July 24, 2025 • 15 mins
Reid Carter reveals how Chad and Lori's final murder sealed their doom. October 19th: Tammy Daybell dies mysteriously, with Chad's eerily calm 911 call and rushed cremation destroying evidence. Just seventeen days later, the "grieving" widower marries Lori in a Hawaiian paradise ceremony. But their victory celebration becomes their downfall as families demand answers about missing children. When Rexburg police conduct a welfare check on JJ, Lori's lies unravel spectacularly - claiming he's with friends who say they haven't seen him in months. The couple flees overnight, triggering a national manhunt. February 2020: Lori's arrest in Hawaii ends their honeymoon as investigators close in on the horrific truth buried in Chad's backyard.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Caaleroga Shark Media. Good morning, I'm read Carter, and welcome
back to celebrity Trials. We've reached the point in the
Valo day Bell saga where Chad and Laurie believed they
were home free. Three people were dead, two children had vanished,
and the couple thought they had committed the perfect crimes.
(00:24):
Today we're exploring how their final murder, the elimination of
Tammy day Bell, was supposed to complete their twisted plan,
but instead became the beginning of their downfall. Because here's
the thing about people who think they're untouchable. They get sloppy,
they get over confident, they start making mistakes that reveal
the very crimes they thought they'd covered up perfectly. Chad
(00:46):
day Bell and Laurie Valo were about to learn that
lesson the hard way. What unfolded between October twenty nineteen
and February twenty twenty wasn't just the unraveling of a
murder plot. It was a masterclass in how air, arrogance,
and delusion can turn killers into their own worst enemies.
Chad and Laurie had convinced themselves they were so spiritually enlightened,
(01:09):
so divinely protected that they could murder five people and
walk away without consequences. They were wrong. October nineteenth, twenty nineteen,
started like any other day in the day Bell household
in Salem, Idaho. Chad and Tammy had been married for
nearly thirty years. They had five children together. To their
(01:29):
neighbors and friends, they seemed like a stable religious couple
living a quiet life in rural Idaho. But Chad had
been planning Tammy's death for months, psychologically preparing her with
stories about prophetic dreams while making practical arrangements for her
elimination and disposal. That morning, Chad called nine one one
to report that he had found his wife unresponsive in
(01:52):
their bed. The nine one one call itself is chilling
when you know what really happened. Chad sounds remarkably calm
for someone who is suppers just discovered his wife's dead body.
There's no panic, no desperation, no emotion in his voice.
He sounds like a man reporting a minor inconvenience, not
a devastating loss. Chad told paramedics that Tammy had been
(02:14):
feeling ill the night before, complaining of fatigue and nausea.
He said she had gone to bed early, and that
he had found her cold and lifeless when he woke up.
It all sounded plausible for a forty nine year old
woman who might have suffered a heart attack or stroke
in her sleep. But here's what made Tammy's death immediately
suspicious to anyone paying attention Chad's behavior in the hours
(02:36):
and days that followed. Within hours of Tammy's death, Chad
was calling funeral homes to arrange for immediate cremation. He
told anyone who would listen that Tammy had expressed a
strong desire to be cremated, and that he wanted to
honor her wishes as quickly as possible. There would be
no viewing, no extended funeral service, no opportunity for family
(02:58):
and friends to examine the box or asked questions. Most
telling of all, Chad seemed more concerned with controlling the
narrative around Tammy's death than actually mourning her loss. He
immediately began calling family members and friends to explain how
Tammy had been feeling sick, how her death wasn't really unexpected,
how he had been having spiritual premonitions about losing her.
(03:22):
The local coroner, influenced by Chad's explanations and the apparent
lack of trauma to Tammy's body ruled her death as
natural causes. No autopsy was performed. Tammy's body was cremated
within days, destroying any physical evidence of how she actually died.
