13 Times Melanie Gibb Enabled Lori Vallow Daybell
Lori's extroversion created a need for a sidekick. Melanie Gibb fit the bill. In this Live we'll dive into some of the ways Melanie enabled Lori in her reign of terror. Melanie's role of enabler started the first week they met and continues to this day.
NOTE:
I had an allergic reaction to something I ate, and it set in partway through my Live. And my only mic with a mute button had issues during the last Live and had to be switched out. 🙄 So apologies in advance for the struggle I had at times to talk. If I had planned to keep going with Lives I would have invested in a new 🎙. I hate that if you edit anything in a Live video, the chat disappears...something I've learned the hard way. Hopefully the juice is worth the squeeze.
VIDEO BREAKDOWN:
Note: You can click on the timestamp to advance to that part of the video.
6:12 -: 1) Gave Lori a platform within days of meeting her
22:17 - 2) Introduced Lori and Chad
39:58 - 3) Met Jason Mow before meeting Lori at Gilbert PD
46:52 - 4) Was deceptive at GPD to vouch for Lori
55:50 - 6) Helped Lori evade the psych eval
1:06:26 - 6) Asked the wrong question re: Charles’ accident
1:13:12 - Examples of duping delight in Melanie’s interviews
1:19:29 - 7) Validated Lori’s motive for reuniting with Charles
1:23:02 - 8) Planned a meeting in Lori’s home 7 days after Charles was murdered (with surprising guest appearance)
1:37:27 - 9) Didn’t ask about Tylee
1:55:31 - 10) Didn’t order a welfare check when Lori called JJ a zombie
2:06:15 - 11) Didn’t try to save Tammy
2:11:21 - 12) Dodged RPD’s calls and then lied for Lori about JJ’s whereabouts
2:27:49 - 13) [Potentially] covered for Lori re: trip to look at property in Rexburg
Note: I take a deep dive into Melanie and David’s frustratingly vague and guarded (and contradictory) testimonies re: the events that transpired Sunday and make a case for the possibility that JJ had already been murdered when they went on this trip.
3:00:45 - Q&A
3:01:17 - Wish someone would do a video about Melani P.
3:02:00.- How do I feel about Chad’s adult children?
3:09:05 - Will I be in Idaho for the trial?
3:10:10 - Why wouldn’t JJ interact with Melanie and David?
3:17:14 - What do I think about other YouTube coverage of the case?
3:21:05 - Why am I leaving the true crime community?
3:24:09 - Am I doing any more Lives with other YouTubers?
3:24:56 - Do you suppose Alex Cox was murdered?
3:27:21 - I mention a neighbor of Chad's who died five days after JJ was buried who I hope LE investigates. His name was Eldon Clawson. Someone wrote in the TCU group: "He a rancher/farmer and was known to walk the ditch that ran by the Daybell home every morning. His cause of death was a sudden pulmonary embolism." This was the same COD as Alex Cox, btw. Link to obit: https://www.flammfh.com/obituary/eldo....
3:28:18 - More on duping delight.
3:30:35 - Did Alex die before Melanie Gibb came clean?
Note: I was wrong about Alex’s date of death. I said 12/19/19 and it was 12/12/19. I was going on memory.
3:31:27 - Will I be involved in the trial?
3:32:12 - Doesn’t Melanie still maintain Lori was misled by the dark?
3:34:37 - What scares me the most is there are not more charges.
Note: I meant to say “conspiracy to commit murder” not “accessory to commit murder." It was 12:40am and I was running on fumes.