....Really? Good grief.The only children who were gathered ended up dead in his backyard.

[@saltandpepper986]

A grave gatherer. That would be accurate. Nothing else.

[@lisajanene]

The way Chad literally noticeably smirked when she talked about Tammy “having to die”. Ugh.

[@nonenamed1511]

Same as a few seconds after she talked about Tylee being burned. I had to rewatch 3 times, take screenshots to ensure I wasn’t seeing things. But definite and the smile went to eyes. He seemed like he was trying to control it and goes back to somber but eyes were still telling on him. I pray the jury saw it.

[@SerenDipity64711]

I noticed that he was holding back a laugh, shaking his head and his eyes going back and forth throughout Lindsey's testimony recap.

[@GaylynneSimpson]

The police officers cried on the stand when talking about JJ and Tyler. That’s more than Chad did.

[@akelly4207]

Why would killing Chad benefit Alex or Lori? That makes no sense Prior! He wouldn’t kill Chad before his wife was dead and Lori and Chad were married , there would be no financial gain otherwise. Prior did his best but his theories make no sense.

[@monicaboswell2806]

Chad @ the defense table"I'm not even gonna swat that fly. I hope they are watching. They'll see. They'll see and they'll know and they'll say, 'Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly'🤪

[@barbarahenegar3167]

The most bizarre defense I have ever heard!

[@trailertrish]

Casey Anthonys was pretty bad and shes a free woman. 😳

[@JenniferWaite63]

Lindsey Blake did an amazing job with closing arguments!

[@lisaengle6384]

None of Chads dna on the tools? How did he bury the raccoon?

[@JohnTSteinbeck]

Closing arguments begin > 01:24:03

[@softcheeks2597]

Thank you!!

[@nicolejensen2403]

I just got to the end. Genius to play Chad saying that Alex had helped them in more ways than they could repay and that he’s “not coming back.” Perfect end to closing arguments!

[@Peaceshiet812]

Blows my mind how anyone was deranged enough to believe this garbage

[@bianca.darwish]

Prior was delusional in the closing 😳

[@miradamevska5887]

Hats off to the Prosecutors and Judge Boyce, none to the painful drone we were subjected to endure with the defendant.

[@misskelly9821]

Seriously…I thought he wasn’t going to talk long…

[@loveforeignaccents]

How would you like to be an alternate after all this time and still have to be sequestered??!!? Hope they got Netflix or something in the hotel they're staying at.

[@wendijackson8844]

Except Netflix has a show called "Sins of our Mother" about this case.

[@loveforeignaccents]

@@wendijackson8844 Just heard the jurors don't have Wi-fi in their hotel rooms.

[@misskelly9821]

The problem with Priors ‘agreement’ between all parties is that not everything is spelled out via text or email..imagine all the face to face conversations and pillow talk that went on outside of texts and emails..

[@PhDchick]

Oh! Chad wanted to bury 144k people in the yard. I get it now.

[@janekreisman7051]

John Prior: "I don't understand any of this religious stuff...." Also John Prior: "Let me explain this religious stuff."

[@SerenDipity64711]

I'm laughing!

[@foodchoicemattersandmore616]

If Chad’s kids never listen to this trial, they may continue to believe their father is innocent. But, if they listened to the trial and hear all the evidence-their “bubble” will burst concerning their father and their own lies that they told. I can’t even begin to imagine how it will rock their mental stability.

[@Whoaahhh]

First, he is GUILTY IMO... CHAD has been spewing religion belief, dark & light and writing books FOR YEARS, ALL TALK...What was the chances of meeting a women with a PERSONAL HITMAN... They gone Roof him!

[@SerenDipity64711]

well said! He was telling people that his wife was going to die at a young age, long before he met Lori..he was biding his time to find an equally devious and gullible woman and hey presto, he did and she had an equally gullible and devious criminal brother in tow! RESULT!!

[@kimberlyzamora4437]

Look at the distance between Chad and Prior. Strange???

[@terryrouch3367]

I saw that too. They don’t have to work together now and their true feelings come out

[@kimberlyzamora4437]

@@terryrouch3367 Agreed 👍

[@electacute9254]

A silent video of just Chad’s facial expressions through Lindsey Blake’s closing argument at a high rate of speed would be of interest to me.

[@mechellesmith6240]

I have zoomed in on just chad and prior and i swear his face morphs into a demonic like expression so many times

[@saltandpepper986]

@@mechellesmith6240 I am not zooming, I don’t have it on me, but all I see is 😐🫤😐🫤😐🫤😐🫤😐

[@SerenDipity64711]

I hope someone will put that together - his face says everything.

[@barbaramiller2279]

I wonder if the jury will ask for dinner... Maybe we'll have an after/hours verdict.

[@loveforeignaccents]

Of course they will be wanting dinner.

[@donkrider9666]

They totally deserve a feast!!!

[@Catz232]

Verdict Thursday before noon.

[@carolynking6874]

Hope so. Praying

[@SerenDipity64711]

I hope Heather watched this. Heather is the only normal person in the Daybell family. She could see right through Chad and knew what his intentions were, moving in on her husband, to set up white tents on their land. Heather was right all along. I am convinced that she would have been another victim, had Chad's plan come to fruition.

[@StaceyALR]

I say verdict at 3:00 pm EST on Thursday

[@dianamangum5327]

I hope you are correct

[@KimfromMichigan-x2u]

Not long enough to really go through all that imo

[@shieh.4743]

​@@KimfromMichigan-x2uIt is.

[@misskelly9821]

I don’t think they’ll have that much to go through simply because I don’t think they need to rehash every piece of evidence and testimony..States closing summed it up in a nut shell..however, all it takes is one unsure juror who will insist on rehashing and discussing every piece of of evidence.. god speed in both scenarios..

[@robertakuhl4554]

Y’all watch Chads face during Lindsey’s statement . It is weird and scary. He shifts his eyes and at times even smiles. He almost looks like a devil. Demented.

[@ShirleyJohnson-xd9vj]

Verdict just after lunch Friday...guilty on all counts

[@rosemaryvandyke2755]

I believe it was on a Thursday......👍

[@annettegibbons]

Blake was fabulous!! 🤗🙏

[@theunforgiven2885]

Let's go ..We still have a stand by court proceeding.... I believe that he'll get life in prison because of the incident with the jailer who just died a horrible death... GUILTY

[@nenej12]

Which inmate died?

[@debidriscoll8108]

Excellent closing by prosecution