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