But Tammy's family wasn't convinced. Her sister, Samantha Gilliam, would
(03:45):
later testify that the family found Chad's behavior disturbing. He
seemed too calm, too prepared, too ready with explanations for
what should have been a shocking and unexpected loss. More
suspicious was what happened next. Most widowers take months or
even years to consider dating again after losing a spouse
(04:05):
of three decades. Chad day Bell took seventeen days. November fifth,
twenty nineteen, Chad day Bell and Laurie Valo were married
in a small ceremony in Kawai, Hawaii, Seventeen days after
burying his wife of nearly thirty years. Chad was honeymooning
with his new bride in Paradise. The quick remarriage raised
(04:27):
immediate red flags with both families. Tammy's relatives couldn't understand
how Chad could move on so quickly from a woman
he claimed to love deeply. They began to wonder if
Chad had been having an affair before Tammy's death, and
if that affair might have motivated him to want his
wife gone. Meanwhile, Charles Vallow's family was equally disturbed. Kay
(04:47):
and Larry Woodcock couldn't understand how Laurie could be celebrating
a new marriage when her previous husband had been violently
killed just four months earlier. They were also growing increasingly
concerned about j J, whom they hadn't seen or spoken
to since Charles's death. But Chad and Laurie were too
busy celebrating to care about family concerns. Photos from their
(05:09):
Hawaiian honeymoon show a couple who looked completely carefree, their smiling,
laughing posing for romantic photos against tropical backdrops. There's no guilt,
no remorse, no indication that they had just murdered multiple
family members to be together. For Chad and Laurie, this
wasn't just a honeymoon. It was a victory celebration. They
(05:31):
had eliminated every obstacle to their relationship. They believed they
had access to insurance money and social security benefits that
would fund their new life. They thought they had committed
the perfect crimes and gotten away with everything. But back
in Idaho and Arizona, people were starting to ask uncomfortable questions.
Where were JJ and Tylee? Why hadn't anyone seen them
(05:53):
since September? Why couldn't Laurie provide current photos or contact
information for the children. The Woodcock were particularly persistent, as
JJ's grandparents, through Charles, they had legal standing to demand
contact with their grandson. They had been trying to reach
JJ since Charles's death, but Laurie kept making excuses. The
(06:14):
boy was adjusting to his new school, he was too
busy to talk, he was having behavioral issues related to
his autism, and couldn't handle phone conversations. By late November,
the Woodcocks were convinced something was seriously wrong. They contacted
Rexburg Police and requested a welfare check on JJ. They
explained that no one had seen or heard from the
(06:34):
seven year old boy in months, despite multiple attempts to
contact him. November twenty sixth, twenty nineteen, Rexburg police officers
arrived at Laurie's townhouse to check on JJ's welfare. They
found Laurie cooperative and seemingly unconcerned. She told officers that
jj was staying with a family friend named Melanie Gibb
(06:56):
in Arizona. She provided contact information for Melanie and assured
police that JJ was safe and happy with his temporary caregiver.
The officers had no reason to doubt Laurie's story. She
seemed like a concerned mother who had made temporary arrangements
for her son's care. She provided a reasonable explanation and
contact information that could be verified. From their perspective, this
(07:20):
looked like a routine welfare check that would be quickly resolved.
But when police contacted Melanie Gibb, everything changed. Melanie told
them that Jjay wasn't with her. She hadn't seen him
in months. She had no idea where he was or
why Laurie would tell police he was in her care.
More disturbing, Melanie revealed that Laurie had asked her to
(07:41):
lie to police about Jjy's whereabouts if anyone ever asked.
Police immediately returned to Laurie's townhouse with more questions, but
when they arrived the next morning, November twenty seventh, they
found the house empty. Laurie had vanished overnight, taking any
evidence of the children's whereabouts with her. The disappearance confirmed
(08:02):
police suspicions that something was seriously wrong. A mother who
had nothing to hide wouldn't flee when asked about her
children's location. The welfare check had just become a missing
person's investigation. December twentieth, twenty nineteen, after weeks of investigation,
Rexburg Police officially declared JJ and entirely missing persons. They
(08:25):
issued a press release asking for the public's help in
locating the children and identifying Chad Dabell and Lori Valo
as persons of interest in their disappearance. The announcement created
a media sensation. The story of two missing children and
their mother's mysterious behavior captured national attention. True crime podcasters,
amateur investigators, and concerned citizens began following every development in
(08:49):
the case. Police revealed that they had found no evidence
that JJ and Tyley were alive or safe. School records
showed that neither child had been enrolled in any educational
pre since September. Medical records showed that JJ had missed
all his autism therapy appointments. Social media accounts for both
children had gone silent at the same time they disappeared.
