Melanie Gibb

Anyone who has followed this case has been waiting for Melanie Gibb to take the stand. She had a phone call with Chad and Lori which she recorded and shared with police on December 8, 2019. Two weeks earlier Chad and Lori asked her to lie to police when they called her to ask about JJ. She did lie to police and admitted it before she made the call.

In the call she tries to get Chad and Lori to tell her where JJ is, but they just tell her that he is safe and happy. They say they can’t tell her anything more for her own protection, but they refuse to tell her why she might be in danger.

The relevance of the call to this case is that it directly ties Chad to the murder of JJ. He is on the phone with Lori lying about the fact that JJ was dead and buried in his backyard.

In John Prior’s cross examination of Gibb, I was hoping he would expose the content of her texts with prosecuting attorney, Rob Wood. He didn’t do that, but I think he plans to call her back to the stand as a witness for the defense.

I had a great discussion about the trial with Lori Vallow Daybell’s Uncle Rex and brother Adam. I always like being interviewed by them on their Silver Linings podcast. I think it is amazing that these two men take the time to do their podcast and are willing to put themselves out there the way they do.