Key Moments in Testimony:
- Tylee’s hip bones and lower spinal bones could’ve been stabbed or chopped by items consistent with a knife, cleaver, machete, hatchet, etc.
- Tylee’s DNA was found on a shovel, pick axe eye, and pick axe handle.
- Alex’s latent prints were found on the black plastic bag and duct tape found on JJ from the crime scene.
- Samantha Gwilliam, Tammy’s sister, recalled Chad’s phone call where he told her about Tammy’s death. He said Tammy had been really sick, coughing all night, got up from a coughing fit around midnight. Chad said he was awakened by Tammy the next morning when she had rolled out of bed.
WITNESSES
Dr. Angie Christensen
Examined Tylee’s skeletal remains
Douglas Halepaska
Examined action type on Tylee’s skeletal remains
David Sincerbeaux
Determined a pint-size can had decomposing flesh, debris, and gasoline.
Rylene Nowlin
Compared Tylee & JJ DNA samples to possible parents
Katie Dace
Obtained DNA profile for Tylee from shovel, pick axe eye, pick axe handle.
Tara Martinez
Tested for latent prints from a black plastic bag and duct tape found on JJ from the crime scene, matched them to Alex Cox.
Det. Chuck Kunsaitis
Obtained satellite imagery of Chad Daybell property
Samantha Gwilliam
Tammy’s sister