(09:11):
Most damning of all. Police revealed that Laurie had been
lying about the children's whereabouts for months, giving different explanations
to different people, and refusing to provide any proof that
the children were safe. The media attention brought new witnesses
forward with information about Chad and Laurie's strange behavior and
(09:31):
religious beliefs. Former friends described their obsession with end Time's
prophecies and their belief that certain people were zombies who
needed to be eliminated. Family members revealed concerning conversations about
rating people's spiritual darkness and preparing for the apocalypse, but
Chad and Laurie remained confident they could weather the storm.
(09:52):
They were still in Hawaii, still posting on social media,
still acting like a couple on an extended vacation rather
than suspects in a missing p person's case. Back in
a moment, Welcome back to Celebrity Trials. I'm Red Carter,
(10:13):
and we're following Chad Dabell and Laurie Valo as their
perfect murder plot begins falling apart in real time. January
twenty fifth, twenty twenty, Hawaiian police, working with Idaho authorities,
tracked down Chad and Lourie to their resort in Kawhi.
They served Laurie with a court order demanding that she
produced JJ and Tyley within five days or face arrest
(10:35):
for contempt of court. The court order was a brilliant
legal maneuver. Rather than trying to prove that Chad and
Laurie had harmed the children, authorities were simply demanding that
Laurie exercised her basic parental obligation to ensure her children's
safety and whereabouts. If the children were truly safe with
friends or relatives, as Laurie claimed, producing them should be simple.
(10:57):
But Laurie couldn't produce the children because they were dead
and buried on Chad's property in Idaho. Instead, she hired
a local attorney and began fighting the court order, claiming
that the children were safe, but that revealing their location
would put them in danger from unspecified threats. The legal
maneuvering only made Chad and Laurie look more guilty. A
(11:19):
mother who genuinely believed her children were in danger would
want police protection, not court battles. A mother whose children
were actually safe would be eager to prove it and
end the media speculation about their whereabouts. January thirtieth, twenty twenty,
the five day deadline passed without Laurie producing the children.
(11:42):
She had officially defied a court order and was now
subject to arrest for contempt. But authorities had discovered something
even more damning during their investigation. Phone records showed that
Chad and Laurie had been in constant communication in the
days before each disappearance. Financial records revealed that both were
benefiting from the Social Security payments and insurance policies of
(12:06):
their dead and missing family members. Witness statements painted a
picture of a couple obsessed with money, power, and eliminating
anyone who stood in their way. Most importantly, investigators had
identified the locations where they believed the children's bodies were buried.
Ground penetrating radar and cadaver dogs had detected suspicious disturbances
(12:27):
on Chad day Bell's property in Idaho. They were preparing
search warrants that would finally uncover the physical evidence of
Chad and Laurie's crimes. February twenty, twenty twenty, Lauri Valo
was arrested in Hawaii on charges of desertion and non
support of dependent children. The charges were relatively minor compared
(12:48):
to what authorities suspected she had done, but they were
enough to hold her while the investigation continued. Chad day
Bell was not arrested at this time, but he was
now the focus of intense scrutiny. Investigators were building cases
for murder charges against both suspects, but they needed physical
evidence to prove their theories. The arrest marked the end
(13:09):
of Chad and Laurie's honeymoon period literally and figuratively. Their
five months of freedom, celebration and confidence that they had
gotten away with multiple murders were over. Now they would
face the consequences of their actions, and the world would
learn the full scope of their crimes. But even as
(13:29):
Laurie sat in an Hawaiian jail cell awaiting extradition to Idaho,
she maintained her innocence and her divine mission. In phone
calls from jail, she continued to speak about her spiritual
calling and her belief that she had done nothing wrong.
She still believed she was a goddess chosen by God,
even as the evidence mounted against her. Chad remained free,
(13:52):
but under constant surveillance. He knew that investigators were closing
in that search warrants for his property were imminent, and
that the body buried in his backyard would soon be discovered.
But he too maintained his delusion that he was divinely
protected and that the truth would somehow vindicate his actions.
Neither Chad nor Laurie seemed to understand that their perfect
(14:14):
crimes were about to be exposed in the most horrific
way possible. The children they had murdered and buried were
about to speak from beyond the grave, providing the evidence
that would send their killers to prison for life. Tomorrow,
in our final episode, we'll explore the discovery that shocked
even experienced investigators, the moment when authorities uncovered JJ and
(14:38):
Tiley's remains and finally understood the full scope of Chad
and Laurie's evil. We'll also examine the trials that brought
justice for the victims and what this case reveals about
family annihilation in America. This is read Carter with celebrity trials.
