Judge permanently seals nearly 100 exhibits from Chad Daybell trial

ST. ANTHONY — Judge Steven Boyce has issued an bid permanently sealing astir 100 exhibits displayed successful Chad Daybell’s execution trial.

The determination comes aft Boyce says he received respective requests for nan grounds from authors and members of nan media. Daybell was sentenced to death earlier this period aft a jury recovered him guilty of murdering Tammy Daybell, Joshua “JJ” Vallow and Tylee Ryan.

“Certain requests activity to get each of nan exhibits successful this case, pinch immoderate expressly requesting nan autopsy photos published to nan assemblage successful this case,” Boyce wrote in his order. “The Court notes that astatine proceedings those photos were published to nan jurors, nan parties, nan Court, and successful immoderate instances privately to nan victims, upon their request. They were not nevertheless publically disseminated.”

Boyce says successful making his decision, he is balancing nan authorities of nan victims and nan public’s correct to lawsuit accusation “including those who person a vested liking successful monetizing nan calamity surrounding this case.”

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“The Court was peculiarly moved by respective unfortunate effect statements astatine sentencing expressly criticizing individuals proclaiming to beryllium ‘media’ who, successful nan people of this case, person disrupted nan lives of nan families of these victims successful nan past and now proceed their efforts to sensationalize and capitalize connected this case,” Boyce wrote. “Some of those family members described successful item nan psychological trauma they person unfairly been subjected to by nan ‘media,’ simply because they had immoderate familial narration to nan victims successful this case.”

In referring to “media,” Boyce noted he does not mean established and historically recognized reporting agencies but “true crime” bloggers and YouTubers.

Boyce sealed 97 exhibits, including photos taken during nan autopsies of Joshua “JJ” Vallow, Tylee Ryan and Tammy Daybell. Pictures of nan quality remains recovered connected Daybell’s spot are besides permanently sealed.

“The interests of nan victims and their family members to beryllium spared nan ongoing trauma of specified delicate aliases gruesome worldly being disseminated is not outweighed by nan correct of nationalist disclosure of this evidence,” Boyce wrote. “Victims Tylee Ryan, JJ Vallow, Tamara Douglas Daybell and their family members’ respect, dignity and privateness are champion protected by nan continued sealing of these exhibits.”