Mega Edition: Detective Hermosillo Gives Testimony During The Chad Daybell Trial (10/17/26)
Rexburg Police Detective Ray Hermosillo testified about how the investigation into Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell evolved from a welfare check for JJ Vallow into a search for two missing children and ultimately a murder investigation. Hermosillo told jurors that when officers first went to Lori’s Rexburg apartment in November 2019, they encountered Chad Daybell and Alex Cox, both of whom gave answers that immediately raised suspicions. Cox claimed JJ was with his grandmother Kay Woodcock, even though Woodcock was the person who had requested the welfare check, while Daybell initially downplayed…
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