The most dangerous delusion isn't believing you're chosen by God.
(14:58):
It's believing that your divine calling places you above human
law and basic morality. Chad Dabell and Laurie Valo were
about to learn that even self proclaimed gods can't escape
justice forever.
Caaleroga Shark Media. Good morning, I'm read Carter, and welcome
back to celebrity Trials. We've reached the point in the
Valo day Bell saga where Chad and Laurie believed they
were home free. Three people were dead, two children had vanished,
and the couple thought they had committed the perfect crimes.
(00:24):
Today we're exploring how their final murder, the elimination of
Tammy day Bell, was supposed to complete their twisted plan,
but instead became the beginning of their downfall. Because here's
the thing about people who think they're untouchable. They get sloppy,
they get over confident, they start making mistakes that reveal
the very crimes they thought they'd covered up perfectly. Chad
(00:46):
day Bell and Laurie Valo were about to learn that
lesson the hard way. What unfolded between October twenty nineteen
and February twenty twenty wasn't just the unraveling of a
murder plot. It was a masterclass in how air, arrogance,
and delusion can turn killers into their own worst enemies.
Chad and Laurie had convinced themselves they were so spiritually enlightened,
(01:09):
so divinely protected that they could murder five people and
walk away without consequences. They were wrong. October nineteenth, twenty nineteen,
started like any other day in the day Bell household
in Salem, Idaho. Chad and Tammy had been married for
nearly thirty years. They had five children together. To their
(01:29):
neighbors and friends, they seemed like a stable religious couple
living a quiet life in rural Idaho. But Chad had
been planning Tammy's death for months, psychologically preparing her with
stories about prophetic dreams while making practical arrangements for her
elimination and disposal. That morning, Chad called nine one one
to report that he had found his wife unresponsive in
(01:52):
their bed. The nine one one call itself is chilling
when you know what really happened. Chad sounds remarkably calm
for someone who is suppers just discovered his wife's dead body.
There's no panic, no desperation, no emotion in his voice.
He sounds like a man reporting a minor inconvenience, not
a devastating loss. Chad told paramedics that Tammy had been
(02:14):
feeling ill the night before, complaining of fatigue and nausea.
He said she had gone to bed early, and that
he had found her cold and lifeless when he woke up.
It all sounded plausible for a forty nine year old
woman who might have suffered a heart attack or stroke
in her sleep. But here's what made Tammy's death immediately
suspicious to anyone paying attention Chad's behavior in the hours
(02:36):
and days that followed. Within hours of Tammy's death, Chad
was calling funeral homes to arrange for immediate cremation. He
told anyone who would listen that Tammy had expressed a
strong desire to be cremated, and that he wanted to
honor her wishes as quickly as possible. There would be
no viewing, no extended funeral service, no opportunity for family
(02:58):
and friends to examine the box or asked questions. Most
telling of all, Chad seemed more concerned with controlling the
narrative around Tammy's death than actually mourning her loss. He
immediately began calling family members and friends to explain how
Tammy had been feeling sick, how her death wasn't really unexpected,
how he had been having spiritual premonitions about losing her.
(03:22):
The local coroner, influenced by Chad's explanations and the apparent
lack of trauma to Tammy's body ruled her death as
natural causes. No autopsy was performed. Tammy's body was cremated
within days, destroying any physical evidence of how she actually died.
