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Doomsday Killer Chad Daybell Claims His Case Was a Con Job| Crime Alert 6AM 09.25.2025 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert, Imancy Grace Breaking Crime News Now Chad Dave
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  Speaker 1: Bell taking a page out of Chris Watts's book sharing
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  Speaker 1: his inmost thoughts and feelings from death Row at the
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  Speaker 1: Idaho Max Security Institution Kona. The convected killer has started
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  Speaker 1: a website called Letters from Chad Really Return to Sender.
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  Speaker 1: Dave Bell still maintains his innocence, saying he shares in
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  Speaker 1: the grief over the deaths of wife Tammy and Value's
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  Speaker 1: children JJ and Tylee Okay. Reportedly, the former Doomsday cult
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  Speaker 1: leader gets his letters out with the help of daughter
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  Speaker 1: Emma Murray. She believes her dad was framed. Question by
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  Speaker 1: who Jennifer Gould has the details.
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  Speaker 2: Nancy. Dave Bell and his daughter Emma Murray have been
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  Speaker 2: vocal in their belief that he was indeed framed. In
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  Speaker 2: his letters, the convicted killer claims his trial lawyers told
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  Speaker 2: him to sit quietly and not show emotion, which made
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  Speaker 2: him appear quote cold and uncaring quote the opposite of
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  Speaker 2: who he claims he really is. Dave Bell says he
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  Speaker 2: is using the website to share his story quote uncensored
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  Speaker 2: and unfiltered end quote because the media's portrayal of him
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  Speaker 2: is quote unquote unrecognizable. He insists he is not a
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  Speaker 2: quote cult member who should be feared end quote, nor
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  Speaker 2: is he quote a conspirator or a killer. End quote.
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  Speaker 2: He maintains his innocence and hints that a quote more
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  Speaker 2: complete story will be shared during my appeals process end quote.
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  Speaker 2: Dave Bell says he hopes his dispatches from death Row
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  Speaker 2: will help generate quote feelings of healing, reconciliation, and understanding
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  Speaker 2: quote for those who have been following the case. Dave
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  Speaker 2: Bell was sentenced to death for the murders of his life,
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  Speaker 2: his first wife and Lorie Valo's two children. His new wife,
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  Speaker 2: Lourie Valo Day Bell, is serving a life sentence without
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  Speaker 2: parole for the same crimes. The one hundred and eleven
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  Speaker 2: day man hunt for Travis Decker, the former soldier accused
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  Speaker 2: of suffocating his three young daughters, has ended with the
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  Speaker 2: discovery of his remains in a remote wooded area of
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  Speaker 2: central Washington. Federal authorities have announced in a stunning turn,
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  Speaker 2: US Marshalls declared Decker dead and new legal documents, bringing
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  Speaker 2: a close to a harrowing three month search that captivated
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  Speaker 2: the nation near Shechland County. Sheriff Mike Morrison talking to
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  Speaker 2: Komo News.
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  Speaker 3: We never gave up. We told them we wouldn't give up. Payton,
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  Speaker 3: Neville and Olivia deserve better. Whitney deserved better, Their family
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  Speaker 3: deserve better, Our community deserves better.
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  Speaker 2: The grim discovery was made on September eighteenth, near Levenworth,
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  Speaker 2: not far from where the bodies of nine year old Peyton,
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  Speaker 2: eight year old Evelyn, and five year old Olivia were
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  Speaker 2: found at a campground on June second, and autopsy determined
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  Speaker 2: the girls died from suffocation, having been bound with zip
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  Speaker 2: ties with plastic bags placed over their heads. The children's
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  Speaker 2: mom had reported them missing on May thirtieth, after Decker
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  Speaker 2: failed to return them following a scheduled custody visit. Authority
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  Speaker 2: said they found a bloody fingerprint on the tailgate of
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  Speaker 2: his abandoned truck, along with more plastic bags and zip ties.
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  Speaker 2: DNA from the zip ties and bags was matched to Decker,
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  Speaker 2: who had been an infantryman in the US Army. He
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  Speaker 2: had been charged with three counts of murder and three
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  Speaker 2: counts of kidnapping. His ex wife had expressed concern over
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  Speaker 2: his increasingly unstable mental health, noting that he had been
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  Speaker 2: living out of his truck and had a history of
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  Speaker 2: living off the grid. While the US Marshals have officially
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  Speaker 2: declared Decker dead and have asked a judge to drop
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  Speaker 2: the arrest warrant, the announcement has parked confusion among local officials.
