LIVE UPDATES | Emma Murray, Chad Daybell’s daughter, called to testify as defense begins in trial

LIVE UPDATES FROM THE CHAD DAYBELL TRIAL

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Please excuse nan typos. These are unrecorded updates from nan courtroom.

8:49 a.m. Emma has slumber apnea and her grandfather does too. She wonders if Tammy did too. Tammy besides had anemia. She preferred herbal supplements and took nan generic shape of Prozac.

8:48 a.m. Emma lives astatine nan location wherever her begetter utilized to live. She says she has made a financial statement pinch her begetter to unrecorded astatine nan location and she doesn’t cognize what Chad has arranged pinch Prior. Emma says her wellness started declining wrong nan past twelvemonth of her life. “She was ever 1 to meet nan demands of regular life without being exhausted and she started going to beryllium earlier meal immoderate nights. It would beryllium for illustration 5-6-7 o’clock astatine nighttime and she would slumber successful a lot.”

8:47 a.m. Emma says she has spoken to John Prior 3 times successful mentation for nan proceedings including past night. She says she is prepared to show nan truth.

8:45 a.m. Emma is joined to Joseph Murray. Prior asks if she received a lawsuit from nan charismatic aliases defense. She says she received 1 from both. Emma says she has not watched nan trial.

8:44 a.m. Prior calls Emma Murray, Chad Daybell’s daughter, to nan stand.

8:42 a.m. Prior says he is fresh to telephone a witness. Jurors are being brought in.

8:40 a.m. Boyce says nan clerical correction connected nan indictment will beryllium addressed pinch a assemblage instruction. Jurors tin see nan day connected nan original indictment erstwhile they deliberate. Boyce says his unit attorney, Courtney Stallings, discovered nan correction connected nan indictment and she is preparing nan assemblage instructions. A assemblage instruction convention will beryllium held earlier deliberations.

8:38 a.m. Judge Steven Boyce is connected nan bench. He says nan authorities has concluded its case-in-chief and nan defense will now coming its case. Boyce says he has 1 rumor to reside connected nan grounds earlier jurors are brought in.

8:31 a.m. Chad Daybell looks for illustration he sewage a haircut complete nan weekend. He is sitting adjacent to Prior. Prosecutors Lindsey Blake, Rob Wood, Ingrid Batey and Rocky Wixom astatine their table. “Courtroom Daddy” giving instruction to everyone successful nan assemblage – move phones off, nary whispering, nary symbolic wristbands aliases shirts, nary hats.

8:30 a.m. We are successful nan courtroom and location was a immense crowd of group hoping to get into nan proceedings today. More than we person ever seen. Many are being turned distant owed to not capable seats.

8:20 a.m. It’s nan commencement of week 7 successful Chad Daybell’s execution lawsuit (week 8 if you see assemblage selection). The defense will statesman its lawsuit coming aft nan prosecution rested Thursday. During opening statements successful April, John Prior, Chad’s defense attorney, said he plans to telephone nan pursuing to testify:

• At slightest 3 of Chad’s children
• Greg Hampikian – DNA expert/Co-Director of nan Idaho Innocence Project/Director of nan Forensic Justice Project astatine Boise State University
• Patrick Eller – Metadata CEO and integer forensisches examiner
• Dr. Kathy Raven – forensic pathologist – Raven Forensics

During grounds past week, Prior said Dr. Eric Bartelink, an anthropologist, is 1 of his master witnesses. This is each taxable to alteration based connected Prior’s approach.