But Tammy's family wasn't convinced. Her sister, Samantha Gilliam, would
(03:45):
later testify that the family found Chad's behavior disturbing. He
seemed too calm, too prepared, too ready with explanations for
what should have been a shocking and unexpected loss. More
suspicious was what happened next. Most widowers take months or
even years to consider dating again after losing a spouse
(04:05):
of three decades. Chad day Bell took seventeen days. November fifth,
twenty nineteen, Chad day Bell and Laurie Valo were married
in a small ceremony in Kawai, Hawaii, Seventeen days after
burying his wife of nearly thirty years. Chad was honeymooning
with his new bride in Paradise. The quick remarriage raised
(04:27):
immediate red flags with both families. Tammy's relatives couldn't understand
how Chad could move on so quickly from a woman
he claimed to love deeply. They began to wonder if
Chad had been having an affair before Tammy's death, and
if that affair might have motivated him to want his
wife gone. Meanwhile, Charles Vallow's family was equally disturbed. Kay
(04:47):
and Larry Woodcock couldn't understand how Laurie could be celebrating
a new marriage when her previous husband had been violently
killed just four months earlier. They were also growing increasingly
concerned about j J, whom they hadn't seen or spoken
to since Charles's death. But Chad and Laurie were too
busy celebrating to care about family concerns. Photos from their
(05:09):
Hawaiian honeymoon show a couple who looked completely carefree, their smiling,
laughing posing for romantic photos against tropical backdrops. There's no guilt,
no remorse, no indication that they had just murdered multiple
family members to be together. For Chad and Laurie, this
wasn't just a honeymoon. It was a victory celebration. They
(05:31):
had eliminated every obstacle to their relationship. They believed they
had access to insurance money and social security benefits that
would fund their new life. They thought they had committed
the perfect crimes and gotten away with everything. But back
in Idaho and Arizona, people were starting to ask uncomfortable questions.
Where were JJ and Tylee? Why hadn't anyone seen them
(05:53):
since September? Why couldn't Laurie provide current photos or contact
information for the children. The Woodcock were particularly persistent, as
JJ's grandparents, through Charles, they had legal standing to demand
contact with their grandson. They had been trying to reach
JJ since Charles's death, but Laurie kept making excuses. The
(06:14):
boy was adjusting to his new school, he was too
busy to talk, he was having behavioral issues related to
his autism, and couldn't handle phone conversations. By late November,
the Woodcocks were convinced something was seriously wrong. They contacted
Rexburg Police and requested a welfare check on JJ. They
explained that no one had seen or heard from the
(06:34):
seven year old boy in months, despite multiple attempts to
contact him. November twenty sixth, twenty nineteen, Rexburg police officers
arrived at Laurie's townhouse to check on JJ's welfare. They
found Laurie cooperative and seemingly unconcerned. She told officers that
jj was staying with a family friend named Melanie Gibb
(06:56):
in Arizona. She provided contact information for Melanie and assured
police that JJ was safe and happy with his temporary caregiver.
The officers had no reason to doubt Laurie's story. She
seemed like a concerned mother who had made temporary arrangements
for her son's care. She provided a reasonable explanation and
contact information that could be verified. From their perspective, this
(07:20):
looked like a routine welfare check that would be quickly resolved.
But when police contacted Melanie Gibb, everything changed. Melanie told
them that Jjay wasn't with her. She hadn't seen him
in months. She had no idea where he was or
why Laurie would tell police he was in her care.
More disturbing, Melanie revealed that Laurie had asked her to
(07:41):
lie to police about Jjy's whereabouts if anyone ever asked.
Police immediately returned to Laurie's townhouse with more questions, but
when they arrived the next morning, November twenty seventh, they
found the house empty. Laurie had vanished overnight, taking any
evidence of the children's whereabouts with her. The disappearance confirmed
(08:02):
police suspicions that something was seriously wrong. A mother who
had nothing to hide wouldn't flee when asked about her
children's location. The welfare check had just become a missing
person's investigation. December twentieth, twenty nineteen, after weeks of investigation,
Rexburg Police officially declared JJ and entirely missing persons. They
(08:25):
issued a press release asking for the public's help in
locating the children and identifying Chad Dabell and Lori Valo
as persons of interest in their disappearance. The announcement created
a media sensation. The story of two missing children and
their mother's mysterious behavior captured national attention. True crime podcasters,
amateur investigators, and concerned citizens began following every development in
(08:49):
the case. Police revealed that they had found no evidence
that JJ and Tyley were alive or safe. School records
showed that neither child had been enrolled in any educational
pre since September. Medical records showed that JJ had missed
all his autism therapy appointments. Social media accounts for both
children had gone silent at the same time they disappeared.
(09:11):
Most damning of all. Police revealed that Laurie had been
lying about the children's whereabouts for months, giving different explanations
to different people, and refusing to provide any proof that
the children were safe. The media attention brought new witnesses
forward with information about Chad and Laurie's strange behavior and
(09:31):
religious beliefs. Former friends described their obsession with end Time's
prophecies and their belief that certain people were zombies who
needed to be eliminated. Family members revealed concerning conversations about
rating people's spiritual darkness and preparing for the apocalypse, but
Chad and Laurie remained confident they could weather the storm.