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  Speaker 2: Flann County Sheriff Mike Morrison said his office is still
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  Speaker 2: waiting on DNA lab results from the human remains, which
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  Speaker 2: were found in a state of quote severe decomposition and
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  Speaker 2: quote spread across the ground, a condition consistent with animal activity.
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  Speaker 2: For now, the legal case is coming to a close,
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  Speaker 2: but a grim mystery lingers, not only the manner of
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  Speaker 2: his own death, but the question of why he ended
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  Speaker 2: his three daughters' lives. For the latest Crime and Justice news,
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  Speaker 1: Nancy Thanks Jennifer. More Crime and Justice news After this, A.
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  Speaker 2: Michigan kindergartener is burned alive in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber,
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  Speaker 2: and now his grieving parents are soon going for more
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  Speaker 2: than one hundred million dollars, alleging a web of corporate
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  Speaker 2: greed and gross negligence turned a routine therapy session into
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  Speaker 2: a fiery death trap. The lawsuit, filed by attorney James Harrington,
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  Speaker 2: who represents the Cooper family, spoke at the news conference.
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  Speaker 3: These things are designed and manufactured and sold and used
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  Speaker 3: for the sole purpose of profits to get bodies in,
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  Speaker 3: bodies out, and get the next body in and next
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  Speaker 3: body out, and take the money.
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  Speaker 2: Thomas Cooper, five, a spirited boy who loved audiobooks and
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  Speaker 2: Super Mario Brothers, was incinerated back on January thirty first,
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  Speaker 2: inside the pressurized chamber at the Oxford Center in Troy,
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  Speaker 2: a suburban Detroit alternative medicine hub. His parents, James and
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  Speaker 2: Wanna Annie Cooper, had sought the therapy for his ADHD
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  Speaker 2: and sleep apnea, conditions not approved for such use by
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  Speaker 2: the US Food and Drug Administration. The lawsuit, filed an
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  Speaker 2: Oakland County Circuit Court, accuses eight defendants of quote callous
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  Speaker 2: indifference to human life end quote. It describes the monoplaced chamber,
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  Speaker 2: a sealed tube like enclosure as quote a coffin waiting
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  Speaker 2: to ignite end quote. As the chamber filled with one
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  Speaker 2: hundred percent oxygen, a single spark created an instantaneous blaze.
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  Speaker 2: The lawsuit alleges that see Christ Industries, the Anaheim, California
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  Speaker 2: based manufacturer, knowingly sold devices without critical grounding straps or
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  Speaker 2: adequate fire suppression systems, dooming any patient inside. Thomas, who
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  Speaker 2: was on his thirty sixth session, was trapped in the inferno.
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  Speaker 2: His mom, waiting nearby, suffered third degree burns on her
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  Speaker 2: arms in a desperate attempt to free him, but the
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  Speaker 2: chamber's design sealed his fade in seconds. The tragedy also
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  Speaker 2: sparked a criminal investigation. Four Oxford Center staffers have been charged,
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  Speaker 2: with CEO Tamila Peterson, safety manager Jeffrey Mosteller, and primary
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  Speaker 2: assistant Gary Markin all charged with second degree murder and
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  Speaker 2: involuntary manslaughter. Chamber operator Alita Moffett is charged with involuntary
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  Speaker 2: manslaughter and putting false information on medical records. All have
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  Speaker 2: pleaded not guilty and finally talk about driving a point
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  Speaker 2: home or at least a school. A twelve year old
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  Speaker 2: in Sacramento, California hit the pedal to the medal, taking
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  Speaker 2: his parents' suv on a high speed joy ride to school.
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  Speaker 2: The preteen led cops on a thrilling chase, reaching seventy
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  Speaker 2: miles per hour before his plans just stalled out. He
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  Speaker 2: learned a crash course in law enforcement, slamming the ford
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  Speaker 2: into a patrol and bringing a shocking end to his
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  Speaker 2: little adventure. Fortunately, though no one was hurt, the miner
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  Speaker 2: now faces serious charges and his road to ruin could
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  Speaker 2: cost his parents a fortune. Looks like his driving days
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  Speaker 2: have hit a traffic jam for now, Nancy.
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