(09:52):
They were still in Hawaii, still posting on social media,
still acting like a couple on an extended vacation rather
than suspects in a missing p person's case. Back in
a moment, Welcome back to Celebrity Trials. I'm Red Carter,
(10:13):
and we're following Chad Dabell and Laurie Valo as their
perfect murder plot begins falling apart in real time. January
twenty fifth, twenty twenty, Hawaiian police, working with Idaho authorities,
tracked down Chad and Lourie to their resort in Kawhi.
They served Laurie with a court order demanding that she
produced JJ and Tyley within five days or face arrest
(10:35):
for contempt of court. The court order was a brilliant
legal maneuver. Rather than trying to prove that Chad and
Laurie had harmed the children, authorities were simply demanding that
Laurie exercised her basic parental obligation to ensure her children's
safety and whereabouts. If the children were truly safe with
friends or relatives, as Laurie claimed, producing them should be simple.
(10:57):
But Laurie couldn't produce the children because they were dead
and buried on Chad's property in Idaho. Instead, she hired
a local attorney and began fighting the court order, claiming
that the children were safe, but that revealing their location
would put them in danger from unspecified threats. The legal
maneuvering only made Chad and Laurie look more guilty. A
(11:19):
mother who genuinely believed her children were in danger would
want police protection, not court battles. A mother whose children
were actually safe would be eager to prove it and
end the media speculation about their whereabouts. January thirtieth, twenty twenty,
the five day deadline passed without Laurie producing the children.
(11:42):
She had officially defied a court order and was now
subject to arrest for contempt. But authorities had discovered something
even more damning during their investigation. Phone records showed that
Chad and Laurie had been in constant communication in the
days before each disappearance. Financial records revealed that both were
benefiting from the Social Security payments and insurance policies of
(12:06):
their dead and missing family members. Witness statements painted a
picture of a couple obsessed with money, power, and eliminating
anyone who stood in their way. Most importantly, investigators had
identified the locations where they believed the children's bodies were buried.
Ground penetrating radar and cadaver dogs had detected suspicious disturbances
(12:27):
on Chad day Bell's property in Idaho. They were preparing
search warrants that would finally uncover the physical evidence of
Chad and Laurie's crimes. February twenty, twenty twenty, Lauri Valo
was arrested in Hawaii on charges of desertion and non
support of dependent children. The charges were relatively minor compared
(12:48):
to what authorities suspected she had done, but they were
enough to hold her while the investigation continued. Chad day
Bell was not arrested at this time, but he was
now the focus of intense scrutiny. Investigators were building cases
for murder charges against both suspects, but they needed physical
evidence to prove their theories. The arrest marked the end
(13:09):
of Chad and Laurie's honeymoon period literally and figuratively. Their
five months of freedom, celebration and confidence that they had
gotten away with multiple murders were over. Now they would
face the consequences of their actions, and the world would
learn the full scope of their crimes. But even as
(13:29):
Laurie sat in an Hawaiian jail cell awaiting extradition to Idaho,
she maintained her innocence and her divine mission. In phone
calls from jail, she continued to speak about her spiritual
calling and her belief that she had done nothing wrong.
She still believed she was a goddess chosen by God,
even as the evidence mounted against her. Chad remained free,
(13:52):
but under constant surveillance. He knew that investigators were closing
in that search warrants for his property were imminent, and
that the body buried in his backyard would soon be discovered.
But he too maintained his delusion that he was divinely
protected and that the truth would somehow vindicate his actions.
Neither Chad nor Laurie seemed to understand that their perfect
(14:14):
crimes were about to be exposed in the most horrific
way possible. The children they had murdered and buried were
about to speak from beyond the grave, providing the evidence
that would send their killers to prison for life. Tomorrow,
in our final episode, we'll explore the discovery that shocked
even experienced investigators, the moment when authorities uncovered JJ and
(14:38):
Tiley's remains and finally understood the full scope of Chad
and Laurie's evil. We'll also examine the trials that brought
justice for the victims and what this case reveals about
family annihilation in America. This is read Carter with celebrity trials.
The most dangerous delusion isn't believing you're chosen by God.
(14:58):
It's believing that your divine calling places you above human
law and basic morality. Chad Dabell and Laurie Valo were
about to learn that even self proclaimed gods can't escape
justice forever.
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